The Illusionary Galoana Palace

Lia

Lia sighed. She knew this would be pointless, and wouldn't work, and yet she still had hopes that her perfect match would like her. Guess not. Sighing, she couldn't help but think back to all those times she had to watch him. He had thoroughly expressed his feelings towards Romie's perfect match, and yet, it was obvious that Romie and that girl liked each other. And Keiran didn't even like her family as a whole! Anger replacing her sadness, she growled, "If you aren't going to respond and act like you loathe us all, at least have some decency to get to know my family before you want them all dead. Oh, and by the way, I hate you too!"

Stomping out of the room, Lia didn't care if they all were looking at her or not. Flying down the halls, she ran and ran, until she came to her favourite place in her home. The garden. It was inside a green house, of course, seeing as the scientists didn't want them to escape, but it was the closest any of them would get to the outside. Following the familiar paths, she soon came to the center of the the garden, the fountain. Sitting down on one of the benches, Lia sighed, and willed herself not to cry. She wouldn't cry because of some boy, but she would be upset that he disliked her family. They were all nice people, Romie being sweet and romantic, Koyomi being gentle and friendly when he's not being a but-head, and Serafina being the most outgoing of them all. If only Keiran could see that.

Keiran watched in disbelief, his eyes like daggers. What the hell was everyone doing? This was just another damn experiment set out by the scientists, it had to be. Probably to test something stupid too, like if they had emotions or not, and what sorts of things made them angry, what tings made them sad...nothing but a test to mess with their minds. It was stupid, and he was determined to not give in. What he first had to do was convince his family members that this was all fake, and that these people didn't care for them. Then, he had to get rid of those 'Perfect Matches'. He was already at a head start, because he had compltely ignored the girl that he was supposed to be with.

They walked out of the room. Rin with the purple haired guy. And then they were...talking about something that he could not make any sense of. It seemed that they were getting along well. Keiran bit his bottom lip, determined not to say anything to stop them from leaving together. He could speak to her later, and get her away from him, bring her to her senses. Same with Chizeru. And Kida. What the hell was wrong with them? Was he the only one that could see through what was happening?

Soon, it was only him and the Perfect Match in the room. He glanced over to her, his glare increasing in strength. It was just then that she decided to speak. He scowled at her first comment, seeing nothing wrong with how he was acting. How could she assume that he wanted them all dead? It wasn't like that...well, yes, it kind of was actually. But why show any fondness towards her family? His family was being ripped apart by the second, and it was their fault. He watched her storm out of the room, her last words echoing in his mind. He stood alone in the place for a few seconds, feeling all of his hate and anger ebbing away slowly. Then, a thought occurred to him.

What if he was wrong? What if these people understood them, had seen them before like they claimed? What if they actually did like them?

His eyes rested on the hallway in which she had entered, and then, he went down it. He surely didn't want this girl hating him, and thinking he was some sort of jer. Keiran always was rigid and set in his ways, with a strong opinion on everything and a stubborn attitude, but he would never dream of hurting an innocent person emotionally, or physically.

With no idea where he was going, he ran down to the end of the hallway, looking at a window that had a view over most of the outside of the home. There, he saw a nice gardne with all sorts of plant-life in it. Of course, it was contained in a glass barrier. They didn't want them escaping, now did they? He crossed his arms, staring out at the blue sky, and the thick white clouds stretched across the vast blue landscape. His eyes wandered down to the garden once again, and his keen eyesight saw the figure in the garden. Most of what was visible in the room was covered in plants, yet he could tell it was her.

He began down the hallway. He had no idea what way lead to where, but knew that mabe..this perfect match of his knew more of what was going on. Perhaps is he got her to like him a bit more, he could get some real answers, and support. Then get out of this place. Eventually, he had gone down a set of stairs, opening up a door. The scent of plants and fresh air washed over him. He stood by the door frame, taking in the view for a few moments, befor eheading down a sort of pathway towards her. Keiran was silent as he moved, turning his body and ducking under leaves, weaving through greenery without a sound.

He was just a few feet behind her. With a quiet sigh, he considered sitting down beside her for a moment, but decided against it. Rather than sitting on an bench or platform at all, he just clasped his hands together, stepping beside her, staring out ahead of him, not daring to look down at her.

"I...apologize." Keiran began, setting himself down on the grassy ground beneath him, his black tail curling around his legs. He bowed his head down slightly in disappointment of himself, staring at his hands.

"I'm just confused and worried. I don't understnad what's going on, and whether or not I can trust anyone. They're taking away my family."

Lia

Sighing, Lia realized that her perfect match had follower her. Don't some people realize when other people need their space. Suddenly, an apology came out of his mouth, something she hadn't expected. And why would he be confused? I get that he would be worried about his family; them going off with people he didn't know, but didn't he and his family know why they were here?

"There not taking away your family," she started, "They'll be living here with the rest of us for who knows how long. The scientists just want to know how we'll react to people we're suppose to be with. We've all watched you all your life, or in my case, heard you. It's not hard to figure out why you don't trust us, but please, give my family a chance. They're good people, and have been stuck in this place all of their lives, just like you have. They just...want to know what it's like to love, to feel anything beyond survival instincts."

Turning towards him, Lia continued in a snappy, "I don't really care if you like me or not, but don't take that out on my family. So, run along. Go find that girl you like, I know you want to get her away from Romie. Have fun with that."

Keiran frowned. He had a hard time believing that. All of the people around him were already seperated from him by their perfect matches. He could already guess what was going to happen next. They weren't going to come back to him, or eachother. They were going to stay with their perfect matches, and the scientists would do nothing but watch, and smile at the their success of getting the people together. It was just what they wanted, and what he couldn't let happen. Things planned out like this couldn't go exactly as said, and he had to make sure of that. And then soon after, the scientists were going to do something else to them, tear them away from their perfect matches, just to hurt them again. He was absolutely sure that the end result of this, wasn't going to be good.

He extended his arms out behind him, leaning back against them languidly, listening to her words intently, thinking up a response to everything in his mind, but not speaking outloud. Was she trying to have him give sympathy towards them? Oh, boo hoo, poor family who has never been injured, or been in pain before. Poor little family, who has been trapped in this place for all of their life, a huge castle filled with luxuries and food, and rooms. Did she think that he was some over-emotional idiot? Irritated by the girl, Keiran got up to his feet, stepping away from her and towards the fountain in the middle. He dipped a hand in the water, cupping it in his palm, then spreading his fingers apart and letting the water drip back into the small pool.

"I'm not going to go run along after you telling me off like that." He growled, staring down at the rippling water he was running his hand through. He would continue using the bitter tone of voice, until he actually got something useful out of her. Some words that made sense. For a moment, he wondered who this 'Romie' person she was reffering to was, until his mind remembered the boy that Rin had walked off with. Oh, right. Him.

"Do you really think that they put us in here, with all of you guys, to make us...happy? Their cruelty wouldn't allow that. Eventually, after all of us are happy and content with you four..they're going to tear us apart, beat us down again. Probably all of us." Keiran turned his head towards her, flicking the water in his hands towards the ground underneath him.

"That is why I will hate all of you, and keep hating you until this is all over. It's for my safety."

Lia

Standing up and scowling, Lia snarled, "If you really think that, then why don't you go and kill my family? Huh? If they're dead you won't have to worry about the scientists tearing your family apart because you would have already done it for them! And don't think for a second that your family won't come back to you. It's obvious that some of them still don't like their so called 'perfect match' and will come running back to you as soon as they realize that."

Shaking her head, she couldn't believe that she had liked this guy at all, "You should stop being such an jerk and get your head out of your ass, and see how that girl stared at you! I mean, come on, she likes you enough to break Romie's heart to be with you. And the rest of your family? Oh, they will come to you as soon as you tell them how 'stuck up' and 'pampered' we are. So I don't know what the outcome of this will be, but I do know that I won't be within 100 feet of you."

Stepping closer, Lia added, "And if you even think of harming my family, your life will be over. Don't you dare touch them. And don't even think of following me this time, asshole!" Storming away, Lia ran until she came up to the door to her room. Entering it, she slammed and locked the door. Collapsing on her bed, Lia began to sob.

Lia

Lia couldn't help but cry harder when she heard Serafina ask her to open the door. She was just being a bother, and taking away Serafina's time with her perfect match, something she never wanted to do. Wiping her tears, she called, "Serafina, I'm fine! Keiran and I just had a disagreement about something and it struck a nerve. Just...go have fun with your perfect match, please."

Snuggling into her bed, Lia hoped that Serafina would take the hint that she wanted her to go have fun with her friend. Hopefully she would forget this ever happened, and never talk about it again. Because if Romie and Koyomi found out, that would take up their time with their perfect matches. Although she didn't want Romie to be with that girl, she couldn't deny him of happiness that he thoroughly deserved. "Serafina, just please, please leave! I'll be fine, I just need some time to think."

Chizeru

Chizeru sighed and looked up at Koyomi with big eye with tears in her eyes. "N-nothings wrong....I just dont understand why were here....K-Koyomi i'im sorry.." She said sniffling and wiping her eye's with her fists. She got grabbed his hand and smiled slightly. "C-can you g-give me a ttour n-now?" She asked a bit shyly still. 'K-kida n-never liked me I-I g-guess....'

Koyomi

Koyomi brought up a hand and wiped a tear from Chizeru's face. "Crying doesn't suit you. I think you'll understand soon enough, trust me. Lets go." Leading her back into the long hallway, Koyomi thought of all the places to take her. The gardens might be nice. Tugging her along by her hand Koyomi was anxious to talk to her. Not even thinking Koyomi blurted out the question that was on his mind. "D-do you remember anything about life from the Outside?"

Chizeru smiled and smiled up at him nodding, then followed him as he held her hand. He's so nice....' she thought to herself loking up at him thoughtfully. "D-do you remember anything about life from the outside?" She snapped out of her thoughts and thought for a moment before smiling and answering him. "I remember playing in my garden and climbing tree's, while the maids and butlers would try and get me down..." she said giggling a bit. "The smell of lavender was my favorite, so papa made sure to put lilacs in the garden, the grass always looked beautiful after it had just rained..." she explained smiling. "Then I remember traveling the world with my..sister.." she said trailing off at the mention of her sister. "B-but do you remember anything?" she asked as they continued walking down the hallway, quickly changing the subject.

Koyomi closed his eyes, trying to imagine what Chizeru's description looked like. He saw saw her laughing and giggling as the servants jumped up to try and get her down scolding her. He smiled at the thought."B-but do you remember anything?" Koyomi opened his eyes and sighed. "I only remember little bits and pieces of it. It's like a puzzle trying to fit all my memories into one big picture but for some reason I can't do it. I sometimes even wonder if I had even been to the outside world." Koyomi suddenly remembered him having this same exact conversation with Chizeru back at the lab. Since she couldn't hear him, it was one way but he had imagined that if she could have heard him that night, it would have been exactly like this. "Y-you've traveled the world? What was it like?"


(OOC: I think i'm going to have to play the other characters as well. I'll PM you about it later. :P)

Chizeru frowned sadly with her ears down when he said he couldn't remember anything. "Ohh..." Her ears perked up when he asked about her traveling the world. "It was amazing! Since papa was busy all the time my sister dicided to bring some adventure into my life." Chizeru explained smiling to herself. "My favorite place that we visited was Switzerland and France. Switzerland had the most beautiful scenery and the bread the was delicious!" She said giggling. "..and France...was the place I fell in love with. The people there were sooo amazingly nice! I laughed every time izzy [her sister] ordered french fries." She said chuckling.

Koyomi let out a laugh. He knew that "french" fries were not a French dish. "When I get out of this place, I want to travel the world." Koyomi ran his fingers over the pocket watch in his pocket with his free hand. He would free everyone, even if his life was at risk. He didn't like his family, Chizeru and all the other mutants like this, all cooped up to be observed. Koyomi noticed that they were nearing the garden. "C'mon! Were almost there."

Chizeru smiled up at him. "I believe that you'll be able to!" She said engouragingly.[sp?] She looked up past him when he said that they were almost there. Her eyes widened a bit when she saw the garden. "S-so p-pretty..." she muttered forgetting she was still holding his hand.

Koyomi grinned at Chizeru's delight. The garden always took his breath away with it's beauty and Koyomi knew that this was probably the closest he could get to the outside world since real flowers and trees were used in this part of the illusionary palace. "Do you remember any of these flowers from the outside? Here let me show you-" Koyomi stopped mid sentence. There was someone here. There was a fountain at the middle of the garden and standing there was none other than one of the mutants. Koyomi set his face back into the emotionless expression he wore so well. He seemed angry and Koyomi wasn't interested in starting a fight, especially with Chizeru around. Cautiously, still holding onto Chizeru's hand, Koyomi walked over to the mutant. "Kerian, right?"

Chizeru followed him with a confused face as he pulled her over to someone. She saw it was Kerian and frowned. He seemed...annoyed.

Chizeru followed him with a confused face as he pulled her over to someone. She saw it was Kerian and frowned. He seemed...annoyed.

"Well, well. If it isn't one of you "perfect" matches again? I see you've already succeeded at putting another one of us under your spell." Kerian shot Chizeru an icy look. Koyomi's expression was cold as he eyed Kerian. "If all your going to do is spout how you don't want to be here then leave. I don't want to put up with you." "I'm not going to take orders from the likes of you but your stench is sickening." Looking to Chizeru again Kerian walked off. "Have fun with your "Perfect" Match."

As soon as he was out of sight, Koyomi sighed. Things were going to get even more difficult from now on.

Chizeru trembled slightly when Kerian glared at her and whimpered with her ears down, moving behind Koyomi without thinking, holding onto his shirt. When Kerian finally left she didn't really let go.

Koyomi's face was blank as they both stood there silent. Chizeru had her hand on his shirt and was not letting go. "Chizeru.......do you.......hate us?" Koyomi clenched the small pocket watch in his pocket tight. She had all the right to hate him. Of all the years of watching her, not being able to do anything. What if he tried harder.? Would he have gotten her out? Did he not try enough?