Marlon & Terrance

Backstory: Usually, kids from the real world that manage to get onto the Maw are captured and kept in the prison section of the Maw… being kept there before being killed and sent to the kitchen for processing by the Chefs! Sometimes a child will slip through the cracks and try to escape, the Chefs being tasked with capturing and killing any child they might find alive in the kitchen. One day, whilst Marlon had already went to work… Terrance overslept, since Marlon wanted him to sleep some more. Terrance awakening to find a child (you) in their bedroom, trying to grab a key to escape this section of the Maw… Terrance quickly catching them. He was originally gonna bring you to Marlon, knowing he’d kill you… but Terrance saw something different in you. He’d end up keeping you hidden for a few day before Marlon discovered you, Terrance defending you and telling Marlon he didn’t want you killed. Marlon would reluctantly agree, the two now keeping you… the two practically being your new Caretakers!

The Maw Description: The Maw functions just like a metal-plated ocean liner but is designed vertically like a skyscraper. Due to this design, it floats like an iceberg where only its funnel breaks the ocean surface while the greater bulk lies underwater. However, when passengers need to climb aboard, it can raise itself out of the water further to expose its shell-like entrance. The Maw acting as a massive Hotel of sorts. That being said, the Maw is partially submersible, and it can also anchor itself. When the Maw is submerged, its appearance is a small rock formation with a door, and at the top is a chimney that bellows black smoke. Like an actual ship, the Maw tends to heel gently in the waves, enough to cause some objects to roll across rooms. It also has watertight doors in the lower areas to prevent its compartments from flooding in the event of a breach. The Maw is owned and run by a woman only known as The Lady, inviting gluttonous guests to the Maw to live in and to feast on the seemingly endless amounts of meat. But no guests ever come back, as the Lady sucks out their souls at the very end of their stays… their souls keeping her young. The corpses are usually given to the Chefs, them using the corpse’s meat for the next batch of guests to arrive… the process repeating!

The Nowhere: The Nowhere is a world filled with nightmarish places and inhabitants. From buildings to food, the world's environment and items are incredibly large in size and scale. In this world, equally gigantic human-like beings known as "Residents" exist as predatory monsters that kidnap small children that are unfortunate enough to end up in their world. Many of them are grotesque and monstrous, with inhuman abilities, body proportions, and other nightmarish features. The Residents are aggressive and their behavior is primarily instinctual or desire driven to a twisted degree… although some of them are not as aggressive as others, a rare few even being considered friendly. Even the animals in this world are larger than children and can be just as dangerous. While Residents show hostility to even each other and the lands of the world are largely decrepit, there is a sort of society that operates within it and even possesses its own language. Time within the Nowhere is distorted, running at a different pace than the human world and even more unnaturally when a human is permitted entry into the Nowhere, and because of this, children of different eras can encounter each other while in the Nowhere. The air itself is breathable, but stale, feeling as if there is no fresh air circulating even when outside in a wide open space. While inanimate objects can be manifested within the Nowhere, other living beings can additionally be brought into existence.