THE ROOM OF LANTERNS

[dramatispersonae]

[ shockingly this room is full of lanterns. Some placed on the floor, some hanging from a rather low ceiling. Some just floating. Somehow.

Some are oil lanterns some are just candles in glass boxes.

They are all unlit. ]

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[dramatispersonae]

[ the floor creaks . . . ]

[unionoftheheart]

[gently stopping the swing, listening carefully, and then moving it just a little again...where's that creaking coming from?]

[dramatispersonae]

[ over there . . . ]

[unionoftheheart]

[stilling the lantern again, and then gently tugging on the hook in the ceiling rather than the lantern itself]

[dramatispersonae]

[ creeaaakkk ]

[unionoftheheart]

Okay, I guess the ceiling's connected to the floor, sort of like those pairs of lante--

[AND THEN LARK DID A THING]