Connection with Oleander

CONNECTING...

This place looks familiar...

• mawsmonster (Maws) - "WHO ARE YOU WHO DO YOU WORK FOR."

Oh- oh it moves? And speaks?? Uh... okay... I'm Oleander? I don't "work" for anyone? Yet? Uh... what the fuck are you?

• Maws - "What the fuck? But yeah of course I move, I can do a little dance too, even! But nice to meetcha Oleander. What were you doing before this?"
• Detective Fa͜͡ux (Me) - "Ah, nice to finally meet you Mr. Andrews"

I uh... I was dreaming- I am dreaming but this feels... different? Uh. What do you mean by nice to finally meet me? How do you know my name? What are you things??

• Me - "We've heard your name tossed around a few times in the past, no need to dwell on it

We're what some would call "Convalescent." Just think of us as very curious statues if you will~"

I'm dwelling on it. Tossed around how? By who? Curious about what?? Why do you only move when you talk?

• Maws - "Do you know Sarah? Alexander? How do you feel about them.
• Me - "Oh just been mentioned here and there, by Orpheus, Zoey, etc. Nothing but good things, I promise!
  Just curious about everything, who you are, why we connected here, what you were doing, what you know, and so on~
  You'll have to ask Raine about that last one, didn't realize we were frozen after we were done talking"

I go to school with people named Sarah and Alexander but those are really common names so I don't even know who you're referring too? I'm new to town so I don't really have any friends yet so I don't really have any feelings about whoever you mean.
Orpheus? Zoey? Huh??? Raine?? I don't know any of these people- I just moved to this town like last week.

• Me - "Ah, I see. My apologies, didn't mean to frontload you with a whole lot of names and information.
  Hows the move to town and the new school been? Hope you've been adjusting to it smoothly"
• Cynthia (Cyn) - "bit of an odd question but what year is it? we have an unusual experience with time"

It's fine- and the moves okay. I didn't have many friends in Maine anyways really, happens when you're queer sometimes. At least here no one knows. 
It's just a community college, its fine. Bit different then high school but that's expected I guess. 
It's 2019.

• Cyn - "what part of maine? and where are you now?"

North part of Maine, and this is Sparks- do you not know that? This is a weird dream... it. it feels really familiar? Like I've had it before but I... I don't remember really.

• Cyn - "ah, sparks makes sense. north maine is beautiful but very conservative, i feel ya there"
• Maws - "Can't remember huh? That's weird.. kind of. Have you ever felt weird since coming here, Oleander? Anything you see out the corner of your eye?"
• Nerdyganii (Nerd) - "Hi Oleander"

Um- kind of I guess? Everything about this town feels weird so... yeah. If youre meaning monsters though, I haven't really seen anything? I dont know. 
Hi uh- statue? I don't know if you have names.

• Nerd - "I'm Nerdyganii, I hope Sparks has been nice so far. you assumed monsters pretty quickly. Have you seen a monster before?"

I've seen a few. Sometimes I feel like monster bait or something- but they just like, leave me alone so.

• Nerd - "Well thats good at least. I hope sparks has been good to you. hows it been there?"

Its been fine. Nothings really happened so-

• Cyn - "oleander? everything alright?"
• Nerd - "you okay?"

I'm fine? Why?

• Cyn - "you got cut off, it was worrying"
• Nerd - "sorry about that, its kind of hard to hear tone so we thought you just cut off. Seeing monsters all the time has gotta be weird though"

Oh gotcha. Sorry. Its fine though, I'm used to it I guess? They're kind of cool to look at sometimes.

• Cyn - "what do these monsters look like?"
• Nerd - "Yeah do you know what any of them are?"

It depends on the monster?

• Cyn - "describe some of the most common ones"
• Nerd - "yeah! Have any of them talked to you?"
• Maws - "Have you seen a tall one? Fancy looking? Freaky looking?"

Ghouls, nightcrawlers, vampires- and not really? They kind of just leave when they see me, like I scared them or something.

• Nerd - "nightcrawlers?"
• Cyn - "i'm guessing fresno nightcrawlers, these fellas"
• Nerd - "What vampires have you met"

I don't know their names, like I said they just kind of avoid me after seeing me.

• Nerd - "Oh alright, hey i had a question about a monster, he's kinda tall, no mouth one eye. Kinda tall? Have you met him before"

Doesn't sound familiar... does it have a name?

• Nerd - "It has a few actually. The Moon, l’trodactolyn (definitely not saying it right), and spiderlily. There’s probably more though"

...what.. what did you just say?? S-say that name again.

• Me - "He meant to say "L’tradactil’lin" (very strange pronunciation if you ask me)"

I... how- how cou- FUCK FUCK FUCK MY FUCKING BACK HOLY FUCK- FUCKKKKK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

• Me - "Oh shit, are you alright Oleander?"

My fucking- my fucking BACK- it fucking- FUCK IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE CARVED INTO IT SHIT- 
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...how could I ever forget? This... this is all wrong- this isn't my life- It's all still fuzzy and my head fucking aches but I know this is not my life. There is not a fucking world I could escape Him- right??? He wouldn't let me go. I'm one of Its favorites. Fuck- ffuuck. 
I think I'm going to cough up that fucking thing- whats it fucking called??? Starts with an a- FUCK WHAT IS IT CALLED???

• Nerd - "Holy shit im so sorry Oleander. I didn't mean to trigger anything. i think youre talking about azoth"

Yeah, Azoth... and no, don't be sorry. Thank you,, 
I... this place has to be fake- a dromen domain or something? I've... I've done this before. I've been in this room before, in this town before. It's still hard to remember anything concrete but I... I know I don't belong here. I know this life is fake. What else do you know about me? It might help me remember more.

• Nerd - "let me think uh. We know that you grew up in an L’tradactil’lin cult, but we don't know how long. Victorian times maybe? No idea. We know you're 007 in Raine's angel game. Uhhh we know that youre a constant? That's a whole conversation for later. Do you know someone named Mallory?"
• Me - "I'm not sure we have much information on you specifically aside from those tidbits. however, we do have information on some,, future events.. all I'll say is, avoid anyone by the name of Lucielle, and stay on your guard at all times. Just you remembering things should help put your situation into perspective. Though, since we don't know much about your pervious endeavors, is there anything you can share or recall, even if it's just small fragments of memories?"

Cult yes- Victorian times no... uh.. angel game? Angel game. I think I remember that. Raine... the therapist. The fucking ghost bitch- right okay... Not gonna ask about the constant thing, and no I don't. I um. god my fucking head hurts like a bitch- Daniel. Daniel- I remember Daniel... I remember becoming His officially, though I was since he took me, I... oh fuck. Why haven't I seen Him?? He wouldn't leave me alone- surely he has the power to come here... why isn't he here?? Who is this person I'm calling my dad??

• Nerd - "What? What’re you talking about? You aren’t making sense"

Spiderlily. Where is He?? He wouldn't just let me go- wherever I am, He surely wants me here, right? He doesn't let go of His toys unless He breaks them Himself. 
There's a man here. In my false memories he's my father but... I don't believe that. I have a father- his name is Daniel. He's not my birth father but he's my dad. Whoever this man is he's... he's not my dad.

• Nerd - "We know a little bit about Daniel. We know that he's trying to help you"

Yeah. He's my dad. My real dad- not whoever this man is.

• Nerd - "This man? You mean l’trodact- yknow what I’m just gonna call him spiderlily okay that’s simpler"

No. No there's a man that is claiming to be my father. The fake fucking memories made me think he was my dad. I Do Not Know Who He Is, Nerdyganii.

• Nerd - "What does he look like"
• Maws - "You should try to kill him. Your not-dad."
• WinglessWurm (Wurm) - "That's fucking crazy"

His name is Martin Daniels. Hes around 6 foot, pale skin, red eyes, greying hair, looks older. My false memories say he adopted me when I was really little. He doesn't seem to have anything that notable about him... hes a cop. I don't want to kill him... he might be another person trapped in this place.

• Cyn - "officer daniels..."
• Nerd - "We think he's a version of spiderlily. At least that's what our theories are. I'd stay away from him"

What?? How would he be Him???

• Me - "We've seen spiderlily have the ability to shapeshift"

No sorry- I know He can do that but why?? Why would He just pose as a human? What does He gain??? None of this makes sense.

• Nerd - "well he seemingly wiped your memory and is posing as someone as to not remind you. He's probably trying to take control of you without you remembering him. it makes sense"
• Me - "a warden if you will"

Hm, yeah. If He doesn't want me to remember than who knows how long I'll keep my memory after waking? Maybe He'll take it again? Whats the point of even having me here? You mentioned Raines angel game... what do you mean by that?

• Nerd - "its kind of complicated to explain. It's pretty much a death game designed to create new angels"
• Maws - "Hey oleander, do you have like, a number that sticks out to you in your head? Just wondering is all"

Are you trying to fucking kill me?

• Maws - "How did you know that hmmmm!!!!"

It's coming back more now... I... I remember winning. I don't think I wanted too, but He made me.

• Maws - "I'm so fucking smart you all should grovel at my feet"

No.

• Nerd - "sorry for the out of nowhere question but, what do you know about someone named Lucille?"

She's a powerful dromen who doesn't fit into any sub categories, if I recall correctly. Why do you all keep mentioning her?

• Nerd - "oh was she already mentioned here? I apologize. She's just someone we don't know a lot about. Is there anything else you know about her? Do you know about her connection to anyone named Jessica?"

I see. I don't remember much about her- I don't think we've met... but I remember she had a large church.

I know Jessicas her host, she made Deity in Death with Roxy and Raine... Is Roxy here?

• Cyn - "oleander, who are you closest with amongst the players?"

Last round I... I think I was friends with Sarah, Alex, and Zoey? Maybe? I might be wrong, its still blurry.

• Nerd - "can you tell us anything about deity in death or roxy?"

Advertised as a larp group to most but Jessica's followers knew it was a method of indoctrinating people into the cult.
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Spiderlily massacred whoever didn't make it through in time. Damage control, really.
They came to my veil, veil one, and I met Roxy through Claire. 
Daniel had adopted Claire and I. Both her and Roxy were a couple years older than me but we became friends pretty quickly. Roxy and I were both trans, though in different sides of the spectrum, and dealing with everything since we were young... though I was significantly younger when I was introduced to the supernatural world. 
Both them and Ava showed me how to be a teenager... how to be more than just the tool I'd been manipulated and abused to be. They helped me figure out my name, actually... Do you know if they're okay?

• Nerd - "I don’t know who Ava is. But Claire’s doing great. As for Roxy, we don’t know. Why were they trying to open a rift between veils? Why did spiderlily massacre them? Was Roxy in on this cult?"

Ava's my sister... I mean, all three of them are my sisters, really. 
I don't know why they were trying to- and Spiderlily killed the remainders because he didn't want them to exploit the rift I think. I'm not sure why... its not like traveling between veils is off limits.

• Cyn - "do you think that may have been an oversight?"

How so?

• Nerd - "yeah im confused, how so?"
• Cyn - "do you think there's something they don't want you doing in the other veils, and allowing you to travel between them was like a clerical error?"

I don't know. Maybe He was trying to prevent whatever they came to Veil 1 to do?

• Nerd - "what do you know about catacombis?"

Not much. I know they're an organization dedicated to researching divinity and stuff. That's kind of it.

• Nerd - "oh okay. Well uh. what about daniel? What can you tell us about him?"
• Me - "If I may ask, going back, you said that you were the winner of round 3 correct? is there anything you can tell us about back then? About how it all played out? or even if you knew of someone by the name of Nylon that round?"

Well, he's my dad... he takes in teenage proxies who need a home- Um... he helps people.. in hell? It's still blurry... 
It took place at a summer camp. I think Zoey went by Nylon as a nickname?? Its still hard to think but... Lily. Lily killed so many people- fuck- I... I killed her. I remember her blood on my hands- fuck...

• Me - "I'm sorry you had to recall that memory. just a few more questions if you can stomach that okay? can you recall anything else at the summer camp? what year it was, what the camp was called, if you remember hearing any particularly odd remarks from anyone? or if Zoey's always referred to herself as "Nylon"? It's completely okay if not, we can drop the topic if it makes you uncomfortable"

The Endorphin Therapy summer camp, it was 2015, and no not really. It's all a bit blurry. I just remember it was a nickname for her.

• Cyn - "do you remember how she got the nickname?"

No, I don't.

• Nerd - "Apparently there’s a party going on. Little over a week I think? I don’t really know how time works between us. Bunch of people are going to be there, including Alex. We think he might be possessed by spiderlily in some way. It’s gonna be at the old reeds house"

I'll find out about Alex and go to that party. I'll try and mitigate the damage and murder if I can. I think I'm waking up though.. but thank you for waking me up, so to speak. I appreciate it.

• YourBubbyCatalina (Cat) - "have a good one I hope your week is great"

DISCONNECTED.