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isola-affiliated, non-indie-friendly norman from the promised neverland.

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hello everyone!   I’m the mun of this blog, you can call me 𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙽𝙰 (he/him pronouns please).

I was born in 1999, so do the math to figure out my age if you want, but I’m 21+.

I’ve been rping on forums since 2012, and on tumblr since around 2015. I also write chell from portal here in Spirale city, and you can find her here.

I’m autistic and hella anxious, so I’m not the best at ooc chatting but I try! I really wanna make friends in the group and write some cool plots with you all.

English is my first language, but I’m a linguistics nut so I’m usually in the process of working on learning others. Currently, I also can read and write Spanish semi-fluently, and hoping to expand further in the future.

I’m a music composition major in my last semester, I’m taking a light load of classes though, so I’ll probably be on here a lot!

Please read norman’s pages and my rules before following. Mobile users can find them here.

Looking forward to meeting and writing with everyone!

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baddestdangerboy​:

Must be nice, having hope that hasn’t been squashed for years into something brutally realistic. 

He smirks back just a little in return.

“Oh you don’t like putting mysteries together like Scooby Doo?” Who doesn’t! “You can do pretty much whatever. Go to school, start a business, get a part time job…it’s almost normal.” 

Badou wasn’t kidding when he says they’re almost content to watch people live their lives. “Again, in between all the weird stuff that happens.”

IT ISN’T TO SAY THAT   Norman doesn’t enjoy piecing together mysteries-- he’s simply spent a fair bit of his time here already doing that. And perhaps, if he begins to involve himself in whatever life the ones in charge want him to live, he’ll in turn learn more. 

Right now, he just simply doesn’t have a lot to go off of. As urgent as it is, he knows he won’t get far without more information. 

“ huh... so it’s just like living in the human world, ”   he muses thoughtfully. He supposes he can try some things that he hasn’t had a chance to try there yet... Or maybe new things. 

“ well, then i guess i’ll just have to figure out something to keep me busy while i’m gathering more data, then. ”

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dynadubwool​:

Felt stretches out his neck a bit more to get a better whiff of the stranger. ‘I’m not going to hurt you’ - if he were a Dubwool again, chances are that’d be the case whether this human was bad or not. Alas, he’s been reverted to his original form - small, unassuming, and weak. He’s still a bit miffed about somehow forgetting every move he’s ever learned aside from Tackle and Growl.

There’s nothing he can do about it right now, anyways. He moves away from the hand and does a full body shake, stray fur flying off. The human doesn’t attempt to pet him or get up and leave, they just… kneel there. Waiting.

A question, this time: ‘where’s your owner’? They aren’t trying to get him alone, are they? The Pokemon watches the other carefully, considers them. They continue to wait, still. Hmm. Maybe they’re just curious. They seem nice enough, and he can’t sense anything wrong with them…

Felt lets out a soft bleat, nodding towards the door Hop went through. “Beh.” (My Trainer’s in there.) He sits down with a yawn, before adding on, “beh, baa.” (I’m waiting for him to come back with food.) A hoof is tapped against the ground a few times.

NORMAN DOESN’T SPEAK SHEEP,   but he’s able to get some idea of what the creature means-- it seems a bit more sentient than he would have thought. As far as he knows, sheep don’t understand what people are saying to them. So maybe it isn’t a sheep, and just looks like one? 

“ they went in there? ”   he asks to confirm, pointing toward the door that the Pokémon had pointed towards. 

Norman figures it’s probably a good idea to wait and ask permission before trying to touch him. Besides, the little creature seems to still be somewhat nervous of the boy’s presence. 

So he withdraws his hand. Since it seems like he’s understood, he gives a little bit of a smile and adds,   “ that’s okay, i’ll wait for them then. ”

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thelostvessel​:

Definitely not too offensive; if anything, xey were simply quite interested in knowing if they could ever find out about these creatures that apparently looked similar to how xey did. Maybe they were born and made from the void as well. The vessel nodded in understanding after the explanation was finished, only beginning to sign again after a few moments of stillness.

‘Can you tell me stories about your world? I never got to see much of mine.’

HE FROWNS THOUGHTFULLY   in response to the request. Of course, he doesn’t remember too many happy stories from his old world, considering that the time he had spent there without being caught up in the fabricated reality of Grace Field House was spent in constant fear and urgency, but he’s able to think of something nonetheless-- the very end. Even with his own unwillingness to see good in the Demons, his opinions had changed. 

“ well, ”   he begins,   “ when i was born, the world was ruled by a corrupt queen and her nobles. she controlled her people through fear, and kept us humans as cattle. these people, demons, would change depending on what they ate-- the more intelligent their ‘food,’ the more intelligent the demons-- and vice versa. Without a steady supply, they would lose their minds. ”

He figures the story might need a bit of explanation-- not everyone knew the way things worked. 

“ so the queen and nobles controlled the supply, and both the demons and the humans were unable to do anything about it. but there was one girl who never devolved-- and her blood allowed others to keep their sanity as well. because she was a threat to the queen’s power, she was hunted for hundreds of years. but in the end, she defeated the queen and saved demonkind, and my friends and i saved the humans and crossed over to the human world. and now, after a thousand years, both worlds are at peace. ”

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moondemi-goddess​:

“Demons in this world might not always look how yours might have in your world; there are even humans that might as well be demons around here.” She tried avoiding those types of people if possible; of course she thought that now without considering the two people she made her friends. Those two were different though; they were like that solely by circumstance and she knew despite how they wanted to seem they couldn’t be truly bad. If they were she wouldn’t be alive right now.

“Humans have forgotten about the gods and decided they didn’t need them anymore a long time ago; I can’t speak for them really being as I’m only half but I do know there was a time many of the gods didn’t see a problem protecting the humans.”

They had even formed connections with the humans; some marrying a human while others just bred with them. “Perhaps it’s just because I have human in me that I don’t enjoy seeing them suffer; or perhaps I’m really just trying to be some sort of hero like an annoying cousin of mine.” Definitely not that one. 

“I do hope I’m not holding you up from anything.”

HE NODS ALONG   to the explanation and warnings-- while he’d never encountered any sort of gods himself, and could only confirm the existence of One, he supposes it’s not altogether impossible for there to be others. Different worlds must have different sorts of rules and inhabitants and rulers. 

“ my concerns are mostly about the demons that come from the world i was born into, ”   he explains then,   “ they aren’t quite the same as the ones in mythologies... they’re more just a different species-- but, having read about others, i’ll have to say that i’m thankful for help in keeping them away. ”

Especially because it seemed that many of those mythological demons had powers similar to His, and were far more difficult to kill than just piercing them through the optic nerve. 

Norman shakes his head in response to her concerns.   “ not at all-- i have homework, but it will take me only a few minutes to do. It’s all quite simple, you know? ”

Perhaps not to the average kid his age, but he’s already learned most of what he’s being taught currently, and the new things are picked up instantaneously. 

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baddestdangerboy​:

Well, where 20 people have decided to just make the best of this situation, there are at least 20 more who putter away to try and get to the bottom of this. Norman’s just another one of those. 

But Badou won’t hold his breath. They’ve only been fed morsels all this time, and with this many people coming and going. Well, you never know. 

“I’m Badou. Nice to meet you, I guess,” he says, mouth quirking a little. 

He hopes, for Norman’s sake, if he does put a slow-down on trying to figure it all out, he doesn’t get too discouraged. That it doesn’t drag him to rock bottom.

HE’S NOT EXPECTING ANY SORT OF   ease in this endeavour. From what he’s seen so far it seems that the people in charge of this place are quite dead-set on not letting their captives know much at all. There’s no delusions here, he’s well aware that it’ll be difficult. But he’s confident that, eventually, he’ll be able to figure it out. 

He just hopes that he can do so before something terrible happens. 

“ i guess, ”   he responds in kind, but there’s a little bit of a smirk on his face as he does so. He tilts his head a little.   “ now, what all is there to do around here? besides trying to piece together the place’s mysteries. ”

Even he doesn’t mind some relaxation and recreation sometimes. 

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baddestdangerboy​:

It’s not a bad theory, and really, none of them know for sure. When they wake up here they just, wake up. There doesn’t appear to be anyone who’s seen it happen right in front of them. Or if they just show up out of the blue out of thin air. 

“That’s plausible,” he says slowly, wonderingly. “But I don’t think we come from that hole. I’m sure some people have tried to go down there, and I don’t know of anyone who’s gone so far down….and come back up.”

Maybe they inevitably fall…maybe they’re sent back home in that moment…maybe they give up? He doesn’t know. And as curious as Badou is, he wouldn’t try it without some real preparation. 

IT REALLY ISN’T   a lot of information to go by. Norman would like to know more before trying to descend the hole himself-- what he’s found out so far barely scratches the surface of possibilities, and he doesn’t think he’s confident enough to make any sort of attempt. So back to the information gathering, he supposes. 

It doesn’t seem like this person knows much more about this place and how they got here, so he offers a little smile,   “ well, hopefully we can find out somehow. i know i’m going to keep trying. my name is norman, by the way, yours? ”

He figures it’s probably best to introduce himself, after all, the man’s put up with his questioning for quite a bit now. 

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moondemi-goddess​:

No emotion showed on her face; if something had happened to that girl it would have been by her own fault. Still it wasn’t like Reina was getting anywhere telling him that, and somewhere deep down she had a feeling he knew the risk. Of course the longer she looked at him the more she could tell he’d been through hard times growing up; when he spoke of Emma he looked full of hope and when he mentioned the demons it quickly became opposite.

It wasn’t as if it was a surprise that such a thing would scare him; demons were the things of nightmares and the only reason Reina showed no fear at the mention of them was because she knew a demon wouldn’t voluntarily come to her side. 

“Norman.” She interrupted; she was unsure of what she was doing. It wasn’t as if Reina had some attachment to these children, additionally she had no need to explain herself to him. “You and Emma will be safe here; gods are pretty good about warding those things off. Luckily enough your roommate is among them; just don’t do anything too stupid and I’ll keep the nightmares away. Free of charge.”

BEING PROTECTED AND CARED FOR   is something he hasn’t felt since before he learned of the true intended fate of himself and his adopted siblings. Since then, he’s been the one to protect-- where he can-- and to lead, and to struggle and theorise. He doesn’t recall what it means to be a child, under the care of another. Sure, in the human world he has a guardian, but the man is also the guardian of thousands of other children-- not really a parent figure, and besides, a part of the regime that the kids had fought against. 

This isn’t exactly like that by any means. He’s fallen too much into the role of parental figure himself to seek any out. But it makes him feel just a little bit warm inside nonetheless, and he gives a soft, yet sad smile in response. 

“ thank you, ”   he inclines his head thoughtfully,   “ i haven’t seen any of them since arriving here, it seems they must be fully confined to their own world. and though we know how to protect ourselves, we’re grateful for your help if they ever do show up. ”

Depending on the demon, they can be rather hard to kill at times. And Norman isn’t going to say no to the help of some sort of deity. 

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baddestdangerboy​:

That theory is honestly the one that makes the most sense to Badou– logically, anyway. People are fascinating, people from different worlds are just– astounding. Even now, every day, Badou sees something or someone he doesn’t expect. It’s interesting, it’s kind of cool.

You know if they weren’t being held against their will. 

Badou raises a brow though. That hold. The first thing he was pretty confused by when he’d arrived. 

“Yeah– maybe not exploration too deep but. It keeps going on and on and on. If you have a body to get rid of you now have a solution. Nothing can be retrieved from it as far as I know.”

NORMAN DOESN’T REALLY SEE   any situation in which he’ll have to get rid of a body, but he supposes it doesn’t hurt to know. Still, the ‘endlessness’ of that hole makes him even more convinced that it might have something to do with the predicament. 

“ i wonder how far down someone could go, ”   he wonders,   “ i was thinking that, perhaps somewhere down there is the gateway between worlds. it would make sense. since we all woke up next to it. ” 

Still, it seems like there isn’t a lot of information about how the got here available. Not much of a point to start off from. And, without someone who does know leaking something to them, it might be hard to gather information in the first place. This world seems to be designed to keep its’ trapped inhabitants from discovering too much about it.

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moondemi-goddess​:

She wondered why they had referred to themselves as such as thing as stars, were they actually divine beings. Honestly it wouldn’t be to surprising if they were considering what she had seen them capable of in her time here. She was thrust into a time of youth immediately after coming here, and then she got to deal with four strange islands; she had only occupied two herself. 

Her concern did grow though when he mentioned how they were hunted as food; the gods certainly didn’t consider humans food choosing to be vegetarians most often. And as far as she was aware most humans didn’t eat other humans, which could only mean these people were in another world with the monsters of the underworld.

This thought was only confirmed when he mentioned Emma making a promise with the demons god. “That was foolish.” She spoke out bluntly, even she knew better than to try and make a deal with a devil. “You can’t trust anything they say, there’s a reason they are banished from the world of gods and humans. I am surprised your friend is still alive, usually the one’s that go to those creatures voluntarily are killed off right away.” 

THERE’S A LITTLE FROWN,   and Norman shakes his head.   “ there really wasn’t anything else we could do. Besides, Emma is smart. If anyone could make a promise with Him and have it turn out okay, it’s her. It was the only way for us to leave... she just told us that it would be okay. ”

And we believed her. Even though, when they’d woken up, she wasn’t there with them. They’d looked for months-- Norman had never even considered the possibility that she’d be sent somewhere else. After all, didn’t that go against the promise’s terms? 

It’s all very confusing, this place, while he’s sure it’s ultimately understandable, is an anomaly in all that he knows. He’ll be glad when he has some greater understanding of this place. At least, he’ll feel much more secure. 

“ if i find out anything more about the stars or how to get home, i’ll tell you, ”   he adds,   “ i’m going to keep trying to research. it’s hard to find any information at all, though. ”

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baddestdangerboy​:

Badou’s been over and over and over this kind of thought process, for years. It’s all commonplace to him, as somber and sincere as a lullaby. 

As it usually ends up being for Badou, sending him to sleep. Norman’s next question has him quieting. A pang shoots through his heart. Do they suddenly disappear…

“Yeah. All the time. But they’re sent back home. We know that’s usually the case, from when some are inevitably brought back here.”

Another habit that’s happened over and over again. And it always hurts the same way– of leaving, of being abandoned, of not knowing if they really went back, if they remember–

THAT AFFIRMATION IS   enough to set the alarm bells ringing in Norman’s head, but then, curiously, it seems that the disappearances may be more innocent than he might think. Frown only deepens. He’s been there, he’s experienced a false utopia with horrors awaiting outside, but if they’re returning home-- and coming back later-- then something else must be going on. 

Now he’s just more confused than when he started. So it must be some kind of experiment, then.   “ maybe the ‘stars’ found out about the existence of multiple worlds, figured out how to travel to them, and decided to find out how inhabitants of different worlds would live with each other? ”

Query aired more to himself than the other, but a thought nonetheless. So far, that would line up with the data, but there isn’t enough data to bring about a proper conclusion. 

Oh! There’s a thought, he hadn’t asked about this yet.   “ have you ever looked into that massive hole in the middle of the city? or do you know anyone who’s tried to explore it? ”

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moondemi-goddess​:

“From what I’ve read about it not much is known other than it’s seemingly endless.” She would warn him about getting to close but it felt pointless, he looked smart enough to understand that himself. Still should someone push another down she wondered if a bottom would ever be located or if the person would spend eternity falling down. 

“It’s a well formulated trap here, do you think it would be as simple as finding the meaning behind that hole for us to return?” It was a genuine question, because if that was the case her interest may be reignited in it.

“Can you be so sure she wanted to go to the humans world then? I hope you don’t take offense to it, but the mortal world isn’t exactly the best place to be either.” Being born into the gods world she had been given multiple opinions of the human world; most turning out to be more factual than opinion. “Humans are dangerous; when they see something they don’t understand they either resort to killing it or trying to capture it.” She did of course speak from experience.

Her eyes did narrow slightly at his question though her middle finger on her right hand rubbing against the pointer. “A gift, something my mother gave me before I got here. It’s my only connection to my home.”

ENDLESS, THEY SAY?   Norman isn’t really sure how anything can be completely endless. Certainly, it could go on for kilometres and kilometres below the surface, but it must have an end at some point... right? He’ll have to do more research into it. He wonders if anyone’s tried going down it before, and, if they have, how to find them. 

“ no, i doubt it will be simple, ”   he agrees, shaking his head.   “ but that doesn’t mean impossible. with enough data, i’m sure we could beat these stars at their own game. maybe the hole wouldn’t be the key, but i’m sure we could probably learn something from it. ”

The boy frowns, then, at her next words.   “ no, that’s not it at all. of course she did, we all were planning on going together. of course we didn’t expect the human world to be perfect, but at least there we wouldn’t be hunted as food, ”   he responds, expression serious.  “ it was emma’s idea, really. she made a promise with the demons’ god to let us cross over... being separated from us must have been the price of that promise. ”

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baddestdangerboy​:

Well, they guy doesn’t seem frightened. He seems downright calm, calculating even. He’s running through all these little bits of information, categorizing them and saving them for later. What Badou did, once upon a time, upon arrival.

“Don’t understand what the point is, us being in here like an ant farm. Unless they’re studying how we live. They’re scientists, but I have the feeling they aren’t exactly human. Especially since it’s all…data related.”

So are they in the Matrix? Probably.

“I don’t know. I don’t think in person, closely.”

THE SPECULATION IS A LITTLE UNNERVING.   Once before having been seen as less than a person, once before being some kind of experiment, the possibility that something similar might be going on here is a thought that Norman isn’t exactly fond of entertaining. 

Still, it could certainly be worse, unless it is. He wouldn’t be surprised if there were an altogether more nefarious motive underlying it all. It would just be typical, after all. 

Thoughtful expression still settled on his features, he  notes,   “ well, if that’s the case, and they’re just observing how we live, then we should be somewhat safe for awhile, right? aside from the disasters, of course. have any of us ever disappeared? left this place, or otherwise were just there one day and gone the next? ”

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@patientprincess​​ sent:  ❝You look like you need someone to talk to.❞

HE’S DEEP IN THOUGHT,   running questions and analytics through his mind as he sits beneath the shade of the massive tree in the city’s Cotes Ward. Puzzling over what he’s learned about this place so far, and the pieces still missing. 

The words catch him off guard, and he jumps a bit, glancing toward the source of them, leaning back slightly onto his hands. 

“ oh-- i was just thinking. about the city, ”   he replies. He’s met different kinds of people-- some seem as curious and apprehensive as he, others quite content to live here. Norman supposes it might have something to do with their lives before, but he doesn’t intend to pry for any more information than is offered up. Yet. Someday, perhaps. 

A gentle breeze ruffles his hair, and he takes a deep breath, exhaling slowly.   “ it’s nice out today, isn’t it? ”

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moondemi-goddess​:

Initially she had no interest in knowing who this person was, and was prepared to spend the rest of her life without knowing him. However, we he mentioned something about being born into a world separated from the humans world he had most definitely gained her attention. 

“Seems we have a similarity there.” She commented; there was no barrier separating her home from the humans word but if the humans had ever gained the ability to travel to the moon finding the kingdom would prove a daunting task. “I’ll admit I haven’t gone near that strange hole in the ground as of yet; I feel rather uneasy when I think about it.” Could it really be an endless hole, or was there something lurking beneath? She wasn’t foolish enough to find out.

“Convenient that you live in the same residence as her then.” Something told her that his searching for her might not have been for a good cause. Then again she’d grown close to several people the outside world would consider bad, what was another. “Those stars stole something from me, and I can’t say I’m fond of certain things being taken like that.” She spoke low obviously not fond of them herself.

SHE ISN’T WRONG.   There’s definitely something strange about the hole. Norman’s gone over to take a look at it a few times. He’d woken up next to it, so that would be the most likely candidate for where the gateway between worlds would be, right? And he’s particularly interested in finding out what he can about that.   “ i’ve been to look at it a few times, ”   he speaks aloud,   “ it is a little uneasy, you’re right-- but i hope that if i learn more about it i could learn more about how we came here. and maybe how to get back. ”

Though, this place doesn’t seem too bad, provided it wasn’t all an illusion. 

Fond smile returns to his face a little at her musing.   “ i suppose it is, but i’d have to say i’m rather happy about it. we were all supposed to escape to the human world together, but emma wasn’t with the rest of us when we arrived... i’ve... i’ve missed her. ”   But now she’s here, and even though they’re in a strange place with plenty of new mysteries, at least there’s that. 

Though he frowns a little at her confession.   “ they stole something? ”   he queries.   “ do you mind if i ask what? ”

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thelostvessel​:

Well, now the vessel’s curiosity was piqued. Cocking xyr head to the side ever so-slightly, they began to sign again.

‘Really? What kind of creatures do I look like? Are we really all from different worlds?’ To be honest, they had just kinda assumed that while this place itself wasn’t anywhere in or near Hallownest, that they were all at least from one world. There had to be more than just one fallen kingdom in their own world, right?

…well, actually, most of xyr world was a bit of a wasteland. Not that xey would know that, having died in the Ancient Basin long before they could go explore beyond the edges of the kingdom…

Still, now that they thought about it, it made a lot more sense that they were from entirely separate planes of reality. After all, before being spirited away here, xey had never seen or heard of a human before.

WELL, HE DOUBTS   that the bug will take too kindly to being compared to a demon-- the term seems to have fairly negative connotations to those not from the demon world, and he wouldn’t want a misunderstanding. So, he simply replies,   “ i think we are. i’ve talked about it with several people, and there are discrepancies between all of our homes. of course, some of us are from the same world, but many are not.  the world i grew up in, was ruled by beings that looked a little bit like you-- mostly in the mask.”

Probably not too offensive.   “ but you’re a little different, so i wouldn’t say you’re the same. ”

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baddestdangerboy​:

Wait till he finds out there are countless more worlds out there waiting to have people snatched and dropped here. He’s going to flip. 

Now. What to bring up without, again, making him flip right away. 

“Uh, eternal darkness, things coming from other worlds trying to take over this one and kill us? Things like that.”

Again, so casual. Been there, done that. It’s really be awful every time but you know. Calm. Collected. 

As to why they were brought here? He waves a hand. 

“No idea why we were brought here specifically. If they have some alga-rhythm to pick and choose individuals…or if it’s just random. It’s all a game to them as far as I’m concerned.”

INSTEAD OF SEEMING FRIGHTENED,   he simply nods sagely in response to the examples given, closing the newspaper and slipping it into his messenger bag. It makes sense. If other worlds are anything like the ones he knows, opening borders between them could potentially be fairly disastrous. 

He’s taking it pretty well, but then again, the kid’s already been through a lot. 

“ them... the stars, i assume, ”   Thoughtful expression overtakes his features, chin in hand.   “ so they must have some sort of access to other worlds. a gateway of sorts, perhaps. but it seems like we’re all allowed to live out our lives as we wish for the most part, right? ”   Then again, no matter how pleasant an illusion might be, it was still an illusion. And this curious utopia of a place certainly seems like it may be. Norman’s determined to find out the truth about it.   “ has anyone ever met them? ”