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[siebter]

[ Today, Emil is wandering around the castle, a bit more lost than usual. Which is weird, because there is nothing covering his eyes, and he can see. Very weird, really. ]

Halua...? Where are you?

[ Honestly, he seems more nervous than anything else. Like someone who isn't supposed to be here. ]

Is anyone here?

{ ooc; well, this is new. and strange. surprise, it's a loss, info here! }

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[noblefive]

[There's someone watching from his corner in the lobby. A large, armoured someone.]

You okay? [He calls out]

not in the least! :D

[siebter]

[ Oh gosh that someone is huge and he is probably in trouble... ]

Yes-- I think I'm lost...that's all.

[noblefive]

Lost? You new here?

[siebter]

Not really...am I in trouble? I don't know how I got here, really.

[noblefive]

Sounds like you're new. [Jorge is completely nonchalantly sitting on the floor in a corner.]

I dunno if you're in trouble. Ain't heard anything over the journals.

[siebter]

I don't think I'm supposed to be here.

[noblefive]

None of us are supposed to be here. We just are through the whims of this place.

[He waves a hand at the walls, as though indicating the castle]

Welcome to Paradisa.

[siebter]

Where?

[noblefive]

That's the name of this place. Cair Paradisa.

[siebter]

How do I leave?

[noblefive]

You can't. You can leave the castle by the big doors... [A thumb is jerked in their direction] ... But other than that, you can't get home.

[siebter]

But my sister's still there!

[noblefive]

When the castle sends you back, it sends you back to the moment it took you from, apparently. And there may be a chance that your sister is here, or is going to be.

[He's not good with the comforting civilians thing.]

[siebter]

How? Is it...magic?

[noblefive]

Either magic, sentient, or a highly advanced AI.

[siebter]

How did a castle take me, anyway?

[noblefive]

You were chosen for some reason. We don't know the selection criteria yet.

[siebter]

When can I go back?

[noblefive]

Castle decides that, apparently. Some people have been here for years.

[siebter]

That long...?

[noblefive]

Yeah. I've only been here a few weeks.

[siebter]

If I'm gone that long, it's bad too.

[noblefive]

They won't know you're gone.

[siebter]

But what if someone tells them I wasn't there?

[noblefive]

[Okay, time to take things a different way]

The way the castle works, as far as I know, is that it takes you from whenever in time. From that point, time is frozen until you go back, and all memories are wiped. That way, no-one knows. Not even you.