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]

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?

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[themuse]

Yeah, thanks. We're in room 210.

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[teenagebadboy]

[Aaron grabs a spare bag of dog food and makes his way over to room 210. He then knocks on the door and waits for an answer]

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[themuse]

[ Kate opens the door, and immediately is almost knocked over by a bounding direwolf puppy trying to fight through her legs to get to the new arrival. ]

Hey, hey, knock it off! [ Kate nudging him back with her food, offering Aaron an apologetic smile. ] Sorry, we haven't exactly gotten to the training point with him yet.

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[teenagebadboy]

[Aaron cracks a smile and looks down on the excited puppy.] It's all right. That's a puppy? He looks pretty big already.

[He then hands over the dog food.] So yeah I got the dog food. Clyde likes it so maybe your puppy will too.

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[themuse]

[ Kate takes the bag, balancing it with one arm while she tries her best to get a handle on the dog. ]

Yeah, he's a little on the big side. Castle named him Bones. [ She pulled the dog's collar back slightly. ] Uh, you wanna come in?

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[teenagebadboy]

Uh sure. [He steps into the room and places the dog food on a nearby bench.] Bones is a good name.

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[themuse]

I think he's more excited about all of this than I am. [ Kate grabbed one of the toys that Castle had wished up earlier - it was already half chewed to bits - and tossed it to the dog to distract him. ] You want a drink or anything?

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[teenagebadboy]

He's a puppy. Puppies are excited about everything. Yeah sure, I'd like some tea if you got any. If not I can drink coffee.

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[themuse]

[ Kate smirked. ] I meant Castle. I think he's wanted a dog for a while, this is sort of a dream come true for him. I think we have some tea. [ She started to dig around in a drawer, finally pulling out a teabag and setting the kettle on to start boiling. ]

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[teenagebadboy]

Alright. You live with him? I spoke with him about video games some time ago.