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[workaphilic]

[He hadn't intended to say anything at all, really. He's scanning through the journal as usual, checking for anything of interest (there usually isn't) when something seems to occur to him.]

Oh.

[The faint sound of page flipping, and he hums, faux impressed.]

Congratulations, Paradisa, seems you weren't actually able to bore me into oblivion. Let's keep the momentum, shall we? Or, better still, pick it up a bit. I'd rather not subsist only on bread and cheese when there's plenty of other options secreted away.

[And, dryly cheerful:]

Here's to next year.

Comments

[Dictated]

[deductiongeek]

Oh. So its been that long already.

[Conan had been more interested in the fact that two anniversaries of Reichenbach Falls had passed while he had been here. But come to think of it, this guy had been here quite a long time.]

[workaphilic]

Apparently so. Time does fly, doesn't it?

[deductiongeek]

I wouldn't describe it like that.

[workaphilic]

No?

[deductiongeek]

The passing of time is subjective, isn't it?

[workaphilic]

People might think you aren't enjoying yourself.

dictated

[save_the_souls]

Congratulations?

[My god he's been here that long? That's not good]

[workaphilic]

I'd say they were in order.

[He sounds pretty pleased about it, anyway.]

[save_the_souls]

[of course he would. Because he is annoying]

Then congratulations. Though I can't say I hope you get what you want though.

[workaphilic]

Most people don't. Never stopped me from getting it before.

dictated

[webbing]

Mazel tov. Yearly Paradisa anniversaries, always something to look forward to, right?

[workaphilic]

Not any more exciting than any other day, honestly.

You'd think I'd have got a prize, the way people go on.

[webbing]

The prize is being stuck here for another however many months or years the castle decides it wants you. Not much of a prize, but it's all that they had left to give away.

[workaphilic]

It'll do.

[The verbal equivalent of a shrug. He's not in any rush to go home.]

[webbing]

Really? ... You're really okay with that?

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

You say that like it tried.

[workaphilic]

Oh, it did. Always does.

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

Sounds like a pain in the arse if you ask me. But, I think its trying to turn me into a trauma magnet already, so I can see what you mean.

[A pause.]

So. How long?

[workaphilic]

A year and four days, if you're counting from the actual date.

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

There's got to have been some interesting stuff happening. From what I've heard, this place drip-feeds you like a crack dealer does with a hardcore addict.

[Sherlock Holmes]

[jimfromit]

Have a little fanfare played at you before Jim speaks.

Congratulations to you.

[ Jim Moriarty ]

[workaphilic]

Seems the castle's gotten fond of us.

Well, me. Still can't say about you.

[ Sherlock Holmes]

[jimfromit]

With this face and these suits?

Come on...what's not to love?

[ Jim Moriarty ]

[workaphilic]

Cair Paradisa is fickle. Not its most appealing trait.

[Sherlock Holmes]

[jimfromit]

I know, right?

And I thought I was changeable.