Dreamland (round 3)

[foundationmods]

[A strange house of some sort sits in the pitch black nothingness that exists around it. For those just now wandering in, they will be drawn to the building, finding it lit up in a way that it should not be. It's as if the whole area- house, yard, fence, and giant sakura tree- all give off their own light, and the newly-arrived are drawn to it like a moth to the flame.

Inside the boundary of the yard, the familiar faces of those who have passed on already will greet them. Depending on who is asked, they might give an accurate explanation. But even if they don't, one thing is clear: you don't want to leave this place. The area outside feels Dangerous, and it is probably best to stay put.

Fortunately, the house is built in an old style, and there are many rooms to explore. One room on the second floor seems locked, but the rest are open to explore as desired. The standard rooms are easy to find: kitchen, a W.C. and a bathroom, a sitting room of some sort, and a couple bedrooms (with plenty of futons for the dead to use). There are also several tatami mat rooms with nothing in them currently, but it seems like there might be some use for those rooms.

Around the house, perches for birds can be found. No birds are on them currently, though.

Sometimes Watanuki can be found in the house, but most of the time the dead will be left to their own devices. The question is, what will they do here?]

Comments

[chaoscontrol]

[Sorry Syaoran, he doesn't have a photographic memory. You get the gist.]

No. It doesn't excuse it, though it certainly does explain it.

[excavated]

[ It's okay if he really has to get the long version he can try asking Kimihiro when they get the chance to talk again, perhaps. ]

It explains a lot, for sure. Although there are some things that I wonder...

[chaoscontrol]

Like what.

[excavated]

My father once said this, a long time ago. "What books say isn't always the truth." I'm wondering if... the narrator of that book is embellishing things to make herself look more pitiful, especially given that she has an audience to watch it.

[chaoscontrol]

So you don't believe it's the whole truth... or that there's some blatant lies. Unfortunately, her unreliable retelling is the only one we have.

[excavated]

Yeah. It's entirely in her perspective, so we, the audience, don't get to know what the other people are thinking. Even if what the people did was terrible, she can easily make them look worse because of that inherent bias. An unreliable narrator is actually pretty common in stories like these, after all.

[sotoshini]

[ Watches a pig fly. ]

It doesn't even need to be that complicated. With her... [ Makes hand gesture. ] she could be doing it without realizing it too. Not that the difference matters.

She told me she wanted to leave the past behind, but that's what I was trying to do and I'm here.

[excavated]

That's true. And I was thinking that she was probably running away from it. [ The story... and the way she acted implied as much, after all. Good to have confirmation on that. Not to mention that they're agreeing on something for once. ]