13-Accidental voice (In which Karma comes a knocking)

[jimfromit]

[About late morning residents will hear Moriarty's voice over the journals

Only there's something different. The confidence and smugness is gone. It's been replaced with terror and confusion.]

What?, oh my god this...this isn't Kitty's flat?

[ There’s a lot of crashing and banging going on...like somebody's getting off a bed in a blind panic and knocking over  ornaments and books on shelves in the process.]

Oh no no no, somebody help me please! I've been kidnapped.

Please whoever you are don't hurt me. I'm just a simple kid's storyteller, I...I can't be of any use or value to you.

Just let me go.


[ OOC: Loss start]

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[jimfromit]

Is...is it safe here?

[jimfromit]

[Come join the party.]

Then what is this?

[prettyknives]

Not really. Someone just got murdered.

[not_like_the_rest]

You're in a castle. I'm Johanna Mason.

[antichauffeur]

Yep. It takes down everything we say and acts like a walkie-talkie.

You're not really going insane. But it's gonna feel like you are until you get settled in.

[cheerupemoborg]

Never heard of her. A new resident?

...What kind of trouble?

[jimfromit]

Thank you. [Making his way down to the kitchens now.]

An eight year old? Oh that's not so bad. My work's aimed at kids your age.

You're...very well spoken for an eight year old though.

[jimfromit]

No no...I was staying at her flat before I woke up here.

I had done a little publicity work for a shady individual and she was protecting me from him.

We were going to bring him down...I wanted to undo the bad thing’s I had done. To put the truth out there you know?

[jimfromit]

It...It is.

[Laughs nervously.] I always liked fairy tales. It's why I tried to incorporate them in my stories as much as possible.

Well as much as the TV boss’s would allow.

[jimfromit]

Oh..oh god that's terrible.

Did they catch who did it?

[jimfromit]

Hello Johanna...My name's Richard Brook.

Why are we here?

[jimfromit]

Settled in?...were you abducted like me?

[antichauffeur]

Yeah, that's as good a word as any. Bad news is you're stuck here, probably for a long time. Nobody knows how to get out.

[modernholmes]

That's because I read a lot!

Oh? You said you made a television show for children?

[jimfromit]

Oh well that's good.

I do...well I did. It was called "The storyteller". It was a popular gig, paid the bill's and everything.

[jimfromit]

I I see...

It's a small comfort to know I'm not the only one in this mess. I mean a problem shared is a problem halved right?

What's your name kind sir?

[not_like_the_rest]

[shrugs.] No one knows. It's just a place that messes with you.

[modernholmes]

Oh? I don't think I've ever heard of that show before. All of my friends at home like Kamen Yaiba.

[siebter]

You wrote fairy tales? That's so cool!

[prettyknives]

Knowing these people, they may never catch the murderer.

[antichauffeur]

That's a good attitude to have.

My name's Hesam. Yours?

[jimfromit]

That's a very...defeatist attitude to have.

[Oh he's going to be so pissed off when this is over.]

[jimfromit]

Richard...Richard Brook.

I told children's stories for a living and now I'm in a fairy tale. Ha ironic isn't it?

[jimfromit]

You really think so?...thanks.

It's nice to hear from somebody who appreciates my work.

[siebter]

I wish I could read your stories sometime.