Someone I keep in contact with through OD mail mentioned wanting to know the who's who of this veritable zoo..... posting a reply here would may help someone else in the long run, as I know they can get confusing....
And these are nicknames, by the way. Many systems have given names, titles, adjectives, and other ways of defining who's who. All of mine have given names..... I just won't reveal them here.
Me - the main one who likes to think he leads this motley bunch..... am I the host? That's for you to figure out.
Asshole - among a slew of other just as derogatory names..... he's the one that hurts and hates. And oddly gets along with C better than any of the others. He doesn't remember much of the past, and has a real problem with keeping track of time.
Spazz Boy - the ever optomist that idles at Warp 3. Youngest of the posting bunch and can outsmoke anyone in the system (and almost C, as well, he keeps up pretty good). He remembers being hurt, but isn't sure by who..... memories don't match with faces. It's a truth we're working on figuring out.
shyboi - you've seen some of his fiction around, my shy, brave gothboi. He also remembers being very badly hurt, once more, memories don't match with familiar faces. Both he and Spazz Boy have done amazingly well in my art history class..... they spout facts I don't remember reading to the point we're setting the standard in both that class and my other one.
Then there's those that don't post as much, if at all
Bitch - "cruel" and "heartless" also thrown in before that, at times. She and the asshole are almost like twins..... that barely tolerate each other. She's got a tongue like a rapier and has gotten me out of jams more than once. Hit her with anything and she'll return the favor with brass knuckles. Getting hurt once was enough, it's not happening again. Not the only female in the system, either.
Scaredy Cat - he actually isn't, but was at one time so the name affectionately stuck, very much the adolescent kitten..... shy yet playful, brave yet cautious..... he's been the main one that's been helping Spazz Boy care for the baby squirrel (entry to come). No memory of anything bad, just always a loner...... never popular, something of an outcast.
The Artist - very far in the back shadows, this one, rarely even partially comes out....... but when he does it's amazing, hard to believe such words or images come from within me. He's one of the two older than I, but only by a few years (I think).
The Old Man - he's ageless, timeless, and not around with the more than helpful advice as much as I'd prefer. It's like journeying to the danmed guru at the top of the mountain to get anything out of him...... never comes out past speaking through others.
The Other Girl - no nickname, really, she's hidden far far in the back. She's the cutter. The self-injurer. Probably the one responsible for most of my scars..... or at least the ones no one else has owned up to. Her trains of thought cross so many tracks it makes one dizzy to keep up. She's terrified of almost all men (even keeps away from most inside, as well) to the point of violence...... however, when at this point, you can get a coherant and complete sentence out of her. Luckily..... she's only come out completely once, and it was NOT pretty.
There are a few others, that don't want to be named..... but that's the gist of it.
*soft smile* [girl.interupted]