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

[psych0p0mps]

[lolwut] What are you, maggots? I'm not giving it my socks.

[whichwayyoulean]

Hey, look, I'm just trying to appease it here. I figure socks are a good way to go.

[psych0p0mps]

Alright then, feed it your socks first, and see if it seems appeased.

[whichwayyoulean]

I already have, I only have two feet, so two socks. The rest are in my room way up in a tower.

[psych0p0mps]

Want me to go get them?

[whichwayyoulean]

Heck no, I'm not having anyone pilfering my room while I'm stuck down here.

==> Action

[psych0p0mps]

Pfft, well fine, be that way! [ARADIA YOU WOULD SAY EXACTLY THE SAME THING.] I will just come and watch your misfortune then.

[And yeah, she'll be there before you can say "abuse of time travel privileges."]

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

[He'll glance her way as she appears]

Yeah, you're a big help, thanks.

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia just grins and sets herself down, leaning toward the laundry room to see if she can make out the offending dryer from here. Since like... I'm pretending they're out in the hallway shoosh]

I aim to please. Is it still going?

[whichwayyoulean]

[He's still sitting on a washing machine, as the dryer scuttles around]

Oh no, it's totally handled now, see how well I'm handling this.

[psych0p0mps]

[Pfft, she very nearly cracks up seeing that, but instead giggles behind her hand.]

Excellent job!

[She'll wait a second till it's a little bit out of the way, then zip behind it (almost too fast to be seen) and take a seat on the neighboring washing machine. Somehow, in that split second, she also assembled some clean towels into an impromptu seat cushion for herself. She was not kidding about just being here to watch.]

It's kind of cute, actually. Like an ugly puppy or something.

[whichwayyoulean]

[Gosh Aradia you are literally the most helpful resident ever]

Hey, if you want to take it home with you and try to train it, feel free.