gentleidealist: (GACK ► ah do declaaaare--)
◄ sword of swords [LLOYD IRVING] ([personal profile] gentleidealist) wrote in [community profile] paradisalost2011-07-22 03:22 am
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one ► show me what i'm looking for

[dictated]

[The journal falls open and picks up the soft sounds of a teenage boy's slumber. After a minute, it's interrupted by an wet snort.] Ugh... go away.

[Shifting. It sounds like someone tossing around on straw.] Noishe, I'm trying to sleep here. [His fingers curl into rough fur. He grumbles and tries to shove the disturbance away, but it's far heavier than he anticipated.

He opens his eyes.]


Wha— ... you're not Noishe. And this isn't my house.

[followed by, louder--]

Where are your eyes?!

[ooc: Lloyd is waking up in the stables with his baby. Hope this is okay! ♥

Also I am going to sleep now. Tags when I wake up.]
cloakand_danger: (Or are you gone and on to someone new?)

[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2011-07-27 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He seems friendly enough. That's a good start.]

Ironic, considering I've been here longer than most of the other residents.

I don't suppose anyone's saved me the trouble of explaining Paradisa to you yet?
cloakand_danger: (But I can't choose)

[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2011-07-27 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
You'll have a room inside the castle. It's the one with your name on the door, I'm sure you won't be able to miss it.

It's called a buffalo, apparently, although buffalo usually do have eyes. And yes, we're aware. You were the one who brought it back to the castle originally, you know.
cloakand_danger: (I've got another confession my friend)

[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2011-07-27 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Get someone to help you look, then. [Someone else, he hopes he doesn't have to say.]

Yes. One of the times you were here previously. Don't feel badly - no one ever remembers their previous stays.

[He sounds just a little bit bitter about that.]
cloakand_danger: (But I can't choose)

[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2011-07-27 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
It's one of the things we've noticed about it, yes. A little subtler than some of the other aspects, but it's definitely larger inside than out.

[Not that Yuan isn't thoroughly used to that, having spent so much time in the TARDIS.]

...It's not just you. [And he shouldn't take it out on Lloyd, regardless. It's not the kid's fault that the castle is a bastard.]

Let's see...you've probably already heard that there's no way to get home from here. The castle takes people at random, and sends them away at random as well. You've lost something in coming here - it could be an ability, an object, even a memory. For example, I'm without any of my angelic abilities. [It's funny, he used to try to hide that when he first got here.] There are ghosts in the castle, they're servants. They don't talk, but they will bring you things if you ask. The castle also grants minor wishes asked aloud, like for food or tools. The journals record both voice and writing, and transmit any liquid spilled on them. Bleeding on them is considered impolite except in an emergency. Death is possible while here, but it only lasts two weeks, and then the person who died returns. Sometimes there are aftereffects, but in the long run they're usually no worse for the wear, physically. [He's recited all of this in an almost bored tone, like it's a checklist he's running down.] ...Any questions?
cloakand_danger: (My head is giving me life or death)

[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2011-08-01 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
...If you don't mind my asking, what is it? [One's loss is usually kind of a personal question, but he feels he has a right to know if his ally has discovered a sudden weakness of some kind.]
cloakand_danger: (The broken hearts)

[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2011-08-02 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[A moment of silence. That's exactly the sort of thing the castle would take.]

...It's always something precious.
cloakand_danger: (Of hopes and dreams)

[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2011-08-03 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Get used to the sentiment, it's one you'll be echoing your entire stay.

[Pause. He's not going to apologize for something the castle did, but...] If there's anything I can do to help you adjust, let me know. The castle residents need to stick together, especially these days.