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[The Void Project] BACK FROM THE DARKNESS

That was quite cool Mango, reminds me of a prologue I wrote for my own big Void story that leads in with an ominous explanation of The Void by a character about to share some stories of various villagers. I'm waiting until I'm done with the whole thing to post though but your intro is very cool, I look forward to seeing where you go with this.

thank you aha, im going to make more chapters of ao3, but on btb i'll just make his experience in the void as it seems better that way =)

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You might be wondering, "How wonderful could a villager be if he was in the void?"

He put up with it. He watered the flowers that were wilted, trampled, or over watered. He befriended all of the unloved villagers, telling them how much they meant to someone, and that if they tried enough, they would find their town!

This villager, a "crazy, scary, clown sheep", had a name.
His name was Pietro.

Pietro was one of the most kind, gentleman like people there were, despite being in The Void.

i'm going to finish it after my brothers are done survivor series
 
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Say, does anyone have voided villagers I can use as background characters? I just need one or two to be part of a group hanging around a campfire who gets attacked by a group of small bandits led by Broccolo and take the opportunity to run off when Bruce fights off the bandits. If anyone has a villager they'd enjoy seeing cameo in a story and doesn't mind the indignity of them running from a lazy tier 5 mouse villager then they get the role.

Oh, I thought of something else, if someone has a villager who could be part of Broccolo's gang that would be even better. A while back I had permission from someone to use their Peanut as an antagonist so I wound up making a group of Void villains who's most notable feature is their small size. Anybody have some small but evil voided villagers I can use?
 
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Say, does anyone have voided villagers I can use as background characters? I just need one or two to be part of a group hanging around a campfire who gets attacked by a group of small bandits led by Broccolo and take the opportunity to run off when Bruce fights off the bandits. If anyone has a villager they'd enjoy seeing cameo in a story and doesn't mind the indignity of them running from a lazy tier 5 mouse villager then they get the role.

Oh, I thought of something else, if someone has a villager who could be part of Broccolo's gang that would be even better. A while back I had permission from someone to use their Peanut as an antagonist so I wound up making a group of Void villains who's most notable feature is their small size. Anybody have some small but evil voided villagers I can use?

Use my Hippeaux as the coward. Always hated that ugly jerk.
 
Use my Hippeaux as the coward. Always hated that ugly jerk.

Thank you very much, I have given him the coveted role of 'yellow hippo who holds his friend in front of him as a shield.' Does anyone else have a voided villager who could cameo? Preferably one to fill the role of unwilling shield for Hippeaux?
 
I'm gonna post the prologue to my big story, but if anyone has a voided villager they'd like to have cameo there's still time.

There is a place of darkness in your game, yes, your game. That is why you're here isn't it? You have a copy of Animal Crossing and you come here to talk to others who share in your interests, if you don't have the game then you really must be pathetic, going to the trouble of making an account for a website designed for discussing a game you don't own but... Oh? You do have it? Then be silent so I can share with you my tale of woe you fool. It isn't my woe I'm telling you about, I rarely partake in something as useless as emotions. I'm just a program, a mere puppet to be used by a dark entity to draw in slightly more complex puppets than myself. Their complexity doesn't make them better than me, it just means they have more feelings, and more to lose than I'll ever have.

You know them, these lost, forsaken puppets. You may consider them friends at times but you only deceive yourself, you are the one pulling their strings after all. You buy them, sell them, you bend the reality of their world to control where they live, you change their home or refuse to let them change it themselves for some preconceived notion that their originality makes them valuable like a comic book sealed in plastic so it's pages may never see the light of day, you rule over them with an iron fist and if they have no use then you send them into the very place of darkness that I spoke of before. If you're too thick to put two and two together I'll just say it, the puppets I speak of are your villagers, and the dark place is what many like yourself call, (pause for dramatic effect), The Void... As if that wasn't readily apparent by the title.

I go by the name Lila, it has no particular importance but you may hear it again. I am, after all, an agent of The Void and there are more than a fair few villagers who figured out it was me that brought them down into this dark place. They hate me for it of course, and I don't blame them. Very few actually enjoy it here, but I don't make the decision to bring them here and at the end of it all I'm stuck here with them, condemned to the same fate, but with fewer friends.

Yes, I said fewer friends. Do not be confused, I said I rarely partake in emotions, rarely does not mean never. I have a friend here, or perhaps had would be a better word. He is starting to learn of what I am, and even though he chose to be here himself, he sees how others suffer. As his understanding of this place grows he becomes distant from me because he knows I'm part of it... I should be distant too, I'm letting my feelings get the better of me.

I'm a being of chaotic evil, an agent who's only purpose is to come to the normal world and take away life so that The Void may thrive. When something is destroyed it goes to The Void, every tree chopped down, every flower trampled, every public works project demolished, even the garbage you toss into a trashcan. This story is not to tell you about the trees, it isn't even to tell you about myself, this is a story about the individual villagers who not only survive here in this desolate place, but live. Well, I'd better go, I'm starting to talk in cliches. You take care of your villagers, if I'm wrong and you truly consider them friends then make sure they wind up in a good home, there are people out there who will take a low tier villager. If you care about your villager then put out the moderate effort it takes to find these people, otherwise they can end up like these sorry fools.

The prologue and epilogue chapters will be in first person from the perspective of my own characters but the main chapters will be third person accounts of my various voided villagers so you won't be seeing much of Lila. I'll be posting a chapter every day.
 
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Freckle's Void - Intermission - thernksgervin' in verd
The Harvest Festival is a time of joy, and a time to be thankful for everything you have. We have feasts, and we cook up food for everyone. In The Void, we try our best to recreate it. Food is scarce here, so a feast to us is a decent meal to someone in the overworld. I've gotten used to how things are run here. We've done our best to bring back memories of the good times, when nobody was insane, and nobody went missing, and nobody was killed.

"Oi, Molly!" Phoebe and Curt were waving at me from a distance away. I ignored them, still too frustrated at Freckles. It had been at least a day since we split up. She's probably dead or worse by now. I snorted at the thought of Freckles sitting in a tree wearing a blue scarf while laughing maniacally. I went to my hut to eat my food in peace. ...She was probably just stressed. I thought. However, I still couldn't shake the thought of her speech. ...Maybe she was right. I pushed my food to the side, no longer hungry. I resisted the urge to curl up in bed, however, and decided to take a stroll on the forest. A nice long stroll in the deep forest. What is wrong with you, subconsious?! I plunged myself onto the bed, appalled that I had even thought of doing so. I wonder what Phoebe tastes like. I nearly screamed at this thought. Where were these thoughts coming from?! Before I knew it, I was at my feet.

"My mental state isn't doing very well... I need to leave. This time, I obeyed this thought. I finished my food out of pity for the gatherers working overtime, and ran into the deep forest. I need to go as deep as I can. I won't hurt them. I ran for a while, surprised that I wasn't already out of breath. I looked all around, and saw only darkness. I spotted a small cave, and rushed into it. I hope Freckles is alright. I exhaled quietly, careful to not attract any insane animals. I sat down in a dark corner of the cave. I hope she'll be victorious against those monsters. I curled into a ball, closing my eyes, as insane thoughts rushed through my mind, making various parts of me twitch.

"Thank you, Freckles." I closed my eyes, and let the last bit of me go.

Story Notes
Happy Thanksgiving! I couldn't really think of a chapter that would have a thanksgiving-y feel focusing on Freckles, so why not Molly? I figured she wouldn't come rushing back to Freckles, so I decided to make her go crazy. 'Tis a cruel fate!

i hope i murdered your feels
 
Nice chapter Nanobyte, my feels are very murdered right now.

Anyway, here is the next part to my void story, enjoy.

So much for finding turf wars, even the grass in this place is dead as dust. Tammy blew her dirty-blond bangs our of her face with a huff as she walked through this wasteland. A small yellow bear walking alone though a forest of dried flowers and dead trees. Every few minutes a growling noise emits from somewhere, but the whole place seems to echo and the source of the growls is difficult to pinpoint. The best Tammy can do is glare in in whatever direction and hope it's aimed at whoever's doing that.

Never had to deal with this back in Crystal, mayor Aidan may have been an oddball at times and pretend to be threatening but he wouldn't actually hurt anyone, he toned it down once you got annoyed about it. Tammy sighed, she considered herself pretty tough but this place was wearing on her nerves, and she was getting fed up with that constant growling.

"Hey, knock it off! You think your tough? How about you come out and face me!" Tammy picked up a rock from the ground and threw it to her right, where she thought the growling was coming from. Tammy panted a few times from the adrenalin for a few seconds when she noticed a bright blue in her peripheral vision. Slowly turning to look all the way behind her she realized she may have been slightly off in her assumption that the growling was coming from her right, turns out the alligator making that noise was behind her.

Tammy swallowed hard, her throat suddenly feeling very dry. Trying not to lose her confidence Tammy tryed to stand up straight and glare at the creature. I can knock this creep down a peg with my own tough attitude no problem. "H-hey, so you're the big tough beast who skulks around growling at peeps, you must think you're real tough." Well that came out a bit shakier than it sounded in my head but hopefully this lady gets the message that Tammy is not to be messed with!

Well that didn't go as planned. Tammy thought to herself. After the large blue alligator proved to be unphased by Tammy's bravado a bit of a chase ensued. Who chased who you ask? None of your business, but uh... I may have somehow wound up stuck in a tree during this chase and the gator is pacing below. I totally didn't climb up here in a panic to escape a giant monster if that's what you're implying... I totally wasn't scared... Shut up...

After what seemed like hours a loud rumbling sound echoed through the forest. The gator perked up at the sudden noise and decided to wander off in the direction of the noise. Finally, thought she would never leave. Tammy took the opportunity to climb down the tree and made her escape. It seems being tough isn't really working out for me so well here... But what else can I do? Suddenly a rustling noise emerged from the direction the creature vanished to. Damn, I thought the coast was clear, I'm not gonna last a day like this. Tammy braced herself but it wasn't the gator who came out, it was an injured dog.

"Whoa, you ok there buddy?" Tammy asked, she was still a bit wary but this guy didn't look like he was up for a fight even if he wanted to. "Yeah, I'm fine, just got a bit messed up trying to climb out of here but the cliffs surrounding the place aren't too sturdy." Another rumbling noise in the distance seems to prove his point. Tammy pulls out some medicine. "Here, I never go anywhere without some medicine for emergencies but it looks like you could use it more than me." The dog gracefully takes it. "Thank you, by the way, my name's Mac, what's yours?" Tammy relaxed a bit. "Tammy" Mac stood up, wincing a bit as he grabbed his injured leg. "Well Tammy, the village I've been staying with isn't too far from here and it isn't too safe to be by yourself here. Wanna come with me?" Tammy glanced back in the direction the gator ran to. "Yeah, I would, thanks." She took Mac's arm over her shoulder, and helped him get out of the woods.
 
Nice chapter Nanobyte, my feels are very murdered right now.

Anyway, here is the next part to my void story, enjoy.

So much for finding turf wars, even the grass in this place is dead as dust. Tammy blew her dirty-blond bangs our of her face with a huff as she walked through this wasteland. A small yellow bear walking alone though a forest of dried flowers and dead trees. Every few minutes a growling noise emits from somewhere, but the whole place seems to echo and the source of the growls is difficult to pinpoint. The best Tammy can do is glare in in whatever direction and hope it's aimed at whoever's doing that.

Never had to deal with this back in Crystal, mayor Aidan may have been an oddball at times and pretend to be threatening but he wouldn't actually hurt anyone, he toned it down once you got annoyed about it. Tammy sighed, she considered herself pretty tough but this place was wearing on her nerves, and she was getting fed up with that constant growling.

"Hey, knock it off! You think your tough? How about you come out and face me!" Tammy picked up a rock from the ground and threw it to her right, where she thought the growling was coming from. Tammy panted a few times from the adrenalin for a few seconds when she noticed a bright blue in her peripheral vision. Slowly turning to look all the way behind her she realized she may have been slightly off in her assumption that the growling was coming from her right, turns out the alligator making that noise was behind her.

Tammy swallowed hard, her throat suddenly feeling very dry. Trying not to lose her confidence Tammy tryed to stand up straight and glare at the creature. I can knock this creep down a peg with my own tough attitude no problem. "H-hey, so you're the big tough beast who skulks around growling at peeps, you must think you're real tough." Well that came out a bit shakier than it sounded in my head but hopefully this lady gets the message that Tammy is not to be messed with!

Well that didn't go as planned. Tammy thought to herself. After the large blue alligator proved to be unphased by Tammy's bravado a bit of a chase ensued. Who chased who you ask? None of your business, but uh... I may have somehow wound up stuck in a tree during this chase and the gator is pacing below. I totally didn't climb up here in a panic to escape a giant monster if that's what you're implying... I totally wasn't scared... Shut up...

After what seemed like hours a loud rumbling sound echoed through the forest. The gator perked up at the sudden noise and decided to wander off in the direction of the noise. Finally, thought she would never leave. Tammy took the opportunity to climb down the tree and made her escape. It seems being tough isn't really working out for me so well here... But what else can I do? Suddenly a rustling noise emerged from the direction the creature vanished to. Damn, I thought the coast was clear, I'm not gonna last a day like this. Tammy braced herself but it wasn't the gator who came out, it was an injured dog.

"Whoa, you ok there buddy?" Tammy asked, she was still a bit wary but this guy didn't look like he was up for a fight even if he wanted to. "Yeah, I'm fine, just got a bit messed up trying to climb out of here but the cliffs surrounding the place aren't too sturdy." Another rumbling noise in the distance seems to prove his point. Tammy pulls out some medicine. "Here, I never go anywhere without some medicine for emergencies but it looks like you could use it more than me." The dog gracefully takes it. "Thank you, by the way, my name's Mac, what's yours?" Tammy relaxed a bit. "Tammy" Mac stood up, wincing a bit as he grabbed his injured leg. "Well Tammy, the village I've been staying with isn't too far from here and it isn't too safe to be by yourself here. Wanna come with me?" Tammy glanced back in the direction the gator ran to. "Yeah, I would, thanks." She took Mac's arm over her shoulder, and helped him get out of the woods.

mission accomplished bwaha
I really liked this story! It put some life and likability into a bear not a lot of people like. I'm excited for the next one!
 
mission accomplished bwaha
I really liked this story! It put some life and likability into a bear not a lot of people like. I'm excited for the next one!

I know exactly what you mean, The Void has a way of making you like characters you barely think twice about. I wrote a lot of chapters for characters I flat-out hated when I had them and didn't plan on even writing chapters for them but wound up having a lot of fun anyway. It does tend to be the reason they get voided, their lack of popularity, but there's also an advantage of not having multiple interpretations of Curlos to argue about because few actually care enough to have interpretations of him. I once edited a short thing I had wrote because my voided O'Hare had an insignificant role that could be easily swapped out and someone else had a different interpretation of their voided O'Hare so I changed the character to Bruce just to be nice.

It actually allows some unexpected depth to my main human character, he was nice to villagers that I didn't like and so I wound up with pictures for most of my voided, like Curlos. I never really liked having Curlos but Aidan was nice to him and I wound up with his villager pic when he moved out. So despite certain quirks that you may see later in my story and Curlos's resentment of him, Aidan winds up being a kind, non-judgmental person who genuinely cares about who the villagers are on the inside rather than their perceived unpopularity or ugliness.
 
The Void
There is a place that is beyond all wisdom and knowledge of any of us. It is unreachable. You cannot ride a train there, nor can you send a letter to a dear friend, and yet, many have gone there. Too many to count.

They call it The Void.

It is a shelter for those who have nowhere to go, and it is a cruel, harsh cage that racks and batters your mind until you become a monster. The animals there work hard, and try their best to help each other, and they are also monsters, and empty, soulless beings.

It is a place where anything and everything can be, and nothing can ever be.

You can take a walk in the thick, colorless forests, with trees that touch the sky, or you can settle in a village, and fight to survive and make it home, but you will never make it home.

And yet, you will.

Travel into the deepest parts of the forest, where darkness takes hold. Climb the mountains, where the wind grows harsh, and the dangers are everywhere.

And make it home.​
holy crap this was fun to write

EDIT - oh
this ended already
...ok
 
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The Void
There is a place that is beyond all wisdom and knowledge of any of us. It is unreachable. You cannot ride a train there, nor can you send a letter to a dear friend, and yet, many have gone there. Too many to count.

They call it The Void.

It is a shelter for those who have nowhere to go, and it is a cruel, harsh cage that racks and batters your mind until you become a monster. The animals there work hard, and try their best to help each other, and they are also monsters, and empty, soulless beings.

It is a place where anything and everything can be, and nothing can ever be.

You can take a walk in the thick, colorless forests, with trees that touch the sky, or you can settle in a village, and fight to survive and make it home, but you will never make it home.

And yet, you will.

Travel into the deepest parts of the forest, where darkness takes hold. Climb the mountains, where the wind grows harsh, and the dangers are everywhere.

And make it home.​
holy crap this was fun to write

EDIT - oh
this ended already
...ok

Yeah, the deadline for that kinda came and went without a word even being said about it. It's too bad because I had submitted a couple entries but I guess since I was the only one who entered it didn't make much of a difference. I actually donated some stuff to be used as rewards or sold off for prize money for the void contests but nothing really came from that. Maybe I need to message the person about that now that the forum is picking up pace again, I made my donation of ice sets and other things back in June before I took a hiatus and the forum stopped entirely when I left but now that things are a bit more active perhaps we can try again.

That little thing you wrote is cool though, I'm glad you posted it.
 
Here is my next chapter of my big void story from the perspective of the fairly unpopular Bella, but popularity aside she is one of my favorite characters to write about so I hope you give her a chance and enjoy.

A small white mouse hid in the shadows as she watched a dog attempt to climb the jagged cliffs surrounding The Void. This one might actually make it for a cha- Her thoughts were cut off as the dog set his first paw at the top and let out a premature cry of victory. "Woo Woof!" echoed through the mountains and the ground beneath his hind legs crumbled. Bella retreated to a safe distance as rocks and boulders fell and waited for the rumbling to stop. After the avalanche subsided she approached to see the dog limp away with his tail between his legs.

He was pretty lucky, not everyone can walk away from something like that. Bella sighed, it seems like the only way of escaping this forsaken place was over unstable cliffs that avalanche at the slightest disturbance and very few succeeded. Staying in The Void was difficult to survive and escape was even more difficult to survive. For a tiny little mouse like Bella the best she could do is carry around her old custom metal guitar and play songs in exchange for shelter. Songs may not seem valuable in a violent chaos-filled wasteland but having some form of entertainment helps keep everyone sane.

Suddenly a growl emits from behind Bella, she doesn't even turn to look at it before taking off like a bolt. Stupid, stupid! How could I have been so careless getting lost in thought out in the open like this?Of course something would have been attracted by that huge avalanche, probably hoping to find easy prey! Bella suddenly trips over a fallen rock, she manages to turn enough to avoid landing on her guitar, she looks up to find a fierce-looking alligator standing over her. Damn, seems like I am easy prey.

Bella scoots back in a desperate attempt to put some distance between herself and the gator but her back hits the cliff wall. Bella looks up at the cliff and a light bulb goes off in her head. Bella rises to her feet and glares at the monster with the meanest glare she can muster, the monster merely laughs menacingly in response to the tiny mouse's attempt to look threatening. With a smirk Bella raises her paw in the air and brings it down to strike a loud chord on her guitar.

The gator looks confused for a moment until a rumbling noise draws her attention upwards towards the cliff, her pupils shrink in fear as an avalanche forms. Bella's small size lets her evade the falling rocks with ease and she makes it to a safe distance while the alligator is not so lucky. After the dust subsides Bella glances back to see the creature limping away. Bella chuckles quietly to herself. "See ya later alligator..." is all she says in a quiet tone, before slinging her guitar over her shoulder, and walking away into the dark.
 
I'm posting a chapter for Octavian, I don't really like this chapter and I think it's the weakest in my little story but that may just be because I hate him. Octavian is a pretty popular villager but I never really saw the appeal in octopus villagers and I consider him the 2nd worst villager I ever had but I put effort into this anyway and I hope you enjoy.

Octavian was pretty happy in Crystal, or at least as happy as a cranky villager can be anyway. It was partly because of that odd mayor who seemed to actually dislike the red octopus. Octavian had been many places, he was often a pretty popular guy but this mayor didn't care. Aidan was always sending these hilariously threatening messages and digging pitfalls around Octavian's house, even catching an octopus while diving and giving it to Octavian all ominously. It seems like everyone else was all 'Oh Octavian, you're the male equivalent of a waifu' or some such nonsense, it was nice to have a rival for a change.

Octavian remembered the first day he moved in. As he unpacked his boxes a mysterious figure with a hockey mask, an axe, and a black shirt with red splatters appeared in the doorway. "Your house is right in front of my house..." The strange kid had said to Octavian in an ominous tone. That was the first time Octavian had met mayor Aidan.

The mayor was always a bit odd, when he first moved to town his home looked like a wreck. He kept things like cow skulls, creepy skeletons, and pretty much anything ominous-looking strewn about casually. Eventually he apparently got bored of that and started being a bit more genuine in his efforts to run the town and make friends. He still maintained his rivalry with Octavian though.

The first time Octavian asked to move Aidan seemed way too happy so of course Octavian had to stay. The next time Octavian asked Aidan tried reverse psychology, but ol' Octy was too sharp for that and stayed anyway. Hah! The kid was practically pulling his hair out in frustration, like he could get rid of me that easy. Eventually Octavian's moving day came, and he wound up in The Void. It's not a place he wound up in very often but it was nothing he couldn't handle.

Octavian straightened out his suit as best he could, it was starting to look a bit worn and should probably be replaced but it was something Aidan made at the Able Sister's place and Octavian liked it. The grey suit actually made decent camouflage compared to most of the random outfits everyone in The Void was wearing. Seriously what is up with that sheep and his bright blue scarf? The sucker is practically inviting every nut-job in a hundred mile radius to dinner.

Octavian heard a rustling from behind him. He turned and raised six of his eight tentacles to try to look big and threatening. A small pink squirrel jumps out, "Fool! Surrender your supplies to me or face the terrible fury of..." The squirrel's rant slows to a halt as she looks up at Octavian. "Oh my god it's Slenderman! Retreat!" The squirrel darts away into the shadows. Octavian laughs in amusement before pausing, "What's a Slenderman?"
 
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I wasn't initially planning to do a chapter for Broccolo but I'm glad I did, this wound up being one of my favorite chapters outside of the Curlos two-parter that comes later, hope you enjoy.

"Leave me alone!" A small mouse cried out to the teeth snapping at him from just inches away. Broccolo was in a small cave, more of a crevace really but it was enough for him to fit through, unfortunately it was also big enough for this big blue alligator to fit her head and one arm into as well, and she was inching a bit closer with every minute.

I shouldn't even be here, I should be in the town of Crystal, I thought me and the mayor were like brothers but he's probably sleeping soundly while I cower in a hole. Broccolo let out an alarmed squeak at a particularly close bite, his blue fur slightly shorter than it was a moment ago. I thought I had friends here too, but nobody wants a small lazy villager on their team when survival is at stake because they think I can't pull my own weight. I'm a mouse, how much weight is that to pull?

Broccolo's eyes glow yellow, he knows it isn't good to be consumed by hate but what else is there for him at this point? Being consumed by fear? Being consumed by this alligator? Hate it is then. "Yaaah!" Broccolo lets out the loudest shout he can muster, startling her enough to pause for a moment, but a moment is all Broccolo needs. The blue mouse tackles the gator's head and she stumbles back out of the hole, Broccolo clinging to her head as he wails on her with his tiny fists in an almost comical manner.

Unfortunately the gator is not terribly perturbed by the tiny mouse's fists of fury and pries him off her head with ease. Broccolo stares into the piercing gaze of the annoyed alligator who holds him at arms length, and spits in her eye.

The monster roars in pure rage, before snapping her jaws around Broccolo. I don't know what else I thought would happen there, but I can work with this! I bet I can do more damage from in here. Broccolo grabbed the tongue and braced his foot against the back of the gator's throat to keep from sliding down any further. She thrashed her tongue from side to side to try to push the stubborn mouse towards her teeth but he twisted about and pushed away at every turn. After a couple minutes they both started to feel woozy from lack of oxygen and her throat spasmed as she tried to cough out Broccolo to no avail, before collapsing on the ground.

After a few more seconds her mouth opened as Broccolo pushed his way out, covered in slime and every breath of air he gasped burned in his lungs but he was alive, more alive than he'd ever felt in his entire life. The alligator wheezes as she starts to breath again, but remains unconscious. Broccolo starts to laugh, softly at first before building into a maniacal cackle, "Can't pull my weight huh? How's this for pulling my weight hah!? Eat it!"

Suddenly some nearby bushes rustle and a pink squirrel emerges, her eyes wide as she sees Broccolo standing over the large beast triumphantly. "Did you... win a fight against Alli?" Broccolo nods, wiping a bit of saliva off his brow. "Yeah, what about it?" I bet I look really cool right now.

The squirrel grins at him. "Impressive, the name's Peanut. How would you like to join my gang? The Tiny Terrorists could use a man like you to help us show everyone that us little guys can do some major damage too." Broccolo smirks, "Count me in."
 
This is part 1 of my Curlos two-parter, it's my favorite part of the story and it provides a little back-story to the mad sheep that I enjoy writing about so much.

"Your day of salvation is at hand! Repent, or be condemned to...The Void." Curlos's ears perk up at those words, he turns his attention to the new villager making a scene in the town square. It's a sunny day in Crystal but those words send a chill down Curlos's spine and he cautiously approaches the stranger. The new guy is a red-haired lion with a curly mustache, subtle beard, and a nice-looking periwinkle shirt. "Hello there, I haven't seen you around before. I'm Curlos, what's your name?" The lion grinned widely, "I'm Rory, pleasure to meet ya Curly!"

Curlos winced at the butchering of his name. "Curlos, so what were you saying about... The Void?" Rory smirked. "You seem like a man who knows what it is! Can't imagine why a cool guy like you would be familiar with it, I bet people are all over you." Curlos rolled his eyes, "Nah, tier 1 villagers are too mainstream, I'm hanging in tier 5 with the cool villagers." The brown sheep deadpans.

Rory chuckles, "I certainly understand, I'm a tier 5 myself. But what if I told you that I could keep you out of that unholy place?" Curlos snorted in derision. "Then I'd call you a liar, I've done everything I could to stay out, I've even changed my entire personality to stay out but nothing ever works. But I caught a break, this mayor likes me just fine!" Curlos started walking away. "Fair enough, but if you change your mind then come find me!" Curlos glanced back and rolled his eyes again before starting to stroll away once more, but bumped into someone. Curlos looked startled at the sudden appearance of the mayor of Crystal, who was glaring at Curlos.

"Hey Aidan." Curlos said sheepishly. "Don't 'Hey Aidan' me Curlos, do you see this?" Aidan said, holding up a wistful painting Curlos sold him earlier. "The scarf on her head is supposed to be blue Curlos, blue! What color is this?" Curlos gulped nervously. "You're on thin ice Curlos, watch it." Aidan stormed off in a huff.

The next day Curlos was out about town when he saw something that racked his nerves. Aidan was sitting on a metal bench, talking to a strange girl that rarely spoke to anyone, but the rumors surrounding her were more than enough to make the gold-horned ram shake, not to mention the few that did talk to her moved away shortly after. Curlos hid behind a nearby tree and eavesdropped on the conversation. "Rory is becoming a problem, could you get him to move out Lila?" The girl nodded, "Not a problem, he'll be gone in about a week." Aidan sighed. "Can't you make it any sooner? He's driving me nuts." Aidan moaned. "Just be patient, you'll never see him again after that." Lila got up from the bench and walked away in Curlos's direction. In a panic he climbed up the tree and hid in the leaves.

After a few minutes Curlos peeked out to find Aidan glaring at him again. "Eavesdropping Curlos? That's strike two buddy, knock it off." Curlos was pretty sure his heart stopped but he nervously mumbled an apology and climbed down as Aidan stormed off. Curlos decided to talk to Bangle, she was a close friend to both Curlos and Aidan so maybe she could help.
 
Here's the second part of Rory's Ruination, despite the title of the first part this really is more Curlos's tale than Rory's but Rory played a big part so he shares this part of the story with Curlos.

Bangle was playing an electric guitar Aidan had customized for her when a knock on the door interrupted her. She opened the door to find Curlos, looking like he'd seen a ghost. "Curlos are you ok? You look a bit pale." Curlos started to speak but paused when he noticed something odd, Bangle was wearing a periwinkle tee like Rory had. "What are you wearing Bangle?" Bangle was confused, it didn't seem like Curlos had stopped by to talk about fashion but being a smug villager it certainly wasn't anything he hadn't done before. "The lion who just moved in is starting a group devoted to staying out of The Void, I'm not too worried about Aidan getting rid of me but I figured 'better safe than sorry' you know? We're both tier 5 after all." Curlos looked away. "Yeah, I guess. I better go, I just remembered I need to see Bruce over something." Bangle was still confused but she waved goodbye to Curlos as he made his exit.

The mayor already hates Rory, I'd better not make things worse by associating with his group, even if Bangle is joining in, Bruce will know what to do though. Curlos started to go look for Bruce, but when Curlos spotted the grey deer he noticed Bruce was wearing the periwinkle tee as well. Seriously? Is Rory some kind of cult leader? Suddenly Curlos felt a hand on his shoulder. Startled he turned to find Rory. "Hello Curlos, have you thought about my offer to save you from The Void?" Rory said in a calm tone. "No way man, the mayor hates you and he plans to have you gone in a week, things are already looking bad for me and I'm not gonna make them worse." Rory chuckles, "Curlos the mayor hates me because I can escape, I assure you, I won't be in The Void by weeks end." Curlos begins to sweat a little, he didn't think the mayor truly understood The Void let alone want to condemn anyone there, but Rory doesn't have a hint of doubt in his eyes. It seems unlikely that the mayor is downright evil but what other explanation is there for his hatred towards Rory? "Fine, I'll join your little gang, but I'm not drinking any kool-aid."

Rory laughs at this, "Capital! By the way, I know you don't seem to be one for shirts so I made something special just for you." Rory pulls a blue scarf out from behind his back, it matches the periwinkle shirt that Rory had on. "Take this brother Curlos, we shall stand as one against The Void." Curlos relaxed a bit, despite his suspicion it was nice of Rory to make a scarf special for Curlos, Curlos rather liked the look of it and put it on. "No!"

Curlos and Rory were startled by the sudden appearance of Aidan, who had once again appeared seemingly out of nowhere. "Damn it Rory, that stupid shirt of yours is being worn by over half the town. It looks awful, I'd have hoped a smug villager at least would've had some fashion sense Curlos, I'm disappointed in you." Curlos was shocked. The shirt was the reason he hates Rory? Damn, I may have messed up. Aidan glared at Curlos and Rory one last time before storming off. When I meet up with Rory in The Void I'm gonna kill him.

Rory's moving day had arrived, Curlos leaned against a wall as he watched Rory pack. "So much for staying out of The Void huh? It's after 10 pm and you're out of time. You've dragged me down too I hope you realize." Rory chuckled again. "The day is not done yet Curlos." The sheep started to roll his eyes again when a knock on the door interrupted and Aidan walked in with a stranger. "Hey Rory, I want you to meet this guy who's name I didn't bother to learn, he's making an all-lion town and wants you to move there." Aidan leaves and after the stranger gives Rory his information he leaves as well, Rory smirks while Curlos gawks in astonishment.

"Now the day is done, farewell Curlos." Rory says as he packs the rest of his things. "What just happened?" Rory chuckles one more time. "Faith gets some of us a long way, perhaps if you weren't so full of doubt then you could be saved too but it seems that your path lies elsewhere. Goodbye Curlos, have fun in The Void." Rory ran out with his luggage while Curlos was frozen in shock, after a moment he ran outside and looked around but Rory had vanished. "Damn it."

Curlos headed home but froze in his tracks when he saw a figure leaning against his door, waiting for him. "Hello Curlos, I'm Lila. Pleasure to meet you."

This is all based on my actual experience with Rory and Curlos. My Rory didn't even wind up in The Void due to me finding someone at the last minute by sheer dumb luck. I really hated Rory though, the cult-leader persona came from the fact that he spread his shirt to half the town and wound up in an all lion town making him ideal for some charismatic conformist head of a cult. Perhaps I'll add on to the idea behind The Cult of the Periwinkle Tee as I've taken to calling it, although I'll probably need a more serious name if I do so if you want to suggest something then I'm all ears.

Curlos talks in comic sans but he doesn't think in comic sans, does that say something about him? Perhaps it is an extension of how he puts on this smug persona in an effort to be a cooler villager from his past incarnations as a lazy villagers but on the inside there is more to him than the hipster psycho that everyone sees him as... Or maybe I just didn't want the entire story to be comic sans... Nobody knows...

Rory's original final line was an acknowledgment that it was dumb luck and basically being all 'See ya sucker' towards Curlos but I figured that I'd go more cult-leader than con man for Ol' Conformity Rory and made him more serious in his belief. In any case I don't think Curlos would have kept the scarf if I kept the original plan with con man Rory.
 
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These next two chapters are basically short stories I posted earlier but re-posted so you can see where they stand from a chronological standpoint and the second one is edited a bit, hence why I'm posting two chapters at once.

Hybrids are pretty rare in The Void due to most people being careful not to trample them, but there was one very small rose garden that stood out, these flowers were not trampled, they were a gift that one sweet and sensitive deer kept safe. There were three groups of roses that Fauna tended to outside her house; pink, gold, and black, each sent with a letter filled with kind words during the last three days spent in the small town of Crystal, and on her last day she sent a letter back with a picture of herself to say her own farewell to her old friend.

Suddenly a shadow loomed over Fauna, "Nice flowers" a voice said in a tone that was anything but nice. She turned to see a rhino looking down at her. "Th-thanks, a little gardening helps brighten things up around here don't you think Miss...?" Fauna said in a nervous tone. The rhino snorted derisively. "Rhonda, I'd bet that even in a dump like this those would be pretty valuable." Rhonda started to reach down for the gold roses. "No!" Fauna blurted while moving between her roses and Rhonda. "These roses are all I have, you can't take them!" Rhonda scowled at the deer who was desperately trying not to turn tail and run. "I can't have them? Who's gonna stop me? You?" Rhonda lowered her horn and looked ready to charge. Whether she found some courage or was just frozen like a deer in headlights Fauna stood her ground.

Rhonda started to charge but before she could take two steps a sheep came out of seemingly nowhere and rammed the side of her, veering her off course into a tree. "I'd say you should pick on someone your own size, but I don't know anyone who's size is XXXL! Heh, that was a good one-liner, are you still conscious or should I write that down for later?" Fauna cautiously approached the sheep. "Curlos?" The ram stopped patting himself on the back and looked up. "Oh hey Fauna, I didn't see you there, I was just headbutting angry rhinos for no particular reason and if you tell anyone I helped you I'll deny it." Fauna blinked with confusion plainly visible on her face. "What?" Curlos chuckled dryly. "Everyone is more likely to leave you alone and not mess with you when they think your crazy, try it sometime, you're already willing to die over some stupid flowers so I'd say you're already halfway there." Curlos cackled maniacally as Fauna pouted, "They aren't stupid, they were a gift from our old mayor, Aidan."

Curlos's laugh cut off suddenly and his mirth evaporated. He turned to Fauna with a cold look in his eyes as she took a nervous step back at his sudden change in demeanor. "Don't speak that name to me, I'm sure he was a sweetheart to you with those silly letters but I never got that treatment, he gets his panties in a twist because he hates my scarf and my prized painting I sold to him turns out to be a fake but most of all because I'm not cool enough for his elitist medieval fantasy town with its knights and whatnot." Curlos spat in rage. "But he wouldn't-" Fauna tried to interject. "He wouldn't what? I'm not the only one, he voided Bam in a heartbeat to get some stupid jock eagle in a knight helmet because he is a cold-hearted jerk! Like every other mayor who cursed me to this place before and every other mayor I'll have next time I escape. Aidan is nothing but a-oof!"

Curlos's rant was cut short as a shovel hit him in the stomach, knocking his breath out of him. Fauna wasn't gardening with her bare hooves after all and her shovel had been leaning against her house until she used it to shut Curlos up. "Don't you talk about him like that, I know you had some bad experiences her but that wasn't his fault Curlos!" Curlos painfully tried to stand up straight while clutching his stomach. "I know you wouldn't get it, being little-miss-tier-1 who rarely sets her dainty little hooves in The Void but he could've stopped you from coming here, I would have been difficult to give away but he had no excuse with you. You should hate him more than anyone but you are just too foolish to-whoa!" This time Curlos dodged the shovel but now Fauna was mad.

"Ooh my head, what..." Rhonda glanced up to see Fauna yelling angrily while swinging a shovel at a maniacally laughing sheep. "Whatever, I have better places to be..." Rhonda murmured quietly before slipping away.

"You are nothing but a bitter old psycho! If you think for a moment you're better than the rest of the bullies in The Void then-!" Curlos caught Fauna's shovel with his axe and chuckled quietly. "That's enough, Rhonda has already slunk off to whatever run-down hut she calls home." Fauna once again paused in confusion. "What?" Curlos chuckled once more. "Wailing on a psycho like me will give you a reputation, I don't think anyone will mess with your garden again once word gets out that you can handle yourself against Crazy Curlos." Curlos punctuates his statement with insane laughter as Fauna paused to let his words sink in. "You did this on purpose? You got me mad enough to fight you... To protect me?"

"Don't get me wrong, I still hate Aidan with a passion, and like I said if you tell anyone I helped you I'll deny it, but if you can use your anger without being consumed by it then you'll have no trouble. It isn't easy, I've already been mostly consumed by my own anger but you have something to hold onto, stay sane my friend." Curlos backed away into the shadows, apparently in an attempt to vanish dramatically but his periwinkle scarf stood out. "I can still see you Curlos." Fauna called out with mild exasperation. "No you can't!" Curlos replied as he darted off at a run, eventually vanishing into the dark.

This was even more intense than I expected, perfect! Bam's thoughts echoed in his head as his swift hoofsteps echoed through the void. In the dark it was hard to make out the dark creature chasing Bam but Bam's bright blue fur was quite easy to make out at any time of day.

The previous week.

Bam had been worried that the perfect peaceful town of Crystal was making him soft, every jock worried about that at some point or another but few were stupid enough to pursue the rumors of a place that robs you of your sanity and shakes the strongest animals to their core... "A place like that could really help me work my core, Boosh!"

"Did you say something Bam?" Inquired Lopez. The two of them had been having coffee at Brewster's when Bam's sudden outburst caught the attention of his friend. "It's nothing... Actually I was just thinking that maybe I should move elsewhere, This town is quiet and peaceful, maybe I should move someplace a little more tough before I go soft."

Lopez goes quiet, clearly debating something with himself. "Well... If that's what makes you happy, I guess..." Lopez seems to struggle to finish his sentence when Bam pats Lopez on the back. "Thanks for understanding man, you've been a good friend. I'm gonna get things settled for my big move, catch you later!" Bam walks away oblivious while Lopez is still stuck on what to say. "Stupid, stupid, stupid! You blew it Lopez why couldn't you just say something? Anything?" Lopez gripes at himself the moment Bam is out of earshot.

Bam continues into town and finds the mayor. "Hey Aidan! Can we talk?" Without waiting for a response Bam continues. "I think this town has had it's fill of my awesome muscles, I feel I could do a lot of good elsewhere! What do you think?" Aidan pauses to think it over. "Yeah that would be for the best, half the town deer already. Go for it!" Bam chuckled. "Thanks man, you better not slack off in your training while I'm gone! Ha!" Bam continues to his house and passes the tent of Lila.

Lila is a bit of an enigma, she almost never talks to anyone more than once and they often move soon after. Her hair has been a mess lately, she wears a HHA jacket despite not even having an actual home and she keeps disappearing and coming back. This led to a lot of rumors but Bam dismissed them, he was the only one she talked to regularly and she never seemed off to him. Lila comes out of her tent with her usual bedhead and jacket. "Hey Lila! I was thinking of moving, I need to continue my training elsewhere." Bam said. Lila seems a bit sad at this but she forces a smile. "I understand, good luck!"

"Say, Lila... You wouldn't happen to know anything about The Void would you?" Lila's eyes widen almost imperceptibly. "Why would I know anything about The Void that's crazy you're crazy!" Lila says almost too fast to follow, before regaining her composer, or trying to at least. "Ahem, what I mean is that The Void is just a campfire story to scare kids and someone as popular as you wouldn't go there anyway so don't ask me about it why would you ask me about it?"

Jeez her mouth is running faster than my legs! "Ease up Lila I wasn't accusing you of anything, I was just wondering because I kind of want to go." Lila's expression goes blank, well blanker than the usual pokerface she seems to have. "You... Want to go to The Void? Why?"

Bam flexed his muscles, which he felt weren't quite as impressive as they could be. "I want to toughen up and I can't do that in another peaceful town like this so I need something intense." Lila looked conflicted about something. "...I see, excuse me I have something I need to do." And with that, Lila went back into her tent. "Well that was odd." Bam mused to himself.

Present.

There was a broken-down bridge ahead, Bam picks up his speed and clears it with an awesome leap. Hah, that big brute can't possibly be agile enough to-and the river didn't slow him down, I think he's an alligator or something...

Bam keeps running until he comes across a crumbling town hall next to a dead tree, he pulls himself up the low branch and climbs onto the roof. As the creature closes in Bam looks at the spots where the speakers should be. It's just a few wires on the left side, Bam looks at the right side to find the other speaker is still there. Bam rips it off and chucks it at the creature's head and it connects with it's skull, emmitting a loud sceech of feedback as it does.

"Whoo, in your face dude! Don't mess with the Bam!" The blue deer called out to the unconcious creature. "And people tell me blue is lousy camoflage. Still, it's nice to have a new distraction around here." A voice calls out. "Who's there, does someone else want a piece of me?" Bam yells, adrenaline still pumping. "Shearly you jest, it's just me." Curlos steps out of the tree and onto the roof, his scarf fluttering in the breeze.

"How did you not see me? I was in the same tree you just climbed up, not to mention my periwinkle scarf everyone tells me is too obvious." Curlos says in a teasing tone. "Curlos? By god, I heard that The Void changes people into twisted unholy abominations, but I could have never imagined this..."

"What? What are you talking about?" Curlos questioned, confusion plain on his face.

"You've become a hipster! Oh the horror!" Bam cried out in mock horror.

"I hate you... By the way that wasn't a dude." Curlos deadpans before climbing down from the roof. Bam paused. "Damn, I hit a girl... Is there still a social stigma against that here? Curlos?" Bam looks out into the dark night. "I still see your scarf Curlos!" Bam yells into the dark. "No you can't" Curlos's voice shouts back.
 
"A strange grey creature stands atop a building, a steely gaze sweeping the area for disturbances. His dark attire causes the naked eye to miss him if you weren't looking for him, he blended into the night, he was ready to seek vengeance on the cowards who seek to do wrong. His gravelly voice would strike fear into the criminals who would-" "Will you shut up already Curlos?" A deep voice interrupts the rant of his companion.

"You're no fun, if only I'd been stuck with a more Adam West kinda guy, instead I get 'Bruce Lame' here." Curlos complained to the grey deer. "Well then you can go find a more 'Adam West kinda guy' but I'm not here to have fun." Bruce grumbled. Curlos crosses his arms. "You can say that again."

Bruce shushes his sidekick and points at something. Curlos peers out to see a group of small rodents sneaking up on a group of villagers huddled around a campfire. A blue mouse jumps out at them. "Stand and deliver! Your supplies or your lives shall be the property of The Tiny Terrorists!" The group seated around the campfire seemed panicked and a large yellow hippo attempts to hold his friend in from of him as a shield. "Put me down Hippeaux!" The annoyed cat whines as she tries to kick her terrified companion. Curlos gasps. "Bruce! We gotta get down there and stop them! Bruce?" Curlos notices his friend is gone and spots him already halfway there. "There's no 'I' in 'dynamic duo' Bruce!"

Bruce pulls out a silver slingshot and fires two pellets, knocking two of the gang members that stood on each side of the blue mouse, as the group that was around the campfire take the opportunity to run off. The blue mouse glares at Bruce. "You will pay for that Bruce Lame!" the mouse taunts. "Hey, you stole my joke you dastardly thief!" A voice calls from behind the mouse who turns around to find Curlos standing behind him. "Broccolo? You're a gang leader now?" Curlos said with the mild surprise of someone who encounters an old friend at the store. Broccolo sneered, "Curlos you fool! You are a tier 5 villager playing second fiddle to a more popular villager, as is typical in the over-world... But here, here popularity matters not and we are all equal, yet you still stoop to such lows! Join me and we could rule here!" Curlos swings his axe and the small mouse stumbles back in alarm. "So be it Curlos! My ruthless gang of thugs shall dispose of you easily!" Broccolo shouted at the unimpressed sheep. "You mean the ones Bruce is tying up?" Broccolo turns in alarm to see his lackeys have already been dispatched by Bruce. "Incompetent fools! You had him outnumbered and you still couldn't-" Broccolo's rant was cut off by an unexpected strike to the back of his head.

"We did good today Bruce, we really did." Curlos said proudly looking down at the unconscious Broccolo as Bruce rolled his eyes. "We beat up a bunch of small rodents Curlos, one of which you sucker punched." Curlos chucked and looked down at the unconscious gang. "Perhaps... Anyway what should we do with them Bruce? Bruce?" Curlos looked around. "Perhaps one day I'll be able to vanish without a trace like that." Curlos sighed wistfully. "Then take off your scarf!" Bruce called out from the shadows. "Neverrr!"

Notes on this chapter: Bruce is the Batman of animal crossing. From his name, color scheme, and cranky personality, he is just the most Batman of all the villagers in the game.

Also thanks to Rococo for letting me use Hippeaux as a cameo. I like using actual voided villagers in my stories, makes it more authentic to me. I know pretty much all villagers have been voided at some point but the personal touch of using someone's specific voided villager is fun. If anyone has a voided villager they'd like to see cameo in my potential future stories then I'd love to have them, I could even edit this chapter if you want them to have a role as a thug or member of Hippeaux's group.
 
Bangle's chapter, man a lot of my voided villagers have names that start with 'B' don't they? I never really noticed until I decided to make every chapter alliterated. Anyway Bangle was my last founding villager and I wanted her to have her own chapter, even though I don't really know what to do with her. I hope it turned out good anyway despite my lack of plans for her. This is the last chapter before the epilogue, which I'll be posting tomorrow.

Bangle stared into her cup of coffee with a concerned look on her face, lost in thought. Crystal had changed a lot since Aidan became the mayor. Bangle sometimes thought Crystal changed him as well, she had known the kid ever since he came off the train and he wasn't the same childish goofball that stood in aimless confusion as the role of mayor was forced upon him. He had a goal in mind now, and Bangle knew she wasn't part of that goal.

It started innocently enough, Aidan had heard ideas about themed towns and he sought out more specific goals than the carefree methods he usually had. He decided the town of Crystal needed a theme of its own and started getting rid of public works projects that didn't suit him and replacing them with those he perceived as better. Eventually, he started to do the same to villagers.

Bangle tried joining Rory in his anti-void crusade, but that only made things worse. Everyone who had worn Rory's periwinkle tee besides Rory himself wound up in The Void, and Bangle was the last one left. She had changed her shirt by this point but at this point it seemed to be a delay of the inevitable. The stress was starting to get to her.

"Hey Bangle, mind if I join you?" Bangle is startled by the sudden interruption of Aidan, who took the seat next to her. "Brewster! Blue Mountain if you please? Lots of milk and sugar." He turns to Bangle as she regains her composer. "Hey Bangle, we haven't talked in a while. How have you been?" Aidan asks as he sips his drink. Bangle manages to relax a bit and smiles. "I've been pretty well, how about you?" Aidan smiles. "I've been doing quite well, the town's theme is getting closer every day so I just gotta start acquiring the right villagers to make things perfect." Bangle nearly choked on her coffee, Aidan took notice of her concern. "Relax Bangle, I''m sure you'll have a place in my medieval fantasy town." Bangle still wasn't sure but she tried to look relieved. Aidan finished his coffee and left.

Days passed and the stress started to wear on Bangle. I know he says I can stay but the pressure is getting to me. Everyone is vanishing left and right, I don't even know anyone in this town anymore besides Bunnie, and Aidan already said she isn't gonna be staying. Bangle wandered around the town, pondering her options. Lila hadn't even spoken a word to Bangle but her presence was grinding Bangle's last nerve. If I stay in Crystal any longer then I'll go mad before I even get to The Void! This has to end. She spots Aidan and makes a decision, she approaches him with a sense of finality in her eyes. "Aidan, I'm moving out of Crystal."

So here she was again, in the dark forests of The Void. It wasn't anything she couldn't handle but she considers that she may have been a bit hasty. "It occurs to me that I was a bit wrong when I thought I didn't know anyone in Crystal, the shopkeepers knew me pretty well, even Aidan got along with me pretty well... I really don't know anyone here." Bangle mused to herself. "That's where you're wrong my friend." Bangle looked up into the trees to see a familiar face, and despite everything felt a wave of relief. "Hello Curlos, it's good to see you again."
 
The final part to this tale. It's the hollywood ending of 'this could be a sequel if it's popular enough' so enjoy. Is anyone still reading? There haven't been a lot of comments here as I posted the chapters and while it's nice to have everything on two pages I'm not sure if anyone is seeing this.

You've heard the all the stories here but I've only been a fringe character, darting at the edge of you vision like the nearly invisible squiggles in your eye, every time you try to look at me I'm gone before you can truly see who I am. So, who am I?

I'm Aidan, and I never intended all this. I never knew what The Void is or what it meant, I didn't send anyone there regardless of what may be implied by Curlos. Despite his flaws I actually got along with him quite well. I even gave him my gold ore custom piggy bank and he wore a cool-looking black scarf based on something I designed at the Able sister's place before he replaced it with Rory's stupid periwinkle tee... God I hated that shirt... But despite my attitudes about too many or too few blue scarves I never hated Curlos.

Outside of Rory I can honestly say I didn't hate anyone. I gave Octavian a hard time and I wanted him to move out but I was still nice to him and by the time he left I had two villager pics of him, two! Despite what Curlos may believe I cared about him too, he won't admit he cares about me but he sent me his own villager pic when he left and I still have it, along with some of the letters he sent me where he spoke about his love of stars and rainbows. I never really understood until now.

As far as I knew Lila only got villagers to move away, she wore a Happy Homes Academy jacket at all times and she seemed like someone officially in charge of getting villagers moved in and out. Despite her aloof demeanor I wouldn't have believed she was an agent of evil if it hadn't been confirmed by so many here in The Void. I know you're probably confused as to why I'm here. Well let me go back a bit.

The previous week

"What is the deal with this trashcan? I've never emptied it but it never overflows." I wondered to myself. I grabbed my shovel and stuck it in as far as I could but it didn't seem to hit a bottom. I pushed some trash aside and peered in and saw what looked like another world... In my trashcan... "This is really quite weird." I pondered for a while before deciding to do something stupid.
I tied a rope to a heavy bookcase and pulled a few times to make sure it was steady, then filled my inventory with the neccesary supplies for exploring; some tools, food, a sword I won from a fortune cookie, a knight helmet, things like that. Once I felt I was prepared enough I climbed down the rope into the unknown.

"Worst... Narnia... Ever..." I said aloud as I decended past the trash. After a few seconds of climbing down my feet touched down onto the ground, which was pretty barren besides some scattered trash. I looked around to see that I was in a forest, the trees looked mostly dead. The only hint of color here was a bright blue alligator sleeping on a pile of trash nearby. "Hello?" I called out to her.

I couldn't even register what happened next, it was all a hasty blur of me running in panic as a terrifying alligator snapped at my back. I don't know how but somehow I lost her... I think... I placed my knight helmet on a log and hid in some bushes and waited to see if it was safe. Suddenly I heard a growling to my left. "Clever girl..." I took off like a bolt of lightning, leaving my helmet behind. Eventually I managed to get away again, I hid behind a tree and slumped to the ground in exahstion, panting heavily. I looked up and saw a flash of blue in the tree above me. Oh come on, really? My thoughts echoed in my head, but at this point I was too worn out to vocalize my frustration. A pair of eyes filled with madness glared down from above.

"Well well, there's a familiar face I wasn't expecting! How delightful to have such an unexpected guest!" A voice called out in an almost gleeful tone, before a mysterious figure dropped out of the tree. I was almost too tired to talk but my surprise couldn't be contained to my thoughts alone and I spoke his name in shock. "Curlos?"
 
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