[written, backdated to shortly after the end of the family reunion]

[foughtfortheusers]

[There's a loud rumbling sound, agitated as can be as Rinzler debates the journal in front of him.  World changes really did leave him feeling odd.  And there was the whole family thing.]  A user again?

Felt strange.  Had family..  Like users do....

Was that all normal for users?

[CLU]

Status, master?

Am normal again.

♈ Aradia: Zzz muh.

[psych0p0mps]

( Action for Clinic )

[The voice that makes it into the journal is rather quiet, compared to usual, but fortunately gets transcribed at normal size.]

... oh
this is the clinic
but then why
...

[It's then that she notices her journal sitting on the bed next to her. And that it's like three times her size.]

oh no
no no no this is ridiculous
hey!
can anyone hear me out there?
its me aradia!

((ooc: off hiatus and loss start 83))

ReMask 003

[crownless_king]

You know, it's funny. I can't shake the feeling the whole "mom" thing is a running gag of sorts. You know, something that continues past the realm of this one and the next. Sort of a full reaching kind of thing. Like someone, somewhere, somehow, perpetuates this concept of my rugged, awesome, ridiculously badass self being the "mother" in some respect.

[beat]

Heh, it just struck me...in less than two months, I have rocked a toga and ranked maternal. I'm starting to wonder if the Wonderfuck Castle is trying to tell me something. Maybe some introspective type shit or something. Who knows, maybe it changed since I went home and/or to summer camp for Gods or whatever. I dunno, has it guys? Is Paradisa all grown up and plays nice with the other little cosmic horror kidnapping world beasts? Or...whatever this place is and/or is not.

[There's a momentary pause, some shuffling going on. Something sounds like it's rolling, and there's a very quiet "rip" in the background too.]

Or it could still be made of ass. Can't get too optimistic here. And there we go.

[shuffle shuffle shuffle...and flush. Yes. You're hearing a toilet flushing now.

Yes, he did just admit to a toilet epiphany. And as the flushing ends, the book is shut and the sounds of game saving comes to an end]

Third Lesson

[innerpeace]

[Yes it's taken him this long to react to recent events, okay? Just give him a break people.]

If any of you attempt to pick me up like you did recently at that event [With a huff.] I will show you that being a master of kung fu is not just for you hairless gorillas.

[That's really threatening Shifu.

But then while he's at the journal he writes in a filter.]

( Amaterasu )

Fourth Diagnosis; Written

[likesroleplay]

So is the Castle prone to messing with family dynamics? Is that something I should come to expect or what? Because first it gave me a baby with Haymitch of all people, and then it threw me in this strange family and if this is the sort of thing they do all the time here, well I guess I have no choice but to get used to it.

At least I shouldn't have to worry about any family the castle provides me with being quite as messed up as my actual parents are. A family reunion without my mother sneaking off with the caterers? Always a plus in my books.

Still, I think I'm beginning to see what people meant by this place sucking. We never had magic or anything like this back home. As much as some of my friends seemed disappointed by that fact, I can't help but wonder if we weren't maybe better off.

006 lines of code

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

( House Flynn-Bradley )

( CLU )

[Flynn's decided to spend some time outside today so he's currently skipping stones on the duck pond. Don't worry, he's careful enough to not actually hit any of the ducks. In fact, most of them have either flown off or are currently happily eating the breadcrumbs he's strewn around the shore.]

034 spells cast

[kungfuwitch]

( Cloud and Integra )

( Elektra )

[Anyone in the gym today will see one witch kicking the crap out of a practice dummy. It's been a while since she's practiced and she's not going to let herself get rusty in case the next vacation the castle sends them on is a less than ideal one]

(no subject)

[cloakand_danger]

( [Martel] )

[Filtered away from people who would try to kill someone in a sparring match]

Anyone up for some sword practice? I could use the exercise.

10 | i don't even have a witty title | dictated

[thebutz]

[Larry's voice can be heard over the journal.]

Hey, does anyone know any good bars around here? Preferably with really attractive female employees. I'm game for getting a group together if anyone else is up for it.

[Voice]

[sawyourwolfjunk]

[There's the sound of clomping, her heels making heavy sounds as she paced in the room she'd woken in.]

What the hell...? What the hell?! A girl can't take a nap without being abducted from the safety of her couch? This is crapballs.

[It's obvious she's talking to herself, since she picks back up without waiting for a response.]

If this is because of that tree-hugging Norne, I'm going to go back with some gasoline and a match and have myself a little campfire. Maybe make some s'mores. And they'll taste better with her big, fat Norne tears flavoring them. Freakin' fae and their freakin' entitled faeitudes.

[There's more illegible muttering, some of it in Russian, and likely directed at the parentage and sexual preferences of said Norne.]

dictated;

[waterbends]

[ There's the plinking of piano keys, a carefully practiced melody. It's still simplistic, but she's getting better. ]

I can take being turned into a little kid, and I can take having my waterbending swapped out for firebending-- but I hate when the castle messes with my mind.

[ It's idle grumping that you've heard a million times before, but welcome to it, Paradisa: she has no one else to grump to directly. ]

Would you guys rather drag your friends from home here or go home? 'Cause there's a lot about Paradisa that I like sometimes-- mostly the people-- but I'm less and less sure that the losses are worth it.

ᴛᴡᴇʟᴠᴇ

[confidente]

[ John opens the journal, staring at it for a good five minutes. There is a lot he wants to say, a lot that he should say... probably. But─ ]

Ah, no.

[ Closing the journal again. Hahahaha, he is not dealing with all the crap that week has left him with. ]

102.7 - like he's one of the family

[hard_talker]

[ten PM, and the low, deep sound of Leonard Cohen's voice comes drifting out of the radios and journals of Paradisa. life's back to normal, and even if he's a day late, your resident DJ is at it again.] Happy Tuesday, folks. This is Hard Harry coming at you, with a broadcast that's a little like puberty: better late than never.

Soooo, new kids. Marika, Erika, London, Daenerys, Simca, Clint, Julie, James and Kenzi. Welcome to Wonderfuck. Looks like a couple of you were lucky enough to get a grade-A dose of crazy right off the bat, good for you. The rest of you? Hold on, you'll get your turn soon enough.

Normally I'd spend my night waxin' poetic about family and all that crap, but it looks like a bunch of you are already gettin' down to business about it. Good. You could all stand to use your heads once in a while and speak your minds. Some of you are not complete and total sheep, congratulations. Just send a self-addressed, stamped envelope via ghost, care of Hard Harry, and you'll get a great big sheet full of gold stars.

As for yours truly, I already count a pretty decent number of you as family, anyway, so there was no big revelation on my end, nothin' earth-shattering.

Except, maybe, y'know, the fact that the castle has a secret incest fetish. Just ... think about that one for a minute. A bunch of us were married, yeah? Well, we were also apparently all related. Hell, I was engaged to my second cousin if you connected the dots right.

Seriously. Give it a minute to sink in. And have fun with that.

[he'll leave you all with this little gem of a tune, and go back to chilling on the couch with Nora. sure, it's a bit of a wimpy broadcast, but his heart's not entirely in it after losing two close friends over the span of one weekend.]

Mission 2.4

[ontheclockpro]

( Private )

quīnque

[periculis]

( filter; katniss & primrose )

[ meanwhile, you can find the stylist in the kitchen making a late-night snack: grilled cheese, with some additional fillings. he's humming to himself under his breath as he flips his sandwich. care to coerce him into having him make one for you? ]

eighth snare

[fanstheflame]

[Belle]
Hey ... are you okay? I haven't heard from you in a while...
[/Belle]

[checking up on one friend out of the way, Gale grabs his bag and heads on down the hall, idly flipping pages and dictating as he goes]

You know, I'm sure a lot of people are putting out messages to the people they were related to, checking up on them, asking if they can pretend the whole thing never happened ... and ... from what I saw, we were all related to each other. So there's not much point in being secretive about it, for me. It was weird, but ... I have a big family back home, too, in a town where everyone knows everyone. So I guess I was lucky, because it wasn't much different for me, in that sense.

[and then he'll wander into the game room and take a look around] ... But everyone's talking about that. Anyone want to explain to me how these games work? The ones that look like TVs with more buttons?