rose: be prepared

[fluthlu]

Merely out of curiosity, how is Halloween usually observed here? It seems right up the castle's proverbial alley, and I'm wondering if I should invest in a padlock and armaments ahead of time.

[Said with a bored, drowsy sort of sarcasm. But with the unwelcome gusto with which Paradisa began autumn, and having heard and read of various horrors in

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[payback]

Armaments, definitely. A padlock probably won't be all that much help though.

[fluthlu]

That's... a bit of a disturbing notion. I'm not quite sure what to make of it.

[payback]

What I wonder is if it used to talk, why did it stop?

[fluthlu]

Perhaps we simply don't know how to listen to it anymore.

[payback]

I don't know. I trust that this place can be direct.

[fluthlu]

I trust that too. It must be some sort of personal preference, then.

[payback]

So what happened, then? Is it the group that changed? Are we the least favorite crop of residents? Or did something happen to the castle?

[fluthlu]

I would love to know the answers to those questions, but somehow I doubt that they're going to be easy to find.

[payback]

You and me both.

[Rose]

Have you seen someone named Zexion writing in the journal before?

Rin

[fluthlu]

The name doesn't ring any bells.

Rose;

[payback]

He's a good friend of mine. I would advise discretion when you speak with him, but he knows a lot about the castle... he used to live here, but has since moved out to the dead zone.

Rin

[fluthlu]

I can't imagine the appeal in that.

Rose;

[payback]

No appeal in potentially learning?

Rin

[fluthlu]

In living in the Dead Zone. I apologize, my words were a bit vague.

Rose

[payback]

There are other people living out there as well. Who don't permit contact with castle residents until they pass a certain test...

Rin

[fluthlu]

... I'm listening.