015 - Munch Munch Munch (Backdated to yesterday)

[silentrunning]

[She'd expected the Castle'd pull a trick like this. She'd known it when the first strains of that slow, gooey violin music had started playing, and all the obnoxious pink hearts had started appearing everywhere. She'd even expected the box of candy. But she'd not expected the cake. And it looked so forlorn there.

So, Chell's out in the lobby, sitting on one of the sofas, with her feet up on a offee table which has suddenly decorated itself with obnoxious heart-shaped motifs, with her journal on one knee and a slice of the cake she'd found along with her candy on the other. She slowly sets down her fork with a clatter on the plate and turns to write in her journal.]

Is anyone else enjoying this amazing cake as much as I am?

[Then she goes back to eating. But as she finishes the last bite, she finds herself thinking. Man. Something fuzzy would be nice...]

Comments

Dictated

[eat_me_beat_me]

Wait, you actually ate that? How do you feel?di

dictated

[heliotroping]

...t--the sad cake?

[forsometimenow]

I'm staying away from it, personally. After spending a week as a turtle, I don't trust the Castle right now. I hope it doesn't do anything.

Cake shinanigans!

[silentrunning]

[Chell actually speaks up at that...]

"You...were a turtle? What's that like? At least you weren't alone..."

[Wait. WTH she'd not meant to say that...]

Re: Dictated

[silentrunning]

[Chell considers...]

Why does this holiday exist? Love sucks. I feel...miserable...

[Wait. That'd not been at all what she'd meant to say. Ack ack. She hurriedly draws a confused face in the journal. At least she can doodle confused faces? For now? She just hopes Nora picks up her meaning.]

Re: dictated

[silentrunning]

[She writes back..]

Yes... Why?

dictated

[heliotroping]

Ah well... It might be... drugged...

[eat_me_beat_me]

Oooooh so that's what it does.

Uh, yeah, if you ate the whole thing you might feel like that all day.

:D

[forsometimenow]

True; my friends were quick to make sure I was safe. It wasn't exactly unpleasant, just... boring, mostly. My mind was intact, but I couldn't speak.

I'm having way too much fun with this...

[silentrunning]

"But at least you had a shellyou could crawl into..."

[Gosh. WTF was up with her today? But man this was some good cake.]

[silentrunning]

[Thank god. Nora'd *giggle* read between the lines.]

I... Only ate one slice. I thought that little sad face needed to be. *Sniffle* put out of its misery...

Oh my god this is so much fun!

[silentrunning]

[She wipes away a tear...]

If it is, it would be better than my miserable existence. Woe is me.

oh dear XD

[heliotroping]

......are you okay?

[eat_me_beat_me]

I dunno how long it'll last, then. Who the hell knows how this castle shit works. It shouldn't last more than a day, though.

[forsometimenow]

Sometimes I wish I could do that as a human.

[silentrunning]

[Chell sniffles again, despondently]

Oh thank you, most wonderful of friend for sparing me from figuring out the reason for this lonely, tragic existence on my own. I... *Snifflesobsniffle* Think I will go and walk the streets of town. Maybe...Maybe it doesn't extend beyond the Castle itself.

[She sounds almost hopeful.]

Re: oh dear XD

[silentrunning]

[She's sniffling like mad.]

I don't know what's wrong... But this cake. It looks so saaaaaaad!

[silentrunning]

I wish I had a shell too. Then I could paint it black.

[Too bad she doesn't know about the Stones.]

[heliotroping]

[uhhhh uhhhh uhhhhhh]

Maybe it's sad because people keep eating it...?

[eat_me_beat_me]

Uuuuuh Okay.

[WOW that sounds totally and completely fucked up on many many levels. She's going to have to tell Mark that eating the cake is a giant N.O.P.E.]

Just... be careful, okay? And if you get too depressed you come here. I mean it! Give me a shout tomorrow to let me know if you're back to normal.

I'm laughing so hard right now...

[silentrunning]

I'm sorry little cake. I won't eat any more of youuuuu!

[The sniffles are an all-out howl now..Or as much of a howl as a girl who doesn't speak aloud much can do.]

I do what I can

[heliotroping]

I--I--I--I'm sure it's happy now that its feelings have reached you! D--Don't cry...!

[forsometimenow]

Or something to help you blend into the background.

[silentrunning]

[Chell nods though due to journal it wouldn't be seen...]

YES! YES! That would be nice.

Re: I do what I can

[silentrunning]

[She stops crying. You are saved! For now...]

Y-you think so?

[heliotroping]

Y--Yeah!

[forsometimenow]

Instant camoflage. Of course, I'm not sure that would stop the castle from doing things to you, anyway.