paradisa | 001; Dictated

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001; Dictated

[ Well this is an odd situation to find yourself in. A man in military gear and a big ol' rifle strapped to his back is standing outside the castle in the nice cold night air staring up at it critically. He's got the journal open in one hand and every now and then looks down to flip a page or two over.

He seems to have gotten the basic gist of the thing at least, since he seems to be listening and reading things without really absorbing anything that's being said before flipping to a new page and talking. ]

Hey! What the hell is going on here? I've got no idea what game you're playing at, but I've got something more important I was in the middle of.

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Hey! Speak up!

[A startled yelp.] Y-yes sir!

[ That voice... It takes him a second for it to click. ]

Tsunayoshi Sawada.

[ It's a relief to hear the kid is here in one piece. Now if only the others would show up too already! ]

Tell me what's going on here.

Huh? Wait, how do you know my name?

We don't have time for that.

[ They probably do, but he's still trying to figure out why his curse has been lifted so he's not feeling like having this whole q&a with Tsuna about it. That's Reborn's job anyway. ]

Get with the explanations already.

U..um... okay...

Well, the castle you're at [he assumes] is called Paradisa. It's difficult to believe at first [...or at all really] but the castle's both magical and sentient [supposedly!]. It's also what brought you and everyone else here.

[ The first person that's told him this that hasn't pissed him off with their explanation. Good job, Tsuna. ]

Already heard that part.

[must be a miracle]

O-oh, okay. Well, this world is completely separate from ours, or anyone else's, and the only way to get back is when the castle sends you back.

[In other words, there's no voluntarily exiting.]

[ Admittedly the other two people Colonnello talked to can be prickly customers at times so maybe not. ]

Sends me back?

That's right. Time is stopped from our world while you're here, and you go back to the exact moment you were taken from when you leave.

...and you also forget everything that happened here when you do.

[Like nothing ever happened.]

[ Now things are getting more interesting. At least he doesn't have to worry about missing the battles while he's here if what Tsuna's saying is true. And Tsuna's not the kind of guy to lie about things like this. ]

You forget everything? How?

By the castle's magic, I guess. The same way it takes something precious from you when you arrive. Those are called "losses".

[ More shitty things that he's not excited to hear about. ]

It takes things from us?!

--hiiii! [WHY IS THIS GUY SO SCARY ;_;]

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[ Because he's the guy that kicked you into shark infested waters that one time. ]

Answer the damn question!

[oh yeah and there was a whirlpool and he hadn't yet learned how to properly swim! fun times man]

Y-yes sir! And there's no way of getting those things back, either!

[wow he's glad he's on this side of the journal]

[ He had to learn some way! ]

What does it take?

[ Because something precious isn't exactly specific. ]

[A small gulp, and then:]

A memory, or specific collection of memories, or an important item, or an ability.

[And then he pauses, recalling the Once-ler's loss.]

... but sometimes it's none of those. It can be something that the castle does to you that makes you unhappy.

[ Tsuna can't see it, but Colonnello's looking down at himself and reaching up to touch the pacifier still on his possession despite his current size and having not asked to break the curse again before showing up here.

Ah... ]

What else does it do?

You can ask for anything you want-- or small things, at least-- and the castle will give it to you. Well... I guess the proper term is "wishing".

It grants wishes?

[ After stealing things from them. How nice :| ]

[Yeah, he can hear from the tone he's not at all impressed by that attempt at compensation.]

Yeah. I don't really do it much myself.

[ Just in case he has any doubts that Colonnello's not impressed. ]

It's a worthless payoff. Does it do anything else?

Well, there's a different sort of loss, too. They're temporary and usually last about a week, but they can last several weeks, or only a few days, too. Those kinds of losses usually end up changing a person's body, or their personality. Or it can be something like the castle trapping you in a room with another person for a day...

[He reaches up and pokes at one of the rabbit ears on his head. Yeeeep, still there.]

[ Well that sure sounds... fun. :| ]

What's the point in that?