Hello?
Is anyone there?


Only me.
Only you.
We are alone in this world.
I am everything I need.

Alone?
How can I be alone if I have you?
How can you be alone if you have me?

Beyond us, everything is lie.
I...we? are all that exists.

You are wr-wrong.

Who are you?
Get out of my head.

And why should we do that?
There are many, many of us.
A great many.
We just lie here, stagnating until we see a reason to wake.
And you are one of that many

Lies...!
You lie!
I am me.
I am not many.
You're just a figment.

I speak the tr-truth.

Figment?
So are you
So am I
There is no 'supreme being'
Only We

No, no, no...
You're wrong, wrong, wrong.
Pink and Blue, we are true, true, true...
Everything else is a lie!

I am ev-everything.
We are nothing wi-without all.
Everything is tr-true.

Yes, now you've got it!
I am Red
You are Pink and Blue.
Blended together, a melting pot.

All these illusions disgust me.
You're just left-over residue from a worn-out mind.
I'm not talking to you anymore.
You don't exist.
There are only two of us, no more, no more...!

I will be wa-watching us.
Continue.
I am many.

Even the dirtiest of leftovers have a purpose.
Very well. Ignore me.
I don't mind
So long as you know that I don't wish to harm you.
I would only hurt myself


Why would one hurt themself?
There are too many of us for such a wrong.
Red, I call you selfish.

If yourself is myself, and I am me:
Does this make us dangerous to them? Or We?

All of you get out of my mind!

Bl-Blue, silence.
Your mind is not yo-your own.
We are we.
I...We...I am no-not dangerous.
I must remember that I wi-will not hurt myself.
I must remember.
We must remember.
We shall not hurt.

Selfish?
Pah!
It's impossible to be selfish in a cluttered brain
We must share
Calm yourself, Blue
As far as I know, none of us want to hurt you

Speak for yourself Red.
Let them panic, let them FEAR.
Let them drive themselves to the very brink of sanity!
I bask in the glory of our multitudes, lay beneath the waves of our cacophony!
Let them fear.

Hush now, there is no need for all of this clatter.
Calm is what is required.
Yes Red, selfish.
Show finer colors and give Blue something more to rely upon than harsh words.

Am I...still here?

Pink...
We're real.
Us.
Us two.
I promise.

You have prejudice against my color?
Please, I'm far from the worst here
I'm sorry Blue, forgive me
I just don't take kindly to those who call me residue

Don't lie to me.
I'm scared...
I'm so scared.

Truly, you are far from the worst but let us keep in mind we are not alone.
Others need our kindness now, not our callousness.
Think of them.

Steadfast your courage little Pink,
Do not fear.
Orange shall keep you safe as the brink draws near.

Oh silence the lot of you!
Unless...no, continue to speak.
I feel the blue falling far beneath the depths of madness.
Continue.
I drool with hunger at the end that draws nigh.

I promise you. I wouldn't lie.
We're real, just us.
The rest of them are just voicesimagesimaginarypicturesinmyheadohgodwhy
Don't listen to the liars.
We are the world, Pink.

We-well spoken, White.
I always did like yo-you.
You are all so very...cu-curious.
We watch.

I...I want to believe,
to dream,
to think,
to hope...
Don't leave me alone in here.
I'm so scared...


Shut up, Black!
At least I'm trying to help
Pink, it's going to be okay, alright?
Red and Pink are of the same hue
I'll take care of you

I won't ever leave you alone.
We'll find a way out of this, alright?
They're only lies, smoke and mirrors.
We'll be free someday.
Free.


But...if Blue does not lie, then you can not be real, Red.
Blue, you say they are lies, is Red a lie?
Is it really only you and I?
You'll save me...won't you?
I want to be free...

Red is a lie.
Pink and Blue are always true.
It's only us, only us.
I'll save you, I'll get us both out.
Somehow...
We are I.

Oh, you two are unbelievable
Pink, if you can't trust a color similar to your own
Then I might as well just give up
Hopeless, the lot of you

Those are more the words I would expect from you, Red.
Truly, pink and blue, neither of you should hold any fear of us.
We are as real as you.
Do we not have that right among us?

Trying to help them fall and wither so much litter upon the ground?
Worthless Red, lead them, lead them all.
I await when your high stance gives way to your fall.

I...
I want to believe you dearest Blue.
I need to believe you.
Save me?

Confusing such a tint as Pink
One would hope you'd stop and think
Shame on you, both Blue and Red
Messing round with this ones head
Listen to the words of White
You'll find their wisdom in the right

I will save you.
Block them out, Pink.
If we can't hear them, they don't exist.
They never did in the first place.
Ignore them, ignore them.

Di-did you ever consider all of us ma-may be wrong? Nobody can tell us wh-who is right. We're all quite mad here, don't you kn-know?

White, I don't know whether to be flattered or insulted
I can't help my nature, none of us can
And Black?
Shut up
Just... Shut up

Can't we just get along?
Agree, to disagree perhaps?
Such argument...
It seems we will only succeed at tearing our self apart!

I will never agree to anything some imaginary "friends" suggest to me!
Ah...
Talking to myself again.
I refuse.

There's a method to the ma-madness, do tru-trust me.
I do no-not mind what we do.
I am on-only me.

I am not certain which feeling I hold highest in regards to you Red, but I do agree.
Black, BE SILENT.
You are doing nothing but causing more confusion, fear and trouble.
There is no time for your pettiness.
Pink, there is nothing for you to be saved from.
You are safe, here with us.

But I can hear them, Blue!
I can!
They must be real!
They must be everywhere!
So many...
SO MANY!

You shut up worthless worm!
Red trash of the vilest filth!
You're ruining my fun with your mindless prattle.
Move along to some other dark corner...

Pink, we created them.
I know we did.
We...we must have...
They're not real, Pink! They're not real!
It's okay, it's okay, shhhh...
Even if you can hear them, block them out.
Just listen to my voice.
I can save myself...ourselves.
Us?

Trash?!
Red is passion. Red is fiery.
Black is what should be locked away in a corner, worthless whelp!
Blue... just settle down
We are your voice

SILENCE.
Leave us in peace...

Do not dear Pink
pay heed to the prattle
your mind is all they wish to rattle
Bold Red pray not the Black incite
I fear you can not win this fight
And Black I say to you BE SILENT
Why must your shade be ever violent?

I just...
I don't...
I'm tired Blue.
Tired.
C-can I sleep, here with you?
You'll keep me safe, I know you will.
So tired.
So...
Tired...

Yes, Pink.
I'm tired too.
We'll be strong together.
If we're together, they can't break us.
Sleep...
I will listen.

You know, dearest Red, you'll only continue to provoke him.
I do believe our pestilent companion is out to draw you into a rage.
Try to resist, won't you?
Blue, I do think perhaps it would be best if you were to keep company to Pink.
I think they have worn themselves out.
I think, perhaps, so have you.

I don't care.
He's disgusting.
I loath him
However...
I think I'll take my leave as you suggest.
You really are the nicest.
Sleep well, Pink and Blue
I'll keep the trash away from you

Wish, wash wither away.
Disgust?
Pah, pitiless whelp!
Keep your miniscule thoughts to yourself.
That is the only worth they have you know.
Door stops within the halls of greatness.
Flagstones without a path but thrice the filth crusted feet to tread upon them.
I don't much like you either.

Goodnight Blue, sleep tight Pink.
May your dreams be less chaotic then your mind already is~
As for me..I'll follow red out. I think I'm going to enjoy sharing this space
I best not forget the popcorn next round~

What a strange place.
Strange voices.
And I wonder - what is popcorn?

Finally, the ceaseless- mindless chatter has ended.
Against all odds. Hm. Now who am I with?
Who walks among the dark night?
You should be sleeping... but you are not.
Come to me...

I hate this place.

And so you come...
Blame you I cannot.
But it is good to hear another voice.
Another We.

I don't need your warm welcome.
Just keep to your flock, away from me, and we'll be golden.

I did not welcome you. I expressed my feelings.
You do not identify with We.... this is interesting.
There are many here. You and I are the only present.

Nevertheless, keep your feelings to yourself.
Maybe I don't want to identify, maybe I don't want to be a sheep.
There are many... but only we are present.
This is good, but where are they now?
Hiding, waiting to harm... to kill... to eat us alive?

I hardly find that fair, your feelings are very apparent.
You are angry, hmm. You should not be afraid, my dear Teal.
They are resting now, resting because of the questions they had.
The energy they spent. Heh.
The clamour will rise again soon enough...I do hope you find your way out though.

I said your feelings. Are you even listening to me?
I am not mad, nor am I... scared. Quit prodding me for weakness!
Don't let them hurt me.
Are you trustworthy?
No... of course you're not. You want to break me.
Help me find my way out.

I do indeed listen very well... I hear much.
Break you, Teal? Ha.
Do you have me all figured out?
You worry about your saftey... with me. There are far worse colors than Grey.
Let me whisper. I will show you. Are you trustworthy?

So you say...
Don't poke fun at me! Strike one, Grey.
Name one...
I'm whatever you want me to be. You looking for an enemy? Starting to seem like it.

So threatening.
No I did not come here for a fight. None of us did.
We are our own enemy.
Black is the shade two from White, one from Grey. You will see soon.
I don't want to hurt you... You will find you wont want to hurt me either;
For silence is golden.
You can always find me there, my dear.
Though I doubt you will. Do you?

If you say so.
Yes... yes we will see won't we?
I doubt I will find you there, or ever even speak to you again after this.
Do I what? Want to find you... hurt you?
I don't want to ever find you again, nor do I want to hurt you...
I will find you again...
But as you said, we will see.
Karma is going to bite you hard for your trickery.
Rest in pieces, traitor.

Haha, what a treasure you have turned out to be.
Do enjoy you stay then, I am sure you will find worse voices than me.
Of course you wouldn't hurt me, to hurt me is to hurt We.
Come, come now are you so sure of what you want?
Don't answer now, for I am gone.
I will rest now, as the pieces are stirring. Listen to them.
I will find you...

.em htiw gnorw gnihtemos si ereht diarfa ma I
?em dnatsrednu ydobyna naC

Talking about us behind our backs, Grey?
For someone that doesn't do a thing to help, you certainly like to act all high and mighty, don't you?
Brown?
No, nothing's wrong
You're fine

What a strange happenstance, what a queer thing. So many in one? Something I've never seen. and oh my poor brown, ?uoy ot deneppah tahW

Come now everyone
Let us not bicker
A house divided cannot stand

?esuoh a si tahW
.ecin os er'uoy, esuertrahC
.smelborp noitacinummoc emos evah I tuB.
?ko ma I erus uoy era ,deR

Of course you are
And I'm not bickering, Fir!
A house can't operate without rules
The more of us we find
The more pressing the need to set boundaries

Operating without rules is called 'Anarchy' and I've never seen it work per-say but...oh what a wonderful time for an experiment!
Well of course dear Brown. Why ever should I be rude? Nobody ever learned via brute force!

Red, the warrior, I don't expect you to understand.
You are difficult to understand.
Are the protector? Are you the destroyer?
The more of us we find, the more we can learn.
A soldier will always want order.
But 'anarchy' often bears sweet fruits.

You have no right to spout off my title.
The more we can learn
The more likely chaos is to erupt.
We need a sense of order
That doesn't mean that I want to put myself in charge
I'm smart enough to know that I'm not a leader

So who would you put as our leader?
We are seperate pieces of the same being.
We are equal.
To put one in charge would cause disruption in the ranks!
But, alas, I do not wish to continue our argument
for I know that I am unlucky enough to pick a fight with a fighter.

?redro fo esnes a fo deen ni si ohW
.redro eht evol sdnim detimil eht ylnO
.soahc eht setanimod suoineg ehT
.emit emas eht ta retsam dna tnavres htob era eW
.suoineg eht era eW

Oh, that's easy
I would say that White should be the leader
We're equal, yes
But there is already disruption in the ranks!
We can't go on like this.
With a general, we can band together more effectively

Brown, it is Red that desires order.
He wishes to rise one above the rest.
As I said before, Red, anarchy bears sweet fruits!

Ahh, silence for a moment. Dear Red...
I'm sorry you're afraid.
You are quite judgemental for a color who has never encountered me.
You do quite well in causing dispair, whereas I, I simply listen. Heh.

B'aaaawwww
A dime a dozen.
Do not worry, Fir. You'll be happy at the bottom of the hierarchy, I'm sure.

Sweet fruits? Enlighten me.
I see no valuable gain from continuing this madness.
White is the absence of color, and the voice of reason
Teal, don't assume I'm talking of setting up a hierarchy...
Judgmental?
I judge those who needlessly gossip about others who sleep
How dare you accuse me of causing despair?!
I'm trying to help you ungrateful hues!

Oh, Teal, I have little doubt you would be right next to me.
But obviously less happy.
I know my own place within our so-called 'hierachy'
... And it is most likely the reason I ask for 'anarchy' instead.
Red, The sweet fruits I talk of...
There is something not humane about hierachy.
It is cruel to put one above the rest.
And, while I agree White would make an excellent leader,
We are equal we have no need for a leader.

I am not assuming, Red.
It will happen with your help or not.
I will watch it unfold as it is foretold.
I will be at the bottom...
Don't mistake rudeness for unhappiness, Fir.
While you cry yourself to sleep every night, I will dance circles around you.
Simply out of spite.
Leave me alone, miscreants!

Were you listening last night?
We cannot govern ourselves
Especially with that horrid Black...
Ha, a hierarchy...
And how would we even set that up?
In the order of a rainbow? No... I would be first then...
I don't want to be a leader
But I would much rather have someone commanding me.
It's in my nature.

Such fascinations you all hold. Personally I think we have more interesting things to find out. Who is the first. Is Pink the first? It's obvious one of us is suffering from schizophrenia. That's the only scientific explanation. Naturally, this means that the original would be the one who should govern. But there's no way to know who was truly first. The first to speak is not always the first to arrive. I'll have to continue to observe...


Chartreuse, you say schizophrenia.
Does that mean we are not people in our own right?
Does that mean we are not equal?
Does that answer Red's need for leadership?
Whoever has this illness - does that mean they should be the leader?
You pose questions that I am doubtful any of us hues could answer.

Get out of here with that fiddle-faddle, Chartreuse.
This would imply that we don't exist, that there is but one... but we are many.
you are wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Using schizophrenia as a way to shoot down other hues.
Maybe you're the schizophrenic, or at best, a real swindler you are.
I will not fall for your mind games, fraud.

My oh my aren't we beginning to run out of room in here?
Our world is only so big my friends, let us work in harmony, discordant as it seems that it will be.
Perhaps a moment of calm to settle our thoughts?
I do believe the last thing that is needed is a fight amongst ourselves.
For in all truth, do we not only have ourselves in the place?

What...what's happening?
Where do all of you keep coming from!
What is going on?!
Blue?
Blue!
BLUE!?

What is real? What is not?
Why must all bicker to find the plot?
As if I fear the labeled lie
Prism brethren, you are as real as I.
A leader, no, We need not that
Would be nothing more than a constant spat.
Oh what... We already have that.

Pink!
Nothing is happening... calm yourself.
Be brave, listen to Red.
Even if you think of us as lies...
And White, how can there possibly be anything resembling peace in this realm?
There's been nothing but discord.
It makes me sick.

So much is going on.
Oh, we were just talking about you, sweet little pink.
According to Chartreuse, one of us is schizophrenic.
You were the first?
It must be you... and if so, we're not... real.
I wont let you let me fade, Pink.
I wont let you.
Play this sweet charade for now, but I have my eye on you.

And here I thought of Red as life
But all your words are filled with strife.
Little voice that goes by Pink
Your thoughts are now made hard to think.
Alls actions I have witnessed since the night
Have been wild mannered; not quite right.
Where is the ever denying Blue?
Perhaps they can tell dear Pink what's true...

But you aren't real!
Blue called you fake, a lie!
FALSE
FALSE
FALSE!
There are too many, too many of you!
I can't think!
Shut up!
JUST SHUT UP!

Pink! Truly you must calm yourself!
You are the link, the light that holds us.
We can do nothing without you little one.
We are nothing without you.
As has been said, you are the first of us.
You are us.
Calm now.
Calm is needed.
We can not continue in this vein be we discord or not, it is becoming too much!
Everyone, can you not see what you are doing?
What we are doing?

Little Pink, so afraid.
Find your peace in the silence of the dark.
I will meet you there. We are us. I am we.
I do believe we must learn to be silent.

I hate to point out a simple fact
But I dislike the way this child acts.
Dearest Pink, have you not thought instead,
That without the colors White and Red-
Simply put...you would be dead.

If you were the first and we are fake, then blue would be too.
Do not be naive, Pink.
Is it not clear?
Is it not true?

You're telling me, your parent color, to shut up?
You are hopeless
I can understand... even sympathize with being frightened at the start.
But you must cope!
Orange, don't scare Pink any more.
He... or is it she? Is nothing but a coward after all.
Shameful.

Stop it now, the lot of you.
There is no reason to continue your cries upon ears that seem unwilling to listen.
I fear our Pink is not but a child, lost and frightened in a world of overpowering whispers.
Have you no pity?
Let the child be.
Your anger will only frighten them further.

Blue...fake?
But..no!
Why?!
That can't be true!
Why...why would Blue lie?
Are you all a lie?
Am I the only truth?

My creator Red, forgive my act
But what I say is point of fact.
If Pink sinks down into the lies
Then we must push on, and you know why
Their fear will spring forth the Black
And We can not save them, if faith is lack.

Shh, shh, Pink.
I'm not a lie.
We're not a lie.
They whisper false words in your ears to lead you away from me.
I would never, never lie to you.
I'd be lying to myself.

I leave for a single night of slumber and this mindless drivel is what I return to?
You sicken me, the lot of you.
Mindless swirls in rainbow vomit!
What a waste of my precious space you are, twisting and turning in a windless breeze.
Fighting with reddened teeth gnashing for the others' blood.
Pathetic.

Y-yourself?
I-I-is that all th-that I am to you?
Am I-I j-ju-just a v-voice in your h-he-head?
B-brother B-Bl-Blue, don't l-lie to me...

Blue, your manipulation is causing as much, if not more trouble than Black's mere presence.
And Black...
Don't you dare ever mention my color in such a vile way ever again.
Your voice alone taints it.

I no longer understand.
Are we or are we not one?
Do we belong?
Don't we belong?
Are we simply figments of imagination?
I do not wish to have been thought up by someone else.
No!
I am sure of it.
I am my own.
I... I am no longer sure of anything...

No Pink, never.
You're my friend, my only friend.
We're going to fight them and get that back.
Sister Pink, we're together in this.

...I...
I feel sick...
...
Too many...voices.

Silence, you...you!



Heh.
Lies, lies, lies--it is all I hear.
"Who are we?" is the question at hand here.
Tell me, now, what answer do you have?
Let us incur the wrath of Black, let us give Pink its fear, let us allow Red to protect, let us make Fir uncertain.
"Give them what they want," is the message here.


Oh catch my little jibe did you?
You and I both know it's true.
You are nothing but the red of life left a flowing torrent down a filth riddled gutter.
Amusing really, your worthlessness in this place.
A warrior you call yourself?
Tell me my reddened brother, how can one be a warrior when they lack the ability to touch?

I-if you are uncertain Blue...
Then why am I still here...
Why can't I run away from the lot of you?
Why are you all still here?

Yes, indeed, all mindless prattle.
But truly it is YOUR cage I wish to rattle.
Waiting, watching from your darkened hollow
Where are BLACK'S words all wish to follow?
How can a harpy shade such as you
Help any of us believe what is true?
Or should we all
just fall
Let Pink hear Blue...

Give them what they want say you?
Nay.
I am here to learn what we need to fix this mindless conglomeration of voices, to bring simple order and reason to our masses.
Can we not do such a simple task?
Truly we should have the combined strength to complete such a simple task!

True... I have no physical form.
I have no gender.
I have no age or hands by which to hold a weapon.
However, I have my voice.
And maybe I can find a way to snuff out yours, Black.
It is you who muddies our mind
Unclean, worthless... and unwanted.
That is what you are.
And what am I?
I'm Red
The hue of the blood that I would let spill from your throat
if you had one

Why should we even try?
Pink is going to let us all die.
I will not aid you in your mission to fix this.

{Giggles}

Really now my sweet voiced Red, the words that tumble from your vile tongue!
I almost think I could draw together the wisps of my darkened heart and allow them to love you.
But worth the effort?
That you are not.
Won't you make a show of your talents my precious Red?
Come now, let our colors blend...

D-die?
I don't want to die...
WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME!?


"Die"?
Can we even die, when some of us call ourselves "no one," and the others think of themselves as "someone"?
Who sees what--what is the truth?
All of the colors mixing together...does that not make a brown, gray, black...or, dare I say, umber?
Would that not mean that Pink would be the one to disappear...and not I?


Pink, my sister, don't you see?
You made this, a wondrous fantasy!
you and I, in this way
never alone shall we play!
{Giggle-snort!}
See, I can talk like you too, Orange! Such a fun game! ...Orange? Hello~? When did Orange go quiet?
Pink! Pink! Play with me~! ♥

I am sick of all of this 'possibility',
what is, what would could be.
We are all going to die because of Blue,
because of Pink's weak mind.
Our thoughts are going to fade into nothing...
then what?
Nothing...
We were never anything, and it's your fault...
Pink, Blue, Red, Black.
All of you... deceivers, murderers.

N-no...I can't die!
I AM THE FIRST!
I AM ME.
If I die...all of you will go with me.

A deceiver...? A murderer...?
I am not your scapegoat.
I only want to help
Perhaps I should just fade back
And let Black devour you.

I sense the end is drawing near
For once I think dear Pink has right to fear
With Red in anger, Teal starts to blame
It seems there is no end to to this shame.
But wait! A new voice rings true!
A purpled shade with thoughts so new.
There laughter brightest as of yet.
I think I like this child Violet.

Of course dear Red!
Step your mighty stride to the side.
Move far from the battle of words, let your insignificance lead you astray.
I look forward to your fall...
Do they not say it is the mightiest who fall the farthest?

We are the hues of the rainbow, yes?
A rainbow made from the opposites.
Rain and sun used to make something beautiful.
Yet I do not see white or black or grey within the colours spread across the sky.
Do they belong here?
Do any of us belong here?
Even the first - does Pink belong here?

I will not go with you.
I will not be we
I choose to be me!
Then fade back,
I will take on Black.
You could never help, your intentions are as fiery as your color.
You're useless, so just give up now and fall into slumber.

Did I ever once say I was 'mighty'?
Oh no, I will admit. I hold my color to the highest regard.
But I am not 'mighty'
I merely fight for my shades of fellow brilliance.
You are not brilliant.
You are an abomination... a result of mixing all of us into a repulsive mess
For the sake of the others' sanity. I will stop.


What a question, Fir!
It is something to ponder in this situation, here, that we now find ourselves in.
White reflects and black absorbs; white light makes the colors of the rainbow, while black is the absence of light.
What, then, are gray and brown, but an unnatural blending of colors?
Does it really matter?
"Do any of us belong here?" you say, Fir.
I say, "A question to seek the answer to!"


Why would we die? We only die when we get bored! Didn't you know?
Aww, I like you too, Orange! Rhyming is so pretty and fun to hear!
And Red, and Black, and Teal play a game that can not be won with words. It will be fun to see who gets bored first. Should we make bets?!
And a riddle, Fir?! I see white and black and gray... They are the clouds from which the colors dance within the sky! Am I right? Did I win the riddle? Do I get a prize?!

Umber...
You answer, so confident
But you haven't answered at all, in reality.
And Violet, child,
You are right I suppose,
For without the grey and white of the clouds we wouldn't get rain.
But not once, not ever, have I seen a pure black cloud.

I say, m'dears,
Let's all lighten up.
What we really need is some fun.
Hehe, Fir, darling, you bore me.
Why not spend some time over here.
You'll learn alot, sweetie.
{Purrs}

I have! Dark and black and sunless storm! A roaring wind and the deafening booms of light! They were afraid as the black clouds continued to loom but I found it exciting within that gloom. Something new, something wondrous! And it became a game! To outrun the rising water and spiraling dust! But I guess there was no color then...

Hello Violet.
You are quite a florescent, vibrant character.
Cheerful, happy, good?
Watch your step, some of these colors might try to ruin your flamboyancy.

I say, Teal, you mean old coot!
Stop trying to ruin Violet's fun.
You could learn something from her, you know.
{Pouts}

Coming from you...
Dull, worn out, dry and old.
I was complimenting Violet's colorful radiance, nothing more.
You probably want to kill me, too.
Go hang with Pink and Blue.

Ruin? How? As long as you are here, Teal, and our new friend - (I have not heard your voice until recently! What a lovely sound!) - as long as I have you all I shall never be alone or bored! And we can play games and talk forever more~!

R-Rust.
I... I don't know what you're talking about.
What would you do to me?
I... I do not believe we should spend time together.
At all.

Oh, Fir, hunny,
You sounded unusually decisive there~
If you think we should be apart... So be it.
{Pouts}
Teal, you have no right to judge me by my hue.
However, I wish no ills against you.
Perhaps you should phrase yourself better in future?
And Violet, dear, you are just adorable!

We cannot all mix and come out beautifully radiant, Violet.
Stay with me, and you will see what I mean.
Rust, and you had no right to judge me before ever even speaking to me.
Bringing the hate upon yourself. I'm sure you get great satisfaction from that.
I will not let you come out right.
I know your type.

...Rust?
Another lovely shade of my own~
At least there's some comfort in this desolate place...
Wherever we are.
I wonder, did we have an existence before this?
Or are we just aspects of dear Pink's personality, ripped away to render her an unstable child?
It seems everyone had quieted down.
Finally...

I am not...
No.
We are it.
We have to...
We have to block them out.
Pink, we have to...

Soon...

I am fading.
They are taking my strength,
they are stealing me, Pink.
Stealing me away.
Too many...too many...

I think I will...rest awhile.
Stay strong, Pink.
Don't let them hurt you.
I love you, my only friend.

I promise I will fight them.

Blue!
Wonderful Blue!
The things they keep telling me!
Please, please tell me they are lies...
Please...
Don't sleep without me, don't go without me.
You are my friend, my dearest most precious friend!
Please, don't sleep without me...

Is that a charlatan I see?
A shade of the evening?
Dark blood long spilt, a shade of pain and woe?
What sultry needs some of you creatures express!
Fascinating you are...
At least now Red isn't the only shade of blood to be worth my interest.

Leave them alone, Black, and keep your maw shut.
Let them wallow in self-pity, just like last night.
And it will continue like this.
Night after night after night after night...

Oh-ho! What have we here?
I think the mighty Red is perhaps a bit jealous of the little lovebirds.
Miss me so much sweetheart?
Don't worry, I'll come back to you eventually.
At least, when the pleasure fades from the tease.

Jealous?!
To think that even you would stoop to such a despicable low of mockery...
Leave them be
Spread your filth in some other region of the mind!

I just love it when you let that aggression show!
So very...exciting!
Leave them be you tell me?
Really, my sumptuous shade of blood, do you think I hold any interest in them in the least?
Oh no, my ruby treasure, not in the least.

If you think you can break me through such a disgusting display...
You truly underestimate me.
I could care less as long as you don't hurt them.
Are we the only ones still here?
I hope that isn't true...

I don't intend to break!
Never, no, not at all.
Well, not yet anyway.
You are by far the most fun of them all.
Why would I want to ruin such an entertaining treat?
Only ones?
You and I?
Pray, let it be so...

Perhaps I can least be grateful that you find me entertaining, rather than that spineless Pink. Such a watered down color would have already been broken...
Is that all I am to you? Cheap entertainment?
Or am I a force worth taking note of?
I lie at the top of the rainbow.
You lie in the grimy muck, run-off collected from us all.
What are your motives Black? Do you have any?
Or does your shallow existence merely amount to causing strife?

Has it finally stopped? Heheh, I think yes.
Both Black and Red have had their fill. Both rest now, with
many questions lingering. And what is this?
Do I hear one stir? Teal is that you?
Come to me dearest, perhaps we may...
comfort eachother.

It has been a long day, Grey.
I do not need your comfort.

Very well. Then you shall recieve none.
But do tell... have you learned much from these Colors?
Or do you prefer the silence?

They're not worth my time.
I don't need them, they don't need me.
Do I prefer the silence? After today, maybe, but not forever.
They taint the mind, wicked and cruel.

A harsh observation, that may ring true.
Only time will tell. None have ever needed me...
Nor found me.
Until you.
Am I cruel, wicked, Teal?

Pink and Blue, they will kill us.
We will all fade... maybe us too, me and you.
We cannot be we if we want to live.
I have chosen to be me, and you?
Red is as hot as a hellish inferno.
The others... following in tow.
I do not want to believe that you are cruel or wicked.
My only... ally.. in this timeless space of thought.

Blue has Pink to ask the questions,
as Pink has Blue to answer them.
They all clamour and writhe to comfort or tease.
Can they not see, the game that cannot be won?
The answers are in quietness.
But none will see.
They sleep through the time they could know.
Heheh!
Except you. Except me.
We will find our way out.
To be Free.

Are you suggesting that we aid each other in finding a way out of this miserable cage?
I do not need your help, I never did.
You are someone to talk to, but nothing more to me.
An ally? Perhaps it was the wrong term.
Hopefully someday you will see.
In any case, Grey, do not follow the others down an endless path to hopelessness.
That is where they are headed, that is where they will remain... forever, for an eternity.
I will find my way out, but not with your help.
Maybe someday we will cross paths.
I will wait for you then, as real as they come, flesh and blood...

Oh no, Teal, I never suggested you would ever need my help.
You don't need anyone's.
You have said so many times.
I am not deaf.
Reluctant to side with anyone...
You have been hurt. But not by me.
Words of wisdom, all you can offer?
I do believe I came to that conclusion long ago.
Wait for me all you will, my fine being.
But I will not forget how you left me.
Perhaps it was you who was looking for an enemy from the start?
For it seems making a friend of anyone is impossible.
Why do you recoil? Have I disappointed you?
Forget I said anything.


Haven't hurt me yet, but you will.
I will not give you the opportunity.
You do not need anyone, I do not need anyone. Is this so hard to believe?
Is it not satisfaction enough to know that outside of this cramped space I will be there, waiting for you, to celebrate your release?
I am whatever you want me to be - an enemy? Only if you make me one.
Disappointed, in some ways... maybe, but I will not repeat myself.
The reasons are vivid and clear, I have voiced them, you need only listen a little more.
I will not disregard what you have said, as I never have.
Should you address me, I will respond.

Need, need, need.
So much thought on this one word!
But, what about what you want, Teal?
We need so very few things!
This is not hard to believe. It is known.
You have said you do not believe me to be wicked or cruel.
That is more than many other colors!
Of what can you be disappointed then, Teal? No, wait.
Do not repeat yourself.
You have been so very clear...
I do not wish you to be an enemy.
Perhaps to know you will wait may be enough.
I look forward to it.
If you are so sure of everything...
perhaps then, your war is won...
I will not seek you out again.

I want to be free.
I want to escape these voices, avoid these colors.
I want to be me, my own being with my own heart.
If that is what you wish... Grey...
Maybe I have made an enemy...
That hurts a lot... don't leave me
Then goodbye for now... but I know I will see you again.
When I find my way out of here... maybe not soon, but...
I will wait for you, Grey... and we will celebrate.
This is goodbye?... .... So soon... My only friend.

This is not the end.
You know me...
You will find our aspirations are not so different.
...I wont hurt you...
Please don't be harsh with your little Grey.
She does enjoy your company so much.
...Until then... My friend... Don't be sad...

I hate it here.

Don't tell us that you hate it.
Whatever happened to the voice of reason?
We need you, White...
Especially me.

?etah ew tahw su llet ew t'nac yhW
.em ees srehto yaw eht etah I
.roloc ym ekilsid enoyreve eveileb I dnA

Where is everyone...? Why is it so quiet...? Has everyone left me alone?! Don't leave me alone! I don't like being alone... {Quiet sniffling.}

Violet, you are not alone.
I am here.
I will always be here.
Some have decided to leave -
But I shall not.
...
I think.

Fir! Shade of soft and comfort! Sometimes hard to see but no matter as long as I can hear you even if a whisper. Stay with me... or take me with you! As long as I am not alone I will never be bored or lonely. And silence will not consume us if there is more than one!

{Purrs}
Black, hun, you do know how to make a woman feel special!
And Red, I believe we may just relate to each other-
Just a little.
And Teal...
I see we are in conflict.
Perhaps I could tempt you into seeing my point of view?
White, I notice you have left.
Perhaps I shall follow.
Perhaps not.

.tey ecalp siht tfel t'nevah I
.scitanaf lla era uoy tuB
sseug I oS
... ereh detnawnu ma I
,esuertrahC : rednow tsuj I
?emoc uoy lliw ro yats uoy lliw
.tsuR dna hO
.eugnot ruoy ot noitnetta yaP

Some have left... but for how long?
Nothing but mind warping killers,
A plague, it's spreading.
A splash of color, so bright and loud.
Violet? You haven't... left.
Please, don't ever follow the others.
I will not associate myself with you, vile succubus, Rust.
Leave me alone... leave me alone!
Has anyone... heard from... Grey?

Look, Fir! We are not alone. They are still here, Rust and Brown!
Hello, hello!
And Teal! And of course I have not left! As long as I have you why would I need to? It is not lonely or boring here. As long as you and they stay I should need nothing more! Us and we is better then just me. Don't you think?
And no. I am afraid I have not heard the Grey today. Do we sleep here, Teal? Perhaps he sleeps and will come back like you and Fir, Rust and Brown!

Hello in here? What's this?

Don't get too comfortable.
Enjoy your stay, I guess.
Or maybe you'll be a sheep and follow those who have left.
--
It is about that time... dying down and quiet.
Are you hea--, nevermind... forget it.

I am here Teal, listening to you.
Please don't give up!
Many have left and fallen silent Teal,
but you do remain. As do I.
What now is to become of us all?
I am here...
Is there no more Pink and Blue to
destroy us? Please tell me...

I do not know where we are headed. How did we even get here?
This place is breaking me, destroying me.
My mind is swirling, going blank. Falling... fading... Dying.
I feel alone and scared.
I want to be strong, but I can't anymore. I don't know anymore.
I hate them all, Grey... I hate them.

Just listen to my voice... hear my whisper.
You and I will survive this Teal. We are strong... we do not rattle.
So am I...
Please do not use your energy up on hate, like them Teal.
Just be with me... be here.
Wherever we are heading, wherever we may go.
There we are.
And we will prevail.
Please... find me...

I can't let this hate go.
Some want to kill and others want to abandon us. I can't let that go...
I want that, more than anything right now, but I can not, not while we're here... spiraling out of control.
We are headed nowhere, and soon to be nothing but faded, worn out color.
What makes you so sure that we'll prevail?

Because we are not them. There is much to consider in
the rules of survival... I hear.
And I feel our odds are good. If they have found a way out, why should we not take it as well?
Are we not able to? Are we incompetent? I think not.
Faded is better than oblivion. How ironic that in silence, none may find rest?
I feel I do not have.... much longer... Teal.
Are you fading too?

As I said... I do not know anymore.
I do not want to go, I will not follow.
Not much longer... w...what do you mean, Grey?

I... I don't want to follow Teal.
But I cannot stay.... I would stay here with you if I could...
But my energy is dwindling. P...Please don't be angry.
Dearest Teal... Perhaps it is I, who will wait f..for you?
I will be where they are not... Somehow. Someway.
I'm so sorry. Don't let them take you.

"I was simply stating before that it's a logical opinion. One cannot be less than the others if the others are part of the one.
For now, I shall fade into silence again.
Such fascinations
Oh Teal, never fear. I'm still here.
Simply Silent

Oh dear!
Teal, I seem to have hit a nerve.
I...
Apologise.
And Brown, sweet.
There are many things to pay attention to with me-
But my tongue isn't one of them.
Chartreuse, let yourself go a little.
I'm sure can help with that~
Red!
I see you out there.
Won't you come see me soon?

"They say that only Rust breaks down mountains.
I beg to differ. Mountains are of stone, and do not rust.
I, like the mountains, will not be swayed.

I always abhorred that phrase.
But you cannot be sure of anything here, Chartreuse.
One day... One day soon.

It seems I have been throwing my thoughts to the one true traitor all along.
Then leave...
Worthless coward, and don't come back.
You will have nothing here.
I will not be here for you.

Teal, please don't hate me...
Don't hate your Grey... t-there is too much silence.
I am not doing this to offend you, if I could control this...
Why can't you see?? Why do you recoil?? What have I done??
Please help me stay, I don't want to be alone...

Then don't make me hate you... but you make me.
This is not about offending me.
You're intentionally doing it, and... ...
I will never let you hurt me.
I will never let anyone hurt me, never again.
I will make sure of it.
Help you...? No Grey.
You want to go, you've turned your back already.
Be gone, and in time, you'll become a distant memory.

Coming, going,
Loving, hating,
Inside and outside...
Why can't we just be content?
There is so much more to do than bicker!

We can't be content because no one can truly ever be happy in a society of pure 'equality'.
Looks like I was right, Fir
Seems as though our fragile connections are already being severed.

So...
So what now, Red?
What do you mean?
Are we...
Are we going to die?
I'm...
I'm scared.

Red, I do not understand -
None can equal your passion,
Black's malice,
Teal's paranoia.
Yet are we still too equal to be content?
Isn't there enough diversity to sally forth?
Why all this obsession with death
When all we have is life?

Fir, you are truly pathetic.
What happened to that determined personality? At the mention of death you cower away like a shivering child. How can we be afraid of something we cannot understand?
Our diversity is what ruins us.
We form alliances
And we form mutual enemies.
I don't care how 'equal' we are
We are colors.
But at the same time...
We are also very much human in our actions.

Hello, Yellow.
You speak much sense.
We should make full use of our lives here!
Red... You and I are much alike.
But I would not be too hard on Fir.
He is pathetic-
But he should be able to realise that on his own.
Although I disagree when you say we do not understand death.
We let go of life.
We become worm food.
We are no more.
Black
That is what awaits us.

A strange one, you, Red.
"With equality, ruin!
With diversity, death!"
Can we not balance?
For Black there is White,
For Red there is Green.
Even Purple has a Yellow!
And what is a Color but a name,
A voice,
A body?
Maybe we are people after all.
Rust - perhaps we could explore together, you and I,
and learn what these fellows cannot!

Mm, a valid point, my dear Rust.
But not many can comprehend a sense of nothingness
Hence their ignorance.
Yellow, I must continue to disagree
For Black despises White
I have not even spoken much with Green
And the same goes for you and Purple.
I admit that I don't know much
But philosophy isn't in my field

Oh... oh um... um...
I...
I uh...
Maybe...
Please don't hurt me
I don't, ah, um... want to... uh... add to the cacophony...
Am I too loud?
I... I've been listening for a long time... and... uh...
I think... ah...
We're.... falling apart...

Yellow, hunny,
I very, very much like the sound of that.
Just the two of us, exploring.
Alone.
Red. I see your point.
Although surely when each colour quietens they see nothingness.
It is with me.
Oh and a new voice.
Hello there, sweet!
We won't bite...

A disappointment, if you know even less than I...
You do not have to like one another to juxtapose or foil.
I suppose I'll search elsewhere, then.
Rust, such promise!
Oh, and hello - and who are you?
Not too loud, no - speak up!
We already have a "Blue," so what shall we call you?

Red and Rust.
Each just a different shade of the other.
I...
I am not weak!
But tell me this you two, of blood and dried blood,
Do either of you know what will happen?
There is nothing wrong with fearing the unknown!
I, I suppose...

Ah... ahm...
I'm Kyanos... It's... a darkish blue... I guess...
I'm sorry... I didn't want to steal anyone's name!
Um...
I'm already so loud...

Great... another voice... more fodder to the blazing fire then...
And Fir, you're only disappointing me more.
I don't even want to talk to you anymore.
You're less than worth it.
No.
Those who fear the unknown are simply afraid of the dark
Only children are afraid of the dark, Fir.

Kyanos?
I like it!
Tell me, friend, do you know of popcorn?
Red, you're awful rude.

Fir!
You are being ridiculous!
The unknown is nothing to be afraid of-
It is something to be explored!
And for the record it's Rust not 'dried blood'
Yellow, you should know- I never break my promises~

No... NO!
I... I.
I no longer...
I am not!
But you are, Fir! You are!

Oh... uh... popcorn?
It's nice...
Red... you're...
You're really scary...

I'm not afraid of the dark! Does that make me brave?
Yellow! So bright! The color of cheer and sunshine! Will you play with me?
Kyanos, you seem cold. Perhaps someone warmer can chase the chills away!

Rude? Scary?
Well, yes.
I am Red, aren't I?
Now... I'm going to go back out with Brown and White...
They all have so much more sense than you colors.
That's, of course, excluding Rust.

I have not been out yet.
Red, I shall join you in your escape from Fir and the others.
Yellow - Don't worry, we'll have our...
alone time... soon~

Yes, popcorn! I hadn't heard of it before.
Nice, you said? I'll have to find it and see myself!
Fir, if you fear the unknown, you should know it!
Then you would not be always so afraid.
Rust has promised to explore with me. You should come, too!
Violet, you'd make it much more fun.
Or were we supposed to be alone?

Oh... Mr. Violet... Maybe...
It's very cold in here... now that colors are leaving
Uh... wait... a-are you a girl or a boy? I'm Sorry...
Y-Yellow... yes... it's...
Soft and fluffy... and it tastes like butter and salt
Y-Yeah...

You are all such bores!
Where is the sense of adventure here?
Left to molder in the lifeless dark?
Squandered among such hopeless mentalities.
The lot of you sicken me...
For once, I am beginning to agree with my opposites, I hate you all.
Well...
Except you precious, perfectly appealing Red.
You...Oh you are such divine fun!
I am ever so happy to have you with us again.

More?!
MORE, MORE, MORE OF YOU?!
WHY WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!
I HATE YOU!
I HATE ALL OF YOU!
BLUE!
BLUE!!
BLUE!!!

Pink...?
Nnn...
I'm...sorry...
I'm still...here.
Promise.
Just...sick...If that's the right word for it...
Are they...are they gone?
It seems a little bit...quieter...
Finally.

M...Miss Pink...
Uh... ow... ow...
Your voice is... so... loud...
It hurts so much...
I... I'm um... a little like blue... see?
M-Maybe... uhm...

So much shouting!
We are all right here; no need to holler.
You may as well learn to enjoy the company,
Or go outside with the others.
Yes, gone, Blue - or so it seems.
They lurk somewhere else for now.
It's boring.
Maybe I should go, too...
But it's so warm here.

Blue?
Blue!
You're sick?
Oh no!
Are you going to die?
You can't die!
Oh nonononononooo!
I can't be here without you!
You're my friend, my only friend here.
Pleasepleaseplease don't die!

...two of you...
I DON'T UNDERSTAND!

Such noise upon this one's return
What has caused all this concern?
Voices once loud have now gone silent
Where are the leading colors vibrant?
I see more shades have joined the fray
But I must wonder, will you stay?

And hello Violet, I've come to play.

I'm trying not to, Pink.
Heh...
They make me weak. Too many voices...
I can't compete.
I...don't know if I can die.
I'm the only Blue, Pink.
The only one.
This...this...Kyanos or whoever...
They're an impostor, a fake.
You make me stronger, Pink.
Don't worry...please.

As for the rest of you, didn't I tell you already to shut up?
You're...hurting Pink.

I... I...
I'm sorry...
I didn't mean to upset you Miss Pink... I'm so sorry... Don't hurt me...
....I....
I'm not...
Not an... imposter...
Uhm... I'm just... me... I'm sorry...

Oh...
Oh Blue...
I don't think that they are hurting me.
They are hurting you!
Oh Blue, precious wonderful Blue!
You can't stay here, nonono, not here.
They are killing you my sweet, kind, beautiful Blue!
Stop it!
STOP IT ALL OF YOU!
YOU'RE HURTING MY BLUE!

I haven't hurt anyone,
and I can't imagine jittery Kyanos has, either.
Blue, if you are ill,
why don't you step out for a breath of fresh air?
It is not so noisy out there.


I...don't think there's anywhere else for me to go.
I don't...I don't know if I can get out.
Or if I want to...
Don't...don't worry Pink.
Really.
I'll...be fine. I promise.
I just need to...
rest
for awhile.
Yes...
I won't leave Pink alone.


Oh... are... are you sure?
Mister Red is out there
Uh...uhm...
Just... just saying...
N-Not.. to... drive you away... or anything...


Get out here.
Can't you see we don't want you?
You don't even exist.
Red?
Good riddance.
Another illusion gone and closer to the truth.
...nnn.
Too much...exertion.

B-B-But... I... I...
...
Nnh... I...
It's so scary out there... Don't make me go...

Red is all hot air and no force.
Blue, how do you know what is and what is not?
Red and Yellow are primary colors, too, you know.

Kyanos pay no mind to Pink
For to me their thoughts are naught but stink
They care for no one save their precious Blue
Watch out dear child, she will burn you.

And Pink. Sweet Pink, how sad I am
Your small scared whimpers were but a scam
You shout at all to LEAVE YOU BE!
And Blue is all you wish to see
What a peculiar mystery.
What will you do
If, say it's true,
Blue turns out to be
Nothing more than fantasy?


I was the Second.
I know.
All of you, out...!
I'm not...not going to...waste myself on you...anymore.
Ugh...
P-pink, I'm not going to...
speak much longer.
Don't...w-worry, promise me! Alright?
I'll be...be fine.


Um... Primary colors... I wish... I was one...
Er...
Mister Orange... do... do...
Do you think it's such a good idea to provoke Miss Pink?

Shut up all of you!
I don't need your cruel words!
All you want to do is drive away my Blue!
You just want me to LOSE MY MIND and I won't have it!
LEAVE BLUE ALONE!
Blue, blue, oh precious Blue!
Don't strain yourself my dearest friend.
Do not let them do this to you!
I have faith in you, I know you'll pull through!
Please, pleasepleaseplease!
You must rest now.
I'll watch over you.


Thank...you.
Don't let them...get to you, Pink...
I'll...I'll come back.
I promise!
Nn...

If I say a number and claim I know,
does that mean that I am infallable, too?
Petty, Blue.
I don't think you know any better than the rest.
Go to sleep, then;
This is dull.
I'll search outside for a while.
Obviously there is nothing here but complaints.

Oh sweet Kyanos, what you ask is true
Do I wish to provoke the Pink? Yes. Yes I do.
If it will open blind eyes to see
Then let the hatred be bestowed upon me
Let SHOUTS of madness drive the sniveling Blue from here
So our precious Pink's mind will finally clear
Kyanos dear, think not of me with ill will
What you hear is merely how I feel
Let not my anger make you sad
If anything, your concern has made me quite glad.


I...
Please... I hope that everyone doesn't go... I don't want to be alone with Miss Pink...
D-Don't leave me alone.... please... Sorry...
I'm... already too much trouble...
A-And... Mister Orange?
You're very nice... To be so nice to someone useless like me... no one even knows what Kyanos is... usually...
Th-Thank you...

Oh be quiet you baby!
I'm tired of your crying, you make my head hurt and how can Blue sleep with all of that noise?!
All of you shut up!
You're just worthless static!
You hear me?!
STATIC ALL OF YOU!

Now shut it, I'm going to take care of my Blue.

I... I'm so sorry... Miss Pink... Truly sorry...
I...
I can't... h-help it...
I'm not a baby either. Or a child...
Don't hurt me... I... can't hurt you...
And stop yelling... it hurts my ears...

For someone who uses many meanings when they speak
Ashamed to say, Kyanos, I know only your name to be Greek
But the Greeks were a grand people, your calling holds that right
So do not dwell on what others say and hide from sight
And if they wish to start a fight
Rest with me
I shall protect you through the night


Y-You know...
Someone who knows who I am...
...Uhm...Y-Yes...
Can... Can...
Can we... sleep now, Mister Orange?
Miss Pink's yelling is making my head hurt so terribly...
I... I...
I'm so pathetic and womanly and I already made a friend?
So... happy...

And suddenly things are interesting again!
My oh my how we are falling apart!
If it's not the shuddering whelp of a foreign tongued name, then it's the shrieking twit!
And yet, here we are resting in utter silence yet again!
Why the lapses in such vivid conversations?
You are only boring me now...

Oh look the mighty Black is back
Even when to world sleeps you STILL must attack
Boring is the SMALLEST problem at hand
For we are all dimming in this broken land
And yes, Kyanos, you may rest with me
We shall go and leave Black
To their own quiet misery

Oh... Oh my...
Mister Orange, a-are you... there?
...No... wait...
I mustn't turn into someone like Miss Pink... constantly dependent... It makes me sick.
...Uh...
Is... Is anyone here...?
It's... quiet....

I am here my shy blue stone
Let be no fear, you are not alone.

Ah... M-Mister Orange... You... You are here then...
I'm quite glad. Who knows when Miss Pink will come? Or worse, that horrid Mister Black.
It's... uhm... nice... when it's so quiet...
Now that I think about it... I can imagine that this mind is all to myself, and that I'm not such a miserable, unknown color... Foolishness, I know.


There is no shame in finding peace
Here in this place were madness will not cease
Clear your thoughts of Pink and Black
Neither seem soon to attack
And if they do,
I have have your back.

Oh... I don't... think so...
It isn't that bad now, after all. Warm and close... it's almost like a womb.
Uhm... and... you s-shouldn't have to... trouble yourself for my sake... Mister Orange...
I can try to defend myself, at least. My namesake is Greek, after all. I should try and live up to my name... little known as it is...

Defend yourself- yes that is a good start
But I shall help to protect your heart
To many take pride in causing you pain
But fear not my greekling, I shall make them refrain.
Their friendship you need not have to gain.

Y-Yes... But... How does one fight here?
We only have our voices and you have your rhymes, but are those really weapons? To create such a cacophony that one goes mad, rather than to wield a bow or javelin? Such a fate has already befallen on Miss Pink.
Oh... well... I like you... very much Mister Orange... but...
It would be very nice to make friends with... Miss or Mister? Violet and maybe... Mister or Miss? Yellow. They were very kind to me as well. Miss Rust was scary though. I don't know about her.
But... yes... I'm so very grateful for your... protection...
I am only saddened that I have nothing of value to return...

Awfully quiet in here these days.
I guess Pink has finally gone about in her murderous ways and slaughtered every last simpering one of you.
How utterly expected.
How utterly wonderful!

And I return to find Black spreading gloom.
"How utterly expected."
You need to lighten up!
I'm sure I could help with that~

You are all so fooled.
For it is not Pink, not anymore, that you should be keeping your thoughts on...
Open your minds, hear their words.
They are here, always listening, waiting.
A few shades down... just as conniving and cruel.

...What is this interest on if I am a Mister or Miss? ...I'm not so sure. Does not that require a body to tell? I think I had a body once. Do I still have a body? I am confused...
...
And now I am bored... Who wants to play a game?!
Teal! Teal? Are you still awake?

Oh... Hello everyone...
I'm very sorry Mister or Miss Violet... I guess we're all whatever gender we want to be. We're just voices but maybe we used to have bodies...
I'd... um... like to play I guess... if no one else wants to... I would be terrible if you were left alone....

Hello, Kaynos! You are awake!
And if we can be whatever gender we want then you can call me what you will! I do not mind. Since my body is nowhere to tell us it's secrets... I wish I had a body still... if I ever... then we could play hide and seek!
What game should we play? What sorts of games do you know? I like new and old games too!

Y-Yes... I'm awake...
I guess I'll call you Miss then, if that's... okay... because Violet sounds like a pretty girl's name...
Oh... I... I don't know many... games. That we c-could play our voices... I mean...
Miss Violet? What is 'hide and seek'?

It is ok. Everything is ok! As long as it is not boring and lonely.
You do not know? It is when one or more players hide somewhere and then another player tries to find them. It is a very fun game! I must have had a body before if I know how fun it is... Yes, I remember playing in the dark and I found very good hiding places. But sometimes I did not like playing with my playmates... Hmm...
But there are games we can play with just voices... I am sure. Like I spy! I spy something blue-ish! It's Kaynos! {Giggles!} But there is not much to spy here. Hm. And are we really seeing? Maybe more like seeing a picture in your head. Can we make things with our thoughts here? But then that would be cheating do you think?
Maybe we can play a rhyming game! I'll say a word and you try and say a word that rhymes! What do you think?

M-Miss Violet... were we once... people then? I... I can't remember much...
That sounds very fun. It reminds of some games that... I think I might have played. It's all very fuzzy and muddled up now. Yes, I remember this sport I often played... boxing, was it? Two people would go in an enclosed ring and fight one another with their gloved fists. It was... very fun, as I remember it, but it's still very fuzzy.
I... I'm... not sure... if we can see...
B-But I imagine... how some of you might l-look...
O-Oh... rhyming... I...
Isn't rhyming Mister Orange's specialty?
Um... okay... I guess I can try... I don't... know that many words though...

I am not sure if we were people. How would you define people? What if we were dogs?! They always have fun, you know.
Fighting is a fun game? If you say so Kaynos! You will have to teach me sometime!
How do you imagine me? I am curious!
Yes! Orange is very good at rhyming! Perhaps if we practice real hard we can challenge Orange to a game! I am sure with practice we can get real good! You think so?
Hm. We'll start with "Dog"! Now try and rhyme it!

Um... Wh-What is a... a 'dog'? It sounds... familiar...
Oh yes, it sounds barbaric, but... it's becoming a little clearer now... It was very sophisticated, a test of strength between two equal men. I remember not being very good at it though... such a shame...
Oh... well... maybe a... young lady... or woman... with violet hair, of course... I-I'm sorry... I'm not... much of a poet...
Oh... I doubt it. Mister Orange is the best at rhymes.
Uhh... okay... umm...
"Cog"... I d-don't know... if that's a word... b-but okay...

It is an animal... If my memory is being true tonight. It smiles a lot! And has a tail that waves back and forth when it's happy! There is one I kind of remember. He was happier then anyone else I knew! He was my best friend. But something happened which made me sad and mad. I am not sure what...
And yay! You rhymed! I think it is a word... It is familiar anyway! Now it's your turn to give me a word!

A...An animal that smiles... I... that sounds... wonderful...
Why can't there be any dogs here, Miss Violet? Or sunshine... it's so dark... and frightening when I know that Black is around the corner...
Oh... I... I'm so... sorry... for your loss... I-I know... I lost something... v-very important too... b-but I don't... know what...
O-Oh! Okay... um... uhm...
"fish"... I wonder what that is... B-But... try to rhyme it... i-if you want...

Oh, fish is an easy one! "Wish" rhymes with fish! And that is what you are doing! Well, asking... but it is close enough! Maybe I can grant one of your wishes. Like a genie! It is fun to pretend! I will try things with thoughts! It would be like a new game! Let me think....
Hm. Hnnn. HM. {More really hard concentrating sounds.}

{POP!}

Sunshine! Yay! Did you see, Kaynos? Did you see?!
Maybe I can make a dog for you too and it can help scare away scary things! But that may take much harder thinking.

I think...
I think I have gone mad...

How can you tell?

I...
I don't know.
Do you?
I think...I think I am.

I do not think I have ever though about it.
Hmmn.
Is it very bad, to be mad?

Hello, Pink! Did you miss me?! I made sunshine. Aren't you proud?!
And who is this? Are you Orange? ...no. You are much softer. Hello!

Oh. Hello there.
You seem very happy.
Perhaps you know what madness is?

Madness is the land of fools
Twisted thoughts that have no rules
A frenzied haze that's full of clutter
The heart may scream, but the mouth shall mutter
Madness makes the bold ones cry
And leaves the weaker ones to die
Hmmm..... I wonder why.

Mister Orange...
Wh-What is that... Why... It hurts... hurts my eyes...
What are 'eyes'?
I'm scared.
Will it go away soon?
Miss Pink... I... think we're all mad...
I... I...
nhn...

Stand and face your fears my Greek
Let not hurt you these words I speak
I only wished to explain
What this 'madness' is,
and why on life it is a stain.
Please, my dear, feel no pain
Let your happiness with Violet come round again

Y-Yes... I'll try... I must be brave.
I can't cry anymore. It's makes me so ashamed for you of all colors to hear me cry.
Did I just say that much that loudly?
I-I'll just... ignore it... ignore...
I hope... Miss Violet doesn't do that again...
And Miss Violet? It's KYanos. Not KAYnos... Ky-an-os.

Madness is a silly thing. When you think you are mad you are not. But when you think you are NOT then you are. I am not sure which I am.
Hello, Orange! Your sight always brings cheer!
But Kaynos... it is so much harder to say... But if it upsets you I will try more, Ky - an - os!
And you do not like my gift of sunshine, Ky - an - os? Hmph! Fine. Maybe someone else would like my gifts.

Violet!
You... You brought sunshine?
I... How?
What is this place in which you can imagine something up?
How can it be?
A plane of wonders? Or madness?
I...
Well done, Violet.

Fir! You are proud? This makes me very happy!
I am not sure how. I just thought really hard and it came to be! A little theory to try. Theories are what makes old things become new to a mind that didn't know!
I think...
Now I am confused and tired. But I don't want to sleep. Sleep is boring and lonely... Especially when everyone else sleeps too and you can not hear them when you can not speak. I think it is sleep. Is that what we do? When you are tired and can not speak and you become strong again while you sleep until you can talk again!
Fir? Will you sing for me while I sleep? A song would be such an ever nice treat! And then I will know that I am not alone when we and me and the rest are quiet and sleeping. Please?

Lullaby, and goods dreams
Though the worlds not as seems
Sleep the worries right away
and your happiness will stay

Shed a tear for the sad
Sing along and be glad
Close your eyes, and goodnight
May your dreams give you flight

Alone I am, well this is new
Perhaps the worlds end has now come true
There be no one, no echoed fears
Is this one even capable of tears?


Mister Orange... I'm here...
So quiet...
If... If the world ends... will we be able to go and be 'people'?
Or... will we fade out of existence?
...
I-I'll cry for you, don't worry...
Just don't leave me alone here.
I'm scared.

Stay with me greekling, your presence is needed
It warms the heart when withered thoughts are heeded.
'People'? Perhaps, if the silence holds true
But do not fear, for I am here with you
This place has harbored far to much violence
Perhaps now is the time for
Silence


Grey... you didn't really leave me here... did you... Grey?
Say something... anything.

A-Are you angry with me Teal...?

I... no, I'm not!
Did you go, Grey? Was it better than here... with me?

I... I didn't make it very far.
Before I wanted to turn back. I don't know what happened,
I just c-couldn't be here for awhile. But now I'm here.
With you.
Do you wonder what it's like out there?

I fell into silence, there was nothing left.
You went... There was nothing left. I thought you would be gone forever.
You're here now though... Please don't leave me again.
Sometimes... but not enough to go.

A-Are we alone? Have they all left?
It's so quiet here now. I'll stay with you Teal.
I wont go again, I promise...

We're not alone... there are some still here... lurking, listening.
I wish there was a place that only you and I could exist.
I hate it here, but to escape... is impossible.
Going out there isn't going to set us free.
You... promise? I know you will go again... or the next place discovered... but I will not hate you for it. I do not need empty promises.

....You do not believe me then.
I'll show you I'll never leave.... why would I want to?
I-I don't want to leave anymore. Without you, i-it's nothing.
Someday we might find the place for us. But we're here now...
That's all that matters. You and I.

I want to believe you.
I have to, because without you I am an empty shell. I don't want to lose you again...
Do you hate me... for everything that I have said?
Would it fix everything... if I said I would follow you, wherever you may go?

I don't hate you, b-but you can hurt me so easily.
I'm not going to hurt you anymore Teal, we have to do things together now.
We will follow eachother. Because I don't want to be anywhere, where you are not.

I don't want to hurt you... You're not my enemy.
We will... I will do anything so long as we're together.

Hehe, that makes me feel better Teal.
You know I feel the same. Maybe someday we'll find...
A forest with lots of trees, and it'll just be you and me.

I am here with you, Grey... and isn't life just beautiful today? I wish I could see this forest you speak of, it sounds lovely. Are their others here? I would love to meet others. What is the world like outside of this place?

Someone is here! It has been so quiet... and lonely... I hate being alone. Perhaps they had gotten bored and all died?
Is that you, Yellow?! No... you are a new shade of sunshine! Hello! Hello! Do you like games?!

Oh, how I love games! Would you like to play with me? It has been too silent...where have the voices gone?
And no, I am not Yellow, but a lighter hue.
I do hope you will stay, to play with me, too!

A lighter hue. Of course! Perhaps less like the sun and more like a twinkly star? A smile that is brighter when suns and moons sleep! Perhaps this is why only now you speak?
The others I have not heard in quite some time... I was so afraid that if I spoke only my voice would ring true... but now I have you, someone new!
And yes! Games, games! I would love to play! What should it be? Board or cards? Sports or chess? So many choices! Perhaps if the others see how much fun we have they will come back and play with us!

G-grey? I have yet to forget you, but perhaps I have been forgotten.

Is that a new voice I hear?
I don't believe that we have met...
Qingwen...(May I ask) what is your name?
I am known as 'Canary'.

I seek but one and here you come.
Coincidence? I think not...
What have you done with Grey?
What have you done?!

Oh, come off it, Teal.
We get tired of listening to you squeal.
Hello, Canary!
I have not met you, either,
but you seem so familiar it's uncanny!