You're My Friend, They're My Friends (IC Intro)

[whimsicalism]

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.

Comments

[littlebratziska]

[she will HAPPILY tell him]

My Papa is the most powerful prosecutor in the world, he has never lost a case. He sees to it that anyone who breaks the law suffers the consequences of their actions!

[golden_king]

[ Goodness... well, she had faith in him, he could say that much. ]

Hm...well, that sounds kind of amazing, actually.

Though, we'd have to be able to contact the authorities or something like that first to even get him involved, I think.

[littlebratziska]

I'm sure that, regardless of if we contact them or not, they'll find us soon enough. Missing children always make the police search harder than missing adults, and look at all the children who are here!

[She is ignoring a handful of portraits, like the duck, and the small pack of dogs, who were here for.... variety, maybe? Most of the portraits were of children, and she had seen several of the owners around.]

[golden_king]

[ Just wait until they experience the novelty of talking animals...Gil in particular was eyeing the duck one again at least. ]

That's true. Since there's a lot of kids that went missing once maybe there's even a trail to follow!

Or, hnm...maybe it still wouldn't be that easy?

[littlebratziska]

Perhaps it may be difficult to track a single child, but after all there are almost 20 children here! And while one might not have had many clues left when they were taken, surely between everyone here there are more than enough.