PARADISA

[Yamada doesn't seem to be herself. Her dictation comes a bit slower now, and there are huge pauses at seemingly random points in the entry.]

Just what is it with youngsters these days? I would like to know. They don't seem to have any respect - and it's hard to even understand what they're about sometimes. Life used to be so much simpler before all these newfangled gadgets and supernatural powers got in the way. Lots of people have learned how to adapt, I guess. Can't say I'm one of 'em.

[Yamada sits on a couch in the lobby, watching as folks enter and leave the castle. She wonders how long they have been here, and how many of them will still be here in a year. Will I be? she wonders. Maybe I'll never leave. But maybe that's not so bad, really. She begins to speak quietly into the journal, and it records her words in the usual calligraphic script.]

I've heard some people talk about returning faces. Does this mean that people who used to be here have come back again? I've been wondering what happens after you leave here, so I'm curious to meet one of these guys.

[It has been a long time since her last attempt, and once again Yamada feels her heart stirring toward that ever-elusive goal of losing her virginity to someone worthy of her. Her previous attempts having borne little fruit at all, and no Golden Cherry, this time Yamada will adopt a new approach. Rather than taking apparently useless advice from the magazines that line her bookshelf, this girl is finally going the smart route and employing sorcery to achieve her nefarious ends. She has filled her room with incense, and candles are arranged in a large circle around her journal, a spellbook (compliments of the castle), and Yamada herself. Having spent the last three hours preparing for the arcane ritual described in the spellbook, Yamada now pens the entry that she hopes will be infused with good fortune, thus assuring her victory.]

<3 <3 <3

As always, I wish us all the best, those who call this wondrous place their home. At last, the day I've been awaiting since my arrival has come. Thank you so much, everyone who played a role in this personal journey of mine.

That is all.
~Yamada <3

[While others search for their disappeared friends, Yamada, yet to find her Golden Cherry here in Paradisa, seeks a way to return home and reunite with her sister Chika, who has been without Yamada's big-sisterly guidance for too long.]

[Filtered to those who want to leave Paradisa]
Could these disappearing people have been shunted from the castle? What I mean is, d'you think they made it back to the worlds they came from?

I know that everyone who's ever tried to leave Paradisa in the past has failed. But there must be a way. Any cage can be broken, we just need to figure out how. So I want us all to look into these disappearances with that goal in mind: how to break out of this place. I know I don't have any special powers or abilities like some of you do, but I'll do whatever you tell me to do, if it'll help us get back to where we belong.

YAMADA

[She had by now abandoned all hope that she might surrender her maidenhood to a young knight of the castle. None here will seek comfort in a maiden’s bed, she thought with a sullen resignation. They are all so desperate to return home, and home is where they will plant their seed.

Yamada had heard tell of a strange phenomenon taking place in the library. The books, upon being opened, would transfigure the surrounding area into a likeness of their contents. As soon as she heard this, she went there to find A Song of Wind and Water, a novel series she had owned before leaving her home realm. She had purchased the first volume on impulse – seduced by the tortured gaze of the bishounen Jon Sleet on the Japanese cover – but when she realized these novels contained frequent depictions of carnal acts, she quickly became quite fond of them.

She opened the nearest volume expectantly, and found herself drawn into a realm of lords and swords and whores. The world dressed her in appropriate attire: knightly armor with a cherry crest adorning the breastplate, and a shortsword astride her waistbelt. She knew this realm was unkind to women, and this armament could well prove necessary…]

…But then, is it not that very "unkindness" that I have sought for so long?

[OOC: Open to everyone (especially Game of Thrones characters for the lulz)]

Good morning, Paradisans! Everyone who calls this castle and its grounds their home, please hear me out!

Some of you I have met before, but to everyone else, you may call me Sister ****. I used to be so confused, always searching for something that could bring meaning to my life. I thought I knew what that was, but now I've found out how wrong I was...so very wrong. I sought fulfillment in flesh, when all I needed was spirit - the spirit of God.

Any of you who are feeling empty or lost, listen to your heart. Repent of your sins and follow the LORD. Only He can bring solace to your life here; He who is omnipresent, definitely has dominion, even here in Paradisa. Turn away from the lies of the devil and free your tormented soul from its bonds!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. - Prov. 3:5-6

[Yamada arrives outside Ted Mosby's room a little after sunrise. Garbed in a wine-red silk chinadress, the girl also has a big red bow tied about her waist. She sits down lengthwise in the most coquettish pose she can manage in this clothing. When satisfied, she gives a quick knock on Ted's door.]