WEEK 2

[whimsicalism]

The first week at the castle passes without any (recent) murders. Mysteries were found, questions asked, bonds formed, and Halloween celebrated. Now as Sunday 'dawns', you might feel your mind a little lighter as your first memories fade. Will this be just a week celebrating the (questionably) best thing about October or will more sinister things be afoot?

Either way, it looks like the Alices will continue their game.

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

[Hello, and welcome to week 2! Don't forget to submit your memory losses here and your activity here. If you want to ask or annoy the twins you can do so here. As always, don't forget to turn your threads in for 'fabulous prizes.]

Comments

[undershadow]

Don't look at that!

[ Pretty much any chance at plausible deniability has gone out the window at this point, but also, that poem has the name "McDuck" in it. She's still trying to get her hands on the book itself. Her face is terrified. ]

It's personal, alright?

[xxxx_me]

[He is so confused, possibly because he wasn't really paying attention to his surroundings until she actually pounced on him.]

Oh- it's yours?

[...Why does she look so scared...?]

[undershadow]

—just give it to me and we can talk about it.

[xxxx_me]

Okay...

[???

But he'll hand it over.]

[undershadow]

[ Honestly, even after two weeks here, she still looks almost surprised that Allen just... agrees. Like, people can do that? You can ask for something that clearly contains dark secrets back and they'll just give it to you? ]

Thanks. [ She holds the journal to her chest, decidedly closed, as if she still expects someone to snatch it away. ] ... How much did you see?

[xxxx_me]

It's a poem about someone named McDuck, and something about a spy?

[undershadow]

Yeah. Something.

[ And he's seen at least bits of the beginning and the end, so she's not sure what she can convincingly lie about! This is the worst.

Lena backs up, but before getting fully out of the way, she does go for the friendship bracelet. It just feels better to have it on her. Less lonely. ]

My family is kind of the worst.

[xxxx_me]

[He sees that and just kind of crosses his leg to sit on the ground, looking at her expectantly. It seems like we're about to start storytime?]

What did they do?

[undershadow]

She.

[ She doesn't put the bracelet on. She just sort of worries it with her fingers.

It's kind of damp, actually. But after going through everything she did with Webby the night she got the stupid thing, and not losing it off her wrist, there's no way she'd have just dropped it in the ocean later. Which means that whatever happened had to do with her. ]

My aunt, the [ there's a definite sardonic flair to this, like she's mocking someone Allen's never met without properly doing her voice ] sorceress of the shadows. A long time ago she screwed up cursing someone else and banished herself to a pocket dimension, and she's spent the last 15 years making it my problem.

[xxxx_me]

[...Ohhh.]

Your family can do magic?

[undershadow]

Magic is the family business. And so is hating the McDucks... probably? Honestly, that might be mostly a her thing.

[ She really only knows what her aunt's monologued about, after all, and she's never been particularly honest with Lena. Is it a centuries-old blood feud because the De Spells and the McDucks have an ancestral rivalry, or is it just because Scrooge is like 150 or something?

It looks like she's zoning out for a second. She blinks and shakes her head. ]

Sorry. It's just weird to say any of this out loud. I spent so long covering it up, and then when I finally wanted to tell someone I couldn't talk about it.

[xxxx_me]

Was that because of magic, too?

[Anything's possible!]

[undershadow]

Yeah.

Yeah, that was magic too. She was getting stronger because of the lunar eclipse, and I was just... her puppet. [ Snap out of it, Lena. She's not here. She's not here. ] And now I'm here, and she's... wherever, and they're still holding her over me.

[xxxx_me]

[Oh. He looks sympathetic, at least.]

...I'm sorry.

1/2

[undershadow]

... yeah, we've all got our drama back home. I'll be fine.

[undershadow]

[ And now it's time to change the tone!! ]

Huh, no wonder Alice spilled all the beans to you. You're a pretty good listener, Allen.

[xxxx_me]

[Slow blink of surprise.]

You think so?

[undershadow]

I mean, my experience is kinda limited, but.

[xxxx_me]

...I guess I'm just used to it. When I lost my memories, I couldn't really talk about myself, so... I just listened to what the other kids wanted to talk about.

[undershadow]

[ she truly almost says "that's rough, buddy" out loud, but instead it just remains the unspoken Mood ]

Well, some people don't even go that far. The only reason they pay attention to anything is because they think they can get something out of it. So, like, don't sell yourself short?

Sorry, I'm not good at this.

[xxxx_me]

[Shaking his head a little.]

It's okay, I get it now. Thank you, Lena.