Plot

The Plot

The Shadow Men


The Shadow Men are three young, teenage boys, who were separated from the Shadow Realm as children, ranging between the ages of 4-7. They were taken in as foster children by a kind older woman, who at the current time is in her mid-sixties. Raised as brothers, none of them remembered what they were. Then 'The Shadow Man' began to experience odd dreams of another world entirely, in which he was quite the powerful being, and his two brothers served beneath him. As the dreams became more and more frequent, he attempted to test this theory, and realized that he indeed had the powers that he was dreaming. After explaining it to his brothers - which it took him quite some time to convince them that it was the truth - they began to experiment.

This all occurred when the boys were in early Middle School.

In their beginning years of high school, The Shadow Man met her. A girl with light brown hair and doe-brown eyes, who radiated an innocent gentleness that all Shadow Men naturally craved. The goodness within her called to him, and he was immediately in love.

Sadly for him, however, she wasn't the type to date, nor had she ever really cared deeply enough for someone to consider such a thing. After two years of pursuing her, he decided to take matters further, and sent her and her friends into ... The Game.

The Players

Having met in kindergarten and preschool, the group of eight children thought that they were completed and did not need anymore friends. They had everyone that they need; The Stud, the Player, and the Sweetheart; The Rebel, The Artist, The Serious, The Party, and The Playful Flirt; but they were wrong.

Not too far along in their Kindergarten lives, they group met their ninth member - the one who completed the group. The Gentle Beauty. From the beginning, the foreign Italian girl had captured each of their attentions, if only for the mysteriousness of her roots and where she came from. She immediately took on the role of the female leader, while the Stud took on the role of the male leader - a bit stereotypical and sexist, but they were all children, so it couldn't much be helped. Despite her naturally soft-spoken and quiet nature, she accepted the role without argument, and has remained in such power since.

To her happiness, she discovered that her group of friends were planning a surprise party for her Sweet 16 - at her house, of course. It would be the job of The Player to distract her during the day while her friends prepared the house, with the permission of her aunt and uncle, who would be gone on a business trip the entire day, night, and following day afterwards. During the party, however, they decided to play A Game. A Game that one of the nine friends, Artist, picked up out of interest. It was a white box, and without any knowledge of what was inside, brought it with to the party, her creativity piquing her curiosity for whatever could be the contents of the box.

Much to their surprise, it was a paper house, with paper figures - three of which looked uncannily like three brothers that attended their school.

They shrugged it off, however, ignored the warning that The Game had given them, and proceeded to play.

What a large mistake that would be.

NOTE: The RP will begin in the morning of the day that the party is to be held. All of the characters aside for The Shadow Men, The Player, and The Gentle Beauty will be at The Gentle Beauty's home, preparing for the party.

P.S. I apologize for the choppiness of the writing in this post. I wrote it at midnight and was extremely tired.