drewccapp

Fused At Birth

I've been watching too much Futurama... I saw "Good news everyone" and thought about Dr. Farnsworth... XD

Lantern

I think where you put them is pretty cool. It gives us a new area of the forest to watch and develop, and a new cool dimension to our story. I look forward to seeing how that impacts the story.

Fused At Birth

It feels so good to be back in advanced. I feel that I'm back into the groove of things!

Fused At Birth

Roger that. :3

Lantern

OH god I can't wait for what's going to happen next I want to see I want to see! :D:D:D:D:D:D I LOVE how Anise is developing as a character! :D :D:D :D !!!!

Lantern

Anise stood her ground against the oppressive shadow as Reus valiantly defended her against one in particular. Somehow, she recognized who it was: the old man that she murdered. While it had been in all the spirits she felt she had a hard time picking who each one was, but now that he had presented himself so she could identify who it was. This could only be another challenge. It reached out towards her, an action that she felt actually wasn't a friendly one.

She stood her ground against him. Suddenly, from out of nowhere someone popped up from nowhere and kicked the old man's face causing him to dissipate.

"Princess!" he called with a voice just as clear as it ever was. Perhaps she might not recognize his boyish face, staring up at her with admiration and urgency. Smoke swirled inside his bright translucent form. He grabbed for her hand, but his own hand passed through hers. So instead he ran past her, spun around and continued running backwards so he faced her. The gray shadows stepped aside to let Anise pass. "This way, this way, quickly, run! Ride the doggy! Doggy here boy! C'mon doggy, good boy, good horsie! Run from the scary shadow man!"

She immediately recognized him as Tyaelaem and her heart soared. However, she couldn't agree with his sentiment to run. "Thank you, Tyaelaem." Her voice was gentle and light. "I can't run from this." She faced the reforming shade and again projected her will towards it and its grey compatriots. She had been to the dark side of this forest, and she wouldn't fall to it again, but she also wouldn't run away from it either. She wondered why Tyaelaem was without his mask, but had to deal with one thing at a time here.

She took a step towards the old pirate and held her arms out in a show of her affection. She projected her regret for her actions towards the spirit. "I'm sorry that I killed you." She paused. "You must be angry. I forgive your anger and mistrust. I can't let you possess me, or harm me, but please join me. Watch me." She dropped her arms and took a step towards the dark spirit. Now she projected only determination. "I'll prove to you that I have changed. I will become the Light that this forest needs. This Darkness has gone on too long, wouldn't you agree? No one should live in this." She took another step towards the spirit and spoke with even more force. "And no one should have to stay in this darkness after death."

She threw her frustration out towards the forest and the darkness. Anise felt confident that the whole place was listening. "I am Princess Anise Sinclair!" She declared out towards the darkness. "I have made friends with Tyaelaem the Rabbit! I have been accepted by Reus the Great Wolf! The Spirit of the Lantern has chosen me! I will protect those that have been forced into the darkness, through life and death! I will find a way to free those that wish to be free of this forest and help them find their way out! Those in life and in death!"

She took a deep breath in and let it out in a show of her determination and stared at the old pirate's spirit to wait for its response. She prepared herself mentally for the worst and readied herself against any attacks that might come from him. "Sir, what is your name? Join me and I will do everything I can to find a way to free you from this darkness." She extended her hand to the old man's spirit in a display of friendship. She understood his mistrust of her, but refused to let that cause her to back down. She truly wanted to turn a new page.

Lantern

Oh! I'm thinking this is probably going to be when she starts declaring herself as a Light in this Darkness.

Tyaelaem always puts a smile on my face somehow.

Lantern

Huzzah! We get more plot! Woooooo!

Fused At Birth

Come on, Sarah! Wake up.

Sarah opened her eyes to Ashe's urging and sat up. She slept surprisingly well considering the change to her environment. Then she realized that she wasn't at the orphanage and this place - no matter how comfortable it had been made - was an awful place to be. This wasn't home. She didn't have a home and she didn't want to make this place a home either. There had actually been a time where she ran away from one of her foster homes and spent a week before getting caught by police and returned to the foster home. Shortly after that she ended up being returned to the orphanage. During that time she rather enjoyed her freedom.

Maybe this place will be OK as a home?

Sarah had mixed feelings about that thought and shook her head. "No way." Why would she think that?

I just want somewhere to be a home.

Sarah frowned. She definitely agreed with that sentiment, but none of the places she had been to so far even came close to working out. There were always fights. There's no way that this place could be the same.

She saw a tray with a bowl, a glass of milk, and four slices of french toast coated with brown sugar sitting on the desk. She felt famished as she refused to eat anything on the trip over here, so she sat down at the desk and devoured her meal. French toast had always been one of her favorite meals to eat and this toast was good. She drank from the milk whenever she felt the food sticking in her throat.

Slow down, enjoy it.

That was right, she should enjoy this breakfast. After all, if she was going to be stuck in this new awful place the least she could enjoy would be breakfast. She savored the last two slices of french toast. She then decided to get changed into blue jeans and a solid black t-shirt and as soon as she finished the door to her room opened. In came a middle-aged Caucasian man with a bald head and red stubble. He appeared to work out and wore a gentle face. Sarah gave him a startled look as she hadn't expected anyone to come in.

He chuckled nervously and gave her a friendly smile. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. Come with me, I'm going to take you to the Gym to meet the others." He had a deep voice and decidedly no accent whatsoever.

Sarah stood there and stared at him.

Hey! Hey! Ask him about the others!

Sarah felt a little excitement at the thought that she wasn't going to be alone. She hesitantly asked. "O-others?"

The man nodded once and jerked his thumb over his shoulder. "Yeah, there are other children. My name is Charles, I'll be a caretaker for you."

Sarah felt reluctant to go anywhere, or even respond to him. She could tell that if he had to he could force her to come with her and there wasn't much she could do to stop it.

Come on don't give him a hard time! Tell him your name! Go with him. Meet the others.

Sarah felt divided between Ashe's excitement and her own reluctance. She was used to being sociable though and finally smiled. "OK, I'm Sarah."

Charles nodded as if he knew already, but said nothing and began to lead her down the hallways. He looked over his shoulder to make sure she was following and when he saw that Sarah was he seemed to relax a bit.

He seems a bit relieved. It's a good thing we didn't fight against him. I think he's a little scary even if he's nice.

Sarah shook her head. She didn't agree with that at all. The bigger man didn't scare her at all and she thought that he was pretending to be nice, but she didn't want to say that out loud right now. That relief could only be something to cause her to let her guard down. If she could she wanted to leave this place. The walls alone made her feel uncomfortable.

They hadn't traveled for long when several guards and children of various ages met up as they came up to a double door. Sarah glanced around at the others, there were a few children her age, but a couple were older. In total she counted five other children.

Oh! There they are! We should talk to them.

Sarah wanted to, but she wanted to see where they were being taken to next. She mumbled to herself. "Not right now."

Charles looked over his shoulder as she spoke. "Huh? What was that?"

Sarah looked up to him with a smile. "Nothing, just thinking."

Charles smiled lightly and looked away. "Alright." His tone sounded as if it were something else, which only served to confuse Sarah.

The double doors opened up and they were led inside and brought to a circular table up on a platform where there were some other adults. They were introduced as doctors which confused Sarah even more as she didn't need a doctor. She met them last night? She was so tired she could barely remember coming here much less anything else. Her expression was openly confused. She didn't want to be experimented on. A "new human"? What was meant by that? This doctor was being too vague.

Keep calm, Sarah, keep calm. We'll be alright.

Sarah raised her hand when questions were called for and quickly dropped it as she was pointed at with a "Yes, Sarah?". Then came her short barrage of questions brought up by her fear and confusion. "'New human'? Experiments? What kind of experiments? Will they hurt? What do you mean by 'new human'? Why do you want to help us? I know I don't need any help. I'm not sick, so can I go home?" She ended her barrage by crossing her arms over her chest and staring right at Dr. Lee's face.

Fused At Birth

I have classes starting on Monday, but I'm not sure how that's going to affect my schedule if at all.