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abraxaslogs2021-06-13 11:08 pm
dreamtofheroics) wrote in abraxaslogs2021-06-13 11:08 pm
1- pre-event open log
Who: Belle and YOU.
What: Exploring the castle
When: Before the festival
Where: Just about anywhere
ROOM 1. (open roommates and visitors)
[it's easy enough to settle in when you don't have anything of your own with you. Belle has a bed, a surprisingly nice room given the circumstances, and three roommates to share it with. honestly, it's a welcome change of pace. she's used to being thrown into these situations on her own. if they all have to be trapped in Thorne, at least they're together.
there's still plenty of work to be done here, information she thinks she could piece together if she could just find the right texts. it means she'll have to go back to the library sooner rather than later, but at the moment, she has one last book to finish. she picks it up to bring back to bed with her, looking up when she hears someone on their way into the room.
she smiles in greeting, warm and friendly.]
Don't mind me. I've spent so much time in the library, I thought I'd read in here for a change.
LIBRARY.
[eventually, going back to the library just happens to be the most practical option. it may offer the entire history of Thorne, but she isn't the only one in search of answers. they're all looking, each with their own thoughts about what needs to happen next and how to get home. and Belle, personally, isn't expecting that particular answer to come from a book.
she just happens to believe that understanding this world is going to help them learn to exist in it. they might be planning on a short stay, but the kingdom of Thorne has other ideas. so she brings all the books she can carry with her to the nearest table and sets them down with a loud, entirely accidental thud.]
I'm sorry.
[ she offers her apology in a quiet voice, looking the tiniest bit guilty at the person who's claimed a seat at the table nearest to hers.]
I was the librarian back in Storybrooke. Sometimes it's hard to know when to stop.
[ research is something she can do to feel useful here, she figured this was a good way to spend the day.]
DUNGEON.
[Belle remembers being advised not to spend too much time in the dungeon. something about how there's nothing for her down there, she's an honored guest, etc. but she also made promises to some people, agreeing to find specific items for them and bring them down. it's something Belle hasn't forgotten about, so she comes down to make good on a few promises, and to check in with those who she's spoken to before.
and if anyone else happens to catch her attention, she won't hesitate to do what she can for them. she hates feeling helpless, and nothing makes her feel as useless as the injustice of being one of the privileged guests while the other half of them suffer down here.]
BEING NOSY.
[obligatory Belle is snooping around the castle and wandering into rooms she shouldn't be option, though she'll steer clear of any rooms she knows have guests staying in them.]
WILDCARD.
[ For TDM carry-overs, study hall, wandering the hallways, and general meet-ups.]
What: Exploring the castle
When: Before the festival
Where: Just about anywhere
ROOM 1. (open roommates and visitors)
[it's easy enough to settle in when you don't have anything of your own with you. Belle has a bed, a surprisingly nice room given the circumstances, and three roommates to share it with. honestly, it's a welcome change of pace. she's used to being thrown into these situations on her own. if they all have to be trapped in Thorne, at least they're together.
there's still plenty of work to be done here, information she thinks she could piece together if she could just find the right texts. it means she'll have to go back to the library sooner rather than later, but at the moment, she has one last book to finish. she picks it up to bring back to bed with her, looking up when she hears someone on their way into the room.
she smiles in greeting, warm and friendly.]
Don't mind me. I've spent so much time in the library, I thought I'd read in here for a change.
LIBRARY.
[eventually, going back to the library just happens to be the most practical option. it may offer the entire history of Thorne, but she isn't the only one in search of answers. they're all looking, each with their own thoughts about what needs to happen next and how to get home. and Belle, personally, isn't expecting that particular answer to come from a book.
she just happens to believe that understanding this world is going to help them learn to exist in it. they might be planning on a short stay, but the kingdom of Thorne has other ideas. so she brings all the books she can carry with her to the nearest table and sets them down with a loud, entirely accidental thud.]
I'm sorry.
[ she offers her apology in a quiet voice, looking the tiniest bit guilty at the person who's claimed a seat at the table nearest to hers.]
I was the librarian back in Storybrooke. Sometimes it's hard to know when to stop.
[ research is something she can do to feel useful here, she figured this was a good way to spend the day.]
DUNGEON.
[Belle remembers being advised not to spend too much time in the dungeon. something about how there's nothing for her down there, she's an honored guest, etc. but she also made promises to some people, agreeing to find specific items for them and bring them down. it's something Belle hasn't forgotten about, so she comes down to make good on a few promises, and to check in with those who she's spoken to before.
and if anyone else happens to catch her attention, she won't hesitate to do what she can for them. she hates feeling helpless, and nothing makes her feel as useless as the injustice of being one of the privileged guests while the other half of them suffer down here.]
BEING NOSY.
[obligatory Belle is snooping around the castle and wandering into rooms she shouldn't be option, though she'll steer clear of any rooms she knows have guests staying in them.]
WILDCARD.
[ For TDM carry-overs, study hall, wandering the hallways, and general meet-ups.]
no subject
[she can't imagine he ever feels at peace if he's constantly thinking about what might happen next. even now as they wander through a quiet castle, she can tell that his thoughts are following after him, lingering with him like a shadow in the night.
but he doesn't speak of himself first, so she opts to start the conversation as she leads him towards one of the more comfortable sitting rooms.]
Mostly I worry about what they might have planned for us. There must be almost half of our group still in the dungeon. And as helpless as I feel out here, it's worse for them.
no subject
It is constant fighting and preparing for war.
[The only real rest he had was death, but that isn't something he is eager to revisit or think about this night. Not with her company and that soothing presence she offered him. It was almost like sinking into the hotsprings of Winterfell. His body eased under her aura, filled with warmth as the aches and pains melted.]
I spoke for the prisoners when Ser Lyle visited us, but he said he had no jurisdiction. We have to find a way to appeal to the mages. It isn't right to hold them prisoner when their only crime was being brought here.
[He pressed his fingers to his temples, letting out a sigh.]
What they plan for us, I don't know. The way they treat the welcomed guests, I wonder if they have something darker planned and are trying to distract us.
no subject
[ yet it's not herself that Belle worries about. she worries for the prisoners in the dungeon, for the young people who've been pulled from their homes, for everyone who might find a consequence to digging into all of this too deeply. she doesn't see any of them as having their freedom - not when they're being kept here against their will, so in the end, they're all in the same situation.
and she wants to help, but the mages aren't helping themselves, either.]
I'd like to know what it would take for them to let everyone out of the dungeon.
[if they're waiting for them to do something, she'd like to know what it is.]
No matter what they have planned, it'd be hard to accomplish anything like this.
no subject
All of them were waiting for their purpose of coming here to happen, but there was still no word...]
Given they were the ones to pull us here, they can't keep someone in the dungeon for their own mistakes. There has to be some form of justice in this world. Even the most basic would be enough to get the prisoners released.
What are we even supposed to accomplish? They won't tell us anything.