T h e • O u t s i d e

Carter: "Ha, do you freakin see this!" I wave my sword around as I take a few steps. "This thing's so freakin cool! No more 'Sir Doofus' for me! Man, I have to show the others this!"

Jane: My eyes narrow as we hit yet another dead end. "Ah, you all seem to be in need of help," says a voice. I close my eyes for a moment nostalgia washes over me. "Orion," I murmur.

(Do you want to play Orion? He's the one who use to come here with Cassandra, but he grew up and ate the food of the Outside, which you must never do. Some outsiders knew he was there while others didn't. He decided to stay in the Outside after Cassandra left. I was thinking that he's in love with her but in a kind of obsessive way, but you can do whatever you want with him.)

Um, okay. But I think I'll wait until you come back to do anything so we can talk about it

Bavk, and you don't have to if you don't want to. I was just asking.

No, sure, I'd love to...but I just don't know details and stuff

The only things to know is the part about them falling off the roof, him being brown haired, skinny, and sickly as a child, and the stuff I already told you. Everything else you can make up.

Eliza
I roll my eyes and stand on my toes, a few inches shorter than Carter now, and whack him over the head "No, the only humans you can tell anything to is Cass, Maryanne, and Ori...er, the others who seem to know"

I'll try, but if I totally mess up, lemme know. *nervous*

Orion
I give Jane a small, lopsided smile "Long time no see. I heard Cass was back in town?"

Jane: I bite back a curse as I turn around. "Yes, she is," I say. "She's a bit different, but underneath all of that fluff she's still her. But I'm afraid we don't have time for reminicing. Where's the way out?"

Carter: I grimace and touch my head. It still hurt under all of the metal. "Can I tell Mom at least? She'd love this place!"

Orion
Ignoring her question, I studied the little girl standing next to Jane "Who's she?" Her strange pink eyes were unnerving, almost, and I took a minuscule step back

Eliza
I glance at Elli "I thought you said he was an orphien?!" I mouthed, and she shrugged back "Where is your mom?"

Carter: I frown a bit and turn away. "She got sent away..." I say softly. "We were homeless since Dad left when I was three. She started traveling with me a lot, taking me to all these places all over the world. She'd always been different from everyone else. But then one day, she just left me at a bar in England. I was seven and was pretty freaked out, so I walked over to some constables who helped me find her. She was screaming at a telephone booth to unhand her son. Turns out she was a schizo and there fore 'unfit.'"

Jane: "She's Maryanne, a girl from the orphanage. We were looking for her friend Carter, and this is the closest I could take her."

Eliza
I nod, having heard that kind of story before. Pity crashed into me like a wave for the boy, and my dark lips turned down in a frown as I thought something over

Elli
I wrap the little knight boy in a motherly hug "You poor thing" I mutter, black tears pricking at my eyes.

Orion
"Hm, and where would this friend of hers be?"

Jane: "The toy shop run by those sisters...I've never been, having no need for toys," I say. "He wa attacked by Cerberus and now he has a scar over his eye as well as blood spattered on his iris'. Does he sound familiar?"

Carter: "Ah, its ok, I'm fine." I pull away from her and scratch my head. "Sorry, you just asked where she was. Did't mean to give you a sob story!"

Orion
"Cerberus" I mutter with a sigh, running my hand through my hair "Alright, I'll help you two out. Follow me" I began down a maze of mirrored alleyways

Elli
"Is there anything we could do for you, dear?"

Jane: I take the girl's hand as we follow Orion. While the twins were still oblivious that he was back, Kore, Raziel, and I were there the day he ate the fruit. After a while, we step out into a clearing. I breath a sigh of relief and look ahead. "It should be over there, if the legends hold true."

Carter: "Nah, I'm good. Although now that you mention it...well..." I grin. "Got any food?"

Orion
I nod "I've been there a quite a few times with Cass, actually. Just keep going through the treeline, there will be another clearing with a cabin."

Elli
Eliza and I shake our heads at the same time "Sorry...er..."

Eliza
"Humans cannot eat here"

Carter: Damn, there goes my fantasy. I knew this place was too good to be true. "Um...why?" I ask. "Because you'll be forced to live here forever." I look up to see Jane walking up with Maryanne and a guy.

Maryanne
"Who's the knight?" I mutter, looking around for Carter. "You told me Carter would be here!" I whisper to Jane, fear clouding my eyes

Carter: Knight? "Oh ho, so you've finally recognized my skills as a knight! Pem, what you are seeing before you is my true appearence, what I look like on the inside. Now that you've excepted fully what I am, my true form as been revealed!" I do my righteaous laugh as I look up at the sky, completely forgetting that I actually do look like a knight right now.

Maryanne
Shock crossed my face, than annoyance. Must've been one of the toys they were talking about, I guessed "No, Sir Goofalot, you're in knight's armor" I sigh, and walk over to him. Then I whack him over the head, not wanting him to know how worried sick I had been

Carter: "Ack!" I wince and touch my head. "Now that was uncalled for. Don't be jealous because I've got a real knife now!"

~in the real world~

Cassandra: "Hehe, yes, I've just come to take these two students bavk to their rooms for their punishment!" Ms. Rowens raises an eyebrow. "Really? Are you sure that's-" "Mmhm," I nod. "It is. So if you don't mind, I think I'll just lead them away. C'mon, guys." When I see that Raziel as the stringstied around their limbs, he nods and starts moving them like a puppet master. They stand and walk towards me, their eyes dull. I can't believe no one thought to tell me this until after they left!

Maryanne
"But no monsterbane in sight, hm?" I chuckle, whacking him one last time

bye again

nvm

Carter: I stick out my tongue. "You're lucky I don't have any. I'd use my sword, but I of all people should know that it can't do anything to a Pem." Suddenly, Jane looks up at the guy with a frown. "We should be going back soon. We only came to help open the boy's eyes, and Raziel lent me his voice. I'll corrupt it if I use it for too long."

Maryanne
"You mean...go back...so soon?" I stuttered, my face downcast "Can we ever come back?"

Elli
I frowned, I had gotten attacked to the two

Jane: "Yes, of course you can. Cassandra knows more than a few ways to get here. The cannibals accepted her for a reason."