Mr. Moonglade's Extraordinary Orphanage

Osiria burst through the door to her new room. She'd chosen one on the top floor, as many people wouldn't bother to climb all the stairs just to see her. She dumped her bags beside the large bed, and unzipped the suitcase. Osiria stuck her hand in and fished about for a while, before pulling out a small hand mirror. She dropped it on the bed beside her, then closed her eyes, and focused on changing her eyes and skin back to normal. The tingling feeling washed over her, and she flicked open the mirror to check. It had definitely worked, and faster than usual too! She fished around again, yanking out a couple more things. A smartphone, headphones, a dagger, a pair of earrings, and a few items of clothing all came out. Osiria spread the clothes out on the bed. She couldn't possibly go out wearing her current outfit, track pants and a shirt that stopped just above her knees. She pulled on a light blue button up shirt and a white skirt that went to her knees. Tucking in her shirt, Osiria grabbed a small backpack with she'd squished into her duffel bag, and threw in her phone, headphones, and dagger. All set, she rushed down the stairs to meet the others.
 
Dear God, there was another new person. Madi didn't even have the courage to go meet this one, this was too much! Three in one day?! It was madness! She heard enough about the newest girl from her spot behind the kitchen door. The new girl was another teenager, who seemed nice enough for the most part and had some sort of appearance-changing power. Madi would meet her when they left for the mall. For now, she had her own stuff to worry about.

When Dusk and Remi finally came back down to the kitchen, she sighed with relief. Dusk didn't look hurt or anything, and he was wearing jeans! No horse body. Wow, that stuff hid all of it. It must really work well...

"Finally." A voice familiar to only her spoke up from behind her, not even attempting to hide his irritation. It was her cat, transformed into his other form. He was mostly human, but his large cat ears were flickering impatiently and his tail was whipping around with similar anxious energy. "So we now have proof the mist works. Hopefully you're not in excruciating pain from it, because I'm going to need to try it next."
 
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Dusk could practically feel his insides melting at all of Remi's remarks and touching. Well, at least he agrees that it looks good on me. I wonder how long the mist will last...
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Upon reaching the bottom floor, Duskly momentarily spaces out as he wasn't used to seeing Madi's cat in his second form. This had to be maybe only the second or third time he'd seen it and it always fascinated him. So much in fact, he even wanted to make a character for his story off him, although, he never figured it happen with how scary and grumpy the cat seemed. "N-No. No pain or anything, although it is a bit mesmerizing to watch it all dissapear." The teen reaches out, offering him the bottle. "I assume you already know how to use it?"
 
"The instructions seemed simple enough." The teen replied coolly, taking the can when it was offered to him. "Unless you know something the rest of us don't."

Madi intervened a bit at that point, tugging at her companion's shirt and giving him a brief, pointed look. He responded to it with a roll of his eyes, before he sighed with annoyance and sarcastically told Dusk "Thank you for sharing."
 
"Oh you look good!" Xylia smiled as Dusk joined them. She had seen the cat is his human like form and was taken aback by how oddly attractive he was. It took everything in her power to not walk over and touch him so she just avoided looking in his direction though she was eager to see how the mist would work for him.
 
"Yeah, no problem" he replied casually to the cat before giving Xylia a small smile and a nod in appreciation. Once again, scary and grumpy. The two words that prevent him from possibly creating a cool new character into his world. "So, after you with the mist, then everything will be set and ready to go, I think. Rem, is it possible for us to travel via your shadpw stepping or would it kill us all?"
 
Remi grinned at the reception Dusk was getting. He was tempted to show him off, but was immediately distracted by the new arrivals waiting in the kitchen. "Catboy!" he called out delightedly. "I was wondering if you were going to come along! You know the mist doesn't work on that bad attitude, right? Then again, who knows, pissed off cat could get you in with the furries."
Another new person appeared in the kitchen, a girl with a skirt and shirt on, a backpack over her shoulders. He pointed towards her. "Who's this? Another one?" Eyes flashing, he flickered closer and reached out a hand to be shaken. "I take it you're coming?"
At Dusk's question, Remi sighed in a put upon way, grinning again. "I thought you didn’t want me grabbing you by the shadow?" he teased. "If you want to take anything with you, grab it now." Doing as he said, he sent his senses into the shadows of the group. They wouldn’t feel him yet, but he was there, holding onto them, ready to shift them away. He waited to Catboy to finish and everyone to grab their things. "You might want to close your eyes," he warned, and then he pulled.
Everything shifted. It took a lot of power to move everyone like this, but once they were in the shadow realm, they were far easier to move. Just more shadows. Everything was strange and ghostly in this dimension, just darkness on varying shades of nothingness. The others wouldn't even be able to see it. Hopefully they'd closed their eyes, because shifting through shadows like this tended to make people pretty nauseous and he didn't want anyone throwing up on him. Even if they opened them though, they'd just see streams of darkness rolling around them. Remi didn’t have to worry too much about seeing where he was going. The shadows shifted and flickered and changed in a neverending rolling wave, but he knew where he wanted to go. He picked out the direction he moved through, and almost faster than he could perceive, he stepped them through shadow after shadow, weaving in and out of darkness, only jumping across when the sun burnt too bright or the shadows didn’t connect. He swam through it, dragging the others with him in a shadowy nimbus.
Finally, they were close enough. He stepped out of the shadows, into a park a block away from the mall. He landed himself in the shadows in the rooved seating area. He was sitting on the table, and the others came out on the ground near it. He checked his phone for the time. Ten minutes. Not bad. The others wouldn't know how much time had passed. Instead, they'd have blinked and appeared in a new place with a whirlwind in place of the last few seconds.
He smirked as the others came to. "We're a block away. If you need to puke, Dusk, don't do it on my jeans."
 
'Catboy' had just enough time to finish with the spray by the time Remi dove into the shadows, so he didn't exactly have time to witness whatever changes were happening, or to call the pervert out for his creepy fetishes. He was too busy holding onto Madi, who grabbed onto him with a panicked yelp and refused to let go until well after they rematerialized. A little more warning would have been wonderful for both of them, but time had proven Remi didn't work that way.

Turned out all the spray did was hide his tail and ears, change his eye color to an amber-ish brown, and his hair color to the color of rust. He looked perfectly human, and just as handsome for anyone who found him their type. But all he was really worried about was making sure Madi didn't have a panic attack before they even got into the mall. Luckily she didn't, she just needed some time to regain her bearings...
 
Osiria blinked slowly, trying to steady herself as the world swayed for a few seconds. What the hell was that? she thought in annoyance. She looked around and saw Shadowboy sitting nearby, smirking at the others. In her irritation, a wisp of loneliness and shame appeared in the corner of her eye, and it floated over to him. Osiria was too busy checking she still had all her stuff to notice that the wisp was growing into a blanket of darkness, and sneaking up behind the boy. She grumbled to herself a bit more about this form of travel, and turned back to the others as the darkness fell over him. His smirk disappeared instantly. Realizing what she had unwittingly done, Osiria dashed towards him, slid into a seat opposite, and yanked the emotions out. She watched as the blanket dissolved into nothingness, the tiny particles melting into the air.

"Don't do that again," she hissed to herself through gritted teeth, turning away so Shadowboy couldn't see her lips. These were nice people. She would just have to get used to traveling that way. It wasn't often that she lost control of her powers, and if she did it around someone with a weak mind, it could be fatal. Good thing these guys were strong-willed.
 
"Um.. That was fun." Xylia said, putting the back of her hand on her forehead as she leaned over slightly, adjusting to the sudden movement and change of scenery. Looking around, she saw that everyone was here and some looked sicker than others, but Remi sat on a table near them and she turned towards him. Attempting to take a step, she swayed and before she could fall, a thick vine grew from the grass next to her and steadied her before shrinking back into the ground. "Ha, whoops." She mumbled, finding her balance and walking to Remi, sway free this time.
 
Remi watched as everyone stumbled closer. He glanced around just to check that they were safe as everyone started settling themselves with their powers. The park was empty-no kids came here, just teens who liked tagging the slide.
He eyed Catboy as he came awake. He let his eyes rake up and down him. He did rather enjoy it when Catboy came out to play. He wondered vaguely if it woul be worth going there. He did like a challenge. Though he was probably covered enough for challenges. In fact, he probably created challenges for himself, when he thought about it. He wasn’t exactly subtle about his opinions. It kept him in control, leaving no ambiguities in his relationships but the ones he put there. That was what made it so easy to get people to adore him. All he had to do was drop them a kind word and they'd follow him like a puppy. He glanced at Dusk without meaning to. The others were still stumbling around, all on the ground while he sat, untouched on the table. That was his fault. Usually, it amused him, but for this moment, the distance was just that little bit too far. It was a darkness he couldn't penetrate, one he'd put there, that chasm between him and his so called friends. He'd put that distance there, pushing himself above it, beyond it, to where he could be admired like he was in school. But that glimpse of the distance shot back into him in a way it never did but when he snuck a few drinks or stayed up a little late. The distance was too great. He'd always tread a delicate line, but he crossed so often into raising himself by putting them down he wondered when that line would snap. They were all too scared of him to cross the gap, and in these dizzying times, he knew he was too high up to climb down.
He felt the shadows under him whisper. The temptation to sink into them and away from these people was strong, just until his chest stopped constricting so tight and his teeth stopped clenching.
The new girl slipped into the seat opposite him, and Remi's focus snapped to her. His dark thoughts receded, but he felt them there, in the shadows roiling beneath him. He breathed out and smirked at the girl and the others when they stumbled close. "So what's your deal?" he asked the new girl. "I'm Remi, by the way."
His dark thoughts had flooded back out with the tide, but the distance he'd felt so deep still loomed. He pulled his phone from his pocket. He scrolled down his log until he reached the junior he'd been thinking about earlier. At the mall. Meet you in twenty? He slipped his phone back into his pocket.
 
(Osiria, new girl, arrives. Once Dusk and the cat (sorry, I forget the name) use the transformation mist, Remi pulls everyone through the Shadow Realm, and they’re just regaining their balance at the mall. Hope that’s good enough)
 
(thx, mate)
"Hmm, can't make any promises..." he replied. Many times had Dusk embraced Remi's darkness, most being out of curiosity. But this time, it felt way worst beyond what the other times he'd experienced. "Ok, we ought to make the best of what time we have before the illusion wears off. And even when we do re-apply it, if it works more than once that is, we'd have to fully transform back;which is a problem for me" the centaur says to Madi's cat before looking over to Rem on the table. "Sorry bud, but theres a small chance these pants will rip off."
 
Did... what was that darkness? Remi's power? Kardia gulped hard, allowing xir stomach to settle and maybe not attempt to throw out what little remained inside it. Xe really, really did not want that. Xir stomach would only hurt even more.

The hurricane-strength of the sheer amount of hearts about a block away was already present in xir mind, very present. Kardia shuddered, turning away from the group to collapse into a quick coughing fit. Xe felt dizzy. The world spun around xem before xe grit xir teeth, forcing xir body back up. Ignore the construct's protests and everything would be fine.
 
Haji shivered and pulled her cloak closer around her frame. Remi had done stunts like that before, and they weren't necessarily wanted. At least it was better than walking here. It still felt cold and suffocating every time the shadow realm embraced her into it's ibky abyss. He was quick, though, she'll give him that.
"Direction? To mall." She says, turned to Madi then Remi. Haji didn't know where it was located, so the few times she had gone in the past she just followed close to whoever had dragged her out in the first place.
 
Remi raised an eyebrow at Dusk. "You'd better strip out of them before that happens." Pushing himself off the seat, Remi started out towards the sunlit outside. The bright sunlight should threaten him, given his power, but it always cast nice strong shadows to make up for the lack of darkness. He put his hands in his pockets and glanced over the group. "We all stable now? Let's go, I want a juice." He set off around the block heading to the local mall. He could almost smell the aircon and cheesy music.
 
Right. They had to go. They had to. Kardia stood fully, clearing xir throat in an attempt to clam xemself. Xe walked forward on shaking legs, forcing xir brain to drown out the hearts nearby with song. Whatever song xe could find.

There was a particularly loud one xe knew in Japanese. That one should do. It was a tune with far too much harmony and, what, eight voices singing at once? Nine? Something about a mansion and time rewinding. That should do to stop it. Kardia could still easily feel the souls nearby, but maybe with this xe could stay half-conscious in the worst of it.

Would it be too good a time to mention xe had barely any money? At most, enough to buy something small. No, maybe xe just wouldn't buy anything. There couldn't be anything that special.
 
Xylia followed the group as they headed to the mall, looking around as they walked together. As they walked, she focused on the way the plant life energy ran through her body, completely centering her body and soothing her mind. Taking in the feel and smell of the area that surrounded her, she thought of the last time she was at a mall with her parents and how much fun she had. She remembered how they shared cheap Chinese food and spilled ice cream on their clothes like a bunch of toddlers. Thinking about that brought tears to her eyes but she lifted her chin and blinked them away.
 
Madi was calmed-down enough to nod at Remi when he declared himself ready to lead the group to their destination, but she wasn't quite calm enough to exhaust herself walking to the mall, much less through the mall. So Dageru scooped her up into a piggyback ride, and tried to keep his expression as intimidating as possible as he followed the group. Having an adorable child on your back didn't do much for a threatening image, after all.
 
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