The Castle Throne Room | Wednesday

[tightpants_king]

The throne room was still abuzz with activity even if Jareth himself was still lounging like the king he was on his throne. He was idly twirling his pimp cane and keeping an eye on the captives. He wasn't expecting them to escape since he knew they couldn't but they'd been so entertaining with their glares and attempts to leave that he was hoping

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General Talking

[tightpants_king]

For those of you not plotting escape, you can chat here! Or you can request an NPC if you wanna deal with some throne room goblins!

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[endsthegame]

Ender wasn't strictly someone who wasn't plotting escape: though Jareth's influence was making it harder and harder on him to think about why he wanted to leave, he had snapped out of what funk had had a hold over him yesterday, and he was thinking.

He was just also very much aware they were stuck in a magical fortress of which they didn't know the layout, and he'd be loath to take rash action and wind up making things worse for himself.

He sat and observed instead.

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[longislandiceme]

Normally, Bobby would've been right in the thick of plotting an escape. But the loss- or partial loss- of his powers had messed with him enough that Jareth's magic was having an easier time influencing him. He could be almost-normal here, why wouldn't he want to stay?

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[elephantgadget]

"It's really... not so bad here," Helen said softly, maybe partly to Bobby, maybe partly to herself. "At least people want me here."

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[longislandiceme]

"It's a nice feeling, isn't it?" Something- maybe Emma, maybe his own subconscious- in the back of his mind pointed out that there were plenty of people who wanted him around in Fandom. But the simmering bitterness he'd felt ever since the passing of the Mutant Registration Act back home overwhelmed and quieted that little bit of rationality.

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[elephantgadget]

Helen nodded. "It is." And all right, a part of her remembered her James, but most of her remembered how hurt and angry she'd been when the priests had sent her away. She'd done all their dirty work for them, helped save all the worlds, and now she was just a problem they wanted to get rid of.

She wasn't a problem here and she didn't feel out of place and unwanted.

"I... I like feeling like I'm accepted here."

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[longislandiceme]

"Maybe sticking around wouldn't be so bad after all," Bobby decided.

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[elephantgadget]

Helen bit her lip. "We are treated very well here. It might be... almost nice to be here."

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[icecoldfrost]

It was day two of Not A Great Week for Emma. There was something pulling at the edges of her mind, something trying to influence her, something alien, but without full access to her powers she was having a hell of a time staving it off.

The others were, sadly, getting a glimpse of Crazy Emma, occasionally shaking her head and muttering to herself as she tried to shore-up her shields, block out what bits they were broadcasting, as well as whatever it was that kept seeping into her.

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[endsthegame]

Ender had gotten his glimpse, but it just made him move closer when she was quieter, taking a seat against a vertical surface near her. "Emma?" he asked, gently.

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[icecoldfrost]

"Rumpelstiltskin is making it hard to think," she said by way of apology, trying to unclench her fists. "Sorry. Did I disturb you?"

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[endsthegame]

"No," Ender said, dismissively. And then, because she was a telepath: "Am I disturbing you?"

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[icecoldfrost]

"No, never. You're organized. It's kind of soothing, actually," she admitted, scooting a little closer. "Not many people have that kind of mental discipline."

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[endsthegame]

"Is everyone else?" he guessed gently, and tried to focus just a little more; Jareth's influence was jumbling his own mind in other, more subtle ways, but he had a razor's edge of logic to cling to. "You seem to be having trouble."

'Crazy Emma' was not really in his vocabulary, here.

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[icecoldfrost]

"Kind of? It's...I'm missing half my powers." Emma scrunched up her nose as she tried to think of how to explain it. "If I try to hear you, I can't hear you, and I can't make you hear me, I think, because people haven't responded when I did try."

She knew she wasn't being very clear, but Emma really was trying her best. "I can hear so many people now, some of them still outside, but I'm trying to keep them out. They're panicked. And there's something in my head that isn't me and isn't them and it makes it hard to focus."

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[endsthegame]

"Like you can't speak, but you can hear everything all the worse for it," Ender surmised. He'd finished scooting and was now sitting alongside her, one arm wrapped around his own legs. "More psychotropic drugs?" he guessed. "Maybe we're not as rid of the Masquerade as we'd like."