008 Summons ❈ Dictated ❈ Backdated to Masquerade Day Two

[ninjainviolet]

[First it had been an invitation, now it's fairies. Unlike a few of the others, Sheena, for her part, is enjoying their presence. She's been playing with them, and helping them as they moved objects that had been too heavy for them.

Now, they're playing with her hair--well, styling would be a better term--and the occasional pleased chuckle could be heard over the journal before she says:]

Are you sure about this one for the ball? [Several high-pitched giggles can be heard--along with a delighted laugh.] Okay! Okay! You win! I'll wear it like this!

[She now addresses the journal properly.]

I don't know what people are talking about. These fairies don't have fangs! They're nice and pretty playful! Not to mention helpful.

[Suddenly a loud noise comes out of nowhere.]

Are you all--

[She cuts herself off with a hurried closing of the journal.]

Comments

dictated

[shrugs_a_lot]

[He doesn't like how that ends...]

Sheena?

[Will she even hear him if she closed her journal?]

[eatsfire]

[... Well, that was weird]

Oi! ... You okay?

[whichwayyoulean]

Yeah because that sounds really nice and playful. Playful like a man eating tiger.

dictated

[ninjainviolet]

[Several minutes pass before she opens the journal again. There's a strange chattering sound behind her.]

Yeah?

[So calm, isn't she?

[ninjainviolet]

[Not really. Not when you find out what happened.]

Oh. I'm fine!

dictated forever~

[shrugs_a_lot]

[Huh, takes him a bit by surprise. But it's alright, if she didn't reply sooner or later, he was going to look for her later.]

Are you alright?

[ninjainviolet]

[And the journal opens again.]

Sometimes things get out of hand when people are playing, Once-ler.

Always!

[ninjainviolet]

Yeah, I'm fine. Some of the fairies were playing and they knocked over a lamp, that's all.

[A pause.]

One of them didn't get out of the way fast enough, though.

[shrugs_a_lot]

What happened to it?

[ninjainviolet]

The lamp fell on him. He's okay, though.

Just a little shaken up.

[The chatter behind her are the others expressing their concern]

[shrugs_a_lot]

Hmm...

Are you going to the ball?

[eatsfire]

Are you sure?

[A little suspicious - though amused because this is a little like deja vu] Sounded like somethin' happened.

[ninjainviolet]

Yeah, I am. Are you?

[ninjainviolet]

Yes, I'm sure. A lamp fell on one of the fairies while they were playing.

He's okay, though. He's sitting on my lap calming down.

[No, she didn't fall down a hole again.]

[shrugs_a_lot]

Yeah, maybe.

[ninjainviolet]

You don't know?

[She's got her gown and everything, too!]

[shrugs_a_lot]

I'm still thinking about it.

What if it's a trap?

[whichwayyoulean]

Out of hand how?

[ninjainviolet]

That hadn't occurred to me.

But why would the castle need to spring a trap?

[shrugs_a_lot]

Dunno, it's the castle after all.

[ninjainviolet]

I think they were playing hide and seek, and the lamp fell over on to one of them.

[whichwayyoulean]

...Did they die?

[ninjainviolet]

Exactly. It can do whatever it wants to us at any time.

Why go to all this trouble?

[Dang it, Cloud, did you forget she has fairies within earshot of this conversation? They don't like being called liars.]

[ninjainviolet]

Nope. He was only shaken up. He's sitting on my lap right now, calming down.

[eatsfire]

Ah-

[Worried now, definitely worried. He really likes the fairies]

Good he's alright, that must've hurt 'cause they're so tiny.