|Captured Creatures|Semi-Lit+ to Literate|Accepting|

[Raella]

Surprised, she flicked her indigo gaze up to his face as he leaned against a wall. Ryu shrugged. In her immediate, conscious mind, all was well. She didn't need anyone. She didn't need anything. But through all of her learned traits of iciness, there was still a basic yearning for comfort that all humans possessed. She said nothing for a few moments, then broke the silence. "I'm fine," Ryu said, her voice breaking a bit. Mortified at the unsteadiness in her voice, Ryu brought a hand up to her mouth. She had always been able to lie flawlessly, what was so different about this time?
No one's ever asked me that before. The thought popped into her head and she swiftly pushed it aside. I don't need anyone's empathy, Ryu insisted in her mind, I am strong.
"I'm fine," she repeated in a steadier voice, casting her eyes to the side.

[SabrinaB]

Varias looked at her. He could tell she was not. "You are not good at lying, are you?" he said. He came closer to her. "Who should I tell what you tell me? I am alone here, and I don't really know the others. I am used to keep secrets. I never tell anyone. So, what's bothering you?" he asked.
He looked in her eyes. He really meant what he said. his eyes were calm, even a bit concerned.

[Raella]

Twitching her pointed ears in uncertainty, she said, ".....alright. But you cannot tell anyone."
Ryu shifted her weight, sitting in silence for another few seconds before speaking. "I'm not sure if you're aware of my childhood; I was orphaned -I think- at a very young age and I lived in the woods until Freak caught me. Before he came, I thought that I was the only one like me in the entire world." Ryu bit the inside of her cheek, unsure if she should continue. Deciding that she had nothing to loose anyway, she continued. "I grew up like any other forest animal. And....I guess that I never had what a human would call a 'friend', or a companion. What I'm trying to say is that....." she paused again, still gnawing on the inside of her cheek, "is that maybe.....maybe there's something wrong with me." Ryu's usually emotionless face was pulled into a frown, her brow furrowed in concentration as she carefully selected her words.
"And if I hear about this from anyone..." she let the threat hang there, momentarily 'putting up her hackles' in a reminder that this was strictly secret before relaxing again.

[aieralyn]

{I'm sorry that I'm just now replying...}

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"The urge to destroy is a creative urge."

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Asher left the garden with the rest of the creatures, but instead of being herded into his respective cage, he decided to improvise. Concentrating on an image of himself, he made it appear to the idling guards that he was entering his cage obediently; At the same time, he made it appear as if he was not really where he was standing. In an odd sense, these purposes made him invisible to the observant. He snickered silently to himself at the gullible guards and continued down the hallway to the room that Aasiyah had led them to earlier.

Once there, he didn't enter the room, just stood outside of it to visualize where Freak had led Daniel. He followed the hallways he assumed that the duo had went down. He must have made a wrong turn, for he had to backtrack multiple times until he finally came to an empty hallway of heavy duty rooms. Or at least they looked empty enough. Asher heard a slight whisper, and followed the sound to one of the rooms with the door just cracked open. He peered inside of it and saw Freak and Daniel talking. He listened to their conversation, but didn't dare enter the room until he had more information.

Hearing a quick set of footsteps approaching from behind, he jumped. He was safe from whoever it was, as long as they didn't bump into him. The sense of touch was the hardest to manipulate for Asher, much to his frustration. He moved out of the doorway, and faced the set of stairs at the end of the hallway. Not surprising, it was Aasiyah. She strode down the hallway and through the door, giving Asher a view of the room. Daniel and Freak were both sitting across from each other, just talking. But as Aasiyah came into the room, Freak stood shakily.

Asher was taken by surprise when Freak swiftly tackled Daniel and used a pressure point again. He stepped forward slightly, but not quite into the room. He was saved when Aasiyah intervened instead. She broke up the two, and called some guards to assist her. Asher flattened himself against the wall, again silently cursing himself for his weakness. Sighing in relief when none of them made contact, Asher watched Freak being carried away. Though he kept up the illusion even after the guards left. They had shut the door, but it was locked from the outside by deadbolts. Asher easily slid the bolts back and made to enter the room, making sure to keep the door a crack open.

As soon as he entered the room, he felt drained. He felt a loss of a mass of energy, just gone never to come back. He stumbled, falling to his knees. He tried to manipulate his own sight, and found he could not. He was struck by a sudden fear, and his memory shot back to his cage. Hopefully no one would notice his image suddenly vanished, but it was highly unlikely. He realized he must use the time he had to the fullest, and quickly.

Asher stood, noticing that he fell without reason. He had plenty of strength and energy left; The loss he had felt was only the images that he constructed fading away. He glanced around the room for the first time. Inside, Daniel was out cold on a floor cot. He shook the other boy awake, not caring if he needed the rest or not.

[SabrinaB]

Varias looked at her and nodded when she demanded him not to tell anyone. How many times did he had to say that? He waited untill she started to spek. He listened to her story. Every time she took a break, he just waited in silence, untill she was done speaking. He saw she relaxed a bit.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me," he said. "Feeling better now you told it?" He looked in her eyes. "Sounds like a rough life... Well, at least you seem to have fixed a lot now. You just need to talk a bit more about the things that bother you, else you will break yourself down, mentally..." He sighed. "I am sorry to hear you never had friends... i had one best fried... He got killed in a car accident..." He closed his eyes for a moment and sighed.

[Raella]

She nodded, considering his words. It had never occured to her that drawing into herself could be a bad thing. Ryu didn't completely take to heart his warning, however, because divulging anything, whether it be information or a physical thing, was considered a loss in her mind. But she recognized the validity in what Varias said, and would keep his words in mind.
When he mentioned his friend, Ryu blinked. "That's a shame. I'm sorry for your loss," she said, looking directly at him with piercing, half-lidded eyes. She could never know what it felt like to loose a friend; for Ryu, like he said, never had any. Offhandedly, she wondered why he was sorry to hear that. It wasn't a bad thing, in Ryu's opinion, to be alone. Emotional attachments only brought pain, weakness, and confusion. But of course, he wouldn't know, she answered herself, he's had a friend, so he'd never understand.

[~Everlasting~]

{Sorry for making you guys wait so long! I just had some family issues to deal with, and my writer's block is killing me. I will have a reply up later tonight. Promise.
In the meantime: I present to you a challenge. Make these guys famous. I dare you.}

[Moved </3 D:]

( I am not sure what to post...could anyone include me in whatever their characters are involved in? Please and thank you! )

[Dafna]

D A N I E L
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W A S
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H E R E

Since Freak had knocked him out cold, Daniel was in his own little world. Dreaming of what his life would be like if he could get out of the room, get Freak back for locking him in the room and well get through the high walls and into the nearest town. Wherever that might be, for all he knew it could be miles away, or it could be somewhat a short walk away, he doubted that though. When was anything ever that easy when it came to something like that? What annoyed him a little was that he could feel something touching him, subconsciously. The first person that came to mind was Freak and he didn’t want to wake up to see the man looking at him.

In his opinion Freak hid behind a mask to find everything that he had left. He got what Freak meant, what he said but his actions never made that much sense to him. Always confusing him and probably other creatures that lived here, all except Aasiyah. Aasiyah, she seemed to keep the balance between the creatures and Freak. Taking charge when people got out of hand and separating others when they started to fight. Shown when she separated him and Freak from nearly killing each other, not that Daniel would have the courage to actually kill the man anyway. He was to familiar in some sense, it scared him a little that he couldn’t place the familiarity of why he seemed so familiar, but he would prefer to find out before he got rid of the man.

IN the state he was in he was almost to tried to do anything about it. But no matter how hard he tried to ignore the shaking he couldn’t help but groan a little when it didn’t stop. He was so tried, almost too tired. Slowly opening his eyes so they were barely opened he blinked a few times, tempted to go back to sleep for a few hours. A small frown appeared on his face when he realised who it was, the person that was pushing him to stay awake. It frustrated him a little but he would of smiled if he wasn’t sleepy. He hadn’t even noticed Asher and he was kind of glad that he was here now instead of with the other creatures. Oddly enough Asher reminded him of one of his brothers, but he wouldn’t think about that now.

Closing his eyes for a few minutes he paused taking in some deep breaths, darkness and sleep circling the corners of his mind as time seemed to pass him by. What was he doing here in the first place? He wouldn’t forgive himself if something ever happened to Asher. The guards he had last seen were probably lurking around the place; he really didn’t know that well. Finding whatever strength he could gather he muttered a few words to the other boy. “What are you doing her’?” he asked, a bit of his accent kicking in as he started to talk to Asher.

{{ Maybe he could be in one of the cages?}}

[~Everlasting~]

{Okay, Sparrow. Let's see here. Is anyones character currently free? If not, I could probably get Freak over there somehow.}

||Freak||

When Freak was younger, he used to have a dart board. It was located on a cluttered wall in his house. The wall was full of decorative things; things he had picked up at random thrift shops and found on the street. He placed them strategically around the dart board until the wall was full. A few times every day, he would throw darts at the dart board. He would throw the dart with his hand, but use his telekinesis to make it hit the target. He would throw it with all the force he could muster, making it extremely hard to keep it on the right path. It was hard and exhausting work. More often than not, he would end up hitting and breaking one of the things around it. But he worked on it every day, and by the end of his 10th year of training, he sometimes purposely hit the objects surrounding it so it wouldn't be so boring.
This is what was on the old man's mind while he held Daniel to the wall. Not the fact that it felt like he was using the pressure point on himself. Not the fact that he had gotten up from his spot on the floor way too early. Not the fact that exhaustion was on the brink of completely overcoming his body. But the memory of an old dart board. He thought wearily that it was a terrible last thing to focus on. However, if his brain had been working, he might have noticed that it was actually an okay last thought to have. He was thinking of it because of the minor amount of effort that had taken compared to opening a simple door. Maybe Daniel was right. Maybe he should work on it more. Even if it had taken him 10 years to get to that point. Who knew how much had changed since then? Maybe his ability wouldn't be as stubborn as it had been then. He might never know if he kept leaving it alone.
The next few moments were somewhat of a blur for Freak. For a few minutes, he left reality. He seemingly entered a different version of reality, where thoughts were non-existant and all that could be seen was a blue light. Voices echoed faintly in his new reality, but they were unimporant and alien-sounding. He wasn't afraid. He didn't feel anything. But occasionally, feelings of surprise came through the blue image. Surprise that he hadn't felt himself hit the ground. He was sure that he must have by now. Come to think of it, he hadn't heard Daniel fall either. Someone else must have come into the room. Questioning thoughts began to fill his exhausted mind, but not for long. The blue shade overtook him again, and he forgot what he was thinking.
This cycle repeated itself for a few minutes before his conciousness returned to his control. He could hear Aasiyah's voice, but it sounded far away. Unable to move, Freak took a quick recon of himself. He must have passed out, or at least gotten pretty close to it. From hearing Aasiyah's voice, he guessed some of the guards had carried him back to the keeping building. He hoped they had kept Daniel down there.
After a few moments, Freak tested out his movements. He clenched both of his hands into fists and wiggled his toes. Everything seemed okay. He still felt tired, though, so it definitely wasn't time to sit up just yet. His ears were still working on coming back. The words people spoke were still incomprehendable. "Daniel. . ." he muttered, hoping Aasiyah would understand what he meant. Assuming she was actually there. His ears might just be playing tricks on him.