26th [Abels room filter]

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[GUESS WHO. It's been far too long Abel. No, really. A whole week oh wow. And he's not wearing a hakama anymore. Cry about it.

So, at the very least, you should be used to this by now, Abel. There's a flicker of purple light, and... tada! And he's holding something!

And it's not cookies. ... It's a box with little air-holes in it.]

Abel! Good afternoon~!

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[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[Oh he can see the lulz from here, Abel]

Oh, places.

[Meaning IT'S A SECRET]

But I won't be able to obtain any more, so this is the last you'll see of them.

[Well, it likes getting pet! Almost sounds like it's purring, actually. nomnomnom... yaaaawn]

It takes him a long time to grow. Maybe in about a year he'll be the size of your average dog.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Places. [wat. come on. don't be stingy. oh, well... this one is easy to please. he'll just keep up this petting then :> go to sleeeeep, widdle dwaaagonnn...]

A year? [he wonders if he'll be here another year. has it been that long already?] I see... And after that? How big do they get?

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

They tend to stay around the size of a dog for a long time. Dragons can live for several thousands of years. Lake dragons aren't the longest living, but they still can last for a good long time.

I'd say at about the fifty year mark, he should be the size of a small house.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

S... small house? [...holy carp.]

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

Mm.

Lake dragons can live to one thousand, maybe a little longer. By five hundred he should be full size.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Poor Leon. You'll definitely outlive me... [pet pet] Well. I guess that sort of thing doesn't really matter in Paradisa, does it?

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[Do you see this? This is classic RUB MY BELLY BITCH. And Leon just rolls the hell over and squeaks commandingly]

I guess not. I wonder if the castle keeps the residents from aging as well.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Mmm, perpetually young. ...Or old, I suppose, depending on how old you were when you arrived...

[oh belly rubs you say. he can do this. why are your squeaks so adorable what even]

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

It can either be a paradise or a purgatory if you look at it that way.

[Leetle fins wigglin' everywhere. Tail a waggin']

[priestish.livejournal.com]

That's true for far more compelling reasons than aging, don't you think?

[hnnngh this shouldn't be so cute, but it is]

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

Well for everyone it's different. What do you think this place is, Abel?

[It's adorable. And this Leon will never punch you in the face, Abel]

[priestish.livejournal.com]

[oh, good. he doesn't like getting punched in the face, particularly...]

What do I think...? [a thoughtful pause goes here. he could answer honestly, but-- that means explaining why. who wants to do that?]

Well. I don't know what to think, to be honest. Paradisa is a confusing place...

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[He wants you to B|]

You really don't have an opinion either way? Nothing at all?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Nope! I can't say I do... I've learned to just take things as they come around here.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[LIAR]

Well, aren't we the easy going type.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Of course! There's no point getting worked up over what can't be changed, right?

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

You really don't think anything can be done to change it?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Well...

Maybe in the long-term, we'll be able to effect things around here. But for the moment, we're as much in the dark as ever.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

People don't seem to be trying terribly hard to change it though. There are the occasional requests for a police force or the creation of a shop or bar...

But for the most part, they seem pretty content to just sit back and watch things. Someone has to at least try to find a lead.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

People have tried to puzzle out the mysteries of this world - but I'm sure you can recall the incident with the spiders in the dead zone.

Those were the fruits of their last efforts.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

Oh I remember that.

I suppose that might ward a few people away... Such a shame really.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Mm, before that was another attack out past the barrier as well, with an Apothecary some people nicknamed the "plague doctor..." He said red-heads were infected with some sort of disease, and....

I don't know. Nothing went very well out there.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

An apothecary? How long ago was this, anyway? [HE MISSED THIS. He is very disappointed, Abel]

What happened with the Plague Doctor?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, the residents were saved by someone with a mysterious suit similar to the one Mr. Stark uses, which is strange... as technology doesn't function beyond the barrier.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

I take it then that you never found out who that was. [File that away for now. And on a different topic~]

How are things going with Miss Lilith?