))) fourth engagement

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

[echo is in the kitchen, since it was a well lit place and had tables and chairs in it, with the very important journal nearby as she trims a bonsai tree with some scissors and listens to some of the people in the journal there are a lot of them that are sad and she's trying to understand why]

You... you hurt. That isn't right.

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[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

[has this thing with tuning into the journal at the wrong time]

Huh?

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

The people here - they're sad. Not all of them. Some of them.

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

Oh... Yeah.

I guess it's because all those kids left?

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

Where did they go?

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

Uh, you're asking the wrong guy.

I have no idea. Might be in hammerspace or something.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

Is there a right guy to ask?

I'm Echo. I don't know where that place is.

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

Dunno. I've only been here a few days.

...I'm Kano. Hammerspace is... Like... Um, when cartoon characters suddenly pull oversized hammers out from behind their backs. The hammers are stored in hammerspace. It's like a pocket dimension or something.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

Oh... I didn't know about that.

How are you enjoying your stay?

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

Well, now you do?

It's... Okay, I guess. Kind of weird, but a lot of people here are really nice, and I'm kind of surprised no one's walked up to me and told me what I should be doing yet. Which... I guess is a good thing.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

What should you be doing? [curious]

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

Freeing a princess and saving the world, I think.

At least, that's what I was doing the last place I was at...

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

[she knows this story... at least it seems familiar to her]

Is she sleeping? Where you need to free her, is it because she's sleeping?

1/2

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

[he has to think about that for a moment]

No, I don't... Think so. She was awake the last time I saw her, but her soul's stuck to the goddess that brought me there, except she's evil now, so we have to get it... Unstuck. Or else the princess will get her soul swallowed up by the evil goddess and that would be... Bad.

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

...which sounds kind of crazy, but I'm not making it up.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

Oh... [that was a lot to follow along with but she did her best - she always does her best]

That does sound bad. I hope no one gets their soul swallowed here.

[reallymessedup.livejournal.com]

Yeah, same here. Haven't heard anything about it yet, though... So hopefully that'll all just stay back in Gray World.

[encryptedlock]

[Was that Echo? It had been a while since York had seen her around, but that voice sounded right. He speaks over the journal.]

Well, yeah. Sometimes when things are taken away, people have to be sad for a while until they're happy again. Part of the grieving process.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

[she recognizes the voice at least and talks back to the voice]

Do they need a treatment? I haven't had one here. Maybe it would help them.

[encryptedlock]

[He sounds a little wary.]

What kind of treatment do you mean?

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

It makes me my best. I like my treatments, they help me be better.

[encryptedlock]

...Not sure I know what you're talking about. What happens during a treatment?

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

I fall asleep for a little bit.

[encryptedlock]

[That sounds like all kinds of not safe.]

Huh. Well, I don't know that there's anyone here who can do that kind of treatment. We're probably just going to have to work it out on our own.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

[it's perfectly safe! So they say!]

Topher gives me my treatments. He's not here though. How will we work it out?

[encryptedlock]

[That's what they said about Jurassic Park.]

Yeah, I haven't seen anyone named Topher around.

Best we can do is to do things that make us happy so that we don't have to be sad anymore. Whether that's spending time with friends or reading a good book or even just eating chocolate. Then eventually we'll realize that yeah, we're sad still, but we can live with it. Move on.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

I am taking care of this tree and my pet is doing well.

[encryptedlock]

That's, um. Good.

...You have a tree?

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

I asked for one. Sado said that I could ask the castle for things I needed. I didn't have a tree to take care of. I always have a tree to take care of.

[encryptedlock]

Oh, okay. Yeah, it'll give you pretty much anything.

[...] So you like taking care of trees? You been outside to the gardens lately? There are a ton of flowers this time of year.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

Go outside? I don't go outside...

[encryptedlock]

You've been here more than a month and you haven't gone outside yet? You really should at least walk the castle grounds so you know what's here, you know.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

I should? Everything I need is here though.

[encryptedlock]

How do you know you don't need a walk through the gardens, if you've never had one before?

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

I - I don't know?

[encryptedlock]

Then maybe you should try it tomorrow morning. See if you like it.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

I shall do that then.

[encryptedlock]

Good. Hope you like it.

[didi-fallasleep.livejournal.com]

I will let you know, thank you for your suggestion.

[encryptedlock]

You're welcome, Echo.

[ofthegiant.livejournal.com]

[is nearby, making a sandwich]

It will ease.