PARADISA LOST

[Yuan is...too busy working at his desk to have noticed the date! He's going to regret that in a little bit. As he goes through the end steps of drafting some plans, he starts to sing idly, and the journal picks it up.]

Life's just a game
We all want to win
Keep your hand a secret
Unleash the monsters within

Sometimes, it's over
Before it's even begun
If someone else gets hurt, then
What have we really won?

I'm always one card short
Always one day late
For once, I'd like an ending
I can celebrate
Stacked the deck myself
So there's no one else to blame
I need just one more move
One final chance to prove...
I can win this game

( OOC cut for length! )

[A long sigh, and then:]

Has it been a year already?

( [Abel and Clark] )

( [Peter Petrelli] )

( [Ino] )

[and for the rest of you]

What sort of organizations were you a part of back home? Law enforcement, secret societies, magical councils? I'm curious about what people are used to dealing with. [and gathering ideas for branches of the Peace Patrol]

[Filtered to castle residents]

As many of you have no doubt noticed, the castle seems to be up to something again, and the residents are probably going to be in danger. One of our priorities should be protecting those who can't help themselves. Caritas in town has an anti-violence ward upon it, and the TARDISes are generally safe from invasion - Doctors, may I assume the doors will be open to those in need? [They always are in these situations, he knows, but it's polite to ask.]

I'd also like to ask any spellcasters or others with useful abilities to set up a warded zone in the castle ballroom, with any kind of protective barriers you can think of, and if anyone has other ideas for defensive measures, please feel free to come forward.

( [Abel Nightroad] )

[Yuan is in the library, with a book and a cup of tea. Usually, he'd be avoiding something as suspicious as the candy hearts, but they've been around all day and he hasn't heard any great outcry of madness surrounding them. So he's toying idly with a few of them, wondering if they taste half as sickly sweet as they smell, and if it's a smart idea to try.]

I haven't heard any castle pranks today. Am I just missing things, or has it decided to give us a break for once?

((ooc: Open post for Valentine's shenanigans! Tags will be after I wake up from my nap.))

[This whole cat business had better not last too much longer. Yuan's grumpy enough as it is, and not having opposable thumbs does not help his mood much.

Right now, he is sitting in front of a door on the eleventh floor, room 1119 to be specific. There's no name on the nameplate, but Yuan's too far down to see that.]

Raine! [He scratches at the door.] Raine, open up!

[Maybe she's in the library or something, and either way she's sure to hear only yowling, but if nothing else he'd like to let her know what's become of him, and he can't do that over the journal right now. So he's going to keep it up until
a) she gets back from wherever she is,
b) she wakes up and opens the damn door,
c) someone holds him up to show him that in fact she is no longer in the castle, or
d) someone distracts him from trying.]

( [Private] )

( [Whippersnapper] )

Out of my own curiosity, how many people are left here who remember the jungle with the cannibals?

( [Raine] )

((ooc: tagging will be somewhat sporadic, since I'm on my mom's laptop))

[School faculty]

[Page number]

Looks like Paradisa's up to its usual business. We should [edited later] close down quarantine the school to try and keep this from spreading to the townsfolk.

((ooc: irony of ironies, I'm not feeling well, so tags will be slow))