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What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains immortal." -Albert Pike
In the past, someone very dear to me walked by my side. Sadly, the day came when we had to part ways, but she gave me a gift before we parted. She put me in the care of someone kind and caring, and gave me a smile, telling me it was time to continue my journey without her. To this day, I miss that person, but I always cherish her final gift.
Thank you so much, Callie!
The large doors in front of you contain a rather obvious warning: 'No Entrance! Authorized Personnel Only!', written in rather loud letters on a large sign. As you read the warning over for what must have been the umpteenth-million time a though crossed your mind 'Why in the world did they ask me here exactly?' You are about to move away when the doors open, and a small person runs out, grabbing your hand in a strangle hold, and shaking it violently.
Welcome, welcome!!! We've been waiting for you! Please, please follow me! We have a great many things to show you!" You are rather taken aback by the little lab technician's enthusiasm, but you allow yourself to be lead through the large doors.
The clank of the doors shutting causes you to jump slightly, but you soon forget it as you look about in awe at the large laboratory. The technology is astounding for this era, and computers line the walls, feeding information through miles of wires into a multitude of machines. You are so caught up in the sights and sounds that you trip slightly when led into an elevator.
Woops! Careful there," the lab tech replied, catching you from falling. "We wouldn't want you to get hurt before you see the main event!" As the doors slide shut you look at the little lab tech with an odd curiosity. 'Main event?' you think to yourself. 'I wish they would just tell me what I'm here for.
The elevator suddenly stops with a violent motion and the doors creak open. "Bit of a bumpy ride," the tech chimes as you're led from the elevator to another large set of doors. The tech quickly goes through all the censors and scanners, revealing that the two of your aren't sneaky secret stealers. The doors slide open, a faint green light spilling from the room in front of you. You begin to have a slight feeling of dread, but are pushed into the sanctum opened in front of you.
What you see shocks you to the core. In the middle of the room a large tank sits, wires and tubes running from it in all directions, computer monitors sending out readings every few seconds, and suspended in the greenish liquid inside the tank, is a fire krawk
Wha...wh..." You can't find the words to speak, but the tech answers the question you are burning to ask.
Lovely, isn't he? This is the latest in our line of work to re-create the Kishin (The Magic Man Project in case you were wondering), and may I say, he is our best work yet! We expect this one to survive the experiments perfectly!" You are taken aback by the tech's happiness at such a seemingly appalling thing.
As the tech continues to babble about the logistics and purpose of the experiment, you approach the tank, and look at the poor creature inside. On the front of the tank, a label has been affixed to the glass which read as follows: 'Experiment 64, Alma Karma'. After reading the little label you look back up to the krawk, and the misleading, serene look on its face. With sadness you extend your hand, placing it on the glass in a gesture of pity and comfort... and the krawk opens its eyes....
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection, so I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible" -William Faulkner
It was in the lab, during his escape, that Tengoku felt something snap. It had been during a moment of fear, a moment of weakness that it happened. The guards had been closing in quickly, their weapons barred and ready to attack, when the world went calm.
You can't do it alone. You're too scared, too weak. These guards will tear you apart. Do you really wish to die, Tengoku?" a small voice asked from within his skull. Tengoku had resigned himself to madness long ago, so he did not think twice about the voice as he sullenly watched the guards, listened to their words, words that would never reach him.
And who might you be?" he asked tentatively of the voice. There was silence; he thought he could see a head turn to the side in curious confusion.
Who am I?" the voice asked, the confusion evident in it as well. "That's an odd question to ask oneself_ " it finally concluded. Tengoku felt an eyebrow raise in apprehension.
Myself?" he asked, now struggling to maintain the dimensional barrier that separated him from the guards. "I know who I am, and you are not me," he continued. "You feel foreign.
If the voice had a presence, it wilted. "How can you say that?" it asked, hurt. "You're me and I'm you.
No, I'm me and you're you. It doesn't matter who we are, though. It's over. I don't have the will anymore," Tengoku concluded bitterly. The voice laughed.
You are wrong, Tengoku, 'bout so many things. We're the same, and since we are the same doesn't it make sense the stronger entity should protect the weaker one? If you're not going to fight anymore, I will," it said cheerfully.
As the voice spoke its confusing logic, Tengoku only became more muddled. This voice in his head was rather troublesome, and now it intended to try to save them? He had not realized that he had such a preposterous mind. "You just need to let go," it was saying. Let go? Had he not done that already.....
That was the last thing that he entity Tengoku ever thought. His mind is still locked within the body that Alma now controls, but neither of them knows the others. Alma does not know it's not his body he's in. He doesn't know he's merely a spirit animating a highjacked body. Tengoku doesn't know where he is. He doesn't remember the voice in his head. He is lost, his body is gone, and yet he never left it. He's there, but he's not.
Tengoku and Alma now inhabit a world a contradiction, where one can be, yet not be, where one can be two, but two can't be one, and where I and we are synonymous.
Here are some important terms to know while navigating Alma's world.
The history of the world is a long one, but there is a condensed version that is often told. The world began with the Tamashii Doobutsu, who came to the planet when it was young. As the world aged, the Tamashii Doobutsu began to grow lonely. They had traveled the universe in search of other life, and had come to Neopia as it was a promising prospect for supporting life. As there suspicions seemed to be unfounded, aside from some small, single celled organisms, the Tamashii Doobutsu decided to change the course of history.
They breathed souls into the single celled creatures, and watched as they began to grow, turning into a myriad of complex creatures that soon took over the world.
Sadly, the Tamashii Doobutsu underestimated the powers of creatures with intelligence. As time passed, and the creatures continued to grow, war began to break out. The first blood feud to come about was between the Kishin and the Akurei. The Akurei had evolved from the Kishin, but something terrible happened that ignited a battle between the two. As the two creatures continued to evolve they became more intelligent, able to create new weapons, and gaining frightening new powers.
The Tamashii Doobutsu watched all from the shadows, doubting what they had done. They saw other creatures getting caught up in battles, and beginning to fight as well. The normal creatures of the Overworld began experimenting in ways to control the spirits of the Afterworld, and the demons that stalked the land. With many experiments failing, they began to delve into making synthetic spirits or demons. Sadly the results were largely as horrible as their previous experiments, with only a few exceptions coming through.
As the Tamashii Doobutsu lamented over what they had done they began to disappear. Some fled back to the stars, others fused with the planet, but a few remained to watch the passage of history. It seemed in a cruel way that fate came full circle when their 'descendants' turned against them, and began to break their souls apart.
Lock up your heart; never believe in any avalanches -Hirasawa Susumu
Additional status:
*Note: Named after the D.Gray-Man character.
Also 'Alma' in Spanish and Italian translates as 'Soul
Likes: Outenkun, Techno music, crosses, learning new languages, candy, rice, Kung-fu (Me: huh?)
Dislikes: Stupid meanies, being called immature, painful experiments, friends ignoring me T_T
Personality: Alma acts like a little kid (sorta like his sister Destiny), but all he wants is to make friends. His greatest fear is being left alone and that those he cares about will be destroyed. Because of this he is virtually the opposite of most Kishin. Alma doesn't like to fight, but he's not to be underestimated when the occasion calls for it (it's one of the few times that he's really serious). He is also very curious, to the point where it often gets him in trouble, but oddly enough, a few moments of learning cause his intelligence to grow exponentially. He likes to learn new things and show off his intelligence to others.
Who are these people? They look so familiar; I know I've seen them before, but where? I don't understand... I'm so confused.
The krawk on the right is one who's body Alma is inhabiting. That is Tengoku. During a moment of weakness in Tengoku's psyche, the Kishin spirit inside him overtook him, thus releasing Alma (and leading to the ultimate goal of the Magic Man Project). It is unknown whether Tengoku will be able to regain control of his soul or whether Alma's soul will devour it completely.
The krawk on the left is Engi. Engi is an ancient Kishin and was the only person who understood Tengoku. When Alma gained control, he disappeared. No one is quite sure why, or where he has gone, and it is unknown if he will return or not.
Gin- Mommy!!!
Tutenstein-Tut is my big bro! He's super nice and helps me with homework and stuff =3 He's almost more of a mom than Gin!!
Prince- Prince is a meanie X( He always yells at me and makes me do his chores and stuff. He's only nice to me when Gin yells at him.
Matsukai- Mat's not so bad. He says I get on his nerves, but then he plays with me a lot of the time to (but the games he likes always get me in trouble...). I guess he's pretty cool =3
Destiny- Destiny is my awesome sister! She lives with our cousins, but they stay with us a lot ^^ Destiny is always really nice to me and we play all sorts of fun games and go on sweet adventures together =D
Ozzeey- Oz is weird. I think he's lost.
Symmphoniia- Symph is scary!! But he tells funny jokes.
Nabdema- Nab is cool, but I don't get to see him a lot =( He trains a lot at Mystery Island, but he tells me all sorts of cool stories when he's here ^^
Squeakium- Squeaky takes me shopping a lot and buys me all sorts of cool things! It's awesome =)
Aurendack-Aure is so much fun to be around! He's really funny and super smart, and he teaches me all sorts of cool things about mechanical engineering!
Formoku-Oku says he knew me before, but I don't remember him from before... But now, I like to watch him train (he's super good with a sword), and play the piano ^^
Ebolah-SCARY!!!!
Kaiyhe-Kai used to be a pirate, but that doesn't make him any less of a great friend! But Kai helps me learn my way around a sword (and helps me put on my band-aids afterwards).
Alright, here are the adoptables. Right now I'm only doing customs, but the normal colors will come! Please read the rules, and we'll be fine! I can make them into draiks as well.
NOTE!!! When I save the pics it seems to undo the transparency. Feel free to alter your own adoptable to make it transparent.
Sample
Sample- messed up by the attempts at transparency. The actual line art isn't this messy XD
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Drag to address bar for full size ^^
Done by the awesome Manforlife =3
Done by the awesome Spooke =3
Done by the awesome Nat =3
Done by the awesome Kai =3
Done by the awesome Gina =3
Done by the awesome Nicole =3
Done by the awesome Ellie =3blah blah, conclusion goes here
Well now it's time to give some credit where it's due. All content on this page (except for adoptables, banners, and quotes)belongs to me, Gin. I would appreciate that it stays that way. Thanks must go to the manga-ka Ryu Fujisaki and Atsushi Ohkubo. Thanks for continuing to inspire me.
I'd once again like to thank everyone who supported me in my quest. Thank you is not enough the express my gratitude to you all! I'd also like to give a big thank you to everyone who contributed with their art and imput, and made Alma feel just great with so much attention! Once again, I really can't find the words. Thank you just doesn't seem enough.
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