ⅰ┆i wanna get off this train!

[shrugs_a_lot]

W-what the...

Tifa! Aerith! ... Barret--where the hell?!


............


[Long pause is long, then there's the faint sound of pages being turned, probably reading some of the past entries in the journal and trying to understand how this weird thing works.]

Hello? [Testing... not yelling anymore.] Tifa, Aerith, Barret...


... Cid? ... Yuffie?


......

......

......


Vincent?

[A frustrated sigh.]

My PHS doesn't work and I found this notebook... Why am I talking to a book... This is stupid. [Mutters to himself, then a another pause.]

I lost a temple. You know, your regular old temple in ruins kind of thing, with little very old people and everything... I need to find it. It's really important I get back there. Unless I'm still... there?

....... Is anyone actually listening to--This is so stupid... Just forget it.

[Heavy steps can be heard as he leaves the room, he's still carrying the journal, for some unknown reason. And now he's in the fifth floor corridor, where there are a lot of rooms waiting to be explored--well now. Let's go opening some, shall we?]


{occ; hey, hey! He'll be opening doors, looking for his friends, it's up to you if he actually enters! This goes specially to the people in floor five, but anywhere works since he'll be searching all day. Open over the journal and definitely action for whoever wants to find him wandering around (or breaking into your room).}

Comments

dictated

[takethat]

You'll get pretty used to talking to that book, actually.

dictated

[shrugs_a_lot]

But I don't wanna.

dictated forever

[takethat]

[...what the heck?]

...well, I guess you don't have to, but you won't get much done while you're here if you don't.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Dude, if you're a dude... cut me some slack, it's a book that talks.

[takethat]

Yeah, I know--everyone else here in the castle has a book just like it, and that's how we all communicate with each other.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Really? [That changes things!]

So you're actually someone else talking through this?

[takethat]

Yeah, I am. In fact, I'm sitting in my room right now--in the same castle I'm guessing you're probably in.

[shrugs_a_lot]

I must've hit my head really hard this time...

[takethat]

It's pretty confusing when you first show up here... I know. What's your name, anyway? I'm Phoenix Wright.

[shrugs_a_lot]

[A pause, considering if it's safe. The weird little voice that talked to him sometimes knew his name, this was definitely different for those "dreams".]

Cloud. Cloud Strife.

[takethat]

Nice to meet you, unofficially anyway, Cloud.

Has anyone else filled you in on the finer details of where you are, yet?

[shrugs_a_lot]

Paradisa, wasn't it?

As for the rest... I'm not so sure I want to know.

[takethat]

Probably a nice, safe answer, that.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Is it that bad?

[takethat]

That depends. I went for a little while without it messing with me too much, but I've had my fair share of bad luck since I got here.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Back luck?

[takethat]

I fell out a window once--that wasn't so great--and more recently, I was turned into a fish person for a while. Some people get it a lot worse than I have, though....

[shrugs_a_lot]

[Fish... person? Nope, he's not going to ask.]

I'll take your word for it.

How long have you been here?

[takethat]

Six months, now. No sign of leaving yet.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Have you tried?

[takethat]

I haven't, but plenty of others have. I'm not exactly thrilled with the place, but I'm content, so I haven't tried to challenge it yet.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Hmm. It'd probably be a good idea to leave it to a pro. [Aka. him...]

[takethat]

Are you offering?

[shrugs_a_lot]

Wasn't planning to stay with arms crossed.

[takethat]

Good luck, then--and I mean that. Who knows? Maybe you're the one who'll make a difference.