Sound of Madness

[Momo13]

Ben sat up in his room in the attic. Most people would want to avoid staying in this particular room in the house because of the heat in the summer and the cold in the winter. But ben didn’t mind. Blankets could fix the cold, and you could always put fans to cool down the room.

When Micka was still part of the group, he had set up camera around the perimeter of the house and at the front door. The control panel was stationed in this room so ben could keep a careful eye on what happened outside the house so he would be sure no harm would come to his family. He saw a ginger approach the house, a pink bag tossed over her shoulder. Looking closer, he saw that she wasn’t really ginger….but a strawberry blonde? Oboy…. Zach would be going on about her hair for who knows how long.

The doorbell rang and Zach was the first there. No surprise. Ben sighed and started down the steps. He passed a few rooms of fellow runaways, but didn’t alert them of the new comer. They could meet her for themselves….That was if Ben and Zach agreed she could stay.

“Hello,” he greeted the girl with the dance bag, who Zach was already looking over. For a gay guy, he definitely looked over a lot of girls. Ben understood why though, he was going to try to find something to talk to her about, probably with fashion or music or even boys. Ben chuckled at the thought. “What’s your name?”

“Hi….” The girl muttered softly. “I’m Delilah….” She murmured softly. Her light red hair fell into her face and covered her eyes. She was nervous. Why though? It wasn’t like they bit. She also kept a jacket tightly wrapped around her.

“Why did you come to us?” Ben asked kindly.

She shifted her weight and kept her gaze down. “It wasn’t safe for me at home….. Please…. I cant talk about it….. but I heard that this would be a safe place for a girl like me….” She stammered. Her words were slurred and rushed as she spoke.

Ben just nodded and opened the door for her. “Welcome then. I won’t push you to tell us. The room on the second floor, far right is open. You can move in there. But I should warn you, if you end up hurting my family, if you put them in danger, you will be kicked out faster than your heart can beat. Got that?” His voice was somewhat stern.

Delilah nodded quickly in understanding. “Of course….I would never do something like that….” Ben only nodded in response and walked off.
“Don’t mind him…He just gets protective.” Zach told her. “You’ll be able to find a few other people in the house to talk to. Most of them are pretty nice, but I should advice you to keep anything of value hidden until the group earns your trust. We have had some….interesting characters over the years…” he smiled and started through the halls. “Enjoy your stay in the house of madness,” he chuckled darkly.

Spoiler: OOC 

I don’t expect posts to be this long, and you can start with your characters part of the group (which would be a lot easier and preferred on my part)or have them come like Delilah….

[Old Gregg]

Alice yawned and decided to relocate from the couch to the ground and curl up with her blanket to finish reading another chapter of "Fahrenheit 451". She loved reading, but very rarely got time to do it outside of school, for leisure rather than an assignment. She had recently become interested in the works of Bradbury, feeling that he viewed the world much like she did. Alice identified with the author's writing style as well, feeling that it was very much a form of art as well as wonderfully written literature. Her eyes became drowsy as she neared the end of the chapter, feeling a sense of loss as Montag laid in the alley, practically broken from the Hound that had practically poisoned his leg. She heard a few whispers being passed here and there proclaiming the arrival of a newbie. Alice raised an interested brow, tucked her book back into her bag and folded up her blanket. A newbie was much more interesting than reading a depressing book set in a dystopian world that would most likely just bring her back to her own past and illuminate it more intensely than what it had ever actually been. She stood, stretched and waited for the person to enter the room. Eventually she did, and Alice smiled and extended a hand, being the first to approach her. "Welcome, weary traveler, to our humble domain." She smiled and patted the girl's back. "I'm just messin' with ya. I'm Allistar. Or Alice, if you will." Alice turned around and gave the group a stern look as she said, "I'm sure everyone is really happy to have you here today. Say hi, guys." Alice was very accepting of people and made it a point not to judge a new person, even though there had been some trouble in the past. She remembered when she first joined the group and how long it took before she made any real friends. No one had trusted her for a long time. And it was only because they were cautious about letting her in. Alice felt that all newcomers should at least be welcomed warmly. It didn't mean they had to trust her, but if she had been there for a legitimate reason, just like the rest of the runaways, then who were they to judge?

[DragonGirl]

Sophia was at her desk drawing. She loved to draw, but she didn't love what she drew. Sophia rarely got a peaceful sleep, most of the time tossing and turning, and eventually waking herself up by screaming. Her nightmares were intolerable. She tried anything to subdue them, from heavy pain killers, to alcohol. Nothing seemed to do the trick. As Sophia was finishing up the shadowing of her picture, she heard someone downstairs. She slowly got up and went to the door to eavesdrop. The only voice she could hear was Ben's. She took that as a good sign, someone quiet, and easy to live with. Sophia slowly opened her door and peered out, but know one was there. Opening the door inch by inch so she would be able to catch a look, but the door creaked at two feet open. Sophia slowly slid out, the pads of her feet becoming chilled on the hallway floor. Before seeing anything, Sophia heard Alice saying her usual welcome. Sophia remembered when Alice gave her the welcome speech. It was intimidating, and there was so many people. Never the less, Sophia kept a bored expression on. Sophia appreciated the warm welcome, but most likely would never get the courage to tell Alice. When she reached the stair case she moved half her body so it would be visible. There she saw Alice gesturing to the scattered group of teens, some standing, some sitting, doing their different activities. Sophia never knew how people could stand it down there, so many people, so many distractions. Maybe it was tolerable for them, because they actually had friends. The fragile girl standing with them had a ginger, no strawberry blonde hair color? It was hard to say. Sophia moves her messy side bangs from her face, still disheveled from her sleep. Sophia stood there, waiting to see if the girl would come up the stairs or not, because Sophia was determined to avoid confrontaiton.

[Heir of Void]

Connor was sprawled upside down on the loveseat, hanging by his feet, head and back on the floor, his face in his laptop he escaped with, and the headphones around his head(listening to "love me dead"). He could usually tune out most everyone else, but he noticed that there was a feeling of interest in something by the front of the door.
He saw a small wall of people clustered in front of something, so he figured it was a new arrival. He would let her get used to the house before he introduced himself, so he rolled back to a sitting position, stood up and started heading back up stairs. He looked back to catch a glimpse of Alice and the newbie to the room that he calls "the circus of angst" before going back into his office/room/tech center to update his website.

[Volcove]

As he exited the gym, his last work out for the week, he slipped his hand into his right pocket and took the paper which held the address for this place for runaways. Thinking deeply over it as he ran his fingers over the paper he decided to just go and try it out.

Jason's mind was blank as he walked to the address his friend, Jake, gave him before his family left for England. Empty and meaningless thoughts ran through his mind, not really putting much thought into what he was gonna say.

A cool breeze passed as Jason stood on the pavement outside the "house of madness". Gym bag slung over his shoulder, he only brought five pairs of clothing, aside from the gray t-shirt, and dark jeans he was already wearing."Should I really do this?"

"I've got nothing to lose, why not?" Jason thought, as he knocked gently on the door, waiting for an answer.

[Heir of Void]

Walking up the stairs, looking out the window to the side that overlooked the lawn,Connor saw what looked like a slightly puzzled teen in front of the house heading towards the door. He looked taller than the others that lived here, and he didn't recognize the clothes. "Two in one day? A new record." Connor reverses direction and heads through the side door to talk to let the arrival in and ask him his business. He uses the side door to avoid the growing group near the front door. Standing slightly away from the new arrival, Connor sees he was correct about the tall aspect. Hesitantly, Connor asks the gray-shirted mate, " Ummm, excuthe me. What are you here for?"

[Momo13]

Zach was next to Connor in a second, looking the new guy over. "Probably here to join the madness, correct?" He cut in and held his hand out for the guy to shake. "I'm Zach. Co-founder of this group. Lucky you got me instead of Ben as founder....he'd be giving you third degree right now. This is connor. Sophia and alice are somewhere.....Ben is with the new girl. He'll explain rules to you and her later...." Zach was rambling, a slight smile on his face.

Wow....today really was a weird day. They usually dont get two people in the same month, let alone the same day. Word must be getting out around the other neighborhoods. THat was somewhat good...more income for the group. but at the same time, more chances of the group being found out by feds and more chances for rules being broken, like....romance for example. Not that Zach would mind at all..

[DragonGirl]

Sophia was glad she stayed to watch, she saw Zach and Connor walking towards a guy. He was slightly tanned, and had sort of a mohawk, he was also really well built. Sophia couldn't take her eyes off him, but knew he would never take interest, he looked like the guys at her old school who would torment her. Sophia sat down on the top step to watch, but was ready to run back to her room at any time.

[Volcove]

Jason notices the two guys that greet him, one black haired, and the other brown, probably around his age. Just as the brown haired one asks him his business, the other guy cuts in and extends his hand, and introduces himself as well as the other members. Jason listens as he gets all the names into his mind making sure not to forget, even if he doesn't know who the others are. "I'm Jason, nice to meet you guys," nodding as he shook Zach's hand.

Jason glances up again at the house, wondering if it'll really be his new home. Thoughts of going back to his sister was just a nightmare, and he didn't want to have any of that crap anymore. "I've heard about this place from a friend of mine, and I just got a job back in the gym I work out in as a trainer," Jason continues, "If it's fine, I'd like to stay with you guys, and do my part to help out."

A small income, good enough for a teenager like him, was what he was earning as a personal trainer, and an amateur boxing coach. Sometimes though, his clients would tip him extra cause they knew his situation and took pity on him. That angered him sometimes, he didn't want to be pitied, he wanted to be respected and appreciated, he hoped this new place would give him a sense of purpose, maybe even in some girl's life.

[Old Gregg]

After some of the group greeted Delilah the best they knew how, Alice smiled coolly, placing a hand on the small of the girl's back, saying, "Everything will be fine. We're a family. We take care of one another. You'll be safe here as long as you follow the rules and do your best." Alice looked sidelong at the rest of the group. "Am I right, friends?" some grunted casually, their interest beginning to subside as they went back to whatever they were doing. The feeling in the room was very static; there was a noticeable sense of discomfort that settled upon the room. Alice knew it was because they were pretending to be uninterested to make it easy to distrust Delilah until they were sure of what kind of people she really was. It was understandable. We've been through a lot, thought Alice. She left Delilah alone for a bit to get her things sorted out and decided to get something to eat when word spread around again that there was yet ANOTHER newcomer. "Hm. This news won't die down for awhile." She muttered in amusement. The runaways seemed unconcerned with Delilah's arrival. Although Alice was sure the other newcomer and Delilah would be getting even more attention because of this rare happening.