dictated;

[rightchoices]

[ Lee's voice is thoughtful, almost distracted. There's a tap, tap, tap nearby, the sound of his pencil thumping against his desk. ]

If we haven't met before: I'm Lee. Been here for a while, now, but I haven't done so well in the meeting people department. [ It's hard, sometimes, seeing what he's seen - knowing how easy it is to have those bonds sliced apart. ] So I'm asking here: who are you? Tell me about yourself. If you feel like it, I mean.

[ Call it a clumsy attempt to expand his social circle. He's been here far, far too long to have so few ties here. ]

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[patheticvillain]

Cassel. Seventeen. I like long walks on the beach, vodka and Campari, and getting caught in the rain.

[rightchoices]

[ To himself: ] That's a song I haven't heard in a while.

[ Okay, he's somewhere between vaguely incredulous and amused here. ]

Vodka and Campari, huh? Stuck to beer when I was your age, but I guess that's all we could get our hands on.

[handwritten]

[fearbringer]

Is this really supposed to be directed at everyone?

[handwritten]

[rightchoices]

[ His handwriting is compact, but tidy. ]

To whoever feels like answering, yeah.

audio;

[reiks]

It seems more akin to conducting a survey than meeting new friends.

audio; so sorry about the delay! wasn't expecting to go awol this weekend

[rightchoices]

Gotta start somewhere, right?

[ HE KNOWS GOD this is so awkward, this journal thing is still so unwieldy to him. ]

dictated;

[toyboat]

[From the journal comes a small girl's voice, almost shy, with a very proper English accent. She's never used the journal this way, but she wants to, wants to watch it write her words down on its own.]

I'm Jenny. I sailed a ship once, for a little bit.

dictated; so sorry about the delay! wasn't expecting to go awol this weekend

[rightchoices]

[ Lee's tone was hardly rough to begin with, but it's noticeably gentler when he responds to her. ]

Is that right? And what sort of boat was that?

Dictated

[indirectcause]

[Oh god this is embarrassing. Not that's he's done much better, mind you, but as the teenager of the group, he feels he has a right to be embarrassed by this.]

I guess that could have been worse.

Dictated - so sorry about the delay! wasn't expecting to go awol this weekend

[rightchoices]

Ben.

[ Lee's tone would be warning if it weren't sort of embarrassed. ]

[dog_eat_dog]

[Tess is entertained. Lee may be her age chronologically, but he's a hell of a lot older when it comes to social media.]

Is this Facebook?

so sorry about the delay! wasn't expecting to go awol this weekend

[rightchoices]

[ THE EMBARRASSMENT NEVER STOPS. ]

Might as well be.

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[themuse]

[Kate can't help but be slightly amused. But Lee had seemed nice and, much to her own chagrin, she was trapped here for a while. It wouldn't hurt to make some more connections.]

We've already met, so I don't know how much I'll help with your experiment.

dictated; so sorry about the delay! wasn't expecting to go awol this weekend

[rightchoices]

[ He is an embarrassment to himself and others. There's a pause, before he speaks with a markedly apologetic inflection: ]

Have we? Sorry - can't say I recognize the voice.

dictated

[rapscalliongirl]

I'm Razol and I'm a soldier serving the Reim Empire! Hello!

dictated - so sorry about the delay! wasn't expecting to go awol this weekend

[rightchoices]

You sound awfully cheerful for a soldier.

[ It's not judgmental in the least. Curious, maybe. ]

dictated; (aka, belatedly slamming into this with everyone I have, hi)

[lord_wizard]

[How awkwardly charming in a way. But hey, he likes knowing people too, so...]

Felix Harrowgate. Former wizard of the Curia and resident of the castle going on three years now. We've spoken, but not been formally introduced, I believe.

dictated; wonderful!! hi there

[rightchoices]

[ What a perfect way to sum Lee up. ]

Voice sounds familiar, at least. Curia?

dictated;

[both_neither]

Name's Gren. Resident sometimes-DJ, I guess. What would you like to know?

dictated;

[rightchoices]

DJ? [ That's apparently interesting enough for him. ] You throw a lot of parties?

dictated;

[freeslider]

[There's a slight laugh, more of vague amusement than mocking]

Well, I guess that's one way to do it.

dictated;

[rightchoices]

[ Hey, at least he's got that going for him. :') ]

You got any other suggestions otherwise for me?

voice;

[wishmadeinfire]

That is a bit of an open-ended question.

Are you sure you are ready to believe what you hear? This is a place of many worlds, after all.

voice;

[rightchoices]

What good's it gonna do someone to lie to me? Already seen a lot of things I can barely believe here.

voice;

[peacockherald]

_{[ He laughs softly, hearing this. ]}

My, that is quite direct isn't it? But it's refreshing too.

How about the basics first? My name is Vanyel Ashkevron, from Valdemar.

voice;

[rightchoices]

[ everyone is laughing at him -- he's become that awkward old dad :| ]

Can't say I've heard of the place. But I'm from Georgia.

(Dictated)

[tylendel]

I'm Tylendel Frelennye - a Mage who failed at being a Herald. So I suppose I'm just a Mage now. (Though he does have skills with a sword and far too much honor for his own good.) I was a noble before I entered the Collegium to become a Herald, but I've left that life far behind.

(Dictated)

[rightchoices]

[ Huh. None of that makes much sense to him at all, but he's able to follow the gist, at least. ]

Mind filling me in on what a Herald does?