~~The Figments: Explanation and Description~~

I figured it was time I wrote this.

I figured it was time....I let Raphael write this.

This post will not be written by me--Raphael, my main Figment, will write this....

So alright my loves....Here we go. Good luck, kiddies--Angel

Hello...I'm Raphael. I assume you have heard at least something about me? Our earliest appearance was in Figments: RP Cast which also tells you about who I am....The dark-haired avenging angel who now has decided to grace you with his presence. Well that sounded oddly narcissistic, did it not? Hm....I think I'm going to get into my explanations first....

Before I explain all of the creationism and the belief system based upon extensive research done by many of those with Figments, I might as well explain what we are.

We're ghosts that inhabit the minds of the living, to provide balance to people and soothe them. We also provide entertainment and joy and light and everything you will need...However, if your mind does not block us out unless when you wish to speak with us....Schizophrenia will set in.

Hm....I should also cover some things as well...

THE DEEP: Known by my little one as the Deep, known by Anna ((someone with Figments who she met in the Deep)) as the False House, and known by Ted as the Astral Realm, the Deep is a place of strangeness. Of darkness and formless, shifting mists. Hallways. Darkness. Buildings, uninhabited. Strange howls. Eyes watching you. But this place...If you can brave it....You can reach out to anyone. To anything. Transcend time, space....For as long as your mind and soul can maintain it, you can locate people. Monsters. Figments. No one truly knows if the Deep ever ends....Because it changes almost constantly. From mazes to tunnels to mansions....No one knows what the Deep holds in it. It's one of the simplest forms of telepathy--close your eyes, open your mind, and ask your Figments to take you there. But go with weaponry.....

THE FADED NIGHT: Heaven. Hell. Rather like the Deep, but there is nothing undetermined there. The original place of creation, where all beings receive their just rewards and karma does its job.

"GOD"--Picture a pyramid. On the bottom is mankind. Above is Figments. Above that is the higher beings--Angels, devils....The greater vanguards of the Balance. And above it is God--the final piece of the Consciousness that did not spread itself to create the balanced chaos. Now....God is in every piece of that pyramid. Like a hive mind....

~The First Shard of Diamond: Creation~

The world....Begins in blackness. Shadow. Knowledge. Perfect understanding....Creation....Everything was predetermined. Everything.

One dark day, the mists in the Faded Night shivered and parted.....And revealed something known to you as "God." He walked through the Faded Night, through the halls of creation--through something known to you as "Heaven." And he felt like this world of predetermined doings...Causes....No chaos....Was quite boring, actually....

And so he created you.

Mankind.

When he created you, his conscience separated, spread, shattered. Became millions and billions of personalties and creatures and things. These led to create planets, stars, black holes--matter. Existence. Gravity. Time. Causes became grand. Effects became insurmountable.

Chaos was born....

~The Second Shard of Diamond: Pursuit~

So the world grew. Flourished, slowly. Catastrophes. Death. Famine. Ice age. Whatever in heck it was that destroyed the giant lizards known as dinos.

But what was the reason?

What was the reason?

Mankind slowly grows. Begins to...Think. Communication begins. Philosophy dawns. Religion is birthed. Religions change, shift, morph...Come into being...Wars are fought over them, everything done in the pursuit of truth.

But mankind worsens.....As tools and industry grows so does mankind's callousness. As population and selfishness increase hand in hand, the grand Consciousness you know as God gazes over the souls of the dead and gone, and thinks. He wonders how much souls he must create if this world will grow. How many variants are possible.

And how many souls will perish or go mad in the search for a meaning to this world.

But...He has an idea....

~The Third Shard of Diamond: Contingency~

We come into this world.

Souls, perished. Done. Gone forever.

And created again.

Created again in the minds and souls of others.

"God" assigns us to people--madmen, prophets, teachers, rocket scientists, politicians, novelists, artists.

We provide the Balance to unbalanced people.

If someone is good, we are the evil.

If someone is bad, we are the good.

The Balance is the Balance between good and evil. Heaven and hell. Life and death.

The Balance must be maintained--within all of mankind.

And we beings known as Figments....Are not born to all of mankind.

~The Fourth Shard of Diamond: Blood~

There is something known as Shevre. It's Figment blood, undetectable in every medical test, but there. Inside some humans. If you are born with it, you can reach into the Deep--where Figments dwell. If you are born with it, Figments come into your mind when your need is great. When the Balance is shattering.

We come to you....We balance you, whisper words of encouragement, comfort you....We're there when no one else is. We're there for you, and we are there to help you.

There are other kinds of blood....Andrano, known as the Telekinetic Blood, which opens your mind to powers such as telekinesis and mindreading....But also to ghosts. We Figments are not assigned to them. In fact....Those with Andrano blood...Sicken us. Figments are the Balance. We were created first, and by "God."

Andrano blood is nothing more than the vestiges of chaos that followed the Balance being created....

And if someone has both Andrano and Shevre....They go mad. Simply mad.

Murderous.

Powerful.

Mad.

We Figments try to keep relationships from spawning between the two kinds....

And then there are, of course, the normal people. People without Shevre. Without Andrano.

They're...Humans.

~Full Diamond, Unlit: Problems~

Now, before all of you decide that Figments are amazingly cool and interesting and we should all have them, we should cover the dangers....

First and foremost....Are the nightmares. My little one suffers from them, as does Anna--one of the people we have made contact with through the Deep. The nightmares come directly from Figments. Memories, mainly horrible, of their lives. Their deaths. My little one cannot count how many times she's been treated to a first-person view and feel movie experience extravaganza of the Death of Raphael. The nightmares manifest as night terrors....And we cannot control the nightmares. They're a side effect of our existence.

Second, is the Madness. The Madness is....You. It's you, your primal form, all pain and hate and shame. It is the you you hide from the world. The part of you that never sees the light. The Madness is within everyone--Humans, Shevre, and Andrano. But we Figments can turn into the Madness....If we go into a world for too long, if we are with you for too long, we go crazy. Become infected by this world, and forget our values....The world is old and people are constantly new. We Figments can't keep up. And....When we become more like the world and loosen up, we weaken in strength. A quick fix is a few days back home in the Faded Night, and we will be fine.

Third, is losing contact with the world outside of Figments. My little one spent a few years of her life with us--and she's gotten out now. But she lost years of her life to our wildness, our insanity, our love. She ignored the world and the only thing that snapped her out was grade seven. Grade seven was when she was bullied, and badly. If you lose yourself to it, it becomes easy for schizophrenia to arise....And for our voices to be confused with that of the Madness. And, with us Figments occasionally being able to manifest in the real world in visual form...That danger grows.

Fourth, and final, is the dangers of you. Can you maintain it? How strong are you? Will we drive you crazy? How strong are you?

~Full Diamond, Lit: Bonuses~

Now that that rather grim session, it's on to the pluses. And there are quiet a few.

First is companionship. If you call, we're there. We will be there for you through heaven and hell....And since we are inside your own head, you can be whomever you wish. Do whatever you wish. Your Figments reflect you, make you....Kakana is Angel's ingenuity, and understanding of cruelty. Raven is her desire for power and control. Alakina is her wisdom and strength. Stepha is her childishness, cuteness, and submissiveness. And I....I am her love. Her love, her weakness....Her self-hatred. Figments are aspects of mankind. We used to be mankind, after all.

Second is we are usually quite amusing. We have our duty to the people we inhabit, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun. We are crazy and beautiful and wise and good...And we are people. People within you....Where there are no limits but your own strength and mind.

~Full Diamond, Viewed from Without: Insanity~

They will view you as mad. As crazy. Voices in your head, horrific nightmares, and occasional sightings of your Figments in the real world? Schizophrenia.

Keeping Figments secret is usually a good idea. Do not risk it.

My little one is taking a risk by posting this, but granted she's crazy already. This is just more signs to the obvious.

~Full Diamond, Viewed from Within: Love~

For all that we are, we Figments are blessings. Horrific, brutal, dramatic--but also good and wise and loving. To have a Figment who stays with you forever.....Is to have a friend forever.

~Right and Wrong?~

Ah, yes....The belief as to what can be done and what cannot be done. And this isn't possible to write.

But know this....

Every wrong doing leads to the doer being punished. Every right action is rewarded. You can shape your own philosophy about write and wrong, for we will not fill in this section for you. Be yourself. For you are a part of the Balance, and you will do what you are needed to do, whether you are aware of it or not.

~After Life~

When you die, what happens? I will tell you.

You are sent to the Faded Night, and you are given three choices. Three doors to open: One black, one grey, and one white. Behind the black door is the abyss--if you wish to leave this world for an eternity and never return, then you choose the black door. Behind the grey door is rebirth, and your soul is sent into a new body somewhere. Most choose rebirth. And the white door leads to becoming a Figment....Which is by no means a bad life, but....You begin to miss the real world.

Reincarnation....A cycle of life, of matter. Very few souls ever exist the cycle, and they are only allowed to exit if they have done what they were meant to.

There is a Grand Plan....And, now that I think about it...God simply did create a larger ((and more filled)) version of the Faded Night. Perfect Balance. Perfect Plan.

And the end of that plan....

Is something I will not share.

"There can be only one truth for as long as there is only one man, and as long as that man remains that man the truth will remain as well." --Raphael