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Post by ToxicShadow on May 18, 2007 8:38:44 GMT -5
"That is...correct. I've grown up so much differently then anyone would have thought...But I appreciate that you've both listened to me- very few do, and believe it." Alice's voice was soft, maybe so it wouldn't betray her and show too much emotion, and her eyes were locked onto the table. "That's not exactly the end of the story either..." After a moment, she looked back to Light and Dark. "When I was a captive to the asylum and my feelings were drained from me, Wonderland was destroyed. It disintegrated into nothing, and so did all the beings living in it. It began to be re-created once I was free, but its far from the same, a darker, warped version of its old self. There are only a few living there now...And that play in to Renoshi-Kage's story." The Ixi's eyes shifted from the two in front of her to eye the man beside her. Renoshi's two-toned eyes met hers and he nodded, preparing to tell his story. ((Ok, you have full right to hit me upside the head with a mallet or something. ))
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Post by Diablo on May 20, 2007 1:10:03 GMT -5
((oo why? because you always take forever to reply?))
Light shuddered and Dark patted his shoulder comfortingly. "No one deserves to be drained like that..." he murmured softly. "No one..."
Dark frowned. "Please, continue. Our story was a mere dust particle compaired to this."
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Post by ToxicShadow on May 20, 2007 13:44:34 GMT -5
((Yes, because of that. I'm being very bad about replying.))
Renoshi nodded again, this time in the direction of the two males. "My story begins, like Alice's, outside of our new world, in this one. Its not very common now a days to hear about the secret villages like the one I was born in. Honestly, I don't remember much about it myself. Maybe you'd call my people...ninjas? That's probably the closest explanation I can give that people outside will understand, though we were far from that." He paused very briefly to set himself back on the course of the story. "My village was hidden in the forest, untouched by cities and most of their problems. But something happened, an epidemic broke out and we didn't have a cure. We had to rely on the hospital in the nearest city, but none of the doctors knew its origin either, they couldn't cure us. Everyone had died, and I was the last, waiting in the deathward of the hospital. The virus ate away little by little at the heart and it would continue until it stopped beating and you died. I was only days away until mine gave out when I met Alice for the first time..." He allowed a break there, giving them the courtesy of a moment to digest the bit of information he'd given and voice anything the wished to say or ask.
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Post by Diablo on May 20, 2007 15:29:18 GMT -5
Light smiled slightly, resting his head on his folded arms on the table, half expecting a romantic love story. He was always a sucker for those types of things. Dark just nodded.
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Post by ToxicShadow on May 20, 2007 16:02:55 GMT -5
And then he carried on with the story. "She just wandered into the deathward for no apparent reason and started talking to me." Alice broke in at that point. "I've told you the reason. I had nothing better to do and I heard of the epidemic." "My point. No real reason." Renoshi replied, without looking back at her. "So I thought she was crazy, being around me without wearing anything to protect herself from the virus I harbored. But she stayed around for about a week, rambling on about whatever came to mind or just sitting silently. The doctors ignored me most of the time, considering I was dying, so they didn't care if she was around. They tried to kick her out once but...anyway, my heart finally got too weak. I really was dying and the pain I felt then can't be placed in words. Alice was there at that point and she said she could help me, if I gave her permission to. So I did, what was there to loose when I only had minutes to live? She cut open my chest, getting to what was left of my heart. I don't know what exactly she did, I was only living for the first part. I died during whatever she was doing and yet...I woke up not too long afterward. I wasn't breathing, my heart wasn't beating, yet I was living..." He trailed. This story was even more strange then that of Alice's. "I'm what they call a puppet master. I gained the ability some time during my recovery. I can bring things to life...dolls, puppets, and, in one case, another person." Alice explained. "I suppose you could call me a zombie of sorts. My nearly dead heart beats once a minute at the most, usually much less. I survive only by feeding off of Alice's life force...if she ever dies, then I'll die. So I ended up becoming the one and only 'card guard' of her new Wonderland. I protect her with my life, because I owe it to her. But that's just that. When you first saw me, back around the alleyway, and how she had stitched my arm up. Well, its because my body takes too long to heal itself- my whole body is barely living. I can't produce blood fast enough either...so...Alice is also my blood donor." "I mentioned that I have a friend who also goes by the name of Dark as well. He's the new king of hearts, a master of dark magics, so he preforms the blood transplant. Its really very harmless."
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Post by Diablo on May 23, 2007 12:07:34 GMT -5
"Thats...almost unbelieveable...but so amazing." Light's eyes shone. "It sounds like a nightmare but like an amazing adventure as well!"
Dark shook his gead. Light was too whimsical at the best of times.
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Post by ToxicShadow on May 26, 2007 20:05:55 GMT -5
"It is, I suppose you could say, a little bit of both." Alice replied in calm voice. How many a times did she have to re-think the events in her life? "But I'd say its more of a nightmare then anything. You'd understand, if you ever saw my home now...." She fell silent, letting her words trail on. "Well, that happens to be both of our stories." Renoshi said, closing everything up.
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Post by Diablo on May 27, 2007 8:29:48 GMT -5
"What happened to your home?" Dark ask quietly. Light looked at him oddly.
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Post by ToxicShadow on May 28, 2007 22:10:36 GMT -5
Alice's ears twitched as Dark asked her question, that was a first. Her eyes were on the table as she spoke. "Well, the old manor where I lived in my childhood days was burned to the ground. I don't know happened after that, even after these years I can not stand to go back. But I've heard a few stories. It being built over for some company or something or that's it just been left to rot. Either way, the turn out isn't good." She said unhappily, in a low voice. "Today I live either in Wonderland or, if I'm here, in random hotels, on benches, forest areas. Basically, where ever I end up that night. I don't really sleep while I'm here, I just stay up. Until I've gone too many days without." She shrugged lightly. "But Wonderland isn't very 'happy' any more. Its always dark, the trees are twisted and black, the flowers are poisonous to the touch. If any creatures even live there, they are the sort that would try to eat you."
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Post by Diablo on Jun 5, 2007 7:04:42 GMT -5
"Why has Wonderland become so twisted? Surely theres something you can do to fix it." Dark murmured, raising an eyebrow.
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Post by ToxicShadow on Jul 1, 2007 10:32:38 GMT -5
"When I was forced to live in the asylum and became much like an empty shell, the original Wonderland vanished. When I received my feelings once again, it was recreated. However, Wonderland was always shaped by how I felt. Because now I'm not the person I used to be...now that I'm practically walking despair, Wonderland reflects that. The only way to 'fix' it would be to escape my despair." Alice explained. Renoshi sat all in silence, feeling greatly sorry for his friend. It was one of the worst things, what she was forced to go through. She even had the welfare and happiness of four others on her shoulders, though none of them asked her to worry so much. She hardly had a real chance to be happy herself.
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Post by Diablo on Jul 2, 2007 20:59:02 GMT -5
Dark frowned and fell silent. He was currently in a walking state of despair but he didn't go ruining worlds because he felt down. Then again, wasn't like he HAD any worlds to ruin..."Thank god for that." he murmured. Goodness only knows what the place would look like...probably very very black. Then again, Light's world, if he ever had one, it would probably be worse when he went into super emo mode.
Light lifted a hand and petted Alice's shoulder. "Thats not good then, is it? Do you know how to escape this despair? if there's anything I can do, anything at all..." he offered a smile.
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Post by ToxicShadow on Jul 2, 2007 23:16:06 GMT -5
"Don't be despaired." The female had replied simply, looking up to Light. But something about her words seemed hopeless. "Despair is a feeling, so my guess the only way to get it to ease up would be to find a spark of happiness, or to eliminate something that brings me despair." It was a logical answer, though she couldn't be a hundred percent sure that it would work that way. But it wasn't like a full life of events that caused her ill feeling could be eliminated, they'd always be there.
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Post by Diablo on Jul 8, 2007 5:01:32 GMT -5
"Eliminate? Well what makes you sad? Maybe we could help!" Light beamed at her. "I'd love to help out!" "Light, you may have forgotten, but I have not. We have a job to do. We cannot run around making people's imaginary lands back to normal or whatever." Dark muttered. Light scowled. "Its not imaginary!" here he clouted Dark across the back of the head. Dark growled and dove at Light, knocking him to the ground. The two scuffled on the ground, throwing punches and just kicking the stuffing out the other.
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Post by ToxicShadow on Jul 9, 2007 7:58:00 GMT -5
Alice was about to attempt to decline Light's suggestion. Somehow, she doubted people could really help, even if they wanted. Yes, call her miss doom and gloom if you want, but she just didn't see the use. However, as the two started fighting, she jumped up from her seat. Oh, great place to fight guys, with all these random people able to see. "Renoshi." Her voice went dark, and her companion stood up beside her with a serious expression. All she did was nod, and there was a sudden 'squeak' sound, and they were no longer in the world of Dark and Light. Oh no, they landed right in the middle of her own world. The two would now be rolling around on a cobblestone pathway, in the middle of a forest. Like she had described, the world was darkened. There was no light from the sun, just an odd glowing light about the world which allowed them all to see. In a way, it was like eternal night. And most of the trees were warped in an upsetting fashion. Alice just stood there eying the two outsiders. Renoshi had vanished...
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