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Leader/Teddy

Cheating? Please. It's not cheating if your not caught.

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a character in “Matryoshka - Land of The Crazed”, as played by Monochrome

Description

Leader
Image

Full Name:
Kanda Gentian
Age:
19
Appearance:
Teddy's build is quite spidery; he's literally all bones. It doesn't help that he'd tall either, standing at 6'0". His hair, under that hood, is actually halfway down his back and straight as hell, and that's in a ponytail. He always ties it up with a hairband, no matter what day it is. He's almost always out walking, so most people haven't really seen how long his hair is, since he always wears his hoodie. His way of posing when he'd standing still could be considered quite. . . sassy, like when he has his hands on his hips. He almost always has a skip in his step, so it's not really that hard to spot him.
Preferred Clothing:
It's really rare to spot him without his bear hoodie, and even more so without a hoodie. Teddy likes stripes, so his t-shirt is often stripy. If he isn't wearing his hoodie, he'd often seen walking around in a full body prison jumpsuit, like those used in the 19th century prisons. It's really baggy on him, so he looks like a child inside. His usual outfit includes tight jeans, and he often sticks to wearing black, grey and white.
Role:
Matryoshka Leader
Love Interest:
Love? There's no time for love when your the leader of an insane group! And plus, Teddy's a bit of a 'Haruhi Suzumiya'. Humans don't really interest him.
Skills:
Well, Teddy doesn't really do much. He'd usually lazying around, but he's actually quite skilled at close combat. His hoodie itself has two daggers in the lining, and he has the ability to block bullets with his blade. But probably his best skill is his power of winning a game like Poker or Texas Hold 'Em. Through cheating, of course. He fails at almost every normal task, such as cooking, drawing, lacing his shoes. Every morning, he'll walk and trip over his laces until some kind person helps him tie his laces up.
Personality:
He's quite easily one of the runner-ups for most insane. Most people don't see it in him, most of the members haven't either. Well, he walked into a flaming building to see who was laughing (Flick), accepted a silent girl who hates normality (Mi-Mi), given Sly his nickname with said-person's gun pressed to his forehead, was in a morgue (he had his reasons) when he discovered the supposedly dead Shi-Shi, also accepted a girl who'd just beaten up three of the towns most notorious fighters who were quite easily twice her height, and grinned at the boy who'd just killed a doctor by pushing him 10 feet then jumped after him and gave him the name Wacko.

So, putting these all together, underneath the calm, kind and smiley demeanour, he'd actually a fun-loving individual. In fact, to him life is a huge game and absolutely nothing surprises him, not even any of those things. Teddy doesn't quite know what's acceptable in society or not. He's nice and bubbly, even in the midst or beating someone up. He's just learnt to deal with the fact that he's gonna be hurting people to save people. It's just the way it works if you're insane.

He has a habit of laughing at moments which aren't quite appropriate but tends to show his emotions, so if he's angry (which isn't really often) or happy, he'll just show it, no matter what situation he's in. Teddy just doesn't seem to care about things like 'fitting in' or 'making good friends' although he has made some good friends in the Matryoshka. Those who know him well enough though know that under his unchangeable smile is a twisted smilier person.
Distinguishing Features:
His white bear hoodie, and his ocean blue eyes
Charm Point:
Maybe his smile, if you don't look behind it.
Likes:
+ Jello
+ Pop-tarts
+ Insanity
+ Talking to others
+ Walking
+ Cats
+ Animals in general
+ Coffee
+ Daggers
Dislikes:
- Garbage
- Useless people
Fears:
✝ Lightning
History:
Teddy doesn't remember anything. Well, that's a lie. He remembers the torture, the freezing cold, all those things. But there's only snippets in his sleep that he'd learnt to ignore when he rises in the morning. When he was younger, he woke up in the dead of night, alone and almost memory-lessm lightning striking in the background. And he just stood up and took a stroll.

Since then, he's met Shi-Shi, Mi-Mi, Sly, Wacko, Glitch and Flick, plus most recently, Twilla.
1925
A calm and cooling motion
It's shaking off my tension
Surprise, surprise
It's called being alive

The answers to my questions
Repeating; Have I mentioned
I lied? Don't like the way I'm being tried

A lonely heart is what I'm slowly aiming for
Forget what you see; leave it to me
I'll lead you there

It's not about the money
But the world doesn't agree
A bribe, a lie, a trick
We'll hide the truth
And they won't see
As long as you have changed your mind
Your soul belongs to me
We have got no pride
And no honor to be seen

"A little; just a little"
A lie or just a riddle?
Appeal, I feel
But only if it's real

"It works in this direction;
Let's take another exit"
You cheat, I see
You're not the one for me

The happiness of people
Is such a fickle thing
To bend and break
The give and take
Is too much for me

Love is just the gum
That we replace without a care
Had your heart forever
Now another day is here
The puzzle pieces
Of our life will rarely make a fit
But we take our chances
And go along with it

The pouring rain fills up your brain
Again...
It takes so much to weigh down your regrets
This life is drifting on the open sea...
This boat is not enough for you and me...

Building up your fences to avoid the best you can
All the laws and morals understood by fellow man
If I could be on the other side then I would be
"Oh, hello!" I'd say, but you'd never look at me

If you ever bother asking me if love is really true
I would stare you in the face and say it's looking right at you
If I really understood you better than you know yourself
Then I know I'm perfect for you and nobody else
Other:

So begins...

Leader/Teddy's Story

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Flick


It was a lovely Friday morning. Well, for some people. Obviously, maybe not for a few. But everyone in the town seemed to be celebrating something, as always. They'd always find something to party about, especially on a Friday. In fact, speaking of Friday, the old tune was playing through the city speakers that were meant to be reserved for important announcements but the thing was hijacked a few years back, as well as the government. Nowadays, the only thing you heard on it were horrible dubstep remixes of songs and random songs. Everyone was smiling.

Well, almost everyone. There were always those people who never smiled. A certain red-head himself wasn't smiling, and he couldn't even hear the horrible auto-tune song playing down the streets, probably due to his headphones being on full blast. People were edging out of his way, and the long-awaited smile appeared on his face as he clapped his hands together, a giggle leaving his lips. At that exact moment, a seemingly abandoned building behind him literally detonated, and screams instantly filled the busy street. People ran on both sides of the street, and morons ran on either side of the boy as he continued strolling happily.

Flick laughed, and he pulled his Elmo hood up, covering his flame orange hair. He whistled the tune in his ears as police cars and fire trucks sped down the road near him. The further he walked, the calmer it became. Soon, he came up to the abandoned train track, the one he'd been aiming back for before those idiots got in his way and challenged him to a duel. He really couldn't be bothered, so he just ran. They didn't even chase after him, and they stayed in that building. Oh, if only they knew the amount of dynamite he'd planted in random corners on his way out. Ashes to ashes, we all fall down. he thought, entering the train on the rails. He walked down the long corridor, ignoring the cabins that the members of the Matryoshka usually sleep in and entered the First Class area, where they were supposed to be meeting.

Yes, the Matryoshka's hideout is an abandoned train. But everyone has their own compartment, or cabin that they can customise in any way, and the First Class area has been kept intact by the leader. Speaking of the leader, he was fast asleep on one of the chairs. Well, this was going to be an enlightening meeting. Flick sighed and sat down next to him for a few minutes before gently prodding the leader. His hand was grabbed straight away and said person's eyes opened suddenly, before registering who is was and sat up, sighing quietly. His bear hoodie was fixed on his head, as usual. Flick put his head in his hands, before realising something. He was missing one of his hair clips. And now that he thought about it, it was gone since morning when he woke up in his cabin. I swear to God, if Shi-Shi stole them, I am going to kill her! A wide grin appeared on his face as he giggled to himself again, and didn't stop until the leader pinched his cheeks.

Teddy's voice came out as normal as it always does, but he was obviously tired. Dark circles were formed under his eyes, even though he looked as awake as ever. "We can't have you flicking at what, eight in the morning?"

"It's almost twelve." Flick responded, back to his normal state of mind. He looked at the clock. Where were the others? The meeting was actually meant to start an hour ago, but Flick came late because everyone came late and if you were there on time, you'd be lonely for a while. He realised when his stomach rumbled that he'd forgotten to eat for what, a day and a half or something? There was no food around though. Flick couldn't even remember who was on food rota. He spotted a girl in the corner, but he dismissed her almost immediately. It was probably just some person Teddy found.

Teddy


Well, that was true. He had found that girl in the morning.

The boy had been out on a stroll, not even realising the time. It was still dark. There were no fights, the city was deathly quiet, save for a random explosion on the other side of the city. Probably Flick. He'd dismissed it almost immediately. And there she was, the pink haired girl. She was literally knocked out, and Teddy thought she looked kinda rough, like she's just been through a lot. So he'd just happily carried her back to the train and set her on the floor, before actually falling asleep himself.

What he was doing out was a mystery, even to himself. He'd just suddenly lost his track of thought and realised he was in the slightly-nicer part of town.

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Character Portrait: Glitch Character Portrait: Flick Character Portrait: Leader/Teddy Character Portrait: Twilla Mavis Erubus Character Portrait: Shi-Shi
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Glitch

Screams ran out as she teared all those surrounding her to shreds, friend, foe, she didn't care, all that mattered was the way she gracefully destroyed anyone that stood before her. With a sigh, Glitch turned off the moniter she had fixed up recently. She had been looking forward to this game ever since she had discovered it while out looking for stuff to fix up and add to her collecion but the repetition of senseless violence had soon grown boring, still, it was something she could work on if she had nothing better to do.

"Cheese and whiskers," she said as she removed the disk for the console and placed it back amongst the others she had collected.

Suddenly she stopped moving, lost in thought. Something didn't feel right but what was it. Raising a hand to her face she soon found the answer. Her mask wasn't on. Frantically she began to search for it, to her it was like a security blanket and never felt safe without it. Not for the first time she cursed the fact that she needed to take it off to breathe while she slept. Finally she unearthed it, half hidden by her boots. Drawing it over her mouth she took a deep breath calming herself down as she pulled on her shoes. It was about time she went and joined the meeting though she didn't look forward to being stuck in a room full of people that couldn't understand half of what she was talking about.

"Why was I born into a world where I need other people so I can survive," she muttered to herself, exiting her darkened compartment.

She was only a quarter of the way to the first class cart when it struck, another bout of what she had been able to diagnose as Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. A wave of dizzyness swept over her, the ground seemed to far away for her body to be at a normal size and it seemed to be getting further and further away by the second.

"My head is going to hit the roof of the train any second now," she thought with alarm.

She raced to find an exit, she didn't want to be stuck like a sardine in a tin, if her body was going to grow like this then she might as well do it outside, at least then she'd have some options.Wrenching the door open she prepared to run out but it suddenly seemed so far away, like it was at the end of a long hall.

"How is that possible?" she exclaimed, "I just opened it."

She began to run towards it, desperately but time seemed to have slowed down, it was as if she was running underwater.

"Someone please help me," she whispered, tears running down her face, "I don't want to be stuck as a giant in a train."

After what seemed like an eternity she found herself outside. Collapsing to the ground she placed her head in her hands and closed her eyes, counting to ten. When she opened them again, everything was back to normal, she was the right size and time was running at a normal pace. She had to admit, she was a little embarassed and hoped that nobody had seen the display. She wiped the tears from her eyes as she picked herself up and began to brush dirt from her clothes.

"At least there were no mondo bad hallucinations this time," she reasoned, "I don't think I'd like to see those talking heads again."

It always baffeled her how the syndrome managed to effect her despite all of her knowledge of it, even though she knew it was just a distortian in her perception of reality she still seemed to get caught up in the haze. Then again, most cases were meant to disappear after childhood and the world wasn't exactly sane now. Hoping that the other Matryoshka's would pass off her red eyes as another late night she stepped into the first class compartment. It appeared that she bad been beaten there by Flick and Shi-shi as well as the leader who was standing near some girl she'd never seen before. Glitch stared at the muffins that Shi-shi was brandishing about and wondered if it was one of the girls more unusual creations. Unsure whether to trust the food or not she decided to forgo eating untill she could find the time to cook something herself, at least that way she knew it'd be edible.

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Character Portrait: Sly Character Portrait: Glitch Character Portrait: Flick Character Portrait: Leader/Teddy Character Portrait: Wacko Character Portrait: Twilla Mavis Erubus
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Shi-Shi


Shi-Shi pulled the tinfoil on the muffins back; luckily, the foil seemed to have done its job of keeping the contents of what it covered all fresh and warm, as the little blonde’s culinary creations still seemed to be steaming despite being a few hours old. With a smile on her face, the girl balled the foil up with her right hand and threw it into one of the nearby trashcans, part of her just waiting for Flick to freak out about her having his missing hair clip. It was so fun getting him riled up . . . even if he did tend to live up to his nickname of Flick whenever she went and did this, Shi-Shi wasn’t scared of him, nope. If the world were still a sane place, and the little faerie herself were normal, she would indeed probably suffer from a well-deserved fear of him and not dare to mess with him. . . . But, the world had gone to hell in hand basket—no one was sane anymore~

Though, Shi-Shi had developed enough common sense in her tine of ‘insanity’ to know that Flick wasn’t one of the Matryoshka that wasn’t really necessary to fear. Of the whole bunch of them . . . either Sly or Wacko held that place in her head, of whom to fear most of her ‘family.’ No matter how sweet Sly acted, Shi-Shi was a ninja, a sneaky, nosy thing who lurked about in the shadows of places meant to be private, and came to be rather privy to knowledge best left secret after all~ Still, even if Sly and Wacko were something to fear, Shi-Shi actually held no fright of them in her little heart. Like the rest of the Matryoshka, they were part of the family, and they were people she loved and needed to treat with care, as the ‘mother’ she was.

Quietly, she looked at Glitch as she came on into the compartment herself, looked at the muffins and simply choose to disregard them, this caused Shi-Shi to shrug. Her loss~

But, that was when the girl’s duel colored eyes caught sight of something stirring on the floor of the train car, a person. Smile leaving Shi-Shi’s face, she craned her head over and looked upon this new person with a glint of wonderment in her eyes—it had been ages since last she could remember a new face appearing before the Matryoshka and herself. Face looking serious; sane, the little blonde just quietly observed the person as they moved, then she spotted something that made the mad grin return to her ashen face. Oh~ Shi-Shi spies with her little eyes . . . hair the color of magenta~ she thought, catching sight of the newcomer’s bright and long hair. Magenta; one of Shi-Shi’s most favorite colors. It was the hue of her midriff shirt, and the color in which her amazing black hoodie was accented with.

The girl was tiny, so small and petite~ And young, boy was she young. She even has Shi-Shi beat in looking like a kiddie, her face is still all cute and round with baby fat. Keeping her eyes upon the lass, Shi-Shi observed her looking about frantically, before she shoved herself back into the dimmest corner of the first class compartment. Silly girl seemed to be afraid. Good instincts, given who she’s with. Shi-Shi giggled at this thought. Even with the magenta colored hair piquing Shi-Shi’s interest, the blonde quickly lost her wonderment with her as she remained quiet, and stood to her feet, to her full and short height. If she wasn’t going to talk, then Shi-Shi was bored. . . .

Humming to herself, the little Matryoshka turned her gaze back to her muffins before she heard the door behind her slide on open, and in came the only Matryoshka member Shi-Shi herself was taller than, and one of the few members that she knew was a person to look upon with caution. He was barefoot, as usual, and looking/acting the part of being the innocent and cute member of the group. He looked around the room before eyeing the plate of muffins she was holding onto. A bit of a snide smile happened upon the blonde’s face at that—she didn’t fear Sly at all, even if she should have.
”Can I
 Can I have one?” he asked her, turning his gaze to her expectantly.

To this Shi-Shi giggled just a little bit with a cute smile all her own. Insane or not, he should have known by now that anything that she cooked was always, always for all the Matryoshka, and not just herself. “Of course Sly can have one, Shi-Shi always makes food for us all and not just herself. Remember~? She doesn’t want anyone in her family starving!”[/b]

Just as she finished speaking though, Shi-Shi was suddenly knocked to the ground—she didn’t scream or shriek in shock though, because she knew it was coming eventually. It all had just depended when Flick, well, ‘flicked.’ There was a hand on her throat, squeezing it just enough to give a little bit of pressure, and to this the blonde opened her eyes up and cracked a smile, even laughed a bit. ”I believe you have something that’s mine~!” he half sang, a wicked and insane grin upon his face. And while most people would have been frightened by that look, it was something Shi-Shi was very accustomed to. After all, snatching Flick’s hair clips was a part of the routine she performed in order to make sure that she was still a part of the earthly realm, and to make sure her faerie self had not slipped off into another dimension.

Before she could even blink or realize what happened though, the hair clip was removed from her bangs and replaced by something, well . . . that was new. Realizing this, the smile vanished from Shi-Shi’s face as she just blinked in genuine surprise. Normally, Flick went on to tell her off and go on a tangent, not. . . . She was expecting to get more of a rise from him, and not for the hair clip to be replaced by something else. One of Shi-Shi’s gloved hands wandered up to her ponytailed bangs, and lightly clutched onto the ornaments attached to the hair bands as her eyes turned upward, a look of curiosity upon her features. Why is today different? she asked herself.

Shi-Shi still lay on the floor of the first class compartment, trying to look at the ornaments with no success before she heard Flick speak again, having ceased pinning her down as he had. ”It costs me money to buy you those things, y’know. Money.” It sort of sounded like he was chiding her, which made Shi-Shi pout—it wasn’t his place to chide her! No, it was her job to do that to the others as she was the mother of the group. . . ! Why was today different from normal? Ordinarily, Flick would have just taken back his hair clip, and she would have been left giggling as he freaked out at her for it, and she would just go off looking for something new to put her bangs up with. But he’d gone and bought her something to keep her bangs up with???

Still with a pout on her face, Shi-Shi realized that Flick was forcing her back to her feet with his free hand. She stood up, and forgot about the food she had prepared that morning, that Flick had apparently grabbed onto at some point in lunging at her. An irked expression upon her face, Shi-Shi felt her face go a little bit red as she found herself flustered by the fact that things had not gone as normal. During this whole event, it seemed Wacko had entered the quarters, but Shi-Shi had failed to notice this.

A whine came from her throat as she frowned, What was that all about? Why didn’t Flick just yell at Shi-Shi like he always does? she thought to herself. The girl’s brain sat upon these sorts of thoughts for the next moments and minutes, and she partly missed everything that was going on around her as she grumbled mentally about things not being normal.

"Judging by the fact that she's staying in her corner instead of walking towards the crazy people suggest she has some sort of grasp on the subject Right Twilla?” Shi-Shi looked up though, and was stirred from her thoughts as the Leader spoke to the newcomer. The quiet girl with the interesting magenta hair. So, her name was Twilla?

Even learning the girl’s name was not enough to prevent Shi-Shi’s mind from dwelling upon the fact that today had not been normal, as she wanted it to be. Flick’s little new hair band stunt with her was only being met with feelings of annoyance and questioning. A mischievous smile floated on over the girl’s features though, that glint of silliness happened over her face as well as she suddenly moved lithely across the dim compartment, doing so in a manner that would escape the attention of those not paying heed to her.

Shi-Shi was bored . . . and she felt like glomping someone. Her target? Well, for the moment, she deemed Flick the most appropriate target, given that he hadn’t made things go like they should have. With no warning, she clung onto the Elmo-hoodie wearing Matryoshka, laughing.

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Glitch

Glitch's eyes narrowed in annoyance as Flick launched himself at Shi-shi, really, the pyromaniac could be a moron sometimes, all that fuss over a hair clip.

"Then again," she thought, "I'd probably do the same if someone tried to take or touch my mask. That or worse most likely."

Still, she couldn't help but feel disdain when looking at the othe Matryoshka's, all of them could be so stupid at times. Again she wondered why she endured their company, it certainly wasn't for the pleasure of it. It was as Shi-shi latched on to Flick that she reminded herself that she wouldn't get very far up the ladder of life unless she had some people around her to use as rungs should the ascent get tough.

"So the girls name is Twilla," she said to herself as the leader began speaking about the girl, "How very interesting...not."

Truthfully she couldn't care less about the girl but there was always the possibility that she might come it useful. It couldn't hurt to play nice, or at least, nice for her. Turning her attention from the girl to the other Matryoshka's her thoughts bean to wander, assessing each member on there abilities and usefulness, her gaze finally settled on Sly.

"Disgusting creature, does he actually think he's fooling anyone?" she wondered, "However, he would come in very usefull in a fight."

Still, she was sure that trusting him would be a mistake, although it would be easy to deal with him if he ever turned on her, the cute and innocent exterior held no charm for her, she would have no trouble cutting him down. Without warning her stomach growled causing her eyes to widen, it appeared that hunger had caught up with her. Briefly she looked at the muffins Shi-shi had brought with her, it would be so easy to just take one but no, she wouldn't give in and in any case, eating would require her to remover her mask and she couldn't bear the thought of doing that infront of so many people. She had to be strong.

"Way past cool," she muttered, bringing out the handheld device she had been working on for the past few days. She was sure it was another gaming device and it was almost completed.

Ignoring everyone around her she began to work on it once more and within minutes she had it working. Inserting a battery she switched it on and began to play. There were so many characters to choose from and all in a cartoon style. Selecting one of the female characters she set about the first stage of the game, it appeared that the objective was to run around fighting a huge army and causing as much mayhem as possible while you worked towards the enemy's commanding officer. Like the last game she had played, it was a little repetative but unlike the last one it had a heavy focus on tactics. She began to smile as the enemy was lured to an ambush she had previously set up, as soon as they were within range she would have achers fire on them and then set the place on fire, it was perfect and foolproof, she'd be garanteed to win, all that was required was a little patience. The enemy would be like lambs to the slaughter. As the enemies drew closer and closer her finger itched to initiate the attack. Finally they were in range and without delay she ordered the massacre to begin.

"Alphanumeric!" she exclaimed.

Her eyes widened as she realised she had spoken aloud, she never said anything around the other Matryoshka's unless she absolutely had to. No doubt they would all laugh at her or think she was weird, perhaps they'd even think she had gone completely insane beyond any hope of recovery and would then replace her. The thought frightened her, as much as she hated having to rely on them she hated the thought of them not relying on her even more. SIlently she cursed herself for letting the game draw her in. Picking it up she tried to crush it in one hand, annoyed that it wouldn't break.

"This is all you're fault," she thought, glaring at the game, "They'll replace me and it's all because of you."

Finally, giving up on trying to crush it she threw the device as hard as she could where it shattered against the wall next to Flick's head who was still caught in Shi-shi's embrace.

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Sly


“Of course Sly can have one, Shi-Shi always makes food for us all and not just herself. Remember~? She doesn’t want anyone in her family starving!”

Oh, how he hated it when the stupid girl talked in third-person, only three years old, who had yet to learn the one syllable word "I", would ever do that. Sly sometimes wondered if she talked in such a tone naturally or if she did it on purpose. If she did the latter, however, Sly would only have to realise that he brought it on himself. Curse his puny body. It did give him a secure position in the family however; most wouldn't suspect a child. Anger flashed across his brown eyes before he returned to his previous self. His eyes rounded over and he gratefully placed a muffin in his trembling palms.

"Thank you, Shi-Shi!" Squealed Sly and nodded at her, a beaming smile placed on his face. He then dropped himself to one of the empty seats and quietly nibbled on one of the edges. Sly would wait until it had cooled down a bit, he wouldn't want his precious little tongue to be burnt off. Nobody would want that, would they? He watched each of the individuals in the room, they all had their own traits that set them apart as insane; whether it be extreme anti-social behaviour or sudden mood swings. He shook his head and pondered why he had ever agreed to join this group of... freaks. There were obvious reasons - such as a meat-shield whenever he needed it - but the only thing that dragged him back, Sly guessed, was Teddy, There was something about the Leader that made him actually likeable. If Sly rated the people in the room on the chance of him pummelling them to death, the boy would guess that Teddy would've been the hardest to even lay a hand on. Despite each of the Matryoshkas to be rather messed up, at least the Leader's movements were the slight of unpredictable.

He watched Shi-Shi and Flick wrestle with one another. Glitch fiddle with yet another of her gadgets. It was normal activity in the abandoned train. This was probably one of the reasons why he would sometimes go on a random killing spree, like the small episode earlier this morning; just to bring back the drop of sanity he still had managed to keep for how many years. In Illista, madness was infectious.

Despite living with the group for so long, Sly understood that there were still blank spaces where there was to be information he was supposed to know but obviously didn't. Their history, especially. How where they suppose to be a family when they barely shared details between them? The small boy mentally shook his head and continued to munch on his muffin. If he knew just a tiny bit more, maybe he could find their weak spots and crawl into the most darkest parts of their beings. Sly favoured blackmail, it was a nice manipulative method, but recently there had been no reason to do so.

Sly quickly gobbled up the rest of the muffin and found that there was very little else to do except wait for his stomach to digest the food. He decided to use this time to look at each person more closely instead. Shi-Shi and Flick were of no problem to him, they seemed naive and Sly felt no tension between him and them. It was obvious that they may had have some ideas about Sly's true image but they probably didn't feel the need to point this out.

His gaze then moved wearily to Glitch. If he didn't have to fear about his cover being blown, he would've have snorted. She was an odd Matryoshka, she seemed to prefer her electronics rather than other people. But Sly knew not to underestimate the quiet ones, they were usually the ones who judged the rest of us and categorized them in their own little sections. Maybe she silently criticized the others like himself. He frowned, wondering what she thought of him.

His attention then drifted to the door when it opened to reveal Wacko who bypassed Shi-Shi's muffins and then brought up a conversation with Teddy referring to the unfamiliar girl in the corner. This then caused Sly to focus on the girl as well, his eyebrows knitted together when the first thing that he noticed was the colour of her long locks.
Great, another person with weird-coloured hair.
But she looked shaken, so he decided to lay off for a while; even Sly understood that it was unreasonable to denounce a person he barely knew. Instead, a swarm of questions fluttered into his brain. This always happened when new arrivals came, no-one could mistake Sly's thirst for knowledge. He reminded himself to talk to the girl as well once Teddy was finished with her.

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Sly jumped in fright when he saw the hulking mass, that was Wacko, jump in his direction and then land directly in front of the small boy. A surprised expression crept onto his youthful face before he started to giggle; the man’s unnatural speed always caught him off guard. Wacko’s palm was only centimetres away from Sly’s button nose but he had grown used to this strange form of greeting. It was rather dramatic, but logic and reason rarely boarded the abandoned train. Of course, Sly knew that Wacko hated it when he laughed about this. How could a child understand the way an adult’s mind worked? The giggle then slowly faded into a hiccup and then to nothing. Eyes only full of youth replaced it instead.

“Heehee, hello Wacko!” Said Sly and then waved just as vigorously. His eyes then rounded over and he stared at the man shell-shocked, “Wha- What? I didn’t eat it too quick... Did I?”

His lip quivered and he carefully placed his hand around his fragile neck, all he could feel was his Adam’s apple and the throb of his heart. Surely he had digested it by now, right? Once Wacko had finished shouting at Glitch, the man then reverted his attention back to Sly and did his signature smile; a shaky grin that always expressed hysteria. The boy looked at him curiously before catching onto what it meant. He had just been joking. He was joking about me choking. With this thought, Sly’s mouth then also twitched into a smile and he waved cheerily to Wacko’s back as he made his leave.

Sly’s ears then perked up when he heard Teddy introduce of them individually, Sly was the last in this list and once he heard his name, he jerked his head towards the girl and then stretched his hand high into the air; as if the man was calling out some kind of register. Once the Leader had ushered Twilla onto the couch, Sly immediately leapt from his own and padded towards her. He used his right hand to hold onto the large sleeve of his left and then looked up shyly at the girl.

“Um, hallo...” Murmured Sly timidly and then did a double-take. Hold up. This is my territory. He then waggled head – which caused some of the wavy tendrils to fall in his line of vision – as if activating his confidence,” Twilla... Twilla! I think it’s a really nice name...! I wonder why Teddy gave me such an evil-sounding one...”

Here, he then flitted his attention to the man on the opposite side of the couch. He gave him a hardened ook that expressed a warning before sliding them back to the pink-haired girl.

“Maybe it’s because... Um...” Sly paused, he pressed his index finger on his bottom lip and he looked up at the ceiling. He then suddenly stretched out an awkward grin; his eyes sparkling excitement, “Because... I’m super good at hide-and-seek!”

With this, he dropped to his feet before appearing behind the couch. He pulled at the new girl’s ear before leaping over and sitting beside her. Giddiness had seemed to override every limb in his body so he was practically bouncing on the seat, “Haha, seeee!” He then pulled his calves in so he could cross his legs.

“But, but yeah! Teddy Bear is right. We-won’t-hurt-you! ” He giggled before abruptly standing up on the couch. It didn’t do much for his height - because his feet only sank into the cushion – so he stepped on his tiptoes and stretched his arms as high as possible.

“I want ice-creeaamm!” Screeched Sly in a shrill voice, a reply to Shi-Shi’s question.

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Glitch glared at Wacko as he left the train. Honestly, who did he think he was, telling her of all people that computer screens were bad for your eyes. She came to the realisation that she was in a bad mood and wasn't surprised, the syndrome attack would have been enough to set her off anyway but now there were just too many people near her, considering the fact that two of them were Shi-shi and Flick, it was a surprise she didn't have a migraine.

"I swear, if I don't get to go soon then I'm going to explode," she thought to herself, tightening her mask.

She rolled her eyes in disbelief as Sly began to speak to the new girl, the display was so sickeningly sweet that she feared she would soon have cavities. The new girl couldn't seriously be buying the act but then again, she like most people, probably would. Without even waiting to see what Twilla actually thought of Sly, she concluded that the girl was a moron.

"How I would love for the world to not be full of idiots," she muttered to nobody in particular before turning her attention to Flick.

The redhead was playing with the leader's ponytail in a way that reminded her of a cat, the sight made her twinge. Standing up she walked over to the new girl, pushing Flick out of the way before standing next to the leader.

"Honestly Flick," she said, "What are you? Five?"

All this she said as if he wasn't even worth the effort to speak which in her opinion, he wasn't. She then turned her attention to Twilla, staring deep into her eyes, she was sure that she wasn't going to like her but then again, she didn't like anyone.

"Like Teddy and Sly have said, nobody will hurt you," she grumbled, "However, in my case this is only true if you stay out of my way."

Satisfied that the girl now knew where she stood, Glitch turned away and headed back to her seat. It was really too hot today to be wearing black but then again, her outfit was one of the few things that she felt comfortable in, the drawback was that unlike the others, she had nothing to unzip or take off if it got too warm for her, the only thing she could remove was her mask and that would never happen while she was around the other Matryoshka's. She had just about reached her seat when the walls began to flex in and out as if seen in a funhouse mirror. All the others seemed to be miles away, they looked so small, like dolls.

"Oh no, not again!" she groaned, dropping to her knees.

This time she was shrinking, she felt herself get smaller and smaller untill she was sure there was nothing left despite the fact that she knew it was impossible to shrink. Her eyes widened as figures seemed to detatch from the wall and shuffle towards her like zombies, she grew even more frightened when the pacman hairtie in Shi-shi's hair seemed to enlarge and come to life, floating towards her with it's big mouth gaping. As Pacman swallowed her she closed her eyes, opening them what could only have been a few minutes later but had felt like hours to find herself crouched by her seat, contorted into the smallest shape possible.

"Well that couldn't have happened at a worse time," she thought to herself.

She was sure now that they would replaced her seeing as they had found out about her secret flaw but then another thought popped into her mind, perhaps they had always known and had been planning to replace her with Twilla which was why the girl had been there in the first place. She was sure of it, this had to be the reason, now they would cast her out to fend for herself. She glared hatefully at Twilla, trying to portray exactly how she felt at that moment, wishing that looks could kill but much to her annoyance, the girl kept breathing.

"This is all your fault," thought Glitch as she stomped away to her compartment where she tore off her mask. Waiting for the news she knew was coming.