Nothing

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Seeming	Darkling Leechfinger
Court	Winter Court
Freehold	New-New Amsterdam
Player	Rachel Sankersingh little.grey.fox@gmail.com

1 "A Girl called ...--nothing."
2 History of Nothing
3 Associates of Nothing
4 Meditation on a Void
- 4.1 Rumors & Quotes
- 4.2 OOC Information

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"A Girl called ...--nothing."

Keeper(s): The Machinist
Real Name: Alice West
Arcadian Name: Duma
Post-Arcadian Name: --nothing.

Court: Winter, Goodwill to Autumn & Spring.
Title/Position held: Perennial Sentinel of Winter, Inquisitor.
Seeming/Kith: Unknown/Unknown.
Concept: The Little Match Girl / "Angel of Silence"

Nothing's Description:

Quiet. Small. Stalks. Claws. Hungry.

MEIN: "Nothing" is a small form can be recognized around New York City but far more often moves unseen. Generally believed to be a Darkling for her almost frail countance, she has also been called a Beast, an elemental -- and other things on occasion. The reason for the mystery is her usually terse demeanor - and a general reticence on the part of would be questioners to agitate the feral changeling. Most often she is seen at official gatherings dragging a chain behind her where Hush is no doubt attached. The story behind that is as unconfirmed as her seeming, likely for the same reasons. Large glowing eyes, long sharp fingers, and an uncanny ability to be standing -just- behind you.

MASK: In her mortal mask, she appears as an runaway, or street rat. Oversized black eyes that watch the passing cars in silence. "Nothing" moves from one street to the next, or settles down at the mouth of an alley. She is often known to frequent small groceries store for occasional work bagging, or in the stockroom.

Character Livejournal: A girl named Nothing.

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History of Nothing

Basic Timeline:
1973: Born "Alice West" NYC
1985: Kidnapped with brother: Tobias West
- Kidnapper by Old Hob & Sold to the Machinist
- Meet Hush
- Meet Maze
- Meet Nick's PC
- Meet Silver Dragon
- Plan escape - Steal Hush
1997:
- Escape w/ Hush, Jex, Tommy, Cerrannen, Capricious.
- Head to Midwest periodically.
- Meet Ignatio: Autumn's Introduction.
- Meet Pawn.
- Meet X.
2001:

- Trips to Mid-West
- More Pawn.
- Fresno Visit - Meet Nycto: Height of Auumn.
- Follow bereaved to Nyx - Sorrow's Introduction.
- Meet Rigger - Enter Winter Court.
2002:
- Meet Malich Stich, NYC
- More SD/Motley stuff
- Meet Adra
- Meet Nemo
- Laurel & Black Knight Rescued & taken to Isla del Perdido.
- Cellophane development
- Reverie.

2003:
- February onward. Periodic Trips to West Virginia.
2004:
2005:
2006:
2007:

Current Activities: Nothing (Duma) is a grocer at the Second Avenue Bodega. She occasionally sweeps and stocks shelves. Sometimes she points in the direction of a product someone is looking for. Hush is usually sitting on a crate outside, waiting until her shift is over. The grocer allows her to purchase things at a discount. Sometimes she pockets small things and leaves them with others anonymously.

She currently lives a semi-nomadic lifestyle between the street, with the Changeling known as "The Silver Dragon", Isla del Perdido and Reverie.

Merit Details:

Background: (coming soon)

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Associates of Nothing

Pre-Kidnapping

Tobias Soultongue ~ "Smell Him. Touch him. It remembers."

Arcadian & Hedge

Hush - "She pities in others only the those evils it knows."
Maze - “Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.”
Tommy Blue - "A lie is inefficient unless the truth were felt as dangerous.”
Jex -"There’s something out there in the dark. And it’s moving."
Cerannen - “His endless vitality to her perpetual hunger."
Capricious - “The moment of perfect doubt that gives birth to new certainty."
Nilbog Talo-Brax - "We live in a beautiful house, with no natural light."

Post Hedge

X- "You can't find him in the freezer section of your local grocer."
Laurel Thorn - “I like her -- Her family confuses me..”
Nemo - "Fishface."
Malic Stitch - “Wisdom is not more than healed pain.”
"The Silver Dragon" - "It hates Food. It really hates vegetables, Dragon."
Nathaniel Fellows - "He speaks a lot - sometimes I almost understand."
Adra - "The Goddess of luck."
Pawn - "...he understands."
Ignacio Itztli - "Serendipity is when happenstance brings us together."

Nycto Feraz - "She was on fire last night, and he was dreaming gasoline."
Mister Cellophane - "--feels like reckless driving when he's talking."
Myo- "..for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children."
Erised - Efficient at his function."
Dwight - "Upgrading where applicable. She doesn't like analogies."
Rebus - "He will learn."
Stephan Glamourdust - "If It did attack him, she would not have left enough behind to follow it back to the gathering. It is not so sloppy."
Killian - She learns fast.
Renn - "It has learned from Renn. She would be hard to replace."
Maya - "It told her to open her eyes and her ears, the prey that knows you're coming is the hardest catch."

Looking For:

Creative ties!

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Meditation on a Void

The Pale Man, Pan's Labyrinth
Edward Scissorhands, Edward Scissorhands
Aileen Wuornos, "Monster"
The Little Matchstick Girl, Hans Christian Anderson'
Duma, Old Testament Angel of the Last Egyptian Plague
Penance, Generation X
The Nameless Angel: Urge Wyrm of Despair, WtA Supplement: Book of the Wyrm

Arcadian & Hedge:

Post-Hedge:

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Rumors & Quotes

Have at it - edit at will ;) ~ Mgmt.
QUOTES:

"Food is inefficient" ~ Duma.

"I like Duma. Dark are her thoughts and darker still the person we do not see. There are many layers yet for her to reveal and I will enjoy watching her bloom." ~ Nathaniel Fellows

Whispered: "Duma is my friend. She takes care of me." ~ Hush

"Duma is an enigma. I wonder what transpired in her life to lead her down the road she is on, and if it is too late for her to pick a new course" Stephen Daedalus

"Some people think Dee's crazy. They're wrong. There's a difference between insanity and other kinds of sanity, and our kind's wont to specialize in the latter. 'Sides, in her eyes we're probably the crazy ones anyhow, and y'know, I dinnae mind that." Mister Cellophane

"Ay miss me dark little sista..." ~ Nilbog Talo-Brax

"The most frightening thing about her is that she does not mean to be" ~ Nycto Feraz

"I remember when I first met her and asked her what her name was. She said in that low whispery voice, '...nothing...'. I smiled." ~ Jimmy Quick

"Have you never seen her smile when there is nothing to be hunted? She is no monster: she is simply Lost, same as the rest of us." ~ Cerannen

"A chisel. Her hammer is right behind her. Together they crack stone." - Renn

Have at it - edit at will ;) ~ Mgmt.
RUMORS:

Duma is actually a spy for Autumn Court.
Its not that Duma doesn't speak - its that English isn't her first language.
Duma cannot cross running water.
Hush is actually Duma's son, conceived by a liason between herself and The Machinist.
Duma has only been known to speak to Mister Cellophane.
Duma is rumored to dabble in dark magics.
Duma has pointed to pictures of Nilbog Talo-Brax with great insistence, but no one has yet been able to discover her meaning.
Nothing sometimes gets flowers from an unknown admirer.