wheel; the tenth

[entailing]

[dictated:]

Just curious -- anyone know if there've been any newcomers today and yesterday? "Welcome to a magic castle, you're in another world now" doesn't have quite the same impact when the castle's...closed for business.

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[her_mouse_jesty]

How about, "welcome to the outside of a magic castle, you're in another world now?"

[entailing]

Eh. That sounds like we're putting the castle under siege.

[her_mouse_jesty]

[Thinks.]

"Welcome to the outside of magic castle, which we'll be able to get back into shortly, you're in another world now?"

[entailing]

If I was a newcomer, I'd take that as my cue to start panicking.

Do we have any, though?

[timeresets]

I don't think I've seen anyone new, but... maybe just "You're in another world now" will work for now...?

[entailing]

I guess. We don't even know if we're going to be permanently stuck outside from now on, right?

[timeresets]

It couldn't possibly do that, could it...?

[entailing]

Why not? It isn't as though the castle has any obligation to keep us.

[thedicearecast]

Telling people they're in a new world will be enough for them to deal with. Voice of experience.

[entailing]

[your experience, she wants to say, but that'll send the conversation into a direction she has no interest in going]

And they're going to think it's a common thing here for everyone to be knee-deep in leaves. Fantastic.

[thedicearecast]

You can at least point to the castle and say it's right there. It won't mean much to them either way until they get inside, but it'll be real. I got here when everyone was on the boats. Talking about a castle didn't mean anything to me.

[entailing]

Hmm. [the idea that such a thing has occurred before is new to her] So it's just a matter of time...and the possibility that new people could be popping up still exists...

What if they're inside right now, and we can't get to them?!