Little Girl's Room

[Hydan]

**Hydan slowly opens his eyes, checking to see if the Captain is still there.** You're dreaming. It's okay, you're just dreaming, Hydan. Wake up now. **He scrunches his eyes shut, waits a moment, then re-opens them.**

Okay. I guess not. **He says to himself. He decides to heed the skeleton's advice. Slowly getting to his knees, Hydan pushes himself up to a standing position. Now for the standing on the ground part. He tries to push himself towards the ground, and can manage a few inches, but still can't actually touch the floorboards.** D*** it! ** He says a little louder.**

**Suddenly feeling rather self conscious, Hydan looks sheepishly at his spectators. He floats right back up now that he's no longer trying to lower himself.** Wait, why is this happening? Did you say I... I died?

[Marcescens]

The Captain looked at the floating specture calmly. This hasn't been the first time he'd have to explain, and it definitely won't be the last.

"Unfortunatly yes." The Captain blinked his simpathy. "This is the Nevermore House, and it's where all us ghosts and creatures stay. You must have been awakened, and now here you are." He watched Hydan for a little while, a half smile beginning to spread across his face.

"The walking part will come in a while, most likely. You'll get a hang of moving about. But I must ask you," He said, getting serious. "You cannot tell anyone of this house and who lives in it. You're more then welcome to stay and go as you see fit, but you mustn't tell anyone about the Nevermore House. They'll come and destroy the old mansion and we'd be forced to move away."

((OOC: Ugh that was a bad post. XD))

[Hydan]

**Hydan zones out after the words 'Unfortunately, yes.' Dead? Me? The ghost stares through his boots and into the floor, trying to remember what his last memories are. Something about a horse.... But right as he's about to remember the memory runs away again. Too tired and overwhelmed to try to remember more, Hydan looks listlessly at the Captain.** Where am I?

[Marcescens]

The Captain smiled, a boney half smile. This was a question most asked. He calmly put his hands in his coat pockets.

"You are in the twon of Seabrook, in the upstairs hallway of the Nevermore Mansion. You have, well, floated up into Little Girl's room. She came and told me and here you stand, or float, in the hallways right now."

[Hydan]

Okay.... **Hydan tries to scratch his head thoughtfully, but his hand goes right through his skull. The ghost pauses for a moment, not realizing what's going on, then screams in surprise. Yanking his hand out of his head, Hydan stares at it for a moment. This is going to take some getting used to, I guess.** So... Nevermore Mansion, huh? Wow. What.... year is this?

[Marcescens]

The Captain of the Dead frowns as he watched the ghost adapt to his new 'figure', you could say. It was easy enough for him atleast; the Captain had to go through some serious jigsaw puzzle work to piece himself back together. Not to mention he was picking sand bits from his old joints for ages.

He frowns at Hydan and removes a hand from his pocket to rub his chin thoughfully.
"Actually," He says honestly. "I haven't kept myself up to date really. I'd imagine we're somewhere in the 21st Century though. It has bene an awefuly long time."

[Moss]

2010... **M-13 growls in her usual guttural tone. Stalking out from behind the Captain, she stares down this new ghost. He looked like the others... and smelled just as bad. Finally deciding she'll just have to wait to make up her mind, she crouches down into something like a sitting position, hoping to look a little less frightening. The skeleton wasn't scared of her, but these two ghosts... they were so flighty, and so easily scared.** It's the year 2010.

**Little Girl hears the Captain mention her name, and looks out from behind his old velvet coat, where she's been hiding herself. Her big, innocent eyes widen, clearly showing off her blood-read iris, and she tilts her head a little bit. Like M-13, she quietly stares down the new arrival, unsure of what to make of him. Finally, she smiles a little bit, and reaches up to hold the Captain's bony hand in her tiny translucent one, emerging from behind him, to stand at his side. Unlike M-13 though, she doesn't speak. Nothing unusual, really, although to the normal person, it would seem odd that the animal talked while the girl stayed silent.**

[Marcescens]

The Captain turning slightly to lookat M-13. He frowned. "Is it really?" He scratched his chin. "My my the years have gone by..." He mutter more to himself with a sigh, dropping his hand to his side.

Glancing at the ghost, he looks down at Little Girl and smiles at her before looking back up at the stranger.

"And who, my I ask, are you?"

[Hydan]

**Hydan keeps staring at the three... whatever they are for a while, a look of total puzzlement on his face. The combination of year, species, and speaking are a bit much for him to understand.** 2010? You're kidding! That means I've been dead for...... about 400 years! **He gapes** Geez, I'm old.... **He adds to himself in dismay.** I'm Hydan Smayate Hvisla.

[Moss]

**M-13 growls a little. Or maybe it's a sort of chuckle. She doesn't bother talking again though. After all, she doesn't know what it's like to be old. She wasn't created ages ago or anything. Plus he's apparently having a hard time accepting this age thing, and sh doesn't want him to blow a fuse or something with her appearance.**

**Little Girl waits quietly, holding the skeleton pirate's bone fingers in her frozen grip. A tiny grin appears on her face, and, like M-13, she seems rather amused at Hydan's reaction. Like M-13, she remains silent. After all, Little Girl only talks to those she trusts. And right now, that's really on the Captain....**

[Marcescens]

The Captain can't help but smile a little; and echoing in his head cavity is M/13 with what might be a laugh.

"Old, boy? Hardly. Some of the ghosts in this area are just about prehistoric."

He feels Little Girl's grasp around his bony knuckle, and he glances down at her with a reasurring smile. She was safe so long as the mightly Captain of the Dead was around. The thought seemed to make the long gone marrow of his bones seem to glow, and he looked back up at Hydan.

"You're welcome to stay or go as you please, but try not to cause the others grief. Expecially the skeletons in the cemetery out in the far back of the yard. They're grumpy, really old and really quite sour at times."

[Hydan]

**Hydan is still too busy trying to figure out what to make of his new... form to worry about the other's laughter. He spends a brief moment wondering about where he will go, when he hears The Captain's offer.** Skeletons. Right. Well, I'll probably just hang around... or something.....

[Marcescens]

The Captain nods.

"Very well, we'll leave it to you Hydan. Take care now!" With a cheery smile, as far as those go for skeletons, The Captain looks down at M/13, then to Little Girl; as if que'ing them that it was time to leave this new ghost alone.

[Moss]

**Little girl needs no second bidding, and, pulling the Captain with her, skips out of the room. She glances back at Hydan for a moment with her one red eye, before looking away.**

**M-13 stays a little longer the then ghosts, watching Hydan carefully. With an odd, amused smirk on her face, she takes her time getting up, displaying, without meaning to, the extent of her patchwork-like fur, and the misfitting muscles under it. Standing, she tips her head at the ghost, waiting to see if he'll follow, before slipping out of the room.**