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A small, brown-haired boy stumbled into empty space, taking a moment to catch his balance before looking around. "…Evenire," he whispered to himself, pulling his shirt collar away from his neck as the silver pin shine and began to grow larger. Seconds later a white hawk stood perched on the boy's jacket in place of the pin. He hesitated as if waiting for soemthing to happen, then added, "Mutare." The hawk flapped his wings, taking off and landing in its human form. "Uh… Swish, where are we?" the boy asked worriedly, coming to stand closer to his friend and familiar. Swish took a moment to orientate himself, folding his wings and crossing his arms with a puzzled look on his face. "You mean you didn't call us here, Genie?" Normally the boy would protest at the nickname—tell him to call him Corey instead of reminding him constantly about his godawful first name, but he was disturbed enough by the familiar's answer that he didn't comment on it. "No… I was running errands for the Mavericks, remember? What even is this place?" he pushed, beginning to feel scared. "…I could be wrong, but I think I've heard of these before. It's called 'the fourth room'. It's supposed to be a seperate dimension or something where our actions don't hold any consequences in our world, but… " Swish trailed off, shivering somewhat. Eugene frowned, hugging himself as he waited for the familiar to continue. "Only writers can summon people here." Eugene went quiet for a moment. "Are you saying… We're someone's characters in a book?" he asked quietly. "Quite possibly," Swish replied, unsettled. "But there's more. If this truly is a 'fourth room', then we won't be the only ones here… We'll be expected to—" He shuddered again. "—socialize with other characters." Eugene suddenly smacked the back of Swish's head lightly. "Stop messing with me—there's no way that could happen!"
Alex and Ollie had been in the middle of fighting those god awful Night Stalkers, the World Walker trying his best to keep his boyfriend from being harmed too much. The bright, blinding white light had taken him off guard and soon, Alex was reaching for Ollie, effectively bringing him with him.
"Alex!" Ollie squirmed out of his boyfriends grip, not even noticing the other two in the room.
"I'm sorry, I didn't just want to leave you there with that thing," Alex replied, standing and bringing the smaller, blonde haired male with him, "You okay?"
Ollie nodded, wrapping Alex in a hug before he noticed the other two, causing him to pull away, "Uh… who are you guys?"
Swish edged protectively in front of Eugene, holding him back with an extended wing. "Who are you?" the familiar retorted, while Eugene remained shell-shocked at the appearance of more people. Well this is creepy, the boy thought. Eugene quickly stepped around Swish's wing, giving him a look that said: Leave this to me. "You can call me Corey, and this is Swish," he introduced, torn between wanting to offer his hand and keeping his distance.
Alex seemed to have done the same as Swish, standing in front of Ollie to keep the smaller male safe from any harm, "I'm Alex," The brown haired male said. He looked down at Ollie then to Corey and Swish, "That's Ollie."
The blonde smile politely at the two, compared to Alex who was glaring, "It's nice to meet you both."
"And you as well!" Eugene responded, deciding to keep his distance for the time being. Swish made a 'hmph' sound in the background, before wandering closer to the witch. "I take it you two don't know why you're here?" he wondered aloud, glancing around the room as if it would suddenly change to look like something recognizable. "… Or maybe you do?" Eugene added, nudging Swish's side gently with an elbow as a way of saying 'dial down on the attitude—I'm fine.'
Alex shook his head, wrapping an arm around Ollie's shoulders and tucking him protectively against his side, "No, we don't. We were fighting a Night Stalker when this white light kinda…" He made a motion with his hands like something swooping upwards, "And just then we ended up here."
Swish nodded. "I expected as much," he murmured, most of his irritation disappearing. Eugene perked up at the mention of a Night Stalker, curiosity lighting up his eyes. "What's a… Night Stalker?" he asked.
Ollie huffed slightly poking his boyfriend in the chest, "Something that he was supposed to keep away from Earth but failed."
"Again, it wasn't my fault it crossed the Void from it's world, to mine, to yours," Alex replied, holding a hand up in surrender, "A Night Stalker is… well it's a creature made from the essence of the Void, created by this guy called Leer. He managed to figure out who people like myself can cross the Void into other universes and worlds, sending his creatures to destroy them… starting with Ollie's."
Wendell did not expect to be transported, mid-fight to a different room. The masked individual fell forwards slightly, probably out of surprise, before quickly recovering when he realized there were people within the room. He spoke, very obviously using a voice changer, “What the..I mean, who are you people?”
It was not a second later after he said that, when a second person appeared, a female. Manon. Manon looked just as confused, although it was harder to see due to the bandana she wore. She glanced around the room, looking at everyone, then spotting Wendell. And immediately her expression went from confused to defensive as she squared up.
Wendell backed up upon noticing her before almost growling out, “You!”
“Me!” Manon replied as the two circled each other, rather aggressively.
Ollie jumped back from the two new people, hiding behind his boyfriend who would gladly fight them if need be, "Oi! You two!" The World Walker said, voice slightly raised, "What in the three moons are you doing?!"
Wendell seemed to snap attention over to the other people, but stuttered as he realized the stranger said three moons. “I’m..Wait..three moons..”
While Wendell decided to ponder on three moons, Manon focused on the question at hand. “What does it look like I’m doing? Teaching this idiot a lesson!”
Alex narrowed his eyes at her, "Well we currently have a situation at hand and you fighting… whoever that is isn't helping," He snapped, "So if you could just stop for a whole ten minutes that would be wonderful."
Manon seemed to want to say something, but decided against it. Instead, she took a deep breath, then exhaled out. “Fine, but let me just settle something.”
With that being said, she approached Wendell, catching him by surprise as she tightly gripped him and whispered to him.
“Don’t get in our way again, alright Wendell? The rest of your gang very well knows we’re way out of your league. Stay out of my..contact’s way. Understood?”
Wendell nodded, eager to get away from Manon. She released, and he moved away from her, but stayed within the area. With Wendell dealt with, Manon turned back. “What exactly is going on?”
Ollie peaked his head around Alex, looking rather confused and concerned about the situation on the two newbies but didn't comment on it, "Well, we don't… a-actually know. W-We just all kinda… turned up here…"
The feeling of falling was in their stomach. The last thing Ash and Xavier remembered was being on the run and jumping from a cliff towards the roaring water below. But slowly the scenery around them began to change. The next thing they know, they landed not in water but on the ground with a thump. It was extremely painful, and neither of them wanted to stand. "What the-This was the weirdest thing they have ever experienced. The confusion was so intense that they hadn't noticed the other person around.
"It's nothing, but it's white. It's the sun's core, but it's null," Grace whispered. "What are you talking about?" Isobel wondered aloud. '"It's everything," Grace continued. "Come on, Grace, snap out of it!" Isobel said, worried. But Isobel knew it was probably another vision. Grace couldn't just "snap out of it" in the middle of one. If it truly was a vision, she would just have to wait. As quickly as it ended, it came just as quickly. Grace had been standing, but Isobel had been sitting on a stool, waiting for the vision to end. She fell down to the ground, butt-first. "Ouch," she said, rubbing her butt, wincing. "Grace? Where are we?" Grace leaned over to help Isobel up. "We're here. No way out," Grace said, panic and fear rising in her voice. "We're trapped," she continued. Isobel got to her feet and wrapped Grace in a gigantic bear hug, taking no notice of the others around them. "Shhh, it's going to be okay. You're just having a panic attack. Deep breath in, deep breath out," Isobel whispered in her ear. Grace followed her instructions, and soon calmed down. "Wh-where are we,?" Isobel asked, for a second time. "The void," Grace answered. "Who are you?" she called out, finally noticing the other figures.
“Aw JEEZ!” Wendell shouted, surprised at the sudden appearances of quite a few people. “I was here first, so who are you guys?”
“Technically, both of us are visitors to wherever this place is.” Manon spoke, raising a single finger as she thought. “I’m Manon, and this crybaby here is-“ She abruptly cut off as Wendell shoved her.
“Can you go a few minutes without trying to hurt me?” Manon hissed.
“That was for a reason!” He hissed in return.
“Anywho, as kitty was saying,” he spoke in the mocking tone when he said Kitty, “My name is Wendell, but only foolish people refer to me as just Wendell, so I’m Almighty Leader Wendell.”
“Just refer to him as Wendell. He couldn’t hurt a fly if he wanted to, and I’ll make sure he doesn’t try anything.” Manon looked to the newcomers.
(how do you do bold?) "I-I… I'm Isobel…" Isobel said tentatively, a first attempt at making conversation with a stranger. "I'm Grace, as you might've figured out earlier," Grace said, tucking a strand of her light-brown hair behind her ear. "So… you guys are uh… Wendell and Mason? No, that's not right… Manon! That's it, correct?" she continued awkwardly.
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Ash was the first to stand. When she did so she crossed her arms and looked around. All these people seemed a bit strange. "I'm Ash, and this is my," Looking to the ground she saw Xavier still just laying there. "My friend, Xavier." What was she supposed to say, her unrequited love? No way in hell was she going to say that, especially since he was here in the room. "Does anybody know where we are?"
“Alright newbies,” Alex sighed, crossing his arms and eyeing the new people in the room, “No one knows why we’re here so stop asking that question because you’re not gettin’ an answer.”
"The void," Grace whispered to herself again. Giving this… place, area a name made it somewhat easier to be here. "Who the hell are you?" Isobel asked Alex. She and Grace had gotten there after Alex's introduction, and he didn't re-introduce himself. "Iz, calm down," Grace whispered, to Isobel this time.
Alex looked like he was about to blow his lid had Ollie not placed a hand in his shoulder and quickly calmed him down, “That’s my boyfriend, Alex and I’m Ollie.”
Isobel was silent. "I assume you caught our introduction?" Grace questioned.
