paradisa | Chapter Twenty

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Chapter Twenty

I'm three days late- but hey, nothing has happened yet. FEBRUARY BETTING POOL TIME. For those of you who are newer to the castle, I'm carrying on the fine tradition started by my buddy Gary of taking bets on the crazy crap that will happen to us during the month. Because sometimes, it helps if you don't take Paradisa too seriously.

1. Bets are for the first castlewide incident that will happen during the month of February.
2. I'll take bets for any amount from 1 to 100 Caisos.
3. Bets will be taken any time from now until the first event hits.
4. In the event that more than one person guesses correctly, the pot will be evenly split.
5. If nobody wins for the first event, I'll keep rolling the bets over til someone wins. If nobody wins by the end of the month, everyone gets their money back and we start fresh.

So, what are your guesses? Something to do with looooove, as February indeed has Valentine's Day? Or will the castle end up making us hate each other? Or will it do neither and finally fill our shoes with pudding?

I'm going to go with tainted chocolates myself. Not necessarily with love potions- maybe some will make your tongue turn green for a week, or make multi-colored pimples pop on your face, or other harmless but wacky fun.

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Tainted chocolates were last year. [She tries to sound bored about it, but hey it got her a boyfriend so how can she be bitter?]

Well, darn. I guess it happened before I got here. Now I need a new prediction...

Tainted drinks? Tainted air? Perfume?

Flowers. Flowers that spout mind-altering perfume. Think we're onto something here...

[That's some Joker shit right there.]

... 20 caisos on bug bites. You know. Love bugs.

Wouldn't put it past this place. As long as they don't give out chicken pox.

That sucked when I was like, ten. It's gonna super suck now.

Especially if a Paradisa-style twist is added. Like, I don't know, they're multicolored and scratching them makes you bleed rainbows.

Bleeding rainbows would be kind of cool. Gotta admit.

Really messy, too. But that would make for a fun story.

"What's that stain on your pillow?" "Let me tell you about the time I bled rainbows..."

Or, you know. Make a certain time of the month very... colourful. Ha... Ha...

Oh, dear LORD.

Sorry!! It's just--obvious!

And yet, not an angle I had considered.

...Maybe the castle will go with flowers that make you sneeze glitter...

You're lucky you're not a girl.

But glitter. Glitter is good. I'd be down for that.

Oh, I don't know, I've met plenty of women I'd admire enough to want to be like.

Maybe it won't be anything malicious, either- but maybe I'm also giving Paradisa way too much credit.

Being like someone and being someone can be quite the difference.

Maliciousness is usually saved for Halloween and random occasions.

True. And who knows, given how much wacky fun this place is I may well be able to find out the difference some day.

Ahh, unpredictable maliciousness. Gotta absolutely loathe it.