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Cio, the wolf Yu Lin, the Shi dog Mielle, the fox ______________________________________________ThThe World There is a place where written characters are abandoned. These are characters that have been scrapped by their authors/creators. They have no story in which they belong and hence have no purpose or value. This place is located between Imagination and Inspiration. It is called The Block. The denizens, called Blots, slowly melt back into ink blots and their skin becomes parchment scraps. When they are all gone, they are considered to have returned to the Well (inkwell). Appearance of the denizens The characters are of all shapes and sizes, whatever comes out of the imagination of the author. The most evident superficial feature of these scrapped characters are the streaks of ink that trail from their sad eyes and trembling lips. They generally have sad, bitter, or angry personalities. They become hotly jealous of characters that have not been banished to the Block. Actually, make that deadly jealous. Sometimes carriages carrying characters to Inspiration pass by the Block. Denizens have been known to shout angrily, spit out curses, and making malicious remarks at the passersbys. Although they cannot leave the boundaries of the Block, it would be ill-advised for any outside characters to approach the city. The denizens are unpredictable and prone to fits of rage. The climate tends to be warm in the Block. There is a lot of energy being wasted here and most of it comes from the denizens' purposeless wandering. However, when denizens become enraged, the air around them chill quickly to -40*C. Cold enough to cause freeze burns to anything they touch. About the Inkblots: The Inkblots are basically any character that you've imagined, but did not incorporate into a meaningful project. About the deterioration.. When a character first gets sent to the Block, they have absolutely no memories about what their story/characteristics/abilities are. For example, a wizard character wouldn't know he's a wizard with the ability to summon fire from his fingertips at first. But as time goes on, he becomes more aware of what he used to be. The most lucid moments, filled with emotion and clarity, is when the character is so far gone that their skin is flaking off as sheets of paper and ink is just spilling everywhere~~ Deterioration is faster the more active the denizen is. If they just sat and didn't move, then they could pretty much, never deteriorate. Physical movement shifts the ink circulation in their bodies and wears away at the seals between the paper that makes up their body. _______________________________________________ About CIO age ⁞ 23 eyes ⁞ icy blue hair ⁞ a really choppy hair cut; chunks of it are the same colour as his eyes and the other chunks are black personality ⁞ Persistent and determined, loyal and righteous. He can be cocky and sarcastic as well. He is likely to put on a false smile in dire situations. clothing ⁞ it can be changed! by all means! XD Cio is a character whose destination was Inspiration. However, one of his companions in the carriage transporting them was suddenly whisked off and dragged to the Block. Cio became curious about where his companion was being taken to so he left his carriage and trailed behind his friend and her escorts, who travelled by foot. Somehow he lost track of them – perhaps it was fatigue from trekking the rough terrain, or maybe he was written to be of weak constitution. Whatever reason it was, he passed out and woke up with no one in sight. Eventually, he reached the Block. It’s not a hard place to find. You can feel the sadness in the air and the distant sounds of crying and despair. As Cio entered the city, he was quickly spotted and identified as an outsider by one of the denizens. As the creature limped its way towards Cio, it became more and more angry, while also beginning to fall apart into ink and paper~ It managed to get a grip on Cio’s upraised, shielding arms and impart permanent scars to his wrists before it became no more. Cio then realized he could only continue into the city if he became one of the Blots. This is why he puts ink under his eyes and lips. Conveniently, there was puddle of ink right in front of him on the ground. ----- About Mielle, Cio's companion Name: Mielle (click name to read full description) Eye colour: Purple Hair colour: golden brown Height: 5' 2" She was meant to be a side character in his story. His story involved an adventure as a thief in an old market town. He swipes her bag of coins and then stuff happens and eventually he spends all her money and she demands he pay back the debt. He can't, so she tags along until he does. About Yu Lin Yu Lin Age: appears in early 20s Eyes: Yellow-green Hair: Salmon pink (it's a bit more orangey than pink) She has some grayish smoke that comes out of the bells on top of her head. They help her hide in the smokescreen which can spread over a large area. When it's not used as smokescreen, the smoke billows out in the shape of amorphous hair. The bells are tied to a small bun of her real hair. She is one of the Inkblots. Originally, she was the main character of a story but was eventually replaced by Cio. Does she remember what story she came from? Yes, she can recall some small bits. As she continues to deteriorate in the Block, her memories of the story and her lost part in it return more and more. . . Ah, I was thinking she is less of a cocky cock like Cio is, and is more reserved and serious -- and that's why the author scrapped her as the main character, because they wanted a story with a lead character who was more witty ~ XD She would feel jealousy, anger, and sadness at being replaced by Cio. (The characters know nothing about their author though! Only the bits of story or character development the author had done for them) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About your inkblot characters: is everyone aware that they are characters? When they regain their memories, do they remember being scrapped? The inkblots don't know who they are or why they are there during the beginning of their stay there. but yes, eventually they remember more about themselves and the fact that they are discarded and abandoned and it makes some of them immensely angry and others immensely sad~! They also gain more characteristics about their character (powers, abilities) and design (if their author got that far) the closer they are to completely fading away So their final moment in the Black is when they fully became the character that was planned before it was scrapped. ^^ Since Cio voluntarily entered the block, will he also go through the same degradation as the abandoned characters? Is it the state of being in the block or the state of being abandoned that causes characters to deteriorate? It's the state of being abandoned that causes the effects of the Block to take effect. If an inkblot could actually exit the Block, then the process reverses (depending on how far they had degraded, some residual deterioration could remain after leaving the block) |