008 - backdated to saturday morning

[solar_absorber]

[It felt like any other morning since he first woke up in the castle. The bed, the sheets, the annoying peak of sunshine that shown through the window curtains. He yawned and stretched, and finally squinted his eyes open and...suddenly it wasn't such a normal morning.

For starters, he didn't recognize the room. But he could tell it wasn't the one he shared with the Midnighter. Speaking of...he glanced over his shoulder to the other side of the bed.

Nope. Definitely not his husband. But someone he recognized from the expedition a few months ago. He reached out and tapped her shoulder gently.]

Um...miss? I think something weird is going on.

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[her_mouse_jesty]

[Blinking the sleep out of her eyes, she momentarily forgets she's in paradisa, and swats her tail at the hand, annoyed.]

Mickey, what can't wait?

[Grumbling, she lifts her head, looks and -

Hello, not-mickey.]

Eek!

[solar_absorber]

[He winces and scoots closer to the edge of the bed.]

I'm sorry about this, really. But I just woke up in here and I don't know why.

[her_mouse_jesty]

What? What? What?!

[Give her a moment, she's quite frazzled. She looks around, and sits up in bed, trying to process this. Pure innocent disney characters do not wake up with strangers on their beds or they get booted from the franchise.]

... Say that again?

[solar_absorber]

[He tugs his hair back over his shoulders and sighs heavily.]

I woke up in here. But this obviously isn't where I fell asleep. I think something is going on.

[her_mouse_jesty]

I'll say!

[She swallows... hey, recognition!]

... Oh, you're that nice fellow from the expedition... right?

[She slides off the bed, smoothing down her clothes.]

[solar_absorber]

[He sighs in relief.]

Yeah, we spoke when we were exploring that deserted town. I'm Apollo.

[He extends a hand for her to shake.]

[her_mouse_jesty]

[She curtseys, and then takes his hand, lightly shaking it.]

I'm Minnie Mouse. It's good to know that whatever prank the castle is playing with this time, I'm with a good guy.

[solar_absorber]

[He grins.]

This seems like a pretty juvenile prank for the castle to play. But I guess that's not too surprising.

[her_mouse_jesty]

It's difficult to expect the unexpected.

[She heads to the door, deciding breakfast would be a good time now as any.]

Oh well, it's not the worst ordeal it's put us through, so let's just... [doorknob wiggle. wiggle. wiggle.] Huh?

[solar_absorber]

[He stands up, planning to follow her out the door, but stops when nothing happens.]

What's wrong?

[her_mouse_jesty]

The door won't open!

[solar_absorber]

[He blinks, hearing her but not quite believing. He moves around her and tries to open it himself. Not even a budge.]

You've got the be kidding me.

[her_mouse_jesty]

Maybe that's what we get for thinking this was the castle being simple.

[solar_absorber]

Yeah, because having us wake up in other people's bed isn't complicated enough.

[He puts his shoulder against the door and tries to slam it open. No dice.]

It's really shut tight.

[her_mouse_jesty]

[She frowns, and flicks her hand, her hand glowing white, the door glows white... but also, no dice.]

It won't react to my magic. We may not be going anywhere for a while.

[solar_absorber]

[He slumps down against the door.]

Well, if we can't even fight magic with magic, it looks like we're stuck here for now.

[her_mouse_jesty]

[She heads to the closet, getting a bit worried.]

I hope it doesn't lock out the ghosts!

[solar_absorber]

[He sighs and resists the urge to bang his head against the wall. The castle sure does love its festivities.]

I don't think it will. The castle probably just wants us to bond or something, not starve us.

[her_mouse_jesty]

[She makes a mental wish, opens the closet, and sighs with relief.]

Thank goodness... you think that's all? It should be easy for us to become friends!

[solar_absorber]

[He pulls out of his funk long enough to give her a smile.]

I don't think it'll be hard at all. Being locked in here for however long though...that will.

[her_mouse_jesty]

[Tapping a finger to her cheek in contemplation...]

These kind of events do seem to take a while... It can either be a whole month or just a few days.

[solar_absorber]

Bite your tongue. We don't want to give this place any more ideas.

[He finally moves away from the door and sits in a chair.]

So, I don't suppose you have any board games laying around?

[her_mouse_jesty]

[She winces a little at the 'bite your tongue', and then looks around uneasily.]

Not really... I usually pass the time reading.

[solar_absorber]

[He gives her a horrified look.]

That's how you spend your day? Just...reading? No games or TV or sunlight?

[her_mouse_jesty]

... What's 'TV'?

[solar_absorber]

[You....just don't even know what you've done to his mind.]

You don't know what a TV is?

[her_mouse_jesty]

[Shrug.]

I wouldn't ask if I knew. Is it very important?

[solar_absorber]

It's...it's like a...haven't you been in the lobby before? The huge black, rectangular shaped screen that's on one of the walls, that's a TV.

A really nice one with high definition sound and everything.

[her_mouse_jesty]

[Gives this some thought...]

Oh! Is that the thing I've seen people play those 'video games' on?

[solar_absorber]

Yeah. But it's not just for video games. It plays TV shows and movies to.

[her_mouse_jesty]

So you can do more than just play games with them? What kind of things does it do?

[solar_absorber]

I basically just told you. It plays movies and TV shows. Which are kind of like books in that they tell a story, but it's real people acting it out.

[her_mouse_jesty]

Like a play?

[solar_absorber]

Yeah, exactly! Except they're video taped and made into DVDs-these little disks that you put in the TV-so you can watch them from home.

[her_mouse_jesty]

That's absolutely amazing! What a wonderful device!

[solar_absorber]

I know! [He grins. It's always fun converting people to his love for TV.]

We'll have to watch something when ever we get out of here.

[her_mouse_jesty]

You can me up on that anytime! Now you've got me really curious, heehee!

[solar_absorber]

Alright, it's a date. You seem like the romantic-comedy type.

[her_mouse_jesty]

That sounds like fun! I love romances, and I love to laugh.

[solar_absorber]

Great.

..But what do you suggest we do in the meantime?