001 :: Action/Dictated :: Lobby

[wash_tub_woes]

…no……no…no no no no no no no no NO!

I can’t be lost! I can’t I can’t I can’t!

[gasp!]

Oh no…I think I see…silly creatures!

…Is this …is this outer space? How could that cave lead to...

[long pause]

…Gobo? …are you around?

This isn’t funny guys! Where are you?

[pause]

Wembly? ….Mokey? ….R-red…?

[There's a new arrival in the lobby today. Due to his size, he's easily overlooked, but if you should happen to see him, you can see that he's shaking in his hypothetical boots. The journal is open in front of him, but he doesn't seem to know what to make of it. ...was it making noises?]

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[molotov]

[Fortunately (unfortunately?) for this little guy, there's someone not that much bigger in the lobby, doing back walkovers and flips across the floor. And while she's not in her usual form, Molotov has apparently retained her fascination with non-humans.

She comes to a halt right in front of him, her head cocked curiously.] Hi. Are you okay?

[wash_tub_woes]

[He, being the coward that he is, screams and runs away to a corner, cowering.]

[molotov]

[That is not the proper way to react to young children! Molotov follows him, then drops to the ground to be closer to his size.] Wait! Stop yelling! What is wrong?

[wash_tub_woes]

[He stops yelling at her request but doesn't stop panicking.]

Don't hurt me! Please!

[molotov]

I do not want to hurt you. I just wanted to say hello!

[wash_tub_woes]

[He resumes screaming for just a few more seconds after that, until her words finally...finally sink in.]

...Huh?

[molotov]

Da, no one wants to hurt you here. At least... if you stop screaming.

[huffythedragon]

[Staring. So much staring]

...What're you?

[wash_tub_woes]

[A pause. Then a freak out.]

AAHHHHH! IT'S A MONSTER!

[running.]

[huffythedragon]

Hey, I'm not a monster! I'm a dragon!

[That's...not going to help, Spike]

[wash_tub_woes]

[There is a brief pause. Then...]

AAHHHHH IT'S A DRAGON!

[...we're running again.]

[huffythedragon]

Oh for Pete's sake!

Dude, dude, stop running.

[Watching the running]

Seriously. I'm a vegetarian.

[wash_tub_woes]

[He stops, super confused.]

...A vegetarian dragon?

[sexyhitchhiker]

[she lazily looks up at the new arrival from her spot on a couch. And she goes right back to reclining and playing her video game.]

You're in the lobby. Welcome to Paradisa.

[wash_tub_woes]

[cowers.]

SILLY CREATURES! EVERYWHERE!

[Looks up from his cowering.]

Para-wha?

[sexyhitchhiker]

I'm not silly. [eyeroll]

Paradisa. The magical, kidnapping castle.

[wash_tub_woes]

I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED?!

[sexyhitchhiker]

Yup. We all have.

[wash_tub_woes]

Oh no. Oh no oh no ohnoOHNO!

[He didn't plan on being kidnapped today. It just wasn't on the schedule.]

...But I have so much I still have to do! The socks are just sitting there in the water in the washtub! They'll get moldy!

SO SORRY I'M LATE <33

[flailingfelt]

[and there's a frog wandering out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee-- oh, hey! a Fraggle!! he smiles and waves]

Oh, hi there!

<33

[wash_tub_woes]

[He starts to scream and run in terror, but he stops himself. The frog... seemed familiar. And not as threatening.]

...Huh?

[flailingfelt]

Did you just get here? To the castle, I mean? ... It's no Fraggle cave, I know, but ... it's actually pretty cozy.

[wash_tub_woes]

[He seems a bit dazed.]

...Uh-huh.

[He shakes himself out of it, then looks around frantically.]

W-what?! The castle? THE GORGS CASTLE?!

[flailingfelt]

Uh --- no, I don't think we have any Gorgs here. It's just -- just a castle. It's okay. It's okay, nobody's gonna hurt you.

[wash_tub_woes]

[He huffs and puffs a bit, makes some nonsense noises, then finally calms down - a bit.]

Y-you're sure?