Personification Life

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

Scarface grunted and tossed him a note.

She died again. Now help me get the Matrix.

"Alright,I'm going to have to hold you on a rope aren't I. How heavy are you?"

Scarface only grunted in reply and entered the code to the door.

[The BranRiech]

"Alright,I'm going to have to hold you on a rope aren't I. How heavy are you?"

Scarface only grunted in reply and entered the code to the door.

Bran grabbed his phone and called NVE.

"Hey, how do I help Scarface get the Matrix that Swith wants?"

Bran waited for an answer while following Scarface . . .

[Bone Fort]

He leads her down a tunnel towards a large steel door. He opens it and continues down through the bunker, full of many more steel doors. The farther down they go, the louder the voices become. At the end of it all is a room with a cell. Totenkopf turns to Swith, gesturing at a presence in the cell.

"This is why."

Inside is female Totenkopf, chained to the wall and also not wearing her mask. She is struggling against her bonds, her face contorted into one of pure rage, trying to scream through her gag. She's glaring right at the two outside her cell.

OOC: Forgot to say, but Totenkopf isn't wearing his mask while inside his head.

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

Scarface only grunted in reply and entered the code to the door.

Bran grabbed his phone and called NVE.

"Hey, how do I help Scarface get the Matrix that Swith wants?"

Bran waited for an answer while following Scarface . . .

"Pull him back from the portal if he can't make it back. I lost the attackers, can you find them on the cameras?" NVE replied in a brick-sized phone.

Scarface tied a rope around his wrist and offered the other end to Bran.

[The BranRiech]

Bran grabbed his phone and called NVE.

"Hey, how do I help Scarface get the Matrix that Swith wants?"

Bran waited for an answer while following Scarface . . .

"Pull him back from the portal if he can't make it back. I lost the attackers, can you find them on the cameras?" NVE replied in a brick-sized phone.

Scarface tied a rope around his wrist and offered the other end to Bran.

Bran took the rope, he had no other choice if he wanted to help Swith.

"Whenever you're ready Scarface."

[Swith Witherward]

He leads her down a tunnel towards a large steel door. He opens it and continues down through the bunker, full of many more steel doors. The farther down they go, the louder the voices become. At the end of it all is a room with a cell. Totenkopf turns to Swith, gesturing at a presence in the cell.

"This is why."

Inside is female Totenkopf, chained to the wall and also not wearing her mask. She is struggling against her bonds, her face contorted into one of pure rage, trying to scream through her gag. She's glaring right at the two outside her cell.

OOC: Forgot to say, but Totenkopf isn't wearing his mask while inside his head.

Swith approached the female Totenkopf, and stood a safe distance from her. "I take it this isn't some sort of sick mind game you play with your subconscious," she replied, although her eyes held pity for the restrained fury. "But why me? Why am I the one she seems to target?"

She faced Totenkopf and looked into his eyes. "What are all the other voices? What are you, really?"

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

"Pull him back from the portal if he can't make it back. I lost the attackers, can you find them on the cameras?" NVE replied in a brick-sized phone.

Scarface tied a rope around his wrist and offered the other end to Bran.

Bran took the rope, he had no other choice if he wanted to help Swith.

"Whenever you're ready Scarface."

Scarface entered the portal and after a few moments the rope was tugged on twice.

[Swith Witherward]

Bran took the rope, he had no other choice if he wanted to help Swith.

"Whenever you're ready Scarface."

Scarface entered the portal and after a few moments the rope was tugged on twice.

The area itself spun off in a fractal replication, fading away to horizons unseen. Within the center of the vortex was a golden object, and Scarface could see a small box contained within. The fabric of the universe lapped at his skin, seeking to unravel his DNA to form it into something better. He was created by NVE however, and designed to be impervious.

Still, every creature had a threshold, and the universe itself, chaotic in its nature, sought to bring itself crashing down upon him. For the first time in his existence, Scarface knew ultimate joy, the deepest of sorry, and the magnificence of love. The universe paused and listened to his heartbeats.

[The BranRiech]

Bran took the rope, he had no other choice if he wanted to help Swith.

"Whenever you're ready Scarface."

Scarface entered the portal and after a few moments the rope was tugged on twice.

"I guess he's done in there."

Bran pulled as hard as he could for what seemed like an eternity. After about 30 seconds. Scarface reappeared through the portal.

"This seems like a good time to go to bed. See ya Scarface."

OOC: Good night all

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

Scarface entered the portal and after a few moments the rope was tugged on twice.

"I guess he's done in there."

Bran pulled as hard as he could for what seemed like an eternity. After about 30 seconds. Scarface reappeared through the portal.

"This seems like a good time to go to bed. See ya Scarface."

OOC: Good night all

Scarface was badly burned and covered in charred flesh. He carried an small box. With a grunt he left.

[Bone Fort]

His face is stoic, showing no emotion.

"I believe Bones told you exactly what we are. He wasn't lying. The voices are the inner insanity that is inherent to everyone from the Friedhof der Götter und Teufel.

And honestly, this is all just some sort of a visual personification thrown up by my subconscious since we're stuck here. She is all my rage. As you can tell, I have a lot of it, and given my life so far, it is all justified. I bury it deep down inside and throw on this stoic mask, letting none of it slip out. But when we got gender-bent, that shock to the system was enough to let it all out. It's since taken on a new form represented by a female me, and seems to be splitting off into a split personality.

As to why she seems to be targeting you... well she isn't, really. The first time you just happened to be unlucky enough to be on the receiving end of her fury, and the second time was because she remembered how the first time ended."

[Swith Witherward]

She regarded the dark void and listened to the other voices, roiling insanity trapped in an inescapable asylum.

"To what end?” she spat bitterly. “What purpose could this possibly serve, Totenkopf? Do you come from a place filled with so much horror that you need horror to keep it at bay? Does this make you a better soldier?” Her lip curled. “This is madness. Not this,” she gestured around to the voices, “but the efforts of the Friedhof der Götter und Teufel.”

She moved in front of him, her face angry despite her effort to stay calm. “Now at least I understand why you never talk. I’m sorry you endure this prison. Is there any way I can help?”

[Bone Fort]

"That's the thing, usually it's not that bad. Usually it's just rage and anger I ignore, but it's gotten worse. As I said, it seems to be emerging into another personality, it's only recently that I've had to cage her inside. As to the purpose of all this, well... you've seen what happens when she slips out. And it's not just me that's like this. All of us are, the people you think we are are just masks hiding our true nature. Everyone. Even you, I am sure. The many masks we wear, like Jekyll and Hyde..."

[Swith Witherward]

Swith nodded. "Perhaps this place brings out the Mr. Hydes in all of us? At what point do we need to keep drinking the potion just to remain our normal selves? It's a strange analogy you've chosen. Are you very familiar with the story?"

[Bone Fort]

"More familiar then you are, apparently. The reason I chose that analogy was because Jekyll was evil all along, Hyde was simply a mask he wore to let it out.

Also, I believe I should clarify a few things for you. We are in my mind, not the Friedhof der Götter und Teufel, "Graveyard of Gods and Devils". That would be the wasteland where the Armed Republic of Bone Fort is located, my former home."

[Swith Witherward]

Swith offered him a smile. "When I referred to Friedhof der Götter und Teufel, I meant the entities responsible for your creation, and not your mind. As far as your analogy... to be honest, I've always thought of Hyde as the honest one. I don't know why, but it feels that way to me. I am probably mistaken."

She looked around again and then back to Totenkopf, confused by him. "I don't understand any of this, although you've intrigued me. Explain more, please."

[Bone Fort]

"About Jekyll and Hyde, it wasn't two different entities sharing the same body, but one man wearing two different masks. You think of Jekyll as the nice one because that's how he acted on the surface, but that was but a mask he wore to hide his true evil nature. The potion merely changed his appearance, not his mind. He was then able to go out to commit all the evil things he wanted, because all blame would fall on Hyde, not Jekyll. Notice how at first he needed to consume the potion to transform back into Hyde. If they were two different people, why would the good Dr. Jekyll willingly turn back into the evil Mr. Hyde?"

[Swith Witherward]

"Jekyll was the sociopath, in other words? He was twisted long before he found a way to reveal his true nature? It's been a long time since I've read the story but I think he no longer needed to potion after a time - Hyde manifested without it."

[Bone Fort]

"Yes, but he already was evil. He simply lost the ability to control which mask he wore. Hyde wasn't a person, but a mask."

[Swith Witherward]

"Have you lost that ability? You cage the rage inside. You said it was almost as if she were emerging into another personality, one that slips out."

[Bone Fort]

"Yes and no. It's not that I've lost the ability, but that it keeps getting out due to interference, at least at first. Now it seems to be turning into your interpretation of Mr. Hyde, an evil, dark side that wants to be let out... perhaps. Anyway, it is my enemy to face. Now it is time to tell me about yourself. Also, we should probably stop antagonizing her with our presence and head outside."

[Swith Witherward]

Swith cast a final glance at the caged figure, feeling a bit of empathy for it, and followed Totenkopf.

She wasn't certain where to begin so she simply stated, "I'm two parts to the whole. The physical form of Swith is, a sense, a cup. It has the potential to contain anything and everything. Each thing leaves behind a stain on the surfaces of that cup, and it draws upon those surfaces for its knowledge. When the cup is filled, its is happy and goes about its day just as you've seen it. When its empty, it uses the layers of stains to go about its day, and it looks to be filled again."

Swith chewed on the corner of her lip for a moment. "The other part of the whole is trapped in your head with you. I'm formless and genderless. I only take on those traits when contained in the vessel, and I often alter the shape of that cup to suit my whims or moods. I normally wouldn't care about how people feel or think, but spending time in the cup seems to have awoken a need to experience things more deeply. I've discovered that part of me enjoys it. So, in a stupid move on my part, I decided to snap off that curious bit of myself and leave it in the cup. Why not shoot the whole mess into another dimension and see what cooks up? That is the Swith you know.

"As far as my behavior... in case you haven't noticed, I haven't got the hang of things yet. I don't want to wear the masks, drink the potion or engage in drama. I haven't any idea how to go about expressing myself because certain aspects of human nature are ludicrous. Is Mon sensual behavior because she doesn't know how to love herself? Is Bran insecure and self-loathing because he refuses to forgive himself? I don't know. I'd help them if I could. The only one I do understand is NVE, and that's only because he awakens my penchant for mischievousness and does things without thinking it through. He's chaotic and insane, and sometimes seen as evil, but at least he isn't afraid to say 'I am Jekyll and I'm a sociopath.' I like that about him. I don't know the others well enough, including you. Herr Doktor... I would dearly love to fiddle with his mind to see what makes him tick. He's on to something, you know, pinching off bedrooms and playing with DNA."

She yawned. "But my nature has become female and nurturing, and I'm at ease with that. I like being a girl and hate it when I have to walk around as male. Do you think, once the poison wears off, we could go see if NVE and Bran have created my host? Maybe after that you could do something really crazy... like come downstairs every now and then for waffles and say good morning... unless speaking to the ubernaturlich is verboten." She wrinkled her nose at him and chuckled.

[The Drone Empire]

(Fell asleep at computer! D: D: D:)

Dani nodded, as she walked forward, aiming to see this bunker - which in itself is quite a strange thing for any building in this city to still possess.

Entering, she gazed around.

[Western Borderlands]

Drake was starting to pack up his things.

well look on the brightside Drake atleast you survived...

But damn where am I gonna go?

[The BranRiech]

After about 4 hours of bad sleep, Bran awoke to the sound of someone walking around. It was the new girl, she seemed to be investigating the bunker. "Good morning?" Bran said with a deep yawn, he had no idea why someone was looking around down there. He got up, took a quick shower, and donned his Trench Coat.
He went upstairs and started to make enough Waffles to feed an army . . .