The Radiance of the night sky... [OPEN (max three more peeps)]

Nilo glanced around the beach, a light breeze causing his hair to swish in front of his eyes. He had heard from his mother about the meteor shower and how he should go watch it for her. He bit his lower lip, silently wishing he could be the one working instead of her. He sighed, looking up at the night sky. He couldn't tell if there were supposed to be meteors showering yet or if he was to late for the show.

It was odd for him to be out here alone. He was used to being accompanied by his mother to the beach instead of going alone. It was even stranger that he was coming here at night and not during the day. He took the opportunity to glance around the empty beach, slightly amazed that a place so usually busy could be so peaceful. He settled his eyes on a figure he couldn't quite make out. The thought of a ghost flashed through his mind but he brushed it off, "Ghosts are not real, Nilo... Don't be stupid." he told himself scornfully.

He still eyed the supposed specter curiously. If it wasn't a ghost, what was it then? It was odd that the simple thought of another person wanting to see the meteor shower at the beach didn't flash through his mind as he began to slowly walk towards the figure.

"If it's a person, I'll just say I thought they looked like a bird or something..." he muttered to himself as he continued his trek to quench his curiosity. This was odd for him; he didn't like the thought of the specter actually being a person. If it was a person, he'd have to talk to said person.

He sighed as he made his way to the grassy part, inwardly kicking himself as he saw in fact it was another person. "O-Oh... Sorry... I, er... Thought you were a bird?" he stumbled out, not even checking to see if the person had noticed him yet.

The ocean currents swayed and shifted in the ship as fish drifted by lazily. Typically, a particularly old resident rested in this place when he wanted a space to think, but today the fish that were so found of the fellow would find themselves alone as the ancient being exited the room via the strange door and exited out into a different reality….


To those not sensitive to the oddness that was the Velvet Room and its residents, the appearance of the strangely dressed man upon the beach would indeed seem like a ghost had materialized from out of nowhere as the sun began to sink low and night time drifted closer to the land. However, this ghost like figure did not seem to be phased as its blue eyes looked around the new surroundings with open curiosity. It took in the water, the scents, the feel of the breeze, and sand beneath its shoes. It took in the colors and the sounds marking these things to memory.

The being wasn’t sure exactly what this place it had ended up in was used for, but it did now that this was what an old book had called a beach. A place where water met the land; however whether this beach connected to the ocean, a lake, or some other large body of water was beyond Akumu who had never really had the chance to come to a beach to explore it properly. Being the first outing on one, Akumu could say that this place sort of reminded him of home with the water there, but at the same time was strange. He understood he was above ground, but at the same time he wasn’t quite sure why he was in this place. There was nothing here that he was looking for in particular and his master had not sent him on a mission, so what was it that he was supposed to do in this place? Explore or witness something?

Hmmm…this was indeed strange, but then again Lady Fate did not always show her hand up front. Perhaps he was simply supposed to do as he pleased. Again strange, but Akumu was never one to turn down figuring out a mystery. Giving himself the task of exploring the area, Akumu would eventually turn his head from the water and look more around the area spotting sand…and more sand and then some greenery further away, but outside of this there didn’t seem to be anyone else here besides—Oh!

Akumu’s sharp eyes spotted the trio that existed in the green area. One was female and the other two males of different ages. While he did not know these people, he took note that a strange aura was around the girl. A being with power fully awake and the boy? If the light aura around him was anything to go by then that one too might have a similar power to the girl. And the older gent? Akumu’s eyes narrowed as he read the aura around him. This one had power too, but the power was a lot more different than the other two. It felt darker....almost like a shadow's and yet different.

Hmmm…How curious. Perhaps this is why he was brought here.

Akumu pondered the thought for a second longer before deciding to move towards the trio; however, he did not get very far from the water. Two steps were taken to be exact before he was distracted by a strange creature that had come from the sky and landed on the ground before him.

The creature was mostly white with some black coloration near its sides. It had a strange nose and pure black eyes. It’s legs were sticks, but its feet as flat as...as a flat fish, but not quite as large. And now this creature was looking at him, but why? But more importantly what was this creature? The being had heard of a thing called a cow that was said to be black and white, but wasn’t that creature supposed to be larger than this one?

Perplexed and distracted, Akumu would continue to examine the odd thing before him forgetting about the others for the moment as he tried to understand this thing before him.

Nilo looked at the girl, then at the new person. Already hating his decision of quenching his curiosity. The specter turned out to be a girl who, to him, already despised him. To add to that fact as well, a second person seemed to come out of nowhere. Seeing as the girl wouldn't respond he looked up at the new comer. Now, this man looked like a specter. He wasn't used to other odd looking people, oddly enough, and thought his words carefully before speaking.

"There's a meteor shower happening... Um, its supposed to be huge and... A-Awesome...?" he semi-stuttered out, feeling very uncomfortable in this situation. He sighed and sat in the grass behind the girl, looking up into the sky. He was already here, it wasn't worth leaving now and having to trek half the beach to find another good sitting place. He thought negative thoughts to himself, as he commonly did, occupying his time as he looked into the stars.

He blinked as the first meteor wooshed into and across the night sky. Nilo silently gasped at it, not only caught off guard but amazed and surprised by the star. He'd never seen one before, the bright light with its glimmering tale flying through a sparkling black back ground. He found it amazing, the sight obliterating his stream of negative thoughts.

His eyes shown brightly, his face oddly over come with a childish awe. He didn't seem to notice how he looked because if he did, he'd almost instantly try and re-compose himself. The star filled his mind and made it all void of thought except that one shimmering star. He was caught in a trap of awe and amazement, it'd take a snap of the fingers to regain his attention.

Akumu kept observing the strange creature before him for a while longer debating if the word "cow" was the fitting name for it. While the size didn't seem logical from what he had read, perhaps this was a very small variation of the cow and so for now a cow is what this thing would be called until further information was gathered. With his mind settled on a label for the creature, Akumu would cease observing it as he instead let his eyes drift back to the trio on that rested in the green area. The two younger ones were sitting, while the taller of the group had decided to remain standing and...was that one looking at him?

Perhaps it was a signal for him to continue his previous mission of approaching the group or was that one perhaps guarding the other two? Hmmm...Guess there was only one way to find out.

Shifting from his spot, Akumu moved taking not that the creature he had labeled a cow took off towards the sky. Hmm..again strange, but perhaps not illogical. There was a book that once said a cow jumped over the moon. Perhaps it was one of the cows he had just witness that had done the action mentioned. Perhaps when he did not have others mysteries to figure out he would focused on the oddness of the cow, but for now the odd resident remained focus on the trio he was approaching. No need to be distracted by other things.

As he made his way up the small slopes of the beach to the grassy area where the others where, he would overhear the boy speaking of something called a meteor shower. A strange name for something that was supposed to be awesome according to the boy or interesting according to the male with strange skin and odd eyes. Confusing, but perhaps if he was allowed to stick around, all the confusion would be put to rest. So then first thing first, yes?

Akumu came to a respectful distance from the group as his eyes drifted from one person to the other before he bowed slightly to them.

“Forgive the intrusion, but I could not help, but notice you all collected here. If you do not mind, may I join you to witness the event that is to occur here?” he asked in a polite and respectful tone that he hoped would not seem to odd to the group. He did not wish to intrude on anything, but at the same time he didn’t exactly want to be alone in his wanderings when it came to this world. Maybe if he was allowed to stay with the group, he wouldn’t have to be bothered with so many quest--....

Akumu’s eyes landed on the boy that was looking up at the sky with a far-away look in his eyes that the old resident could not quite figure out. Standing straight once more, he would tilt his head towards the sky, but unfortunately he had missed whatever had the boy staring up at what appeared to be an ordinary sky.

A bit confused he looked back towards the group unable to resist asking a question when something caught his interest.

“What makes one stare up at the sky like that?” he asked to no one in particular as he nodded at the boy wondering if maybe he had heard the question and perhaps would answer. If not maybe the other two could answer the curiosity for him.

Nilo snapped out of his daze once the odd man asked his question. A blush crossing over his face, but barely noticeable in the dark. He twisted a lock of his hair as Rita answered sarcastically, only adding to his thoughts that this was a bad idea. He then looked at the man, tilting his head lightly with obvious curiosity. He thought his words carefully before answering.

"Sorry... I was... Um... It was the first time I've seen one... I guess it enraptured my thoughts." he said with a well thought out and careful tone. He returned his gaze to the taller man, realizing he ignored his thanks and nodded in delayed response to it. After a while, he lifted his gaze skyward, awaiting for the rest of the show to unfold.

He thought of his mother at how exited she'd be in this situation. She would have a camera out, poised skyward to save this memory for all of time. A smile across her tired and worn face; her wirey black hair cascading over it. He smiled at the thought, carefully taking a pencil and small notebook from within his jacket's pocket. He began to describe his surroundings, finding something else to occupy his time with.

The question was a simple one of curiosity; however, the response back was…interesting to say the less. The white haired girl had given him a look before saying something about white dots moving in the sky in a sarcastic manner that would’ve made a more hot-headed person snap; however, Akumu was silent as he gave the girl an even glance that was neither hostile nor kind. It was simply neutral as he took in her answer.

“I see,” was the submissive response back, a sign that Akumu was apologizing for bothering her in his own way and in turn would not bother the young woman again unless addressed directly by her. Besides it would seemed she did not seem to mind him being there, so all was well…for the most part. There was still the issue of moving white dots in the sky.

If he could assume the white dots equaled stars, then what was this he was hearing about them moving? Did this have something to do with that meteor shower spoken of earlier? Would it be raining stars soon? Would that even be safe?

A bit perplexed, the odd resident of this world pondered how to react to this news, when he was pulled from his thought by the white haired boy that had come from his strange trance and had decided to speak.

Seen one what? Akumu wondered as he folded his arms lightly trying to understand what was being said here. Was the child referring to the stars in the sky? He had never seen a star before? Or was did he mean he had never seen a moving star before? The answer was hard to deduce and would be even hard to examine closer since like the girl this one too seemed to be in his own little world. Akumu supposed much like the girl he should leave the boy alone too. After all, whatever was about to happen in the sky seemed much more interesting to the boy rather than answering curiosities. Fair enough. So who did that leave?

Blue eyes would shift to the tall male that had decided to stay standing as he muttered something before fully turning his attention to Akumu and actually speaking to him in a fashion he understood. With something to actually focus on rather than wonder about, Akumu turned to the other and bowed politely back with a light smile.

“Akumu Yume. The pleasure is mine, Mr…?” Akumu trailed off quietly as he glanced up at the other, unearthly blue eyes meeting the strange shadow like ones of the other. While it was true he was interested in what this meteor shower was about, it was also true that the various auras around him were intriguing too. While he could not examine the other two closer, this man had opened a slight door for him; however, being respectful and mindful of the rules he had to play by as always, Akumu stuck to behaving as normally as possible and only observing the world he was in, reacting in ways that would not alter fate.

Nilo looked up at the night sky, his eyes widening in amazement at the shooting stars.
"Look look!" he said excitedly, jumping to his feet in a childish manor and pointing up to the sky with his notebook in hand. His polite exterior quickly replaced with a childish demeanor. He was exited and happy, a feeling he hadn't felt in a long while. He quickly began writing in his small notebook before putting the two things back within his jacket, smiling up at the stars.

It wasn't often he was able to do things like this. He was happy and glad, feeling he often didn't feel. His head was tilted skyward, fascinated by the shooting stars. They may have been dim, but to him, they were amazing. He couldn't stop himself from smiling, seeming glad to be here at this time. He glanced at the other three to see their reactions to the stars, wanting to take note on how the one called Akumu would react.