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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:19 pm

The scholarly types, Dmitri VanMorass met Ariana Grigori through school. Their last year of college Dmitri asked Ariana to be his wife. Dmitri was accepted by Ariana's family and given their blessing when he asked for her hand in marriage. Completely happy and hopeful, the two planned a grand wedding with the help of friends and family.

Dmitri and Ariana VanMorass were wed in the high capital of Aracsna by a member of The Council. It wasn't long before the two were making attempts to start a family. After many missed attempts and several failures they succeeded and became the proud parents of a rather small eggsac, one that they both watched over vigilantly. After having such a difficult time conceiving they were both relieved when their little babe broke through and made her way into the world.

Sascha VanMorass peeled out of her eggsac with the help of two worried and watchful parents. Ariana was pleased that the child resembled Dmitri with his dark hair and skin as opposed to her own pale skin and light hair. Truly a sight to behold, Sascha was merely a smaller and chubbier version of her parents. Though unable to talk, within weeks Sascha was able to walk short distances under the careful eyes of her parents. As time passed she spoke her first word, "Mama," which mortified Dmitri to no end. Ariana never failed to tease her husband about it, either.

Dmitri was a proud father to his daughter although he had been hopeful for a son. (It seemed most Aracsnasians hoped for their firstborn to be male, without fail.) However, as time passed he grew more and more infatuated with his cherubic little darling. Soon after birth Sascha had her papa wrapped around his little finger, and Dmitri would oft find himself catering to her every whim. Sascha never really had to burst into tears to attain what she desired -- Dmitri was there without fail to offer the little princess whatever she might request (and requests were rarely made because little Sascha was provided with any and everything a child should want.)

Ariana was completely smitten by her daughter. She'd never dreamed she'd be a mother and to have such a darling little being completely reliant on her was something that she cherished. As each day passed Ariana fell more and more in love with her beloved daughter. Anything the small babe desired she received. And though the two would have loved to provide Sascha with a brother or a sister, after conceiving Sascha they found they were unable to do so again. This fact alone caused the two to shower Sascha with praise, gifts and love.

Little did the happy couple know that their cherished and beloved little baby would grow to become something they didn't understand. Through no fault of their own, and to the bafflement of others, Sascha would come to be a woman feared by all, respected by few, and condemned to rehabilitation.

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:09 pm

As a child, Sascha grew confidently and engulfed in the loving, almost smothering presence of her parents. Whenever around Dmitri and Ariana, the child was a paragon of good manners and intelligence. She was quiet and soft-spoken despite being easily distracted by one thing or another. Under the stifling guidance of her parents she succeeded in school, especially science and history. Sascha was fond of the violin and became very skilled at the stringed instrument, playing for pleasure in solitude or at the request of her parents at their many dinner parties, which oftentimes showcased their little pride and joy. Of course, the mishaps were never brought up in front of polite company.. the dolls with their eyes gouged out, the family pet gone missing with evidence of blood and gore left behind in the little angel's closet, the strange mad scribbles left on bits of ratty paper..

When the time to enroll in school arrived, Dmitri and Ariana teetered on the verge of homeschooling their daughter. Sascha rarely spoke and they feared that she would be made fun of by her peers. Despite her lack of conversation the girl was brilliant at many things. She was much like a sponge when it came to any sort of information. Sascha craved learning, loved to work through problems. Against their better judgement Dmitri and Ariana allowed their pride and joy, Sascha, into public schools. They would never know that their daughter was oftentimes tortured by her classmates, who would corner the smaller runty girl and pull on her long black hair or the more sensitive hairs on her spindly legs. or pinch her unmercifully. She would take the abuse with an almost gleeful expression, tucking away the abuse and tactics that she would adapt and use in much more sinister ways. Never did she bring the frightful experiences to her parents.

As she grew older and in more cherished, solitary moments, Sascha would escape to a small, hidden cave across the bog near their home. There she would encapture small animals and "experiment" on them. These experiments ranged from starving the hapless creatures to death, binding them in suffocatingly tight webs until they expired, injecting them with whatever fluids she could find via syringes stolen from school, or even cutting them to pieces as they squirmed, still alive and screaming in agony. Her little playthings, they were, cherished because they were unknown to her ever-watchful parents. They would never know that their little precious star, one that worried them with her erratic behavious and rarely spoken words, would become the most notorious and beautiful murderer that Aracsna would ever see.

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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:30 pm

As Sascha neared adulthood she grew into a stunning woman. The day that she left her parents home and made her own way into the world was perhaps the happiest day of her life. Despite the tearful good-byes of her parents and amongst sworn promises that she would come visit often, Sascha made her way to the cave where she'd spent much of her time growing up. There she would build a huge home for herself, a home complete with a private living area and a huge laboratory. Maps soon cluttered the musty walls of the cave, diagrams were scattered across all available surfaces of her home. Sascha fancied herself a scientist of the highest degree.

Three years into her adult life Sascha created something that would soon bring about the end of her life as a free woman.

It was merely by accident that Sascha crafted a mixture that allowed her to control the mind of any creature she desired. It wasn't really mind control as much as it was manipulation, but Sascha soon grew bored with implanting small squirrels and birds with the serum. Sascha craved more. More power, more slaves. Bigger and better.

Nikolai Patya was a troubled youth who lived on the streets. An orphan since he was a babe, the fourteen year old boy found himself transfixed by Sascha as she made one of her rare trips into town for supplies and consumables. She knew he was watching her and beckoned him over when it was time to leave the trade store. Arrangements were made and Nikolai carried her bags home for her for a few coin and the promise of a warm meal in his belly. He would never have guessed that it was the last coherent decision he would make for a long, long time.

Under the guise of brushing his matted hair back from his face, Sascha forcefully injected the boy with the mindcontrol serum. From that moment on the boy was known as Puppet One and was completely under her control. She used the boy to go into town for her to find more needy and homeless boys which were lured back to her home under the same pretense that he was; for a few coin and the promise of a warm meal they would carry the supplies for Nikolai back to Sascha's home. One boy, Pavel Yakov, would become Puppet Two. Sascha would inject these two boys on a daily basis for fear that the mindcontrol would wear off and she'd lose one. The other boys she lured in with the Puppets.. weren't so lucky.

Numerous boys were wrapped tightly in webs to suffocate and die. These boys oftentimes died in the most undignified and painful ways. Once deceased, they were used to nourish Puppet One and Two, and on occasion Sascha herself would take part in feasting on the murdered boys.

Some children were caged and experimented on, their legs removed one by one, segment by segment. Or perhaps she'd remove their entire torso from their body and they would watch as she'd dissect their spidery bottomparts.

It wasn't until Puppet One broke free purely by accident that Sascha was captured and brought in for her trial. Puppet Two wasn't that lucky.. as soon as Sascha caught wind that Puppet One had gone to the authorities, she murdered the boy by a swift decapitation with one of her sharpest knives. As she was led from her cave Sascha VanMorass never failed to hold her head high as a regal and capable Aracsnasian. She flinched not once, not even as she was lead past her heartbroken and crushed parents, Dmitri and Ariana.

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:36 pm

The chains wore heavy about Sascha's slender wrists, thick iron bolted snugly -- too snug, in Sascha's opinion. The thought brought a wryly disgusted grin to the criminal's face, one that was noticed by the eight members of The Council she stood before. Her expression didn't sit well with them, not that she cared. Sascha was beyond caring, and as the masses of Aracsnasians behind her settled she remained stoic despite the soft sobs that erupted from her mother. Ariana and Dmitri were seated just behind their daughter, separated from her by a low-sitting barrier. A smaller figure huddled in the furthest seat from her, near the rear of the councilroom -- Nikolai Patya, her downfall, had testified against her.

"Sascha VanMorass, what have you to say for yourself? What of the cannibalism, the torture?!" The question was posed to her by one of the more disgruntled looking Councilmembers. The others remained silent, watching the youthful criminal as she lifted a slender, iron-clad hand to brush back a thick swath of ebony hair. Her first response was a soft shrug before she deemed it necessary to speak.

"I do not feel remorse for what I have done. Do you not see what I have accomplished? All I am being charged with has been done in the name of science, nothing more." That being said, the beautiful femme turned her head to glance over her shoulder at the boy, Nikolai. Amber eyes narrowed as her expression turned sinister. She turned back to the Councilmembers who greeted her with a disgusted, aghast expression, all of them nearly identical to the next.

"And what of the CANNIBALISM?!" another member boomed, his fist crashing down against the glossy desktop before him, "What of the children you devoured and fed to others?" He gestured to Nikolai, who curled tightly against the wall he sat near.

Sascha chuckled, causing gasps to rise up from the observers. "Why not? I was hungry. The sweet, full flavors of youthful flesh merely took the edge off." Cries of dismay thundered about the room, her own mother choking back thick, heartfelt sobs. The lead Councilman slammed his gavel against the desk, silencing the room. He paused for a moment, unsure of how to proceed. It'd been ages since such horrendous crimes had occurred.

"Sascha VanMorass, you will be sentenced to Rehabilitation on a planet far from ours. You will be exiled, Ms. VanMorass, and you will never be permitted to return to Aracsna. Guards, return her to her cell, she will be awaiting departure. As soon as we can contact the ICRS, Ms. VanMorass, you will be shipped off to a place called Gaia where you will undergo Rehabilitation therapy." With a final slam of his gavel, he gestured to the guards and Sascha VanMorass was swept away to the sound of consoling whispers of Dmitri and the wrenching sobs that broke free from her mother.