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Dryad

Are my vines bothering you?

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a character in “Circus Monsters”, as played by CookieCupcake

Description

Name: Dryad

Stage Name: Dryad

Gender: Female

Monster: She is part plant. She also has the ability to control certain plants but it takes much concentration and plants naturally grow faster and stronger when shes around.

Height:
4'5

Weight: 100

Appearance:
Image

Although Dryad may appear like a very tan human when you take a closer look you realize she definitely is nothing of the sort. Dryad's hair is long and contains many flowers if you pull one out not only will it cause her pain but the end of her hair will bleed sap. Dryad also needs water and sun to survive without it her wood tan skin begin to go green then begins to go black and the flowers in her hair begin to wilt. When she blushes instead of pink its a light shade of green. When threatened her body turns into wood well bark and viny thorns wrap around her in order to protect herself. And on any normal day its easy to see the vines and leaves growing out of her ankles and wrapping around legs. Actually... She's sorta got leaves and vines growing all over her body but she normally feel's very embarrassed about that... Another thing you may notice is when Dryad feels certain emotions plants and or vines around the vicinity may begin acting out of her emotions.

Other: None.

Personality

Dryad is rather optimistic and always try's to be kind and happy. She often looks on the bright side, but is down to earth when it comes to serious matters. She enjoys laughter and freedom but hasn't had either her entire life. She is rather curious. She is also very thoughtful and sweet. At times it may seem like Dryad would simply lay down and die but when it come down to it when someone dares to threaten or hurt her friends she can become extremely scary unlocking an almost alternate personality that will easily and gladly use her abilities to kill a human or monster. Dryad is fairly gentle and sensitive but when she is hurt or insulted she simply let's people do it having grown use to insults and pain when people do hurt her she simply closes herself off and becomes nothing more then a quiet statue sitting and waiting for it to pass.

History

Dryad never really had a life before the circus. Growing up all she remembers is the circus and being in a cage wondering what and why these strange creatures were staring at her. As she grew up many thing brought people to come see her. Some came cause they believed she might be some Druid or a true forest spirit that could fix everything. Others came to mock her for being different. Some came to rip off parts of her body in order to study them. Others came because she was different. She never understood why she was different and growing up she simply thought people must love her. But as time went on and people still came she began understanding that she was different. Suddenly she noticed how they laughed she noticed how some people threw stuff at her, mocked her, insulted her. When she asked her parent figure the Ringmaster about it he simply said "It's because your a little freak, and you must be stupid to not understand that on your own." After that day she finally understood what she was. She was no more then a tool for entertainment. She began trying to be nice to people but each time she spoke they simply mocked her or threw something at her. As time went on she stopped trying to be nice and became quiet. She would sit on the bed of her cage letting people stare at her and laugh. She began teaching herself to read and when people saw they told her she did not deserve too and once again threw stuff at her this is when she learned she had a defensive mode. Most day's now in the present she simply sits and reads letting people throw stuff at her not feeling it because it only hits her bark.

So begins...

Dryad's Story

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Dryad sat on her bed in her cage. She had her blanket wrapped around herself as she looked outside her cage. A storm had hit the Circus and so she'd been moved inside of the main Ringmaster's tent. Outside her cage it was dark until she heard a strange noise and a large light turned on above them. As her eyes adjusted to the light she noticed other cages she had never seen before. As she stood and moved closer to the bars of her cage she looked at the other cages spotting other people in them. She blinked confused and felt awkward as silence fell over the tent. "Umm... H-Hello?" As her voice echoed she blushed bright green and backed up into her cage almost wishing none of them had heard her. A rumble of thunder overhead made her jump a little and she sat back down on her bed her skin becoming bark and a thorny vine wrapping around herself as if trying to protect herself from everything even though as far as she could tell there was nothing to fear...

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#, as written by Asper
Romulus woke up hazily, struggling to remember what happened last. A memory of being surrounded by soldiers and being shot by darts slowly came to the front of his mind hazily. "Tssk tssk tskk.." He heard someone say, his ears perking up and looking towards the sound of the voice. He saw a man comically dressed looking at him, a growl rippled through Romulus's throat. Suddenly pain shot through his body as electricity ripped through his muscles, falling down on his knees he panted as the pain ended. "The great Silver-Eyed Lion King, brought down to nothing but a dumb animal. As you may recall you were subdued by humans earlier, with your little revolt about to end the government thought it would be best to put the leader of it in the most humiliating situation ever. So welcome to the circus, you'll find the collar on your neck won't allow you to pull any tricks. Misbehave and you get a shock, get outside of the circus, and the shocks won't stop in till your dead." Romulus growled and tried to stand to his full height only for his head to hit the top of the cage. He looked at the man with his glowing silver eyes and said grimly, "When the chance comes, I'll be dining on your corpse little human." Another shock went through his body, "Make sure this one gets put where the rest are." Laying down on the floor of the cage he breathed hard, fear starting to go through him. Was this how he would spend the last of his days? Being wheeled inside of a large tent, he noticed other cages with other varieties of beings like him. How dare they do this to his people, the men stopped and left, leaving him with the others. As it continued storming, he winced everytime at the sound of thunder. It hurting his ears with every explosion of noise, trying to stand again he roared loudly in rage. Though it sounded like the roar of a beast who was once great now reduced to a joke, a very sad roar from a once mighty King.

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Jed lay flat on his back in his cage, staring at the little metal wall. He listened to the storm in the background. Honestly it was a bit comforting to him. Even though he enjoyed his quiet time as much as the next guy, it freaked him out just listening to nothing. Jed sighed, muttering several curse words under his breath. He wasn't in a bad mood, just annoyed. The circus did that to him sometimes. It would just randomly piss him off. Jed was about to go into a full on rant inside his head when he heard a voice.
"Umm... H-Hello?"
Jed glanced over to where the noise had come from and slowly cleaned up. He swung his feet to the side and stood up, lazily running a hand through his hair. There was a rumble of thunder but Jed ignored it and looked squinted, trying to see. "Someone there?" he called out, his tone dull. Jed jumped, startled as he heard a sort of a roaring noise. It sounded nothing like thunder and then he turned to that noise. "God what's going on?" he thought, clumping against the cage and sitting on the floor. He cursed once again. It was dark outside and the storm wasn't making anything better. In fact in a way it was mocking him. He snorted and put his hands behind his head. Maybe someone would hear him from earlier. "Yeah and maybe I’ll escape this hell hole"

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Dryad stood and got closer to the bars of her cage. "I-I'm here..." She looked at the cage where the roar came from and saw someone on the floor of a cage. "Are you alright???" She knelt down and winced a little trying to get a better look sense the light was not very bright. She shifted and blinked noticing a shock collar on the man. "Oh my..." She felt ill thinking about who must have done that to him and even more sick thinking and knowing those people were the ones who practically raised her. As she looked at the collar she realized it was the same kind they use'd on the new lions.

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#, as written by TheFlag
Cyrus looked down brazenly before shuddering at the storm outside the Ringmaster's tent, he was never one for storms they were just so loud and unnecessary to him although for some odd reason he found the rain calming and oddly comforting. He adjusted himself against the bars of his cage, assuming a more comfortable position. His eyes scanned the outside of his cage, he couldn't really see but he did see a vague outline of other cages, which resided in the tent. Were others in here with him? He wasn't particularly sure, but he figured so as he certainly knew he wasn't the only freak here, he knew that much from his vague time as a willing employee here. Cyrus's eyes began to drift open and shut casually, until he heard a voice "Umm... H-Hello?" Cyrus's eyes snapped open and he nodded to himself, he knew he was right, others were in here.

"Someone there?" one of the people here responded, so that was three freaks including him. Cyrus paused before thinking of a plan to find out if anymore people were in here. As Cyrus was formulating a plan, he heard a roar it didn't sound angry though it sounded weird, Cyrus couldn't describe it. Cyrus shook his head before he began thinking again. A frail but cunning idea popped into his head, and he began whistling a haunting melody, mostly to creep out anyone who was in here with him. There were two main reasons for this: to see how many actually got scared; so he could find out how many were in here. He doubted all would respond but it'd give him a vague idea. Cyrus continued to do so, while scratching the bars absentmindedly, to generate more atmosphere. Cyrus also figured it'd be a good laugh, but he doubted any of the other freaks would think so, but it'd still be hilarious to him and that's all that matters after all.

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Romulus looked at the two who had spoken up, his eyes were perfect for the dim light. He could make out one that resembled a plant, the other smelled like a reptile. "I'm fine.. My pride hurts more then the shock does.." The great lion studied the cage he was in, it did not have some of the luxuries others had. It was simply empty, the top was to low for him to stand fully. Suddenly he heard someone whistling, gradually becoming annoyed, added by his already brewing anger at the thunder he roared loudly. Matching the intensity of the thunder, "Quit the damned whistling and tell me who all of you are." he said authoritatively. It was his self defense when he was stuck in a situation he couldn't handle.

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Dryad heard whistling then a roar and felt a tad drop of anger. "Quiet down... Or do you wanna get us all in trouble..." Dryad sighed. "I'm close to the light switch il try and turn on another light then we can see how many of us there are.." She moved to the edge of her cage and reached her hands through the bar she stretched painfully and the edge of her finger brushed a switch she stretched again and managed to hit the light switch turning on two more lights allowing her to see who had been whistling. "My name is Dryad... As you can tell... I'm a plant." She sat back down the thorns and vines on her body retreating revealing her more human form.

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Aaron was fast asleep when he awoke from at first voices then the lights came on. He was in his cage and on the ground. He sighed as he sat up cross-legged. and leaned back and looked around at everyone who was there. He didn't say a word though. He had no reason to but he might ask a question or so. "Why were the lights turned on?" He asked as he looked at the girl he thought did it. Aaron let out a yawn. He then rubbed his eyes so that he could see everything correctly.

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Cyrus sighed hesitantly before he pulled himself up, he barely fit inside the cage but he could just about stand up. He used the bars as support as he maneuvered through to one of the closer corners, as the lights flashed on and flooded his eyes he winced before hissing "Damn, that hurts." How long had he spent in the dark anyway? He couldn't remember but it had been awhile, and although light was a pleasant change of scenery, his eyes wasn't accustom to it. The tent was now illuminated and he could see quite a few others, he ran a cool eye over each of them casually examining them individually, a few had odd deformities but some looked fairly normal.

"My name is Dryad... As you can tell... I'm a plant." Cyrus's eyes focused on her, as her body seemed to shift into a more human-like state, he slowly acknowledged her presence by nodding, then quickly adding "That's pretty cool." If he was going to be stuck here, he might as well get to know the people here otherwise it'd be awfully boring. "I am Romulus, The Silver-Eyed Lion King; I was captured and sent here as a means to shock my army into surrendering. I'm sure they'll be here eventually and we'll get out of here" Cyrus's attention was drawn onto this Romulus he seemed to be the one who was roaring, also the one that demanded authority from everyone else. What was he on about? Did they drug him or something? Cyrus casually stated in his usual sarcastic manner, "They didn't drug you did they?" he then added, "Because whatever they gave you is some heavy class shit... you're tripping balls."

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Jed was quiet for a while, listening to everyone around him. He could hear the voice from earlier introduce herself as Dryad. Then another name. Romulus. He didn’t think introducing himself to a bunch of people was important but then he shrugged thinking why not? He had done it to many times to count. Jed slowly stood up and turned around gripping his hands on the metal bars. It wasn’t until he heard somebody say something sarcastic to Romulus that he snorted. ”Making friends already” he thought. Jed looked at Dryad. “I’m Jed” he said yawning. A light smirk was plastered on his face, as his snake like tongue slowly slid out of his mouth. “Lizard Boy” he added and flicked his tongue just for emphasis. "Lights were on because it was dark as hell" he muttered in response to Aaron.

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Dryad sighed and looked at Cyrus. "The ringmaster never use's drugs on people... He prefers making them suffer a harsh reality...I know he practically raised me..." She hugged her knees and let her head rest on her knees as she admired a vine growing on her arm. She sat and concentrated hard it took most of her energy but she managed to make her vine grow reach out of her cage and wrap around an abandoned bottle of water and drag it back to her cell. She grabbed the water bottle and drank thirstily which restored some of her energy but not all using any of her abilities drained her nearly completely but water was necessary for life. She sighed and leaned against her bed frame. "well...Il be honest I thought I was the only freak here...But I'm kinda happy to know I'm not alone..."

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Dean Blake

Dean's eyes opened as he sleepily heard the sound of voices. It was thundering. His box was pushed inside of the tent from what he could see and the lights were on. He stood and walked around his little 12 by 12 cube still wishing there was a crack or a weak point he could use. After a failed search he took to eaves dropping on the conversation.
It seemed to him that the Silver Eyed Lion King was here due to his latest failure in his efforts against the humans- this one getting him locked up in a cage with a shock collar around his neck. He remembered when the Ringmaster tried putting a collar on him. That ended badly for the Ringmaster. Dean would still laugh at him as he limped by his cage.
Dean sat quietly listening to the conversation going on. That naïve little plant, thinking she was the only freak here and defending the Ringmaster! She had to be spoken to. Dean smacked the glasslike material with his hand interrupting the conversation taking place. It glowed an icy blue, storing the kinetic energy that was just exerted to it. "Dryad," he said in his usual relaxed but serious tone, "Let's not scare our new guest. It's only his first night, and he isn't even adjusted to his cage yet." Dean did feel bad speaking in as condescending a tone as possible to Dryad, but the feelings were directed towards the lion. Even inside his glass walls he had heard of what the so called King had done and to be honest Dean saw him as more of a tyrant than a king. He hated people who thought they were better than everyone else with a passion. "But honestly, did you really think there were no other people here like you? I remember the day you joined the carnival. You don't remember anyone's abilities? Ohm, Rockman? Anyone?"

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Dryad sighed and shook her head. "Don't attack your shock collar... It will only make it worse and cause more pain for you... Not to mention its making you weaker and in this place storing up your energy is always a good idea." Dryad looked over at Dean and waved smiling gently. "Hi Dean... and sorry I d-don't mean to be scary...And I'm not...Am I???" Suddenly feeling very embarrassed and self conscious the vines on her body began to grow and wrap around herself as if trying to hide her. She hugged her knees more and buried her face. "I remember Rockman... He was the only one who did not throw rocks at my head...I really appreciated that..."

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Dean Blake

"She's right. Storing energy is something that would do you well." He chuckled to himself at the joke about his abilities. Dean always thought she was sweet, holding a soft spot in his heart for her. "And Dryad, you weren't all that scary don't worry. Come out of the vines. You're the most polite of all of us. You just need to remind yourself that we've been here longer than anyone. You don't owe anything to this guy. He may be a king among his own people, but he is just another attraction here. He is no better than any of us. He should learn that before trying to assert himself as entitled." He heard Dryad sob a little at the Rockman comment. "Dryad, I know it sucks that they're gone- I still miss them too- but we can't let what happened to them happen to us."
He then directed his speech towards Romulus "As for you, you do deserve pleasantries- you did nothing to deserve not receiving them to me. My name is Dean but as you can clearly see on my box they call my attraction Life Energy. Welcome to my home. I have been here almost as long as The Carnival has been around. Dryad arrived shortly afterwards. I think you will fit in fine here once you get accustomed to it." He stared at the lion man sitting in the cage that was too small for his large stature. He felt a bit of regret seeing as that used to be his own crib before he moved into a cage and the Ringmaster and his men turned it into a cage by adding a roof.

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Dean Blake

An orange and black colored jester girl poked her head out of her cage, then her whole body slipped through the bars. JC wished he had bars instead of His Box. He both loved that he could be alone and not harm anyone at the same time as hating that he was always alone in it. "Oh! Nyx you're up! Nice of you to join the party. We have a new guest! You should say hello. Dryad and I are just informing him of the past of The Carnival."
He then looked to the Lion Man Romulus who just dented his cage. "We have tried to escape before. Mine the most famous of all."

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Dryad's vines retreated and she blushed bright green. "Alright...Thank you Dean... And sorry about your cage... Wish I could be any help getting you out." She smiled and waved to Nyx. "Hia..." She watched Romulus flail around and stood. "She's not contained because shes probably more trusted then the rest of us...I suppose... I could get out... but even if I did id run out of energy getting the keys and barely be able to stand..." She shuffled from foot to foot. "Romulus was it??? I-I don't enjoy seeing you in pain or anyone really...So please stop letting yourself get shocked." She felt odd being so open and moved back over to her bed feeling shy and awkward her cheek's green as her form of blushing. "And don't worry about all the noise Nyx the new comer does not seem to be enjoying his cage..." She poked her bars and sighed. "But no one really does..."

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Dryad shifted uneasily. "I-I might know the code...But... It could be wrong... The ringmaster is really forgetful so he often use's the same codes for stuff... He probably gave you the same code as the lions...But if I tell you... Will you help Dean escape...I-I hate seeing him in a box...I know he doesn't like it...And he looks the most normal out of most of us at least he would be able to go somewhere and...That would make me very happy." She moved closer to the bars and looked at the shock collar. "Hmm... Nyx you will have to put in the code..."

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Dean Blake

"Dryad, you're very sweet, but I will leave last, after the rest of you are freed." He added to himself: "and maybe after I finish my business with the Ringmaster."
Three men walked into the room and started to wheel Romulus away saying the crowd had to welcome him to the Carnival. "Oh we have already welcomed him to the carnival." Dean responded in a sarcaastically assholeish manner. They rolled him into the Big Tent and left the other's here. "Looks like we will be up soon. As much as I dislike how he runs his life he is one of us now. He is family. We should find a way to make his stay more enjoyable."

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Dryad nodded sadly and sat back on her bed closing her blue eyes and listening to the crowd she knew her turn would be soon and as usual as she would be up on stage her mind would only wander to: who was she really, where was she from, why was she at the carnival sense she was a baby. Dryad had asked many of the people at the carnival and they always said they never knew where she came from. One day they were on the road far from any the next the ringmaster had little baby Dryad. She opened her eyes and listened to the sound of whips. "I don't wanna be here anymore...I know its hopeless but I hate this but I don't want war either..." She sighed and hugged her knees thinking and concentrating. She knew once the performance was over they would be left to sleep with one guard outside. Maybe there was something she could do or maybe Romulus could help them all get out if she gave him the code. She nodded to herself and let her mind focus on the code that could possibly get her out of here.

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Dryad's eyes widened as Nyx dragged Romulus back in. "O-Oh no..." She immediately reached under her bed and found a small medical kit and tossed it to Nyx. "Use this for the both of you..." She felt her cage move and knew this time it was her turn the ringmaster would not stop the show for this only make sure that his guards went into the room to punish Nyx for him. "Nyx!" As her cage moved she use'd her fingers to make out the code 636 to Nyx hoping she would understand it was for the shock collars. She put on a brave face and smiled with a nod hopping perhaps maybe she had done some good. As her cage was wheeled out onto the stage the crowd roared with cheer's. Dryad could tell The ringmaster was angry and she was going to become the target. She sighed and allowed her skin to become bark and thorny vines to wrap around herself. Her eyes staring at the Ringmaster as he dragged her out of his cage and pulled out his whip. She got ready to concentrate and as the first whip lash came her way she sent a vine flying towards it to stop it. The crowd booed and rocks were thrown but she only smirked as the Ringmaster and her began there dance of him whipping and her dodging she knew he would keep this up until she faltered.