Thirty Three Truffula Trees

[whichwayyoulean]

[Later tonight, one may find the peace of their evening disturbed by a horrible screeching sound permeating the journals. As if metal is meeting metal in a horrible, scraping doom. Accompanying the terrible screeching is a low thudum-thudum-thudum. This continues for about a minute before the Once-ler manages to grab hold of his journal, laughing nervously into the pages]

Sooo hey. Quick FYI. You guys might want to avoid the Laundry Room until tomorrow. Not that there's anything to worry about. Mostly.

Whoaaaah just stay in that corner of the room. Oh jeez you're getting Tide everywhere.

I might have experimentally given one of he tumble dryers legs. And then I was tinkering about in the back of it, just fooling around and I miiiiight have given it a teeny tiny slither of self awareness. Like the teeniest. Hardly anything, really.

[Screeeech. Thudum-thudum-thudum]

I think it's mad.

Comments

[hellofist]

... Can you ride it?

[whichwayyoulean]

I think my legs are a little too long for that.

...And I don't think it'd appreciate it, either.

[heal_theworld]

...You gave a dryer legs and self-awareness.

[...This is almost as bad as the time that Zelos set loose the demon in the microwave.]

[whichwayyoulean]

A really teeny piece of self awareness. Hardly any self awareness.

Dictated

[cyan_maid]

...Why?

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

I was bored and wanted to see if I could do it.

...Pretty much the same reason as usual, when you think about it.

dictated

[psych0p0mps]

Ahahaha! And I thought it was bad the time I flooded the place! I want to see this.

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

You got anything that can appease it? Socks, maybe?

[whistles_the_blues]

[Really Once-ler? REALLY!?]

...You're lucky I washed my scarf yesterday.

How mad would you say it is?

[whichwayyoulean]

Yeah, counting my lucky stars.

Uhhh it doesn't have an expression, but it's pretty violent so I'd say a lot.

[gottaknockhard]

... Too bad. I could have saved myself walking to it.

[whichwayyoulean]

I don't think it'd be all that helpful, but if you want to try drying your clothes in it, knock yourself out.

[originalcopy]

Wait, you did what?

[whichwayyoulean]

Gave the tumble dryer legs.

You know, just because.

[ino]

You're kidding, right?

[ a pause as she sees the other comments ]

... You're not kidding. Oh my God. [ FACE IN HANDS ]

[whichwayyoulean]

I was curious?

[well_assembled]

And suddenly I'm flashing back to bad horror films of the 90's. Did you get blood on it? Is it out to get us all?

[whichwayyoulean]

Nope, no blood. Pretty sure it's not hungry for human flesh. Maybe just our socks.

[rose_of_battle]

Whatever gave you the idea to give the dryer legs?

[She's not even going to deal with the self-awareness yet.]

[whichwayyoulean]

I love how people keep asking me this question as if they expect an answer other than 'because I felt like it'.

[infanta]

What is a tumble dryer?

[whichwayyoulean]

It's a machine that dries clothes by tumbling them.

It's hard to tell with the name and all, I know. It's tricky.

[shortishandbossy]

Be careful. [IT'S NOT LIKE HE CARES ABOUT HIM OR ANYTHING]

[whichwayyoulean]

[That sure sounds like not caring to him]

I'm trying! I'll just...yep. I'll just stay on this washing machine until it goes away. Or dies.

[the_effect_she_has]

[Reason five hundred and twelve why she doesn't live in the castle ...]

Do you need assistance killing the ... washing ...machine?

[whichwayyoulean]

The washing machines aren't doing anything...yet.

Unless the tumble dryer convinces them to join its new pack or something.

Man, I really have to start thinking these things through.

[not_mafia]

[wow tsuna is flashing back to giannini so hard. onceler why]

O-onceler--! How do they even manage to do this sort of thing?!

[whichwayyoulean]

[Because he can]

Who's they? I did this all by myself thank you very much.

...Forgetting why I should be proud of that fact.

Action

[babyaliendaddy]

[Tucker is totally here to help! ... by commenting from the hallway where he's eating his second bowl of Cocoa Puffs.] Dude, you should probably shut that thing down.

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

[The Once-ler shoots him a glare as he tries to sit on top of a washing machine to avoid it]

No really? Gosh I am so glad that you're here to offer such sage advice!

Dictated;

[wilder]

[Really considering it's Onceler? He's...not even fazed]

I knew laundry machines were nothing but bad news.

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

They can be pretty useful when you need 'em.

...Not right now obviously, but most of the time.

[schrodingersghost]

[Suddenly Danny was having horrible flashbacks to his childhood. And his Dad's more creative experiments.]

Please tell me it isn't swearing revenge against all users of low quality detergent and building an army of lost sock minions.

[whichwayyoulean]

[Sorry, Danny, you should know by now your life is suffering here]

No revenge talks yet. I'll get back to you on the lost sock minions.