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[cloakand_danger]

[the journal is being dripped on; he hasn't noticed it open]

[squeaky, chittery speech, a little too far away to be understood]

Yes, Kat, I promise not to drip on your side of the room.

((ooc: Yuan has totally been out watching the lightning all day.))

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[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

Have fun?

[cloakand_danger]

...Oh, it's open.

Not as good as when I have my magic, but it never even rains except when my magic has been taken.

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

They tend to be when you least expect it.

[little amused pause] Yeah? I think this is the first time it's rained since I got here.

[cloakand_danger]

Yes, the last time was the monsoon during the jungle week, just before you arrived.

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

A monsoon?

[cloakand_danger]

Yes, mostly just heavy rains, although there was some lightning as well. Parts of the castle flooded. Well, it was a stone temple at the time.

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

[no reply. He's just kind of O__o at the moment]

[cloakand_danger]

You still there?

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm here.

[cloakand_danger]

Don't tell me you're still surprised by the castle's changes.

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

Not...

It's just weird.

[cloakand_danger]

We're living in a town where everything is primary colors, populated by animal people...and you think the castle turning into a jungle is weird.

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

At least I'm experiencing this one myself. Getting everything second-hand just makes it sound... weirder, I guess.

[cloakand_danger]

I suppose it would.

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

[pause]

[Yuan]
Hey, have you been having any sort of... flashbacks since our powers came back?

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

I haven't, but Romeo has. ...We probably wouldn't be affected as strongly, if it's what I think.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

... I know about Romeo. [another pause] He had a couple of them a few days ago.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

Is he all right?

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

I think he is. He seemed more worried about me, actually.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

...Then he knows about...

Probably understandable.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

My death? ... Yeah. And someone else's.

He shouldn't have to deal with it.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

...

No, he shouldn't, but the castle seems to have decided that he will anyway. And probably Hamlet, too.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

... What?

Yeah. Hamlet, too. He's... already seen something.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

...I don't know.

...I suppose all we can do is help them through it.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

[small sigh]

Except the question is how to do that without making them experience any more.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

I'm not sure there's a way. We can try not talking about things that could trigger the memories, I suppose, but they'll probably come up eventually anyway. When I was talking to him, Romeo triggered the memory himself.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

He did?

[pause, then a slightly frustrated noise] This was so much easier when it came all at once instead of being triggered.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

I said I expected this village to turn nasty at some point - which I still do, by the way - and he replied that he hoped it spared his love this time.

Just one more new torment the castle has decided to visit upon us.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

... I'm trying not to think about how this place can turn nasty. [pause] Oh.

As if it hadn't done much already.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

I don't know, I just know it doesn't give us anything truly for free, and this place is too nice.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

No argument here.

Chris

[cloakand_danger]

It's a little soon for anything to happen yet, but...stay on your guard.

Yuan;

[nottwiceblessed.livejournal.com]

... Yeah.

[devil-blue.livejournal.com]

The rain was quite welcome.

[cloakand_danger]

It doesn't happen enough, does it? The unchanging sunny days get boring after a while.

[devil-blue.livejournal.com]

No, they do not. Their times are few and far between.

I clearly remember the last fall. This place had become a jungle.

[cloakand_danger]

I was there, yes. Ended up soaked to the bone, even caught a cold from it.

[devil-blue.livejournal.com]

I spent the most of it being soaked as well, though intentionally. A brief respite from the tenuous nature of that week.

[cloakand_danger]

Not the most pleasant of changes, was it? I was even more disoriented than most, having arrived only a few days before it began. Though I can't say I understand why you'd intentionally spend the time soaked.

[devil-blue.livejournal.com]

It was an experience. One that should never be repeated.

And while the risk of illness may be high, though my demonic nature tends to eliminate that risk, the reason behind my time spent in the rain is simple enough.

I meditate in it.

[cloakand_danger]

Quite.

Interesting way to meditate. I suppose the sound could help, sort of a white noise effect.

[devil-blue.livejournal.com]

That is one benefit. In truth, one could focus all their senses upon the falling rain.

[cloakand_danger]

I suppose. ...Personally, I don't much care for the physical sensations, I'd find it too distracting.

[devil-blue.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I find it works the opposite for myself. To each their own.

[cloakand_danger]

Quite.