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The Whimsical Residence for Wayward Children

The Whimsical Residence for Wayward Children

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a part of The Whimsical Residence for Wayward Children, by cybernekokaito.

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Setting

A large, colorful, Victorian-styled house in the middle of a forest.
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The Whimsical Residence for Wayward Children

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The Whimsical Residence for Wayward Children is a part of The Whimsical Residence for Wayward Children.

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Cecil Rothgar [55] A boy with poor health who loves antique dolls, sweets, and detective novels.
Sapphire Wynters [46] "You were saying...?"
Willow [43] "Lemme just nap, meow?"
Lisi Wales [42] An outgoing girl who loves meeting new people and everything cute.
Lucy Lazarro [40] A mischievous young girl who likes to sing, draw, and nap.
Ash Canary [39] Making people vouch for you takes its toll.
Dev and Gab Zarzuela [32] "Bro, I know what we're going to do today." "Let me guess, beat level 23?" "Right on!"
Dennis Cole [31] "...." *Holds up a notebook that has the words 'Hello, nice to meet you' scribbled on it with a smileyface on the back*
Jaz Sotalo [28] "And everyone says magic doesn't exist..."
Rhys Bennett [23] "One, two, three, four... jump!"

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Around this time of year, the ground is covered in a light snow. The snow falls softly to the ground, but the residents of the household, new and old alike, are all huddled in the main room around the fire. Some have retired to their rooms, while others stay behind to listen to Cosmo tell a tale of how he's protected this household from the evildoers with Magic Books that may want to exploit the inhabitants for their special abilities. Some of the younger children had fallen asleep, leaning against each other or the older residents.

One such sleeping little girl is Lucy, who has drifted into sleep with her head on Cecil's leg. The other, with one hand on her head, seems more interested in his phone than the tale Cosmo is weaving with magical diagrams materialized into the air and all. He removes his hand from the small girl's head for a moment to retrieve a macaron from his bag, pop it into his mouth, and continue scrolling through his phone.

"Ability or not, you're all very special children. Some people might try to take advantage of that!" Cosmo sits back in his arm chair, and it raises up into the air, floating gingerly. "If you see any suspicious characters in our beautiful forest, you should report it to me immediately! If you aren't sure..." The warlock glances over to Cecil and smiles. "... I am sure Mister Rothgar will be glad to help you assess the situation!"

"Eh?" Cecil raises his head upon hearing his last name, quirking an eyebrow. "You want me to help with something like that? No way. Unless there's something in it for me, I'm not gonna do it. Simple as that."

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Character Portrait: Willow Character Portrait: Lisi Wales Character Portrait: Cecil Rothgar Character Portrait: Sapphire Wynters Character Portrait: Lucy Lazarro Character Portrait: Rhys Bennett Character Portrait: Aya Osaka Character Portrait: Dennis Cole Character Portrait: Faye Charmers Character Portrait: Jaz Sotalo Character Portrait: Ash Canary Character Portrait: Olivia Parsh

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Caleb had left the main room long before Cosmo had begun his story of magic books and spells. He lay on his bed that he'd been given when he came here a few weeks ago, and stared up at the ceiling. His stuffed Tiger sat in the crook of his arm, and he fiddled gently with the ring he wore on his right ring finger.

He sighed and sat up, turning so he could lean against the wall the bed was against, and so he could get more comfortable. Unable to do so, however, he sighed again, thumping his head against the wall with a thud. He picked up his stuffed Tiger and stuffed it in one of his jacket pockets, walking out of his room and back downstairs to where Cosmo had finished his little speech.

He let out a small scoff at Cecil's response to Cosmo's bringing him up. But whatever, he walked past the room to one of the other sitting rooms and found a comfortable chair to sit in, a book nearby. He tilted his head, and reached for it, curious as to its contents.

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Character Portrait: Willow Character Portrait: Lisi Wales Character Portrait: Sapphire Wynters Character Portrait: Lucy Lazarro Character Portrait: Rhys Bennett Character Portrait: Aya Osaka Character Portrait: Dennis Cole Character Portrait: Faye Charmers Character Portrait: Jaz Sotalo Character Portrait: Ash Canary Character Portrait: Olivia Parsh Character Portrait: Elise Govek

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Cecil had heard the scoff being directed at him. His eyes narrow as he watches Caleb walk by, considering whether he should trip him or not. Looking down at the sleeping girl with her head in his lap, he decides that she might be upset if she found out that he tripped someone. He grumbles under his breath and looks down at his phone. "You guys hear about the witches wandering the forest lately? It's a trend now apparently. Young witches come into the forest and do spells and shit."

His language earns a smack from the little girl who was previously asleep on his lap. Lucy yawns and sits up, frowning at him. "Don't say bad words! And I'm sure the witches are nice witches. Right?"

Cecil makes a face at her. "Dunno. Sounds kinda fishy to me. Y'know since most of us have useful abilities, someone's gonna come looking for us eventually. Could be one of those witches." He looks down at her, grinning, and wiggles his fingers menacingly. "Maybe they'll come for you, next, Lucy." This gesture causes some of the children to cower, but Lucy just giggles and pats his face.


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Lisi sat in the main room giving Cosmo every ounce of her attention that she could manage. She had always loved listening to his stories, they were just so interesting! Lisi was sure that no matter how long she lived here, she'd never get tired of them.

When the story was finally over, Cosmo began to speak about the children's powers and how some people may try and take advantage of them. Lisi herself didn't have any powers, but many of the children here did. She could practically feel the worry rolling over the younger ones of the group after the wizards speech was over. However, the mood quickly changed once Cosmo pointed out Cecil.

Lisi couldn't help but giggle at the exchange between Cecil and Lucy, but she could tell that some of the younger kids were still on edge a bit. As one of the older members of the household (Although you'd never guess from the way she looks and acts), Lisi decided to help try and lighten the mood.

"Don't worry you guys! Lisi doesn't have any powers, which means if witches do come after us, they won't care about me. So then I can focus all my energy onto saving you guys!" Finishing the statement with a big smile and a confident twirl, Lisi looked at the children gathered around with determination.

Turning to face Cecil now, Lisi tilted her head curiously before asking him a question that just popped into her head. "By the way, don't you like detective novels? Then don't you think that it would be fun to investigate suspicious people in the woods? You could be like a real detective! Detective Cecil!" She cried out happily while jumping up and down a couple of times.

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Willow || Sapphire Wynters

With it being so cold outside, Willow hadn't stepped outside at all so far today. Instead, after snagging something yummy to eat she had turned into her cat form and proceeded to chase down hugs from whoever would give them. Now though, the snow white kitten was curled up in front of the fire, so close that she might as well be in the fire itself. In fact, she sometimes rolled close enough to the flames that she would have singed herself were it not for Sapphire constantly moving her away slightly whenever she was in danger of that.

The blue-haired young man was sat on the floor, leaning against the wall, preferring to leave the comfy chairs for everyone else. His legs were pulled up in front of him, a book resting open against them. He was reading it, though keeping an eye on Willow, one hand resting near the girl-turned-cat, the other turning pages when he needed to.

At the mention of the possibility of people being in the woods, he looked up sharply, memories of his past flooding his mind for a moment before he pushed them back and locked them up once more. "If there are people in the woods we should try to drive them out, right?"

Willow perked up at this, popping into her human form quickly, though thankfully her hair covered parts of her now naked self. "Oooh! Let me at 'em!" With this, she mimed punching the air a few times before a dark blue jacket settled around her shoulders.

Turning her head to the side, she blinked a couple of times at Sapphire's slightly flushed face. "Put something on, Willow."

"Nuh uh! Don't wanna, meow~" With this she scooted away from Sapphire who had now turned his face in the other direction, the blue-haired teen refusing to look at the white-haired cat-girl.

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  1. I know it said no NPC, but she is technically in a flashback, so I hope no rules are broken...

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  2. TL;dr In which Ash discovers the house.

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The Whimsical Residence for Wayward Children Ash tilted their head, stepping back and looking at the residence in question.

"I heard of a place that you can only find with a book. Imagine how safe would you be in such a place, darling. It was a residence for...a certain type of child?I don't quite remember..."

They remembered their mothers(1) musings, her face tense, and constantly flinching at noises of the outside, yet her expression softened slightly when they approached her. How could she give such a kind, spacey smile when it had been Ash's fault that they all had almost been-

They knocked on the door. Three, solid knocks, and stepped back once more, just in case they were not welcome here, they could run.

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Aya honestly wasn't even sure what she was doing here. She'd had no intention of staying here, but somehow that Cosmo guy had talked her into at least testing this place out. At least it was warm in here, she could see the snow glistening outside the window.

She was sitting in the corner of one of the Residence's sitting rooms, hidden slightly by a bookshelf to the right of her. The main room had been way too crowded for her, too many strangers talking away and cuddling by the fire. She was much more comfortable here, in the shadows of the room, alone and unpressured.

Aya had grabbed a book off of one of the selves when she first walked in, now taking the time to examine it since she had finally found a comfortable spot. The book seemed to cover some complex topics and used a lot of big words that Aya didn't know, plus, there were no pictures. Aya's interest immediately dropped. "I'm not smart enough to read this..." she grumbled to herself as she stood up to place the book back in it's original spot on the bookshelf.

It was at this time that another person walked into the room. They didn't seem to notice Aya since they continued inside and sat down on one of the chairs, but the girl had already been thrown off by their sudden entrance. Forgetting about the book that she held over her head, only halfway back onto the bookshelf, Aya began to back away from the chair the stranger at in. This is turn caused the unsteady book to fall out of it's place and hit Aya in the head, earning a loud "OUCH!" from the girl.

No doubt having now gained the boys attention, Aya dug her fingers into her thighs as she felt her face begin to turn a deep red color. She wanted to runaway and find a new room to hole herself up in, but she knew that wouldn't do. If she was going to be seeing these people around a lot now, she would have to talk to them at some point. Still refusing to make eye contact with the other person, Aya managed to grumble a low, "W-what are you doing here?". Well, it wasn't the friendliest first thing to say to a person. But, hey, it was something at least.

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Upon Lisi's mention of Cecil's love of detective novels, he perks up. "You're right! You're so right, Lisi." Just like that, he stands, brushing himself off. "You know, for someone who doesn't have an ability, you have some really good ideas." He grins and unbuttons his vest, tossing it over to Willow to wear. It gently flutters down onto her head. "I think we should do some looking around, and Detective Cecil does have a nice ring to it. Who wants to come with me—other than Willow, who has graciously offered her help."

"Meee! I do!" Lucy shoots onto her feet, hopping up and down and waiting her arms in the air. Her pigtails bounce with every jump. Her excitement is short-lived, though, because Cecil puts a hand on her head, which causes her to stop jumping.

"I can't let you go out there, Lulu. You're still just a kid, y'know?" He ruffles her hair gently to soften the blow of his words. "You might be better off staying here with the younger crowd. I think I'm gonna need someone like..." He turns his head back and points to Sapphire, a charming smile on his face. "Sapphire, the boy with the lovely shade of pink on his face."

Lucy pouts and stomps her feet. "But I wanna go! Just 'cause I'm young doesn't mean I can't do stuff! I have an ability, too! Mine is better than your dumb ability! Anybody can do what you do!" She sticks her tongue out at him. The brunet, who usually would have spit venom back at anyone who said that to him, simply smiles down at her.

"You don't mean that. And you still can't come. Anyone else?" His words aren't meant to hurt. Simply, that's his nature. The reason he won't let her go is good-natured, since he doesn't want her to get hurt... or worse—he wouldn't want to run into the orphanage overseer they ran away from, because God knows he's been looking for them.

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Willow || Sapphire Wynters

Willow jumped slightly as something fell onto her head. Reaching up she felt material under her fingers and pouted a little at Cecil who was now without his vest. Clearly everyone wanted her to wear some clothes. Still sulking, she tugged the vest on, buttoning it up as much as she could before settling Sapphire's jacket around her shoulders, wearing it like some sort of cape.

At the mention of her name, Willow perked up, grinning at Cecil slightly as she stood up, stretching a little as she loosened her muscles. Bouncing as she walked, she arrived next to the young man just as he finished telling Lucy 'no'. "Ready for action!" She saluted, though the effect was ruined by the fact that she refused to stop moving around, bouncing in place and watching Cecil's arm as if deciding whether or not it was worth trying to hug him.

Cecil pointing at Sapphire cemented that decision, and as Cecil tried to convince the blue-haired teen to go along with them, Willow latched onto the outstretched arm.

Meanwhile, Sapphire flushed a little more. Partly from his earlier blush being pointed out, partly from the smile that Cecil wore. "I'm not sure I'd be of much use..." Looking down, he stared longingly at his book for a moment before sighing and marking the page he was on. Novel in hand, he dragged himself into a standing position, placing the book on a nearby table before sighing once more. "Very well, I'll come along..." He headed over to the small group that was forming, trying his best to force away any red that lingered on his cheeks.

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  1. TL;dr In which Ash uses their ability for the first time without a specific target at the house.

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Ash could've sworn that there were people inside. They could hear....shuffling. They couldn't see if there were people inside, but they could kinda feel a human presence...sort of. They had never tried to use their ability blindly. They had always been aware of the target. But hey, first for everything, right?

Ash closed their eyes, trying to focus of whatever person was there. They then attempted to project,"There is someone at the door..."

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Character Portrait: Willow Character Portrait: Lisi Wales Character Portrait: Cecil Rothgar Character Portrait: Sapphire Wynters Character Portrait: Loddy Raver Character Portrait: Lucy Lazarro Character Portrait: Rhys Bennett Character Portrait: Aya Osaka Character Portrait: Dennis Cole Character Portrait: Faye Charmers Character Portrait: Jaz Sotalo Character Portrait: Ash Canary

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Even if Rhys hates being among a lot of people, he loves hearing the older ones talking, so that's why he heard everything from the tale Cosmos spoke. Things that seemed like fiction, but he actually knew they were not. Magical and adventures stories were always his favorite ones.
He even clapped loudly when Cosmos had finished the tale, and his hand directly got to where he laid his pocket videogame. Rhys only has two games to play, and won the second in an internal contest with another child, but he played and played then for years. But the pocket videogame wasn't where it would be supposed to be.
"Where is it... where is it?" He was worrying in murmurings, the thinking speaking louder than he wanted to. The pocket videogame already were his best friend in the worse moments, like when he couldn't sleep, afraid of the storms and the strong thunderbolts.
"Where did I lose it..." he was even starting to cry.

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Caleb's head turned to the girl as she proceeded to make a ruckus, and his eyes stared at her for a few seconds in silence before answering her question. "I'm here 'cause I want to be...." he replied, closing the book he had been glancing at. "Why are you here?" he asked in return.

He crossed one leg over the other's knee and leaned back into his chair as if it were a sort of throne. He yawned. It was getting pretty late and doing much of nothing all day was quite tiring. He would retire to his bed soon enough. For now however his eyes rather patiently observed the blushing girl before him. Lack of eye contact, an embarrassed, rough demeanor....'This'll be...interesting.' he thought to himself.

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Character Portrait: [NPC] Bartender Character Portrait: Willow Character Portrait: Lisi Wales Character Portrait: Cecil Rothgar Character Portrait: Sapphire Wynters Character Portrait: Loddy Raver Character Portrait: Dev and Gab Zarzuela Character Portrait: Lucy Lazarro Character Portrait: Rhys Bennett Character Portrait: Aya Osaka Character Portrait: Dennis Cole Character Portrait: Faye Charmers

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Faye Chalmers

Faye sat quietly towards the back of the room as Cosmo told his story in the main room by the fire. The children gathered there had been listening intently. Faye had leant her head on her hands enjoying the tale. She loved stories of all kinds, she loved to read new tales in the many books that resided in this house. She especially adored the romance novels.
Her heart thumped for a moment as she thought of the stories she had read, all the main characters had a close companion, a lover, a mother, a father even a friend.

She sighed. She was too nervous to make any friends. Her books were her friends.

She brightened as Cosmo directed his attention towards Cecil. Sitting up a little bit Faye looked towards the boy as he sat comfortable with a younger girl on his lap. Lucy.

All this talk of witches made her a little uneasy.

She watched quietly as Cecil began to gather companions to his detective regime, Sapphire and Willow stood to follow. Seeing Sapphire's red cheeks made her smile. She wondered if she turned as red as that when embarrassed. It seemed like fun

Listening to the chatter around her Faye heard a slight tapping in the distance. It sounded almost like a knock at the door? Looking back at the group before her no one else seemed to have noticed it...

Oh no, I'm going to have to talk.

She gulped at the thought.

"Um.." she raised her hand to grab someone's attention. However as her hand lifted into the air it struck a nearby pot that had been sitting on a side cabinet. Before she could react it crashed with a loud shatter causing her to flinch and suddenly freeze her eyes quickly looking towards the floor.

Oh god are they looking at me? she wondered not daring to look up her hand still in the air afraid to move it back.

With another gulp she pulled her arm down and spoke "I - I think there's someone at the door." She said quietly tugging at the sleeves of her jumper embarrassed by her own clumsiness. A small shard had cut her hand as she pulled her jumper over it. She didn't want any more attention. It didn't hurt very much, not compared to... she pushed her memories away not wanting to remember.

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Character Portrait: Willow Character Portrait: Lisi Wales Character Portrait: Cecil Rothgar Character Portrait: Sapphire Wynters Character Portrait: Loddy Raver Character Portrait: Dev and Gab Zarzuela Character Portrait: Lucy Lazarro Character Portrait: Rhys Bennett Character Portrait: Aya Osaka Character Portrait: Dennis Cole Character Portrait: Faye Charmers Character Portrait: Jaz Sotalo

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Cecil, contrary to the notion the other members expected of him (that is, to throw Willow off of his arm), makes no movement to do so. He smirks slightly, but other than that, there's not much of an indication of a reaction. In truth, he does like Willow a great deal. For one thing, she acts so childish that she reminds him of a child, and he certainly has a sweet spot for those. For another, she turns into a cat, and he absolutely loves those.

Lucy, on the other hand, had ditched Cecil's side at the moment in search of someone better to spend her time with. She comes across Rhys, who she had noticed had almost started crying, and she ducks down slightly to be in his line of sight as he's looking down for his game. "Hey, what's wrong? You look really sad! What's wrong, what's wrong?"

When Sapphire steps over to the two of them, Cecil smiles, uttering some things along the lines of 'that's a good boy!' and 'you'll do just fine' before opening his mouth again to ask again if any others were willing to join him. It's then that Faye makes the comment about someone being there, and he looks toward her. The pot that crashes doesn't faze him in the slightest—rather, as soon as she opened her mouth, he expected something like this to happen. He looks down at the shattered pot briefly before his green-eyed gaze rests back on Faye, as some of the other residents were also doing.

"Someone? At the door? You think it could be a witch?" He shakes his head. "No. Unless a witch were pretending to be a wayward child—which I doubt they'd try to do in the first place—they would've tried to break in through the windows. That one'd be the easiest one to break through." He points towards the kitchen, and since that one seems to be the biggest, he'd be correct. He lowers his arm a bit to set Willow on her feet and he carefully untangles her arms from his. After about a half a minute of looking at the door, he says:

"Must be a wayward kid. And I don't think you talking was just a coincidence, either." The brunet casts a sideways glance at Faye, giving her a smile. "While your voice is lovely, you don't do that much, do you? Talk, I mean." His babbling probably doesn't make much sense, but he's using his ability. Assessing the situation. He tilts his head at the door. "Whimsical, maybe?"

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After listening to Cecil talk about going out to investigate the woods, Lisi began to get excited. She was watched as people volunteered to go, and unconsciously began to bounce with the new found energy that had surged into the room. Even though Lisi didn't have an ability, she was sure that she could be of at least some use out in the forest. Her hand was halfway up in the air, about to volunteer to go with the group, when a crash rang throughout the room.

Slightly startled, Lisi whirled around to see Faye looking sheepishly at the ground. However, it's what the girl said that surprised Lisi the most. Someone was at the door? It had to be a new child! Her assumptions were only further backed up by Cecil's musings. She was suddenly filled with confidence that it was not a witch at the door, but definitely a child. Throwing caution out the window, Lisi ran towards the door with a cry of, "I'll get it!".

Unlocking the main door, Lisi wasted no time in pulling it open to reveal a kid with short brown hair who was slightly taller than herself. A bright smile adorned Lisi's face as she threw her arms to the side in a grand fashion and practically squealed out, "Hello there! Welcome to the Residence for Wayward Children!" Noticing that the child was backed up a bit far from the front door, Lisi rushed over and took hold of their hands, gently pulling them towards the interior of the house. "Don't be nervous! Come inside! It's really cold out here, were you standing there long?"

Suddenly realizing that she hadn't introduced herself yet, Lisi once again smiled brightly at the person and exclaimed, "By the way, my name is Lisi! What's yours?"



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Aya watched as the boy leaned back and crossed his legs in the chair, narrowing her eyes a bit at the slightly pompous jester. She couldn't help but scoff at the boy's reply. Who did he think he was? ...Actually, now that she thought about it, that is probably the exact same thing she would have said if she was in his position.

Her last realization ticking her off a bit, Aya narrowed her eyes further before finally making eye contact with the ravenette. "Really? Using my own question against me? What, couldn't think of anything better?" She replied a bit sarcastically before crossing her arms at looking down at the book that had landed by her feet. "If you must know, I was... reading." She said a bit hesitantly, her statement only slightly a lie. Aya refused to admit to this stranger that she had come in here to get away from all the other people.

She could hear a slight commotion happening in the other room, but shrugged it off, figuring that the others were just getting rowdy. Picking the book up off the floor, she began to put it back in it's spot on the shelf. "Anyways, my name's Aya. How 'bout you?" She mumbled as she finally managed to put the book safely away.

Suddenly realizing what she had said, she quickly spun around to face him and practically shouted, "N-not that I care! It's just... if we're going to be staying in the same place... we should..." Her voice slowly trailed off as she felt her blush creeping up her neck once again. Curses.

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"Where is it... Wheeeere is it?" Rhys just started moving the things on the room to find his precious pocket videogame. He started to cry. "Unless stolen, it should be somewhere, shouldn't it?".
Suddenly, it appears right on his front.

Must be someone praying a prank on him. The rage started to grow on his mind, but he just took it quietly and put the PSP on his right pocket of the jacket. "I'll just go to my bed now and... Wait, why people are going to the door?" He thought, loudly, again. Deciding to see what was so special with the door, he just got among the small group.

In the door, there was a short, brown-haired guy.
"W-w-w-"
He just failed at trying to ask what was going on.

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Character Portrait: Lisi Wales Character Portrait: Cecil Rothgar Character Portrait: Sapphire Wynters Character Portrait: Lucy Lazarro Character Portrait: Rhys Bennett Character Portrait: Faye Charmers Character Portrait: Ash Canary Character Portrait: Caleb Wallace
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  1. TL;dr In which Ash is pulled into the aforementioned house and asks irrelevant questions.

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Ash's eyes widened, and took a step back, but found their hands clasped in hers. They dug their heels into the floor to no avail, they had been caught very off guard. And ended yp stumbling a little.They stared at this Lisi girl. Her hair. Was pink. Then again, looking up and around, others also had rather...interesting hair colors.

They decided to prompt the question. Unless they were caught off guard, they were pretty good at making it seem like the person was talking to themselves.

Sure, they could introduce themselves, but that could wait. She was asking a lot of questions anyway. "Do you want to know if my hair color is natural?"

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Loddy sat on the floor behind the group with her back against the wall. She pulled her knees closer to her chest as the red-haired man continued on with his nightly story telling. Cosmo was what he had introduced himself as the night Loddy had found herself at the doorstep of a suspicious "Home for Wayward Children" in the middle of a forest she swore she'd never explored before, despite the fact that she hadn't even gone far from her home before finding it. It was if the odd house had suddenly appeared before her when she felt she had no where else to go.

Resting her chin on her knees, she began to recall that night as she had a number of times since she'd arrived only a few days ago. Once again, she'd injured one of her classmates at school. They had it coming, anyway. A few students had been taking care of an ant nest at school as a science project. The glass containment the ants were being kept in had fallen and shattered on the floor, allowing the ants in captivity to escape. How did they decide to solve their mistake? Instead of catching the ants and safely moving them to a new home, they decided it would be less of a hassle to just spray the ants with poison and start a new nest. Naturally, Loddy having been on cleaning duty that afternoon when the incident occurred, she defended the helpless bugs by giving the students involved some nasty bruises.

It seemed this was the last straw for her distant relative that she had been living with for the past five months. The lady refused to come to the school when the principal called and when Loddy, having had to walk home in the middle of winter, returned to the house that night the doors were locked and she woman came to the conclusion that a proper punishment would be to force Loddy to sleep in the shed in the back. This was also Loddy's last straw, and after hearing her so-called relative laughing with her hundredth boyfriend over Loddy's pleas to let her inside, she simply took off. The forest near her "home" was where she spent a lot of her time and she practically knew it like the back of her hand, yet somehow she found herself in an unfamiliar area. This is where she discovered the Home for Wayward Children, and with no other options for her to find shelter on a winter night, naturally she agreed to stay there for a while.

As Cosmo's story came to an end, Loddy let out a small sigh and rose to her feet. She really had no interest in searching for witches. She'd only recently discovered that there were other people with abilities like her. It was weird enough that the wayward house seemed to be a lot larger on the inside than what the outside gave off. The idea of witches existing who wanted to take advantage of some children's abilities was a little far-fetched for her. She made her way upstairs as Mr. Wannabe Detective started picking people to go with him outside, not wanting to be any part of it. She needed to make sure the bugs that she was sheltering in her room from the winter cold were still feeling okay, anyway, so she headed down the hallway towards her room.

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As Cecil responded Faye lifted her head up from staring at the floor. She had been taught by the maids in her parents Manor that it was always polite to look at the people that conversed with you. She didn't want to be rude.

Lucy had wondered to see what Rhys had been upset about.

As Cecil spoke in regards to the possible guest at the door being a witch Faye pulled a face finding the concept still a little unnerving. She believed in many possibilities in this world and considering that she was a whimsical child it wouldn't surprise her if there were witches.

"Must be a wayward kid. And I don't think you talking was just a coincidence, either." Cecil cast a sideways glance at Faye, giving her a smile.

Faye slid back into her chair a bit caught of guard as he did.

"While your voice is lovely, you don't do that much, do you? Talk, I mean." He babbled before tilting his head at the door. "Whimsical, maybe?"

As he mentioned her not talking very much Faye felt her eyes widen and her cheeks redden further.

Oh great, so people have noticed me, noticed I'm quiet. I've been here for a few months now I shouldn't be surprised. Maybe they think I'm weird? Wait... did he say me talking wasn't a coincidence? A new Whimsical Kid?

"I'll get it!" Lisi's energetic voice scattered throughout the room as she hurried to the door. Faye envied her confidence.

Faye began to twirl a strand of hair around her finger as she tried to stay confident. "I talk... sometimes" she mumbled back to Cecil. "Just when I want to" she said getting up from her chair.

"I just don't want too often" she spoke trying to make conversation. It was strange, she wasn't used to people. what she said was a lie, it's not that she didn't want too, she did, she just didn't know what to say most of the time or have the confidence too. What if she said something rude without knowing?

"I-" She paused "I like my books" she mumbled again bending down to the floor.

She began to pick up the broken shards of the pot she had smashed "Sorry, about the pot, I'll fix it" she looked towards Cosmo guilt in her voice as she lifted up the hand she had cut. It wasn't too large of a cut, it would heal she deducted pulling the grey jumper she wore over her hands to protect them from the sharp edges of the broken pot.

Maybe I could superglue it back together? Oh but what if I break it again...

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After Rhys seeing that it's just a new child what was coming, he decided to go to his bedroom and sleep. He wanted to see more, but he was just so tired, even if it was early enough for no one being in their beds. He turned back to start his walking, he got frightened seeing that someone was on his back.
It was a girl with a long messy blonde hair that seemed very young. Her eyes were blue, and she was notably taller than Rhys.
"Eeeewww... hi?"


[OOC: I only perceived that Lucy talked to Rhys now, so sorry for not answering earlier]

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Easilly embarrassed and angered, it seemed. Anyone could figure that out if level-headed enough. Tilting his head to either side and making his neck crack. He slowly blinked but maintained the feeble eye contact she managed to initiate while going off on him. After she stopped however she proceeded to finally put her book away, and the blush crept back up her cheeks. Clearly she hated being herself....

With a raise of an eyebrow he nodded his head in greeting as she introduced herself as Aya. "I'm Caleb." He replied calmly. After a few seconds of unbearably awkward silence it was his turn for a small blush to find its way to his cheeks. "Do you have an ability? If so what is it?" he asked softly, calmly.

Beside him, mist seemed to gather, coming from his sleeves, swirling to form a small tornado which when dissipated, left in its place a White Bengal Tiger cub. "I can summon Animals....if I wish..."

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Character Portrait: Willow Character Portrait: Lisi Wales Character Portrait: Cecil Rothgar Character Portrait: Sapphire Wynters Character Portrait: Lucy Lazarro Character Portrait: Rhys Bennett Character Portrait: Faye Charmers Character Portrait: Ash Canary
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"You don't have to explain yourself to me, Faye. You know my ability's Ultra-Deduction, right? Anything you'll try to tell me right now, I probably already know." Cecil waves his hand a bit dismissively at her, his gaze resting on the door again. "... Well, looks like Lisi's got a handle on that situation." He looks towards Saphire and Willow, who he pats on the head. "We should get going into the forest if we're gonna scope out the situation. We'll be back shortly, since it shouldn't take too long with my skills." He adjusts the strap on his shoulder and starts towards the door, ducking his head slightly to the kid in the doorway. "Pardon me."

Lucy, who had been blatantly ignoring Cecil, claps her hands together upon seeing that Rhys had found what he was looking for. "Oh, I'm glad you found it! Y'know, Cecil coulda helped you with that really quick... but I'm mad at him." She pouts, then holds out her hand. "I'm Lucy! I don't know your name, but I wanna know it! You look young, like me!" In truth, it isn't all that bizarre that some children don't yet know each other by name. The house is large—the size of a university, possibly larger—on the inside (though not by outward appearance), and the amount of children that live there grows by the minute, it seems.

As Cosmo floats over to the newcomer, he tells Faye not to worry about the pot she broke, that he could just fix it with magic. Tilting his head slightly, he addresses Ash. "You look cold! Like Lisi said, I hope you weren't standing out there too long! I'll make you some tea! And while I do that, I'll have Lisi explain the happenings and inner workings of this estate!" He splays out his fingers, and from his fingertips, the sound of a party horn, and little bits of confetti spring forth. "The boy who just shoved past you is Cecil Rothgar. He is very rough around the edges sometimes, but he has a good heart! The two who are following him are Sapphire Wynters and Willow! The girl speaking to you is Lisi Wales, and she is very happy!" He claps his hands together, looking pleased. From in between the messy bangs that fall in the warlock's face, Ash should be able to see light pink eyes that resemble a cat's. "Lisi, please explain everything! I am leaving it to you, my dear!"

And in a moment, he disappears into thin air. He would reappear in the kitchen, and so begins the making of Ash's tea. The children would hear singing coming from the kitchen.


{ ooc: no worries! :') }

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"You can call me, like, Rhys." Rhys got startled from his sleepy state with the claps, but was still with a clouded mind, because he wasn't fully concentered in the talking. "It's my name... or at least I think it is. And about how many years I do have... I'm 11, for sure." The blonde girl seemed very enthusiastic, and he was quite uneasy with it.
"The thing I was searching... it was it." He showed up the PSP. "Someone was joking with me. Just because I'm a quite strange, I think." He got startled again when Cosmo clapped: he didn't ever think he was still in the room.

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Without a grand outdoor garden to occupy his time winter was always the season for private study, when Artistotle could be found in the library during the evenings, often scribbling notes and equations and theories in magic into the early morning. Today was a return to observing star charts and the patterns in which planets spun in space, his ink pen plotting predictions for Venus and Castor, and his pencil sketching equations to predict the lives of stars. The tattoos on his back helped with that, the foretold ends of each star a permanent fixture to his shoulder blades and vertebrae. Periodically he would run his hands through his thick, unruly locks of albino hair. Each thread was completely drained of all pigment, and they settled together in neigh translucent wisps, to the extent that they would gain a pink tint during sunsets and sunrises.

His fingers were streaked with ink by the time he felt the urge to leave the library. Usually he made his presence scarce during the nights, leaving it to Cosmo to take care of the residents with fantastic stories and the other tricks he kept up his sleeves, but tonight he wandered towards the grand foyer, navigating the manor with seamless ease. To many the manor was an eternal maze of perplexing passages and dead-ends, but for him it was like taking a stroll in an open field – he knew every part of this house like it was a part of him, and it took only a few minutes for him to walk into the main room, taking in the night’s shenanigans with one curiously raised brow.

Cosmo vanished (and he silently wondered if he was trying to show off to the unfamiliar face in the foyer) only seconds after he stepped through the threshold, and figuring that the situation was being managed he kept his distance. It was stressful enough for children to find a magic house in the middle of the woods, and he could only image how overwhelming it was to be surrounded by unfamiliar and extremely unique people.

However, Ari had lived here his whole life and made a point to know every resident, so when he sees a new face he can’t help but reach out, lest they become lost in the eccentricity of the manor. So was the case when he noticed a tiny, red haired girl leaving the room – her expression seeming focused, as if she had something important to do, but seeing as how he didn’t know her name he couldn’t believe that she could get through the manor without becoming lost. “Excuse me – ” He calls out to her carefully and turns to walk beside her, and he’s like a giant in comparison to her petite stature, his legs and arms long and sturdy. From the corner of his eye he watches as a butterfly begins to fade into existence on his inner arm, right beside the phases of the moon.

He had a tattoo for everyone that lived in the manor, their futures lying against his skin, waiting to be seen. He doesn’t bother hiding them, and the sleeves of his sweater and button down are rolled to his elbows, revealing the illustrated future without shame.

“If you’re not careful you’ll become lost.” Aristotle explains, gazing down to the stranger, his expression wavering between concern and amusement (though it really wasn’t the time to be funny). “And I can tell you’re new around here – I don’t even know your name. So, to save you from getting a headache, let me help you out.” It’s less of an offer and more of a fact, and he continues to walk with easy strides, only to stop where the hallways splits into threes, with only one of the corridors leading to the bedrooms. “I’m Aristotle, though most people call me Ari. Are you going to your room?”

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Upon reaching Cecil and Willow, Sapphire caught the brunette's comments on how he was a good boy and how he'd do fine. The blue-haired teen rolled his eyes in response before muttering under his breath, "I'm not a dog..." Despite this, he still smiled softly at Cecil.

Just a minute later, Willow found herself dislodged from Cecil's arm. With her feet now back on the floor, she pouted a little before waving to Faye as the other teen started talking to her.

"We should get going into the forest if we're gonna scope out the situation. We'll be back shortly, since it shouldn't take too long with my skills." This was directed at Sapphire and Willow and while the blue-haired teen nodded calmly in agreement, the cat-girl started jumping around excitedly, bouncing after Cecil as he headed to the door.

Sapphire followed slightly behind them, having checked his reflection to make sure there was no red left. Thankfully there wasn't and with a quiet sigh of relief he followed them over to the door. As he passed them, the blue-haired teen ruffled Lisi's hair and nodded politely in greeting to the new kid. Or he thought it was a new kid since he hadn't seen them around before. He heard Cosmo talking to them as he left.

Shortly after getting outside, Willow shrugged Sapphire's jacket from her shoulders and grinned mischievously before throwing the blue garment at Cecil. She quickly undone the buttons on Cecil's vest and threw that at Sapphire before sticking her tongue out at the pair and quickly turning into her cat form and running ahead of the pair, chasing snowflakes.

Upon catching the vest that most definitely wasn't his, Sapphire sighed a little. "Willow..." Sapphire held out Cecil's vest to the other teen, smiling a little. "Here, I think this is yours. So, where do we look first?"

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