℗ oo1. an elevator teeming with confusion

[quits]

[There's a redhead in the elevator. Barefoot and standing there wondering when ...]

Phil...? [She turns to look at Phil, but he's not there and the floors have definitely been reduced and renumbered. Plus, the elevator has changed and there's a book on the floor.]

Well, that's not right. [She goes to press the button for the lobby. The doors open and - oh. Nope.]

Clearly, something has gone wrong. Tony? [Where is the call box?] Okay, it's funny, but really what's going on? Is this payback for the elevator thing, because you know that wasn't really my fault. [Seriously. Where is the penthouse button on this thing and how did he manage to build an entire floor that looks like a castle without her remembering it?]



((ooc: step onto the elevator! talk to her through the journal on the floor! All she wants to say is FIRST to Tony!))

Comments

[schrodingersghost]

Um, yeah? I mean, I just got back from being kidnapped and trapped in a mirror world for a few days.

...It kind of sucked.

[quits]

A mirror world? Like a world full of mirrors? [She needs to really get her blood screened whenever she wakes up.]

[schrodingersghost]

Nah, more like an alternate reality where everything was flipped around in weird ways.

[quits]

An alternate reality? You just were there and now you're back?

[schrodingersghost]

Um, yes? I mean, everyone who got stuck there is back now. [He grimaces in guilt.] Except for the two who died. I heard the castle is bringing them back, but I haven't seen it happen yet.

[quits]

So. There are talking ponies, an alternate world where things were backwards and two people died -- but it's okay, because the castle is bringing them back?

That's horrible. [Also, she should try to remember this when she wakes up - it's too crazy not to write down somewhere.]

[schrodingersghost]

...Not okay. Never okay. But some people will say that.

[He shrugs uncomfortably.]

I know it sounds crazy, but all of that has happened here. It takes a while to get used to. I mean, we've been kidnapped and trapped here by a magical castle that steals parts of us. How could it not be weird?

[quits]

It stole part of you? [She's looking you over now, trying to figure out what's missing...]

[schrodingersghost]

It takes something from everyone it brings here. We call them losses.

[Danny shifts on his feet uncomfortably.]

I can't tell any lies anymore.

[quits]

Did you lie a lot? Before, I mean?

[schrodingersghost]

More than I wanted to. But there were good reasons for it.

[quits]

[Now she's wondering if this kid is lying now. It would make more sense than everything he's saying...

Even if she's still convinced that this is a dream.]

I think everyone believes that when they're lying.

[schrodingersghost]

Probably. I still think it was the right thing to do.

[quits]

[She nods, wondering what floor he needed.]

So, not being able to lie - how does that work?

[schrodingersghost]

If someone asks me something I have to tell them.

...Can we just not talk about this anymore?

[quits]

Sure. What floor were you looking for? [because... elevator.]

[schrodingersghost]

I was headed to the roof. So as high as it goes, I guess.

[quits]

Okay. [She'll push that button and see where it goes.]

I'm Pepper, by the way. [Yep, she'll just let the part of her dream know her name.]

[schrodingersghost]

Nice to meet you. I'm Danny.

[quits]

[The elevator arrives at the floor and the doors open.]

Good luck.

[schrodingersghost]

Thanks. Hope you don't go too crazy adjusting.

[quits]

Here's hoping!

[schrodingersghost]

[He grins and tosses off a quick salute as he steps out of the elevator.]

If you need any help, just write something into the journal. Someone should see it. Its the main communication around here.

[quits]

I'll keep that in mind. [For all of her dream communication... needs.]