Origins [open]

[Kelpie Mac'Admira]

Kelpie was silent as he walked through the forest outside of the city. It wasn't a surprise that he was silent though, considering he was mute. He had taken the day off of being a criminal to come out into the middle of nowhere and walk. He hadn't seen any wildlife yet, which was dissapointing, but he summed it up to being the smoke rising from his neck that made the animals assume that he was a forest fire instead of just the headless person he was.

Today Kelpie was wearing a pair of baggy dark pants with cuffs at the bottom and a black crop top. He was also wearing a backpack.

Kelpie was deftly weaving around any branches that got in the way. Any sound he made was minuscule and nearly impossible to hear without knowing he was there. Kelpie had years of practice sneaking around different places, so the forest wasn't any harder. It also helped that by some miracle he could still see and hear without a head. The only thing him not having a head prevented was speaking.

Eventually, after and hour or two of walking and enjoying nature, Kelpie popped out into a clearing. He stretched his arms above his head and looked around, only to find a rather large building that looked like it could fall over any second. He sat down in the shadow of the building to take a break and rest. There were a few minutes gone by before Kelpie jumped up and clapped his hands together. This was the old Labratory wasn't it!

The young Dullahan gathered his backpack and launched into the building to find and steal as much stuff as he could carry.

Kelpie searched the entire first floor, finding that it was mostly offices and some rooms that looked like they could have once been testing labs, before moving on to the lower floor. Once down there every hair on Kelpie's neck stood at attention. It was creepy. Cages lined the walls like he was in a kennel and pets were once stored there, but something told Kelpie they hadn't kept pets in there. The cages looked big enough to hold a person.

The smoke rising from Kelpie's neck began to die down and what little did emit was tinged a slight red colour. He was angry at what had happened here, and he was angry that he had lived on this island his whole life. That didn't quench the fear he felt at being in this place though.

He rushed into the first room and began rooting around in drawers. He found one wallet, full of old money that would be worth a hell of a lot more now, a book on stars, which he took because he loved stars, and even an old sword stuck to the wall in one room. Kelpie swung the sword around a bit and found it to be sturdy. Now all he wanted to do was get out of there.

As he was leaving the room he was in Kelpie saw a shadow flicker out of the corner of his eye and he pressed himself against the wall. A sudden calm overtook him as he let his criminal instincts take over. He slowly peeked around the corner, only his smoke really showing, and tried to see who else had come to this place.

[Camryn Jeane Vanderfeld]

Today was no different than any other. Camryn had gotten up, dressed herself, had breakfast and skipped school. It wasn’t uncommon for her to do things like that, school just bored her. Instead, she had decided to go exploring. The forest was the perfect place to start. She walked around for hours, stopping to climb trees and just generally enjoying nature. After being out for so long, she had combed just about every inch of the forest that she knew. She decided to go deeper, adventure into uncharted territory. Instead of the winding path she had used while exploring, she went straight, hoping to find something she hadn’t yet discovered.

That’s exactly what happened. She stumbled into a clearing and looked about. A large, crumbling building stood before her. It looked quite old and her excitement began to grow. With no thought to as to what dangers might lie ahead she ran straight in. Looking through the old offices and down the long corridors was amazing. She’d never seen anything like it. When she thought she’d seen just about everything, she found the basement. Basements were always dark and creepy, but that was something she absolutely loved.

Hopping down the steps two at a time, the young demigod was surprised to find that the basement wasn’t as exciting as she’d hoped. It looked more like an animal clinic with all of the cages lining the wall and the various medical instruments scattered on what looked to be examination tables. She wondered what had gone on down here. Standing in place she spun in a circle. Trying to get a feel for the room, was difficult. It was dark and every step kicked up thick layers of dust that caused her to go into a coughing fit.

Spinning around one more time before she left, she caught something out of the corner of her eye. There was a small bit of smoke drifting through the doorway in front of her. Perhaps the building was on fire? No, she’d see light in the next room. Cautiously stepping forward, she made her way towards the room. When she tried to walk in, she bumped into something and fell back, landing on her butt. Was that a person? It felt too soft and warm to be a wall.

“Hello? Is anyone there? I’m friendly I promise.”

She held up her hands in an ‘I surrender’ gesture and floated of the ground setting down on her feet.The figure was hard to make out, all she could really see was an outline, she’d never been the best at seeing in the dark. Deciding to start the conversation she held out her hand in greeting.

“My name’s Camryn, it’s nice to meet you I guess.”