thirteenth snare

[fanstheflame]

[so, his girlfriend got knocked unconscious with a cake pan by his best friend's boyfriend - who, by the way, kind of stole her from him back home.

clearly, this is not exactly Happy Time for Gale. he's been spending most of his time at Ino's bedside, even though she's clearly not getting any closer to being conscious. now that people seem to be sane again, and Crowley's awake, and things are slowly edging toward as normal as house life gets, however, he figures he might be able to leave for a little while]

[House Filter]

Could someone please just ... keep an eye on Ino for me, today? I need to get out and grab some air. But I don't want her to be left alone too long, in case she wakes up ....

[/House Filter]

[with that, he'll bundle up against the cold and start a trek up to the castle, to see what's going on now that everything is back to normal, dictating into the journal as he goes]

I'm coming up to the castle ... since I figured I should maybe try to meet some of the new faces, or see if anyone needs my help with anything. Also, it's been a while since I played anything in the game room ... so if you want to come say hello, I'll probably be up there. My name's Gale - I'll be the tall guy with the dark hair wearing the green hunting vest.

[yes, that IS a brand new vest, it is his Christmas present from Ino, and he kind of wears it a lot. pardon him while he puts it to practical use by hunting down Pac-Man ghosts and Dig-Dug baddies. badly. arcade games are one of his Paradisa guilty pleasures, okay, and he can just pretend every little clump of pixels is Peeta Mellark's stupid clumsy dumb oaf face]

Comments

[fanstheflame]

[he takes a moment to actually think before asking why]

Is it the mural?

[onlyanapple]

It's a little on the unsettling side, yes. More to the fact the person who drew it knew me. [Dated him, even] But he might as well have been a complete stranger.

[fanstheflame]

... Was it one of those things where one of you left and came back or something? Like ... [what the hell was that guy's name] ... Virgil?

[onlyanapple]

Apparently. I have no memory of being in the castle before, and yet, the journals. The old journals, they have me in there.

And there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[fanstheflame]

Ino told me about those - that must have been strange, to have that much history and wake up to find that it's ... not in your book anymore.

She told me a little bit about him, too. Not a lot. Just enough to know that I probably don't want to know any more.

[onlyanapple]

It was rather unsettling. I still have the old book, of course, but it's not the same.

Trust me when I tell you that you really don't. Ignorance really is bliss in this case.

[fanstheflame]

I'm starting to get that idea, yeah.

[Crowley]

So, when are we gonna do this? I mean, it isn't like we can stake out the kitchen like a duck blind for bakers.

[Gale]

[onlyanapple]

Easy, ask him to bake something especially. Maybe an apology cake to Ino, then, when you know he's going to bake it, get him then.