Week 1

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well that was a busy day, huh? But despite all that, a good majority of you are reasonable people, and are smart enough to find an escape without resorting to deadly violence. Maybe if you put your heads together, you'll find a way to get out of here! After all, the host is practically in shambles already, what can he do?

The whole first floor of the manor is open for your leasure now, with the only change being that there's now a set of rules in the foyer hanging on the wall.

Let the games begin.]

[MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY]

Comments

[madeofpine]

Yeah, I did! [That's quite a look he's got going on.] Some toys and food, mostly. Did you just get clothes?

[used_realtears]

Nah. I got some other things, but some of it is kinda weird, and some of it is too big to carry around. I actually have a decoration in my room too!

[madeofpine]

Some of the stuff I got was hard to carry around, too.

[Although now that he knows that someone else used the machine, he's curious to find out if it really is giving them what he thinks it is.]

...Hey, did you get anything that looks like somethin' from your home?

[used_realtears]

[Noby shakes his head.] Well...um, I got something that looks like Big G's cooking, but I don't know if it actually is. [It's just a glob of vaguely foodlike stuff.]

[madeofpine]

Oh. Really? [huh.] I got a clock that looks a lot like it's from my father's workshop. I was wondering if any of the other stuff I got belongs to somebody else.

[used_realtears]

Oh...well, maybe you can ask other people? [He peers at Pinocchio's collection.] None of this looks like my stuff, though.

[madeofpine]

I guess I can ask about some of the stuff.

[Maybe not the ax. He kind of wants to keep that one.]

I just wanna know how they managed to get stuff from home. Has it been in there this whole time?

[used_realtears]

Yeah, probably! Maybe it's like Doraemon's pocket, but you have to put money in to get things out.

[madeofpine]

Doraemon? Who's that?

[used_realtears]

Oh, he's one of my best friends! He's a robot cat from the future, and he has a whole pocket full of gadgets! If I had some of those, I could totally get us out of here!

[madeofpine]

A--

[Hold on, there's a lot to unpack there for a kid from the 1800s.]

--robot? What's that?

But he sounds like he could help out... he probably wouldn't fit into the machine, though, would he?

[used_realtears]

Oh, um...he's made of metal, but he's also alive and moving? Kind of like how you're made of wood? [Is that a good explanation? He hopes it's a good explanation.] And well...some things that came out of that machine look like they couldn't fit at first, so maybe he could? [He would be so happy to see Doraemon come out of that machine. Save them cat robot friend.]

[madeofpine]

Was he brought to life by magic, too?

[It makes sense as a concept but he's definitely never met anyone who was inorganic and alive like he was before.]

That'd be good, if he could. One of my friends could definitely fit in the machine, but he probably wouldn't be able to help us get out.

[used_realtears]

Um...I think someone built him and made him come alive? That was in the really far future though, so I don't know how exactly they did it. [Honestly half of Doraemon's gadgets could probably be categorized as "magic"...]

One of your friends? What's he like?

[madeofpine]

That's how it happened for me, too! My father built me and then the Blue Fairy made me come alive.

[Surely it's exactly the same.]

He's actually my conscience. [On second thought, can a conscience also be a friend? ...Probably? He's not sure.] And he's kinda short 'cause he's a cricket.

[used_realtears]

Yeah, but I think in the future there are a lot of robots, so there must be some way for them to do it faster or something. [Look, he's never actually been there.]

Oh! That sounds pretty helpful. [He...vaguely remembers something about a cricket in the original story?] Do you think he could sneak in somehow?

[madeofpine]

That's really cool. I think it'd be neat to meet somebody else who's sorta like me.

[He looks a little uncertain at the question, though.] I... I dunno. I was kinda lookin' for him earlier, but he wasn't here then and Freddie said this place might be protected with some kinda magic, so... [He trails off with a shrug. He's not really certain anymore.] But back home he was really good at finding me when I needed him. Maybe he'll show up, anyways.

[used_realtears]

If he shows up, I'll definitely introduce you two!

[He nods slowly as Pinocchio explains.] Well, if he shows up, I'm sure he'll come find you right away! It seems he cares a lot about you, after all.

[madeofpine]

Yeah... maybe. It's kinda his job to make sure I'm doing the right thing, so I think he's supposed to be here and he just hasn't caught up yet.

[Probably.]

[used_realtears]

Well, I hope he'll be happy to see you making friends! [Noby sure hopes Jiminy won't consider him a "bad influence" on Pinocchio.]