1 Sword in the Stone

[reigne]

[The first sound is the journal being gripped so tightly, that the soft leather and paper are bending, crinkling in his white knuckled grip. He's been here all of several hours and he already hates this, already believes he's delusional.

He can barely stand to touch the damn thing, much less actually use it. Even before she'd told him, he'd known it was magic, because if he wasn't crazy, the way it recorded in a variety of handwriting, invisible and within seconds? Dead give away. But it wasn't important. Not really]

My...Sister, [And his tone turns sour briefly at the word. Forces himself to go back to smooth, arrogant and unruffled] has had the undoubted pleasure of enlightening me to the fact that I've been kidnapped. By a sentient castle, no less. It has stolen from me, and I can't leave on my own terms.

Pain certainly hasn't woken me, so I am at least not dreaming. [Though this whole thing is more like a nightmare] If I am missing any other information, I'd appreciate being told it now. As well, you might tell me [read: on a scale of 1 to 10 how psycho is she?] if she being honest with me.

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[ino]

[ .... what. D:]

2/3

[ino]

[arthur? he couldn't have really gone home, could he? maybe it's a loss? ... oh god, she kind of hopes it is a loss.]

[ino]

She's telling the truth.

dictation;

[commandsthewind]

[Well this was a little odd, he'd... he'd been the one to introduce her to so much here.

So it takes awhile to come up with a decent reply.]

Your Majesty, I regret to inform you she is telling the truth.

[reigne]

[...Well isn't that the most unsettling? It doesn't matter that Morgana warned him that people would recognize him, and that he'd been here once before, it still seems utterly strange]

Unfortunately, that seems to be the opinion of most here. I thank you for taking the moment to answer...?

[TELL HIM WHO YOU ARE]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith frowns. This isn't what she expected to see today. She's not sure what to think. All these people she knows, people she trusted just up and leaving them coming back without knowing her.]

It's a shitty situation, but it's the truth.

[reigne]

So they keep saying.

[Literally he sounds the least impressed ever. Not only just because the whole situation is one of the worst things to happen? It just doesn't make any sense. It can't be a castle, something else has to be involved]

I can't afford to be here, so you will all have to do better than that.

[losemycherry]

[Yamada hadn't realized the world of Paradisa was real until the potential for shock had worn off. Still, she can easily understand how so many people have trouble accepting this place at first.]

It may seem bad right now, but you're gonna find that there are a lot of cool people here, and you can pretty much ask the castle for whatever you want and it'll give it to you, which is awesome! Also, are you a virgin?

[reigne]

...

[He has literally no idea where to start with this. Other than he hadn't thought it possible to be able to be any more irritated by this situation than he already was] Are you listening to yourself, at the moment? Do you truly believe that in light of all this, that I care whether or not you are cold?!

[A beat] That actually requires no answer, because it is no. And I refuse to answer any such uncouth questions, you happen to feel you have the right to ask of a stranger.

[kingsgambit]

[Oh wonderful. He doesn't remember, welp.]

She is telling the truth, though I doubt you need my saying so now. Did she inform you as well, about a man named Merlin here?

[Better to start with that, and go from there.]

[reigne]

[His tone turns decidedly chilly at that. Oh yes, she certainly did warn him in advance, and he's immediately suspicious]

Yes.

dictated forever

[imalwaysright]

No, she's right about the kidnapping castle thing.

Unfortunately.

[reigne]

You truly believe that there is no other culprit behind this? No clever sorcerer in it's stead?

[REALLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU UISFHUIF]

[workaphilic]

[Oh. So interesting, Arthur Pendragon, if only because the castle seems to enjoy fucking around with you.

He's bored enough, and there's always the off-chance that it might yield something useful. So he dictates, cheerfully.]

Nasty word, "kidnapped." "Borrowed" might be better.

[reigne]

[It does at that!

You're something he's definitely not missing, just so you know]

Borrowed? And for what purpose is that?

Dictated

[save_the_souls]

[The reply comes a few hours late. He needed a chance to deal. Wandering, spending time with Ino and Jr...finally he'll feel calm enough to respond. ]

Yes, she...speaks the truth, unfortunately.

[reigne]

I don't even know why I'm humouring any of you. A castle is not sentient, imbued with magic or otherwise.

You have got to have something better. [Peanut gallery you are not improving his already shitty day :[]

[secondchances]

... are you serious?

[reigne]

...I'm perfectly well aware of how it sounds, and trust me, should I wish to make a joke, I could find something better to use.

dictated

[wintercat]

[This is...more than strange. Disturbing, to have someone speak to you normally one day and not knowing where they are the next. But....whatever else you can say about her, Catelyn is loyal to fault. She has to speak up.]

I know it is difficult to believe, your grace, but she does not lie to you.

[reigne]

[He's going to hazard a guess, as much as he doesn't want to, that this is someone who's known him from before. That, or she knows his sister, because he certainly didn't hand out his name or his title]

Is there truly no way to leave?

[draca]

As others have said before, this is not trick ser. She speaks truthfully.

[ He had not left, or at least no one mentioned his leaving, but he does not remember this place? It is enough to make Daenerys frown.

[fishy_go_byebye]

The bets kind of back.

[reigne]

I beg your pardon?

[onlyanapple]

[Be glad Morgana got to him first Arthur]

Nope, she's being honest. [About that, anyway]