Quinn
Accepted Character
Posts: 10
Full Name: Quinn
Species: Demon (Unknown to himself)
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Earth (Modern)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 120 pounds
OOC Name: NomNomNutella
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Post by Quinn on Mar 3, 2014 3:09:57 GMT
Quinn felt strange. He wasn’t home. And once he fully realized it, he suddenly felt something squishy and damp under his feet, oozing between his toes. A harsh wind whistled loudly and blew all around him. Although very confused and slightly terrified, his heart raced. It raced with excitement.
Go forward, a voice whispered.
One step, said another.
Take another, one urged
GO , the last yelled.
Although Quinn saw nothing but darkness, he obeyed and took an unsteady step forward. Nearly slipping on what he guess was mud, he caught himself and then positioned himself upright. He chuckled at himself. The Voices did as well, some harsher than others. As if they were laughing at him, not with him. Quinn ventured on, ignoring those who were rude. He didn’t have time for their misbehaviour right now. He was far too busy enjoying the strange yet pleasant feeling of mud between his toes. At one point, he even bent over and stuck his hands into the mud. Picking up globs of it in his hands and feeling as it fell out and listening as it plopped back on the ground. How amusing.
Once he finished making himself a mess, he began walking once again. Quinn was a bit surprised when the mud quickly transitioned into a hard, dusty surface. It happened so quickly that he didn’t even notice when it exactly happened. He shrugged to himself and ventured on.
Please stop!
No more steps!
Not another!
STOP!
The suddenness of all the Voice yelling at him at once frightened him. He stumbled backwards and landed on his bum. Quinn’s heart was racing again, but this time from shock. “Don’t do that!” He yelled out loud to the Voices.
You almost died.
No more living.
Not alive.
DEAD.
Quinn shuddered at the last’s input. But that didn’t stop him from seeing what the problem was. Positioning himself onto his hands and knees, Quinn cautiously began crawling forward. He used one hand to slowly pat the ground. For a few moments, the only thing that seemed like a problem was all the dust he unsettled, causing him to cough loudly. But then, he felt it. Or, he felt nothing. As his hand scanned the grounds in front of him, it hit a spot of nothingness. He checked if there was more, and there was. He guessed that everything in front of him was. Quinn shuddered again. He decided that he needed to go back. This was dangerous.
As Quinn slowly crawled backwards, he bumped into something. Legs? A person?
RUN. The voice screamed all at once.
It was too late, though. By the time Quinn could even stand, the person grabbed his forearm and quite harshly too. They violently yanked him up to stand and then moved their tight grip to squeeze his shoulders with both hands. Quinn whimpered. He knew it was his father.
“Whaddaya doin’, boy?” The man breathed.
Quinn could feel his hot breath on his face and he could smell the stench of alcohol. Out of habit, Quinn lowered his head.
“I saw that damn mouth of yer’s open. Ain’t you know it’s suppose to stay SHUT?” His father gave him a nice rattle at the end of his question. When Quinn didn’t give him some sort of response, he began to violently shake him again.
Quinn nodded his head as quickly as he could; sobs escaped from his throat.
“You and yer damn cryin’. I ain’t gonna miss it.”
Suddenly, Quinn felt himself being shoved. Instead of slamming into the ground, he continued to fall. Frantic, he opened his mouth, allowing his tongue to slip out, and opened his Eye. As he focused his vision, he saw his parents standing the rocky edge, watching him as he fell. They seemed happy; his mother even waved. His father had his arm around her.
Quinn let out a desperate scream as his Eye stay fixated on the two. “Don’t let me go! Mama!” He yelled for them over and over as went deeper into the nothingness. It was only moments before he slipped into the familiar darkness.
Come back!
Quinn gasped loudly as he awoke from the dream. He placed his badly shaking hands onto his face where his was his eyes were wrapped with makeshift dirty-brown gauze , but before he could think about what just happened, he felt something odd on his face. They were small, and very itchy. “Crumbs?” He thought, and then waved that idea away. As Quinn brushed them away, he realized that he was sitting on a cold pile of it. Was he in another dream?
Sitting up, out of the uncomfortable whatever-it-was, he waited for the Voices to command him to do something. They said nothing.
He waited longer.
They said not on word.
Unsure of what to do, he stood awkwardly. The whatever-it-was rushed between his toes and sprinkled off of his blue homemade night gown that his mother made him wear. He reached for his crucifix that hung around his neck and held it for comfort.
For a while, he just simply stood (he also tried not to wriggle his toes much. He really didn't like whatever he was standing on). In the midst of his panicking, he almost didn't notice what was going on in his surroundings (ya’ know, besides the whatever-it-was that was making him extremely itchy). He could hear loud and rather constant crashing sounds coming from in front of him. A strong wind, just like before, caused his long, brown hair and gown to flutter madly. The smell of salt lingered in his nose. Where was he?
The longer he stood listening, feeling, smelling... the more curious he became. He was about to take a peak, but his lips wouldn’t open. His mother sewed them shut the day before because he tried to read. Quinn frowned to himself, then quickly stopped for it caused pain.
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Cayuse
Accepted Character
Posts: 16
Full Name: Cayuse Trito Deliro
Species: Star Dragon-Wolf
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Galvloi
Height: 7 ft. :: 12 ft. from nose to tip of tail
Weight: 450 lbs.
OOC Name: Waffles, Waff, Eggo, Lupus
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Post by Cayuse on Mar 7, 2014 0:42:20 GMT
Cayuse's wings created a massive downdraft as she lighted down a few feet from the boy. Her paws squished into the sand below her and created smeared footsteps as she made her way towards him. The feathers on her neck ruffled up and shifted occasionally as her shoulders moved on her back.
"H-hello?.......Are you okay?"
Cayuse stopped and lowered her ears; walking a little closer to him at a slower pace. Now she was looking up at him and her tail swished from side to side calmly and rather swiftly.
"I saw you wake up......."
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Quinn
Accepted Character
Posts: 10
Full Name: Quinn
Species: Demon (Unknown to himself)
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Earth (Modern)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 120 pounds
OOC Name: NomNomNutella
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Post by Quinn on Mar 9, 2014 2:34:12 GMT
Quinn was deep in his mind. He was trying to imagine where he now could be since that was the only thing he could do. But why were his dreams taking him to places he never thought of or even heard of before? Who would want to dream about waking up in a pile of stale crumbs while it thundered oddly in the background? He surely must be back where he was before though, right? There was a strong wind, just like before. Although… he didn’t remember the salty smell… Besides, why did everything feel so… real even though he was dreaming?
Consumed in his thoughts, Quinn didn’t even hear as the creature landed nearby. He didn’t even hear it walk up to him and then ask him a question. He was so wrapped up in a memory that suddenly came to him. He was trying to put one and two together, but being an abused teenager who knew absolutely nothing about the outside world, it was far too complicated for him. Quinn was too ignorant about things that normal, everyday people would know. His brows furrowed under the gauze.
What was this memory from? Why couldn’t he remember it properly…? Why-- What was that noise?
The train of questions stopped flowing in his head when he suddenly heard it. It was very slight sound--due to his disability,his other senses were heightened. Quinn froze; every muscle in his body became stiff. He had wanted to run and escape this time, but he couldn’t. Horror overwhelmed him, just like before.
Quinn knew it was his father again. It had to be. Why wouldn’t it? He has come back to terrorize his own son in his very own dreams. It was like he was making up for the times he wasn’t able to give him a visit in person. He had to be creeping up on him this time, trying to surprise Quinn. That’s why the movements were so slow sounding. Or was he giving him a chance to run so he could chase him?
His own imagination was driving him over the edge into a mental breakdown. Quinn’s whole body vibrated with fear as he stood waiting. Soon, his legs gave from under him and he dropped to the ground; the whatever-it-was quickly clung onto exposed skin. In his head, he could hear his father laughing at him, mocking him for how weak he was. Quinn’s shaking hands found their way out of the whatever-it-was and raked through his messy hair, gripping it as he knelt half bent over.
‘Stop messing with me!’ Quinn pleaded in his head as if he could be heard. ‘If you’re going to hit me, just do it! PLEASE.’ Tearless, muffled sobs could be heard from Quinn as he waited painfully for something that wasn’t bound happen anytime soon. He continued to scream pleads in his head over the non-existent laughter, showing the poor stranger a bit of what Quinn could actually be like.
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Cayuse
Accepted Character
Posts: 16
Full Name: Cayuse Trito Deliro
Species: Star Dragon-Wolf
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Galvloi
Height: 7 ft. :: 12 ft. from nose to tip of tail
Weight: 450 lbs.
OOC Name: Waffles, Waff, Eggo, Lupus
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Post by Cayuse on Mar 9, 2014 4:03:08 GMT
Cayuse was rather shocked by the boy's action. She quickly began to think, and walked closer to the teenager. From what she could tell, he couldn't see. Around his head was a roll of gauze, and he was acting as if the sand was small ants. Cayuse didn't know how to comfort him either. She wasn't all that good with those sort of things.
Instead of running up on him, she scooted across the ground on her stomach and waited until she reached him before laying down in front of him. Her thoughts raced as she pondered on whether to try and comfort him without hurting either him or herself.
"He-hey..! Snap out of it!"
Cayuse was soft-spoken, but serious. She felt bad for whoever he was, and rested her head near his sandy knees. The small, prickly pebbles were probably bothering him, so she tried her best to rub them off with the soft feathers on her neck.
Cayuse knew for a fact that her comforting skills were at amateur levels, but it was the only thing she could've possibly come up with at the moment.
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Quinn
Accepted Character
Posts: 10
Full Name: Quinn
Species: Demon (Unknown to himself)
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Earth (Modern)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 120 pounds
OOC Name: NomNomNutella
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Post by Quinn on Mar 15, 2014 13:58:28 GMT
Quinn flinched as he heard the stranger -- who he thought was his father-- move closer. Involuntarily, he slowly re-positioned himself face-down in the fetal position to defend himself, allowing the whatever-it-was to cover his hair and forehead. But he didn’t give any mind to it, he tried to focus on something else. Something else that would calm his violent trembles and to take his mind somewhere else. He was in the midst of a memory of a children’s book when he heard a voice. It wasn’t his father’s. Nor was it mother’s. Actually, Quinn had no idea who it was.
The voice was soft and kind, but it also sounded worried. It quite the opposite from his mother’s meaningless motherly tone. Quinn’s panic and trembles began to calm and he pushed himself out of the whatever-it-was to sit back on his knees; although he did flinch and scoot back a bit when he felt something soft and tickly brush against his knee.
Now his brain was full of questions once again. Quinn sat there motionlessly, deep in thought, as he faced the empty space above the stranger, thinking that it was a sweet lady kneeling in front of him and looking right back at him. Out of pure curiosity, he reach for the imagined woman with a hand covered in the “stale crumbs” only to find emptiness.
What?
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Cayuse
Accepted Character
Posts: 16
Full Name: Cayuse Trito Deliro
Species: Star Dragon-Wolf
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Galvloi
Height: 7 ft. :: 12 ft. from nose to tip of tail
Weight: 450 lbs.
OOC Name: Waffles, Waff, Eggo, Lupus
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Post by Cayuse on Mar 15, 2014 18:25:11 GMT
Cayuse looked up at the boy who was now kneeling over. He'd reached into what seemed to be nothingness as if he could see something that she couldn't. He looked calmer than he was earlier, and wasn't tense like he had been. The being was about to say something, but was shocked and froze when she see his face. His mouth had been sewed shut.
"Are you okay?!"
Standing up, she bumps into his hand then backs away. It looked almost too painful. Even she couldn't imagine what it was like to live like that. Mute is one thing.....but this was mute on crack.
"That looks like it hurts! We need to get those threads out of your mouth!"
Cayuse glanced around the beach to look for anything sharp enough to cut the threads from his face without tearing his lips. She'd never been in a situation like this before, and couldn't help but panic. She'd never seen something like that. Only in something humans called horry movies or whatever they were called.
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Quinn
Accepted Character
Posts: 10
Full Name: Quinn
Species: Demon (Unknown to himself)
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Earth (Modern)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 120 pounds
OOC Name: NomNomNutella
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Post by Quinn on Mar 16, 2014 1:59:28 GMT
For a moment, there was only the sound of wind and the weird thunder in the background when he suddenly felt something soft bump against his hand. Quickly, he pulled his hand to chest and then held it there with his other. Quinn was now very confused. It wasn’t a person, then? An animal? And again, where was he?
Quinn listened as the creature retreated backwards, and then he slightly smiled--although it was painful-- as he listened to her panic. Only because it was over him. No one had ever worried about him. This stranger was already acting more of a mother than his own.
Simply sitting, he waited for this creature with the lovely voice to help him. Quinn knew he wouldn’t be of any help if he blindly began walking around in a weird environment.
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Cayuse
Accepted Character
Posts: 16
Full Name: Cayuse Trito Deliro
Species: Star Dragon-Wolf
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Galvloi
Height: 7 ft. :: 12 ft. from nose to tip of tail
Weight: 450 lbs.
OOC Name: Waffles, Waff, Eggo, Lupus
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Post by Cayuse on Mar 16, 2014 13:51:15 GMT
She began searching. Branches wouldn't do, but the beach was covered in rocks. If she could find a sharp enough rock, she could use it to cut it from his mouth. Her heart had been racing, and she knew she was panicking. But when she looked back at the boy, he was sitting down as calm as ever. Even Cayuse knew if she was him she'd be freaking out about the fact that she couldn't speak and that her lips were sealed like a blanket would be.
"H-h-hold on! I've got this!"
Taking a deep breath, Cayuse tries to calm herself down. When she regained her senses, she sat down and dropped all of the stones she was holding in her mouth.
"You.....you know where you are..........right?"
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Quinn
Accepted Character
Posts: 10
Full Name: Quinn
Species: Demon (Unknown to himself)
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Earth (Modern)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 120 pounds
OOC Name: NomNomNutella
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Post by Quinn on Mar 21, 2014 23:31:52 GMT
Quinn merely sat motionless as he heard the thing move away. It was a distance away once he heard its voice again; the voice was frantic. Standing up, Quinn decided to at least get out of the incredibly annoying itchiness in which he knelt in. He proceeded to shake it off of himself and brush it from his legs and forehead. The grains had burrowed into his bangs from his previous and rather short panic attack. Wildly, in attempt to sooth the weird sensations that the whatever-it-was caused as it stuck in his hair and scalp, he shook his head. Some of it flew out, but the majority of it stayed put. A frustrated sigh came from his throat.
When the creature had returned, Quinn had his fingers hidden underneath the jungle of his unkempt hair, shaking the grains out as best as he could. This seemed to help him a bit more, but some managed to stay put. Irked, he gave up, letting his thin arms fall to his sides and stood awkwardly in the crumbs. This was the first time he actually wished to be home in his bed. He did not like this new environment. It smelled weird, felt weird, and sounded weird.
Dear Lord, please wake me up…
Quinn heard several objects fall to the ground and flinched, not quite expecting it. He then heard the being talk again. It asked if he knew where he was. At first, he didn’t respond because of course he didn’t. But he believed he was dreaming.
Raising his arms from his sides, Quinn put his palms together and then placed them against his right cheek. He hoped that it understood his gesture, but just in case, he made a rumbley and scratchy noise that sounded similar to a snore. After a moment, he made another gesture by pointing to himself and then shrugging.
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Cayuse
Accepted Character
Posts: 16
Full Name: Cayuse Trito Deliro
Species: Star Dragon-Wolf
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Galvloi
Height: 7 ft. :: 12 ft. from nose to tip of tail
Weight: 450 lbs.
OOC Name: Waffles, Waff, Eggo, Lupus
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Post by Cayuse on Mar 22, 2014 0:54:43 GMT
Cayuse tilted her head slightly as if it made it easier for her to comprehend what he was trying to show her. First, one of her ears flung up; then that one went down and the other one flew up. She couldn't quite figure out what he was gesturing about, but the choppy noise from his throat explained the sleeping part. First she even thought he had his hands stuck to his face from what he was showing.
That's how she'd gotten there too. She fell to sleep and woke up on the island not far from where they were now. Except she'd arrived a few days beforehand. It was weird though. What were her parents thinking? Her siblings? She just kind of belonged to a never-ending sleep now.
"You're in the dream world. Once you're in....there's no coming out."
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Quinn
Accepted Character
Posts: 10
Full Name: Quinn
Species: Demon (Unknown to himself)
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Earth (Modern)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 120 pounds
OOC Name: NomNomNutella
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Post by Quinn on Mar 22, 2014 17:33:23 GMT
A dream world…? A place he cannot leave? This isn’t true. He knew it wasn’t. He went to sleep like any other night. His mother guided him onto his knees at the side of his bed and together they prayed like they always did. Once done, mother helped him up into bed, tucked him in, and put leather buckles around one wrist to restrain him. She cooed him to sleep with a hymn. It was like any other night. It was normal. And this was just a dream, a terrible dream. Mother will shake him from his nightmare like she usually does early in the morning to pray once more before a bland meal in bed. He’s gonna wake up soon. He has to.
Quinn was freaking out again without realizing it. His hands held his head and he quivered slightly as he stood. He was silent, but inside his head he was screaming. He didn’t know what to do or what to exactly think. He’s never been in this situation. Quinn didn’t know what to do without his Voices, without mother; mother always fixed everything. Why was this nightmare so strange and so different from the other ones he has had? Why is this creature trying to tell him that this was real? Is it the Devil trying to lure him from the real world?
Wait…
Quinn’s tense body suddenly relaxed. He slowly lifted his head and straightened as he realized something. If… if this is a place, a different world, away from home… Am I free? he thought to himself slowly. If I believe in this creature, will I not see mother anymore? Father…?
Coming to that conclusion, he now really had to talk to this thing. Using another simple gesture, he move his left hand close to his mouth and imitated the motion of a pair of scissors with two fingers. After a moment of doing that, Quinn gently touched the material that his mother used to sew his lips shut.
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Cayuse
Accepted Character
Posts: 16
Full Name: Cayuse Trito Deliro
Species: Star Dragon-Wolf
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Galvloi
Height: 7 ft. :: 12 ft. from nose to tip of tail
Weight: 450 lbs.
OOC Name: Waffles, Waff, Eggo, Lupus
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Post by Cayuse on Mar 23, 2014 3:00:48 GMT
The younger being knew exactly what he was talking about. She wanted to do the same thing earlier, but didn't know if it was the right thing to do or not. What if his lips were sealed for specified reasons? What if he wasn't supposed to speak because something bad would happen if he did? There wasn't really an explanation. She just had a gurgling feeling in her heart that something bad might happen. Very bad.
"I uh......Are you......are you sure?"
Picking up one of the rocks again, she drops it on his lap for him to cut it. She didn't have the freedom of moving her paws in a way as to cut it. Much less opposable thumbs. So she couldn't cut the material herself. Even her father--overseer of her homeworld couldn't do certain things because of their species' lack of handling joints.
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Quinn
Accepted Character
Posts: 10
Full Name: Quinn
Species: Demon (Unknown to himself)
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Earth (Modern)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 120 pounds
OOC Name: NomNomNutella
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Post by Quinn on Mar 23, 2014 23:37:48 GMT
Quinn vigorously nodded his head after she stuttered a question. He wasn’t too worried as to why she sounded nervous, he only wanted to ask questions and look around. Moments later, Quinn felt something hard plop down near his feet. He flinched at the suddenness and then reached for it. Groping the object, he quickly knew it was a rock. A slightly pointed one.
A rock…? He thought. He wasn’t quite sure would a rock would do for him. Although it was kind of sharp, he didn’t know if it would tear the material. Even if he did use the rock, he’d have to saw at it, which would probably cause his skin to rip. Quinn didn’t want anymore pain than he already had. He’d just have to find something sharper. Maybe there was a knife somewhere, or a pair of scissors, or just something.
Quinn let the rock fall from his hands and listened as it hit the whatever-it-was. Folding his arms, he waited for the creature to propose different plan.
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Cayuse
Accepted Character
Posts: 16
Full Name: Cayuse Trito Deliro
Species: Star Dragon-Wolf
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Galvloi
Height: 7 ft. :: 12 ft. from nose to tip of tail
Weight: 450 lbs.
OOC Name: Waffles, Waff, Eggo, Lupus
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Post by Cayuse on Mar 24, 2014 1:37:39 GMT
Cayuse watched him toy with the rock for a few seconds before dropping it. She didn't know what else to do. Something sharper couldn't be found here. It just wasn't possible. After all, it was but a measly beach. The only real 'sharp' things were those annoying shells you stepped on when you went swimming. That's another reason she hated being here. Despite the beautiful scenery, the broken shells and objects laying on the beach got on her nerves.
"Well.........If we went to the city, we might be able to find something. Something to cut those off of your mouth at least."
Looking through the dense forest of trees and twigs. Him being blind wouldn't be an advantage getting through the mess. It wasn't impossible, but it would be very difficult. Besides, who would want to try and climb through there anyways? It was a death trap! Looking from the woods back to the boy, she waits for his next choice. She could either get the two of them over the jungle herself, or they could tread through it.
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