rose: be prepared

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

Merely out of curiosity, how is Halloween usually observed here? It seems right up the castle's proverbial alley, and I'm wondering if I should invest in a padlock and armaments ahead of time.

[Said with a bored, drowsy sort of sarcasm. But with the unwelcome gusto with which Paradisa began autumn, and having heard and read of various horrors in past years, she's curious – in a vaguely morbid sort of way.

She dictates this from the roof, where she's sitting on a little purple pillow and working on what seems to be the beginnings of a knitting project. Christmas is still months away, but one never knows what disruptions might happen before then.]

((ooc: open to roof or journal!))

Comments

[payback.livejournal.com]

It supplied us with a great deal of information about what was going on. Not directly... there are just so many questions with no answers. And it seems things around here sure have changed.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

What sorts of changes?

[payback.livejournal.com]

One of the pieces of information we found seemed to indicate that the castle used to communicate with people in some way... beyond the obscure ways we might say it communicates today.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

That's... a bit of a disturbing notion. I'm not quite sure what to make of it.

[payback.livejournal.com]

What I wonder is if it used to talk, why did it stop?

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

Perhaps we simply don't know how to listen to it anymore.

[payback.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I trust that this place can be direct.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

I trust that too. It must be some sort of personal preference, then.

[payback.livejournal.com]

So what happened, then? Is it the group that changed? Are we the least favorite crop of residents? Or did something happen to the castle?

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

I would love to know the answers to those questions, but somehow I doubt that they're going to be easy to find.

[payback.livejournal.com]

You and me both.

[Rose]

Have you seen someone named Zexion writing in the journal before?

Rin

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

The name doesn't ring any bells.

Rose;

[payback.livejournal.com]

He's a good friend of mine. I would advise discretion when you speak with him, but he knows a lot about the castle... he used to live here, but has since moved out to the dead zone.

Rin

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine the appeal in that.

Rose;

[payback.livejournal.com]

No appeal in potentially learning?

Rin

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

In living in the Dead Zone. I apologize, my words were a bit vague.

Rose

[payback.livejournal.com]

There are other people living out there as well. Who don't permit contact with castle residents until they pass a certain test...

Rin

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

... I'm listening.

Rose forever

[payback.livejournal.com]

Five years, I believe it is, of no contact with the castle - or at least that's what it's supposed to be. A person has to rely on themselves to prove they can survive alone until they can join with that group.

He's breaking that rule... and he could get killed for it. So if you do talk to him, please, be careful. He knows a lot about this castle and the world but he's in a dangerous position...

Rin forever

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

I will most certainly keep in mind the potential dangers should I choose to contact him.

Are there any ideas on why this group is so rigid about their lack of contact with us?

[payback.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew. I wish anyone knew.