twenty-ninth phase [ dictated ]

[walkinthruwalls]

Seems like the castle's been busy, given that I have two things now that I didn't have when I went to bed. I'm not the only one with a new book, right? A new book that seems to be just like the old one. I didn't know it was full, or could be since it had been filling up for years.

And then there's new thing number two. I'm trying to figure out if they're trying to torment us or if it's supposed to be nice.

[ Because something from home? Could go either way. And hers... was a reminder of something she didn't have? ]

One more thing we'll never know.

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[blabs]

[ a sigh! ]

Nope, you're not the only one. I'm kind of bummed, actually! There were so many things I'd written that I would have wanted to keep...

[walkinthruwalls]

Maybe they're still here somewhere?

[blabs]

You think so? [ hmmm. she considers that. ] But then what would be the point of these new ones?

[walkinthruwalls]

A fresh start for the year? Even if it's a bit late, but then no one's mentioned it for other years.

1/2

[blabs]

I'mmmmmm not sure I'm cool with whatever the castle thinks of as a fresh start. If anything, it probably just wants to get rid of--

[blabs]

Ooh ooh ooh, I know! What if someone found out something really important about the castle, something big, something huge, something going home kind of huge, and then they wrote it in the journal and... oh, and then they went home, so the castle took away all the old journals to make sure no one else can find out!!

[youfallback]

You're not the only one with a new journal.

[walkinthruwalls]

What about something from home?

[youfallback]

I'll search my room again, but I haven't seen anything yet.

[walkinthruwalls]

Maybe not everyone got something?

Or it's just not in your room.

[youfallback]

Both are definite possibilities. [Pause.] Was your gift something you could have wished up easily?

[heloise]

To be nice, surely. Both are gifts for the new year.

[walkinthruwalls]

The castle doesn't usually do nice.

[heloise]

And why not, when it has given us lodgings and unlimited necessities?

[walkinthruwalls]

I guess you haven't been here long enough to see what else it does.

[heloise]

Yes, perhaps that is fair.

[vengefully]

You're not. It seems like it's a castle-wide thing.

[walkinthruwalls]

A good castle-wide thing or bad? I mean my old journal's still here so it could have just been full, right?

[vengefully]

I'm not sure at this point.

I guess being full is the only logical explanation for it.

[walkinthruwalls]

At least that's not a bad answer.

[vengefully]

True enough, though it's a bit strange since it's never happened prior to this.

[exanimatus]

I've come to a conclusion that it's never really one without the other, here. The place is very good at creating complexities.

[walkinthruwalls]

That makes a lot of sense.

[exanimatus]

May I ask what you received? If it's not too intrusive.

[walkinthruwalls]

A communication thing. It's like a phone, although I don't expect it to work here. [ There wasn't any others ]