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[cloakand_danger]

[Someone seems awfully grumpy, but at least he's alive and still here, right?]

...It seems the castle decided to let me have an extended nap, and it looks like I've missed a few weeks in the process. Anyone care to give a summary?

[Peace Patrol]

What's everyone's status?

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[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

.... It can give as well as take?

[cloakand_danger]

Depending on your definition, but yes, when it feels like it. [He's trying to figure out if he knows this person or not...]

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

[ Most likely he doesn't. ]

... Forcing something upon one is similar enough to give, simply less positive.

[cloakand_danger]

[Nope, unlike everyone else on this entry, they haven't met.]

True enough. Are you new here, then?

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

That is correct. [ And a bit grumpy sounding about it. ]

[cloakand_danger]

You'll get used to it soon enough, everyone does. For better or for worse.

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

.... [ A snort. ]

Perhaps.

[cloakand_danger]

[He'll let the skepticism go. Everyone has to learn for themselves.]

Did you have any other questions about the castle, as long as you have my attention? I've been here longer than most.

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

...Does the castle change its interior?

[cloakand_danger]

On a regular basis. Actually, it might be happening fairly soon: there's an Earth holiday coming up at the end of next month, a sort of festival for the dead. The castle likes to redecorate for it.

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

.... Redecorate is synonymous with "alter halls" in this situation? [ Resigned sounding. ]

[cloakand_danger]

It can be. They usually lead to the same place, unless the castle's up to something more than usual. It does rearrange its layout permanently every now and then, but for the most part the changes revert after a week or two.

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

... And without warning. [ If he understood sarcasm he use it. ]

[cloakand_danger]

The ghosts don't post 'under construction' signs in the hallways first, no.

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

.... Ghosts?

[cloakand_danger]

...I see the welcome committee has been slacking more than I expected.

Being a castle, Cair Paradisa has servants. The servants here are ghosts. They're harmless and never aggressive, so you needn't fear attack.

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

.... I.. see. [ Awkwardly said. Just going to ignore the 'fear attack' bit. ]

... do you know if they are ghosts in the sense that they are magic based monsterkind, or that which remains of a human... or humanoid, who had died?

[cloakand_danger]

They are affirmatively not magic-based monsterkind. As for the spirits of the dead...it's possible, although most people don't remain dead for long in Paradisa. I have heard stories of those who die spending their two weeks among the ghosts.

I've never heard anyone else ask if the ghosts were the monster type, besides people from my own world. Where are you from?

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

Terca Lumireis. .... You? [ Digesting that bit on two weeks of being dead. ]

... Death is not permanent, then.

[cloakand_danger]

Aselia, currently the twin worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. ...It's a long story.

No, it isn't. Generally, dead people return after two weeks' time. There are occasional exceptions, including those killed in the Dead Zone surrounding the castle, the area where magic, magitech, and other kinds of powers all cease to function.

[radiantwinged1.livejournal.com]

... It ... sounds like one. [ How does one world become two. ]

... All... [ He's never going there. ]

The exception is?