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[gevurah]

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[ This is awkward... ]

I'm back.

Those of you that didn't know, I'm not actually twelve. [ Obviously, given a grown woman is speaking into the journal right now. ]


[ tim drake ]

[ BECAUSE NITA FAILED TO TAG THE POST. FUCK. ]

Alright there?


[ And with that, Kate can be found in the music room today, tuning her acoustic. In the background, she's got some music playing quietly.

Though she does have a question to pose to the rest of the castle. ]

Has anyone heard from Nudge? I haven't seen her at lessons in quite a while, but it doesn't seem like her to be so quiet for so long.

And while I'm at it-- [ A split-second pause. ] If anyone's interested in learning to play guitar, I don't mind offering lessons. It's not like I don't have free time, after all.

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[fantasies]

Oh.

[Why does this keep happening to him??]

Um, that's okay. I'm glad the castle changed you back.

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[gevurah]

I am, too.

Henry... right?

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[fantasies]

Yeah. [A beat, and then he tries to elaborate. He's not sure how much she remembers.] You helped me with my book.

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[gevurah]

Yeah, I remember.

Did you ever find it?

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[fantasies]

Um, no. I think you were right, it's... probably my loss. My mom thinks so, too.

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[gevurah]

I'm sorry, then. That book is important, isn't it?

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[fantasies]

Yeah. [A pause.] I feel weird not having it with me.

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[gevurah]

It's not a comforting thought, but it's probably what the castle aims for. Making us feel weird without these things.

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[fantasies]

Maybe. Are losses always like that? Important, I mean?

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[gevurah]

It can take just about anything from you. Memories or items tend to be the most common.

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[fantasies]

Memories, too? [He sounds particularly shocked by that.] Man. The magic here is really, really strong.

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[gevurah]

You know a lot about magic, then?

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[fantasies]

Yeah! [beat] Well, kind of. We don't really have any in my world. But I read a lot about it.

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[gevurah]

Something that interests you a lot?

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[fantasies]

Pretty much. It's important that I learn about it, since nobody else at home wants to.

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[gevurah]

Important?

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[fantasies]

Yeah. So we can break the curse.

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[gevurah]

You lost me, kid. [ But she's intrigued now. ]

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[fantasies]

[HMM. He's learning how to explain this better.]

Do you have fairy tales in your world? Like, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, those kinds of stories?

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[gevurah]

We do.

You're a few months late now, but the castle pulled a bunch of us into its own strange fairy tales once.

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[fantasies]

Yeah, I think somebody told me about that. [He's quiet for a second, thinking.] Were they a lot like our fairy tales? You know, Snow White and everything?