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The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:24 pm
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Fox of Spades
[center]Prologue: The Midnight Train to Nowhere [/center]
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On new years eve several humans find themselves waiting at the
station - waiting for something that may or may not even exist.
These humans don't know each other. They come from different
walks of life, have different fears and ambitions, but what they
do have in common is the need for a wish. They all came to the
station to find the midnight train. Their wishes varied, some
wanted things for themselves, some wanted things for others.
Perhaps they wished for money, for power, or maybe they wanted
to save a life or restore something that was once lost. Whatever
it was, they were willing to toss logic to the wind and wait for
the rumored Midnight Train to Nowhere. Patiently, in the dead of
night they waited for the clock to strike twelve.
Fireworks filled the air and 2013 came, but still there was no
train. They stood to leave, but suddenly the tracks began to
rumble and out of the blue came forth an odd train that looked
like it had come out of a children's fairy tale. The double
doors slid open, revealing rabbits with riffles strapped to
their fluffy chests, mice singing for spare change and memaids
talking about the latest fashion. All the oddities one could
imagine were packed into a single train, but what pulled you in
wasn't the array of colorful characters, but the thing you had
always wanted. Amidst the chaos of the midnight train was your
wish...and so you entered without another thought.
The double doors closed and everyone who had stepped inside was
whisked away to the land of Nowhere.
The humans that had entered the train that year were Hakuren,
Jasper, Harper, Iro, Emily, Numair, Leila, Sanae, Mado and
several others. As soon as the train stopped, the humans were
ushered out of it and left in the hands of Brandy, Serenade and
Dissonance. Mado, however, came on a later train with Numair and
Meechy and were left under Cello's care. The humans were given a
brief introduction of Nowhere then rushed to the Queen
Delirium's castle in the sky where they were met by Martini a
fashion designing mermaid and Schizophrenia a paranoid
devil-bat-butler. The humans asked all sorts of questions,
eventually asking about a way out of Nowhere.
The Queen then gave them a list they would need to complete if
they wanted to leave...
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The first item on the list was the essence of a choatic star.
The humans spent the night in the Queen's castle before quickly
being ushered towards the sky pier. There they boarded the
Shakespearian Star Fisher and met up with their guides, Othello
and the twins Sebastian and Viola. Being a large batch the
humans were separated intro groups of three.
Group one was made of Othello, Serenade, Songbird, Iro, Emily
and Meechy. Group two had Sebastian, Dissonance, Martini,
Harper, Hakuren and Jasper while group three was composed of
Viola, Cello, Brandy Mado, Numair and Hide. Leila wasn't put
into any group due to a headache and was instead put in the
infirmary so Desdemona could watch out for her. All teams were
given an orientation, asked to pick their weapons and finally
head onto the deck as soon as possible. Groups one and two
managed to do just that while group three ran into a little
trouble. Mado accidentally lit a bag of cherry bombs and if not
for Brandy the entire ship would have been blown to smithereens.
When everyone had picked a weapon they reached the deck and were
asked to get into several mini-ships for training.
However, things backfired when minions of the choatic star
appeared out of the blue. The humans were separated and the ship
was attacked. Eventually the guides had everyone retreat to the
ship. The SSF was hit hard and the world went dark. When most of
the humans came to they found themselves drifting through the
monochrome part of Nowhere. It lasted this way for a bit until
they came into contact with the chaotic star itself.
Everyone was called to the deck and an all out attack was
launched. The star grabbed onto the ship and many pirates fell
to their deaths. However, the humans with the help of the sky
pirates managed to fight back the beast and eventually shoot the
magical tart down its throat causing it's essence to turn good
again and making the star explode into confetti. The remaining
humans were rushed onto a ship and placed in a small dining
room. There they realized their losses...the only ones who
remained were Hakuren, Harper, Jasper, Iro, Mado and Leila.
They were all sent to the castle and remained there for around a
week to rest.
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[center]Capter Two: The Curse of Siren Lake[/center]
Chapter in progress....
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:25 pm
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"Soon," the voice was barely a whisper and dull grey eyes stared
into the lake depths, eyeing the motionless surface, the
reflection of peppermint stars and the blood red moon. Something
within the lake stirred and the corners of her mouth drooped
into a frown. Slowly, a distorted reflection began to appear
deep beneath the ripples of Siren lake. "Very soon." The woman
repeated, turning to look at the boy beside her.
Luke arched an eyebrow in question. "You're planning something,
aren't ya?"
The girl beside him nodded her head, eyes glazing over as she
clenched her fists. "We're going to save them," she repeated the
sentence she had been repeating for far too long. Neither she
nor Luke remembered how many cycles had gone by and time was
nonexistent anymore. It was all an incoherent blur or event
after even meshed into a confusing timeline made up of batches
and Newt years. They watched as lost souls came and went, unable
to do anything to save them - unable to do anything against her.
"Yeah," Luke mustered a grin. He remembered those words even
though he no longer remembered her name. "I guess we will...but,
don't get your hopes up." He stretched like a lazy tabby. After
so long Nowhere felt like all he had ever known, the concept of
freedom was almost lost to him. He pulled up the sleeves of his
coat and stared at the pink scars that ran across his skin. 'Get
out' one of them read...he didn't know why, but he understood
the hate he felt for the world of sky pirates and soda
waterfalls. It wasn't his home and he would escape with her
someday, maybe not now, but he would and he'd leave Nowhere -
he'd go home.
"So how do we find the humans?" He found himself asking.
"No, we won't find them." Came her quick response. "If they find
out were here...if she finds out." The girl shook her head right
and left, a bitter smile finding its way onto her face. "You
know what will happen if she does. She likes games and hates
losing," there was a pause and her lip quirked up into a smirk.
"Her game with us is far from over."
Luke grinned. "Mhm, we're not the kind of people that give up
without a fight." At his words he found her smiling and suddenly
images of creaky tire swings and walking to a place called
school flashed before his eyes. It made him long for something
he knew almost nothing about and it made his heart ache for
blurry and incomprehensible images and feelings he could barely
understand...there was only one thing he was sure of. He hated
her for taking everything away. His friend began walking towards
one of the caves and motioned for him to follow. Luke bit back a
frown and trailed after her...there were still so many
unanswered questions.
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Back at the cabin...
Harper's eyes felt heavy. It was impossible to tell time, but
after all the games and stories it felt like two in the morning.
Dissonance continued to chirp cheerily like a child on a
sugar-high while Serenade looked tired as well. The boy stifled
a yawn, staring at his fellow humans. How long had it been since
they first got on the train? How many had they been during the
beginning? He didn't recall the precise numbers, but now there
were less than half of them. It was just Iro, Jasper, Mado,
Hakuren, Sanae, Leila and him. There were only seven of them
left and they were nowhere near completing the list of absurd
items. Not to mention, item number two sounded crazier than the
essence of chaotic star. Now, they need the song of a siren.
Where on earth were they going to find that?
He turned to look at Jasper and Leila. "I wonder if we're ever
going to leave..." he didn't mean to sound like a pessimist, but
the odds weren't looking good. "Oh, ignore what I said. I'm
sorry," he mustered up a smile and tried to start a conversation
with the two. "If you don't mind me asking, before all this what
was life like for you guys?" He smiled kindly. "I was pretty
much just a student." He stated with an uncertain chuckle. In
Nowhere were everything was fantastic and magical, he was just
plain Harper Riddle, it hadn't been much different back in the
human world either.
"Hey! Hey! Haku, you should tell us more about the human world."
She stated with a smile as she sat down beside him and leaned
forward, her resting in the palm of her hands. "You're a really
good story teller," she added in with a toothy grin and a
childish tilt of the head. He wasn't a very good game master,
sure, but she enjoyed his tales.
Serenade let out a sigh and turned to Two-Thirds. "We'll be
leaving early tomorrow to speak with mayor Spicy Tuna...and
we'll be meeting the next boat as well. Martini, Brandy and
Songbird should be arriving tomorrow, however, if they don't
arrive then the humans will be left in our care." She gave him
an encouraging smile. "You should probably get some rest while
you can...I'm used to my sister keeping me up." The black rabbit
got onto her feet and walked over to Sanae, Mado and Iro. "You
guys can get some rest as well, in fact, we should all rest soon
enough."
The announcement earned a whine from Dissonance who immediately
bolted up. "But it's supposed to be a slumber party!"
"It's supposed to be a mission..." Came Serenade's retort. "Good
night," with that the nobody walked towards one of the beds,
leaving the chatter of the living room behind. "Be nice to the
new human," she chided before finally walking up the stairs that
led to the second floor.
"So, so, new human, where did you come from?" The white rabbit
stated with a grin. "And oh, oh! I have cake if anyone want's
some."
Harper closed his eyes...he was far too sleepy and tomorrow was
going to be a long, long day.
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:26 pm
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Headphones
After the unsuccessful experiment with the game, the young man
in the midnight green coat simply sat down on the floor in the
middle of the living room, much like the rest of his comrades.
There was still a pinch of a distasteful spice in his mouth, but
he decided to let it go. After all, one learns best from their
mistakes. "Kagome Kagome" typically worked in their world,
albeit it also required a specific setting, but just because
Nowhere was a mystical land, there was no guarantee the
spiritual tricks from the human world could follow their pattern
there. Once he had a moment to reflect upon his slightly
reckless action, he concluded that it had been a fool's
decision. They were in a supernatural area, yes, but that fact
excluded the possibility of any form of spiritual phenomenon
from the human world existing in the manner known to humans.
Whilst there could have been some sort of effect from the chant,
it would most likely be impossible to trace back, now that a
certain amount of time had passed. Rather than mope about his
failure in causing a reaction from any siren nearby, Hakuren
decided to have a look at his notebook whilst the rest of his
company chattered about bedtime. Taking the item out of the
inner left pocket of his coat, he found the bookmark munching on
a few words from his fourth note regarding Nowherians and
Nowhere in general, information he had gathered from the second
celebration at the Queen's castle. Gesturing slightly with his
pointer finger, the strange animate black lace slid much like a
stake to his hand. Apparently no one from the group was paying
him any mind, thus he could write his fifth note undisturbed.
[quote=Hakuren]
Note 0.4
A childish war is the game of cards.
A song of tragedy sang by bards.
It is a play of colour and light,
where children's eyes shine so bright,
but in their hope sleeps a shadow,
which shall wake come the morrow.
In the end, it is but a dream.
Wishes are not all that they seem.
Reality comes and so does dawn.
On the sky a canvas is drawn.
One of bright yellow, and orange, and pink.
For yesterday's red they must sink.[/quote]
With that the lad quickly shut the black notebook and placed it
back into its former position. He was just in time to catch a
glimpse of Serenade, the black rabbit, who entered the bedroom
and was not to be seen again. Looking around, the opportunity to
have a party was glowing slim. Harper was already dozing off to
Dreamwhere. With his eyes closed, he looked even younger, as if
he were a boy in middle-school.
"Really, kids will be kids." Hakuren sighed to himself as he sat
nearby. There was nothing they could do other than tell stories
and that often bore at least one person. With no alcohol, games
or bottles, it was expected for a few of them to already feel
tired.
Dissonance was chattering again. She was now asking the new
human about where they came from. Normally, one would be
expected to wait for the person being asked a question to reply
before they themselves spoke, but the green-blue-eyed youngster
had no intention of sticking to restrictions such as those, at
least not in their current location and situation.
[b]"To answer Harper's question" he began with a normal tone but
increased the volume a bit upon mentioning the name before
continuing with his casual voice "I'm a student at university in
the psychology department. As for your request, Dis-chan, there
are plenty of stuff to talk about." he smiled as always "We have
pretty awesome amusement parks, high buildings and whatnot, but,
as I've heard, you have most of our attractions in Nowhere. But,
sights aren't the funnest part of our world. Humans are. We're
quite the silly bunch, once you get to look around. For
instance, in our world, you can't breathe in space, humans can't
talk to animals, we have super fast trains, but we are slugs in
space, and pester ourselves with questions that are basically
meaningless. Imagination is, you could say, the oddest of odd
things Nowhere probably doesn't have when compared to Earth."
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:27 pm
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Fox of Spades
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"Soon," the voice was barely a whisper and dull grey eyes stared
into the lake depths, eyeing the motionless surface, the
reflection of peppermint stars and the blood red moon. Something
within the lake stirred and the corners of her mouth drooped
into a frown. Slowly, a distorted reflection began to appear
deep beneath the ripples of Siren lake. "Very soon." The woman
repeated, turning to look at the boy beside her.
Luke arched an eyebrow in question. "You're planning something,
aren't ya?"
The girl beside him nodded her head, eyes glazing over as she
clenched her fists. "We're going to save them," she repeated the
sentence she had been repeating for far too long. Neither she
nor Luke remembered how many cycles had gone by and time was
nonexistent anymore. It was all an incoherent blur or event
after even meshed into a confusing timeline made up of batches
and Newt years. They watched as lost souls came and went, unable
to do anything to save them - unable to do anything against her.
"Yeah," Luke mustered a grin. He remembered those words even
though he no longer remembered her name. "I guess we will...but,
don't get your hopes up." He stretched like a lazy tabby. After
so long Nowhere felt like all he had ever known, the concept of
freedom was almost lost to him. He pulled up the sleeves of his
coat and stared at the pink scars that ran across his skin. 'Get
out' one of them read...he didn't know why, but he understood
the hate he felt for the world of sky pirates and soda
waterfalls. It wasn't his home and he would escape with her
someday, maybe not now, but he would and he'd leave Nowhere -
he'd go home.
"So how do we find the humans?" He found himself asking.
"No, we won't find them." Came her quick response. "If they find
out were here...if she finds out." The girl shook her head right
and left, a bitter smile finding its way onto her face. "You
know what will happen if she does. She likes games and hates
losing," there was a pause and her lip quirked up into a smirk.
"Her game with us is far from over."
Luke grinned. "Mhm, we're not the kind of people that give up
without a fight." At his words he found her smiling and suddenly
images of creaky tire swings and walking to a place called
school flashed before his eyes. It made him long for something
he knew almost nothing about and it made his heart ache for
blurry and incomprehensible images and feelings he could barely
understand...there was only one thing he was sure of. He hated
her for taking everything away. His friend began walking towards
one of the caves and motioned for him to follow. Luke bit back a
frown and trailed after her...there were still so many
unanswered questions.
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Back at the cabin...
Harper's eyes felt heavy. It was impossible to tell time, but
after all the games and stories it felt like two in the morning.
Dissonance continued to chirp cheerily like a child on a
sugar-high while Serenade looked tired as well. The boy stifled
a yawn, staring at his fellow humans. How long had it been since
they first got on the train? How many had they been during the
beginning? He didn't recall the precise numbers, but now there
were less than half of them. It was just Iro, Jasper, Mado,
Hakuren, Sanae, Leila and him. There were only seven of them
left and they were nowhere near completing the list of absurd
items. Not to mention, item number two sounded crazier than the
essence of chaotic star. Now, they need the song of a siren.
Where on earth were they going to find that?
He turned to look at Jasper and Leila. "I wonder if we're ever
going to leave..." he didn't mean to sound like a pessimist, but
the odds weren't looking good. "Oh, ignore what I said. I'm
sorry," he mustered up a smile and tried to start a conversation
with the two. "If you don't mind me asking, before all this what
was life like for you guys?" He smiled kindly. "I was pretty
much just a student." He stated with an uncertain chuckle. In
Nowhere were everything was fantastic and magical, he was just
plain Harper Riddle, it hadn't been much different back in the
human world either.
"Hey! Hey! Haku, you should tell us more about the human world."
She stated with a smile as she sat down beside him and leaned
forward, her resting in the palm of her hands. "You're a really
good story teller," she added in with a toothy grin and a
childish tilt of the head. He wasn't a very good game master,
sure, but she enjoyed his tales.
Serenade let out a sigh and turned to Two-Thirds. "We'll be
leaving early tomorrow to speak with mayor Spicy Tuna...and
we'll be meeting the next boat as well. Martini, Brandy and
Songbird should be arriving tomorrow, however, if they don't
arrive then the humans will be left in our care." She gave him
an encouraging smile. "You should probably get some rest while
you can...I'm used to my sister keeping me up." The black rabbit
got onto her feet and walked over to Sanae, Mado and Iro. "You
guys can get some rest as well, in fact, we should all rest soon
enough."
The announcement earned a whine from Dissonance who immediately
bolted up. "But it's supposed to be a slumber party!"
"It's supposed to be a mission..." Came Serenade's retort. "Good
night," with that the nobody walked towards one of the beds,
leaving the chatter of the living room behind. "Be nice to the
new human," she chided before finally walking up the stairs that
led to the second floor.
"So, so, new human, where did you come from?" The white rabbit
stated with a grin. "And oh, oh! I have cake if anyone want's
some."
Harper closed his eyes...he was far too sleepy and tomorrow was
going to be a long, long day.
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:28 pm
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Headphones
After the unsuccessful experiment with the game, the young man
in the midnight green coat simply sat down on the floor in the
middle of the living room, much like the rest of his comrades.
There was still a pinch of a distasteful spice in his mouth, but
he decided to let it go. After all, one learns best from their
mistakes. "Kagome Kagome" typically worked in their world,
albeit it also required a specific setting, but just because
Nowhere was a mystical land, there was no guarantee the
spiritual tricks from the human world could follow their pattern
there. Once he had a moment to reflect upon his slightly
reckless action, he concluded that it had been a fool's
decision. They were in a supernatural area, yes, but that fact
excluded the possibility of any form of spiritual phenomenon
from the human world existing in the manner known to humans.
Whilst there could have been some sort of effect from the chant,
it would most likely be impossible to trace back, now that a
certain amount of time had passed. Rather than mope about his
failure in causing a reaction from any siren nearby, Hakuren
decided to have a look at his notebook whilst the rest of his
company chattered about bedtime. Taking the item out of the
inner left pocket of his coat, he found the bookmark munching on
a few words from his fourth note regarding Nowherians and
Nowhere in general, information he had gathered from the second
celebration at the Queen's castle. Gesturing slightly with his
pointer finger, the strange animate black lace slid much like a
stake to his hand. Apparently no one from the group was paying
him any mind, thus he could write his fifth note undisturbed.
[quote=Hakuren]
Note 0.4
A childish war is the game of cards.
A song of tragedy sang by bards.
It is a play of colour and light,
where children's eyes shine so bright,
but in their hope sleeps a shadow,
which shall wake come the morrow.
In the end, it is but a dream.
Wishes are not all that they seem.
Reality comes and so does dawn.
On the sky a canvas is drawn.
One of bright yellow, and orange, and pink.
For yesterday's red they must sink.[/quote]
With that the lad quickly shut the black notebook and placed it
back into its former position. He was just in time to catch a
glimpse of Serenade, the black rabbit, who entered the bedroom
and was not to be seen again. Looking around, the opportunity to
have a party was glowing slim. Harper was already dozing off to
Dreamwhere. With his eyes closed, he looked even younger, as if
he were a boy in middle-school.
"Really, kids will be kids." Hakuren sighed to himself as he sat
nearby. There was nothing they could do other than tell stories
and that often bore at least one person. With no alcohol, games
or bottles, it was expected for a few of them to already feel
tired.
Dissonance was chattering again. She was now asking the new
human about where they came from. Normally, one would be
expected to wait for the person being asked a question to reply
before they themselves spoke, but the green-blue-eyed youngster
had no intention of sticking to restrictions such as those, at
least not in their current location and situation.
[b]"To answer Harper's question" he began with a normal tone but
increased the volume a bit upon mentioning the name before
continuing with his casual voice "I'm a student at university in
the psychology department. As for your request, Dis-chan, there
are plenty of stuff to talk about." he smiled as always "We have
pretty awesome amusement parks, high buildings and whatnot, but,
as I've heard, you have most of our attractions in Nowhere. But,
sights aren't the funnest part of our world. Humans are. We're
quite the silly bunch, once you get to look around. For
instance, in our world, you can't breathe in space, humans can't
talk to animals, we have super fast trains, but we are slugs in
space, and pester ourselves with questions that are basically
meaningless. Imagination is, you could say, the oddest of odd
things Nowhere probably doesn't have when compared to Earth."
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:29 pm
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With a content sigh of relief, Jasper was probably the gladdest
of all that the Kagome game had ended. Her stomach whined a bit
as it urged her to get some food into her system. It didn't feel
like they had been there very long, but when she glanced out the
window, the sky was already dark, well like it usually was.
Yawning into her hand, she frowned at Harper's question about
ever getting back, but she was satisfied with the way he hastily
took it back and replaced his words with more positive ones.
Reflecting on her worldly life, she suddenly felt a strong
longing for her daily life at the cafe. She missed the smell of
freshly made coffee and the feeling of unground coffee beans
running through her fingers while she picked a handful to
manually grind down to prepare for brewing.
"Well, I worked in a nice little cafe in New York and lived on
my own. I liked my job there and... I miss it a lot...", she
swallowed down a growing lump in her throat as she blew out more
air from her nostrils than usual. Uncrossing her legs, Jasper
stood up and headed to the kitchen to grab a night time snack.
Hoarding a couple of blueberry cream cheese bagels into her
hands, she sat back down with the group and munched away on them
until they were absolutely devoured. Seeing that Serenade had
already gone off to bed, Jasper eagerly followed we lead and
went off to sleep as well.
"Goodnight everyone." And she went upstairs and claimed her
spot. The mattress was dusty and not very comfy, but she was
thankful to have something to lay down on. The adventures of
Nowhere lingered over her mentality all through her slumber and
she feared the future events of her stay in the bizarre world.
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:29 pm
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GreenGoat
Alone again, she sat on one corner of the room, examining her
knife idly.
Mado Tsukihime found this situation all too familiar. Everyone,
after gathering round for whatever reason they had in mind, all
left to do their separate things, and one of them... one of them
will suddenly die. Locked room optional.
How exciting the prospect. She had never been in a closed room
murder mystery, or even a normal murder mystery before.
Mado sighed as she listened to the others telling their own
stories. Her kind of stories weren't generally accepted she had
learned. It was pointless for her to even tell stories about
anything. No one would believe her, and no one would really
listen to her long enough as well. Just as she was sitting in
this room with them but still separated from the rest. Something
she had noticed and accepted all her life.
The girl, Jasper if she recalled her name correctly, stood up
and went upstairs, where she was presumably going to bed.
"...I should be going as well..." Mado spoke to no one in
particular.
She did not go upstairs however, that would be reserved for
those other people. Instead she headed outside, where she sat on
a rather ricketty old bench. Or was it an unused shelf for
potted plants? Either way it had something for her to sit on and
a back for her to lean against so it was fine. She looked up
towards the man walking towards her, maintaining his aura of
dignity, of being a high class gentleman.
"Staying alone? I do hope you weren't thinking of sleeping on
that... thing."
"I can't sleep." Mado stated. "I won't sleep. What if they come
when I am sleeping? There is no one here who can fend them off
if I do."
"Well then, allow me to keep you company throughout the night."
He sat beside her, the bench creaking under his weight, but
still holding together. "Now if we are to capture the siren's
music, we would, of course, need a siren first. The paper, if I
had read it correctly, had not mentioned anything about what it
was exactly. Therefore...."
Mado kept silent as the man went on about what the siren's song
was, nodding at the right moment to let him know she was still
listening. When dawn comes, Mado should probably meet the mayor
as one of them said, and then proceed to find a siren somewhere.
She was so sleepy, but she had never succumbed to it yet.
The Faceless Man won't find her offguard tonight.
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:30 pm
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Fox of Spades
Tick tock...
Tick tock...
Not long after the humans and the nobodies began to retire for
the evening. Dissonance was rather stubborn, stating that they
should pull an all-nighter. However, eventually Serenade got
tired of her sister's antics and turned off the lights.
"Tomorrow, we'll be meeting up with Mayor Spicy Tuna, so get
some sleep while you all can." She gave Jasper a goodnight and
raised an eye at Mado when she exited the cabin. Surely, Mado's
fellow humans and batch mate's would make sure she didn't do
anything reckless. Well, hopefully they would...because
honestly, she was far too tired to deal with any more
shenanigans.
"Good night, kill joy!" Dissonance had yelled before curling up
in a sleeping bag before the fireplace.
Harper didn't stir and remained asleep on the couch as the
sister's bickered and argued. Eventually both silence and
darkness enveloped the cabin and one by one everyone began to
fall asleep. With a bitter Serenade ready to whack whoever
turned on the lights, there wasn't much more one could do and so
they slept.
[I][center]Have you heard of siren lake?
'Tis cursed the place, the future is bleak.
Fall now before stormy seas,
the end it comes for you and me[/center][/I]
All was silent until a soft humming filled the room. The voice
was enchanting, one that could not be described in words. It
echoed through the empty cabin, pulling the sleeping humans to
their feet. It brought to life their wildest dreams and desires
and blinded them to reality.
"Harper, mom and dad were worried sick about you."
Through half lidded eyes he could see her...his sister! Gone
were the needles and the hospital room. It was just her, beaming
with life and smiling at him. He struggled to speak and found
himself struggling to form the most simple of words. Suddenly,
he was pulled into a warm embrace and everything felt alright.
Thoughts of Nowhere, the castle int he sky and the chaotic star
all vanished. The only thing that mattered was the present. "I-I
thought you were sick," he croaked only to smile when his sister
laughed at him.
"Sick? Me? Naw, you must have been dreaming little bro. Mom and
dad are waiting back at home, we've got a new year to celebrate,
c'mon, c'mon, time's a wastin'!" She hooked both her heads
behind her head and told him to follow after her and he did.
Similar things were happening to everyone else. Rosen appeared
before Jasper, telling the girl to follow her back to the coffee
shop for cake. Those with more abstract wishes were also
affected in the same way. People didn't appear before them but
answers and the desires of their hearts did and soon they too
were walking out of the cabin. Mado who remained awake and
outside soon caught site of her fellow humans as they shuffled
awkwardly like zombies out the cabin door. Their eyes were open
but empty and blank and they moved stiffly like robots without
so much as a word.
Soon enough the faceless man appeared as well, trailing behind
the others. He turned his head to face Mado as if he were
staring then continued walking towards the others–towards the
blackened lake.
Thud!
Boom!
Creaaaaak!
Serenade hopped frantically onto her feet, a sense of dread
overtook her and before she could try to think logically she
looked around. The bedroom was completely empty! Quickly, she
bounded down the stairs, only to be greeted by the same sight.
All of the humans were gone and the only person left in the room
was Dissonance, mumbling to herself in her sleep. The black
rabbit quickly shook her sister awake, yelling about the human's
whereabouts. The white rabbit stared on in a daze, looked around
sleepily then when she finally noticed the missing humans
scrambled to her feet.
"Where are they? Dissonance, I swear..."
"Sis! I don't know where they are, really. I was asleep! How
would I even know?"
Serenade narrowed her eyes suspiciously before gulping. Quickly
she grabbed onto her sister's hand and made her way out the
door. A fog hung low, making it hard to see more than a few feet
ahead. The humans were nowhere to be seen and Serenade found
herself fearing the worst.
"Hey, bro?"
Harper arched an eyebrow, a silly smile still stuck to his face.
"Mhm?"
"When 2014 comes, what are you going to wish for?"
Before he could respond he found himself enveloped in something
cool and soothing, at first it reached up to his knees then his
waist before soon he found himself completely submerged. It
became rather hard to breath, he didn't know why but he wasn't
happy he was unusually almost frighteningly at peace. The lost
souls waded into the dark water, each one moving deeper and
deeper into the lake.
The faceless man laughed as he stood on the shore and Mado
watched as her fellow lost souls began walking to their watery
graves.
Serenade ran through the fog, sometimes tripping but always
pushing herself back up. Dissonance looked rather frightened and
unnerved behind her sister but pushed on with a confused look
stuck on her face. The black rabbit cursed then cupped both
hands over her mouth and yelled. "Where the hell is everyone?!"
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:31 pm
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An empty black abyss, deprived of light, stretched on and on,
until the world's end. Not a sound. Not a flicker. Not a single
movement. Only small shards simmered dimly as they came from the
shadows and vanished into the darkness. A hollow shell without
an exit. A room with not one window. The space was full of
nothingness to its finest.
[center]"Back to your usual logical nonsense, I see?"[/center]
The moment that low quiet female voice spoke, the sparkles
shined brighter and, suddenly, a screen of white engulfed one's
vision. In a heartbeat's time, the positions were set. Two trees
were facing each other, both of them completely bare. The sky
stretched on into infinity and met the land, which was white,
but not from snow. Quite simply put, no one had bothered to
paint there, since it wasn't necessary to begin with. Small
clouds of cream and gray were scattered left and right, whilst
peculiar staircases lead upwards to doors without rooms. The
ground was a checkered stone floor with cracks spreading much
like the roots of a tree and grass glowing on the edges of most
of the squares. Some still bore remains of yellow and purple
paint, but only scraps and spots were left from their former
beauty, as it was now being replaced by a more natural hue of
colours.
Under one tree stood he, Hakuren Zabluda. A young man at the age
of twenty, he examined the scenery before him carefully, taking
a moment to acknowledge every minor detail, for he was most
impressed with what he saw. The welkin's blue neither carried
the iciness of winter, nor was its blue as deep as a summer's
lake dive. Thus he presumed that it was either autumn or spring,
but the conclusion confirmed the latter, for there was not one
fallen leaf, but a few patches of snow were present here and
there and the branches, under which he was, bore their first
small buds.
Under the other tree stood she. A tall girl with white hair,
which reached down almost to her waist, and eyes of a piercing
icy blue. She stood there motionless, wearing a long dark blue
coat, the edge of the hood of which was fluffy. The scarf on her
neck, which was composed of blue, dark and light gray and white
lines, slightly swayed to her left as a gentle breeze blew past
them. The tree, under which she was, was not budding, rather, it
had a few nests of snow and its branches reached out towards the
heavens, like pitiful beggars wishing for a piece of bread.
The two of them remained speechless for awhile. They were
apparently in a forest, but the rest of the woods were vague, as
if swallowed by mist. The lad allowed his gaze to rest on her
once he had enough of his surroundings. She was an acquaintance,
one so close you'd call them friends, but they both knew their
relationship was far weirder than the weirdest pair of party
goggles. Going under many ordeals together, they had a bond of a
questionable state, for it always appeared at different ends to
outsiders. Sometimes it looked as though they completely
mistrusted one-another. At some other occasion, the duo like a
married couple, with one remarking something about the other is
a homely manner. Most of the time, they were presumed to be
colleagues, two people who ran on the same business track,
albeit the identity of the path was a big question mark. In the
end, only they knew what they knew and no one could understand
what these two people, peculiar in their own way, almost
opposite to each other in their manner towards human beings,
ever found in common with each other to keep meeting up and
talking as if nothing was ever wrong.
"And you're as cold as ever, Aika." Hakuren finally responded.
"You're going a little too far from shore this time, don't you
think?"
"Ships always crash in a shallow, but almost never at shore. My
insight always brings profit."
"It's not only your insight that's bothersome, it's your
curiosity." the girl told him, but let out a small sigh a moment
later and continued "I always wonder...if it was the right
choice..."
In that instant, everything around them became black, except the
two trees and the snow on the ground, which was notably mostly
on Aika's side. Small puffs of glowing light floated about, like
miniature marble suns. Some were light blue, the majority were
ginger and yellow, and the meekest ones were red. Not too far
away appeared a figure, and then another, and then another. They
were not in a group and stood on paths of light, their strength
differing from person to person. All of them were facing with
their backs, but the youngster could tell who they were. The boy
with a long black coat and short black hair. The girl with the
outrageously funny hoodie, which was patched here and there with
hand-made pictures. The short-haired girl with her white and
green school uniform. A man with flaming red hair. A boy with
messy hair and strange headphones. The girl who held a pair of
scissors. A blond lad. A cat-eared person. A man with a black
fox's mask strapped to the side of his face. Many came and many
went. They appeared and disappeared quickly, just like the
shards that had sparkled and vanished before.
"Was it really alright for us to move forward without offering
them any personal help? Although we aided them, we assisted and
gave them a hand...neither one of us...offered a shred of
emotional support. If just once we had went over the wall and
became personal...maybe this would have ended differently."
Hakuren had been looking at his companion the entire time, not
once glancing at the people, whom he knew. Silence ruled for
quite some time before and after the girl's question, but when
he decided to interrupt this splendid rule of a queen so kind
and noble, he did so by letting out a loud laugh. He began with
a smirk, then a chortle and finally broke off into a laughter so
hard, it sounded like that of a mad scientist. The figures in
the distance vanished and the lights faded one by one. Aika
simply stared, unfazed, as if stoned the way she was.
"Heh, really, that's all you could come up with?" he spoke after
taking a small breath through his parched mouth whilst looking
upwards, then letting a "heh" to exhale as he lowered his head
to meet Aika's gaze. "In reality you are a far better
conversationist. I always thought Aika had a guilty conscience
about not helping people thoroughly, but now that I hear my own
idea of it, it doesn't sound like her at all."
At that moment, he felt a tingling sensation on his legs, which
slowly crawled upwards. His vision was getting slightly blurry
as well.
"Even if you were a Kuchisake-onna, I wouldn't tell you you're
beautiful." he mumbled. This was all but a dream and he knew it
well. Usually he was able to awaken the moment he wished, but it
was much harder in this situation. His will was fighting and he
could feel reality was only a bit away, but the overall
sensation of dimmed senses and no gravitation somewhat troubled
him.
"What did you wish for, son of man?" the girl in front of him
asked. Her intonation was different, naturally, because she
wasn't truly the Aika he knew.
"My wish?" he responded. The tingling sensation was already at
his shoulders. "An impossible wish only a fool would make."
A few moments passed in the haze of darkness before he finally
opened his eyes only to see he was submerged under water.
Seconds fleeted by as he remained numb and his eyes were stung
by the water, but the young man regained his self-awareness and
swam upwards. Once his head was above water, he coughed out a
bit of water and breathed in slowly. Not a single other head
could be seen around and the surroundings were all but fog.
'Either I'm dead or this place has a serious weather problem.'
he thought, but knew it was the second. He wouldn't die, not on
his life.
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Re: The Midnight Train to Nowhere
By: RIA Date: January 31, 2014, 11:31 pm
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