The Odeoron

Myriad Reality

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That was an impressive trick! How'd you do it?

@Server

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*Squints through it at the shift of brightness, and flicks the wrist of my hand out to my side, dissolving the ball of light into a small bunch of fading sparkles*

@Magnanimity

So is all of this familiar to you then Jade? Did that crocodile, or whatever it was in the swamp earlier, not felt like a foreign entity?

Myriad Reality

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I have a cousin who goes to the beach. I like forests more though.

@Server

Forests are definitely nicer than... well... this! But, one does not debate tastes...

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*Floats past the both of you, my feet drooping my the ankles and my toes just barely above the floor*
I have to admit, this does give haunted house vibes. And the kind you’d usually sign a waiver for. Mysterious and exciting!

@Magnanimity

From that perspective i totally have to agree with you! HAH! Nothing like a dingy dungeon to crawl through! *I grin with new-found vigour*

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I've come to find out that people get scared by haunted houses, but when you really think about it, wouldn't you also be upset if someone walked into your home uninvited?
*Once the path levels out, we stand in front of the forested entrance to a murky swamp, still colored chickenscratch-red by the lamp but fading quickly through its thick foliage*

@Server

That Swamp Tho!

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Absolutely.
*Holds out my index finger and manifests a ball of bright white light that floats just beyond my fingertip*
Good thing you invited us.

@Magnanimity

Both points are valid. Who does go into a haunted house though? And why would you? Also, there's a point to be made there, a haunted house is usually considered abandoned by its original owners, therefore whomever buys that plot, now owns that property... the ghosts need to find the light in that situation.

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*Nods in response, as the light reveals a rotted boardwalk leading into the swamp, missing slats every few yards*
What are we looking for, exactly?

@Server

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Something that feels foreign to you, I would imagine. Something that feels like it doesn’t belong, in a place that’s literally entirely yourself should be a good indicator, yeah?

@Magnanimity

*Nods*

Myriad Reality

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*Frowns*
What a weird thing to say. It's just a decoration.

@Server

Hey... i don't understand your kind of tastes, i'm a simple man. I like prairies, sunny beaches, luxurious estates, beautiful women... that last part my wife does not need to know... This to me is dingy and nightmare fuel. *I pout*

Myriad Reality

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*Once we pass the light post, a pair of withered lips sprouts from its neck and issues a gurgled warning to turn back*

@Server

Guuuh... let me guess... then this must be sexy to you right?

Myriad Reality

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Well, yeah—it is! Red's my favorite color, and look at all of this!
*Twirls with my hands extended*
It's like a storybook!

@Server

*coughs covering mouth* totally goth *coughs again* Uuum what? I didn't say anything...

Yeah... very... ahem... fuuuunnnn... *keeps a thumb up in false approval*

Myriad Reality

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Edgy? What do you mean by that?

@Server

*points to the interior of the lighthouse and also motions to the ocean* All of this... you are just like Prism when it comes to certain definitions. *Sighs in resignment* Edgy and Goth mean similar things, as to describe certain characters that find gloomy, dark, and what most people would consider scary, enjoyable or, how you put it... cozy!

Myriad Reality

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Good things, right?

@Server

So... good things stand for these qualities: Honour, Love, Honesty, Selflessness, Compassion, Kindness, Empathy, Disdain for evil - which is also another word for wilful malice, willingness to defend the weak and innocent...
As long as you have any number of these qualities in you, you can be as goth and as edgy as you like in my honest opinion. In fact, i remember a being far edgier than you making it into heaven a good century back or so...

Myriad Reality

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I'm not a demon though! I've never even met a demon; they don't visit us.

@Server

*Shrugs nonchalantly and carefree* As i said. You just have dark energy. That can mean any number of things.

Myriad Reality

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What does that mean? Maybe it'll get even better as we go down!

@Server

It means you either have demonic blood in you, or you are closely related to infernal beings of sorts. *sighs* i got no problem with that as long as you don't possess wilful malice in you. By the looks of it, you might be what people tend to call a "good" demon... but that remains to be seen.

Myriad Reality

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It's so cozy! Maybe I should get into interior design.

@Server

This is... merely the entrance Jade... You must be some type of dark-born creature if this is merely the entry point to your inner being.