27 traps filled with new memories

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[… "MARSHMALLOW. Now wake up, before your day gets any worse!"

There were stranger words to hear right before regaining consciousness, but Ray was at least pretty sure that now was NOT the time to be thinking of them. as he opened his eyes, instead of emptying his mind, he filled it as far as it could go. marshmallow marshmallow marshmallow marshmallow marshm--

the stone altar was a lot more comfortable than he remembered. and this didn't look like Central Park West.

and the people around him didn't look a thing like Idulnas ....

it was all a trick, had to be. Raymond Stantz, chosen Selector of Gozer, forced his mind back on track and uttered the only word he dared, as he glanced around the clinic.]

Marshmallows.

((OOC: And with that, Ray is canonbumped! Clearly, this is open to the clinic, but it's open over the journals, too!))

Comments

[doublethefun]

Yes; 'tis I. Thou art currently in the clinic within Paradisa.

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I -- [and then he realizes he isn't tied down, and sits up to look around] So I'm back. But I --- I shouldn't remember you, right? I mean, not that I'm not glad I do .... what ... how long was I out?

[doublethefun]

Thou hast been in the clinic for about a week, e'er since we found thee and two others on the seventh floor.

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A week? Only that long? ... [he reaches up to feel the lump on his jaw where Idulnas decked him] … but it wasn't a dream ... so ... I must have undergone simultaneous temporal compression and interdimensional displacement! This is amazing!

[doublethefun]

[ear twitch. Wow, you're certainly happy about being knocked out for a week.]

I believe others would call it a 'temporary return to home.'

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[unphased and still as happy as Slimer at a Hometown Buffet] Yeah, that's what I said.

[doublethefun]

[eyeroll]

How long didst thou believe thou wert away for?

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Three years! And ... I really was, somehow. [he flexes his jaw, gingerly] I've even got the lump to prove it.

[doublethefun]

[eyes flicking to that lump] Thou speakest truly; that was not there before.

[in case you thought they dragged him in, head bumping against the floor or whatever.

Headtilt:] Didst thou remember anything of Paradisa during those three years?

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I ... well, when I first got back, I did? [he closes his eyes for a moment to think] And I did think that was pretty funny. But it was like waking up from a dream - the minute I went to pick up my walkie-talkie and tell Egon and Z about it ... once I opened my mouth, it was all gone. And I figured it was just something that I felt when I went through the portal I fell into, the first time I showed up here.

Since, yanno, when I went back, I showed up on the other side, where I was really supposed to be. ... And I didn't really ever think about it again for those whole three years. Now that I'm back, though? I remember everything clear as crystal. ... It's so weird.

[doublethefun]

[not quite sure if she should be sympathizing with him for leaving home again or if she should be happy that he's back and not in a coma-like state. (Though the way the castle messes around with minds is rather troubling.)

So she just leans forward a bit and gives him a light nuzzle. Sorry, no enthusiastic hugs; she's too big.]

Thou wilt be glad to know that the lobsters have been removed from the castle.

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[awwwwwwwwwwwLUNA. he grins and nudges back a little, since it's the first thing he can think of to do]

Oh, that is good news. What happened? How were they able to get rid've em? Did anyone ever figure out where they came from? Is anyone else still unconscious? Did anyone else who got knocked out get more memories while they were out?

[doublethefun]

[hee :3c]

The source of it all was an ice bo - a refrigerator. From what I gathered, a group of magic users banded together to seal it.

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In a fridge? [he laughs, absolutely tickled pink by the concept] Oh, wow, isn't that somethin'! Is it still in the castle?

[doublethefun]

[wow, you're really excitable]

Nay. General consensus stated that leaving it within the confines of the castle would not be the best of ideas.

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[if it's scientific and/or supernatural YOU BET HE IS] Huh. ... Yeah, I can see how they'd wanna move it to a safe place -- so where is it? Out in the Dead Zone, probably, yeah?

[doublethefun]

[a nod]

From what I gathered, yes. I stayed here in the clinic after everypony else returned to the seventh floor.

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Well, I'm glad you're safe, anyway. ... [his smile softens, as does his tone] Thanks for keeping an eye on me, Luna.

[doublethefun]

[and there's a happy smile]

'Twas my pleasure, Ray. [she's just glad that he's okay.]

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Not that I hope you ever get bitten by mutant lobster things, or anything, but ... I'd do the same if anything ever happened to you. Just ... so's you know.