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

[improbablenotimpossible]

It's for depth perception. It allows us to judge distances, like say far a prey animal is to see if we can just ambush it or we need to use a spear or bow to take it down. Or to accurately assess where a ball will land once it's thrown.

[He takes a slow sip of his sake]

Hold your hand out, close one eye, then the other, does it seem like your hand has moved when you do that?

[literalidiotball]

Don't you have sensors for that sort of thing?

[But he does as he is told... Blink, blink.]

Huh... It looks like it has... Weird.

[improbablenotimpossible]

It's because due to the position of the eyes, they're seeing things at a slightly different angle. The brain more or less stitches the two images each eye gives to make a composite three-dimensional image, which allows your mind to discern exactly where things are. With only one, we're missing half the picture.

[literalidiotball]

Ooooooh....

[A SCIENCE! That doesn't feel as much like science since nothing died or blew up. But still.]