[intro & halloween event] *rubs hands together cackling*

[ifyoumustblink]

The night of his arrival is lit by a half moon.

He wakes up in the graveyard. And it's not the graveyard he remembers. Pines don't tower over him, he doesn't hear the river that sits so close to the one beyond the Spirit's Gate; and there's something, a hundred somethings digging into his back and it's really uncomfortable.

He grunts as he stands up, picking up the shamisen next to him. Something under his shoe crunches. That's when he sees he's surrounded by bird bones, and forgive him for kind of freaking out, but this isn't exactly the kind of thing you expect to wake up to in the middle of the night. Naturally, he slings the instrument over his shoulder and runs the hell out of there towards the only structure he can see: the Castle. The architecture is absolutely and completely alien to him, but surely there must be people living there. By all accounts he is not home, and he isn't particularly keen on staying in the woods.

( who wants to bet he's the shortest kid in the castle )

ladylike; in form and manner both [halloween event; open!]

[regalduchess]

Duchess goes to sleep on her velvet chair and wakes on the floor. The castle has seen fit to provide her with a plain white slip and nothing more, and so-- she's seen Madame Bonfamille, in one, but never in company-- sets about to searching for clothes.

Sh comes across a lovely dress, tailored to her size, and puts it in a few minutes. It takes a while (she's trying to get used to clothes! They feel quite constricting.) and a few tries, but finally she's able to search for a mirror fully clothed.

She's a human... all but for her head, which still looks reassuringly feline.

It's time to debut her new form. She walks to where the play set is and looks around, eagerly searching for anyone to talk to-- and finds them.

"Oh! My dear, look at what the castle has done now!"