Castillo Protocol

isabella · scribe · human · 36

[bookofbolton]

I probably would have if you wouldn't have started with "would you believe me if..."

[castillo-protocol]

Shit.

Well, that's on me I guess lol

[infinityandmadness]

Have you? Oh! On The Sims! Right! I love that game. Making characters from my favorite media is always fun. Yeah! So much fun.

The daytime? Okay. That would be a better time to do things.

Question! What are we doing in the daytime?

[castillo-protocol]

Uh, getting the gnome of your property? Remember?

[necrosemancy]

[...] Like you think someone would steal him off my lawn? Because I've had enough of people taking things from my lawn. I'm pretty sure the neighborhood's aware that taking something off my lawn would just be a tremendously bad idea.

But no, sorry, genuinely haven't seen him.

[castillo-protocol]

Nooooo, not really. Let's just say that this gnome has a tendency to wander.... if that makes any sense. It sounds insane, I know!

And darn, oh well, the search continues! Keep an eye out for me tho?

[highoctanegem]

A clam! We got obsessed with clams after the clamvention last year. That's when we knew we could have clam pets. I should give it a hat, I can't believe they don't have clam hats at the pet store. But also, I guess it would cover a bit of the painting we did on the shell. Ooooh, what sorta thing do you do that you've been busy all your life? Are you a hunt LOL! Moms, amirite? [user has no relationship with her mother, actually]

Don't sweat it, babe, the way you just said it sounds totally normal for a town like this. Sane is overrated anyway.

[pm] So like, Harold wasn't actually a statue, was he?

[castillo-protocol]

Yeah, I think if you wanna give him a hat you're probably gonna have to make one yourself. But it's a little hat! It can't be too hard! And oh, just the pulse pounding, rock n rolling thrills of academia and all that lies wherein! Okay, it's not actually exciting to most, but it is time consuming. Just wish mom understood that haha.

[pm] Believe it or not, he actually is a statue! I know it sounds insane!

[danielabrams]

Sure.

[pm] You've got quite a lot of interesting lawn item issues. Gnomes and flamingos? Are the flamingos dangerous too?

[castillo-protocol]

[pm] Well, to be honest my problems expand far beyond lawn ornament issues, but yeah.... And no the flamingos aren't dangerous! There's just... a lot of them that pop up if they're left alone and not put away?

[infinityandmadness]

I figured it would! We must contain that freaky little thing, as soon as possible! Please! Before they multiply. I heard lawn gnomes do that. I've seen it in a game somewhere. Slims, I t was called.

Thank you for understanding. I will meet you there, then. What time shall we have this? I would like to not have to be left waiting. Something might eat me. It is the woods after all. There's a lot going on in the woods here. Besides this unfortunate gnome appearing.

[castillo-protocol]

I have heard that about some gnomes, but thankfully this one's not one of them! Having the multiplying property is OBJECT 2998's whole thing and I still have to track that one down another day. Oh yeah, I remember that, I would keep the gnomes and they would just spawn seeds in my house. I made a lot of money in that game doing that.

Of course! And maybe we should do this in the daytime? Lessen the creepiness factor of trying to grab it? Don't want to get attacked by an animal in the dark either. Or anything else for that matter.

[technowarden]

Oh my god, is this one of those frat party hazing things? Have the frat bros done something to the gnome?

[castillo-protocol]

[user freezes at the idea of a local frat house getting their hands on OBJECT 498. That would be a complete disaster.] God I hope not. If a group of them got their hands on it.... Well it'd get confusing, I'd imagine.

[bookofbolton]

May I ask why we're not allowed to touch it?

[castillo-protocol]

Would you believe me if I said because it's covered in really toxic paint?

[danielabrams]

[...] Okay, well, I guess if I see it around, I'll let you know. Any other missing gnomes or garden decorations, or is it just this dangerous one?

[castillo-protocol]

Thank you! I really appreciate it! And no, thankfully he's just the one in terms of gnomes. Although if you happen to notice an overabundance of lawn flamingos where they shouldn't be, you might want to message me for that too. That's a whole other problem.

[highoctanegem]

You're so welcome, babe! Right? And then, speaking of peace and stuff, when my partner got me my pet clam (Echo) it was a whole thing to keep them away from the tank. Defo didn't go well at first. Do you have any pets? Do you know about the struggle?

Tell about his specialness! I just told you all about mine. You can probably go on a road trip! If he ended up running away that far, obvi. I'm totally crossing my fingers so you find Harold soon.

[castillo-protocol]

A clam? I never considered the possibility of having a calm be considered as a pet. Wild. You should give it a hat and glasses. And no I don't. Been really busy all my life so there hasn't been any room for any fuzzy bundles of joy. I did think about maybe adopting a dog once upon a time and telling my mother that the dog would be the only grandchild she'd be getting out of me. She didn't appreciate the joke.

Well hopefully he's still somewhere in Wicked's Rest other wise it's gonna be a whole other thing to get him back in Containment. But uh, how can I say this without sounding insane? He likes to go on trips.... and take people with him.

[howlinjack]

Oh it's super specific and very excessive and I don't really 'get it' either but I'm sure they feel very accomplished and I guess that's what teaching is all about? Just really wish we could, as like a society for a few years, avoid that number range for our memes and our gig

Oh yeah, sure, definitely. They're kind of just set up in a nice fort right now, haven't even named it yet.

[castillo-protocol]

As Whitney Houston once sang, "I believe the children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way" or something like that. At least the prank's harmless at the end of the day and I'll take that over destruction of property.

Oh yeah, got yourself a whole Fort Box situation?

....

That was me trying to be funny and make a Fort Knox pun, but that didn't work out. Anyways, forts can be fun! Never too old for a good fort.

[danielabrams]

Sure, yeah, life always getting in the way of things. Though I guess it's almost a good thing it's off your hands now? At least that's how I'd look at it. No longer your problem.

[castillo-protocol]

Eeeeehhhh, no I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that! It is still VERY MUCH my problem. I need to get that gnome back asap.

[highoctanegem]

Harold! He does have a very Harold face, doesn't he? It's all in the eyebrows. Flawless naming skills, babe. And thank you! I totally agree that they're cute. They had a bit of a rough relationship for some time (Melody didn't know we were gonna have an actual garden, so it took him some time to adjust) but now they're super civil with each other.

[user squints] You think so? Was this gnome like, special or something? Oh, if he's a runaway gnome like that, I bet he's all the way in Canada already. Let's hope he found friends along the way!

[castillo-protocol]

Thanks, I'm glad you think so lol. Well that's good and I'm glad that things are amicable when it comes to feline gnome relations. Peace across the land at last!

Special...? Yeah, in way he kind of is? And oh god! I hope not! I don't think I can spare the trip to Canada to find him.

[infinityandmadness]

[Bellamy collapses, rolling his head on his desk, then pops right back up after a moment]

No, I found it in the woods near my property. The creepy little thing scared me half to death... I wouldn't mind, as it's not at my home. But I can take you to the woods where it is pictured, if you really want to? I think you could just leave it out there. But as long as you do not make me get near that thing, you do you. We can meet up just outside of Oldtown, it will be easiest.

[castillo-protocol]

That would be great! Would save me some time on the search in the long run.

And yeah, if you don't want to get near it again, I completely understand. I'll handle it once you point me in the right direction. Honestly keeping some distance from it is probably for the best . I'll meet you in there!

[kadavernagh]

Arguing with me about anything is futile. Unless you are Ja At the same time, no one listens to me. I suppose this is a universal truth of being a doctor. I digress.

They're like melon-sized pom-poms that eat everything. I have tried to find a pattern in their dietary habits based on bitemark presence (in what they did not consume in its entirety), but it seems to differ between individual flurrators. Or subspecies, or color morphs. I am still trying to understand these name-like designations listed on the invoice. Anyway, here is "The Roobler". [user sends a photo of her upside down trashcan. nothing inside it is visible] Oh, I mean-- the flurrator is inside the trashcan. The trashcan is not an IKEA product with a strange name. Did it come from IKEA, actu [user goes to IKEA website. user does find her trashcan on there. user sees it is named RÖBLER. user shatters her screen]

[...] Do you want to come suffer them in person? Maybe they will infect prefer you.

[castillo-protocol]

Oh! It's inside the trash can. Of course. Got it. And actually yeah, I'd love to see these things in person. Where are you? I'll see if I can bring more trashcans to contain them. [user is already planning on writing up a whole entry about these little buggers]

[castillo-protocol]

[castillo-protocol]

Hello, Isabella. Someone recommended I contact you. I recently came into possession of a rather unusual book [user decides not to tell her that he actually stole the book], and I believe you may be able to help me understand it. Would you be willing to meet?

[pm]

Hello there!

Ooo, a book you say? Sounds interesting! I would love to meet up and help you with this. I'm usually haunting the Wicked's Rest Public Library from opening till about lunch Mondays to Fridays. Does that work for you? If not I can meet you at another time.