212 Fahrenheit is the boiling point of water at sea level

[onlyanapple]

[Behind the doors leading into the kitchen, ballroom, and dining room today are a secret surprise. Mostly air horns duct taped to the walls, so when the doors are opened, the horn will BLARE LOUDLY.

It turns out Crowley is a touch more upset about Jilly leaving than he's let on, and so is making everyone else suffer for of it. He might be hanging around the crime scenes, too. With earplugs in.

Just waiting for someone to accidentally trip his trap]

[[ooc: Open as an open thing, set off the horns, manage to avoid them, do whatever you wish!]]

Comments

[alwaysaquestion]

[That takes a minute for her brain to compute.]

Three...three years?

...Damn.

[onlyanapple]

I know, right? And I'm not even one of the residents who's been here longest. Not by far.

[alwaysaquestion]

[She probably shouldn't but...]

What's the longest you've heard?

[onlyanapple]

About four and a half years I think. Maybe five?

[alwaysaquestion]

[Yep, she shouldn't have asked.]

But people get sent back sometimes, right? So, it's all just random?

[onlyanapple]

[Horrible thing, reality]

About as random as it gets. You never know if you're going to be in it for the long haul, or just here for a few days.

[alwaysaquestion]

[Softly.] Or a month.

Another way for the castle to keep us on our toes.

[onlyanapple]

As if it didn't have enough was to do that already, right?

[alwaysaquestion]

Not if it's the controlling type, which it seems to be.

[And how weird was it to be calling a castle controlling?]

[onlyanapple]

It definitely doesn't like us staying up past our bedtimes if you catch my drift.

[alwaysaquestion]

[Oh, she caught his drift alright.]

Good to know it enjoys treating us like children.

[onlyanapple]

And occasionally as victims.

[alwaysaquestion]

It's like it's hardwired to be everything I hate.

[onlyanapple]

Sounds a bit like life, if you put it like that.

[alwaysaquestion]

[His reply startles her into a laugh.]

I guess so. But life never imprisoned me in one place before.

[onlyanapple]

No? So throughout your entire life, you could pick up sticks and go anywhere? No responsibilities, no worries?

[alwaysaquestion]

If I really wanted to leave? Yes. I'm not saying it would be practical, but that wouldn't stop me.

[onlyanapple]

Well, you're a rare sort. Most humans are tied to their own little lives.

[alwaysaquestion]

Yeah, well a few years ago that might still be true. Let's just say I've burned a lot of those bridges.

[onlyanapple]

That's the good thing about bridges. They can be rebuilt.

[alwaysaquestion]

[She smiles a bit sadly.]

Not all of them.

[onlyanapple]

No, but you can make a crappy rope bridge, which isn't the same thing, but at least gets your across if you step lightly enough.

[alwaysaquestion]

You're the optimistic type, aren't you?

[onlyanapple]

So people keep telling me.