020 [dictated; a Paraversary]

[formersocialite]

A year.

It doesn't feel like it at all and yet here I am, one year on in this place. What do people normally do? I'm not sure if I should celebrate or not. Much as I've loved building up the friendships I have here, I'm still away from my home.

My experience in the castle so far has been quite weird and wonderful at the same time. I'm surprised almost everyday and overall, I really don't know what to expect.

I suppose the main point of this journal entry is to thank those of you here who have made my experience a lot more easier to deal with. I appreciate it.

There isn't anything else I can really think of to say right now so I'm going to just stop writing and leave it at that.

Comments

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[wolfuncaged]

I doubt there is much to celebrate, being trapped here for so long. From what I gather, it just means you are more likely to be trapped here for longer, once you pass the year mark.

[formersocialite]

Well, I was trying to focus on the much more positive aspects of being here. [One of them being her boyfriend. The other, the friends she had made.]

Maybe I will be here longer than a year. Maybe not. I'll just have to wait and see.

[wolfuncaged]

I was not aware there were any. [This is Fenris you're talking to, nothing is positive EVER]

That seems to be the case for us all. I dislike waiting.

[formersocialite]

There are. If you look hard enough. [Okay, so maybe she won't convince him that there's positive things.]

We can't exactly predict it though, can we?

[wolfuncaged]

It is hard to see the beauty in a prison such as this.

No, not when it comes to magic.

[formersocialite]

Then I suppose we differ on that.

I'll admit that magic has caused a few problems for me here.

[wolfuncaged]

It causes problems everywhere. It is what it is designed to do.

[formersocialite]

I've come to realise that in my time at Paradisa. [She pauses.] But I try not to let it get the better of me.

[wolfuncaged]

No. It is best to keep fighting it, if we give in, we only have ourselves to blame for our defeat.

[formersocialite]

Yeah, I know. But still, I hope you find some respite here, Fenris. Even if you do hate this place and wish to go home.

[wolfuncaged]

I do not believe respite is something I am ever destined to truly have.

Still. It is better than being attacked on a daily basis.

[formersocialite]

See? There's a positive thing there already. [Trying to given encouragement.]

Just think on that as much as possible.

[wolfuncaged]

[That is asking an awful lot, too much positivity and he might EXPLODE]

...I will try.

[formersocialite]

[No. No exploding, Fenris. Vivian likes you, even with the negativity.]

That's all I ask for.

[bro_codebreaker]

Extreme ping-pong. That's what you should do.

[formersocialite]

...Right. Now how does one play that exactly?

[bro_codebreaker]

Get a ping-pong table, put it in the weirdest room in the castle you can think of to play in, and then don't even care if it doesn't rebound off the table. Hit it off the walls, the floor, the furniture, people's foreheads, whatever.

[formersocialite]

Well, that certainly does sound like extreme ping pong to me. How many times have you played that version before, Barney?

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[molecules]

I was in the same situation a few weeks ago. Kind of seems unreal, doesn't it?

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[formersocialite]

It really does, yeah. Most of the time I can't believe it and yet, here I am.

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[molecules]

I think a congratulations is in order. And a celebratory drink if you're up for it.

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[formersocialite]

I'm definitely up for a drink, yeah. How about we meet at the Lux later on?