Nightmare Puppets

[Gorbaz]

The place: A small town in the English countryside

The town had always been a relativly peaceful place. Crime rate was low, there were very few disturbances, and most people that had been living in the town knew their neighbours well, and their neighbours' neighbours. The town's roads were well-used, and there was always a sense of tourism around the place. However, there was an area on the outskirts of the town in a wooded area. Nobody liked it, for various reasons. Some said it was too dark, others that it made their skin crawl, and some because they never heard birdsong in those trees. Either way, it was un un-nerving place that the county council refused to clear. Still, life went on, and people tended to avoid the woods in their dily lives.

The time: 16th April, 2012

It's 11am, and the town is going about it's usual day-to-day business. People talk about trivial things in passing, and everyone is polite. Then, murmmurs start. There's some sort of disturbance in the town centre. The closer people get, the more distinct everything becomes. They mayor's son has appeared out in the middle of the street. But, he's just standing there. He's not responding to anything. Everyone is in shock, as he was only walking around so full of life the day before. What could have possibly caused such a change so quickly?

[Hikari Dragomir]

Hikari was woke up as always. She took her time to make herself some breakfast (since she lives alone) and heads out of her house on her routine. She heads towards the school humming the same tune she usually did. She was happy as it was a new day. As she was heading towards college, she saw some disturbance arounds the town center. Deep inside her, she wanted to leave the place and avoid conflict, but there was something that was pulling her. Curiosity was for most the force that dragged down into the middle of that mess. She saw the mayor's son. "What is he doing?" She asked herself as she stared at how things developed

[jayjaycaps]

Jason was sitting on a bench, watching the mayors son. He had been up all night, and upon seeing the son standing there, he decided to sit and watch. The new girl didn't assess him directly, so he took no notice of her.

[Suraru]

Suraru woke up late, around 10.
"Mondays..." He murmured to himself. Luckily he was technically retired so he didn't have to be anywhere. He got ready for his day, then walked outside. He had lived a life of adventure, strange doings, fucking strange things, he even had a daughter joining some space ship crew. But here he was, far away in a town that was still in midevil times(?).
He liked it, quiet, nothing trying to kill him everywhere he went, but there was that forest right outside of his house. His house was the only one on his street that faced it, and he liked it. The forest drove him curious, he would stare at it for a while with the hairs standing up on his neck. He thought of what could be in there, which also drove him not to walk in there.

He isn't as good as he once was, but the forest made his boring life a bit more exciting. "Time to walk around, aimlessly" He thought as he slowly made his way to the town center. Walking with a slight limp (due to his broken foot I never told you about), he noticed the crowd. Being taller then most, he could see the mayor's son being the center of attention. Only he didn't appear to look like a idiot attention whore, he looked like his mind had been wiped.

"The fuck?' He said silently

[Reapergod36]

Kyle was crouched outside holding his knees. Not wanting to go home...

[jayjaycaps]

Jason takes note of the new visitors. He takes an especially long look at Hikari, checking her out. Most unlike him though, he speaks out for once. His voice is coarse and gravel-y, like he hadn't spoke in a long, LONG time. He speaks to Hikari. "I dunno, found him like this this morning".

[thealchemist]

Eon glanced through his window at the town center and wonders what was happening so he goes into the town center and taps a lady on the shoulder and asks "Pardon me miss but what is wrong with the mayers son?"

[Hikari Dragomir]

She looks at Jason and blushed. She felt embarassed, since she had never been able to speak with a boy before. "Ehm...It is weird. It is curious..." she said trying to fix the words into a normal sentence. Se looks at how he had been staring at her and felt fear or simple embarassment. "I...I want to know why he is like that. Wh...What is causing him to act funny" As soon as this, she felt how someone tapped on her shoulder. "Kyaa!" she said surprised. She looked at the other man. "I...I....I don't know!" she said trembling

[Rooiehaan #2]

"Hikari~" Megane called out, running towards the girl from the other side of the town square, "Did you hear that? He's not saying anything at a-oh hey!" Megane greeted, skipping to a halt near the three. "Whatsup guys?" She asked grinning. "You're not teasing Hikari, now are you?" She laughed

[jayjaycaps]

Jason put his hands in his pockets and shrugged. "No ma'am." He said flatly.

[thealchemist]

"I hope I didn't." Eon turns to face hikari "I'm sorry fo startling you madam."

[dndman997]

Drake woke up and stretched a bit looking out the window seeing everyone outside. He rubbed his eyes as he walked to the front door and out side yawning as he approached them "whats going on everyone"

[Hikari Dragomir]

"H-hello, Megane" she said shyly. "Th-they didn-t star-startle me. You know I am a bit shy." she blushed as she said this as she felt embarassed. "A-anyway, what do you think is causing this? I fe-feel so amused and intrigued about the incident. But, somewhere deer inside me is telling me to run? What are you going to do, gu-guys?" she asked shyly in a low tone of voice and embarassed

[thealchemist]

"I have no idea."

[Suraru]

Suraru decided to ignore it. While there is a main distraction, he could do some things people would otherwise hate him for. Why would they hate him? Because its different and people seem to hate that....

While walking away, he turned a corner and noticed a depressed looking man holding knees in a corner where no one would see him easily. "Damn, he looks a bit depressed" Suraru thought walking up to him, wondering if he will notice the tall limping man.

[jayjaycaps]

Jason shrugged hisshoulders again, not one for making decisions.

[Reapergod36]

Kyle looks up to Suraru... Glaring deeply into his eyes. "What?"

[Rooiehaan #2]

"I don't know, but i heard them saying something about not being responsive at all! Could you imagine! He used to be such a jerk sometimes, but now he's not saying anything; he's just standing there, staring off to the distance. I wonder if he's alright..." Megane fidgeted, clenching her hands together while standing on her tippy-toes. She was trying to look over the crowd to see a glimpse of the mayor's son. "What could've done such a thing...?" She muttered

[Suraru]

"You look a bit down, you ok?"
He says reaching out a hand to help him up.

[Reapergod36]

"Fine." Kyle says almost angrily, and stands up.