" See you tomorrow, Genki-chan!"

The phrase echoed and was repeated by many people that day. Genki, as that was her name, had already grown tired of it. She was exhausted from hours and hours of repeated smiling and waving, agreeing with others on who was being a bitch and who wasn't. Walking home, Genki sighed, " A~ah, I wish that I could have spent a bit of time by myself during lunch. I mean, they...they could have given me some time alone..."

Opening the door to her 3 floor house, Genki stepped in, and walked up the stairs towards her room. Plopping into a comfy couch with her laptop, she started to work on her homework that had been assigned. All of a sudden, a message popped up onto her screen. " Huh? What could this be?" she asked herself, confused.

__ Mari O. Nette has Entered the Room.

Even more confused than before, Genki tapped her screen lightly, wondering what it was. And suddenly everything went black as Genki Alice was pulled into her laptop.

(( You guys can make up where she lands, I don't really care. XD ))

Taking a small quick look around the area that Vixen, Inuyami along with himself were standing in. Tenshi landed his gaze onto Inuyami in the end before shrugging his shoulders to her question if they had seen Garrie or Carrie around. "We kind of just made it here, just like you. So where Garrie..or Carrie, I'm not even sure which to call him or her anymore. Either way, we haven't seen him around so far. Me and Vixen were planning on going to the camp to see if thats where he was." Tenshi explained, they needed Garrie's help the most out of anyone throughout this entire virtual world since he seemed to be the only ally they had that had been in this world the longest; other than VIRUS and Shin at least. Right as Tenshi was about to take a step toward the direction to the camp once again, both of his eyes flung open from hearing the godly booming voice call out; saying that another new member had just entered The Room. Quickly turning his gaze toward the sky, Tenshi had realized that it seemed everytime they had entered the virtual world, they fell from the sky. It hadn't taken him long to see a figure off in the distance in the sky falling as he pointed straight up toward the figure. "Um, should we help that person? Or do you think they'll be okay falling like that?"

Kneeling within the throne room as usual, Shin had his head down and arms crossed. His orders were still being awaited by his master; VIRUS. The way he had stood in one spot without moving in such a long period of time was almost as though he were a statue within the darkness. With the new fond powers that his master had given him, his condition wasn't as bad as it normally was. He would still need to take his medication but not as much as he normally would take it. When VIRUS had reentered the room, Shin remained silent the whole time to listen to his next orders. Before long, being told that he was going to be on a stealth mission of not being seen but keeping an eye on the new visitors within The Room as well as that Cat-like man. Shin gave a simple nod before uncrossing his arms. "Yes..sire." was all that was heard from his lips before his entire body was enveloped in darkness. Speeding right out of the hideout and straight toward where the abandoned Snugger's cave was. Shin was wise enough not to question his master's orders on why he'd want the Cat-like man and new visitors to find an entrance toward his master's hideout.

Vixen shook her head."I'm just hoping he...or she, is ok." She said.just then, the voice sounded and a figure fell from the sky."unless they have wings, I think we should help.actually, even if they have wings we should help, as they're not likely to know how to use them." She added.

She was falling, falling, falling. Genki couldn't grasp what was happening to her. One second she was in her room, and the next...she was here. Through her darkened vision, she could barely make out white hair whipping around her...and were those strings? Unable to focus her vision, Genki dropped through the sky, and landed on the ground, a crack sounding in the air.

This time, she really did black out, her limbs splayed in every which way, as they no longer had a skeleton inside to hold them together.

Without waiting for the others, Vixen ran towards the fallen figure."what the hell?!" She said when she saw the person."hey, are you ok? Hello? Hello?"

She didn't stir, her eyes still closed. Although Genki faintly heard a voice exclaiming something, the world was muffled and dark. She didn't want to wake up. At this point in her life, Genki just wanted to fade away...

But she didn't. Couldn't. Instead, her now red eyes decided to open. " Huh?" she mumbled, " Who are you?" Genki still couldn't make out the blurry figure that stood over her.

Inuyami rushed over to Vixen and the new girl, Mari O'nette was it? She pause, looking at the sprawled seemingly lifeless body. A knot tied her stomach and she swallowed hard once as she stepped closer. Reaching out, Inuyami had almost made contact when suddenly, as if someone had flicked a switch, the girls eyes opened and she came back to life.

"AH-EEEEY!" Inuyami squeeked a squeel of surprise before falling on her rump and scooting herself backwards into Teshi's legs. The panic subsided quickly and Inuyami's racing heart settled in her chest. "Oh good, she's okay." The dog girl looked behind her and fallowed the black panted legs up to find Tenshi's face looking down onto her. "OOPs..." Frantic again she stood and appologised.

Looking up at the figure of someone falling from the high height, Tenshi was debating on flying up there and rescuing the person. Unfortunately enough for him, he hadn't decided quick enough. The figure, whoever that was had landed heavily upon the ground. Seeing Vixen and Inuyami rush immediately over toward the figure, with his own obvious thoughts of going over toward the person. Tenshi rushed over toward them as well to see if everything was okay. Stopping right by the person; it looked as though it was a female that had what looked like strings attached to her limbs and joints. Tilting his head curiously, when Inuyami suddenly screamed out loud from noticing that the lifeless-like body suddenly moved. All he could do was watch as she backed up to his legs. Just hearing her apologize quickly many times, Tenshi just shook his head softly. "No need to apologize." he replied before walking around her and kneeling right by the body that was on the ground. "Hey, you okay?" He asked the newcomer, it was rather strange to see that the girl had fallen from such a height and landed yet still looked like she was just fine. Whether she was going to become an enemy or ally at this point, it was only natural for someone to come and ask if they were alright.

Within simply a couple of minutes, Shin was already right outside of the abandoned Snugger's cave. That was exactly when he had heard the loud booming voice of someone entering the virtual world. A light sigh of annoyance escaped his lips as he turned his head to look up at the empty sky. "One of these days, when master becomes the ruler of both this realm and the human realm. Whoever keeps doing those idiotic entrance voice, will be eliminated instantly." He spoke to himself before looking back toward the entrance into the Snugger's cave. Clasping his hands together, a strange shadowy blob came out of the ground to form another clone of Shin himself. Just like the blood clones, the clone looked exactly like him. "Go." He pointed into the abandoned Snugger's cave before the shadowy clone went bolting inside. Thanks to the cave being nearly completely dark, the clone was able to dash throughout the cave rapidly as well as staying unseen.

Genki blinked groggily, looking up again. There were humanoid figures staring back down at her, so she figured they were humans. Well, Genki, or rather Mari, was wrong. What were these things? An angel? " Am..am I in hell?" asked Mari, confused as she stood up, " Why would an angel be in hell..." Then she noticed the other strange creatures surrounding her. " What..what are you?"

Mari then felt a hollow sound as her leg clacked against the other." Wh-what?"she asked herself, bewildered, " More importantly, what am I?" Her brown hair had faded to a sheer white, and her eyes changed into a deep scarlet. Strings that were nearly transparent hung down from her back, trailing downwards.

"This place is called 'The Room'." Inuyami said now fully reclaiming herself. Her right ear twitched from the emptiness that cracked where her bones once were. This girl moved in ways simmilar to a childish puppet show she'd watched as a kid and the strings only confirmed Inuyami's imagination. "It's a digital realm where your body, for whatever reason, changes when you enter. My name is Inuyami, and the best words to discribe me, I guess, would be humanoid-dog-demon. This is Tenshi and Vixen." She introduced the other's who'd come to Mari's aid but would allow them to give their oppinions on The Room, it's strange powers, or what their form portrayed.

Vixen stepped forward and bowed."nice to meet you.I would be described as a kitsune demon.my personal belief is that our appearance in The Room reflects our true inner selves in some way.your appearance as a puppet, and the name Mari O. Nette...you make of that what you will.it's a clever name, though.I wonder who chooses our names here? Maybe Garrie knows." She said, her tone friendly."um...can you stand up at all?" She asked, suddenly concerned.

" The...the Room? A digital realm? This is all so confusing..." said Mari, " Um..hi, Tenshi, and Vixen..i-it's nice to meet you too..."

The thought of being a puppet made her freeze. " I..I'm a puppet?" she mumbled to herself, " I..I can't be one..I...I..." as Mari's voice trailed off, she wanted to cry. Was her true self going to be revealed. Feeling a tear run down her cheek, Mari reached up to wipe it away, only to find out that it wasn't there. It was just a ghost of a tear. This puppet couldn't cry. She was hollow inside.

Shakily, Mari stood up, still feeling upset, but her face wouldn't show it. " Yeah, I can stand."

Listening to the first words from the newcomer, hearing the question that she had asked on if she was in hell. His eyes immediately flung open widely only to listen toward her question about why an angel would be in hell. Looking back at his black-feathered wings for a moment he turned his attention right back toward the new female, he was prepared to explain at least the fact that she wasn't in hell before introducing himself. However, that was quickly taken care of thanks to Inuyami. Having herself introduce who she was than introducing the names of both himself and Vixen. He bowed softly toward the female in respects of first meeting someone as many other people did within Japan. "Greetings, as you know now, my name is Tenshi; or as what this realm seems to consider me as at least. To put it close enough to what I am, I would guess you could call me an angel. However, with the color of my wings..if I know my history right. These wouldn't be any ordinary holy angel you'd expect. From what I know, these would consider me a fallen." Tenshi had explained, only to hear the light breaking of the girl's voice before seeing her touch her own face. Curious on why she had done so as well as unaware of her mental tear. Tenshi couldn't do anything but tilt his head in curiousity. "Are you alright?"

(I'll post for Shin when we all get back together. o.o since I got no idea what to put anymore @[email protected]; )

Vixen nodded."alright Mari.we're headed to the forest to meet our friend Garrie.or Carrie." She stopped for a moment, confused."either way, if you want to come with us, you can, or you can explore or do whatever you want.it's up to you, really." She said kindly, wanting to give the girl her own choice.

"..but it is dangerous to be out here alone." Inuyami made sure to add quickly to Vixen's statement. "There are monster's here. I was attacked when I was alone.." She trailed off as she tought of the walooga pack that chased her clear across The Room. "Also there was this thing that attacked us all. We lost a friend that day, I don't think you should be alone, especially if you don't know your powers yet."

" A..a fallen?" asked Mari, " Ah good. So I'm not in hell after all." Breathing a sigh of relief, Mari smiled a little. Or at least she thought she smiled. At this point, she wasn't sure what was real, and what wasn't. " Me? Oh, I'm fine," said Mari.

" Um..I'd like to stick with a group," she replied, as being in a group was her forte. " I...I have powers?"

Inuyami nodded her head, excited like a child to explain what she meant when she told Mari that she had powers.

"Yea, like these." Inuyami said, lifting her right hand, palm up to the sky. In a moment a small ball of light began to grow in the center of her hand. It got to the size of a softball and hovered in mid air just above her skin. "I can use energy blasts like this. I've also found I'm rather fast and can feel where people are. Sometime I feel like I've moved things threw my will but I'm not sure if it was just this place or not." Inuyami giggled as the energy in her palm dissapeared, returning itself to her chi flow. "It took me almost dying to figure all these out though." She added trying not to sound like a brag or stuck up.

"That's...so cool," whispered Mari. " I wonder if my powers have to do with the um..strings attached to me..."

Holding up her arms, nearly clear threads could be seen attached to her joints. " Ah...I look totally different, don't I?" she asked, touching her white hair, " Don't worry..In real life, I'm not albino, like this..."

(( Sorry short posts, multitasking..))

Vixen smiled."I'm not really a redhead." She said."my powers have alot to do with shadows, along with speed, strength, etc.I think I also have some fire abilities, but I still need to practice." She added, letting herself turn into a shadow to show what she meant."alright, if we're all in agreement, we might as well get going.Garrie will be waiting, I think."

Listening to the three females speak with one another, Tenshi simply nodded in agreement toward Inuyami's statement on it being dangerous to venture around this virtual world alone. "Indeed, walking around here on your own would be nearly just getting yourself killed." When the fact of them losing a friend was brought up, Tenshi couldn't help but just sigh quietly to himself before looking down toward the floor. Even though he had met his dead Raven as well as parents when he was unconscious, just remembering that he was dead still brought back a bit of sadness in his heart. Although, it wasn't as bad as it was when he first saw his raven die in battle. Once Mari had decided to join the group to go toward the camp in hopes to find either Garrie or Carrie there, hearing her question about her having powers and watching as Inuyami showed her own power. Tenshi chuckled quietly only to watch as Vixen explained as well as showed her own powers as another example. "Alright you guys, we don't want to keep Garrie or Carrie waiting too long for us. Let's get going." Tenshi blurted out randomly, he didn't want to really speak about his own power too much since to him. His dark power almost seemed to scare himself as well, not to mention he wasn't in complete full control of it just yet. Having it lose control randomly would probably be the worst thing that could happen.

Nodding with agreement, Inuyami stood next to Mari as Tenshi and Vixen lead the way to Garrie's camp. If something should attack them from behind, Inuyami would be ready and would fight it off to protect the under-experianced new girl. In no time, the small group had made it to the camp site to find Garrie speaking with a fairy male and white kitsune eared girl. Two new arrivals? When did they get here?

"Garrie." Inuyami said to the cat eared man. "We're back. Who are our new friends?"

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The sound of Tenshi, Vixen, Inuyami and Mari getting closer to the camp had been making Garrie nervous. Sitting on the long logs with Sera and Hunter, he knew that if Shin or any other monster attacked, he'd be solely resopcible for their lives. Relief washed over him when he way the sun glint off from Tenshi's glassed.

"Welcome back." Garrie said. He stood up and welcomed them all back. "This is Sera and Hunter, they entered a few hours ago. That must be Mari O. Nette." Garrie said remembering the name that had boomed out of the sky a little before hand.

" Yeah, I'm Mari," she said, bowing a little to this...Garrie person, " It's nice to meet you."
Mari seemed calm on the outside, but on the inside, she was a jumble of thoughts. What powers do I have? How should I know if they're powers? I'm scared if they'll hurt people...I'm scared...scaredscaredscaredscaredscared... Maybe the fear was visible in her eyes, but to her, it was all inside.

Vixen smiled."hey, Garrie.you're better I see.hello Sera and Hunter.I'm Vixen." She said, happy to see her friend doing well.

Hunter jumped up and ran to shake the hands of the newcomers."hi there! I'm hunter, and I'm a Fae in this world.you're all neat lookin! Are you a puppet? Ye seem scared." he chattered happily.

Vixen found herself smiling in confusion and amusement at the Fae boy.be reminded her quite a bit of a puppy."um...hi there..."

" I..I'm a puppet..I think..." replied Mari hesitantly, " A Fae, huh? That's quite..interesting."

Me? Afraid? Th-there's no way... Even Mari herself was denying her fear. " N-no, I'm n-not afraid..at least I don't think so.." Of course that was a lie. But at this point, Mari wasn't sure what was a lie, and what was truth.

Hunter tilted his head."a puppet is interesting.it seems odd, though.you seem like you have the potential to be more." He said thoughtfully.when she said she wasn't scared, he raised an eyebrow but let it go."ok, as long as you're sure."

Vixen watched and smiled warmly."there's no reason to be scared.if you ever are scared or upset, though, we're all here for you.we're all in this together, so we have to be there for eachother.you can come to me if you need to." She said kindly.