Chapter Seven [Dictated]

[thebestseller]

... I kinda asked for this to happen, didn't I.

Beckett, please, not a word. It will be over soon enough. Wait, I just jinxed myself. Forget I said that.

Really, though, it captures my essence.

[Temp loss time! Castle is being followed around by a cardboard cutout of himself. It has no special properties, it is just a plain cutout, but it is EVERYWHERE, even if he tries to ditch it. Oops. At least he's ruggedly handsome?]

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[deductiongeek]

[Don't mind the small child snickering over here. He's just enjoying the perfect distraction from being depressed over being trapped as a child again.]

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[thebestseller]

[Castle simply shakes his head at said small child.]

Sometimes it's hard being famous.

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[deductiongeek]

I can see that. [Still amused.]

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[thebestseller]

[Castle stops to admire the cutout, then shoves it behind him.]

I seem to have reached a milestone and have experienced my first temporary loss. Maybe I should have cake.

Dictated forever

[mal_addict]

[In what would probably be considered a very childish tone]

What did it do~?

Forever

[thebestseller]

There's a cardboard cutout of my very own ruggedly-handsome self following me around.

[mal_addict]

[This is the sound of laughter, Castle.

So much laughter]

Well, that#s taking narcissism to a whole new level.

[thebestseller]

He's carrying a book, so it's an incredibly gaudy way of letting people differentiate between me and my doppelganger, at least.

[quota]

[Kyubey notices this with suspicion. Looks unusual, to say the least, so see a man wandering around with a cardboard twin in tow. From his place up on top of a mantlepiece, he watches with pink eyes, unblinking.]

[thebestseller]

[Not noticing the pink eyes, Castle stops and turns to face his cardboard double, talking to himself since, hey, nobody else is there, right?]

Now, look, not that I don't appreciate the advertising, but it doesn't matter here. And Beckett's going to make fun of me. Everyone else will, too, come to that. So... what should I do with you?

[quota]

[Well, now, this looks like a bit of fun. Since Kyubey can only "speak" telepathically and straight into the individual's mind, at that, there's a good chance to be surprising.

Castle will hear in his head, in a small, cute voice:]

Don't you think everyone makes fun of you anyway?

[thebestseller]

[And that small, cute voice makes Castle jump, jerking his head around for the source of the noise... before spotting the creature.]

... Nah. Nah, it can't be. Who else is here?

[kungfuwitch]

[Phoebe was on her way to the kitchen. When she turns a corner and comes face to face with a cardboard cutout she shrieks in surprise, dropping her book]

[thebestseller]

Sorry! [Castle peers sheepishly around the edge of the cutout.]

This just... suddenly appeared and started following me around.

[kungfuwitch]

What... is that thing? [Phoebe hasn't placed Castle's voice just yet since she's still bewildered by that cardboard THING in her way] And it's just following you?!

[thebestseller]

It seems that the castle has kindly decided to advertise my books for me, yes. Turned around and there it was.

dictacted;

[hatedbyfanboys]

What happened? ... If you don't mind me asking.

[thebestseller]

Got a cardboard cutout of myself that appeared out of nowhere. And it follows me.

[hatedbyfanboys]

... You have really interesting things happen to you, you know that?

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[luxe_can_kill]

[Mitsuru was walking in the hallways, reading the report Zelos wrote about Paradisa. When she glanced in front of her, she saw Castle... with another Castle with him. The sight manages to startle Mitsuru]

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[thebestseller]

[Castle smirks in reply.]

No, you're not seeing double. This one's cardboard. [He flicks to demonstrate.]

[luxe_can_kill]

I see that. Any reason for the cutout?

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[not_nikkiheat]

[Kate can't help but laugh. Because seriously, it's the funniest thing she's seen since she came to Paradisa. She nudged Castle with her elbow, then gestures to the cutout.]

So is that thing going to watch us do everything?

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[thebestseller]

[Castle considers, then looks a little crestfallen at that.]

Oh... damn. I didn't even think about that. We could put a sheet over it...

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[not_nikkiheat]

That wouldn't be creepy at all. Also, it's a piece of cardboard that follows you around. You don't think it could pull a sheet off its head?