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[gevurah]

[ stephanie brown ]

[ Just as expected, she dwells on this for some time. They haven't spoken in months and had things not ended up this way, she would have kept ceased communications. There isn't much anger she holds toward the other woman anymore, but there is a severe lack of trust. For Kate, if she could not trust someone or they didn't fit her standards as reliable, she dropped them, no matter how guilty or guiltless she felt about it.

But to not say anything would be cruel and nobody deserves that. While she doesn't consider her a friend anymore, she's still an ally. ]

Come to the clinic.


[ kidnapped filter ]

[ Kate abhors using those words for this filter. Time to check in on everyone, though. ]

How are you all doing?

[ If you're in the clinic, holla. ]


[ And it should not come as too much of a surprise, but Kate leaves out a filter to her own friends. At least for now. She's tired and has to deal with Stephanie soon, so she wants to be completely prepared for whatever is to come. She doesn't mean to make anyone worry.

With some effort, she manages to sit up on her bed. She's currently in the clinic, much to her chagrin. Never has she liked being stuck on bed rest and being made to feel so helpless, frustrated and tired. It makes her feel like a victim, something she's always hated since the time she was a child. Even knowing the clinic staff were just doing their job, it makes her feel petty.

Now? She feels restless. She pours through the journal for details on what's happened in the castle during the days she was stuck elsewhere, yet there's nothing that really explains what exactly happened. As usual, there's no reason. There's never a reason.

She shouldn't waste any energy feeling so angry about this. ]


[ ooc; open in the clinic to whoever! ]

Comments

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[gevurah]

I hope you don't mean the castle itself.

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[wolfuncaged]

I would fight it if came to it.

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[gevurah]

That's actually reassuring to know.

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[wolfuncaged]

There are few, it seems, who see the same way.

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[gevurah]

What makes you say that?

[ Not disagreeing, but she's curious. ]

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[wolfuncaged]

The relaxed attitude people seem to have in this castle is astounding. It seems many simply stopped caring they were captives.

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[gevurah]

And what would you want to see them do?

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[wolfuncaged]

Stand up, look harder for answers. There is a wide world outside the castle walls, and yet they only leave to explore it every few months. Why remain in the castle at all if they do not have to be there?

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[gevurah]

It's not as simple as you'd like to think. For one, the castle ends up incredibly vulnerable when all the heavy hitters, metas and magic users leave. People who can't fight or defend themselves can't be left unguarded all the time. The First Gens have stormed the castle in the past and we were lucky that none of us were around at the time.

We also have to travel on foot for the most part. It takes days to wander around some areas. Exploration of the land can take years for all we know. With people coming and going all the time, the groups need those capable of keeping up physically and even emotionally for whatever else is out there.

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[wolfuncaged]

[He takes that in, but his response is kind of muttered]

Everyone here is so different from my world.

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[gevurah]

Strategy and planning is important here.

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[wolfuncaged]

So it seems.

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[gevurah]

Look what happened with us in that dimension. That could be the castle if we're not careful enough.

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[wolfuncaged]

It does seem to change it's whims with frightening regularity.

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[gevurah]

Exactly. We're not always well prepared for something like that.