castle_whims | WEEK 1

Well! That was some tea party, huh? You've finally seen the faces (or perhaps the singular is more proper here?) of your captors. A pair of creepy twins seem to fit the overall theme of the Castle at least. Why not have Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum, after all?

Regardless, it doesn't seem that they're changing their minds any time soon. The first floor of the Castle is still open up to you. The Audience Hall is still locked most of the time so perhaps you can meet the Alices there if you need to. There are plenty of things to occupy your time before the inevitable slow erosion of your memories. If this is a game, who will make the first move? You or the twins?

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((OOC: Welcome to peace week! There will be no case this week so just have fun and explore. If you want to investigate please put Investigation in your top level. Don't forget to put threads in for regains or go to the Audience Hall to meet the Alices.

Also, if you want to keep up to date on things we now have a discord server!))

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Ah, there you are, Cassandra.

[He got mixed up which one was her name...? Or does he just think the title is more dramatic?]

I'd like you to cooperate with me on a task. Based on your portrait, it just may catch your interest.

...

[Is she spacing out, lost in her own head, or does it take Oriko that long to realize he's addressing her at all?

Probably a little bit of both. After a short delay, Oriko's eyes widen slightly, and her head turns quickly to look at him.]

I don't think I'm going to get any answers from this wall... Very well.

What was it that you needed help with?

[Nodding curtly, he pulls a bunch of paper scraps out of his pocket, holding them up, but not handing them over - can't let a teen run away with his evidence, so.]

I have here a number of handwriting samples, and I'd like to know if any of them look familiar.

[here they are. He took out the ones that are Catarina's, but is one of them Kirika's handwriting?]

[lmao]

From others in the castle? I'm afraid I don't anyone here, but I'll certainly look.

[Oriko leans forward (and down) to get a closer look, the hand she raises to brush back a stray strand of hair freezing in place as she reads.]

...Where did you get these?

Yesterday from the vending machine. They were all scattered and taped inside.

[and let's just say he numbered them if they weren't already.]

Which one do you recognize?

[There was no hiding her reaction: It may have been subdued, but it was too sudden and too sincere. Oriko sighs.]

... The last one. Number 7.

[She gestures towards the scrap of paper, then actually reaches for it.]

Whoa!

[Don't just grab stuff. Just because you recognize it doesn't mean it's yours, he's not gonna give it up right away.]

Do you mind? I need to keep these together.

[She stops immediately.] Of course. Do whatever you must.

[Oriko seems to regret showing even that much weakness externally, because she draws her hand back toward her chest, fingers curling in on her palm protectively.]

There have been other people in this place before us, but this doesn't make any sense.

[....huh he was honestly expecting more of a fight than that. It's already been days without him fighting anyone, hasn't it? Being around this many civilians is so weird, even if he's got it in the back of his mind that they could turn on him at any second. Based on appearances he really doesn't expect to cooperate with this teen in particular, but it's convenient. Her reaction is pretty normal, up until the last part.]

I understand why you'd find it upsetting, but I don't follow why you think it doesn't make sense...

[She'll get it later :)]

Because we were together before.

[Against another group of children, she knows that Kirika could have won a "game" like this easily...if it weren't also so easy for her to break the rules.

She's getting a headache. Oriko rubs her temple slightly.]

No... I suppose it does make sense, in as much as the fact we are all from different times and places. [She just didn't want to believe something like that, and it's transparent in her expression.]

What else do you know about these papers?

WEEK 1

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