Leaving Hell

[Akamai]

"Hermmm... Augh... Hrrrrrrrrr." The young, croaking voice greeted the morning. With his throat cleared of mucus, the child rubs his eyes to remove the sand out of his eyes. Following was slowly climbing out of the den and making sure that the coast is clear. Like a groundhog, he only came out if nothing would spook him. Again he would search, to double-check nothing spooky outside. Convinced the cost is clear, he leaves his bed and stretches out. He practiced simple workout; first reaching above him, then bend down, up again, bending backwards, ending it by rolling his neck several times. Finished, he walks to breakfast.

This is the same routine that he had planted in his mind. It was automatic, in which that there were no thoughts on what to do. Doing such processes for 44 years, he wasn't able to tell if it was a dream or reality. All he thought of his breakfast was, They are ripe blackberries, in a manner that didn't pay attention to taste. It was firmness and juicy insides that told him, not the extinct flavor. His mind knew it was going to be another ordinary day in which nothing hap"HM!"

Akamai's exclamation was from his ears picking up on an odd noise. It first sounded like the breeze rustling the leaves that had fallen on the floor. It wouldn't have alerted him, if the wind had been blowing. As well as sounding the source may have been coming closer, it sounds like the leaves are also being crushed as if he were walking on them. With faster and faster breathing, I got to hide! he knew that the best option was to hide. Granted, that he hadn't had contact with any other being, just that whatever ones he had seen were frightening.

That was one of the few negatives living in the How, you will have monstrous guests who will mumble about being hungry, or wanting a test subject, and wanting a 'conversation'. Though 'conversation' isn't a bad thing, the child didn't want to know it's meaning as it came from a scary sight. He was happier knowing how to climb trees, which he did, and witness the intruders leave. Sitting 20 feet high in a juniper tree. That's all he had to do in order to hide his juice stained face. Then again, most pass and not bother to look up.

[Road†Kamelot]

† A young girl who looked to be about twelve, skipped happily into the clearing, only to stop short very suddenly. She looked all around, her fists set firmly at her hips. †

† "O~h! I thought there was somebody here!" †

† She sounded disappointed and annoyed. She'd gotten excited over finding something new to play with, but it had run away, just like about everything else in the forest. †

† "A~h! How come everyone always has to run off before I come! No fair!" †

† The young girl suddenly plopped down on the ground, not pothering to worry about getting her stripped stockings dirty. She wanted to throw a tantrum, but no one was around to see it. No fair. She even regretted giving Lero the slip, the annoying pink umbrella would at least be good for yelling at. And then if Tyki was here, he'd play with her. She crossed her arms over her chest and fell back onto the grass, staring straight up into... a boy? Her blue eyes lit up at the sight. And she called up to him. †

† "Hey!" †

[Akamai]

Is that really a person? The cat-boy was in bewilderment and awe. Never before, at least in the last four decades, has he seen another humanoid. The fairies and wolves had different shapes and were assumed to not be nice. However, whatever. he was. he didn't look scary and, for some reason, Akamai had the want to come up to him. The older child listed Road as he instead of 'she', as he thought females shared the same parts his mother had. Though he had the same parts, he assumed that he was both sexes. Part of it was that his mind needed something to blame and hate, something that he did to have his parents abandon him.

Though he wanted to climb down, he only observed the stranger come closer. There was screaming invoulve, the first burst surprised him. He lost his grip due to the shock, luckily and painfully reclaims it. Upside down, he missed the first message, but the second came in clear. He saw me? If he did, didn't he know I went up here to hide? Why does he want to find me? This only increases his curiosity.

Wanting wasn't enough for the cat-boy to leave his post, as felt that staying anchored would be the safest action. However, that was before the visitor lies down and gazes. When the eyes linked with each other, Akamai's first reaction was to hide. Handing on a branch, the only place to hide was in darkness. "Hey! The excited call was also not expected. Coming out of his new spot, which was closing his eyes, he still clings to his refuge. He continued to study the female, as words slowly were delivered, "Are you... talking to me? Are you..? Going... Hmm, going... to hurt me?" His face reveals his emotions: confused and curious.

[Road†Kamelot]

† Road grinned mischievously at the boy. He had kitty-cat ears; so cute~! A cat-boy doll was rare. She continued to smile up at him, her blue eyes melting into liquid gold as she secretly invoked her power. She built this new dimension around them, making sure to make it identical to the one they were in just moments before. Except for a few slight differences. †

† First of all, now that she was in a dimension all her own, she could do just about anything she wanted. And so she got up from the ground and proceeded to walk up the tree to the cat-boy. She stopped beside the kid, standing upside down on the branch he was clinging to. She giggled and it sounded like music. †

† "Hurt you? Well... I don't know yet! Should I hurt you?" †

† The second difference in this dimension, was that it didn't span very wide. She'd rebuilt the tree, and the ground below, even a few nearby trees. But the rest of the background was just a sort of backdrop, and the cat-boy wouldn't be able to run off into the woods that no longer existed here. The kitty boy didn't know it, but she had him trapped. †

† She smiled at him, her eyes still a shiny gold color. Her hands were on her hips, though because she was upside down her skirt fell up to cover her fists. She didn't care much though, even though her stockings only came up to mid-thigh and her little white bloomers were showing. †

† She bent down so she was almost eye level with the cat-boy. †

† "Well? So do you wanna pla~y?" †

[Akamai]

"How! You doin' that?" Perhaps she wasn't real after all, as it's not the first time he thought he saw a person. However, they often defy physics, disappear, or can't be felt, when he tries touching them. The visitor finally reaches to his level, somehow not falling to the ground. He stares at her, looking at the strange sight. He's wearing girl clothes? Maybe they aren't just for girls... He was commenting on the dress, comparing with the memory of his family and what they wore.

"Hurt you? Well... I don't know yet! Should I hurt you?" "hrrr..." Akamai tries to back away, as he had taken the message as threat. The distance moves was about a foot, as there wasn't much room on the branch. It obvious that he was frightened, his ears flicked back and, with wide eyes, he tries looking for an escape route. He was trapped, unless he wanted to fall.

The only thing that the standing person did was smile and as, "Well? So do you wanna pla~y?" She calmed him down, actually it was more catching him off guard with confusion. "Play? What's that?" If asked 44 years ago, he would've been more than happy to do so. However, with that long of time without anyone and no guarantee of survival it was an easy thing to forget. Though he want to make sure he wanted to fall, Akamai needed to know if Road was real. He carefully lets go with his left hand, to nudge the left foot.

[Road†Kamelot]

† Road watched with delight as the little kitty-boy seemed to back away at her words. Oh, well he had no where to go anyway. He was a cute little kitty up close, and she was absolutely sure he'd make a good doll now. †

† She became even more amused when he seemed curious about what 'play' meant. What a silly kitty; playing could mean so many things. She sometimes played house with her dolls, or played cards or hide-and-seek with Tyki. She also played with people who didn't want to play with her, though that was only fun for her. She would drive stakes into their arms and legs until they passed out, then when they woke up, she'd do it again. †

† She tilted her head to the side, so the thing that was the same in all of those situations was... †

† "Playing is having fun!" †

† She was rather proud of her definition, and almost didn't notice the kitty-cat pawing at her. She looked down with a curious look on her face, so he was curious how she was standing like that right? Well, she wasn't gonna tell! No way! That was her secret. †

† She reached out suddenly and caught the smaller boy in her arms. He was barely up to her chest, so it was easy for her to pull him closer into a big hug. They were upside down, with his cheek on her chest and her head by his ears. †

† "So you wanna have fun? Wanna be my doll,
so I can dress you up and play with you?" †

† They couldn't face each other in this position, so he couldn't see the expression on Road's face, or how it changed. It was kind at first, her eyes still golden from using her power, but soft and childish and her pink lips curled in a smile -but as she spoke the expression darkened. Her eyes swirled with black rings and contracted, while her smile widened into a jack-o-lanterns grin, one that only belonged on a monster. She giggled, her chest moving under the boy's cheek. †

† "Forever." †

[Akamai]

At first, Akamai thought that she didn't know the answer. "Playing is having fun!" "Fun? I don't know that either..." Perhaps she wasn't getting the clue that Akamai hasn't lived in any civilization, recently. The only way he would know what fun is if he had spare time from surviving and was able to play games. The last game he played was hide and seek, which wasn't really fun and started this hell.

The abandonment was as sudden as Road going up to hug him. It was somewhat comforting, as he hadn't had any form of social contact and it proves she exists. "So you wanna have fun? Wanna be my doll, so I can dress you up and play with you?" It seem her mission is to confuse him with everything she says. At least he got one part, "I don't want you to change my clothes..." Not that he didn't want new clothes, he wasn't going to show anyone his naked body. In fear that Road will ridicule him for having, what he thought are, female parts. He wasn't afraid that the ears were a giveaway, as he can say they are part of the hat.

Forever. It was as creepy as enticing. His eyes begin to fill with tears, "If you mean forever away from here... Yes. I been here for a long time... I hate it... I want to leave." He has tried leaving before, but all that ever accomplished was getting lost or being chased by something. If he wasn't hanging on a tree limb, he would would cry and hug the girl back. Even with the creepy vibe, but he was willing to trust her.

[Road†Kamelot]

† Road pouted a bit when the kitty-boy said he didn't want to change his clothes. Well that was no fun. What kind of doll wouldn't be dressed up? No that wouldn't do. †

† "But if I don't change your clothes, how else will you get into all the pretty dresses I want to see you in?" †

† She listened to him talk, and she could tell he was nearly crying. Aw, poor kitty-boy's been lo~st. She thought without really feeling any sympathy. It wasn't like that changed anything. Still she did beam when she realized he had said yes. Usually she needed a little more persuasion to make someone into her doll. †

† "Ya~y!" †

† She pushed off the tree with the cat-boy in her arms still, flipping around before landing gently on her feet. He'd been holding on to the tree, but since this was her world she could make the tree let him go. †

† "So now~ let's go~!" †

[Akamai]

He was confused by her first comment. Then he realized what he looks like, believing she too thought his features were feminine. "I might look like it, but I'm not a girl. Boys don't wear dresses." The comment was assuming that he had a choice and wasn't going to be forced. Then Akamai hugs tightly and gasps in shock. She's trying to hurt us![/s] The child didn't understand why the visitor pulled him from the tree to flip to the ground. It took a couple of moment to notice the landing, especially the lack of pain. His eyes look around, How did we land? When I fall, it hurts and I land on my side.

He scratches his head. She apparently wanted to leave, but h had a couple of questions. "What's your name? Before we go, can we eat?" Before she answered. he starts looking around for the berry bush he was eating from. Where is it It should have been around the side. While listening, he tries to recall the direction of the bush. Then again he doesn't realize that he's in an alternate world.

[Road†Kamelot]

† Road just grinned smugly at the kitty-boy's first statement. †

† "Well I know that kitty-boy~!" †

† She chimed, almost singing the words. She figured the little kitty wasn't very smart, so he probably couldn't understand what she was telling him. That didn't bother her much, since things would go smoother that way. The only problem was if he would make a fuss once he did get it. †

† "If you're gonna be one of my dolls, then you gotta wear a pretty dress. You don't wanna be an ugly doll, do you~?" †

† With a thought, her door began to come out of the ground. It was a big heart-shaped door, that was checkered red and black. At the top most point where the two humps of the heart shape converged, was a black bishop chess piece. †

† Road looked down at the cat-boy with a smirk, putting her knuckles on her hips easily. †

† "I'm Princess Road!" †

† She said with a flourish, addressing herself as the Princess mostly just because she wanted to. She wasn't a very know Princess since she was only adopted, and was actually in the Chess Pieces. Still, the Dream Princess was her title, and she loved how people acted once she told them. Most people didn't believe her - but then they had to deal with her Daddy. †

† "And of course we can eat!" †

† He bounded over to her door singing. †

† "Let's go get some cake~♪ I wanna have some cake~♫" †

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[Akamai]

"I'm not a kitty or a doll..." He quietly defended himself. Akamai didn't want to argue with the new person, but wasn't going to let her insult him. "I'm Akamai, and I do not want to wear a dress. Can I just have my clothes?" Again he was quiet, not wanting to raise his voice. He watched her constantly, afraid she would disappear once he stop looking at her. The child looked rather pathetic. With his wide eyes, he looked as if he was going to cry any second.

"What's that!" He yelped in surprise, as the door just came out of no where. She did answer one of his questions, "I'm Princess Road!" Princess..., mentally noting her first name. Never having to deal with titles, he assumed 'Princess' was an actual name. Then she assured them that they will eat, while heaqding to the new object.

Behind her, only by two inches, "Princess, what kind of food is 'cake'? Is it a plant?"