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

[literalidiotball]

[As Holmes hasn't really said anything, Wheatley's just gonna keep ranting.]

She couldn't even fix my old body, she just puts me in a bloody goat! What are we going to tell the other Foundation agents when we escape and get put back in our bodies?! This is worse than being stuck in a potato- Oh, no... Yes, yes it is! At least the potato doesn't eat the bloody towels!

[improbablenotimpossible]

...

What about a potato?

[Sherlock just - zoned out?]

[literalidiotball]

[Oh! Someone's talking to him.]

You know, like a potato battery? Except it talks?

....

I am terribly sorry about the death trap, by the way. Didn't mean to get you caught in it at all.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I... Honestly. It's I'm still processing that you made a death trap.

[literalidiotball]

Yes, thank you, but it wasn't for you-

[And then Anon showed up. The dangerous pink lunatic.]

[anonnomnomnom]

It really was a pretty good death trap, though. I wouldn't have been able to build anything like that myself.

[Did you want a compliment on your knife smashy trap, Wheatley. Too bad, you've got it anyway.]

[literalidiotball]

Gah!

[UH. SCOOCHING FURTHER BEHIND SHERLOCK.]

Oh! T-th-thanks! Pretty nice for what I had to work with. Right?

[goawaygoawaygoawaygoaway]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He snickers. It's not particularly malicious, but it's not particularly friendly, either. On the bright side, he doesn't attempt to give chase, allowing Wheatley to use Sherlock as a walking shield against... him laughing at him.]

The goats really are a lot more helpful than any of us give them credit for. There's no way I would have been able to pull off any of my plan without them.

Where did you learn to build it, anyway?

[There's a gleam in his eye that says he has some ideas, but he's letting Wheatley talk anyway.]

[chaoscontrol]

Oh come now. Goats aren't that bad.

[Shadow's amused by it, though]

... Still... I'm not sure why things shook out this way... Anon's body became a servant because Koide was a servant... but then, why is Holmes....?

[literalidiotball]

Why is Holmes wha-

[Then the goat walked in on something he shouldn't have.]

Oh...

OH. UH. Is- Is that a demon?

[chaoscontrol]

Unfortunately, that seems to be the case...

[Shadow can... actually sort of perceive what Terios is doing right now, and he puts his hand over his face]

Be strong, Terios...

[be strong for mother]

[literalidiotball]

Oh... UH...

HEY, WAIT!

... And the goat walked out of the room. Didn't stay long at all, don't blame him.

[chaoscontrol]

I wouldn't want to be in there, either, to be honest.... So uncomfortable...

[sotoshini]

[ Wandering back in from the living world. ]

I can give him a steak later, unless there's something else he'd like more.

[ Because. Yeah that's. Yeah. ]

[chaoscontrol]

I think he would very much appreciate a good meal after that.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Why. Me.

[He repeats in a dull voice, having gone ashen during the entire exchange]

I assume a demon has to be summoned.

[chaoscontrol]

I'm sorry, Holmes. He seems... uh...

......yeah.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[And how he's actually hyperventilating as the demon continues to talk to Moriarty.

Suddenly, he's up, and gone]

[foundfate]

[Sweet Jesus it's a good thing that Holmes normally is a good guy.]

[anonnomnomnom]

Ah, I totally didn't mean to do that.

[He didn't mean for a lot of the fallout from Saturday, honestly. Some things you just can't see coming no matter how much you strategize or ask around.]

But, Robert, huh...

[He gives a thoughtful hum, seemingly not put off by having suddenly changed hair or eye colors but like. Well. Anon is Anon.]

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow glares at Anon]

You. Thanks to you, now everyone has the bright idea in their heads that they can save people. Idiot.

[anonnomnomnom]

[He has the grace to look kind of embarrassed about the whole fiasco, though he doesn't seem particularly fazed by the glare otherwise.]

There's no point in saying sorry when I don't regret anything, right?

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow just shakes his head and grumbles. He looks back toward the others]

Now we get to deal with the potential fallout from that. .... Ah, but if... if Nirrti summoned Koide's soul back.... [oh dear...]

[sotoshini]

Robert?

[ Coming over to sit next to. ]

[anonnomnomnom]

[It might take a while before he stops lighting up a little every time Natsuno appears. It's also possible that he was already doing this for ages now. He might also never stop? It's a mystery. Anon shuffles over a little and bumps their shoulders just because he can.]

Mmm, Robert Haydn. That's what my shell over there looks like right now.

[He sounds more intrigued than anything.]

He was the first Celestial I took for Father's plan. Really, really strong and really, really unlucky.

[The memory makes a predatory grin curl across his mouth.]

It's actually weird -- I lost him somewhere on the way to the Foundation, I think. So I wasn't expecting to see him again at all.