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Castle W Mods ([personal profile] whimsicalism) wrote in [community profile] castle_whims2020-10-04 10:44 am
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You're My Friend, They're My Friends (IC Intro)

Whatever you were doing before, wherever you were before this moment it doesn't matter. The world seems to grow dark around you: an almost inaudible giggle floats to your year before you lose consciousness completely. Other it belonging to a child there's no defining characteristics of the voice. Maybe you just imagined it? Even if you did, one thing is clear when you wake up.

You're not where you were before. The bedroom you find yourself is plush and well decorated, almost like a fancy hotel or apartment. That might be little comfort considering that it's clear that you don't recognize it. Before you rush off to explore your surroundings there's a message pinned to the door to the hall.

From the desk of the Queen:

Hello, my friends dear.

I can only hope you enjoy your new life here. For those you stirring from sleep, this is my promise that I will keep: I will let you go if that is what you desire but the price for it will be quite dire.

For my rules are quite clear that I don't wish you to leave. Yet I will, if you can take the grief.

If you wish to know my name and the reasons to my game, meet in the audience hall for tea. Tea, yes, a grand tea party for my grand guests! Cake and sweets are what we need to meet. In an hour we both will be there, no peeking before!

Signed,


Instead of a signature, there's a small feline paw print underneath as well as some strange sort of heart crest?

There seems to be others moving outside your room. Perhaps it's time to explore, to see if anyone else knows what's going on. Don't slip on the playing card (an ace of hearts, with the heart shape replaced by the strange crest). That there's a scribbled phrase of 'dormez-vous? dormez-vous?' on the card but surely one of the others slipped it under your door.

This Castle seems like a strange place ot live in... yet for now it's quiet and peaceful, even if the Audience Hall is locked.
rhododendronhoney: (worried)

[personal profile] rhododendronhoney 2020-10-05 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
...I guess that makes sense. [She's calmed down a little-it is logical after all.] And...my friends and family will probably be looking for me. They already know about other worlds, so hopefully it won't be too hard for them to figure out where I am...
littlebratziska: (which was totally uncalled for)

[personal profile] littlebratziska 2020-10-05 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[She shrieks and dances back from the head as it falls, almost tripping.]

Y-your head! Your head fell off!!
ballooncaged: (Determined)

[personal profile] ballooncaged 2020-10-05 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, it's definitely a lot better that you like a kid.

[If she liked Date that would be GROSS. Not even Gross Like That, literally just he is so uncool to approve in any way.]

Never mind. I'm just so confused. It's so... sadistic sounding.
battlestations: (he stays a stranger)

[personal profile] battlestations 2020-10-05 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[...This is some pretty in depth knowledge about the gross eyeball thief, isn't it?]

Are you investigating this case personally?
rowboats: matatabi dango | pixiv id 2036504 (🌹 i'll set you up against the stars)

[personal profile] rowboats 2020-10-05 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like you live inside of a comic book.

[ or a cartoon ]
ballooncaged: (Deflect)

[personal profile] ballooncaged 2020-10-05 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Not officially.

[Classic "underestimated kid" tone there in that glance away. But during a brief pause, she re-examines Nigel's appearance.]

...the Original Cyclops Serial Killer and the New Cyclops Serial Killer. I can't get away from that news cycle where I'm from, but it probably wasn't a big deal internationally.
rhododendronhoney: (*swearing internally*)

[personal profile] rhododendronhoney 2020-10-05 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy, what is it?]
rhododendronhoney: (blushing)

[personal profile] rhododendronhoney 2020-10-05 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, they definitely sound different...I guess that means there must be even more worlds out there, huh? And...merged with the realm of nightmares? Are you okay?
seventhlittlemonster: (neutral)

[personal profile] seventhlittlemonster 2020-10-05 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Seven! [He literally wore his name on his person, puffing his chest out so the big 7 on his pajamas was even more prominent.] I hope we can be fast friends!
xxxx_me: ([Sad] as I dream of)

[personal profile] xxxx_me 2020-10-05 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
I... I think so. Careful not to touch it.
seventhlittlemonster: (head)

[personal profile] seventhlittlemonster 2020-10-05 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, uh, yes... That is quite normal for me. [The nub where his head used to be on his body indicated some sort of doll-like anatomy.]

Sorry if I frightened you, it is quite a shock to those who never met me. But in my defense, I am also quite frightened!
strictura: (why do you do it)

[personal profile] strictura 2020-10-05 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Look, HE DOESN'T REALLY TRUST NEKU'S OLD ASS EITHER, but he's trying to be pragmatic here ]

My goal is still to create a paradise for children where they can be safe and free from adults. I don't have any intention of falling here myself because-- because everyone is counting on me to make it happen, and I can't betray their expectations. But I don't want to see any kids here get hurt either.

I don't have enough information yet to make any kind of workable plan beyond all of us refusing to go along with this game, but maybe after this "tea party" when we know more...

[ is the plan just going to be "murder the queen", who can say ]
battlestations: (There's a man)

[personal profile] battlestations 2020-10-05 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[SHE KNOWS. DEPLOY ALL AGENTS]

That's not true, adult tyranny is serious business! ...But comics are awesome, so thanks I guess?
littlebratziska: (really just look at her)

Portrait Gallery

[personal profile] littlebratziska 2020-10-05 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
It's fairly accurate.

[Franziska is studying the paintings and their plaques, but doesn't look very happy about it. She's holding a thin, whippy tree branch as a switch, and is tapping it against her gloved hand.]

What bothers me isn't the inscriptions, though I don't know how they found something I said so recently, and not around anyone who should have been able to say what it was, is where they got the portraits from. These shouldn't all be here!
Edited 2020-10-05 03:58 (UTC)
theawfulaccount: (16)

[personal profile] theawfulaccount 2020-10-05 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
I... am not fond of the idea of someone else being in charge of a dream I'm in.
ballooncaged: (Smirk)

[personal profile] ballooncaged 2020-10-05 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
...sure!

[A little cautious about offering it so readily but he really seems innocent and nice and most importantly offering this in a casual sense where it would be very mean to actually say no. That doesn't mean she won't crack a joke though.]

...so is there someone named Six afraid of you?
xxxx_me: ([Look] I'm still longing)

[personal profile] xxxx_me 2020-10-05 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
It might be because someone else is the dreamer?

[Somewhat uncertain, though, like he's repeating what someone else told him.]
rhododendronhoney: (*swearing internally*)

[personal profile] rhododendronhoney 2020-10-05 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh wow she doesn't like that at all!] And he hasn't ended up in jail yet? Or are his powers too strong for that?
battlestations: (the seasons that passed were dramatic)

[personal profile] battlestations 2020-10-05 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR!? I'm in the middle of a breakthrough here! You saw me disappear, didn't you!?
theawfulaccount: (26)

[personal profile] theawfulaccount 2020-10-05 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ It would perhaps be notable to someone else that Violet bats an eye at not a single aspect of Franziska von Karma, but normal is relative, at the end of the day. ]

It does seem very... planned, in a way I don't like.
theawfulaccount: (14)

[personal profile] theawfulaccount 2020-10-05 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sometimes a man is both very terrible and very determined, which is a very foul combination. ]

I suppose not. Or something has changed about the conditions of my inheritance somehow.
seventhlittlemonster: (nani)

[personal profile] seventhlittlemonster 2020-10-05 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
M-My sister isn't afraid of me! [He does not. know the joke bless his heart he loves his siblings.] She is a very accomplished ballerina! She has a bad habit of sleeping in the wrong places, though...
rhododendronhoney: (Default)

[personal profile] rhododendronhoney 2020-10-05 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, septuplets, huh? [Cori sounds a bit shocked at that.] I couldn't imagine having so many siblings! Does it get crowded, or noisy, sometimes? [As she talks, she leads him down the portrait hall, trying to find somewhere they can sit down.]

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