Dictated

[lightbranded]

 Sometimes, I think it is too quiet here.

[The opening of the art gallery had gotten Will to start thinking about his brother Max, who was away at art school. And from there Will had started to think about his other siblings. Stephen, away in the Merchant Marines. The twins, Robin and Paul. Barbara and Gwen and Mary. James, only a year older than Will.

He missed them all desperately.]

Comments

[whistles_the_blues]

You'd rather more dinosaurs and space ships?

[lightbranded]

In between, I mean. When we are all at the castle. It simply seems quiet to me.

[whistles_the_blues]

[It's not something that really bothered, as he preferred to keep to himself.]

Fair enough. Well, what would you like to see people doing?

[lightbranded]

I don't know if its anything I want the people here to do. I just...

It feels empty here, even with so many people living in the castle.

[whistles_the_blues]

Well suggesting something may be the first step to getting people to do something, which may make things seem a bit less empty.

In theory at least.

[theabjectauthor]

The world is quiet here ... [Lemony's happy to admit it, of course, what with that being the Secret VFD Motto ... but his voice is subdued, today. losing Violet was a hard blow]

[lightbranded]

Even with so many people living here, it feels so quiet and empty sometimes.

[theabjectauthor]

It does, yes ... though there are many ways to make silence seem less ominous and imposing. Would you care for company, Will? I've a deck of cards - we could perhaps play cribbage?

[lightbranded]

I would, yes.

[Some happiness is coming back into his voice,]

It has been a long time since I've played cribbage.

[theabjectauthor]

Then I shall bring my cards and board. [there's a little smile in his voice, as well - companionship and friendly competition are always a balm to loneliness, no matter how deep the wound may run] Where would you like to meet?

[is_mafia]

...I know what you mean.

[He missed his family, as well as his job. Even if things had gone south, it still kept him busy, and he still liked to think he was making some sort of difference. There wasn't a dull moment at home. But when the castle wasn't doing anything drastic, the days seemed to drag and run into one another.]

[lightbranded]

You think it is quiet too?

[is_mafia]

Day to day, yes. I'm so used to being busy and having work to do, that the quiet days here seem to blend together.

...Except when the castle decides to play its tricks.

[lightbranded]

Yes, that is very much like what I have been thinking.

Those days with the castle's tricks are awful. But in between...

I think that I would give a great deal to have something to work on.

[inafadingcrown]

I think, perhaps, it is a mark of my age that I am grateful for the quiet. [She's kidding, of course. She's well aware that that's not likely the sort of quiet he's talking about.]

[lightbranded]

Surely not so old as all that.

[He was quietly grateful for her response, all the same.]

I think it is because it is so unlike home. In my home, there was nowhere you could go that you could not hear the presence of others. It always felt full of people, even when I was alone.

[inafadingcrown]

Full of life. [The smile comes through in her voice] You have a great many siblings, do you not? I did not have so many, but I had cousins also and we all lived near to one another, at least when I was young. I remember what it is like.

[lightbranded]

Quite a few, yes. Five brothers and three sisters. Home was always filled with noise.

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[i_demand_euphoria]

The word you're looking for it boring.

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[lightbranded]

[Will considers this seriously.]

No, I do not think I could call this place boring.

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[i_demand_euphoria]

That's what quiet typically means.

The dinosaurs weren't boring though.

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[lightbranded]

No, they were not.

[Will agrees with this in a mild voice.]

Rather the opposite of boring.

But I am not thinking of excitement. I am thinking of how this castle feels.

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[hatedbyfanboys]

... But we just had dinosaurs!

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[lightbranded]

[The boy's answer is mild.]

But that wasn't exactly here, was it? And it is not that kind of excitement I am speaking of. I am speaking more of the feel of this castle.

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[hatedbyfanboys]

Oh. ... Hn. Maybe someone could throw a party or something...? The fourth of July is coming up...