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[wizard_redfive]

[The journal picks up a scratching sound, a little like a cat, if its claws were made of metal. Soon a mechanical voice starts to speak, quiet and dry with dread.]

Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh oh.

[Then Dairine's voice can be heard, getting progressively louder as she approaches the journal.]

Spot? What are you doing with my-?

Uh oh.

[Dairine freezes.]

Ohhh boy... That can't be a good sign.

((Regular type is Dairine. Code is her Wizard Manual, Spot.))

Comments

[radiantwingedone]

Regardless of whether it is the castles doing or not, the castle itself has severely impaired my ability to tell. [ The castle took his sight, he's just a bit pissed about that still. ] While other residents, or those that are being constantly filtered away from, it can also be said the castle is the root - it brought those here, didn't it? Except for whatever it is that 'collectors' references.

[ There's a clicking sound as he just.. shuts his mouth a little harder than necessary. He could go on, but... Being a grumpy old man also doesn't do anything. ]

[wizard_redfive]

[Spot gives the journal a dry look. Really? He intentionally didn't use any blind references, and this is the response he gets? The manual scuttles off, leaving Dairine with the journal.]

Aah, Spot left. I think you frustrated him.

Maybe, maybe not. While it does seem true that the castle causes most of our troubles, Spot does bring up a good point. There are other castles besides Paradisa, and that's not even taking into account the people who were around before the castles were formed. We still don't know what's become of them.

That's not even including the various beings that can normally travel between worlds. Who knows? Maybe some could get through without the castle's permission.

[radiantwingedone]

I tend to do that. [ Frustrate people. Sometimes its on purpose. ] .... It wasn't intentional, if it helps.

... Although my experience would lead me to a response that would likely cause more arguing at this point. [ If it isn't this particular castle, then its People - humans. ] I have none with things that traverse worlds - the only thing that came to ours was something born of it.

[wizard_redfive]

That's nice to hear, though I doubt he'll come back out. He's usually pretty shy around other people.

It is admittedly more common for troubles to come from more local causes, with the exception of the Lone One, of course. [But That is a tricky subject when it comes to Its location. Or anything else about It.] But considering the Collectors that recently dropped by, it wouldn't surprise me if the local worldwalls were thinning, which would make us susceptible to even more unwanted visitors.

[radiantwingedone]

It is perhaps unsurprising to you that I have no idea what this 'Lone One' is, nor the idea of 'worldwalls', local or not.

[wizard_redfive]

A little. I'm fairly sure you've heard of the Lone One, though you might not have realized it. Most people have. That Power has a nasty habit of sneaking into folk lore and different religious tales.

Worldwalls are basically what they sound like: invisible walls that separate different versions of a location. It's not to difficult to grasp if you have an idea of parallel worlds or the multiverse. Have you hear of those?

[radiantwingedone]

... Then there is perhaps a problem in that there is no 'religion'.

[ There is silence, and Duke can't think of more to explain quickly. ]

The idea of branching paths - a choice made could have been made differently, and alter everything - is vaguely familiar. As is the notion of 'Fate', that one can do anything and still end up with the same results down the line, or something that draws people together.

[ Distasteful, at the second agreement. ]