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I’ll join!!! I finally have time for such things and Niarok and Yila want out of my brain XD
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
*screams loudly*
HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
ALSO WHAT THE FORUM IS SHUTTING DOWN?????????????????????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Also yes my childhood innocence is… well… *moment of silence*
Thank youuuu for doing this and for being awesome and I shall go stare long and longingly at the many pages I wrote of Niarok and Yila being stupid and adorable XDDD
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
I AMMMMM I think… XD HOW HAVE YOU BEEENNNN?????????
Also I love your quote because I RELATE and I said something similar when I read them so…
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
*crashes through the ceiling and lands in an ungraceful heap atop the dust and note covered table, which promptly collapses and leaves me sprawling in an enormous pile of dirt*
*coughs profusely*
KYLIE YOU’RE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!
*squints at barely readable note*
Ummm…
I have no clue.
SOMEONE TELL US WHAT TO DOOOOO
*sneezes so hard a hole gets blown open in the far wall*
Anyone seen my dragon?…
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
*Attempts to sneak in stealthily but trips on corner of rug and tumbles headlong into the midst of the room*
HELLO EVERYONE
THE DENALI HASETH RETURNETHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, fire-breathing turtles??? WELL THAT’S COOLLLL
Also @lady-grace I HAVE NEVER MET YOU *bowls you over with a hug* WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!!!!!! Tell me about yourself!!!! XD
I 100% agree with @lady-grace and @calidris. A little nudity here and there, if it is a natural outpouring of the events, is not overly described, and is not sexualized in any way, I think is completely acceptable. If we know it happens but it isn’t… um… *forgets how to English* IDEALIZED that was the word I was looking for… isn’t idealized in any way, then it’s cool.
HrRrRrmMmMM
debate topics…
I d o n ‘ t k n o w w w wwwww
Ahhh a classic debate topic (which I do believe was debated awhile back but I wanna hear y’all’s thoughts!)
What constitutes “magic” in fantasy and where do you draw the line? I.E. do you think there is such a thing as “good magic?” When does it become “bad magic?” Can magic be a good thing at all?
I will contain my rant for precisely- Nope.
SOMEONE POST BEFORE I EXPLODE XD
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
ooh… what’s this darkness power?
*Cackles evilly* This is the way that Mori plans to take over the world. XD The Darkness is the power that’s taken over Mori’s world and those who serve the Darkness get to “play” with it. The extents of what it can do are unknown, but Mori is especially good at wielding it. One thing he can do (which is what he did to Abirami) is shield his presence and actions from the knowledge of his target. Abirami couldn’t have known he was there (unless he also has a hidden power lol)
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
Haha don’t worry! Mori is a happy little character who will find a way to murder everyone so just… don’t worry. XD
Mori
Ha.
Metabolism of a horse.
Yeah, well the idiot wasn’t wrong.
The idiot was a horse. And a bear. And about fifteen other things.
The elephants had been especially amusing.
But frustrating.
The idiot was far better at shielding than was good for him.
Mori lay still.
The idiot thought he could put the Darkness to sleep.
He was wrong.
Mori smirked.
Just you wait.
Ah, and now there were bugs.
Ew.
I mean, I could order them to attack everyone…
Ew.
At least it wasn’t raining. That would have been particularly unpleasant, especially in his eyes.
And that other idiot had stolen his knives.
Mori cracked his eyes open. Everyone had their backs to him, watching the swarming bugs.
Mori grinned. He crept up behind Elephant Man and let Darkness flow from his hands before snatching the knives from the back of his belt.
The man didn’t even flinch.
Good old Darkness.
Mori crept straight out of the room.
The fact that Elephant Man had ruined his castle was quite infuriating.
Well, so maybe he could attack Cliff Stairs Man later.
Oh wait.
He could guard his thoughts too.
Mori sighed.
This day just gets better and better.
He’d find a rain cloud to pummel in the mean time.
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
that was awesome. =) I like your characters. I will write Ku’s dream later, but just a short fun ditty in response to Mori. ;p
Lol thank you!!! That was immensely fun to write. I’m glad you like them!!!
This castle was some sort of demented.
THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
not sure if that fits with your characters ability or not, but I figured Mori would be able to sense the animal presence from within Abirami. … since my world’s magic is called essence, it works similar to Plato’s perfect forms, so for Abirami to transform into different animals, he has to have basically the true essence of the animals formed in his mind – so for a telepath like Mori, I would imagine it would be like seeing a bunch of live animals from within Abirami’s mind… Figured he would find that humorous? feel free to change it if you wish…)
“Listening” to you describing my character is so entertaining!!! And yes, I think that’s completely accurate. Especially since Abirami has the essence of animals in his mind, Mori will automatically be able to read him better and will find the spontaneous elephants quite entertaining. Along with the part where he can torture him.
haha. I’m a math teacher, but I have also coached Scholar’s Bowl, so I know quite a bit from every subject area.
That’s so cool! What grades do you teach?
hahahaha. I have a poster in my classroom with Gandolph facing the balrog, on top it says “You Shall Not Pass”. and then on the bottom, it says “If You Do Not Have Your Name On Your Paper!”
LOL THAT IS SO EPIC!!! That’s probably all I would stare at during classtime. XD
@rose-colored-fantasy
DENALI YOU’RE BACKKKK!!!!!! I MISSED YOU AND I MISSED NIAROK!!!!!
SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Niarok missed you (and Aydin – you’ll have to throw him back in sometime XD)
LOL, same XD Whining about the weather is my one weakness XD
And you and Mori will get along great. (when he’s not trying to murder your characters, that is XD)
Oh, GOSH I’m glad I pulled out the little gremlin. She would have been AWFUL with Mori!!! It would have been worse than the Lorcan *s i t u a t i o n* The brat would get herself murdered and I am seriously doubting whether I would plot-armor-ressurect her.
LITERALLY THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE!!!!!!!!!!!! It would have been absolutely hilarious until it ended in extreme amounts of blood.
Awwww, yesss!!! Niarok is the sweetest, most wholesome character, he adopted all these traumatized idiots so quickly 🥰🥰
Niarok is seriously my therapy character. He has a habit of adopting my idiot brain cells and making them function. No surprises there. XD
Oh, Denali, I wish I could say Aydin is alive and doing well in his story but… I’m stuck at the low point, both of the story and his character arc. I have the decency to be ashamed of what I’m doing to my characters in general and him in particular. (He’ll be fine though, he’s survived worse… kinda. I hope.) *Evil laughter interspersed by tears because ohmygoodness it’s so awful.*
*Cries with you because I know exactly how you feel* Just keep in mind that if I ever read your story, I’ll be sobbing the entire time he’s getting tortured. DON’T HURT MY CINNAMON ROLL!!! *knows you must but still sobs*
I think you’ll like Mejt and Halmar! They’re from the pirate story (idk if I told you about it yet… it’s more high-fantasy than Liorah’s world.) Mejt has the soul of a bitter grandma and Halmar has the personality of a golden retriever. It’s great XD
BEST COMBINATION EVER THOUGHHHHHH It sounds curiously similar to Evie and Dominic… Evie being the bitter grandmother, of course. XD
Oh, gosh, Evie still giving you trouble?
ALWAYS AND FOREVER I literally can’t with her. Although she’s better now that I stuck her in a worse situation than the one I had her in before. Because that makes sense… XD
@everyone I sincerely apologize for all the terror your poor characters are going to experience from the monster my brain randomly created… *attempts to lock Mori in a closet*
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
@everyone
HIIIIII I’ll respond to y’all like tomorrow when I actually have time. XD
For now, Niarok is insisting that I get him back to dad status. So here goes…
Niarok
This felt strangely familiar.
Painfully familiar.
The smell of smoke was almost enough to send him into a flashback.
Too bad he’d picked up Yila’s habit of panicking.
Niarok shook his head, sniffing the air. The smell was off. His head felt fuzzy.
Really really fuzzy.
And the air…
It definitely smelled like…
Urgency stabbed through the fog in Niarok’s mind and he covered his mouth and nose with his shirt, every last one of his Mist instincts kicking in.
He ran down the hallway, fishing through his pack and tearing out the herb that would counteract the poison.
He had to get to a higher level.
Unless the entire castle was filled with this stuff.
Then he would die.
He refused to let that be an option.
The hallway curved and a staircase appeared. He took the stairs two at a time before nearly running off the edge into a dark pit.
He pulled up short and sighed.
Now he remembered this too.
How the castle would move and change and crush and actively try to kill its inhabitants.
Great.
The poison was aching in his lungs, and he glanced along the ceiling.
The doorway to the next level was six feet away and a bit higher than the level he was at. It would be a stretch, but he wasn’t about to give up. He had more of a chance dying of the death mist than he did of missing the doorway.
He tore the pack off his back and hurled it through the doorway, then sucked in one more breath of the herbs before taking a step back, running, and leaping.
For a heart-stopping moment, there was nothing beneath him. Nothing.
Then the doorway was there. He grabbed the ledge and swung, nearly losing his grip and plummeting to his death.
With a grunt, he hauled himself up over the ledge and lay on the floor, panting.
And now his lungs were probably ruined forever.
Now he knew how Yila felt.
He stood slowly, every joint aching as the paralysis threatened to take hold.
This was a serious, serious issue.
Creating an entire medicine while walking frantically up and down a hallway was not ideal, but he’d cease to function if he sat down.
The memory of all the people he’d paralyzed by that very method prickled his skin and he gritted his teeth.
He was really starting to understand how Yila felt.
Sorry, sis.
And now there were voices.
He pulled his satchel from the pack and found the three herbs he needed.
And didn’t have time to combine properly.
He shook his head and shoved them in his mouth. So maybe he’d have chills for the rest of the day, but at least he’d be able to move. Ideal wasn’t a word that applied to this ridiculous torture ride.
Once his muscles started to loosen again, Niarok followed the voices down the hallway.
What he found was…
A room full of sleeping people?
Muttering?
In their sleep?
What in the breath?
Easily the strangest thing he’d seen so far in this castle. This time.
The other time had been stranger.
So now the question was whether this castle was still the malevolent livid beast it had been before or something different. More or less sinister, Niarok didn’t know.
Just that he was not going to enjoy any changes unless they helped him get Yila back.
And with that he collapsed to the floor as an overwhelming urge to sleep overtook him. But not before he saw a blonde man smirk into the room with the most evil golden eyes he’d ever seen.
Must be the Keeper.
Mori
Now this was more like it.
A castle all his own?
Without internal rain clouds?
Oh wait.
Was that movement?
Okay, so either the castle wasn’t all his own or it was raining.
The man that played next to the empty gaping door cliff certainly didn’t look like a rain cloud.
But he did look dangerous.
Mori’s eyes narrowed.
Enemy. Perfect.
The man was strong. And tall. And clearly had some serious life experience.
Not nearly so much as myself, clearly.
But life experience nonetheless.
Hrmph.
So now the question was, did Mori kill him now, or wait, or slowly torture him by offering him false hope of…
of…
Scum of Intrendia!
Where were the man’s thoughts?
Seriously, where were they?
No one was this good at guarding stray thoughts.
No. One.
Except for apparently this idiot. Who was now striding down the hallway to the Room of The Insane Muttering Sleepies.
Mori ducked behind the door.
I should kill him now.
Except…
Torturing him would be so much more fun.
If I can figure out how.
Then again…
The man collapsed on the floor.
Mori smirked as he stepped from behind the door.
So maybe instead of just torturing cliff stairs man…
He’d torture everyone.
At once.
He drew his knife and contemplated the carefully sharpened, slightly blood-stained edge.
He couldn’t wait.
THAT WAS SO WEIRD I’ve never written from Mori’s POV before…
On another note, it felt SO GOOD to write Niarok again lol. I’ll write his challenge tomorrow or whenever I next recall that SE exists. XD
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
@inkhorn YOUR QUOTE IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE! BEST! QUOTES! BY! TOLKIEN! EVERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!! *does crazy happy dance and spins around in circles* LOLLL Okay anyways done fangirling… XD
That is such a random quirk! I LOVE it!
I KNOW RIGHT???????????? It just happened one day. XD He was doing a thing and then he started being super sarcastic about the weather for no real reason whatsoever and then it just kinda stuck. 🤣
oh, very interesting! Mori can speak to animals, Abirami can transform into them. And Niarok sounds like a complicated character. Very fun.
HAHA this will be interesting!!! I’m excited to see them interacting. I’m going to try very hard to convince Mori not to go on a killing rampage but there’s no guarantees… XD But that’s okay. Niarok will take care of the casualties. And believe it or not, Mori is way more complicated than Niarok lol. Although they’re both very natural for me to write which is super nice in comparison to Evelyn *glares pointedly at my MC*
Also are you a chemistry teacher? Because whatever that discussion I just read was was super cool. XD (and also traumatizing cuz it kept giving me flashbacks to those chem problems that tried to physically strangle me…)
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
WELCOME TO THE CASTLE!!!! I disappeared a month and a half before Easter XD (Lent fast) but I’m glad to see more people have joined!!! Also your characters sound really cool and I greatly appreciate people who throw away the typical fantasy tropes (not that I can say the same for myself…XD) Excited to get to know your characters!!!
YAY THANKS FOR THE INFO!!! I’m going to throw Niarok back in.
UPDATE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRAGON FIGHT: Yila is not dead cuz that’s not canon but she’s stuck in this thing called the Bitterworld from her and Niarok’s world and Niarok is a little bit older than he was (23) with a bit more stress than before. Hopefully he hasn’t changed too much though…
And here’s Mori’s profile!
Age: 19
Appearance: 6’1, shoulder-length blonde hair, light dusting of facial hair, bright gold eyes, athletic
Race: Elf
Power: Telepathy, ability to communicate with animals *fyi the telepathy in my world works differently than typical telepathy – those with the power can send messages and thoughts and stronger telepaths can catch stray thoughts but they can’t invade anyone’s mind.
MAJOR WARNING: Mori is a villain. Like a serious villain. He’s also full of random contradictions that make no sense and has a terrible habit of making wry comments about the weather. Cross him at your own risk (I’m looking at you, Liorah. I know you’re not even in the castle anymore but I’m still looking at you. 😂)And for @jared-william ‘s benefit, here’s Niarok’s profile again…
Age: 23
Appearence: 6’4, broad-shouldered, extremely muscular, black shoulder-length hair that he usually wears half up, half down, piercing dark blue eyes
Race: human but with a twist (at the moment)
Power: Discernment (he can literally tell what people are feeling and thinking just by looking at them. He’s not creepy about it though)
Other info: Niarok used to be an assassin from the time he was born until age 18 when his father, himself, and his sister escaped. His father was then assassinated, Yila (his sister) sank into a pit of despair before later getting sucked into the Bitterworld (which I will not try to explain now), and Niarok became a healer. He’s very skilled with herbs and healing, he’s basically prepared for anything, is one of the strongest people in his world (benefits of being an assassin…), and he’s been the dad of the Castle group for… well… until I disappeared for Lent. @rose-colored-fancy will testify. 🤣Aannnnddd since I’ve been gone for so long, I’m going to wait for y’all to figure out what you’re doing next before I start dropping characters!
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
I’M BAAACKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO INTRODUCE ME TO THE NEW PEOPLE!!!
And the new characters.
And what’s happened since I disappeared for a month and a half.
And is Niarok still welcome?
I’ll also be throwing my iconic villain Mori in because he’s been screaming at me. XD
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
@everyone
Ha! Soooo I neglected to mention this, but I’m going to be fasting tech for Lent, which means I’m not going to be on SE at all… I don’t have time to read through everyone’s posts, so assume that Evie, Niarok, and Yila’s body just suddenly disappeared as I’m putting them into another part of the Castle and then y’all don’t have to worry about them until I get back and pull them out of their holding room (in which they will experience lots of unseen trauma, of course! XD)
Thus, I will “see” everyone in about a month and a half! BYEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
😱
*nods reluctantly*
Yeah…
She did…
She may or may not have traumatically burned to death at the hands of an evil dragon…
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
WHYYYYYYYY THIS IS AWFUL TIMING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH I’M GOING TO M U R D E R H E R R I G H T N O W
Why are you hurting my sweet cinnamon roll? ROSE!!!!! Aydin’s been through so much already WHYYYYYYYY
*pointedly ignores the fact that I just murdered my character*
"The darkness is seldom complete, and even when it is, the pinprick of light is not long in coming."
