[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=#9370DB]Nancy Parker[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://s33.postimg.org/ntqrkwdbj/tumblr_onkbk2_Af9_O1vuk4i6o1_250.gif[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][b][color=#9370DB]Location:[/color][/b] Ville au Camp: Main House (Room 202)
[b][color=#9370DB]Skills:[/color][/b] the Cards [/center][hr]	[color=#9370DB]"Maybe I'd fancy doing a reading with my toes,"[/color] Nancy mused. [color=#9370DB]"Change of pace and all."[/color] For the most part, she disliked talking while she conducted readings. She didn't mind with Gio - he was Gio, after all. With others, they tended to breathe down her neck and ask a bunch of tedious questions. Sometimes, they'd even ask for her to teach tarot to them. And while instruction in tarot wasn't too hard, the Cards would never work for anyone but her. It'd be nothing more than nonsense for anyone else - and as far as she was aware, none of the Paradoxes had an ability that could rival her sight. 

	Nancy carefully picked out the cards, turning them all to face upright. She always felt a bit mystical when she conducted these readings, as if her purpose was ever the more clear. [color=#9370DB]"The Tower,"[/color] Nancy said, looking at the card she had drawn that would give her insight into the past. She then moved onto the next. [color=#9370DB]"The Fool,"[/color] she said with a bit of a chuckle. It represented the present. [color=#9370DB]"And finally...Ten Swords."[/color] It showed the future. 

	Her dark eyes flickered over the cards, chuckling a bit at the illustration on the Ten Swords. It always amused her, seeing the man with multiple blades in his back. Of course, the reading in its entirety wasn't so amusing. Her smile faded as her mind went through the meanings of the cards and what this reading meant. [color=#9370DB]"This isn't a good reading, Gio,"[/color] Nancy finally said, her thoughts in order and not a mere jumble of cards and their meaning. [color=#9370DB]"See, the Tower...That's us leaving to come here, I think. Disaster, ruin, change. And the Fool, that's a hopeful beginning, taking chances, seeing the world - the new Paradoxes...But what worries me is the last one - the Ten Swords. Unless it's saying you're going to throw out your back, this card means this isn't going to end well...It'll be painful. Bloody, maybe. And final."[/color] [hr][hr][center][h1][b][i]A[color=ed145b]licia Gonzalez[/color] & A[color=9999ff]ndromeda Aldrich[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://s13.postimg.org/hdiv7bk53/giphy.gif[/img][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Ville au Camp: Tree --> Main House (Room 109)
[b]Skills:[/b] Empathy (Alicia), Psychology (Alicia)[/center][hr]	The first thing Andromeda saw when she opened her eyes was the face of a stranger, offering her a hand. She remained motionless for a moment, trying to remember what had happened. They had killed the demon, right? Yes, yes they did. Her fingers curled a bit, feeling the dirt and grass. It seemed so real - but she had been in Massachusetts a moment ago. [color=9999ff]"I'm...dead..."[/color] Andromeda repeated, feeling quite strange. It all seemed to snap into place in an instant - the damage that had been done to the fabric of reality and then...then she was here. 

	[color=ed145b]"Yeah, I think I covered that part chica,"[/color] Alicia said as she kept her hand held out to the girl. Damn she was pale, reminded her of the deadies she had to deal with in her memories of Newnan. [color=ed145b]"Least you got the skintone for it."[/color]

	Andromeda hesitated for a moment, before taking Alicia's hand. It didn't seem like hell - and she wasn't even certain if she believed in heaven. [color=9999ff]"Where am I?"[/color] Andromeda asked, before her heart skipped a beat. The others - were they alright? Her brother - was he okay? [color=9999ff]"Are the others alive?"[/color] she then asked quickly. 

	Giving a good yank she helped Andromeda  up and off the ground she shrugged a bit. [color=ed145b]"Okay, I can answer the first question. You are in Louisiana, the year is 1943. Hence your get up."[/color] Motioning towards the clothing that Andromeda had shown up in. It fit the time era and location. Granted what Alicia was wearing didn't but she had been there a while and knew better than to step outside of the camp wearing her clothing from 2017. [color=ed145b]"I got no clue if they are, they ain't here though, so that could be a good sign."[/color]

	Andromeda's eyes flickered down to her clothing and she wrinkled her nose. While she didn't specifically dislike pink or dresses, she seldom wore dresses or even skirts. The stranger's comment about her skin tone came back to mind and Andromeda chuckled weakly. Some things didn't change even in death then - the weird looks about her hair, her skin, and her name. [color=9999ff]"My mother's albino,"[/color] she explained. As for the others...Andromeda looked at her surroundings for a moment, taking it all in. Was this the place where everyone went when they died? It seemed too...small. 

	[color=9999ff]"Why am I in 1943?"[/color] Andromeda then asked. 
	
	[color=ed145b]"Because that is where The Cards saw, so The Dice checked if it was a safe day and The Hat got our shit here, Then The Watch took care of making sure the day stayed the day and boom, here we are."[/color] All of that completely made sense in Alicias mind as she spouted it off, the she realized it wouldn't to the new comer. [color=ed145b]"Long story but let's just say it is a safe day where shit doesn't happen. Well other thank pranksters and Halloween."[/color]

	[color=9999ff]"The...The what? Like Monopoly pieces...?"[/color] Andromeda asked, her eyebrows furrowed. Even though it had essentially been brushed aside, her mind was far too inquisitive and curious for that. She hadn't heard of anything like the Dice or the Cards or the Hat or the Watch before. Her timeline had some horrifying truths and powerful figures - but nothing with names like that. 

	Looking back down at the clipboard she ran her finger over the information provided. [color=ed145b]"Salem... so either you like Halloween or hate it... which is it?"[/color]

	[color=9999ff]"I was basically raised on it - so yes,"[/color] Andromeda replied. [color=9999ff]"I was raised in the tourist trap you visit [i]after[/i] Salem...I'm sorry, but...who are you? Are you...Virgil or something like that?"[/color] She was trying to wrap her mind around everything that was happening. The more information she had, the less confused she'd be - or at least, so she assumed. Only about half of this was making sense currently to her, something she wanted to rectify. 

	Alicia had no idea what Andromeda was referring to, it wasn't like she was up to date on her Dante Readings. [color=ed145b]"No, I'm Alicia. Come on, let's get your ass settled, Gilberts got your room all ready for you,"[/color] she said motioning towards the large house that was just a stones throw away from them. [color=ed145b]"Hope you don't burn easily, we really don't have a lot of sun screen here."[/color]

	[color=9999ff]"Gilbert? Is he one of those..."[/color] Andromeda paused, trying to think of a word that made sense. None came to her. She still wasn't sure what the Cards or the Hat and all of that was about. Her eyes flickered over towards the large house. The thought of getting sunburned didn't phase her all too much - she spent a lot of time in New Mexico with her mother when she was little. And while it did tend to happen easily, she was used to it. [color=9999ff]"I'm trying to wrap my head around all of this but...Alicia, what are you? What am I - a ghost?"[/color]

	Alicia stopped in her tracks and pushed her hair out of her face before letting out of a huff. She really needed to talk to Evelina about all this and get a script down because she kept forgetting things. Turning she faced Andromeda and tried to explain everything. [color=ed145b]"Okay, there are four Emendators. They pretty much control everything. Then there are us. We are Paradoxes. We are dead but living again. We aren't ghosts, or vampires, we can die. We have nothing to do with any god or anything like that. This is just a place to get a second chance at something outside of what you used to have in your life. Clean slate if you will. Different time, different place."[/color]

	The understanding dawned visually on Andromeda's face. Now that she had terms and definitions, a portion of her confusion dissipated. While she still had more questions, she didn't feel hopelessly lost anymore. She had heard hundreds of strange and curious things when she was alive - many of which turned out to be true. Her brother had worshiped Lucifer and leveled a small town when he tried to raise the devil from hell - it wasn't too hard to accept what Alicia was saying, now that she had some explanations. [color=9999ff]"So what do Paradoxes do then?"[/color] Andromeda asked. 

	[color=ed145b]"That's... well,"[/color] Alicia said as she turned and kept walking, motioning for Andromeda to follow her. She had seen Gilbert duck into the passageway on the side of the house that was closet to them. Best not go that route. Then it dawned on Alicia that she didn't need to check the lists. There was only one room left vacant currently, it had to be for this newest arrival. Sweeping around a little wide she kept some distance between them and the house as she went for the far side passageway. [color=ed145b]"I'll let that to Eve to explain. She wanted to handle that once you all were here and settled in,"[/color] she finally said as the arrived at the far side passageway and headed over to room 109. [color=ed145b]"It won't be anything you don't want to do, well shit, they don't force you to do shit at least."[/color]

	Andromeda kept up with Alicia, her mind still mulling over the information she had gained. The last twenty four hours, from her perspective, had been horrifying and exhilarating. She had died - but then she was alive again. Alicia's vague answer only brought more questions to mind, but she consciously stopped herself from asking them rapidly. They could wait for now, until this Eve - was that one of the Emendators? She doubted that Alicia would be taking orders from a Paradox, giving her description of how this reality operated. She reached to brush her hair back, only to feel the chain of a locket around her neck. As she glanced down, Andromeda smiled sadly. It was just like the protection locket she wore when alive. Her thoughts drifted to her brother briefly. He wasn't here - that was a good thing, right?

	[color=9999ff]"Thank you, Alicia,"[/color] Andromeda said, once they reached the outside of room 109. That was one benefit to being dead, she realized - she no longer had to work to keep her father's hotel afloat. She hated running a hotel. 

	[color=ed145b]"Sure thing. Listen you need anything come find me. I think you are the last we are getting around here for a while. Hell,"[/color] she said looking back down at her clipboard and then shrugging. [color=ed145b]"Yeah, no more names so get settled and then come look around. There are several others. Look out for the pranksters though, Gio and Nancy... I think being Emendators they grew bored over a few thousand years so get their kicks with new folk,"[/color] she said as she unlocked the door and then handed the key over to Andromeda. Granted she wasn't about to tell her she was nearly as bad as that pair. 

	Andromeda raised an eyebrow, but she smiled at the thought. Many societies, from what she recalled, had prankster deities. Perhaps there was something to that after all. [color=9999ff]"What do Gio and Nancy look like?"[/color] Andromeda asked, accepting the key from Alicia. She had only seen Alicia thus far - as far as she knew, [i]anyone[/i] could have been this pair of pranksters. It was hard to keep an eye out for something almost entirely unknown, after all. 

	Chuckling Alicia thought about all the others she had warned about Gio and Nancy. Not one of them had asked what they looked like. This girl at least had some sense about her. [color=ed145b]"Gios a few inches taller than me and bald older looking guy. Actually oldest looking on the grounds. Nancy is a couple inches shoulder than me, dark hair and eyes, pale."[/color] That was about it when it came to those two. Lord only knew what they were wearing right now. [color=ed145b]"Oh as far as the other two Emendators go, you can't miss them. Gil.... Think The Rock, thinner, better looking, but just as buff and scarier. Eve.. Prime, proper, all in blue, even her hair is tinted slightly blue. Navy blue, refined. Looks like something out of First Wives of the 1940's Spread in Time Magazine."[/color]

	Andromeda committed Alicia's descriptions to memory. The four Emendators - Gio, Nancy, Gil, and Eve. They seemed like they'd be fairly obvious for the most part, unless another Paradox happened to be a bit shorter than Alicia with dark hair and eyes. She doubted she'd miss an incredibly old man, the Rock, or Pretty in Blue. [color=9999ff]"Gotcha. I'll keep an eye out."[/color] She had to keep her thoughts from drifting towards the only person she knew that would potentially be alive in the 1940's - Fairfax. 

	Alicia gave a nod before leaving Andromeda alone to get settled in and have some [i]me[/i] time as she had with the others. Glancing down at the clipboard no more names were showing up. That meant she didn't have to go back to the tree. Letting out a breath she headed towards the front of the house. Eve's schedule was pretty set in stone so once you were around here for more than a few repeat days it was pretty simple to find her. This time of the day she was normally just taking in the air on the front porch. Time to let The Dice know she was done for now.

	Andromeda entered her room, closing the door softly behind her. It was clean and orderly - almost a little too much so. It didn't have that lived in look that she enjoyed, instead reminding her too much of a hotel. If she could go the rest of her afterlife without encountering the hospitality industry, it'd be an afterlife well spent. She ventured forward and sat down on the small four poster bed, noticing a few items set aside for her. She picked up a reel to reel film projector and grinned, especially upon noticing the tins of films. 

	She looked through the tins for a few fleeting moments, before she spotted a wooden box. Picking it up, she placed it on the bed beside her and then opened it, finding a telescope inside of it. She picked up the antique telescope with care, a stray tear just missing its metal coating. She had minored in astronomy in college because of her mother. She had been Andromeda's inspiration to look up towards the stars and see the wonders of the universe. [color=9999ff]"I'm sorry you're alone,"[/color] Andromeda whispered. She wasn't sure who she was apologizing to - it could have been anyone in her life. She had died and left them behind in a world plagued with horrors. 

	She then peered through the telescope, not aiming it at anything in particular. Her mother's advice came back to her and she smiled sadly. [color=9999ff]"I just need to find my Polaris,"[/color] Andromeda reminded herself. She just needed to find her North star and use it to guide herself, like a compass, through this unknown and strange existence. She took in even breaths, before slowly and carefully placing the telescope away.