1 confused priestess

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

Oh wow..

This is not my apartment. Oh no, what did I do last night? If this is one of Fawkes's jokes, it really isn't funny.

[dead silence for about a minute while she looks out the window]

It-It's finally happened. I'm in The Game.

[looks down at herself] Then why do I still look like me and not Codex? [sees the journal] And why are you transcibing everything I say? You're doing it now! Stop!

[OOC: Home now.]

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[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[That didn't sound very convincing.]

I guess you get used to it though, right? [Finding out she may not actually be in the Game was a bit of a downer, but this was still a lot more interesting than her normal life.]

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[She just hadn't realized she'd been here this long]

You try. It certainly keeps you busy.

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

That's good to know.

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

So ... [If you're new, and not really Penny-On-A-Loss] Has anyone told you about the castle yet? and Losses?

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

I know that the castle is magic. What is a loss? [Obviously she knows what a loss is, but perhaps there's a special meaning for the word here.]

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

The castle takes something from everyone it brings here. [A small, weighted pause,] It took memories from me. It'll also take items, or abilities. Everyone's missing something and there's no way to get it back.

As if that weren't bad enough, sometimes it likes to make us go through additional Losses for short periods of time. This ... could really be anything. Usually they only last a week, but ... [Well,] I was on one once that lasted a month, so, it could literally be anything.

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[considers this a moment, she may be onto something]

If you lost memories, how would you even know?

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[Pauses. This ... was rather personal, but if it helped this Not-Penny girl at all ...] Sometimes, at least ... for me, I can feel a hole there. I'll try to think on it, but it only gets fuzzier and harder to concentrate on.

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[omg..like when she thought about that name] Oh crap. maybe that's what happened to her.

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[Okay, now poor 7 is really confused] Her? Who?

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

Someone I know...maybe. I was trying to remember details and I just couldn't.

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

Oh ... well, it could be she's your Loss. [A pause, and then, softer,] I'm sorry. [Because memories were the worst things to lose, in 7's humble opinion.]

[handsthathelp.livejournal.com]

[OH WOW IT'S LIKE HEARING A RECORDING OF HERSELF

Excuse her for a moment while she drops the journal and has to pick it back up before speaking. You can totally hear the thud too.]

Um, hello?

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[Hand over her mouth, she looks at the book. Now there's a voice coming out of it that sounds like her. This is so confusing.]

Hello??

[Maybe she's not really in The Game. Maybe she's gone crazy.]

[handsthathelp.livejournal.com]

Oh wow.

You're... You're not me, are you?

I've heard that can happen sometimes.

[Good job, Penny. Good job. orz]

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[Oh no..is she talking to Codex? But she's Codex, right? Maybe this really is insanity confused voice]

Not unless you're Codex.

[And as cool as that would be, I really hope you're not.]

icon win

[handsthathelp.livejournal.com]

Oh! Whew, okay good. I'm Penny. Sorry, didn't mean for that to be such a weird question, it's just, the castle does freaky stuff like that sometimes.

[sounds incredibly relieved! Because yes. Agreement with both those last sentiments.]

Re: icon win

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[Here, have a relieved Codex too. Very much so. Now she can be excited about her new situation...living The Game, or so she thinks.]

I'm Cyd, er Codex. [She is in the Game after all.] How long have you been playing here?

Dictated! /adds to confusion /canhasHTML

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[She knows that voice! if not the actual person it belongs to]

Penny? Are you alright?

Re: Dictated! /adds to confusion /canhasHTML

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[Penny? That's the other person..the one with her voice, right?]

Um, no. Actually I'm Codex. But I sound just about exactly like Penny so I can see why you'd be confused. [So is she, but now she's trying not to be so embarrasingly obvious about it.]

Who are you?

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

Oh, uh, I'm 7. [Still trying to wrap her head around this 'sounds like Penny but isn't' bit, thinking it might actually be a Loss.] I know Penny. [Okay, well, that's obvious.]

[paaaaause,] Are you new here?

[handsthathelp.livejournal.com]

Playing?

Oh! That's right, you just arrived, didn't you? I've afraid I'm not doing a very good job of introductions...

Um, okay. This is going to sound really, really weird and for a lot time I thought I was dreaming but, y'know, since I haven't woken up yet it kind of shoots down that theory, but... Well, we're in a magic castle. That kidnaps people.

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

[Trying briefly to keep from laughing, and barely succeeding. Of course they're in a magical castle. It's The Game.]

The Game is full of magic, of course the castles would have it too.

[lyingishard.livejournal.com]

7..what an interesting name.

Sort of. [thinks]

When I play the Game at home, I was a level 70. But since I'm actually inside it now, I guess that makes me a noob.

[What a waste of awesome loot. As she thinks of the Game, her clothes change to match Codex's in-game] Or maybe not. How do you check stats?

[handsthathelp.livejournal.com]

...

Well, that does make more sense than the dream theory.