DAY 90, Morning

[loyallygiven]

Ken stared up at his ceiling for a long while after waking. Something was off, but he couldn’t put his finger on what. Well, his clothes were too big, but he couldn’t recall if they always had been or if this was a new thing. There was nothing else to wear, except a too-large pair of pants, so he had to assume the oversized shirt was all he had. He

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[bluealgesistone]

Gise woke up in an unfamiliar room that looked very much like her own room only it was far larger, had great windows which let in an awesome amount of sunlight, and a high ceiling. She sat up in that unfamiliar bed and looked around, and then it struck her that she was in another world and this was her twin's room. She swung off the covers and got ready to step down off the bed when she noticed her feet didn't quite reach the floor. She placed her index finger on her lower lip and looked up blankly as she whispered to herself qu'est-ce que çe? She then shrugged her shoulders and proceeded to hop down off the bed and crouched as she landed, much like a cat. She said to herself, "Sacré bleu! I guess the bed was really that high off the ground. Je ne se pas!" So she looked around for a mirror and found a full length one on the other side of the room, she said "Ah! Une mirroir!" As she had a eureka moment, she tended to have a lot of those, she thought. And as she smiled with a huge grin on her face in a look of self-satisfied

[bluealgesistone]

Again, she shrugged her shoulders and again carefully walked over to Gisela's bureau and wardrobe. She proceeded to delicately but purposefully look through Gisela's vestments for something she could use to either pin-up the bottom of the nightgown or use as a belt to hold up the nightgown, since she knew how clumsy she was in her adult body, and she remembered how much more cumbersome it was in a child's body even with the lower center of gravity. She found a long, wide strand of the most beautiful pink iridescent silk ribbon which she thought would perfectly match the white, frilly cotton nightgown that Gisela had so graciously loaned her as she had no clothes with her other than the outfit that she came there in which was thoroughly saturated with water. She took the ribbon, remembering to put everything back the way it was, and gleefully padded over to the mirror with a grin and a new-found sense of conquest. Unfortunately she forgot to lift the skirt as she briskly walked over to the mirror and proceeded to fall flat on her

[loyallygiven]

Ken's wandering was mostly aimless. Every once in a while, he turned a corner or passed structure that seemed familiar, and he thought he might know where he was if he just thought a little harder. It was like a dream or a memory that was just out of reach. He knew he was from Tokyo, and that yesterday he was with his mother in their apartment, but he didn’t feel out of place here in this castle (though he did feel a kind of uneasy feeling, as if something wasn’t quite right).

He heard a door open ahead of him and stopped walking to see a young girl step out into the hall. He didn’t know her. But if she were a resident, then she might be able to help him. He pushed his glasses up (they really were too large for him, but he didn’t find any others that fit better, and he couldn’t see without them), and hurried to catch up to her.

“Excuse me! I’m lost. Can you help, please?”

[bluealgesistone]

She saw the most adorable boy approach her and she replied to his query, "I would love to help you, but I am new here and do not know this castle well. Je suppose Gisela or Bert would have shown me, but I have not seen them. How about we explore this castle together, n'est-ce pas?"

[loyallygiven]

Oh. That was a bit of a disappointment. But it couldn't be helped. What was that saying? Make the best of it. His doctor said it to his mom, about him. It was supposed to make her feel better about him being so weird.

"Oui," he said, smiling. "I was looking for a kitchen. I don't think I've had anything to eat since yesterday." He bowed, quickly saving his glasses from slipping off his face and onto the floor as he did so. "My name is Murata Ken. It's a pleasure to meet you." He straightened up and adjusted his glasses. And his shirt, as the bow got it a little twisted up.