⇒ 079 || backdated to just before the kidnapees return

[ofhope]

[Goku]

I see one of those friends of yours arrived. People are disappearing, though... You had better not let him out of your sight, hm? Then we can meet.

[/Goku]

[Pharos]

I found someone. I was waiting to see if she was of any use... It might take more time than I realized, but the two of them are starting to behave a little more.

[/Pharos]

[Sakura]

Have you been kidnapped?

[/Sakura]

[Lucrezia]

I opened many doors, but I haven't been able to find the right one. Maybe the timing isn't right...like with my sister... But I'll find him again.

People are missing, though, and have yet to return. You should stay with somebody who can protect against the supernatural. If they can't defeat me, then they're useless, so make sure they're strong or I'll need to take their place.

[/Lucrezia]

First your children, then your friends... Are any of you going to do anything about it? Here I thought Paradisa was supposed to house some powerful sorts.

[ ooc; I didn't get the chance to post it back when like I wanted, but Joshua's been in a sort of daze since the babies left up until now, and in his attempt to find his kid again, he's been randomly opening doors in the hopes of finding him again. This includes different types of doors; closets, even castle bedroom doors. So feel free to assume Joshua may have done that to your character and then left without a word, or totally ignore it. It's a small scale, and the doors he picked were completely random. ]

Comments

[cheerupemoborg]

Of course they won't.

Besides, what can they do? Level it to the ground?

[ofhope]

They have before. Although not completely...

[cheerupemoborg]

What did that accomplish?

[ofhope]

Not much of anything in my opinion. But I wasn't involved.

Joshua

[heloise]

[ Lucrezia--doesn't know how to respond at first. She presumes most people here would be useless according to him. ]

I want to come with you.

Lucrezia

[ofhope]

[ Got that right. ]

Why?

Joshua

[heloise]

Because I can help you find him, and I would be safer with you.

Lucrezia

[ofhope]

The latter is true, but I don't see how you'd be of any help.

Joshua

[heloise]

I would be an extra pair of hands to open more doors.

Lucrezia

[ofhope]

People get a bit cranky at having others barge into their rooms, you know. It doesn't seem like your style.

Joshua

[heloise]

The end would justify the means.

[cheerupemoborg]

Then logically we can assume doing it a second time also wouldn't accomplish anything.

Lucrezia

[ofhope]

At least you recognize that.

Well, I'm taking a break tonight. I was in the city all day.

[ofhope]

I meant in the long run. I believe it solved the temporary problem at hand, but the castle ends up using mind-control or kidnappings to rile up residents again, anyway.

Joshua

[heloise]

[ Family above all, she thinks. ]

When will you leave tomorrow morning?

Lucrezia

[ofhope]

When I wake up... After breakfast, I guess.

[ Sorry he doesn't have maids to schedule his day anymore, okay? He wakes up when he wakes up. ]

Joshua

[heloise]

Will you come for me before you go?

Lucrezia

[ofhope]

If I remember. I'm not a morning person...

[ He's slow to properly wake up, if it's even a day where he completely does, but then she already knows that. ]

Who are you staying with tonight? Have you been staying with anyone since the disappearances occurred?

Joshua

[heloise]

[ She's offended for a moment. Proper ladies don't-- well. ]

I sleep alone. I was with my friend, Stephanie Brown, a handful of days ago.

Lucrezia

[ofhope]

You shouldn't be so foolish or chaste in times like these. If Stephanie Brown is strong, then stay with her.

[deterrence]

[do anything, as in "bring them back"? It wouldn't be too much to assume that at least some residents want to. Just not her. Instead, she'll leave a page number]

Some are trying.

[ofhope]

You mean they're doing what they're told to.

[deterrence]

Is that so bad, as long as it works?

[ofhope]

It is if they don't think about why it's so convenient. What the point is, or ever was.

[deterrence]

... [the claim some days back about a premonition involving a large ink stain came true, didn't it. Which suggests two possibilities: that whoever/whatever was behind the missing residents could be foreseen, or the premonition had been invoked -- deliberate]

You're assuming such a point exists at all.