[Game 158]

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a traditional Japanese room (the floor is made of tatami and two of the walls are made of shoji-- you get the picture). It smells a bit musty, like it hasn't been used in a while, but everything is strangely dust-free. There's a small old-fashioned TV in one corner, and against a different wall is a set of crooked shelves filled with knickknacks.

There is a small table in the center of the room. Pillows to sit on in your team color surround it, and several items rest on top of it. One is a softly-glowing square lantern with flowers delicately painted on the outside in your team color. It provides enough light to illuminate the room while still casting some eerie shadows. On either side of the lantern are two boxes. One is about the size of a large shoebox and made of colorful washi paper. The other is a large plastic craft bin.

Next to the boxes is a sheet of printer paper with instructions printed out on it.

Comments

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

We wouldn't get something that shoddy.

How about the bear?

Re: KUNZITE

[surefire]

That's fine. And what do we replace its insides with, after dragging out its guts?

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

I suppose it depends how hardy we want it to be. Rice is smaller and softer, but it could be weaker.

Unless more things might tell us something like the TV.

Re: KUNZITE

[supersensitive]

Rice would be okay... It's probably better not to use the plastic, right? Since they like us to be 'creative'...

...Do you want to look for something else?

Re: KUNZITE

[surefire]

We could...

[examines the shelves 8|b]

Re: KUNZITE

[dramatispersonae]

There's a daruma doll with one eye filled in, an old radio, some cracked teacups, a broken comb... etc etc.

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

It couldn't hurt.

[Gonna come over and join in the looking.]

Re: KUNZITE

[supersensitive]

...We could try the radio?

[hands already back over his ears.]

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

[Nods and let's turn on this radio then.]

Re: KUNZITE

[dramatispersonae]

Huh. Radio. What's going on with that radio?

In the midst of whatever that is, you can clearly hear a voice say, "Clip your nails."

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

[Ugh, that noise even grates on my ears. Shutting off.] Clipping our nails, I guess.

Re: KUNZITE

[surefire]

Oh, so that is what the nail clippers are for...

[sounds a little bored]

Re: KUNZITE

[supersensitive]

[MIGHT... SIGH IN RELIEF... WHEN THE RADIO GETS TURNED BACK OFF...]

That's not so bad. So... Rice and nail clippings in the bear?

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

Sounds like. And use red thread.

Re: KUNZITE

[surefire]

[doesn't really say anything to that... just grabs the bear and some scissors, cuts along the seam, and starts carefully and enthusiastically gutting this stuffed animal]

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

[So excited.]

We'll also need a name for him.

Re: KUNZITE

[supersensitive]

[o...oh lambda. GRABBING THE NAIL CLIPPERS TO CLIP HIS NAILS, THEN...]

Re: KUNZITE

[surefire]

[after she's ripped out the last bit of stuffing, filling it up with the rice]

It has to be something cute, of course. That's a Kunzite naming tradition.

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

Only to be expected of us.

[Pulling out a measure of red thread and threading it through the needle.]

Re: KUNZITE

[supersensitive]

[adding his nail clippings to the bear's insides]

...Is it a girl bear or boy bear?

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

Hmmm....girl, I think.

Re: KUNZITE

[surefire]

Hmmmm~.

Lady Beary Fangsparkles♪

Re: KUNZITE

[supersensitive]

[s-smiles.]

Miss Beary. Cute. I guess after we sew her up, we should find something to do with the extra thread...? And maybe the bottles...

Re: KUNZITE

[shednotearsformagic]

Ah, truly a wonderful name.

[Looking at the red thread thoughtfully.]

Well, usually red thread is the thread of fate.

Re: KUNZITE

[surefire]

[giggle] So perhaps its fate is linked to one of the other stuffed animals?