⓪⑧ (sort of)

[docfoul]

DDD: Party for no discernible reason other than the White Text Guy having said so.



Whether you were invited, came of your own volition, were dragged here by some weirdos in green, or just popped up in the classic "community made you do it" fashion, you are now in THE FELT MANSION. And since Doc Scratch is and will always be an excellent host, you can count on having good food, drinks, and party games aplenty.

There isn't much he can do about the TIME SHENANIGANS, though. But you can steer clear of those if you know how. Unfortunately, there is no way to avoid the mansion's collection of A THOUSAND CLOCKS.

(Speaking of time shenanigans, you may also want to refer here for a rough explanation of what those shenanigans might be. But don't worry about it too much, really. You can just say something if you want to run into a Felt NPC and, hopefully, the shenanigans will be immensely fun for all.)

You should also feel free to START ANY NEW THREADS.

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[hugmyscythe]

[yes, she trusts her to do that. she trusts her to block every move of hers.

so she twists around once, going for a underhand, oblique cut.]

[starblaze]

[she can block Dead Master's attacks all day man]

[hugmyscythe]

[yeah, she's going easy on you. it's a party after all.]

[starblaze]

[I'M NOT FIGHTING BACK YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!!]

[timey_wimey]

Other words, you mean? Yeah, maybe, goodness knows we know enough of them, but well, it's just... itchy. My skin's crawling all over. [ he wrinkles his nose a bit. ] Have you had a look at these... well. Puppets? Disturbingly true-to-life dolls? yet?

[bittymatou]

[Someone Rose used to know, kind of, is also in the dining room, eyeing the food with a bit of suspicion.

Hey. There's a girl a little older than him. Might as well talk to her.]

On a scale of one to ten, how creeped out should I be by this whole setup?

[hugmyscythe]

[....that's what makes this fight not fun. there's no input, no resistance. this isn't a fight, this is a simple beating. something like this-- no, she doesn't enjoy.

the scythe disappears.]

[bittymatou]

Okay, what the hell is this place. I liked the castle better.

[Grouchy eight-year-old Shinji is grouchy.]

[starblaze]

Do you believe me now?

[grimdarkseer]

[There's something oddly familiar about this one but Rose can't put her finger on what. Not that she's trying too hard to figure it out.

Still, making conversation gives her an excuse not to indulge in Scratch's "hospitality"]

I suppose that depends on how creepy you find it to be transported to a mansion owned by an omniscient being with a reputation for being smug, elusive and just the tiniest bit perverse.

[bittymatou]

Yeah, I'm gonna take that as a sign that I want to go home now. Stupid teleporting community, thinks it can drag me out anywhere. I don't even like parties.

[He crosses his arms over his chest.]

[hugmyscythe]

I always did.

[grimdarkseer]

That makes two of us, but apparently the fact that we have already been here makes our presence here now unavoidable.

At least, that's my understanding of the official reason for this party being thrown.

[pinkishgray]

They're supposed to be puppets? I'd wondered.... [He doesn't shudder. Not supposed to. But it is a very close thing. If you didn't know any better, you'd say he had.]

Who's the puppeteer, then? Or is that still up in the air?

[bittymatou]

That makes basically no sense at all. Which means it's not surprising for a duck party.

[starblaze]

... Why do you keep insisting on fighting?

[grimdarkseer]

It has something to do with maintaining the timeline. My understanding is that the future affects the past just as the past affects the future. That the future dictates that we have attended this party, for us to have not attended would have caused a paradox.

Which isn't to say our host doesn't have another agenda for inviting us here.

[bittymatou]

That's even more stupid than what I'm doing back home.

Oh well. [He sticks his hand out for a shake.] Matou Shinji.

[timey_wimey]

[ he shrugs. ] Well, I dunno yet exactly, still working on it, I just didn't want to say "creepy people-shaped cloth things".

[ aaaand the brainy specs get whisked back on as he squints more at these things. ] Some of them are more damaged than the others, have you noticed? Look, this one's been all stitched up, but the one next to it's full of holes. I'd almost say voodoo if that didn't sound about as off as puppets does.

[grimdarkseer]

And what might that be?

[She accepts the offered hand. At least he has manners]

Rose Lalonde. A pleasure, circumstances excepted.

[ghostshippingly]

... thank you? [ it didn't escape her notice that you didn't exactly answer her question. :| ]

Who are you? I don't think we've met before.

[bittymatou]

Virtual reality tournament for the holy grail, taking place in a high school, where you summon dead heroes to fight for you. On the moon.

[grimdarkseer]

Oh, and here I was expecting something unusual.

[Feel the sarcasm]

I'd like to say that strikes me as unbelievable, but considering I'm playing a video game that destroyed my world and serves to create a new one, I'm not really in much of a position to protest the ridiculous.

[bittymatou]

Personally I think the weirdest thing I've encountered is this community, but hacking the moon is pretty close.

[grimdarkseer]

I'd be quite surprised if anyone thought hacking the moon was an everyday occurrence.