♈ Aradia: Go up. [written / open for action also]

[psych0p0mps]

[The time is close to sunset. The place: Tokyo Tower. Thanks to her fancy credit card, Aradia managed to get to the upper observation deck before it closes for the night. It boggles the mind how crowded it is, though. She decides to write an entry rather than try to talk over all the other tourists.]

[filtered to people who have lived in paradisa for two or more earth years]

i dont know whats a good way to put this so i guess ill just be as frank as possible
lately ive been feeling sort of burned out
like i still hate all the castles stupid bullshit but when something in particular happens i cant get myself particularly excited or angry about it
its been more like a haze of constant annoyance
i mean heck a couple days ago i woke up a different species and i didnt even care
so i suppose what im getting at is
if you can read this youve all been here at least as long as i have
have you ever experienced similar ennui
and if so how do you make it go away

[... on a whim, she adds another filter.]

[rin asano]

i dont know if youre even going to get this message wherever youre at
but if you do uh
hi
how are things

[unfiltered]

ok so i glanced at a copy of the nostos map and it doesnt look like tokyo is marked anywhere
so either were not on the same continent or its just not marked
really we could be anywhere

anyway i went up to the top of the big red tower but i couldnt see any landmarks i recognized
the city pretty much goes to the horizon every way you look
i hope this update was as unhelpful for you as it was for me :I

...
the view isnt bad though with all the lights coming on
pretty impressive actually
if you dont have anything better to do some night it might be worth a look
anyway yeah i think ill just stay here till they kick me out
then i dont know what
maybe shopping
heh ignore me im just talking to myself

((ooc: open for action at or near Tokyo Tower! feel free to run into her. she looks like this, jsyk.))

Comments

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[encryptedlock]

Well, as for me, I get excited about having delivery food. There's not one decent delivery place near the castle.

[psych0p0mps]

does that really count
the castle basically delivers anyway

[encryptedlock]

It totally counts. I mean, think about it. Anything you ask from the castle is basically the best of its kind. Or, in other words, boring. With real delivery food, made by real people, you get this huge jump in quality. What if the pizza's too cold? What if they put bell peppers on it instead of mushrooms? What if you accidentally get three orders of breadsticks when you ordered two?

I miss the surprise. I miss the variability. And I miss having only a limited amount of options so you have to make important decisions like whether or order Chinese that will get here in ten minutes or subs that will get here in five.

[psych0p0mps]

so ...
you recommend adding some randomness to an otherwise mundane routine
even if that randomness causes minor inconveniences like having to heat up your pizza or pick off the bell peppers
is that right?

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[mal_addict]

I get that feeling a lot. Sometimes, I just wish it would give up and send me home.

[psych0p0mps]

it really does suck :T
is there anything you normally do to make it more bearable though

[mal_addict]

Talk to people. Find someone that matters to you, and cling to them. Hope the castle never takes them away.

[Like it has to so many people for her]

[psych0p0mps]

and when it does
try not to forget them

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[lord_wizard]

I believe I would count myself fortunate to reach that middle ground.

[psych0p0mps]

its always one extreme or another huh

[lord_wizard]

It seems that way. Either I am content or ready to claw my way through the walls. Figuratively speaking.

[psych0p0mps]

heh ive done that literally at least once
it didnt really make much difference :p

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[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara was taking videos of the inside of the Tokyo Tower, with her journal sticking out of her cargo pants' side pocket. She tries to blend in, but with her video camera, she kinda doesn't]

[psych0p0mps]

[Yeah, it's weird, but not because of the camera - it's all tourists up here and a lot of them have cameras of some sort. Lara is, however, the only person filming into the tower. Aradia watches her for a moment before pointing toward the windows and speaking up.]

The windows are behind you, you know.

[lara_the_explorer]

I'm aware. But I've seen a lot of pictures of Tokyo's skyline from inside the Tower. The inside of the tower looks very different in my time, more than the city outside. [Besides taking pictures and videos of the outside is sooo mainstream]

[psych0p0mps]

[u crazy hipster. the phrase "in my time" tips her off, though, and she hops off whatever she was sitting on to approach.]

You're from the castle, then?

[anytime]

so the implication then is
this is actually earth
huh

[psych0p0mps]

what
no thats not the implication at all
were still on the same planet as before

[anytime]

ok then its just a super elaborate facsimile
for some reason
somehow that makes even less sense
whats up with that

[psych0p0mps]

i dont know
for some reason there are these replicas of various locales from earth and other planets scattered across the continent
and every so often the castle sees fit to send us to them
in fact sometimes when people disappear from the castle its not because theyve returned to their universe of origin
theyve been sent to one of these locales instead
with their memories altered accordingly so they believe theyve always lived there and also that its the real deal
its entirely possible that everyone here was a resident of one of the castles at some point and they just dont remember

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[fluthlu]

I understand very well the feeling you described, but I've yet to find a way to diminish it.
Rapid-fire peril quickly loses its luster, and I fear there is nothing the castle could threaten that would keep me on my toes.
In turn I've found myself feeling rather stale and restless, as of late.

[psych0p0mps]

you too huh
well
york suggested doing random stuff to keep things interesting
how are you at random stuff

[fluthlu]

Positively dreadful.
All of my day's activities are planned weeks in advance.
I am tragically allergic to spontaneity.

[hard_talker]

Honestly, I'm about in the same boat. Mostly, I'm just glad nothin's trying to kill us this time. Bein' dinosaur-free is a pretty sweet perk.

[psych0p0mps]

yeah i cant argue with that :T
but itd be nice if we could just quit being jerked around altogether