Kyle

### Relatives

Lance (father, dead), Lisa (mother, dead), Nancy (aunt), Jeff (uncle), Jay (cousin), Ryan (cousin), Marc (cousin)

## Appearance

He has short blonde hair, hazel eyes, and tan skin.

## Biography

### Early Life

He was born in Lance’s Lot, Britannia (which has a population of one thousand) to his parents, Lance and Lisa. His father was killed in the Bloody War when he was five years old. His mother took care of him until she became very sick from tuberculosis. Then she sent him to live with his godparents, Orion and Diana in Sandlot, Britannia which has a population of twenty-five thousand. They live in a two-story house made out of adobe brick on Sharktooth Passage.

Orion introduced him to his wife, Diana along with his dogs, Major and Minor. He also gave him a tour of his house and showed Kyle to his new room.

The next day, Orion took Kyle and showed him around Sandlot. The first place they visited was the school located on Swiftcurrent Street to enroll him into it. They met Mel, the school’s principal along with Chip, the arithmetic (math) teacher, Yanni, the British (language of Britannia) teacher, Liberace, the exercise teacher, Eisel, the history teacher, Velma, the science teacher, Donavan, the school’s counselor, Ludovic, the music teacher, Leyila, the health teacher, Edan, the reading teacher, and some of the students there.

Then they went down the block to visit Ellaria, the mayor of Sandlot and her eight daughters, Indira, Obara, Nymeria, Tyene, Sarella, Elia, Dorea, and Loreza in a two-story mansion on Summer Drive.

After that they went to visit Rick, a chef and his brother, Steve, a chef and traveler who live in a house on Bayless Drive.

He visited Sunfish Lane.

On Auyova (August) 32, 807, Orion took Kyle to Lance’s Lot for Lisa’s funeral at the Dig Dug Cemetery. There he met Lisa’s sister, Nancy and her sons, Jay, Ryan, and Marc. He also met Father Eric, the town’s priest, Carthy, (Lance’s cousin) the mayor of Lance’s Lot, and the other citizens of Lance’s Lot like Tim, the owner of Home Improvement, his wife, Jill, his three sons, Brad, Randy, and Marc, his assistants, Al and Heidi, and his neighbor, Wilson, Ed, the owner of Outdoor Man, Mike, a worker at Outdoor Man, his wife, Vanessa, a geologist, his daughters, Kristin, Mandy, and Eve, his father, Bud, his brother, Jim, his friend, Bill, architect, his other friend, Chuck, former soldier, and his wife, Carol.

They stayed in Lance’s house (building number 555) for a week while they waited for Lisa’s will to be read.

The next day, Orion showed him around town. The first place they stopped at a shop called Lemon Grass located on the upper right corner of Greengrass Lane and Church Street. It is owned by two girls named Faith and Lemon. Located next to the store is a restaurant called Shambles owned by a man named Nathan.

Then they headed to a bee farm called Holly and Marie’s Combs which is owned by two girls named Holly and Marie. It is located on the corner of Sunflower Drive and Redbud Lane.

After that, they headed to the schoolhouse to enroll Kyle into school. Orion introduced him to Ginnifer, the school’s teacher.

Then they go back home. The next day, they go to church (building number 321) for Lisa’s will reading. She left him two hundred fifty thousand Bits along with their house and everything in it. She also gave Nancy her clothes, four hundred thousand Bits, along with a cooking pot while she gave Marc a dagger, Ryan a book called *Gray On Grey* by Gary and Jay a quiver with ten arrows to go with his bow.

When Kyle turned six years old, Orion took him to Pine Hollow, a town located near Mount Abora. There he met the owner named Max along with all the students and ranch hands.

He learned how to ride a horse. He also slept with all the female students. He also had many adventures with them.

### Adventures in Germania

On Sinocew (December) 12, 810, Kyle and Orion head to Nilreb, Germania (the country’s capital) for a trip. They are visiting the king named Schlau and his daughter named Snow White to celebrate the marriage of King Schlau’s second wife named Bragomar who is very beautiful but is a wicked and vain woman. Who decided to remarry because his first wife named Muschi died after she gave birth to Snow White and to give her a mother.

Kyle is introduced to King Schlau and Queen Bragomar along with Princess Snow White. Then King Schlau told Kyle how Queen Muschi sat sewing at an open window during a winter snowfall when she pricked her finger with her needle, which caused three drops of red blood to drop onto the freshly fallen white snow on the black windowsill. Then, how she made a wish, said “how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony.” Then sometime later, Queen Muschi gave birth to a baby daughter whom she named Snow White.

Bragomar possessed a magic mirror, which she asked every morning, “Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?” The mirror always replied, “my queen, you are the fairest in the land.” Bragomar is always pleased with that, because the magic mirror never lied. But as Snow White grew up, she became more beautiful each day and even more beautiful than the queen, and when the queen asked her mirror, it told her that Snow White is the fairest.

This gave Bragomar a great shock. She became envious, and from that moment on, her heart turned against Snow White, whom Bragomar grew to hate increasingly with time. Eventually, the angry queen ordered a huntsman named Berthold to take Snow White into the deepest woods to be killed.

As proof that Snow White is dead, Bragomar demanded that he return with her lungs, liver, and heart. Berthold took Snow White into the forest. Which they are followed by Kyle. After he raised his knife, he is attacked by Kyle.

He told Snow White that her stepmother wants her dead and ordered her to flee as far away from the kingdom as possible. He instead brought Bragomar the lungs, liver, and heart of a wild animal.

After they wandered through the forest, Kyle and Snow White discovered a tiny cottage which belonged to a group of seven dwarfs named Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick, and Quee. Since no one is at home, they ate some of the tiny meals, drank some of the wine, and then tested all the beds. Finally, the last bed is comfortable enough for her and she fell asleep while Kyle kept watch. When the dwarfs returned home, they immediately became aware that someone had snuck in secretly, because everything in their home was in disorder. During their loud discussion about who had snuck in, they discovered Kyle and Snow White. She woke up. She along with Kyle explained to them what happened, and the dwarfs take pity on her and let her along with Kyle stay with them in exchange for housekeeping. They warn her to be careful when alone at home and to let no one in when they are away delving in the mountains.

Meanwhile, Bragomar asked her mirror once again, “magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land” The mirror replied, “my queen, you are the fairest here so true. But Snow White beyond the mountains at the Seven Dwarfs is a thousand times more beautiful than you.” Bragomar is horrified to learn that Berthold has betrayed her and that Snow White is still alive. She planned to kill Snow White, Bragomar disguised herself as an old peddler. Bragomar appeared at the dwarfs’ cottage and offered Snow White a colorful, silky laced bodices and convinced Snow White to take the most beautiful laces as a present. Then the queen laced her up so tightly that Snow White fainted, which caused Bragomar to leave her for dead. But the dwarfs returned just in time, and Snow White revived when the dwarfs loosen the laces.

Bragomar then consulted her magic mirror again, and the mirror revealed Snow White’s survival. The queen dressed as a comb seller and convinced Snow White to take a beautiful comb as a present. She brushed Snow White’s hair with the poisoned comb and the girl fainted again. She is again revived by the dwarfs when they remove the comb from her hair. When the mirror again indicated that Snow White still alive, Bragomar made a third and final attempt on Snow White as she disguised herself as a farmer’s wife, and offered a poisoned apple to her. The girl is at first hesitant to accept it, so Bragomar cut the apple in half, ate the white (harmless) half and gave the red poisoned half to Snow White. The girl eagerly took a bite and fell into a state of suspended animation. This time, the dwarfs are unable to revive Snow White. They assume that she is dead, they place her in a glass casket.

After a short period of time, a prince named Florimond traveled through the land saw Snow White. He strode to her coffin. Enchanted by her beauty, he instantly fell in love with her. The seven dwarfs succumb to his entreaties to let him have Snow White. The moment he lifted the coffin to carry it away, the piece of poisoned apple fell from between her lips and Snow White awakened said, “where am I?” Prince Florimond then declared his love for her and soon a wedding is planned. Snow White and Prince Florimond invited everyone to come to their wedding party, which included Snow White’s stepmother.

Meanwhile, Bragomar, blieved that Snow White is dead, again asked her magic mirror who is the fairest in the land. The mirror said, “thou, lady, art loveliest here, I ween but lovelier far is the new-made queen”, which enraged Bragomar. Not knowing that Prince Florimond’s bride is her stepdaughter, the queen arrived at the wedding and saw that the bride is Snow White, whom she thought dead. She choked with rage, fell down, and died. Snow White and Prince Florimond reign happily over the land for many, many years and sometimes traveled into the mountains and visited the dwarfs, who had been so kind to Snow White.

Kyle and Orion headed to Zuhause, Germania.

A lonely couple named Blöd and Schlüssel, who want a child, live next to a walled garden belonging to an evil witch named Dame Gothel. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices some Rapunzel growing in the garden and longs for it, desperate to the point of death. One night, her husband breaks into the garden to get some for her. She makes a salad out of it and greedily eats it. It tastes so good that she longs for more. So, her husband goes to get some more for her. As he scales the wall to return home, Dame Gothel catches him and accuses him of theft. He begs for mercy, and she agrees to be lenient, and allows him to take all the Rapunzel he wants, on condition that the baby be given to her when it’s born. Desperate, he agrees. When his wife has a baby girl, Dame Gothel takes her to raise as her own and names her Rapunzel after the plant her mother craved. She grows up to be the most beautiful child in the world with long golden hair. When she turns twelve, Dame Gothel locks her up inside a tower in the middle of the woods, with neither stairs nor a door, and only one room and one window. When she visits her, she stands beneath the tower and calls out, “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, so that I may climb thy golden stair.”

One day, a prince named Trottel rides through the forest and hears Rapunzel singing from the tower. Entranced by her ethereal voice, he searches for her and discovers the tower, but is naturally unable to enter it. He returns often, listening to her beautiful singing, and one day sees Dame Gothel visit, and thus learns how to gain access to Rapunzel. When Dame Gothel leaves, he bids Rapunzel let her hair down. When she does so, he climbs up, makes her acquaintance, and eventually asks her to marry him. She agrees.

Together they plan a means of escape, wherein he will come each night (thus avoiding Dame Gothel who visits her by day), and bring Rapunzel a piece of silk, which she will gradually weave into a ladder. Before the plan can come to fruition, however, she foolishly gives him away. In the first edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, she innocently says that her dress is getting tight around her waist (indicating pregnancy). In the second edition, she asks Dame Gothel (in a moment of forgetfulness) why it is easier for her to draw up the prince than her. In anger, she cuts off Rapunzel’s hair and casts her out into the wilderness to fend for herself.

When Trottel calls that night, Dame Gothel lets the severed hair down to haul him up. To his horror, he finds himself staring at her instead of Rapunzel, who is nowhere to be found. When she tells him in a jealous rage that he will never see Rapunzel again, he leaps from the tower and lands on some thorns, which blind him.

For months, he wanders through the wastelands of the country and eventually comes to the wilderness where Rapunzel now lives with the twins she has given birth to, a boy and a girl. One day, as she sings, he hears her voice again, and they are reunited. When they fall into each other’s arms, her tears immediately restore his sight. He leads her and their twins to his kingdom, where they live happily ever after.

In some versions of the story, Rapunzel’s hair magically grows back after the prince touches it. Another version of the story ends with the revelation that Dame Gothel had untied Rapunzel’s hair after Trottel leapt from the tower, and it slipped from her hands and landed far below, leaving her trapped in the tower.

Kyle and Orion head to Schlaf, Germania. They are summoned there by the royal family.

Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter named Holz. When a great famine settles over the land, the woodcutter’s second, abusive wife named Neid decides to take the children into the woods and leave them there to fend for themselves, so that she and Holz don’t starve to death, because the kids eat too much. Holz opposes the plan but finally, and reluctantly, submits to Neid’s scheme. They were unaware that in the children’s bedroom, Hansel and Gretel have overheard them. After the parents have gone to bed, Hansel sneaks out of the house and gathers as many white pebbles as he can, then returns to his room, reassuring Gretel that the gods will not forsake them.

The next day, the family walk deep into the woods and Hansel lays a trail of white pebbles. After their parents abandon them, the children wait for the moon to rise and then follow the pebbles back home. They return home safely, much to their Neid’s rage. Once again provisions become scarce and Neid angrily orders her husband to take the children further into the woods and leave them there to die. Hansel and Gretel attempt to gather more pebbles, but find the doors locked and it is impossible to escape.

The following morning, the family treks into the woods. Hansel takes a slice of bread and leaves a trail of bread crumbs for them to follow home. However, after they are once again abandoned, they find that the birds have eaten the crumbs and they are lost in the woods. After days of wandering, they follow a beautiful white bird to a clearing in the woods, and discover a large cottage built of gingerbread, cakes, candy and with window panes of clear sugar. Hungry and tired, the children begin to eat the rooftop of the house, when the door opens and a very old woman named Würzen (Blind Witch) emerges and lures the children inside, with the promise of soft beds and delicious food and a hot bath. They do this unaware that their hostess is actually a bloodthirsty hag who waylays children to cook and eat them.

The next morning, Würzen cleans out the cage in the garden from her previous captive. Then she throws Hansel into the cage and forces Gretel into becoming her slave. Würzen feeds Hansel regularly to fatten him up. Hansel is smart, and when the hag asks for Hansel to stick out his finger for her to see how fat he is, he sticks out a bone every time. Würzen is too impatient and decides to eat Hansel anyway. The next day, Würzen prepares the oven for Hansel, but decides she is hungry enough to eat Gretel, too. She coaxes Gretel to the open oven and prods her to lean over in front of it to see if the fire is hot enough. Gretel, sensing Würzen’s intent, pretends she does not understand what she means. Infuriated, Würzen demonstrates, and Gretel instantly shoves Würzen into the oven, slams and bolts the door shut, leaving the ungodly creature to be burned to ashes, screaming in pain until she dies. Gretel frees Hansel from the cage and the pair discover a vase full of treasure and precious stones. Putting the jewels into their clothing, the children set off for home. A duck ferries them across an expanse of water and at home they find only their father. His wife died from an unknown cause. Their father had spent all his days lamenting the loss of his children, and is delighted to see them safe and sound. With the Würzen’s wealth, they all live happily ever after.

Kyle and Orion head to Marianne for a trip. There they met some friends of Orion.

A wealthy merchant named Vendre lived in a mansion with his six daughters and six sons named Bobine, Peigne, Sein, Jaloux, Dette, Beauty, Feu, Lapin, Sabot, Jeune, and Piège. They were all very beautiful, but only the youngest, twenty-year-old Beauty (Belle), was lovely and pure of heart; her sisters, in contrast, were wicked and selfish. The merchant eventually lost all of his wealth in a tempest at sea. As a consequence of this, he and his daughters were forced to live in a small farmhouse and work for their living. After some years of this, the merchant heard that one of the trade ships he had sent off had arrived back in port, having escaped the destruction of its compatriots. He returned to the city to discover whether it contained anything valuable. Before leaving, he asked his daughters if they would like him to bring any gifts back for them. The oldest two asked for jewels and fine dresses, thinking that his wealth had returned. Belle was satisfied with the promise of a rose, as none grew in their part of the country. The merchant, to his dismay, found that his ship’s cargo had been seized to pay his debts, leaving him without money to buy his daughters their presents.

During his return, he became lost in a forest. Seeking shelter, he entered a dazzling palace. He found tables inside laden with food and drink, which seemed to have been left for him by the palace’s invisible owner. The merchant accepted this gift and spent the night there. The next morning as the merchant was about to leave, he saw a rose garden and recalled that Belle had desired a rose. Upon picking the loveliest rose he could find, the merchant was confronted by a hideous Beast, which told him that for taking his most precious possession after accepting his hospitality, the merchant must die. Vendre begged to be set free, arguing that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest daughter. The Beast (Prince Bête) agreed to let him give the rose to Beauty, but only if Vendre would return.

Vendre was upset but, accepted this condition. The Beast sent him on his way, with jewels and fine clothes for his daughters, and stressed that Beauty must never know about his deal. Vendre, upon arriving home, tried to hide the secret from Beauty but, she pried it from him and willingly went to the Beast’s castle. The Beast received her graciously and informed her that she was mistress of the castle, and he was her servant. He gave her lavish clothing and food and carried on lengthy conversations with her. Every night, the Beast asked Beauty to marry him, only to be refused each time. After each refusal, Beauty dreamt of a handsome prince who pleaded with her to answer why she kept refusing him, and she replied that she cannot marry the Beast because she loved him only as a friend. Beauty didn’t make the connection between the handsome prince and the Beast and became convinced that the Beast was holding the prince captive somewhere in the castle. She searched and discovered multiple enchanted rooms but, never the prince from her dreams.

For several months, Beauty lived a life of luxury at the Beast’s palace, having every whim catered to by servants, with no end of riches to amuse her and an endless supply of exquisite finery to wear. Eventually she became homesick and begged the Beast to allow her to go to see her family. He allowed it on the condition that she would return exactly a week later. Beauty agreed to this and set off for home with an enchanted mirror and ring. The mirror allowed her to see what was going on back at the Beast’s castle, and the ring allowed her to return to the castle in an instant when turned three times around her finger. Her older sisters were surprised to find her well fed and dressed in finery. They were envious when they heard of her happy life at the castle, and, hearing that she must return to the Beast on a certain day, begged her to stay another day, even putting onion in their eyes to make it appear as though they were weeping. They hoped that the Beast would be angry with Beauty for breaking her promise and would eat her alive. Beauty’s heart was moved by her sisters’ false show of love, and she agreed to stay.

Beauty began to feel guilty about breaking her promise to the Beast and used the mirror to see him back at the castle. She was horrified to discover that the Beast was lying half-dead from heartbreak near the rose bushes her father had stolen from and she immediately used the ring to return to the Beast.

Upon returning, Beauty found the Beast almost dead, and she wept over him, saying that she loved him. When her tears struck him, the Beast was transformed into the handsome prince from Belle’s dreams. Prince Bête informed her that long ago a fairy named turned him into a hideous beast after he refused to let her in from the rain, and that only by finding true love, despite his ugliness, could the curse be broken. He and Beauty were married and they lived happily ever after together.

The Beast was a prince who lost his father named Queue at a young age, and whose mother named Vieux had to wage war to defend his kingdom. Queen Vieux left him in care of an evil fairy named Pourri, who tried to seduce him when he became an adult. When he refused, she transformed him into a beast. Belle’s story reveals that she is not really a merchant’s daughter but the offspring of a king and a good fairy named Aube. The wicked fairy had tried to murder Belle so she could marry her father the king, and Belle was put in the place of the merchant’s dead daughter to protect her. She also gave the castle elaborate magic, which obscured the more vital pieces of it.

Once upon a time, there was a male widower named Beau who married a proud and haughty woman named Mildred as his second wife. She had two daughters named Clorinda and Thisbe, who were equally vain and selfish. By his first wife named Joli, he’d had a beautiful young daughter named Ella, a girl of unparalleled goodness and sweet temper. Mildred, Clorinda, and Thisbe forced Ella into servitude, where she was made to work day and night in menial chores. After Ella’s chores were done for the day, she would retire to the barren and cold room given to her, and would curl up near the fireplace in an effort to stay warm. She would often arise covered in cinders, giving rise to the mocking nickname “Cinderella.” Cinderella bore the abuse patiently and dared not tell her father, since his wife controlled him entirely.

One day, Prince Jambe invited all the young ladies in the land to a ball, planning to choose a wife from amongst them. Clorinda and Thisbe gleefully planned their wardrobes for the ball, and taunted Cinderella by telling her that maids were not invited to the ball.

As Clorinda and Thisbe departed to the ball, Cinderella cried in despair. Her Fairy godmother named Fée magically appeared and immediately began to transform Cinderella from house servant to the young lady she was by birth, all in the effort to get Cinderella to the ball. She turned a pumpkin into a golden carriage, mice into horses, a rat into a coachman, and lizards into footmen. She then turned Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful jeweled gown, complete with a delicate pair of glass slippers. Fée told her to enjoy the ball, but warned that she had to return before midnight, when the spells would be broken.

At the ball, the entire court was entranced by Cinderella, especially Prince Jambe. At this first ball, Cinderella remembers to leave before midnight. Back home, Cinderella graciously thanked Fée. She then greeted Clorinda and Thisbe, who had not recognized her earlier and talked of nothing but the beautiful girl at the ball.

Another ball was held the next evening, and Cinderella again attended with Fée’s help. Prince Jambe had become even more infatuated, and Cinderella, in turn, became so enchanted by him, she lost track of time and left only at the final stroke of midnight, losing one of her glass slippers on the steps of the palace in her haste. Prince Jambe chased her but outside the palace, the guards saw only a simple country girl leave. Prince Jambe pocketed the slipper and vows to find and marry the girl to whom it belonged. Meanwhile, Cinderella kept the other slipper, which did not disappear when the spell was broken.

Prince Jambe tried the slipper on all the women in the kingdom. When Prince Jambe arrived at Cinderella’s villa, Clorinda and Thisbe tried in vain to win over Prince Jambe. Cinderella asked if she might try, while Clorinda and Thisbe taunted her. Naturally, the slipper fitted perfectly, and Cinderella produced the other slipper for good measure. The stepsisters both pleaded for forgiveness, and Cinderella agreed to let bygones be bygones.

Cinderella married Prince Jambe, while Clorinda and Thisbe also married two lords named Marron and Jaune.

The sleeping beauty is named Talia. By asking wise men and astrologers to predict her future after her birth, her father named Seul who is a great lord learns that Talia will be in danger from a splinter of flax. The splinter later causes what appears to be Talia’s death. However, it is later learned that it is a long, deep sleep. After Talia falls into deep sleep, she is seated on a velvet throne and her father, to forget his misery of what he thinks is her death, closes the doors and abandons the house forever. One day, while a king named is walking by, one of his falcons flies into the house. The king knocks, hoping to be let in by someone but no one answers and he decides to climb in with a ladder. He finds Talia alive but unconscious, and gathered the first fruits of love. Afterwards, he leaves her in the bed and goes back to his kingdom. Though Talia is unconscious, she gives birth to twins named Soleil and Lune. Soleil keeps sucking her fingers. Talia awakens because the twin has sucked out the flax that was stuck deep in Talia’s finger. When she wakes up, she discovers that she is a mother and has no idea what happened to her. One day, the king named Connard decides he wants to go see Talia again. He goes back to the palace to find her awake and a mother to his twins. He informs her of who he is, what has happened, and they end up bonding. After a few days, the king has to leave to go back to his realm, but promises Talia that he will return to take her to his kingdom.

When he arrives back in his kingdom, his wife named Colère hears him saying “Talia, Soleil, and Lune” in his sleep. She bribes and threatens the king’s secretary to tell her what is going on. After the queen learns the truth, she pretends she is the king and writes to Talia asking her to send the twins because he wants to see them. Talia sends her twins to Connard and Colère tells the cook named Livre to kill the twins and make dishes out of them. She wants to feed Connard his children but instead, Livre takes the twins to his wife and hides them. He then cooks two lambs and serves them as if they were the twins. Every time Connard mentions how good the food is, Colère replies, “eat, eat, you are eating of your own.” Later, Colère invites Talia to the kingdom and is going to burn her alive, but Connard appears and finds out what is going on with his children and Talia. He then orders that his wife be burned along with those who betrayed him. Since Livre actually did not obey Colère, Connard thanks Livre for saving his children by giving him rewards. The story ended with Connard marrying Talia and living happily ever after.

Aubrey, a young Englishman, meets Lord Ruthven, a man of mysterious origins who has entered London society. Aubrey accompanies Ruthven to Rome, but leaves him after Ruthven seduces the daughter of a mutual acquaintance. Aubrey travels to Greece, where he becomes attracted to Ianthe, an innkeeper’s daughter. Ianthe tells Aubrey about the legends of the vampire. Ruthven arrives at the scene and shortly thereafter Ianthe is killed by a vampire. Aubrey does not connect Ruthven with the murder and rejoins him in his travels. The pair is attacked by bandits and Ruthven is mortally wounded. Before he dies, Ruthven makes Aubrey swear an oath that he will not mention his death or anything else he knows about Ruthven for a year and a day. Looking back, Aubrey realizes that everyone whom Ruthven met ended up suffering.

Aubrey returned to Landon and is amazed when Ruthven appeared shortly thereafter, alive and well. Ruthven reminds Aubrey of his oath to keep his death a secret. Ruthven then begins to seduce Aubrey’s sister while Aubrey, helpless to protect his sister, has a nervous breakdown. Ruthven and Aubrey’s sister are engaged to marry on the day the oath ends. Just before he dies, Aubrey writes a letter to his sister revealing Ruthven’s history, but it does not arrive in time. Ruthven marries Aubrey’s sister. On the wedding night, she is discovered dead, drained of her blood—and Ruthven has vanished.

Kyle is sitting a table in a club located on one of Napaj’s islands. He picks up a cup and takes a sip out of it.

*I used my parents’ names to reserve a room at this hotel*. *Up the stairs to the back of the club, the foreigners must be staying on the V*.*I*.*P*. *floor above the seventh floor*. *I*’*m betting there are security guards at the bottom of the stairs but they always let chicks through*. *Well, it*’*s like that at any club*. *Might as well get drunk*. *Everything is legal at this hotel*. Kyle is thinking, *more girls*. *They look like middle schoolers*. *Around my age and pretty cute*.

“C’mon Nagisa! Be a man! You have to stand in front of us to protect us.” One of the girls named Kataoka whispered in Napajese.

“No way. I’ll never stand on the front lines.” A girl named Nagisa Shiota whispered as she walked into the room.

“Give in already. We need help from you boys but the security goons are tougher on guys here.” A girl named whispered.

*Now that girl is cute*. *She looks awkward*. *Must be new around here*, *out of her element*. Kyle thought.

“You look so natural.” One of the girls named whispered.

“I don’t wanna look natural. Where’d you find these clothes anyway?” Nagisa asked.

“Tossed aside by the swimming pool.” A girl whispered.

“I don’t want to know where their owner disappeared to.” A girl named whispered.

“Sigh. Hurry up! I can’t wait to get out of this sleazy place.” A girl named Fuwa whispered.

“But you look like you’re enjoying yourself, Fuwa.” Nagisa said.

Kyle got up from his table and walked up to Nagisa. Then he put his right hand on her right shoulder.

“Hey. Where did you girls come from? Want to have a drink with me? I got the money. Order whatever you want.” Kyle said.

“You keep him busy, Nagisa.” A girl said.

“Uh, what?! Nagisa said startled.

“You can take care of this alone, can’t you? We’ll come get you once we’re finished scouting around for our plan.” A girl said.

*Urk. How did I end up in this situation*? Nagisa thought.

“Hey there. So, your name is Nagisa? I’m Kyle.” Kyle said.Kyle takes Nagisa back to his table. Kyle started to set a cup down in front of Nagisa and said, “here. Have a drink. It’s on me. Let’s have some fun.”

“N-No. I-I don’t drink.” Nagisa said. *I have to keep him busy as inconspicuously as possible until the girls finish their reconnaissance*. Nagisa thought.“So, um, Kyle are you here with your parents?” Nagisa asked.“My parents are dead.” Kyle said.“I’m sorry to hear that.” Nagisa said.

“It’s alright. Can I tell you a secret? You’re very pretty.” Kyle said as he grabbed Nagisa’s hand.

“Thanks.” Nagisa said blushing.

“Nagisa!” A girl named Kayano yelled.“Oh. I…I have to go. Bye!” Nagisa said as she (he) walked over to Kayano.

“Hey! Already?” Kyle said surprised while he looked up.

“We’ll do it again sometime!” Nagisa said as she (he) and Kayano walk away.

*Damn it*! *Do something*! *She*’*s slipping through your fingers*. Kyle thought as he followed them and stopped when they joined up with the other girls.

“Not so fast ladies! You can’t leave until I give you this.” Kyle said as he walked over to Nagisa. He put his left hand on the back of her head while he put his right hand on her butt. While he pulled her in for a kiss.

*Wow*! The other girls thought. While Nagisa’s thoughts were all mixed up. Then Kyle pulled away and pulled out a piece of paper.

“Here’s my address.” Kyle said as he handed it to her. “Thanks.” Nagisa said as she (he) took the paper.

“Is there anything I can help you ladies with?” Kyle asked the head girl of the group.

“Yes. We need help getting past the bouncer guarding that door.” The girl said as she pointed to what she was talking about.

“Leave it to me.” Kyle said as he walked over to the bouncer and whispered something to him. Then he walked back and said, “you’re all set ladies.”

“Thanks.” They said as they walked by him while Nagisa stood beside him.

He goes to Kunugigaoka High School for the school’s autumn festival. He is also going there to see Nagisa.

“What’s up?!” Kyle yelled in Japanese while he ran up a hill.

*Oh crap*! *I know that voice*. Nagisa thought.

“Nagisa! Long time no see!” Kyle yelled as he ran to the school while he waved.

“No! Not Kyle!” Nagisa said in Japanese.

“Do we know him? Wait, that is the guy from summer vacation. The one that thought you were a chick and had a thing for you.” A girl named Nakamura said in Japanese.

“How did you find out where I went to school?” Nagisa asked Kyle.

“It was easy. I looked at the school’s guest registry.” Kyle said.

“Oh, okay. Nakamura! What the-?! Stop!” Nagisa said yelling while Nakamura took off Nagisa’s leggings and put her skirt on her while she put on her dress leggings. Then Nagisa growled.

“We just had a conversation about this!” Nagisa yelled at Nakamura.

“The kid is loaded, isn’t he? So, don’t be shy. We need to break our customer average anyway we can.” Nakamura whispered in her ear. Then she pulled away.

“Take one for the team, Nagisa! Like it or not, the fate of this enterprise rests on your skills as a hostess.” Nakamura said as she kicked him in the butt which forced him out the window.“Whoa!” Nagisa said as she fell.

“Man. Did I pick the right time to come or what? Pretty lucky I got you as a waitress. Yeah, great spot too. Thanks for bringing me here. I love the privacy.” Kyle said.

*I*’*m* *loving the fact that no one can see us*. Nagisa thought.

“You know what I want. I want you to eat all of my favorites.” Nagisa said forcefully after she looked at a cue card that was held behind Kyle and above a bush that says what she just said.

“Sure thing babe.” Kyle said as he pulled out his coin purse. “I will get everything on the menu.” Kyle said.

“This looks amazing. Let me draw it.” Kyle said as he pulled out drawing paper and a pencil after a girl in a waitress outfit brought him some desert.

*I feel bad about it but if I don*’*t keep it up*, *things will get more awkward then they are already*. Nagisa thought. Then she thought, *now that is crossing a line* after she saw a cue card that is held by a boy named Karma that says, charge him a thousand bits for a date.

A man walked by their spot while he held a quail and a bow with a quiver of arrows on his back.

“Nagisa, can I ask you what you think-.” Kyle started to say when a man appeared behind Nagisa and then he walked away.

“I’m a guy.” Nagisa said.

“That is a lie.” Kyle said surprised.

“No.” Nagisa said.

“That is a lie too.” Kyle said.

“It’s not. Say is this the face of a liar.” Nagisa said.

“This is for real.” Kyle said sadly.

“From the right angle, our flaws can be weapons. If I learned nothing else I’ve learned from this classroom, it’s that what we do. It’s how this café came together. It’s what brought everyone here today. It’s what made us a part of so many people’s lives. This may sound weird but the trill is out of this world.” Nagisa said.

Kyle got up and started to walk away.

“Hey, hold on! I’m sorry that I tricked you! I’ll give you your money back!” Nagisa yelled.

“Whatever. I just feel like a total idiot is all.” Kyle said as he turned around and stopped.

“Hey. Do you want to do a cosplay painting secession for one thousand bits?” Karma asked as he popped out of a bush.

“Sure.” Kyle said as he walked over to him and handed him the money.

Kyle is bored with his life as a squire. He calls on a Devil named Satan for further knowledge with which to indulge all the pleasure and knowledge of the world but a Devil named Mephistopheles appeared instead. He made a bargain with Kyle. He will serve Kyle with his magic powers for a set number of years, but at the end of the term, he will claim Kyle’s soul, and Kyle will be eternally enslaved. The term usually stipulated is twenty-four years, one year for each of the hours in a day.

During the term of the bargain, Kyle makes use of Mephistopheles in various ways. Mephistopheles helps Kyle seduce a beautiful and innocent girl named Brooke, whose life is ultimately destroyed when she births Kyle’s bastard son but loses it along with a daughter.

At the christening of a king and queen named Geld and Tasche’s long wished-for child named Briar Rose, seven good fairies named Flügel, Punkt, Staub, Mikro, Fliege, Ruhm, and Grün are invited to be godmothers to Briar Rose. The fairies attend the banquet at the palace. Each fairy is presented with a golden plate and drinking cups adorned with jewels. Soon after, an old, wicked fairy named Carabosse (Marzilla) enters the palace and is seated with a plate of fine china and a crystal drinking glass. Carabosse is overlooked because she has been within a tower for many years and everyone had believed her to be deceased. Six of the other seven fairies then offer their gifts of beauty, wit, grace, dance, song, and goodness to Briar Rose. Carabosse is very angry about having been forgotten, and as her gift, enchants Briar Rose so that she will one day prick her finger on a spindle of a spinning wheel and die. Flügel, who hasn’t yet given her gift, attempts to reverse the Carabosse’s curse. However, she can only do so partially. Instead of dying, Briar Rose will fall into a deep sleep for one hundred years and be awakened by a kiss from a king’s son.

Geld orders that every spindle and spinning wheel in the kingdom to be destroyed, to try to save his daughter from the terrible curse. Fifteen or sixteen years pass and one day, when Geld and Tasche are away, Briar Rose wanders through the palace rooms and comes upon an old woman named Witwe, spinning with her spindle. Briar Rose, who has never seen anyone spin before, asks Witwe if she can try the spinning wheel. The curse is fulfilled as Briar Rose pricks her finger on the spindle and instantly falls into a deep sleep. Witwe cries for help and attempts are made to revive Briar Rose. Geld attributes this to fate and has Briar Rose carried to the finest room in the palace and placed upon a bed of gold and silver embroidered fabric. Geld and Tasche kiss their daughter goodbye and depart, proclaiming the entrance to be forbidden. The good fairy named Flügel who altered the evil prophecy is summoned. Having great powers of foresight, the fairy sees that Briar Rose will awaken to distress when she finds herself alone, so the fairy puts everyone in the castle to sleep. The fairy also summons a forest of trees, brambles and thorns that spring up around the castle, shielding it from the outside world and preventing anyone from disturbing Briar Rose. A hundred years pass and a prince named Verloren from another family spies the hidden castle during a hunting expedition. His attendants tell him differing stories regarding the castle until an old man recounts his father’s words, “within the castle lies a beautiful princess who is doomed to sleep for a hundred years until a king’s son comes and awakens her.” Verloren then braves the tall trees, brambles and thorns which part at his approach, and enters the castle. He passes the sleeping castle folk and comes across the chamber where Briar Rose lies asleep on the bed. Struck by the radiant beauty before him, he falls on his knees before her. The enchantment comes to an end by a kiss and Briar Rose awakens and converses with Verloren for a long time. Meanwhile, the rest of the castle awakens and go about their business. Verloren and Briar Rose are later married by a chaplain named Vater in the castle chapel.

After wedding Briar Rose in secret, Verloren continues to visit her and she bears him two children, Aurore (Dawn) and Jour (Day), unbeknown to his mother named Liebe, who is of an ogre lineage. When the time comes for Verloren to ascend the throne, he brings Briar Rose, Aurore, Jour, and the talabutte named Reiten (Count of the Mount).

Liebe sent Briar Rose, Aurore, and Jour to a house secluded in the woods and directed her cook named Koch to prepare the boy with Robert’s Sauce for dinner. Koch substituted a lamb for the boy, which satisfied Liebe. She then demanded the girl but Koch this time substituted a young goat, which also satisfied Liebe. When Liebe demands that he serve up Briar Rose, the latter offered to slit her throat so that she may join the children that she imagined are dead. While Liebe is satisfied with a hind prepared with Robert’s Sauce in place of Briar Rose, there is a tearful secret reunion of the Briar Rose and her children. However, Liebe soon discovered Koch’s trick and she prepared a tub in the courtyard filled with vipers and other noxious creatures. The king named König returned in the nick of time and Liebe, her true nature having been exposed, threw herself into the tub and is fully consumed. König, Briar Rose, Aurore, and Jour then lived happily ever after.

## Abilities

Medium Awareness

Deus Ex Machina

## Attacks

Sundering Gash

Vibrant Thrust

Submerging Dorsal Fin

Dire Wolf Howling

Stark Impact

Tornado Cutter

Crimson Tide

Crescent Arc

Screw Attack

Five Point Star Technique

Hoisted Petard

Vertical Opener

Horizontal Draw

Hundred Acre Wood Chop

Guillotine Decapitation

Cumulus Kamikaze

Blitzkrieg Charge

Precision F-Strike

Radiant Dawn

Fire Emblem

Wind Waker

Aeon Flux

Alt Clut

Dolorous Stroke

Siege Perilous