rules in tags bc i'm too tired to type them in here

tristen: Are you?

*the figure doesn't seem to notice Tristen*

Tristen: *taps on shoulder* hey are you ok?

*the figure's head turns slowly towards Tristen and stares at him*

Tristen: are you ok?

*the figure just stares at Tristen, not blinking*
*the figure's body shakes quickly and it produces a strange sound*

Tristen: *slightly unnerved* what?

*the ground around the figure starts turning darker as the figure lowers it's head*
*the figure begins emitting a quiet humming sound*

Tristen: *shaking* d-do you want me to leave?

*the figure shakes it's head 'no'*

Tristen: ok *sits with the figure*

*a nearby bush begins burning as the figure stares at Tristen*

Tristen: 0_0 uhh why where you crying can you write it in fire or something?

*the figure pulls out a stone tablet and a pencil like object, then begins to write on the tablet*

Tristen: oh that's more convenient and safe

*the figure hands Tristen the tablet upon finishing writing*

*tristen reads it*

*the writing is nearly indecipherable, but still readable*

Tristen: hmm let's see "reads it*

It only has one sentence:
"I am the Nowhere King."

Tristen: hmm nowhere I feel like I've herd of that place before...

*the figure looks up at Tristen and finally speaks*
???: "I live nowhere. Go nowhere. I have to stay here for all of eternity. I'm forced. Eternal happiness, they said. My smile is fake. It's simply a cut out hole in my body. Everything around me is dead, besides you. I don't try to hurt things, it just happens... I'm the single, eternal Nowhere King. I'm bound by a curse that they said was a blessing."
*the figure starts weeping inaudibly*

Tristen: O_O OH

*the figure's voice is deep and distorted*
???: "I was stripped of my family. My home. My soul. My belongings. My own body, even."

Tristen: by who...

???: "I was stripped of my memories before being forced into this body. I don't remember who did it. All I know is that it happened. I know that they were part of a group."

Tristen: hmmm well what's your name?

???: "I wasn't given a name. I don't have one. This is actually my first time seeing someone that didn't just act like I didn't exist."

Hm that's interesting

???: "You're probably the first living being who can actually see me and hear me."

Tristen: that's even more interesting

???: "I'm honestly in indefinite pain, and you can't do anything about it, unless you can somehow find them and get them to break the binding. I can't describe them besides 'dark vessels in pitch black cloaks in the middle of a dark forest filled with dangerous monsters'."

Tristen sounds fun...

???: "I can barely move my limbs without the barrier producing a loud sound that only I can hear."

Tristen: that's... Concerning

???: "The barrier is actually called a Seal Of Binding."

Tristen: hm

???: "I remember the name of a single show I watched in my past life. I actually can't remember if it was a show or a movie, but i'm pretty sure it was 18+ or something like that."

Tristen: what was it called?

???: "I'm pretty sure that it was, like, Hazbin Hotel or something like that."

Tristen: oml I love that show-

???: "That's really the only thing about it that I can remember, really. What's the age rating?"

Mature audiences only

Nok: "Ok. Thanks for telling me. Hold on, am I allowed to watch it despite this soul's age of 11 years?"

Tristen: well I think you can

((whoops, i accidentally put Nok instead of ???. Nok is a different OC of mine, so just ignore it.))
???: "I mean, I have no way to watch it, because of the Seal Of Binding, but it's pretty nice knowing it's an option if I manage to get a device with Hazbin Hotel available on it."

Tristen: well I have *pulls out his phone and turns on hazbin hotel*

???: "It's really hard to see it due to the Seal, because it emits some sort of fog, only visible to the bound object/being. Nothing from outside can get in, and nothing inside can get out."

Tristen: *turns up brightness* is that better?

???: "Yeah."

*tristen plays the show*

((I actually haven't watched Hazbin Hotel irl))
???: "Thank you for bringing me endless happiness..."

(it's funny)
Tristen: ofc nobody deserves to be sad

((i'm below 18 tho, so I probably can't watch it anyways))
???: "Would you mind giving me a name?"

( you probably can)
The names tristen

((there's a website called Hyperbeam that's like Discord 2, and it has a web browser that I might be able to use to watch it on my school chromebook, because it's my only device, but I need at least one other person in the Hyperbeam for it to work without restarting the browser after 5 minutes))
???: "That's a nice name."

(didn't know about that website)Tristen: thx

((i have an account, HyperBeheaded))
???: "No problem."

(nice) tristen: :)

???: "So, uh, can you come up with any names for me?"

Tristen: hmm let's see ar-ny?

(( https://hyperbeam.com/i/Rc02Szt- ))

???: "Arny?"

Yes arny

???: "That sounds fitting, somehow... Thank you."

Your welcome

*Arny tries to smile, but just ends up making the mouth-shaped hole bigger with more cracks*

O_O

Arny: "That hurt."

Tristen; looked like it...

Arny: "It might repair eventually... I hope it does..."

Tristen: so do i

(it's pronounced are-knee)

Arny: "It might. Maybe. Eventually."

Tristen: hopefully

Arny: *crying happily* "Eventually, it will happen... I just... know... it will..."

Tristen: you can cry?

Arny: "My tears... are just... a pitch black... liquid... But yes... I can... cry..."