℗ oo2. a headache the size of stark towers

[quits]

[Needless to say, Pepper did not have a very good first day in Paradisa. She spent most of her day in the elevator convinced she'd wake up at some point, then found out her friend was killed, and then spent the rest of the night drinking. Once again proving to herself that she cannot keep up with Tony Stark when it comes to alcohol.

Now she is miserable.]

So -- this much is clear. I'm not dreaming. I'm from before the time that Tony's here from and a bunch of stuff happened. [Her fingers press to her temple... ow.]

Wishes, the journal, the castle -- all magic, which is real. There are places that you end up sometimes, because the castle brings everyone there. People die, but then come back because the castle... fixes it. I've lost something and it's not just the memory of being here before -- which is also the same case for Tony, even though neither of us remember.

[She has a glass of ice water, which you can hear clink when she raises it to press to her temple.]

Is there anything else I should know? [Other than the whole Loki thing, which she is not even going to say his name, because she wants him to hurt for what he did.]

Oh, and for those I didn't weird out the other day in the elevator while I was still thinking this is all a dream - I'm Pepper Potts.

I also could really use some aspirin. [But she can handle that one.]

Comments

[molotov]

There was a... thing going on with the library one week, while I was planning. Any book would give you whatever was on the page you opened to. All I had to do was pick out cookbooks and taste test.

[quits]

That sounds interesting. Also slightly dangerous if you're reading anything out of the ordinary.

[molotov]

Well, once the warning had gone out, they would only have themselves to blame.

[quits]

How did the warning go out?

[molotov]

Through the journal.

[quits]

Is that the only way warnings get sent?

[molotov]

They can go out in person. Or through that CastleNet, but nobody really uses that.

[quits]

I see. [It seems... outdated or at the very least unreliable.]

[molotov]

We do not have cell phones or real email here. The journal functions as both.

[quits]

No, I'm seeing that, but I can't imagine that people leave it open to the correct page all the time. There are hundreds of people here, having who knows how many conversations on these pages.

It just seems like a big risk. Hoping everyone reads the right page.

[molotov]

Usually you just turn it to the last page. Or the castle turns it for you.

Oh, be careful of that. The journal opens itself during all manner of inconvenient times.

[quits]

[More issues with using the book for important things...]

It opens itself?

[molotov]

Da. Generally when something is going on, but sometimes just at night to wake you up.

[quits]

That seems invasive, to say the least.

[molotov]

You get used to it.

[quits]

Well, I still thank you for the information.