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Hadith

"There's nothing for me here."

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a character in “The Brittle House”, as played by Totoro

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Name: Hadith



Age: 17



Sex: Male



Otherwordly changed into a:
White Wolf http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos ... 05-509.jpg
Though he can shift into an animal he can still go back to his human-ish form, but still have the wolf ears and tail.










Personality:
Rarely ever speaking and keeping silent when around people of his age is something Hadith has mastered quite well. Folding his arms and simply observing others and his surroundings is something he takes as an entertaining hobby. Though he rarely utters a word, he does reply when spoken to, but adds nothing more and nothing less than what needs to be said, often just boring the other person who actually attempted at conversation. He hates eye contact and tries to avoid it as much as he possibly can, thinking that people might try to approach him afterwards. Hadith seems boring, but actually he just lacks social skills. Words flow through his brain, but don't come out of his mouth.

Being with people younger than himself is a whole new character. He becomes an older brotherly type, smiling and laughing. Hadith has a huge soft spot for little children and adores them just as much as they adore him. Well, 'adore' him is not quite the right way to put it. Children usually try and avoid him at times due to his scary looking grey eyes, but sooner or later they'll warm up to him. He'll try and reach out to children with a grin that disappears just as fast as it showed when kids shy away.
Because of his like for youngsters he's developed an unbelievably long patience level and can tolerate almost anything, except for meat.

He's a hundred percent vegetarian and even seeing the disgusting stuff is enough to start him off into a mad vomit party. Thinking about it can make the color of his face turn pale and makes his stomach do flip-flops. When this happens, it's best to stay clear of his way unless you want to see what he's had for breakfast.
This is also such a terrible thing for him since his shape-shifting beast is a wolf, which means it's a carnivore. When in this form, he gets tempted, but Hadith tries very hard not to and will most likely change back to the human-wolf form which allows him to have better control over the desire for a meaty meal.

Not to mention that he thinks meat is very dirty and full of bacteria, unlike vegetables and fruits that are covered by skin at all times and washable. He's very fond of vegetables and likes to pick herbs of all sorts when he comes across any. He likes to look at them just as much as he eats them. Not just veggies, but flowers and trees or all sorts. He's taken a liking to how pretty they look, specially during the spring and often takes the time to bend down enjoy the fragrance.

Hadith, having lived in a sparkling clean mansion, also has a drive to get rid of dust and dirt. Growing a personality of perfectionist and clean freak, he loves to see things spotless at all times. One of his biggest pet peeves are when he's finally cleaned up a bed, not a single wrinkle is seen, when out of nowhere someone just comes in and decides to plant themselves right on the mattress and destroy the whole no-wrinkles-allowed feeling.
While passing by various objects such as slightly crooked paintings or even trash on the ground, he has a natural urge to fix it up. Often getting strange looks and whispering from his noticeable habits, not that he cares for a fact about what others think about him anyway.

Fears:Meat, dirt, scared children, non-perfect, being trapped
Dreams:(Reason: They may be incooperated into roleplay later)

History:
Hadith belonged to one of the most wealthiest families around his neighborhood. His father was a successful businessman and his mother a flowering pianist, he was always pressured into becoming great. At the young age of four, he was forced to taking up lessons for violin and his instructor would come every single day to teach him. Never allowing him to leave the house, his parents hired him private teachers to direct him inside the premises of the home.

Being torn away from the reality of the world, he never learned to socialize with others his age and due to being an only child, he hadn't lay eyes upon people younger than the age of thirty. At the age of six, he was very mature for his age and could hold a long conversation with noble people like his own father. Holding a very obligated smile to show his parents he did not at all dislike this type of living, but all in all, this was just a fake mask to cover up his craving of the outside world, beyond the golden gates of the cage he was living in.

This life style continued on till he reached the age of fifteen where he could no longer cope with the loneliness. Whenever he asked to go out his parents with only reply,"Why would you wanna leave when you have everything you need right here" or "If you need anything you can always ask one of the workers to get it for you", but this is not at all what he wanted. His closest touch to the world beyond was in his backyard where he was found most of the time. He'd sit upon a crook perched up on his favorite willow tree. Eyes closed and smiling in spite of himself. Hadith would fill his mind with imaginative adventures of the vast lands of earth.

"May I go outside today Father?", he tried this one last time, his soul begging for a yes, but his last hope of leaving was quickly stomped down by the usual answers. That very night, he planned to escape this horrible life he lead for fifteen years wasted on violin and speaking with older people he could barely relate to. Tonight, he was going to run away.

Packing his belongings, Hadith fled with ease knowing that his parents hadn't guarded him too much anyway. They thought he was happy with living here.
Soon enough he'd seen too many things he had been protected from for ages. The sins of mankind littered the town and he could not bare it, running aimlessly for hours till he stumbled up the steps of a building, otherwise known as the Orphanage.

They took him in kindly and for once he shared a living with younger and older people a like. The children of the orphanage looked up to him and often climbed all over him for attention. They asked Hadith stories of where he came from and that lead to him telling them about the crazy adventures he planned on doing after he was old enough to fend for himself, but before this happened, it was then that Hadith was told he was being adopted...

So begins...

Hadith's Story

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'I'm being adopted?', the thought entered his mind and it felt so surreal. Why would he need to be adopted? Hadith had parents somewhere in this world and it was only a matter of time till he would be able to fend for himself. This was definitely something he wasn't expecting, but might as well savor the fact that someone out there wanted him. His head pressed against the the window of the train, it rattled every few seconds as it chugged along the rails for what seemed like hours. Not knowing where they were headed, it seemed like it was dragging them out to the middle of nowhere. A handful of kids were all headed to the same place, to same person, with the same curiosity. What did he look like? His mind flooded with an image of the stereotypical movie family. Gorgeous parents cuddling with adorable children in a land of daisies and green pastures. His mouth puffed out as he sighed, releasing air which sent his bangs flying up for the time being till he ran out of oxygen.

The passenger car was silent at the most and everyone seemed to share an aura of tension which could not be shaken. Hadith tapped his foot impatiently and chewed on his choppy bottom lip. Not that he noticed. All these actions were already a habit that had worked it's way into his personality. Endless rows of lifeless plants and greenery blurred past his line of vision and before he knew it the train had screeched to halt and the orphans unloaded after gathering there belongings. Most of their faces he'd seen around the orphanage before, but never had he made any big connections with any of them. Maybe this would bring them altogether.

With a bag in hand, he exited last and watched the train disappear into a small black dot in the distance leaving them stuck in who knows where. His eyes skimming over the group, all staring blankly at a ragged old building that look as if it were on the verge of collapsing on its own. He heard someone ask if they had been dropped off at the right destination. He sure hoped so. Inhaling calmly, he headed to join the bunch and planted a grin across his face. The air was musty and dead trees surrounded the scraggy structure. It was quite chilly, but Hadith dressed appropriately which kept him warm and cozy.

This could be the start of a great adventure, he could almost feel it.

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The girl sat impatiently on the edge of her seat. Her tapping fingers sat on the sill of the train window where she molded her body against the wall, uncomfortable and perhaps looking as though she were in pain to the other passengers sitting around her. Ocassionally the train would rattle suddenly and the movement made the girl, named Athens, jump with the carriage. This was understandable, considering Athens had never ridden a train in her life, and very rarely had she ridden in a car, so she felt strange as the train puttered along the tracks, giving her a fright whenever it jumped or moved in sudden movements. This made her feel embarrassed and she hoped none of the other children noticed, so in frustration she tried to hide with the strangely patterned wallpaper that led onto a window giving a plain view of nothingness.
Glancing around she saw the other children that were riding with her, to the same place she guessed, and assumed that most were older, perhaps by a year or two. Already she felt inferior.
Her eyes rotated to a boy who wore rather fine clothing, well cut and clean, and Athens looked down at her own jeans and shirt, messy and unfitting. Athens' red short cut hair lay perfectly on her shoulders, but bits were sticking out and getting in her eyes. She growled at the boy in nice clothing, and turned her attention to the view outside. She did not want to see the others yet; she was already feeling crappy enough as it was.
After a while the train halted suddenly which caused Athens to jump 10 feet. She collected herself and watched the other kids gather their things and slide off slowly, one by one. Following their lead, she grabbed her small backpack and made her way outside, stumbling and coughing with all of the dust collecting around the train at their feet.
Athens looked at their destination.
There wasn't much to say at the very least.
She just dropped her bag and looked up blankly at the old, seemingly, abandoned house.

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The young, scruffy looking boy seemed to be high on E numbers as he gushed about the state of the house not being a problem. As sensitive as she could be (which isn't by much) she couldn't fathom the enthusiasm he showed.

"Oh please" Ashley muttered with her blond eye brows mashed together to make a scowl. "This place is a dump. I can already smell the rot from here."

Some of the children were straight up from orphanages that much she could tell. They had that deprived look about them but that still didn't explain to her how they could be so optimistic about such a run down shack; how desperate could they be! The girl she'd been looking at on the train agreed with the boy though and suggested they head towards to house.
Her name was Susan and she had a point. There wasn't much use in standing around, whoever had invited them here to stay had to be lurking around somewhere.

Hopefully he was a member of the FBI and had a futuristic pad lurking beneath the shack for secret coverage she mused inwardly. Flicking her hair back over her shoulder she picked up her fancy cases and followed the others. A chill had picked up and the top she was wearing was purely for fashion in a sense she was fairly eager to get under cover.

The place had it's many entrances, it was admittedly huge, but the safest looking way in was the door closest. The group began the ascent up some solid looking stone steps to reach the door which was easier said than done with all the luggage. Ashley glared and huffed several times at the snazzily dressed boy in front when his case hit her in the knee caps more than once. On reaching the top it was a case of watching where you stepped with the sound of creaky floor boards giving Ashley tingling sensations. 

It was getting dark rapidly as the dead forest in the distance grew dark and shaded. Shadows on the wood grew denser and a dimness seemed to suddenly shroud the large wooden structure as the orphans trod carefully on the porch. The air appeared thin and noticeably chilly. The human senses twitched uncomfortably at the sudden minor changes in the surroundings.

Ashley glanced round at all the other children. She felt very surreal...almost dazed. The blond felt...strange.

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Watching as two youngsters seemed to be interacting quite well with each other, Hadith was about to make his way towards the door when a figure sped past him then halted and scuttled back to grab her luggage. 'Here it comes...', he could feel it already. His soft spot for kids was starting to irk him. Keeping his mouth tight lipped, he tried not to start gushing over how cute the short girl was who now introduced herself as 'Susan'. Just stopping to see the boy and the adorable girl run up to the staircase, he continued strolling towards the entrance. There was a slight feeling of fear in the back of his mind that the house would just end up collapsing all over them if they knocked on the door too hard or stomped up the stairs heavily, thinking that the building wouldn't be able to hold together under the tension. 

Arriving at the steps just a few seconds after the two, he set his large gym bag down and stared blankly as the little girl began to open the unlocked door. It made sense that the owner didn't bother locking it since the house was pretty much the only structure out here and it's not like a robber would even bother to risk stealing from such a creaky looking place.
Bracing himself for what lay within, the setting inside perfectly portrayed what they had seen outside, but somehow it felt nice and welcoming. You could say it gave off the 'home sweet home' aura. The only thing that sort of set him off was the dirt and how untidy the house was. He hated it and just sighed. If he was going to be living here then it'd definitely need a little cleaning and fixing up.

Turning slightly sideways, he glanced behind him at the rest of the group. Their was a blonde girl that didn't look too happy about being adopted into such a place and the expression plastered across her face showed it quite well. His eyes were then caught by a short red haired girl with a corky outfit. This made the corners of his mouth curve up into a grin. Somehow he liked it, you could say the style was 'eye catching'.

Still smiling he beckoned to the rest of the adopted crew to follow and without another word he entered his new home without further hesitation.

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Athens

Not much was going through Athens' mind when they were walking up to the old broken down house. She gathered that the kids were hopers, she knew that they would be disappointed once they got inside. As far as Athens was concerned, if someone had just dumped them in the middle of nowhere these kids were a hinderence, it was survive or die in her kind of world, she couldn't be making any exceptions on who she cared for. Athens kept her mouth shut though, incase she was wrong, but she knew that the sagging timber of the house, the damp, fungus invested roof tiles and paint peeling off of the outside wasn't a good sign. She knew enough about houses to know which ones were abandoned and which ones weren't.
The kids named Susan and Flan were cute, but she couldn't get 'survive or die' out of her head, so she refused to feel anything for them, or for any of the other children.
On the steps she felt the boards creaking from under her, but ignored them as she climbed up. Glancing the inside of the house her stomach churned inside her, she knew this house was abandoned, the anger boiled up inside.
Athens caught the eyes of the boy in nice clothing, seeing him smile slightly and looking away. She wasn't sure if this was a mocking smile or genuine, so she didn't smile back.
She walked slowly inside and her suspicians got worse and worse.

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Running his fingers down the surface of a cabinet, the tips of his nails were eagerly caked with dust. He shuddered in disgust as he stared down at his now grey-tipped hand which he wiped over a nearby curtain. This only caused more dust to become detached from the ragged cloth which he inhaled and made him cough as the particles crawled around his throat. "Needs some dusting...vacuuming...mopping... maybe a little spray of perfume!", Hadith had been muttering some notes to himself on what had to be done to the house to make it livable to his circumstances. Actually quite eager to get started on cleaning up, the thought finally struck him, 'Why is no one coming to greet us?'. Suspicious was the perfect word to describe the entire situation. Now trying to piece everything together, all of it started to sound outrageously bizarre! A bunch of kids sent to the same place, same adopter, to the middle of nowhere, in a creepy old building that seemed to have been abandoned. For crying out loud, even the adopter's name was weird! What kind of name was Brittle? 

Hadith began to pace back and forth, the low murmur of chatter between a dark haired 'girl' and the red haired teenager from earlier was bouncing around the walls of the room. "...m-maybe we h-have g-gone to the w-wrong place...m-maybe this is not our d-destination..."
Turning his head to the comment, his ears twitched slightly as a feeling of eeriness crawled down his spine. "Weird.. No one seems to be coming to greet us. It's starting to give me the creeps", he decided to join the two before having one of those random body spasms as he tried to shake feeling. Not too far from where they stood, Susan seemed to be making herself right at home and looked to be dozing off just fine.

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"I doubt it, and if it is, there is no way to get back to...well...anywhere, without a map. Hey...is there something on my face? Or er, is my hair looking fine?" Athens asked Zurich and he looked at her in confusion, slightly surprised by her question...why did she ask about her face or hair? That was then he realized he was still looking at her with suspicion and he quickly dropped his eyes, staring at the ground instead. Oh, he supposed she didn't understand why he was looking at her like that and it had probably made her uncomfortable. He fidgeted as he didn't know what to say. He didn't like telling lies and he didn't want to tell her the truth, either...He couldn't just outright say that her face was scary when she's mad...it would only provoke her and she might start hitting him if she was angry.

"I mean...ah shit...it's just, I'm not scary looking, am I? Oh why does it matter..."

Athens said and Zurich looked at her face, noticing the slight blush on her face. Oh no, he hoped he hadn't given any wrong expression. Quickly raising his hand to defense himself, Zurich stuttered "...n-no, n-no...y-you're not s-scary...It's just..." He swallowed thickly and lowered his voice, looking at his hands and traced a long, thin scar on his right wrist "...I j-just d-don't like s-seeing people mad...It reminds m-me of my F-father..." He whispered in a tiny voice. Pressing his fingers together again, Zurich looked around, trying to find a distraction. Suddenly finding himself exhausted, Zurich suppressed a yawn as another boy walked up and said to them, his voice carried in the dusty room and echoed slightly "Weird.. No one seems to be coming to greet us. It's starting to give me the creeps"

Zurich nodded his head softly and replied "...I-I d-don't think anyone lives here...I mean..." He touched the dusty table and tried to give a gesture with his hands "...look at this...I t-think this p-place h-has been abandoned fo-for years..." Sighing heavily, he mumbled underneath his breaths "...maybe t-the o-orphanage t-thinks w-we're t-too troublesome a-and w-wants t-to a-a-a-abandon us..."

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Before Athens could reply to Zurich and his whisper about his father, the boy in nice clothing walked up to them and joined in the conversation. A light flush fell over Athens' face, looking down at her own clothing and back up at both of the boys. She followed their words and nodded at Zurich's...hesitant statements. "Though I doubt that," she muttered "They probably have too many kids to look after and are now dumping them in the middle of nowhere. How nice that they could leave us this house". She bent over and picked up an old broken piece of timber, and snapped it easily in her hands, making some of the timber even crumble into a heavy dirt. Athens let the timber and dirt fall back onto the ground, almost as if it had vertified the truth. A sudden flood of rage came over her, causing her to kick the piece of wood hard onto a wall on the other side of the room. She held her fist tight, so she wouldn't lash out infront of anyone.
"This is crap," she growled, and slid her body down the wall she was leaning against. Athens gathered her knees up against her chest and hugged them, letting the drowsiness flood over her. She didn't care if she fell asleep right there infront of both the boys, she hoped she would wake up again, next to her old friend Georgia, and they would continue their day like any other.
But she wasn't that stupid. She knew this was real, and her conditions were worse than before.
Her eyes closed, her head felt heavy and the last thing she remembered before falling into a sleepy coma was the shuffling of the feet of the boys standing infront of her and the smell of damp wood.

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"...maybe t-the o-orphanage t-thinks w-we're t-too troublesome a-and w-wants t-to a-a-a-abandon us...", Zurich replied and Athens followed with,  "They probably have too many kids to look after and are now dumping them in the middle of nowhere. How nice that they could leave us this house". Both names he had overheard through their conversation while he was investigating the place. He noticed another girl with brown hair curl up into a ball and fall asleep. Everyone looked so tired, probably from the long trip to get-rid-of-kids land. Hadith was trying his best to think positively, but with all these questions going around about this adoptee, he wasn't so sure himself if their imaginative guesses were in fact true. 

Glancing back down to the pair, he watched as Athens let herself drag down to the ground, her hair crawling up against the wall, but when she finally halted at ground it followed after and went back to its original spot in a messier state.
Her eyes fluttered to a dazed close and by the way she was breathing, it was easy to tell she had fallen asleep. All three girls had now gone into slumber, Susan, Blair, and of course, Athens.

Blinking a few times in disbelief, he wondered how they could fall asleep so effortlessly at such a crucial time when these unsettling questions were hanging around. Turning to Zurich, he frowned confusedly and after looking him in the eye for a few seconds, he finally twirled towards his gym bag and hauled it to the corner of the room not too far from where Athens slept. With that last bit of movement, he plopped himself down on his somewhat comfy luggage and leaned his head daintily against the wall. "I don't know what to think or say anymore.", he muttered lightly as his eyes trailed up to look at Zurich. His mind had now registered that 'she' was actually a 'he'
Maybe sleeping was everybody's way of escaping this weird situation. Hoping that when they awoke, this would be just some strange dream that your mind came up with just to fill in some holes during your REM sequence.

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As the Orphans fell into a forced slumber the magic of night began to take place. The crimson sun dipped behind the horizon causing a blinding flash to occur. The multi-coloured fingers of the otherworld combed their way through the dark human skies morphing the land surrounding into something else. 

The shabby shack of a house changed in the blink of an eye. Oil lanterns roared to life, smoke began to crawl it's way out of the chimneys and water started to pour from the stone holes beneath the houses foundations onto the ground below. 

Like a peculiar mutation, the foggy water swallowed the land and caused a strange mist to set in. Moments after, lights glow in amongst the fog attached to little wooden boats carrying precious cargo...customers. 

Child messengers crawl out of their hammocks beneath the floor boards and various staff switch shifts ready for the nights service. Amidst the oddities of the otherworld 7 humans lay just inside the reception unaware of the change...and the adventure they were about to embark on.

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As the surroundings changed around the orphans, Susan was deep asleep, dreaming. A simple dream that almost seemed like a memory to her, a memory from when she was a child. The time where she was seven years old and had often stayed playing on her schools small playground. Kids would often play on it till their parents arrived to pick them up, she would spend her time there with her friends, keeping them company till their awaited guardians took them home. She dreamt of the warm sun light that would beat down on them as they ran around playing the simple game called tag, if only life could stay so simple. Once the children were gone, Susan would leave to walk home, her mother busy at work and unable to come pick her up. Of course it could be dangerous for a child to walk home alone, but luckily no strange occurrences ever happened. Yes, this was a dream of one of her regular days as a child; a peaceful one. If only life could be that simple, to enjoy the company of others and return home to relax.

What seemed to such a long dream, happened to not be too long. "Merg...." she groaned. Susan had began to awaken from the lovely dream, but it's what she would find that would seem more like a dream. She slowly opened her eyes, not realizing her surroundings quite yet due to her being drowsy from have just woken up. " Guys...what time is it..?" she rubbed her eyes, still laying on the floor. The house smelt different from what it had been before, it didn't smell of old mold. She sat up, letting out a large yawn as she stretched her arms apart and looked beside her to see a sleeping Flan. She had to admit, he looked quite adorable when he was sleeping. Her small figure turned to face him and shook him lightly " Flan....time to wake up..." she spoke with a drowsy voice. Then it hit her as she was shaking him, the flooring.
(( At this point I began listening to Soundtrack: Brittle House))
The floor was no longer the creaky boards as they were before, how had she not noticed right away. Susan quickly turned her head, there was furniture all around, the walls were no longer falling apart. It was as if some one came over night and took them to a whole different house. This was no house though, she had seen nothing of such luxury or such a home so BIG. She was wide awake now, but the palace was filled with the voices of odd creatures, some looking human, while others looked quite... monstrous. Was she in a dream? Had she still been dreaming? Where was she?

"Wake up...."

she whispered the words to the other orphans, she wasn't sure if she was scared or nervous, or..both. The small figure of hers was now standing up in full alert, she could see the odd creatures staring at the group, some with uninterested eyes while others seemed a bit too interested. Her baby face was filled caution, she spoke again, but louder. " Wake up! All of you wake up!" she turned around quickly and shook Flan harder then before " You have to wake up! Please!"

It had now all began, it was unknown what the orphans would encounter now, what could happen now and what will they experience?

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Can you relate to those times when you catch yourself falling asleep and wake up with a start.
It felt like that for Ashley Parker when she heard the smashing of a glass. Her body jolted in shock and her eyes flapped open to gain visual on a blurry scene. The surroundings smelt waxed and polished. Golden glows and passing shadows surrounded her as she felt her forehead.

Confusion lasted for a few moments, an uncertain state that left her not knowing where she was last. When she did recall her location her blue eyes widened in bewilderment. This wasn’t the run down house. Thinking it was a dream was out of the question when she sat up and gazed around taking in the other Orphans laying about; there was no way she would dream about these losers.

With her head on a swivel she noticed Susan and Flan already on their feet standing stock still, when she followed their line of sight she froze. Her heart flickered like a flame from the adrenaline of both excitement and fear. Just feet away stood two extraordinary boys.

One with glossy silver hair, eyes like a thunder-cloud and the ears and tail of a fox. The other with flame-like hair, crimson eyes and a smile that could stop any heart beat. For some unexplainable reason they were attractive beyond comparison and Ashley felt a lust she never knew she had in her for the silver haired boy. It was so powerful it made her feel physically sick that she wasn’t in closer contact with him.
With shaky legs she stood up behind Flan her eyes wide with uncertainty. The three Orphans looked like a litter of baby rabbits caught in the headlights of an on coming vehicle in the shadows of the two Brittle House employees who naturally (as spirits) stood feet above the small build of a human being.

“What’s going on?” Ashley murmured shallowly.

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The air is thick and murky with incense. The House manufactures foreign heat but those closer to the ground can only feel the bitter chill of the night. A small selection of special spirits loiter tentatively nearby a broad desk playing with their hair whilst sending stealthy glances in their master’s direction.

Through the smoke two luminous, reptilian eyes stare back at them.

Up on the top floor of the House they all linger in mysterious fog, nothing is solid or for certain on the top most floor of the Brittle House. It is the masters utmost domain and only the special spirits know what is what round there aside from him.

“Terra” comes his husky murmur from the midst of sweet scented cloud.

A special spirit steps forth and bows awkwardly whilst the others titter childishly to one another in discontent for not being chosen.
Two large Indigo coloured eyes gaze up at the master as Terra hangs upon every passing second waiting for him to bestow a message upon her.
She watches the master with eager eyes as he swirls a finger in the mass of water-coloured cloud that hung closest to him.

“New employees have arrived. Scattered and chaste in the otherworld, bring them to tea before they aggravate the customers.”