A dangerous Journey

[dalmor01]

In the depths of darkness, cold and alone, a single nobody that looks like a human being, lays quiet. He suddenly gets up, rubbing his head, like he was just knocked unconscious. He got to his feet, stumbling a bit, then looked around, only to see the dark. Just then, a portal opened to a strange world, and the Nobody stepped through it, into the streets of Radiant Garden

Once the Nobody stepped out of the portal, it closed behind him, forbidding him from going back. The foul stench of darkness filled the air, thoughthe Nobody did not smell it. He looked at his hands, noticing a white glove with a strange symbol on it. He then wandered around, looking for someone to talk to.

[Iris|Kairi]

"KYYAAAAWWW!"

Curdling didn't like being startled one bit! No, he didn't, so when a portal appeared right in front of him and his blue-blond hybrid servant he didn't like it! It smelled bad! The darkness was okay...it was kindred...but the humanoid! CAW!

The raven lurched from the slender hand it'd been perched on, diving straight for the eyes of the nobody. It didn't get far though..the same slender hand that Curdling had been perched on reached out and grabbed the black, silky tailfeathers, stalling the foul-tempered (har har..-Cough-) until her other hand could reach out and gently touch the featherbelly, pulling him back safely. "No, no, Curdling! That's no way to be...only do that id the person is willing to give you their eyeballs. Otherwise it's rude." she scolded, though her peach lips were drawn up into a sweet smile. The Raven squawked and flapped, but to no avail. Lydia shook her head warmly, leaning forward to place a gentle kiss on the bird's forehead. Within seconds it calmed, ruffled it's feathers and settled to glare at the "transgressor".

"I apologize, sir. Curdling is easily ruffled," she giggled, shifting her weight to one stockinged leg. "He just loves eyes so much. Silly bird."

[♥ kats KAT kats ♥]

S-so..soo much darkness!~

I don't like the dark.

A short statured woman was walking through the streets of Hollow Bastion, but it was nothing but darkness. Endless darkness. This one small girl was deathly afraid of the darkness. She had her arms wrapped around her body, to try and keep herself sane. She wouldn't lose her mind to the darkness. She had felt she had been in the darkness too long. That she had been left in the dark. And now she was slowly starting to get her memories back.

"I-I...I won't be afraid!" She shouted to herself, her voice echoed through the streets. Vibrating off of the walls. Weaving its way through the streets and then disappearing into the darkness. Into the void of this world. Of all the worlds she could of come to, she had to be sent here. In what seemed to be the darkest place ever. She would of much preferred to stay in the calming seas of the ocean. Singing with the fish. Dancing along.

Kkkyyaaww!

"Sq-queak!" She let out, startled by the sudden noise. She looked around to see two figures, one holding a bird. She stood where she was, not sure if she would go towards them or not. Their figures loomed over her, much like the darkness did. She wasn't sure if they had heard her or not...

A-at least its people!
Be optimistic! Yes! That's the spirit!

She exclaimed to herself. She stepped out of hiding, to get a better view of the people.

[upsilon]

Mmm...darkness. Quiet, calm, peaceful. Who didn't love darkness? Ah, that was of course a stupid question for most people who were actually here today but regardless, why were they here if they weren't fond of the stuff? Didn't make much sense really, but that was another question which would have another answer, and which would lead to still more questions which would have still more answers. All far too tedious for the worth of it all really.

Click, clack, click, clack. Annoying sound if you think about it. Who really likes listening to a clock tick after all? Not many people in all actuality. Regardless, it was one of the sounds now resonating through the darkness of the world. This world known as the Hollow Bastion. And it was being caused by a pair of dark blue shoes.

The shoes were connected to the feet of a clown. Strange? Well, we're getting to that. Don't be in such a rush. This clown was decked with all manner of color, polka dots of yellow and pink, a frilly white collar with red balls hanging from it, a large red clown nose...ah, and of course a jester's cap with an orange pom-pom at the end, from under which curly orange hair flowed. And last but not least was the fact that he had white gloves on, white makeup on his face, and red triangles pointing both up and down from his eyelids.

On that note, his eyes were scanning the area as he walked slowly, a large smile on his face as he looked for anyone of general interest. His blue eyes catching sight of a small statured woman, he followed her gaze to see two more figures off in the distance as well. What luck, so much company and all conveniently in relatively the same place!

His cheery smile broadened as the colorful clown slowly walked up behind the short girl, stopping roughly five feet away and putting up his right, gloved hand to wave at her. "Hi there miss!" Came his happy voice as he smiled warmly at her. "What brings you to such a dark place? You don't look like the type to be around a place like this." He stated as he glanced up at the other two, one a man, or something that looked like one anyway, and the other a girl with a bird on her hand before turning back to the short girl.


"Everything alright miss?" He then stood, waiting for her answer as he returned his hand to his side. His words seemed happy and cheery enough but there was an unshakably odd feeling about this clown...oh well, probably nothing right?

[dalmor01]

As the black raven lunged at him for his eyeballs, the Nobody got into a defensive position to defend against the creature. Fortunately, his owner, who seemed a little too perky and optimistic, stopped him. The Nobody returned to his normal standing position. Well, i dont mind as long as he leaves mine alone. Anyway, my name is.... He thought for a moment, coming up with a name from what remained from his memories. I'm Sadao Hiroshi. And what may i ask is the name of the lovely lady that stands before me?

Sadao just then got a whiff of two scents, belonging to two unknown people. He did not, however, react to them, because they were not threatening to him at the moment. A bunch of questions that he wanted to ask the girl that he just met came flowing into his head. Where am I; What happened to the white castle; what's the date; why does this place wreak of darkness? Sadao had not figured out yet that he was a Nobody, and the smell was coming from him.

[Iris|Kairi]

[Don't forget your quotation marks when Sadao speaks, Ice. ^^]

Lydia smiled gently at him. So polite...possibly the most polite person she'd met so far in her wanderings. It thrilled her. Well, many things did when she wandered the worlds, searching for nothing, and finding everything she wasn't looking for. A grand adventure! "Nice to meet you Sadao. You're very polite." she replied in a soft voice, her blue eyes darting over his face and memorizing it. "I'm Lydia Esmeralda Marsoe," she answered with a slight nod of her head, extending a fish-net stocking covered hand for a shake.

"Are you a traveler--" she'd been about to ask him if he was a wanderer like herself, when again Curdling took off from her other hand, flying like an angry bullet to the side and what she assumed were more people. More eyeballs for him to peck. She spun on her heel to make sure it just wasn't something shiny he was after, but no, it was more people. A small girl person and a...clown? Oooo! Clowns were creepy! She loved them so, in all their wacky insanity, teetering on the edge between making people laugh and making the shriek in terror as their limbs are melted off by acid from a trick flower...

But she'd have to think about that later. First she had to save their eyes.

"Excuse me, Sadao but I have to protect their eyes from Curdling! Don't move..or you could follow and meet the new people. Just don't go away!" she said quickly, then darted off to chase her birdy. "Ack! No, Curdling!" she called, managing to catch up and pull the raven back by his bird legs and hug the squawking thing to her chest. Such a bad temper. "Eheh...sorry.." she apologized with a rueful smile.

[♥ kats KAT kats ♥]

She slowly stepped forward, looking at the two people..and the bird. She wasn't afraid of birds. Well, she didn't quite know to be exact. Yeah she had seen them but had never really been up close to one. They seemed friendly enough though. M-maybe she could make friends with it.

Hi there miss!

She heard a much too friendly voice, much too happy voice. She spun on her heels to look at who was behind her. Because the voice had come from behind her. She turned on her heels to see a--a...clown!? Of all the things a clown? She wondered who he was. Why he was here. Didn't he belong in a circus or something? "H-hi!" She voiced out, in more or less a squeak.

What brings you to such a dark place? You don't look like the type to be around a place like this

She didn't even really know why she was here, or where this olace was. She had just simply ended up here, to possibly discover where she had come from. Surely she did not belong here, in this godforsaken dark place. S-she was afraid of darkness. This was not her home. Never will be. Ever! "Uh..uhm. I just simply ended up here." She said to the clown, a half smile on her face. W-wait was her skin a blue hue? It seemed it was. She wasn't so much different as the clown was.

Everything alright miss?

The clown seemed to have her full attention, she had forgotten about the other two people and the bird. She was about to answer the nice clown when she heard a woman's voice...

Ack! No, Curdling!

She turned to see the bird coming straight towards her and the clown. "Aaeeakk!" She exclaimed, becoming afraid of the bird. Of the raven coming towards her. Like it wanted to claw and peck her eyes out or something. Steal her nose even! No..no.. not me! She thought to herself, closing her eyes tightly. Which made her surroundings even darker since she could not see anything.

....Nothing happened.

Eheh...sorry..

She opened one eye to see the woman holding her bird down against her chest. Relief flowed through the small blue elf girl. "I-its okay!" She exclaimed to the woman, though she stuttered some at first. She then turned to the clown and smiled at him. Now that she wasn't so alone in the darkness she was alright. Everything was alright. "Everything's better now." She said smiling at him, showing him that she was okay.

It really is okay. I hate being alone!
A-and now I have possible friends!

[upsilon]

The clown chuckled slightly, quickly clasping it's hands together and widening it's friendly, cheerful smile, his bright red painted lips curling into a large grin as he kept his eyes almost shut, only the least glimpses of his blue irises even visible to those looking at him. Regardless, he was about to answer the elf girl's question when they were suddenly interrupted by a most unusual source.

Glancing over between his squinting, yet still somehow relaxed eyes. A strange thing in itself but none the less getting off the topic a bit yes? The clown caught sight of a very strange looking girl, and a vicious looking bird whom she was currently holding that had just previously been lunging at them though he really had no clue why, and in all honesty, it didn't really matter why right now.

He agreed with the elf girl in his unusually happy voice. "Oh yes, yes indeed, it's fine miss. Thank you for refraining from allowing your cute little birdy to attacking us." He quickly turned his attention back to the elf as he took a playful, and respectful bow before standing up straight again. "Miss, I am afraid I forgot to introduce myself, how rude of me. I'm Pierr."

He giggled and put his arms behind his back, looking at the blue skinned girl curiously. "Forgive me for saying if it upsets you miss, but I like you, you seem nice. Haha. Maybe you'd even be nice enough to like me. I haven't had that happen in ages. So hard to find friends as a wandering clown you know. And I'm sure you've encountered the same problem if you ended up here without a good reason."

He glanced up at the clouds for a second or two before returning his head back to the proper position for viewing the girl, smiling as he sort of forgot about the woman with the bird for a while. "It's terribly dark, an awfully melancholy place I'd imagine." He broke off abruptly, smiling still as he continued. "May I be so bold as to inquire what your name is madame?" He asked calmly as he stood. Still, there was something wrong about this clown...something...well just off I suppose. Probably nothing though...right? Right...

[dalmor01]

Sadao saw as Curdling, up to no good once more, flew off in the direction of the other two people, in order to peck out their eyes. As Lydia ran after him, Sadao followed quietly, but in more of a walking style. After Lydia caught Curdling, Sadao caught up to her, letting out a short snicker. "Seems like that bird is more trouble than he's worth. Is it really a good idea to carry around a creature that attacks everyone it can?". Sadao hen remembered that Lydia was trying to ask him something before. "Are you a traveler--" He thought for a moment, grabbing his head when he couldn't remember anything. "Miss Lydia, as to the question you asked me but a moment ago; i am unable to remember anything except the memory of when some guy slashed me and i fell to the ground. After that, i was in the dark, and i ended up here, meeting a good looking girl as soon as i stepped out of that hole."

Sadao then turned to look at two people that were just saved. He saw a clown, which he found as an annoyance for some reason, and a girl who seemed like he could scare her by just saying boo. "The clown looks annoying. Its not the person who is the clown, but that fact that someone would want to dress ridiculously like that. As for the person behind him...Nice to meet you." Another girl in the area. if he could get on her good side, that means he would have another ally, which could work out for the best later on.

[Iris|Kairi]

"Eheh...Curdling is just in an especially sourpuss mood today. He, uh...really likes eyeballs." she replied to both the clown known as Pierr and Sadao with a defeated smile. She again forced a kiss on the bird's forehead, and he finally settled fully, though he ruffled his feathers a little indignantly from her hold on him, and again perched on her hand as calmly as he could get.

"You're so nice and polite, Sadao. Oh! You're missing some memories too? So am I." Lydia replied, tapping her head. "I have some now that I'm older, but the beginning years of my life are gone. Poof. Like something ate them.

The girl then turned back to the clown and little elf girl and smiled. Might as well be polite. "I'm Lydia...It's nice to meet a nice elf girl a cute clown like you. I like clowns."

((Bah..not finished..but it can be replied off of. ^^))

[♥ kats KAT kats ♥]

The little blue skinned elf girl looked up at the all too happy clown. He seemed so friendly. She was starting to like him even more. He seemed too happy for a place like this. This dark and dreary place. It sent shivers up her spine even thinking of this place, a-and the thing was she was in it! OF all the places for her to end up she had to end up in what seemed to her as the darkest places ever!~

Her purple eyes gazed up at the clown, he much much taller than she. It didn't bother her though. She had gotten used to it, living in Twilight Town with the tall buildings. She saw his painted face form into a smile she ended up smiling back at him as he bowed towards her before standing up. She stared up at him, he was so strange. But it intrigued her even more. She wanted to get to know him. Wanted him to be a friend!~

Miss, I am afraid I forgot to introduce myself, how rude of me. I'm Pierr.

"It's a wonder to meet you Pierr!" She slightly squeaked out towards him, her head tilting to the side a bit as she closed her eyes smiling up at him. She was so, so glad to meet this wonderous clown.

Forgive me for saying if it upsets you miss, but I like you, you seem nice. Haha. Maybe you'd even be nice enough to like me. I haven't had that happen in ages. So hard to find friends as a wandering clown you know. And I'm sure you've encountered the same problem if you ended up here without a good reason.

"I-I like you too~" She said to him, stuttering a bit at first. Her face flushing a slight pink, red color. She felt embarrassed. No one had ever liked her, sure they said she was nice and all but it felt like they only had because they felt sorry for her or something. She put her hands together, her index pointer fingers pushing together nervously. She flashed the clown, Pierr, a bright smile. Her cheeks still a bit pink. He always seemed to have a smile on his face. She liked that about him. "I-It is hard to find friends, but I find that any person could be a possible friend~"

May I be so bold as to inquire what your name is madame?

"E-Ellie! Ellie Rigby." She bursted out, introducing herself. She was still a bit nervous from when he had said he liked her. That she was nice. H-he was nice too. With all the bowing and stuff. The smiling. It didn't creep her out at all. In fact, it just made her like him even more. "Eleanore actually, but I much prefer Ellie." She added, smiling again.

She had all but forgotten about the other two people and the bird. She was much to destracted by this all too happy clown.

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The clown continued smiling, though tilting his head to the side and giving a nervous chuckle to the blue-skinned elf girl. "A pleasure to meet you miss Ellie." He said with another quaint gesture, a simple bow before clapping his hands and looking to both the girl and the other boy who had so blatantly insulted his style of dress.

"I'm so very glad to meet such a nice girl. So pleasant to be around, and so polite." He said to the girl named Ellie as he rested his eyes back on her face. "You really don't need to be nervous though, I'm not going to bite." He chuckled as he put his left arm across his chest, resting his right arm in his left palm, and his chin on his right palm, taking a close look at the girl.

"Ah!" He exclaimed with a nonchalant, happy tone of voice, throwing his hands up and then clasping them together tightly. "And to add to the sheer splendor of it all, you're simply beautiful miss Ellie!" Unclasping his hands he looked down to see a piece of paper in his right palm, grasping it between his thumb and index finger.

"Hmm, what do we have here?" He said with a hint of fake curiosity as he looked at the paper before reading aloud. "Roses are red. Violets are blue. I like you immensely. So these are for you!" He smiled widely, gripping his hand shut and opening it, showing that the paper had disappeared before he clasped his hands together again, pulling them apart to reveal a large bouquet of roses and violets which he promptly handed to the nervous girl.

He gave a happy chuckle as he kept his arm extended, waiting for her to take the flowers while he kept his ears open for the words or activities of the other two in the area, but focused his eyes and almost all of his attention on Ellie, not even paying any mind to the eyeball loving crow now perched unwillingly on his master's hand.

[dalmor01]

Sadao looked away at the clown's remarks towards the elf girl. He didn't really care about their business, since it had nothing to do with him. "Miss Lydia; would you care to join me for a stroll? It will give me the chance to get to know the city and you a little better." Sadao asked this question to Lydia with a smile. His plan was to talk to her, and see if she knew anything about what he had remembered. If he was lucky, he would get a travelling companion as well.


Sadao was thinking about how quickly the clown was working with the elf girl. Sadao felt a little disgusted, because they just met, and now he was talking this nonsense. Its was none of his business though, so he bit his tongue. If, however, the clown went to far, he would regret it.

(meh, just put the second paragraph there to take up space)

[Iris|Kairi]

[Quotationssssss...XDD]

Lydia could see that the two even newer comers were far too focused on each other to pay much attention to herself and Sadao. It didn't bother Lydia much aside from depriving her of being amused by the adorable clown, but that was selfish and rude. Surely there were other clowns somewhere, maybe some creepier ones. Creepy clowns were her favorites. They reminded her of home.

Turning back to Sadao, electing to leave the elf and the clown alone, she smiled softly in return. "A stroll? I'd be delighted." she replied in a gentle but joyous tone. This boy just so polite. Maybe they could be friends. She turned more with curdling, starting to lead him away. "I've only been here about a day, but I think I can give you a good tour."

[dalmor01]

Sadao gave a nice smile to Lydia, as he began walking. "You don't need to give me a tour of the city. I was just hoping to walk around the town with you. I don't know about my past, so i don't know if I've ever felt this way before, but when I was in the darkness, i felt cold and alone. I was completely devoid of happiness in there. When i came out, i was happy, but then I met you. Now i feel not only happy, but something else. Its probably all in my head." Sadao looked around. "Lydia, would you happen to know anything of a white castle, or anything about a man with long hair that is a similar hair color to mine? The guy also wears a cross. Sadao was hoping to find out more about what he remembered about the incident involving the birth of his Nobody.