Name: Marisela "Nyx" Confair

Age: 16
Bio: Nyx was raised by herself since her parents were always busy helping other Otherworlders. Her father was a Necromancer and her mother was a Psychic/Telapath. Nyx's powers began developing earlier that either parent expected. At age 8 she began seeing dead people and accidentally brought a dead bunny back to life. By 10 she could lift a tractor trailer with strong concentration and could easily slip into peoples thoughts. She only recently begun to get strange dreams in which past and future events were shown to her. She's strong willed and stubborn but shy and immature at times. She likes training her powers and seeing how far she can push herself. She often finds that she accidentally overworks herself and wakes up in the hospital. Which she hates too many dead all bugging her. She is also anemic which puts a lot of strain on her training and often over looked when she trains.

Name: Akito Fuzenkoi

Age: 16 (looks 15)
Bio: Nyx childhood friend who died almost a year ago. He hangs around Nyx not ready to move on to the next world since he feel she still needs him around. He was a werewolf when he was alive. He misses life but enjoys his new existance. His death was a mystery but Nyx blames herself for his death.

Name: Asmodeus "Deus" Tebuhon
Race: Demon
Age: Unknown (Appears 17)
Bio: Deus is not aware of much of his past up until several years ago. That was when he noticed he can cause hatred in people he touches. Normal, even-tempered humans become irate, angry, and downright homicidal. He doesn't know the cause of such hatred, or why he promotes it in people. He has drawn inwards, becoming more and more reserved, avoiding any physical contact with other people. He's generally a nice person, with a good sense of humor and a quiet demeanor.

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Deus sat silently on the swing, shifting his legs back and forth, causing him to move. His fingers gripped the metal links, feeling them shift. The park was nearly empty, as it usually was on a cold night such as this. The only other occupants were junkies trying to score and drug dealers looking to sell. Occasionally Deus would be bothered by a prostitute, but once he looked up and they saw how old he appeared to be, they moved on.

Deus liked it at the park. It gave him space to think, without being watched all the time. Crowded places made him nervous. There was always the possibility of bumping into another person, and that's when the trouble would start. It began as slight irritation, but often built to something worse. These things bothered Deus. As a person, Deus was one to be submissive rather than fly off the handle in anger. And somehow anyone he touched would be filled with rage. What's worse, lately Deus was becoming more and more numb to the things he caused. There was a time when he would flee in horror, watching the terrible things unfold in front of him. Those times weren't as frequent as before. Now he would find himself smiling, almost gleefully at what would happen.

Nyx sighed as at walked through her woods in her backyard to get to the park. She yawn she hadn't been sleeping well to many vision and distress. She breathed the wood air in deeply. She loved being in the woods she could feel completly at peace. After awhile she continued on carefully traveling through as the trees got thicker. Most people got scared at this part of the woods since they didn't know the woods. Nyx however knew it's secret past the small section of thick trees was a beautiful clearing. Nyx laughed as she arrived at it. Sitting on a rock waiting for her was Akito. He was fiddling with invisible string on his hoodie.

Rolling her eyes Nyx smacked him gently, "Well you ready to go or you just gonna sit around waiting for the light to appear?" She asked looking at him. In the first couple months after his death she couldn't get over it and when she started to see his ghost things didn't get better at first. For onevthing her dad said it was unhealthy and that they both needed to learn to let go. But after awhile it was clear that Akito had a reason for still beig around beyond being Nyx's bffl.

'Is the light thing real? Cuz I've never seen any bit of it and neither have any others…' Was all he said as he got up and began walking the rest of way through the woods whic included going through the trees like they were smoke.

Nxy thought for a moment following him with a little bit of difficulty since she couldn't walk through inatimate objects without getting hurt. Not to say she hadn't tried it. She tried everything she could. She sighed as they exited the woods. And headed to the see-saw near the swings. "I don't think it is…I would have seen it by now…" She mused. Akito nodded thinking that over.

'Yeah to cliche! Just like all werewolves howl at the moon!' Akito said makigva joke as he flew ahead to the see-saw. Nyx shook her head following him slowly. As she passed the swings movement on one of them caught her eye and caused her to stop. 'Yo? Nyx what up what is it? Oh so? You made a swig move big deal! Comeon I'll be impressed when you make the plates shift!' Akito said unable to see what had Nyx worried.

"I'm not doing anything…" She said staring at the swing shaking her head at Akito as made a typicol 'ohh' face. She gave one more glance at the swing before joining Akito on the see-saw, "Probaly just the wind…"

Deus sighed as someone moved by the swings. He looked up, expecting to have to shoo away another lady of the night. It certainly was a lady, but it wasn't one looking to get paid. She was moving quietly through the park, heading for a see-saw. She glanced at him briefly, but was uninterested as she settled down on the half of the see-saw that was touching the ground. She seemed to be talking to herself, though her words never reached Deus' ears.

She was different than other people he's seen in the park. He only came to the park a few nights a week, sometimes not coming near it for weeks. If the girl came to the park during the day, he wouldn't see it. Too crowded for his tastes. His eyes narrowed, reaching outwards to see what she was feeling. He had that ability, but only with certain people, people like him who were different. He touched her and recoiled. She was pure. Very pure. Almost to the point of innocence. She felt strong, though. Deus smiled slightly and looked away. He wouldn't want to mess with her.

Nyx sighed as she focused on the sat on the see-saw making her side fall to the ground and go through Akito since he wasn't watching. 'Hey! Not cool why didn't you warn me?' He asked floating up to hover on the see-saw working hard to stay somewhat solid so he would stay on as they went.

Nyx shook her head, "Sorry...distracted..." She said simply. She wasn't sure if using the see-saw was a good idea with that person there. If he saw it moving up an down with no one on the other end he might suspicious. Her sense were telling her to be wary, and were giving her strange vibes. Looking at him again she decided that he probaly wouldn't care much but just to be safe she started out slow.

After awhile Akito stared at her 'hopping off' and walking over. The see-saw bounced to a stop. Thus causing Nyx to fall off. "Opf!" She said catching brushing off her shorts as she stood. She had been thrown off mentally when she saw Akito move and forgot to keep controlling the see-saw.

Akiro frown placing his hand on her head, 'Oops sorry...you okay?' He asked looking at her. Nyx nodded straightening her shirt before looking up at her friend. 'Okay good. It's just that you've been really really quiet...and I thought something was wrong!' He said worriedly.

Nxy shook her head making sure her back was to the man on the swings so she could talk easier without being thought crazy. "No...not at all it's just the person on the swing..." Akito looked at her and turned looking to see who she meant. He could see anyone. But that didn't surprise him, after his death he saw things a little differently and somethings were just plain missing.

Akito nodded understanding, 'Oh sorry he's un-see-able to me...' Nyx nodded thinking as much and told him so. Akito laughed, 'Jeez if it weren't for you this afterlife would be even more confusing!'

Nyx laughed loudly, "Yeah going about walking off cliffs left and right..." She shook her head as he grinned nodding. He probaly would be.

Deus watched from the corner of his eye as the girl slowly see-sawed up and down. Strange; there wasn't anyone on the other end to see-saw with. Suddenly her half landed hard on the ground and she fell off. Standing up, she brushed off her shirt and shorts, shaking her head. She turned casually around so her back was to Deus and stood still for several moments.

Weird individual, Deus thought. He wanted a closer look at her face, but didn't want to intrude on whatever she was doing - talking to herself and such. He started leaning backwards in the swing, pushing himself in that direction to try and see around her brown hair to the front of her face. The further back he pushed, the more he stood on his tiptoes until his feet slid out from under him, causing him to swing forward unexpectedly. He spun 180 degrees backwards, his feet flying over his head, and landed on his face in the dirt.

"OW!" he cried. Dust and pebbles were digging into his cheeks and palms. Slowly he pushed himself up. So typical. Sitting with his knees folded under him, he inspected the damage to his hands. There were points of impressions where the stones had dug in, a few scrapes, but nothing that wouldn't heal. He ran his fingers over his face, brushing off dirt. A scrape ran from his right temple down to his jaw, superficial and barely worth mentioning.

Nyx heard the cry and jumped her body instantly tensed for danger. Turning around she saw the boy had fallen off and gotten hurt. Worried about his well being and also not wanting to appear rude she walked over to him kneeling next to him. "Uh are you okay?" She asked softly. She looked at the small cut in his face and frowned. "How did it happen…"

Akito watched her carefully he could see the man now and he didn't like him. But Akito knew better than to try and stop Nyx from trying to help someone. He sighed ploping next to Nyx watching. 'Did he break any bones?'

Nyx shook her head, "Nope no broken bones right? I can't see any but that doesn't mean much I'm not a doctor...at all…" Nyx said rambling to make her answer to Akito's question make more sense. She frowned pushing a fallen strand of hair behind her ear.

Deus sensed movement and looked up to see the girl crouched on the ground beside him. "Are you okay? No broken bones, right?" She was close, within arm's length. Deus smiled and instinctively scooted back a few inches. The girl was rambling, but Deus didn't mind. She was cute, and expressing concern over him. No one had acted like that toward him in a long time.

"No, I'm fine, thank you. I just wasn't paying attention and my feet slipped out from under me." Being so close, he could feel her purity washing over him. It was a relief, like pressing a cold compress against a burn, the hot coal of hatred in his stomach cooling slightly.

"Sorry to worry you. I can be a bit clumsy at times." He laughed and rubbed the back of his head with his hand. "I'm Deus, by the way."

Then he frowned, because he could feel something else, something beside the girl. A wisp, really, gone just as quick as it arrived. Nothing threatening, but curious all the same.

Nyx smiled and beside her Akito breathed out relief muttering something about needing softer mulch. Reisiting the urge to look at laugh at her friend she turned her attetion to the person in front of her. He introduced himself. Nyx reminded herself as she place her hand out to shake his, "Nice to meet you Deus...I'm Nyx..."

Her brows furrowed in worry as she saw him frown, "Uh...are you sure your okay? Nothing hurting right?" She looked over him again worriedly.

'Maybe he sees some one? Akito offered looking around. Nyx did the same seeing no one she sighed. 'Unless....maybe he can see me?' Akito said making funny faces at Deus.

Nyx couldn't stop the giggle that came out of her mouth. Her friend was so stupid. How on earth would he be able to see you Akito! He's not a Necromancer...I'd be able to tell...Oh I better stop laughing he must think me rude. Nyx smacked Akito on the head making it look like she was swatting a fly. As she stopped laughing. "Ah...hah so-sorry...I...have random fits of laughter...sometimes..." Nyx said with a weak smile.

The young girl introduced herself as Nyx and offered her hand for him to shake, which he recoiled from. Deus couldn't touch her. Even if he wanted to, she was far too pure for him to taint. The oily blackness inside him willed him to reach out, to give her some of the hatred that smoldered inside him, but he physically couldn't.

She swatted at a fly with stifled laughter, her cute smile prompting him to smile back. "Laughter is good for the soul," he said. He stood and dusted himself off. His hands were sore and the scratch on his face burned slightly, but he had had worse injuries. "So what are you doing out this late at night? And alone? It's dangerous here."

Nyx frowned when he pulled his hand away. His question made her pause. In truth the idea of her being in danger never occured to her, "I'm always here at night. It's like home. I come here to think…" She said musing. All this time and she never thought about it. She always asumed that it was fine.

"My friend used to come with me…still does sometimes…" She said as Akito drifted away bored and tired. "So I'm never really alone. " She said suddenly wondering if Deus was a bad person. She frowned tilting her head, "Why are you here?"

Deus listened as Nyx seemed unaware of the potential dangers coming to the park alone could bring. It fit her personality, though, as sweet and seemingly innocent as she was. Of course, if she knew her own strength, which Deus didn't doubt she did, she really had nothing to worry about. While the park can have dangers to humans, especially ones with addictive personalities, those dangers aren't necessarily dangerous to people like Deus. And Nyx apparently.

She mentioned having a friend, saying she was never really alone. Deus nodded, thinking of the wisp he felt earlier when she had first come over to see if he was okay.

"Why are you here?" she asked.

Deus shrugged, sitting on the swing again. Nyx was still crouched on the ground, and standing above her felt awkward; the swing was a good choice.

"I don't know, really. I mean, I like the isolation, coming here. At night there's less people, and I prefer to be alone. Crowds make me uneasy. This just seems better than going to the movies, wasting money to see something I don't care about. Fresh air is good."

Nxy looked up and him standing. She grinned, "Same!" She cheered. "I love the outdoors I usually spend my time in the woods. It's kinda my meditation area…" She mused. She always loved the woods sitting among the trees just listening to nature. All other sounds of the world just droned out. It gave her a sense of peace she couldn't get anywhere else.

Breaking out of her thoughts she sighed, "I guess this is yours?" She said looking at Deus.

When Nyx talked about the woods and how much it soothed her, Deus had to smile. Her whole face came alive, and she never looked more sweet. "I guess so. I mostly come here to get away from the busyness of..." Deus motioned with a hand to outside the park. "Out there." He gripped the swing's chain and dug his toes into the ground, pushing slightly to make himself move without actually swinging. He didn't want to accidentally hit Nyx in the face with his feet or something.

"I live in a orphanage. It's not terrible there, the food's okay, but there's a lot of kids, and a lot of fighting." He was quiet for a moment, looking at his feet. "It's not a happy place. Not that the park at night is much happier, but at least the fighting isn't everywhere."

Nyx frowned sadly, "I'm so sorry...I hate thinking about that....all those kids all alone..." She looked down kicking a rock thinking, "Did you already eat Deus?" She asked softly, "We have some leftovers that I could heat up for you...." She offered.

She really hated to think about this person all alone in the park at night for comfort. Especially on an empty stomach.

Deus smiled at the girl. "We're not really alone. We have each other, but that isn't much, I guess. Thinking about it, I don't really want parents. They didn't do too good a job with the ones at the orphanage, a lot of those kids are screwed up." He thought of himself, how badly he was screwed up. "But it's not long until I'm 18 and then I can leave and not have to worry about that any more!"

Nyx asked if he had eaten. "Oh, uhm, yeah. Before I came." Just then his stomach let out such a loud rumble, the earth could've shook. He looked at Nyx for a second and then laughed. "My body betrays me. I guess I'm hungrier than I thought," he said, trying to cover up his lie. "I don't want to put you out, but leftovers sound good." He stood from the swing, waiting for her to lead the way. "By the way, who is 'we'?"

Nyx laughed listening to him. She smiled happy to hear that he would eat but froolze when he asked her who 'we' were. She flinched taking a step back. What had she said? Did she let her scecret slip? "W-w-what? We? I…I mention my family and me…" She said remembering what she said calming down instantly.

"My mom and dad…" She aid forcing a shaky smile. She had to be more careful with what she said and how she said it otherwise… She gulpped rubbing her temples thinking.

The girl seemed to be shaken when Deus asked who she meant by "we". He had only mentioned it off-hand, not meaning to make a big deal out of it. She stepped back and put a hand to her forehead, mumbling something about her parents.

He smiled the most reassuring smile he could, and lightly placed a hand on her shoulder. "They won't mind you having a stranger come over in the middle of the night?" The fabric of her shirt rubbing against the raw skin on his palm made him realize what he had done. A chill raced through him. He dropped his hand and stepped away. He couldn't feel a difference in her, but that didn't mean a difference didn't occur.

Nyx gave a shaking smile. "Right…" She said the shuddered softly as he touched her. She felt a strong wave of dark energy push against her coming from him. It was strange and not something Nyx liked but it was easily pushed away using her own spirit to block it. Still she gave a soft sighed as he took his hand away.

She smiled softly answering his question. "No…they won't mind…but they aren't here anyway si it really is just up to me!" She gave a soft smile. Despite his weird energy and his now seeable dark aura she still trusted him. He hadn't done anything to physically harm her yet so she wasn't too worried. And he didn't seem the kidnapping or raping kind so Nyx decided to take her chances. Besides he needed some food and she couldn't in good consience ignore that.

Nyx shuddered and Deus looked away. He could now see that she felt his darkness pass through her, and he waited, wondering what hatred would spill forth from her small frame. But she smiled, saying her parents weren't home and it was up to her. He looked at her in surprise. How interesting. She had pushed away the darkness. A small smile spread across his lips as he wondered how much she could resist before she broke.

He shook his head. Such evil thoughts, and he didn't like them. He took a deep breath. "I would love something to eat, thank you for the offer. Lead the way!"

Nyx smiled at him. The uneasy feelig quickly gone as she began to walk through the woods back to her house. She checked back to see if he was following. She smiled seeing him. Turnig her thousts to the previously felt darkness she wondered for a whole who what and wher it could have come from. She frowned thinking as she ducked under a branch. Smiling when she saw her home.

"Here we are home sweet home!" She said with a smile showing it off. She went to the back door unlocking it lookig back at Deus, "Come on in!"

Deus followed Nyx through the woods to her house. It was close to the city, but the trees gave it a cut-off feeling. He felt immediately at ease. She unlocked the back door and showed him inside. He removed his shoes, feeling more like himself without them, and began wandering the house freely. After a brief self-guided tour of the living room, bathroom, and dining room, he entered the kitchen and sat down at the table, grinning. "So, what's for dinner?"

Nyx chuckled watching him as he wandered. She smiled as she took the left overs out. "Let's see…Steak patatoes, corn, chicken and tuna…" She said takig them out with a smile, "So what do you want?" She asked taking out two plates watching him.