PARADISA LOST

Ahh, the tranquility is broken. A beast of unspeakable horror approaches!

[lightning and magic zapping which is appropriately dramatic because hey it's Orpheus]

Mind your heads, everyone, and flee while you still can! Feel free to scream - if you require assistance in your escape Orpheus shall come to your aid!

I accidentally shrank my journal during this hectic week. Could someone please explain to me the appeal of brandishing a flimsy twig to command one's considerable power? How imprecise! How unreliable! And you might put someone's eye out if you're not careful!

Ahhh, and now the new year is upon us. It feels as though Christmas was only yesterday. I received the most marvelous gifts from several jolly and kindhearted people. Thank you, Gai, for the magnificent sweater and blanket although I confess to not understanding... Magic Ma...? Now I shall remain toasty warm at all times. Hexadecimal, my thanks for the delightful tea set.

It appears that Nataku has disappeared, once again. Perhaps this time, he shall find respite from his troubles, and not be forced to return. Such impermanence in this place! The constant shift of people and time and environment is beginning to make me feel seasickness, of a sort. How can one feel rooted where people and things are constantly changing, without warning?

[recorded sigh;]

...Despite the fact that it is indeed NOT morning, I'm going to the kitchen to prepare pancakes. SPEAK, and you may partake of this fluffy flatbread feast!

[recorded; filtered away from SB-Prime;]

Noble and hard-working clinic staff, please prepare a bed, if you can. I'm bringing Nataku to you immediately. Your care is desperately needed!

....Who is that brute, and why has he been seeing fit to exercise his considerable rage on seemingly random residents?





[ooc: probably shouldn't have done this since I need to be up bright and early, but he kind of just... jumped in there. I assume he got Nataku there without incident. Will get any comments in the morning.]

My condolences, to those who have lost friends. I understand that, occasionally, those who have died here are restored to life - but you'll excuse me if I am wary. Given what I've seen from those who have left and returned here, can it be trusted that the person will remain unchanged, as they were before...? Those concerns aside, I understand a significant time period must first pass before they are permitted to return.

And it is unwise to allow souls to wander lost for very long.

Dear friends, it is my profession to seek out lost souls and reunite them with their bodies; a Necromancer, you might otherwise call me. While meddling with life and death is frowned upon, surely such an unnatural phenomenon as this sudden plague requires intervention?



I may try to revive your friends, if that is your wish.




(ooc: he'll fail miserably, so it doesn't matter castle-rule wise~)

( Private )

[dictated because he doesn't get the meaning of Indoor Voice;]


Exactly how am I to maintain the delicate balance of the cosmos in such a state?! This castle knows not the damage it wreaks upon us all!

[pen tapping]

Hmm.  A prison that draws in unsuspecting  guests, gives them whatever they desire, and denies them leave?  It all sounds unfortunately like that terrible "joy can" contraption Mr. Venture once built.

... But this castle seems a bit too big to be powered by the heart of a single orphan.  Several, perhaps, but surely even the most dimwitted of public servants could not fail to notice droves of missing abandoned children!



I don't plan to attend the party scheduled for that most Hallowed of Eves, but it's only polite to ask - is anyone planning to knock on doors in search of candy?  If it is sweets you seek, I believe it can be arranged!