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[encryptedlock]

[Unusually for York, this entry is written.]

Things I've Learned in Four Years

1. Season changes typically occur over the space of a day, or at most one week.

2. Becoming a different age has surpassed becoming a cat as the most common loss.

3. We're probably due for another room rearrangement within six months. This timeframe also holds for a world change in which most non-humans get turned human.

4. People are often surprised at the existence of the Dead Zone, the Danger Room, the hot springs, the archery range, and other locations listed on the maps you can find in the library.

5. Earth residents compared to non-Earth residents is about 7:1 at any given time.

6. There's still no food delivery service to the castle from town. Someone should fix this.

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[ol_northy]

1. I'm ready for summer.

2. Turning into a cat is disconcerting.

3. That's also disconcerting.

4. My own mistake. That's what I get for not going to the library.

5. Makes sense, I think.

6. Seconded.

Just checking in. Still in one piece; thanks again for the talk. Theta says hi.

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[encryptedlock]

Well, don't get too ahead of yourself. We gotta go through Spring first.

Good to hear you're doing all right, and Delta says hi back to Theta. You haven't been on a loss yet, have you?

:v

[ol_northy]

Two words for you: Beach volleyball.

No, I haven't. Not looking forward to it, either, but it's inevitable.

[encryptedlock]

Heck, we can have a beach twice a week if we like. Been to the Seasons Room?

They're not always bad. I mean, I'm almost used to being a panda by now.

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[ol_northy]

Been there, but the changing concept throws me off a little.

You've been a panda?

that's unfair

[encryptedlock]

I'll give you that it's weird. Still, if you really hate the snow....

Uh huh. Delta was a little red panda.

w/e

[ol_northy]

I don't hate it, I just like the beach better. Why doesn't this place have sports leagues, anyway?

Now I'm imagining Theta as a hamster and that's really hilarious.

[encryptedlock]

Too many people coming and going without warning. Keeping up a team would be a nightmare. That said, DeMarco at least knows what Grifball is, so we could always grab some other people for a game.

[York snickers.] Not gonna lie, that'd be damn cute.

[whichwayyoulean]

...Room rearrangement? [Is that a touch of panic in his voice?]

[encryptedlock]

Yep. Sometimes it adds towers, takes away towers and smashes everyone into floors, things like that.

[luxe_can_kill]

A delivery service? Couldn't you just wish for the ingredients and make it yourself at the kitchen? [She's a fan of hard work, it seems]

[encryptedlock]

Well, sure, and I've been doing that for four years now. You can even just wish up the whole meal. But it's really not the same.

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[i_got_this]

so, you're back?

[Dude she drama'ed all over the place. Sorry about that. Except not.]

[whichwayyoulean]

[His horror is only growing. That makes hermiting here even harder]

It...it takes towers away? And what happens to the people living in the towers?

[hard_talker]

Useful shit, man, thanks. ... and yeah, I hear you about the delivery. Especially if the bowling alley could send up a dude with poutine at all hours of the night.

[encryptedlock]

They get to live on a floor with everyone else. And use elevators instead of stairs all the time.

[Really, it's not that bad. York's lived in both.

Then again, despite his recent hermitage, he really does like people.]

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[encryptedlock]

Yeah. I needed some time.

[No apologies, but, well. He probably could have stood to come back sooner.]

[encryptedlock]

Now I don't know about that. Wouldn't the gravy soak into the fries too much?

[...only now he wants some poutine.]

[dontpatr0nizeme]

2. I think I'd prefer being old to repeating an animal loss again, York. I was almost eaten by a cat. Remember?

3. You're probably right. We're due a change.

6. Yes. Someone really needs to. Castle food and our cooking is no substitute.

Glad to have you back, York. Missed you being around.

[kid_apocalypse]

Yeah, I didn't know about the Danger Room until someone told me about it. It's a thing from my world, so it was kinda nice to know that it's here.

[ol_northy]

Grifball. It's been years since I played that.

[luxe_can_kill]

I see. I suppose the townsfolk are non-negotiable about this, they seem to avoid the castle from what I know.

[whichwayyoulean]

[For the Once-ler, this is the Worst Possible Thing. Sure, he LIKES people, but he has his own reasons for cutting himself off from them and this meddles with those plans]

Great! Just fantastic. Y'know, just when I thought this place couldn't get any more creepy and inconsiderate, SURPRISE! It manages it.

[both_neither]

Hm. Do you think people would pay for that kind of thing? I mean, I live in town anyway, it'd be a great way to make extra cash...

[encryptedlock]

I know, right? Nobody else here even has any idea what it is.