001 Encryptions broken - introduction, written with accidental dictation-

[peggy_carter]

[The words flow in a neat hand written script, precise but a little flourished and looking old fashioned to anyone of modern Earth eras.]

As I gather it, this place is called Paradisa. That is, both the castle itself and the world around it. I see others writing in this journal and I thought that-

[There was a sharp sound and the book snapped shut quickly.]

Blast, what page was that? Oh yes, here.

[The writing resumed.]

I am seeking information on this place, and how to get out of it. Please respond to Peggy Carter through, well I suppose through this.

[There was a long silence and soft murmuring and seeming approval, then a hastily added,]

Thank you.


(OOC: The arrival is before the Florence event.)

Comments

Dictated forever

[onlyanapple]

There is no getting out, Peggy Carter.

written

[peggy_carter]

You can talk?

[onlyanapple]

Oh, yes. I'm a very special sort of book.

written till otherwise

[peggy_carter]

So it would appear. What else can you tell me about this place?

[onlyanapple]

What, precisely, would you like to know, newcomer?

[peggy_carter]

Anything, everything. Is everyone here really trapped?

[onlyanapple]

Absolutely. Some have started to make for the outside now, but they're trapped in this world, regardless.

[peggy_carter]

So even if you leave, you can't leave?

[onlyanapple]

You've got it in one.

Dictated

[lightbranded]

[The response comes quickly, in the voice of a young british boy.]

How do you do, Ms. Carter? My name is Will Stanton.

There is rather a lot of information on this place for the having. The question of how to leave is a bit more complicated, I'm afraid.

Written

[peggy_carter]

So you people speak through the pages of this book?

Presently I have to say I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Please tell me more about this place.

Written

[lightbranded]

We do, yes. The journals can be spoken through, like a telephone. Or they can be written or drawn in. Its a rather useful piece of magic, I think.

Most people are a bit overwhelmed when they arrive, I would think. Its a rather complicated kind of place.

The name of this place is Paradisa. It is located in a world that exists between other worlds, somehow. Or so we guess by the way it seems to draw in people from other worlds. It does seems to have a mind of its own in some way.

Written

[peggy_carter]

This book can also function like a radio?

[That took a moment to absorb and she leaned down to tentatively speak, slightly overly loudly, into the pages.]

Can you hear me? I would like to know more about this place, you say people are drawn here, for no reason? No one knows how to get back to our proper place?

[Voice]

[lightbranded]

Something like that, yes. But it isn't necessary to speak so loud. It picks it up from normal speaking.

No one that I know of. I have been here for more than a year, but it seems that people only return home when the castle itself wishes to release them

[Voice] to end

[peggy_carter]

Oh, I see.

[She leaned back and spoke in a more level conversational tone.]

So we are, in effect, prisoners here.

[lightbranded]

Prisoners or guests. Its much the same, really. We cannot leave.

[peggy_carter]

I don't think of guests as not having an option. So, we are here and there is no way to force ourselves home. This is a whim of someone or something?

Dictated

[wizard_redfive]

Welcome to Paradisa, Peggy Carter. I have plenty of information about this place but less about getting away.

Unless you'd like to only get away from the castle. That's slightly easier, but it won't bring you back home.

written

[peggy_carter]

It seems everyone talk through this book, it must be some kind of communication device. But how it works I can't fathom.

Paradisa? Is that where I am?

Dictated

[wizard_redfive]

The journal is magical in a couple of ways. Talking just seems more convenient.

Yes, it is. Cair Paradisa to be exact if you're near the castle, though as far as we know the rest of the world is also called Paradisa.

[dictated]

[peggy_carter]

Like this?

[She was getting the hang of it now.]

So a castle in a world of the same name. But this is not, I take it, Earth.

Dictated

[wizard_redfive]

You got it.

Nope, not even close. This is a different planet entirely.

Dictated

[peggy_carter]

A different planet? I think I may need to sit down for this.

Dictated

[wizard_redfive]

If that's all it takes to shock you, yeah, it'd probably be a good idea.

Things will only get more crazy from here.

Dictated

[peggy_carter]

It didn't shock you? I understand that Earth is far from being alone in the universe but to actually be elsewhere, yes it's a bit of an adjustment.

How much more crazy is it likely to get?