~Henri
It wasn’t real… It wasn’t real.. I squeezed my eyes shut hoping to drown out the noise. ‘Henri, it’s just a dream… You’ll wake up any moment.’ My self-conscious told me but I knew it was a lie. I had woken up with morning, same as usual. I was getting ready for another horrible day at school. To see my horrible classmates, and then to eventually come home.
I wanted to look, but I didn’t. Such contradicting thoughts. I tried not to listen, but my ears picked up the voices anyway.
“It’s a shame. She was so young.”
“She was a student at the middle school, right? We better go and contact the school.”
“Have her parents been informed?”
I covered my ears. I didn’t need to hear this crap!
“It’s strange. Now, she doesn’t even look human….”
My life wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. Since the beginning, it’s all been a mess.
Suddenly, all sound stopped. From behind my eyelids, I could tell it had gotten darker. I didn’t want to open my eyes to see what might stand in front of me.
“Henrietta….Henrietta. Open your eyes.” It was a kind woman’s voice. I opened one eye slowly, than the other. She had beautiful long silver hair and the tribal markings on her face made her seem like something that could only come out of a fairy tale.
“You are Henrietta VonDuchal, aren’t you?” I swallowed before nodding and she had a very kind smile on her face.
“Who are you?” she put a finger to her lips. “My name, it is not of importance. For now, you can call me your Aunt.” She stood up from kneeling beside me and held out a hand. “Now, what do you wish to do? I cannot escort you to a place of happiness,” she turned slightly and a large door appeared. “Only a place full of sorrow and vengeance…”
I stared. This can’t be happening to me. She spoke again, “My master can give you a do over. But just one,” she paused and waited for me to react. When I didn’t, she began again, “What do you chose, Miss. Henrietta VonDuchal?” Her face was still calm but her eyes were dark.
“Turn away, and find true peace. Follow me, and you just might walk with the ones who breathe again.” My mind was numb. I could hardly think. But without me telling it to, my hand reached out and she took it. Her skin was like ice, but it soon turned fiery hot.
The Contract Has Been Sealed
Those words seem to echo around and the doors behind her swung wide open. When I looked up at the woman who had told me to call her my “Aunt” the marks on her face blazed red and she seemed so different. Her silver hair whipped around her while a smile crossed her lips.
She looked down at me, but her eyes were sad. “Welcome to the games, Miss. Henrietta.” That was all I could remember before things went fuzzy.
~”Aunt” (If you want to just skim, look for your OC(s) name in the bold. It's around where they're mentioned.)
“I have done my job and collected those you wish to have on your team,” she said as she knelled before her master. “Good. Now be gone.” She nodded before heading out. In total, her master had selected 13 players. As of right now, each one of them had been taken to the King and Queen’s palace. All players ended up here. And it was her duty to collect them and bring them here. That’s what she got for wanting to serve in the Kings name.
She walked towards the room where the 13 players were gathered. Only a few of them seemed to have woken from their slumber. She heard a small sobbing. It was the girl she had been sent to find. Her master was a cruel one indeed. First sentencing her death to play in the games, and then killing her at such a young age.
Most were in their truest form, but she was resisting. Only the shadow of her truest form out lined her. “It’s okay…” said the one who had woken up to her crying. “You don’t have to cry, everything is okay…” It was the poor who had simply frozen. (ANGLE) It was almost ironic to her. An angle like her, in the depths of hell. Even after all this time, it was hard for her to believe the kind of people who got dragged into these mad games.
Their “Aunt” walked over quietly and swiftly, as if her feet didn’t touch the floor. She kneeled down by both of them, “She’s right. Please don’t cry. Everything will be fine.” Miss. Henrietta looked up at her and Miss. Ana tried to smile.
She nodded and tried to stop her crying. As she calmed down, the bond was done and Miss. Henrietta was no more. The one who sat in front of her was a male around the same age as the angle. He looked up at her with his dark brown eyes and tried to smile. “Thank you, Auntie.” He said with a now deeper voice. (ERIC)
She was about to say something else when a loud voice came before hers, “YOU!” Their “Aunt” spun around and looked around. It was a man. He had been dead for some time. She stood up and brushed her dress off. “Yes?” He seemed more or less confused and the black wings on his back twitched showing he had little to no control over them yet. (YORU)
“Where are we!” he shouted, managing to wake the rest of the players up. She put a finger to her lips in a shushing motion. The last one to wake looked around and echoed the first ones, “Where are we?” followed by an abrupt “Who cares.” (JANUS) It would take him, some time to adjust to his split personality.
As the one with the hat and suit looked around he spotted his Aunt and smiled, “My! If it isn’t my little Aunt!” he said with a clap of his hands, “But indeed, I am too interested as to where we might be.” (JOKER)
She nodded, “Yes, I will explain everything shortly.” She motioned for them to take a seat and hesitantly sat down. She leaned forward, “I am guessing you all have a number of questions you would like to ask, but in due time, everything will become clear.”
Their “Aunt” swallowed, “As I said before, you may all address me as your “Aunt”. My real name has lost its importance over the years.” she sat back trying to think of where to start. “Besides that, welcome to the Devils Game,” she turned towards Mr. Aki “As to answer your question, we are currently the guests of the King and Queen of Hell, so that means we are in their palace right now.”
None of them seemed to believe her so she continued, “Each one of you were pick to enter the games because my Master saw a potential spark in you.” She smiled, “Any questions as of yet?” no one said anything before she saw a timid hand go into the air. She nodded toward the girl as her cat like ears twitched (SAKI). “What… Are these games?” she nodded as Miss. Saki put her hand down and her tail swung back and forth.
“These games… For simple, are for amusement. You put your life on the line, and you just might win and be able to come back to life.” She thought for a moment thinking that might have been too blunt of a way to tell them. “So we really are dead.” Said a female voice. She looked up at the woman who’s skin wasn’t sparkly, but not really glowing either.. It was shinny and refracted light around the room some. (ELLIE)
“But that’s impossible…” their “Aunt” turned towards and saw a man with beautiful red feathers. (IGNIS) “I don’t remember being dead…” she shook her head sadly, “You have been dead for some time. As time passes, you become less aware that you’re dead.” He seemed to be thinking it over as she looked around at the 14 people who sat around the room.
“Then we just gotta win it, right!” she laughed and turn to the one who appeared youngest in the room. At the moment, he had his cat ears with his fairy like black wings were behind him (KOBI). “that is a simple way of putting it, yes.”
“Then when do we start? I’m sick of just sitting around.” The girl grumbled as she clicked her nails agents the table. It was almost funny how she might be confused as a demon herself. With her wings to her fangs and sharp nails, anyone might think it (MARI).
“The games will start in due time.” Their “Aunt” stood up, “now I must check the others.” She was about to leave when another question appeared, “So, there are others?” she turned to smile, “yes, many others.” She said and noted the scrapes on the back of the chair from her wings. On closer inspection, they were like knives themself. (AKUMA)
“And.. They’re like us? Right?” She nodded towards the one who asked the question while her icy blue, almost white eyes held her. (DOLL) She tipped her head to the side and it was almost like a ball and joint socket. Their “Aunt” tried to turned her gaze away from her body and nodded, “Yes. Players like you.” She was going to leave once more before remembering something.
“I’m surprised none have asked about your appearance yet.” She tried to find a nice way of explaining it. “You might refer to it as your ‘truest self’ perhaps. It’s what your body could not show in the human’s world. It’s what reflects that is the real you.”
“So you mean to tell us that in real life we would look… Look like this?” She nodded and realized for the first time the simple resemblance between him and the other one with the sharp feathers. (TOMOTSU) “It will all make sense in due time.” I opened the door slightly, “You will seem me after your first challenge. I am here to care for you while you stay in the King and Queen’s palace.”
“Until then, remember, you are a team. Try and get along. Why not attempt to get to know one another before your team leader comes?” With that said, she closed the door behind her.
~Henri/Eric
It still didn’t seem like it was real. I wanted to wake up from this dream! Auntie left us and the room was silent. No one seemed to want to talk. I cleared my throat. Since this was a dream, why not introduce myself?
I was about to say my name was Henrietta, but I realized it might be strange seeing as, what did she call it? My “true self” was so different. “Umm… I mean… My names.. It’s.. Uhh…” I couldn’t think straight. What do I do? Now everyone was looking at me and I don’t even know what to call myself!
Just than an image flashed through my mind. My shoulders relaxed and I introduced myself, “My name is Eric. It’s nice to meet all of you.” For the second time that day, I just blurted whatever came to mind. Of course I had been thinking of him, but now I have to have his name? I mean, I’ve known him for a long time, but still…. ((Note: Eric was an online friend, Henri used to know when she was living.))
I waited to see if anyone else would continue.
Continue?
XD; Well, there ya go! I tried to include everyone in this post :D If I got them OOC, let me know and I’ll try and fix it. Sorry I ended it kind of weird. I wanted to get to the games, but I’m so tired of typing DX If no one continues, I’ll get us moving in to the actual games~ Just thought it might be nice to have people introduce themselves. (If you don’t know many people in this worlds, feel free to post a intro yourself :D We’re all friendly here~)
Oh yeah, and when they introduce themselves, have them introduce them as what they want to be called in the game please.
And their “Aunt” is kind of like the maid/house mom. NOT their team leader. The team leader is still to be decided. (I might just make a profile if no one wants to..)
