First Move

[grandmasterbalagan]

[When Arkady blinks, instead of being in his room, he's in a cheap, unworthy room. He makes a noise of surprise before scrambling up from the bed. When he speaks, he speaks with a Russian accent.]

What is the meaning of this? Hugo!

[He grabs up the journal beside him, inspecting it closely.]

Is this some sort of joke?

[The journal transcribes what he's saying and he gasps in surprise.

What if this is Hugo trying to kick him out. He imagines Hugo knocking him out, dragging him to this place, coming up with a device that transcribes...]

No, no, no. Hugo is not that smart.

[Perhaps Sam is playing a joke on him. He'd be smart enough to come up with some sort of new age device like this...]

Sam respects me too much.

[Finally, he thinks of the man Pippa claimed was at fault for Rosemary's murder. They would probably have the money to have a device like this, have the manpower to knock him out and kidnap him without anyone noticing. He's getting angry, so he grabs the journal and heads out the door to explore, in his pajamas and a bathrobe and barefoot.]

If you are kidnapping me, you are not very smart. You left the door open. I would like to speak with whoever is in charge so I can throttle him.

[ooc: Open over the journal or in person! Feel free to say you found him anywhere except outside.]

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[deductiongeek]

[Conan routinely made trips to all the public areas of the castle to keep track of everything that was happening in the castle. For a detective, there were more than enough clues in this to develop a good idea of what had been happening. Even apart from what he could tell from observation, he'd found that many adults were willing to speak about things around a child, even if they were not willing to reveal that information to other adults.

After all, how much could a child understand?

And that was an assumption that Conan was in no hurry to change.

And that is why Conan walks into the kitchen. It was almost surprising how often people could be found here. It seemed that there was at least one person here every time he checked.

And true to form, he immediately spots the man in the kitchen. Conan immediately looks over him, making some rapid observations and conclusions as he does so. Then he deliberately widens his eyes and makes his movements childish as he walks into the room.]

Hello! Are you new here?

[grandmasterbalagan]

[Arkady was looking around, opening drawers and things to try and find anything to help him figure out where he is.]

Ah! Little boy. I would be most grateful if you would tell me where I am.

[...His tone is a little condescending. Sorry, Conan.]

[deductiongeek]

The name of this castle is Paradisa. And if you're as recent as an arrival as I am guessing, then you won't believe much of what I could tell you.

[Great. Condescension. Conan's favorite part of dealing with adults.]

[mal_addict]

I think it leaves the door open as some kind of illusion that you're free to go when in fact you're not.

[grandmasterbalagan]

[...That peaks his curiosity.] ...'It?'

[mal_addict]

Yes. It.

The castle. [Pause. Wow she sucks at the welcome committee ] So yeah. You've been kidnapped by a sentient castle.

Congratulations?

[radiantwingedone]

If you can do that, I would find someone to pay to describe it for me.

[kethedammit]

[Man, it's been a while since Mildmay's talked to someone from the Merrows. He kinda missed 'em.]

Ain't what you think. Some grade A hocus shit, though.