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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: THE SECOND WEEK

The castle’s decor gradually gets more and more intricate. The lobby sports Christmas trees so tall their stars nearly brush the domed ceiling, and bells have become the new staple of decor. Residents will want to take note of the bells, in particular, as they’re just about everywhere. It seems the ringing incites... feelings.

And the atmosphere! Anyone who ever claimed Paradisa was never good will have to eat their words as the nostalgia creeps around the castle. While there are never any real illusions or hallucinations, the almost synesthetic quality to the castle is hard to ignore. A glance around your room might stir thoughts of home. A jog around the grounds might dig up some old memories of good times. A mindless conversation with a friend might bring to mind that time of your life where things were perfect. It’s not complicated, or overwhelming: it’s just a gentle prod, easily ignored until they start happening more and more frequently.

It’s not just a reminder of where you lived in your world, or where you’ve been, or the places you’ve seen. It’s home. It’s wherever you felt safest, or most loved. Wherever you felt like you truly belonged. Where you were happy. Where your mind returns for your fondest memories.

You can have home here, too, you know, the castle whispers into sleeping residents’ ears every night, so quietly. Just a whispered hush, loving and motherly.

Residents wake every morning to the smell of hot apple cider, home-cooked breakfast and another door on the advent calendar unlocked. They may not remember ever hearing a voice, but the thought still crosses their minds.

Could they have a permanent home here?

SPECIAL DAYS

The second “empty” advent day is Saturday the 12th.

Residents will wake up to a gift from the castle, from home. It’s something small, something specific and meaningful. You may use this post to plan what your character will get!

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Sylar -- I'm not sure. He already has his namesake watch, and nothing else is immediately coming to mind? Maybe a set of watchmaking tools from his shop back home? That seems kind of lame, though, since he's more or less put that life behind him. Possibly one of his mother's snow globes? IDK. Uh, suggestions are welcome?

Dean Winchester -- Again, I don't know. The Impala is already here (not that that's a small thing, anyway), and he already has Sam and his dad here, so he doesn't need a picture of them or anything. He has his pendant, his shotgun ... not sure what else the guy could get. Also open to suggestions here.

Dean: Maybe something from storage? Like one of the boxes Bobby made to trap dangerous items, or his first fake ID? IDK

Sylar I'm thinking on.

...Sadly, the first things that come to mind for Sylar are either the pair of scissors he stabbed Mummy with, or the paperweight he killed that first telekinesis guy with. Why so morbid, brain?

I was thinking maybe a picture of all the winchesters together maybe (including mom)? I think it'd be better for Sam or his dad, but maybe that'd be something I don't know.

That or maybe the demon knife but I don't know about that one either.