case #002 ☕ [dicated]

[themuse]

[Kate had tried. She had really tried to totally ignore the egg. She had ignored it when she'd woken up to find it had appeared on Castle's bed stand. She ignored it when he started poking it excitedly. She ignored it when she came into the room and found it sitting nestled between her pillow and some blankets. She ignored it so much, and with so much of her heart and soul, she was almost sure at some point she would blink and it would simply vanish.

Instead, it hatched.]

Hey. Hey! No, off the bed! Off the bed! What, you want to chew up the other pillow too? How about my shoes? You want one of those, too!

[It takes a moment for Kate to realize her journal is open. Mainly because the small direwolf puppy that hatched is now chewing on the corner, droplets of drool hitting the paper and she swats him to get him away.]

Castle! I swear... [She is going to strangle him. But since her journal is already open, she might as well take some advantage of it.] Does anyone have any... I don't know, dog food?

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[teenagebadboy]

[Maybe it's for the best because Aaron harbours a lot of distrust for cops.]

Cheers.

Yeah he is. I enjoy taking care of him and playing with him. He loves to play fetch.

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[themuse]

[ That is basically Kate's experience with, well, everyone. ]

What's his name?

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[teenagebadboy]

Clyde. He's a German Shepard. I got him cos his old owner was too old and fat to take him out walking.

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[themuse]

[ She smirks. ]

Well, I guess it's a good thing he found you, then.

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[teenagebadboy]

Yeah. [Smiles.] I'm glad to have him.

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[themuse]

Good.

[ Kate has to admit she is always impressed when she sees people find some kind of familiarity or happiness in this place, because she mostly hates it. ]

How long have you been here?

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[teenagebadboy]

I've been here for 9 months. How long have you been here?

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[themuse]

About a month. So I'm... Still getting used to it.

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[teenagebadboy]

Yeah, it's a strange place. It takes some time to get used to it.

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[themuse]

I'm not anywhere near getting used to it, actually. I can't even wrap my head around being here nine months.

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[teenagebadboy]

Me neither. Once you think you know what's going on something new happens.

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[themuse]

How've you managed it?

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[teenagebadboy]

I just deal with it. I don't like what's happening but there's not much I can do about it.

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[themuse]

Sounds about where I am. And I just keep hoping I'm going to wake up and realize this is some insane dream.

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[teenagebadboy]

Doesn't feel like a dream tho. I'm not going to ignore what seems to be reality.

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[themuse]

The longer I'm here, it feels less like a dream or some kind of crazy delusion. That doesn't mean I don't still want it to be, though.

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[teenagebadboy]

Yeah I don't know, But it's messing with your head.

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[themuse]

I get the impression that whoever brought us here wants that. It's not like living in an enchanted, living castle is any more insane than believing I may have just totally lost it.

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[teenagebadboy]

Good point. From what I've heard the castle feeds of our emotions. Guess nothing is as tasty as insanity.

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[themuse]

God, that's creepy. But I guess it's getting exactly what it wants.

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[teenagebadboy]

Uh huh. I don't know if it's true or just superstition. Honestly I don't care that much, I just want to get out of here.

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[themuse]

Yeah, I can't tell the difference between the two anymore either. But I know exactly what you mean.

I'm Kate.

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[teenagebadboy]

Yeah, this place can get anyone off their rockers. I'm Aaron.

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[themuse]

It's nice to meet you, Aaron.

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[teenagebadboy]

Same. So yeah should I bring that dog food over?