Finally feeling her heartbeat slow and her breath even out, Nemo looked up at Victoria and smiled, thanking her silently for the support. She scrubbed a hand over her face, muttering, [color=6ecff6]"I'm okay. I'm okay,"[/color] mostly to convince herself.

She stood, looking up at the huge beast casting a shadow over the group. She dug around in her backpack for her, thankfully intact, iPod. It was a strange thing to need in this situation, but music always made Nemo feel better.

When introductions started going around, she made a decision.

[color=6ecff6]"My name's Nemo. Technically, my [i]real[/i] name is Jarod but I prefer Nemo. For my own reasons."[/color]

She decided to trust these people with her preferred name, but she wasn't anywhere near ready to tell them the reason for it.

Nemo put in one of her earbuds and hit [i]shuffle[/i] on her iPod. The song that came on made her laugh a little. It was too appropriate.

[i]"Mama, we all go to [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlE2YgLU8kA]Hell[/url]..."[/i]

[@PrinceAlexus][@neogreggory]