❄ first snow

[snowstorms]

[Despite waking up in a weird room, Jack isn't one to spend a lot of time indoors. He explores the outside of the castle instead, one hand on the journal, the other wrapped firmly around his staff. He is easy enough to see: a pale, lanky boy sliding along banisters, drawing frost ferns on the windowpanes, and even surfing down the roof on a ramp of ice.]

Pretty interesting read, I gotta say. [A cold wind ruffles the pages of the journal as he goes.] And magical too, if the transcription means anything.

Hey, magic book! Can you answer a couple questions? Like, ah, which way is home? I think I got turned around somewhere, even though that... doesn't usually happen.

Another thing. Didn't we already have Easter? [The cheer in his voice starts to fade.] Whoever wrote down the date in here is... more than a month off.

That's... weird.

[ooc: Feel free to catch him flying around like a lunatic or over the journal, just specify which!]

Episode 107

[spongetastic]

I thought I understood, but I guess I still needed a lesson. Maybe it's just been too long. I forgot. But I get it now.

This place... What's it really doing to us? All of these things that happen, the experiences we have, why bother? What's the point if not to help us grow and change? If it even means to help at all.

XLIX

[wilder]

[Aw yes, it's time that awkward morning after of a mass castle loss]

[....]

Wow, that was sure...something.

Normally I'd start asking questions about Earth and what sick minds think up places like that, but you know what? Nah. This time I'm gonna spare you guys. Because sometimes ignorance is bliss!

So! How about instead we all agree never to talk about those three days again, hm? I won't even point out which ones of you aged terribly! Consider it a free pass from your benevolent and great Zelos Wilder!

How's that sound? ♥

Number 2. [ Dictated ]

[patching_up]

[When 5 speaks into his journal it is with a cracked and haggard tone, quieter than it ought to be. He did not expect to wake up this morning in perfect condition, save the irreparable missing eye of course-- though while that was simply a shock, the realization that the decades of memories he'd been reminiscing on were all a lie definitely stung quite a bit more. His fabricated life and history, after all, were much nicer and less traumatic than the reality he has now been brought back to.]

None of that was real. It was all in my head...

[There is a dry, sobbing sound.]

No... w-why...? I had years and years o-of... of happy memories, where n-no one died and it... the castle... it did this to me? Why?!

It...

It must really hate me. Whatever I did wrong, ah, I'm sorry... I'm sorry! Please, n-no more of this...

DLN 005 - Ice [Action/Dictated/Forward dated to this evening]

[whistles_the_blues]

[Protoman had shut down in the middle of the great escape attempt at Holly Peaks. When his systems came back on line it was easy to see he wasn't still in the retirement home. Had they actually managed to pull it off? His fragmented memory couldn't recall exactly how the event had ended, it was certainly possible. He had his freedom, that was all that mattered.

And what did he do with this freedom? He pulled his old and worn joints out of the room he was in and to the roof of the castle to watch the sun set. He sat against his white oval shield, the sun reflected through the cracked visor of his battered helmet. This felt right.]

As quaint as that place was, I prefer to be able to do as I please.

[ooc: Blues is still Protoman with Altered memories from Holly Peaks, feel free to bother him over journal or in person.]

[Nine- Right Through The Eye]

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss is packing up her things, and she is muttering under her breath as she shoves things into bags and boxes.] ...god damned crazy castle ... not going to stay here any more and be its damned puppet ... making me old and then young and all this ridiculous shit ...

[She turned towards the journal, glowered at it, and grabbed it as she yelled at it.] We'll figure you out, you bastards! Then you'll be sorry! But I'm not sticking around to be made your fool anymore!

[Then she slapped the journal shut.]

29-Action (arachnophobes beware!)

[jimfromit]

[ So all he wanted was a nice book to read, something to keep his mind occupied for a short period of time in between evil schemes and trolling.

What he did not expect was to blackout in the lobby on the way to the library.

What he also didn't expect when he woke up from a blackout was to be waaay shorter then he already was and considerably more hairy.

Seriously castle...this is so uncool.]

OOC: Moriartys second loss is go!

(no subject)

[secondchances]

I'm glad we don't age here and I'm very glad I'm not a nurse for you guys. That's all I gotta say about that stuff. Though I'm pretty glad I don't know what old me is like. The only tinkering with my age here has been making me a few years younger, and that's a little easier to get over. Anyway.

I've been nursing my old person habits regardless, making dog capes with Kara. So much cooler than sweaters. It's going to be spring any day now, so I doubt Ace and Krypto would appreciate an extra layer. Really awesome stuff, yup.

[Speaking of dogs, Steph is sitting outside the front of the castle as Ace (lacking a cape!) does his business and other general dog things. Best time to use the journal.]

... it really was only a matter of time before I started making clothing for animals, here. What's next? Hats for cats? Overalls for hamsters? Does anyone even have a hamster here?

Twenty Three Spoons {Backdated to this Morning}

[cyan_maid]

Oh, this is just wonderful.

[To the elderly of the plot, that voice might sound familiar! It is most definitely Jane, but she doesn't sound like herself at all.]

Exactly how long do these things last? These...what do you even call them? When the castle meddles in your affairs longer than usual? For Pete's sake, this is ridiculous! [There's a huff.] I don't want to be an old lady forever. Three days was enough!!

twelve tests | dictated

[valuedstrength]

[He's been putting this off as long as he can for a lot of reasons. When Steve wakes up the morning back at the castle, heads back to the apartment where there's still no sign of Jo or the dogs, he knows he has to stop making excuses for how he keeps missing her. A quick check at the castle for a nameplate confirms what he already knows. She's gone. He has to deal with that.]

... Jo Harvelle's left the castle. If you know her, you know we're worse off without her. She was.. She is a great woman who cares about all of us. I feel really fortunate that I got a chance to know her. I'm sure you do too.

[There's a long pause.] I'm going to take care of the Gallery in her place. If you're involved in that, I'd appreciate it if you contact me and we'll work something out.

[Filtered to anyone who knew Pepper Potts and Tony Stark]

I noticed they're gone too so I thought I'd say something in case you're waiting to hear from them. ... I don't have as much to say about that as I'd like. We didn't know each other for very long, but they're good people. I hope they're happy together back at home.