sixty-second labyrinth

[lord_wizard]

[Filtered away from First Gen's and their allies]

Good afternoon, residents of Paradisa. I have several announcements to make today, so do listen close.

First of all, for those of you to whom I haven't yet had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Felix Harrowgate. I am a wizard and as such my interests lie in the practice and study of magic. I realize this may be something that does not interest you or that you choose not to believe in, but bear with me a moment. You see, I started a group shortly after arriving here two years ago to continue to do just as I said, with the aid of other magic-users within the castle. It is called Chimera, and I hoped to make our goals both the research of the castle and magic in general but, as things may sometimes occur here, the lending of our talents in protecting those who live here. I have largely kept the existence of this group veiled from the rest of the residents, mostly to protect ourselves and the information we gather from less altruistic parties. However, given the nature of my next announcement, I think it's time for a bit more transparency.

As of last month, myself and a few others have laid wards on the new outpost. Hopefully most of you are aware of this, but it bears repeating, Aradia did us the favor of reconstructing one of the buildings after they were destroyed by sabotage last year. The wards currently in place are meant to protect the building from harm and prevent any violence within the walls as well. We may add to or change these wards as time passes, but it is my hope that at least some level of protection will remain on the buildings as long as a member of Chimera is around to maintain them. In any event you are forced to evacuate, or feel unsafe at all, the outpost is available as a safe haven.

Now, if any of you have questions regarding the wards or Chimera, I will do my best to answer. Where magic is concerned, the answers are rarely solid.

second tooth mark

[quadro_dent]

[Now that she's properly clothed and knows that this is, in fact, not the carnival as she'd originally thought, Sunny wants to explore. She's mostly been in town since she's arrived and hasn't had much of a chance to look around the castle, yet. She's thrilled to be with her sister and happy to be able to spend time with her in happier times without the threat of a horribly disguised villain swooping into their lives to ruin them but sometimes a baby has to step out on her own and take a look around.

She's made it as far as the lobby.

It took her a while to get there and now that she's there she can't resist the allure of all of the hard objects around the room just DYING to be chewed on. She grins, knowing JUST what she's going to spend her afternoon doing.]

Bite! [Which, of course, translates to "There are so many wonderful things in this castle for me to bite! Where should I start?"]

((OOC: Open! Sunny will be found in the lobby for a good part of the afternoon chewing on tables, statues, benches, the stair banister... anything solid that most people wouldn't even dream of chewing on, really.))

12th Card [Dictated]

[legacydeck]

Starting this coming week, the pie shop will be offering some selections of cakes and fruit tarts as well as pies. Requests for particular types are welcome, and I'll put a notebook for suggestions out at the shop, as well.

I'm going to put together a selection of small items and teas for British afternoon tea as well. Tuesdays and Thursdays right now, but if it's popular, we'll offer it more days.

And, of course, if you'd like to put in a special order for Valentine's Day, we'd be happy to take them~

Crying for Your Mama ( Loss Start! )

[sparks_before_fire]

 [ There is nothing quite like the unspeakably loud scream of a small child - in any given place, at any given time. In this case, Paradisa, it's well into the evening when this cry pierces the air and the journals, the wail of a child woken from a nightmare and scared. 

And where is said child?

Well, said child is swaddled in a bundle of blankets on a couch in the lobby of the Castle, as if dropped their by a mother who can no longer care for him and hopes for a better life for it. He had pudgy cheeks, short dark hair pulled into one of those cute tiny ponytails, and pointy little ears. His eyes were rimmed a bit in red as he wailed, which quickly divulged into hiccuping sobs.]

M-mommy! Daddy! 

[ There was more hiccups and another rising wail.]

Moooommy! 

[ Yeah, he wasn't going to be stopping any time soon, looking around through teary eyes in bewilderment, lost and alone.]

[ ooc: Loss start! Ashura is now a toddler (say, about 3 to 4). He's located in the lobby right now in a bunch of blankets, so he's warm, but he's frightened (clearly). He will be this way for until Feb. 13, and he won't know anyone (but then, kids trust just about anybody, so that's not a problem!).] 

(no subject)

[secondchances]

( private )

( Kara )

Guess I'll make this short and sweet: I have a motorcycle-slash-hoverbike sort of deal that is incredibly awesome, except for one little thing... the way the driver's seat and the passenger seat are situated makes it very awkward for all parties involved. Like. Butt-in-face awkward.

Anyone think they can help me get rid of the passenger seat sometime? I mean, I'm sure I can rip off the metal myself, but that might be just a liiiiittle bit dangerous. Maybe replace it with a basket or something.

I can repay kindness with good humor and a nice smile.

[Dictated;backdated to Feb. 5]

[deductiongeek]

 [Conan was bored.  Incredibly bored.  Why were there never any cases in this castle?  At this point he'd even take a lost pet or a haunted house.  He'd always complained when the detective boys had forced him to investigate one of those, but at least they'd been slightly entertaining.

But no, here in the castle there wasn't even that.

He'd reread every book in his room, and now he was even resorting to kicking a soccerball against the wall and working on his aim.  As he progressively increases the force behind the ball the thumps heard through the journal steadily grow louder.]

4 Truffula Seeds

[findatree]

I'm still kinda new around here, so sorry for asking about this, but... This whole "loss" thing. Some of them are only temporary, right? And then people go back to normal?

How long do you have to wait for that?