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[wereall_addicts]

[Sophie is in the Lux, nursing a glass of wine and feeling rather ... stuck. And not the good kind of stuck either. This would normally be the point in her life where she'd love somewhere far far away, but that's not really in the cards for her this time around. So she's just ... stuck.

Annoyingly so.]You all who have been here a long time --

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[imnotjenkins]

Define "long".

[wereall_addicts]

Over a year.

[because she's been there over a year, and therefore ... in need of help]

[imnotjenkins]

And how badly do you want things shaken up, exactly?

[wereall_addicts]

[sucks in a bit of a breath as she thinks that over]

Just something new, really. Back home, if things started to feel a bit ... stale ... I'd move. But I can't really move here.

[imnotjenkins]

You could visit Flora. I hear she's said anyone's welcome to come over.

[wereall_addicts]

Flora. She's one of the natives, yeah?

[imnotjenkins]

No I think she came from her own world years ago and just moved out there.

[wereall_addicts]

Right. Maybe I will. Could be interesting, if nothing else.

[imnotjenkins]

It's a change at least.

[wereall_addicts]

It is.

[a beat]

I'm Sophie.

[imnotjenkins]

Leroy. I've been here a while too.

[wereall_addicts]

Most of the time the castle can keep you on your toes, but sometimes ... it's harder than it should be. I guess it ebbs and flows, just like everything else.

[imnotjenkins]

It's been quiet lately.

[wereall_addicts]

It has.

[sighs]

I wish it didn't feel like I was complaining.

[imnotjenkins]

It's fine. You're being a lot better about it than half the people here.

[wereall_addicts]

The castle might not see it that way.

"Oh, you need more interesting, Sophie? Let's make you only be able to talk backwards for a week!"

... Losses are the price of boredom in a place like this.