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[gentleidealist]

[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.]

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[gentleidealist]

[There are no words. Well, he can think of a few, but they won't help anything.]

How long has this been going on?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[a pause]

The longest I've heard was eighty years...but the oldest people who stay in the castle have been here for over four years.

[gentleidealist]

That's...

What about you, Allen?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Ah...

It's been four years and seven months for me.

[gentleidealist]

[Damn.]

I'm sorry.

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

It's all right.

One day I'll find my way home. One that will let me keep my memories too.

[gentleidealist]

[That's a pretty good goal. If he had lived here for four years... he can't even imagine what that might be like, but he's sure he'd want to remember the friends he made.]

Mind if I help out?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[There's a slight surprised pause from him. Most of the time when he tells people that...they treat him like a damsel and assure him that they will find the way out and save him, as if he was entirely unable to do anything to help save himself. Which while incredibly irritating, it was something he had grown accustomed to hearing from well intentioned new people. So this is...a very nice change.]

Of course. We can always use more help.

[gentleidealist]

[This isn't just your normal superhero. A smile leaks into his voice.] Great! [From the sound of it, he's left the stable and found his way into the castle courtyard.]

Does everyone live in the castle? That's kind of overdoing it...

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Most people live there...anyone who arrives at the castle get a room to stay in with their name on the door.

Though not everyone does. I personally live in the city myself.

[gentleidealist]

... I just get this weird feeling when I look at it. Makes sense that you'd want to live as far away as possible.

[The castle is beautiful, but it's a little too grand for his tastes. Zelos might make this kind of place home, but Lloyd is used to living in a small house with flowers all around...

Sigh. He misses home already. He needs to explore, though.]

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I know a lot of people who feel that way.

[he himself misses the free food of the castle ;; ]

[gentleidealist]

Might as well see what they gave me for a room.

[a pause, and then--]

... I'm gonna have to go through this whole place, aren't I?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Ah-

[a nervous laugh]

Did you...not wake up there?

[gentleidealist]

Nope... I woke up in the stables with some kind of fuzzy cow trying to eat my face.

I've had better days.

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Oh-!

You mean Jr.!

[gentleidealist]

Huh? Jr. who?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[Allen Jr, but you'll never know.....technically wouldn't he be Allen the III? Who knows.]

That animal! Her name is Jr.! She was a buffalo that got brought back with us from an expedition by you and another boy!

She's probably missed you!

[gentleidealist]

[An animal named after a person named after an animal. It's a neverending cycle of misunderstanding.]

That... would make sense. Except for the part where none of this makes sense. [He sighs.] I feel bad for freaking out, though. She probably just wanted to lick my face or something, you know, like a dog.

[THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE EITHER]

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[a small laugh]

You'll get used to the nonsensical ways of this world eventually. But I promise, she's perfectly friendly....even if you do freak out.

[gentleidealist]

That's encouraging. -- Did she ever have eyes?

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Ah-

No, I'm afraid not. [Let's not get into that nightmare fuel thing]

[gentleidealist]

... Oh.

I guess I don't want her hauling stuff or anything...

[... so unsure.]