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[littlesoul]

[She's perched on the highest spot she can find in the lobby, her journal clutched against her chest. This isn't anything like she's used to, nothing feels familiar. Her heart is beating hard in her chest and her hands want to start shaking.

Her mind is racing, filled with the thoughts of so many people around her. The night before, she had achieved some kind of calm, she remembered that, but now, with this new, strange turn of events, she's falling again, lost amidst the sea of thoughts around her.

She scribbles in her journal at a feverish pace, the words small and pushed together as she tries to hold back panic.]

Lost.

Lost, lost, lost, lost.

Fell into the black and landed here. Fell and fell and fell until I hit the ground. I can't remember how to get back, too lost to see clearly.

Can someone pick her up again? Can someone put her back where she belongs?

Too loud.

Can't go high enough, can't find a way out, can't find anything that I want.

Ship, she needs a ship again. She needs the sky.

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it''s a shame you can't hear the noise I just made.

[littlesoul]

Fell out of the sky and into another. This isn't what I asked for.

[The words are frantic and scared, the script tight and small and messy at once.]

Jim has that effect on people.

[jimfromit]

[Suspicions are starting to arise...could it be?]

Nobody ever asks for them River...falls are something life just give us.

Like little presents just waiting to be unwrapped. :-)

I'm ot surrpised in the least.

[littlesoul]

[Her heart beats faster as she reads the words, her mind racing not only because of the noise around her but because of him, this stranger who knows her name. Should she know him? Is he someone she forgot?]

Are you a present? Do I open you yet?

[jimfromit]

[The fact she didn't deny that's her name is all the conformation he needs.

He liked talking to River. A conversation with her was never dull....like trying to solve a rubix cube that talked back to you.]

Only the special boys and girls get to open me.

None of this feels familiar to you does it?

[littlesoul]

No.

[There's a pause before she starts writing again, the words careful,, though curious all the same. At least that's how she sees them[

It gets dark in boxes, don't you want to come out?

[jimfromit]

Is that an invitation?

[Be careful what you wish for River...he likes you but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be wary of him]

[littlesoul]

She considers the question for a long moment, uncertain of how she wants to answer.

She tries to feel him out, curious if she can track his mind amidst the loudness of the castle itself. Only glimpses come to her, flashes that make it hard to tell whether it's really him or not and she can't focus in enough to get more details

She knows enough though, enough that she next words are probably pushing her luck]

It's a challenge.

[jimfromit]

Oh I like those.

But not just yet honey. I've only recently peaked out from my box to ruffle a few feathers.

I'm rather like the good silverware....I only come out for special occasions.

[littlesoul]

Boring.

But you're anything but.

...Selective.

[jimfromit]

Correct :-)

Others would call me picky...but boo to them.

[littlesoul]

Just don't want to be bored, don't want to waste your time with the mundane.

[jimfromit]

I see your gift still works...that's a relief.

[littlesoul]

It doesn't stop, never stops. Everything is always there, waiting at the edges.

[jimfromit]

Lots of things are like that dear.

[Like his constant boredom...or his madness.]

[littlesoul]

I know.

]She's aware of both, can sense them scratching at the corners but it doesn't scare her. It's...interesting in it's own way. Unnerving maybe, but interesting]

Find e when you want to come out of the box. We can play a game.

[jimfromit]

[Oh he’s tempted...so very tempted.

He feels giddy at somebody he actually likes mentioning games but it doesn't show in his words.]

You'll be the first person I call...scouts honour.

I'll even bring tea. :-)

[littlesoul]

Promises, promises.

I'll hold you to it.

[jimfromit]

Yippee :-)