Welcome to Gaia! ::

First, visitor, tell me about yourself. Your real self.

"My real self? Heh, well I can say that my real self hasn't had to do this much running in a while... mostly since I lack the legs to do so. It's been a nice change, though I do miss my wings. Umm, well... my real name is Imryn. Just Imryn, no last name or anything, which is fine by me. Right now I'm going to this place called Amityville, supposedly a school but it really seems like it's got some issues going on there with how many problems pop up." She joked, not usually one to go on spouting out a bunch of information about herself, but a queen was a queen and if this one ever got free, she wanted to have at least not pissed her off before hand.

"Just reached my second year there and spend a good bit of time alone, though it seems like I've been there for ages. A lot has happened... seen more things than I ever thought I would before I'd enrolled. Made a friend or two and take a lot of trips.... though not really sure what all this is supposed to be."

Next visitor, I want to hear about your journey.

She paused for a moment, feeling that it would be a rather short and boring story. not much had actually been explored and she'd just stuck with what seemed like main quests that let her progress through to different areas. "Well I started out talking to trees, then got chased out of the forest by a rather larger creature that wanted to eat me. After that I ended up at a place that server tea and treats several times my size."

Explain to me the world you live in. Not this one, the one your real bodies occupy.

"My world?"

That caused her to pause again, not sure just how much infortmation she wanted floating out there. Several field trips had taught her that nothing was as it seemed. "Well... it's made up of FEAR, the stuff that humans feel. Everything there is made up of it, even me. Without it, we wouldn't be able to exist at all." There, that was as much as she felt like saying, and it was just simple scareling primer facts.

Have you ever been hurt by someone you love?

"No... I can't say I have been." These questions were a little odd, and Pitch couldn't help but wonder as time went on as to why the queen was asking all these questions and wanting information from them. Sure, it seemed like it would be quite lonely here being trapped, but how did she know they weren't from here in the first place?

It surprised her when the queen asked why not, shifting from one foot to the other before replying. "Because aside from my parents, I've never loved anyone. Liked creeple a bit sure, but love? Nah... don't think that's really possible for me."

What are you afraid of?

"Not much. Mostly just... just being alone I guess." There really wasn't much more to it than that.

Tell me a secret about yourself.

She gave a little sigh and tried to think of something, anything that might be a secret she could tell. There wasn't anything particularly dark that she'd been hiding, or something that had been done or felt that she wouldn't have told anyone else. "Umm... there really isn't anything. I mean, the most i can think of is me blaming a minipet for messing up my mom's favorite rug when I was little when it was really me. I don't have any secrets really."

What is it that you wish for the most?

This one was an easy one. "To be whole again. I miss not having legs, and kinda wish I could take these with me when I get out of here, but that's wishful thinking really."

Vaith pulled his hat further, closer to himself. He pulled his coat closer, wishing the raggedy ends were more complete so he could be warmer. When eh finally got into the castle, it wasn't that much warmer. But it made all the difference, as Vaith made a huge gesture of relief. He approached the queen with a cheerful wave.

First, visitor, tell me about yourself. Your real self.
Vaith has no problem talking about himself. He winked at her, settling comfortably by spreading his legs out. "Me? You know, that awesome noise reaper that's one of a kind in Amityville-- as far as I know. I come from this clan that instinctively gives us noise familiars and we get assigned pin titles-- you know, just a super cool clan."

Next visitor, I want to hear about your journey.
"Little bit of forests, a** the monsters and then top it off with castle hiking." Vaith waved his hand, shaking his head. He sighed heavily at thinking what has transpired so far.

Explain to me the world you live in. Not this one, the one your real bodies occupy.
Vaith thought about it for a split second before settling on the one aspect he new he could talk a mile about.

"Oh, it's awesome. It's not like the human world, it's got a ton of ghouls with variety. We've got some with tails and then some with awesome weapons-- Sorta hard to compete when there's guys with just as much variety running around but.. I've got it pretty good!"

Have you ever been hurt by someone you love?
"Just a fact of life, y'know?" Vaith tipped his hat, a little uncomfortably, as if trying to grow comfortable in his skin. He decided it was no secret, at that point. "Of course. You know, it kinda hurt when my best friend and my step sister got together-- They didn't even tell me. Everyone does whatever s**t they want-- including leaving."

There was an unelaborated story behind that.

What are you afraid of?
Vaith thought about it. He could really only think of one thing, the thing that was in his nightmares. "No ghouls?"

Tell me a secret about yourself.
Vaith tried to make an organized coherent thought out of his secrets. They could fill up an entire well, at least.

"I've got a thing with multiple girls .. well not together but I'm the guy who prefers more than one. Is that so bad? Everybody seems to go a one-on-one thing going on but that just doesn't suit me."

What is it that you wish for the most?

Vaith looked to the side.

"To find the person I'm looking for."

{{ENTERING}}
Shar walked along the corridor and glanced at each mirror individually, why in the name of Jack where there so many? She should know by now that there will always be more oddity's waiting for her just around the corner in this world but for some reason. It was just more fun to just go with it and be surprised every time.

She froze when she heard the icy booming voice, and turned to face it's maker. The white queen! She seemed rather a sad being to Shar but scary at the same time. She wanted to explore and stay on the queens good side so with a nod Shar started to answer her questions the best she could.

"I am 0m N0m here milady but back home I am a sister to many as my clan is large. I am strong in my curiousness as I always want to know 'why'." She wasn't sure if this was what the queen wanted to hear so she added a little more. "I am still young and learning the ways of the world. I wish to be strong so I may find my place in my family and the world." The queen seemed to like this as she continued to ask Shar something else.

A grin grew on her face, of the journey she had had thus far. She was dying to tell someone, so why not a queen. After all she asked. "Well first the was this girl telling me I should think of a name and because I love food, 0m N0m. Then there was Tulgey Woods and man oh man was that place ever cool! It was full of colourful trees that had stripes, changed colour, and talked no less! Oh and a toothy smile with no owner, that told me how amazing this place would be. She caught her breath and blinked, then she stared at the queen. Then there was a glitch, it was horrible. I entered a door but found myself back in Tulgey Woods but it wasn't at the same time. It was glitching and laggy as a monstrous slugcat in gym class. I found a friend there and we got out fast. Then there was a huge beast that chased me out of the woods. It OK'd me a few times before I got away tho." She rubbed her arm and stared at the floor as she remembered that horrible time. The voices, what was with those voices. The queen was satisfied as she started the next question.

Her head shot up, why would she want to know about that? Something in the back of her mind started to worry a little. "Well I am a gargoyle milady. My clan makes a living from trapping and selling mini's which are pet's to most of the inhabitants of Halloween town." With a heavy sigh she go's on. "And no one ever leaves but I want to be the first, even if I'm young. I need to see the world and then maybe I could tell you more about it." A fading smile on her lips.

Shar laughs, what a question. She get hurt all the time by her loved ones, tho it may not be in the way the queen meant it. "I feel like I am getting into fights all the time with my brothers and sisters and lately it is getting worse. I think it's because I no longer think like them and we can't talk like we used too..." She trails off as the pain of realization sets in. She missed them all dearly but, they where ok with the their world the way it was well Shar had to ask questions.

The question snapped her out of her own world. She looked up and not at the queen as it was hard to say out loud and admit it to her self. "Dying, without ever seeing the world, never doing anything great...Never leaving the cliffs that I call home."

She glazed at the queen again. In a way she just did tell her a huge secret but the queen gets what the queen wants. Even if Shar was going to be silly about it now. "I have never seen it but I've heard of it. The earth has this thing called the sun. It burns bright in the sky above. Sound horrid really". She shuttered.

Shar smiled and held out her arm wide for dramatic affect. "Simple really. Freedom! To do what I want and go where I want...and to have the clan understand and be ok with it."

The queen, something was different about her now but she was still rude. With a bow Shar was off to have to herself a good old look around.

{{Exiting}}

F3V3R was alone, again.

Not that she'd talked to anyone, this whole time: she played MMOs alone, apparently. That was just the type of personality she had, or so it seemed. She walked along the path towards the white, elaborate gates and watched as they opened slowly. A great hall stretched before her, and an empty throne faced her. What was she supposed to do, with all this empty space, and all these versions of herself watching?

She heard a voice tell her to stand, but she was already standing which made it a very odd request. "Little visitors, or few?" she asked, legitimately curious; after all, the effect of the tininess food had worn off on her a long time ago, but perhaps some were cursed forever?

she now felt very lucky to have dodged that particular problem, and presented herself proudly as a regular-sized individual. Still, she was a little skeptical by this queen's dislike of destruction. Pain seemed like something F3V3R lived in, inflicted upon others; she wasn't too sure about easing others' pain.

F3V3R was expecting some frivolous, useless questions about favourite cakes or dress sizes or tea hats. What was a tea hat? Well, she didn't know, but surely it was a thing. And queens would surely ask about it. Her first question caught F3V3R off guard.

Who am I?

"I don't know," she said. "I am Amarus, Lotus Eater: that is what I say to all that I meet. It is who I am. I am sealed by Revenge, I belong to no one but myself. I have no family, I have lost my friends by my own design, and I live in silence and solitude. I do not mind. I have a balm in my blood that eases any ache, helps me sleep. Forces me to sleep, in fact. In dreams, I am all that I could want," she finally finished, her silver eyes cast down at the floor. She hoped that was a good enough answer, because her voice had died in her throat and she had no idea what else to say. She just stared at the floor.

I want to hear about your journey
"I didn't even bother to take up arms, really," she said, shrugging one shoulder. "I was almost eaten by the jabberwock, but survived. I really hated talking to trees. Mostly my journey has consisted of eating foods I didn't understand, or nearly being a food. So.. largely normal business," she said, with a shrug. It hadn't been terribly notable.

Explain to me the world you live in. Not this one, the one your real bodies occupy.
"We revolve around FEAR, and we are meant to study at Amityville until we are ready to leave. I am a spirit, but others have bodies of their own. Others still have natural forms, changed by wearing our school's skull pin. We have aspirations, goals, talents, weaknesses. We mostly try to protect our school in between mass hallucination and suffering," she tried to explain. Equally with a shrug of a shoulder. Whatever.

Have you ever been hurt by someone you love?
"No, because I have never loved anyone," she said. The lock felt hot for a moment, as if she'd told a lie, a terrible lie and some distant part of herself screamed in anger-- but as far as she knew, it was absolutely true. Amarus believed she was incapable of love, and wouldn't have it any other way. Let others feel that pain. She was isolated, which made her free.

What are you afraid of? The queen had asked her. This question, above all, gave her pause.
"I am afraid of nothing," she said, "I have nothing to lose, I came from nowhere, I had no one: every move is a gain, every step is a forward step towards my goal. Every experience makes me stronger and so I fear nothing. I will fight until I cannot fight any longer." If she did fear things, who knew? She'd never admit that, even to herself.

Tell me a secret about yourself
"Revenge roosts in my heart, but I told you this already-- another secret, I guess." She thought hard. What did she have, that was worthy of being called a secret? Amarus inhaled deeply. "I thought that I could fall in love, maybe. I thought I was in love," she said. "It must have been a dream."

She could answer that last question using the previous one, too. "I wish it wasn't a dream. I wish I was capable of such things."

But I'm not, she thought to herself, bending to one knee as the Queen's voice disappeared. Amarus felt unbearably heavy, and sad. She felt as though she was rooted to the spot. She did, in fact, stay on bended knee for quite a while.

The burden of grief was suffocating.

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