Chapter One

[thebestseller]

So is it sad that my first thought upon arriving in a castle is that, hey, I'm in one and my name IS Castle? Yeah, I thought so. Yo, we heard you like castles, so here's a Castle inside your castle. Of course, I'm not sure if anybody is actually seeing this, I'm just copying other people whom I've seen writing in their journals as they walk along. Monkey see, monkey do.

Comments

[Dictated]

[deductiongeek]

[...That was a really terrible joke. Is this guy serious?]

We can all see this. The journals are how most people communicate here.

[Dictated]

[thebestseller]

And it talks, too! This is like a low-tech phone.

dictated;

[panicswitched]

So if somebody walked off a cliff while writing in their journals, you'd do it, too?

dictated;

[thebestseller]

I have a bit more sense than that.

[Dictated]

[deductiongeek]

Not really. It is capable of more than some phones. For example, anything that you write or mark the pages with will be replicated on the pages of every other journal in the castle. But it isn't capable of video or capturing images or saving contact information or any of the other things most modern phones can do.

dictated;

[panicswitched]

You just said "Monkey see, monkey do." So I guess you didn't really mean that, did you?

Or is there something I'm missing about the monkey part?

[ why do people let her out? ]

[theabjectauthor]

Several people are, in fact, seeing it, Mr. Castle - and I, Lemony Snicket, am one of them. ... Hello.

Written

[jimfromit]

Do you make a habit of writing down every thought that enters your head?

[Dictated]

[thebestseller]

And I assume everyone has one? Since I distinctly remember not having a notebook on my person before coming here... that's a useful feature.

Ah, well, I suppose I can't have everything. It will still provide hours of entertainment, I'm sure.

dictated;

[thebestseller]

I wasn't being literal, of course.

[thebestseller]

When the mood strikes me, certainly.

[thebestseller]

Indeed, this is a wonderful magic journal. I'd like to say "now I've seen everything" but that is just asking for trouble.

[whistles_the_blues]

Welcome to the castle... Castle.

[majestic_leader]

Throw in a few members of Fireteam Castle and we'd be all set.

[Laughing, because DeMarco can appreciate a good joke.]

Re: [Dictated]

[deductiongeek]

Everyone the castle brings here finds one.

It's useful for keeping track of what is happening in the castle!

dictated

[kungfuwitch]

A Castle in a castle, huh? Yeah that's a new one on me.

[truestsciences]

that is the wworst fuckin joke ivve heard in a long wwhile
congratulations

[luxe_can_kill]

A newcomer. Welcome. My name is Mitsuru Kirijo. If you need to know anything about the castle, perhaps I could be of assistance. [She didn't care for the joke or his last name, she's got no sense of humor]

[spongetastic]

I hope we won't get the two of you confused.

[thebestseller]

Shouldn't be too hard, since I'm a human being, after all.

[thebestseller]

Thanks much. I suppose for starters, I'd ask how I got here, since I don't remember being anywhere near any castles, seeing as how I live in New York City and all.

[thebestseller]

Thank you, thank you.

[thebestseller]

I do have a first name, but yes, everyone calls me Castle, and I ended up in an actual one. Very amusing.

[spongetastic]

Well, that's one mystery solved. You know not all of us are human here.

[thebestseller]

I'm not sure what Fireteam Castle is, but it sounds pretty cool.