three

[scoring]

[ written, sometime in the late evening. any of her friends from home might recognise her handwriting from all those times borrowing her notes - she's looking at you, yosuke-kun - but otherwise it'll just look like some very nice, elegant script.

in the real world, yukiko is on a bench along the path of the castle, journal in her lap while she watches the sun set. there's a lot to consider- the place has a bodacious library and a couple of people who she cares about deeply. but on the other hand: a prison is a prison.

just like the cage her shadow was in. just like the cage her bird escaped from.

one tiny sigh can be heard before she puts pen to paper. there's one question on her mind, and one question only, now that many lucid weeks here have confirmed it as very much not a dream. ]

Is it really safe to make a home for yourself here?

Comments

[save_the_souls]

[a pause as he considers, before carefully answering...]

Perhaps not...but then again, if you think about it...lots of places aren't safe to make homes, right?

[spinstrikes]

[he'll write back! Mostly out of amusement, enjoy that chicken scratch Yukiko]

No. Didn't anyone else fill you in on all the weird things the castle does? No way it's going to stay like this for much longer.

[mouthiness]

No, but you'll end up doing it anyway.

[cheerupemoborg]

Of course not.

However, there's not much choice in the matter.

[pacificate]

Safety, at the very least, seems assured.

[her_mouse_jesty]

I think it depends by what you think a 'home' is.

[caligulas_aquarium]

yknoww if i wwasnt convvinced youre neww before
i wwould be noww

[Not that he can talk; he's only been here since December, which is pitiful compared to a lot of the older residents.]

the answwer is no

[payback]

It's not safe to make a home for yourself anywhere. Everywhere is transient, it's just more obvious here.