Maison :'D (and mention of a musebox thread)

[thatwasapun]

H-h-h-h-hey, miss mundane, I've got a great idea! How about you not do awful things t'me and then brag about it to all your little friends, huh? Now there's a wild and crazy idea! Or you could just, y-y-y-y-you know, stop bein' such a jerk!

[oh. are you mad, darling? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of Chrome's mun and I plotting more terrible things to do to you. and your little friend, too.]

!!!

Why I oughta-- you b-b-b-better leave her outta this mess! I-in fact, how about you leave both of us outta it, huh? Doncha have other stuff you could be doin' t'entertain yourself?

[well, I could always do that other thread you're in instead...

WHOA HE WAVES HIS ARMS AROUND SUDDENLY, making loud shushing noises.]

N-n-n-n-n-n-no, uh-uh, nope, we are not talkin' about that out here! I'm done! Y'see this? Done! [he clams up, folding his arms across his chest pointedly.]

Done. One-hundred and fifty gajillion percent done.

Comments

[thatwasapun]

Yeah, you betcha! But I b-b-bet you probably have, too, huh?

[ohhihumans]

[frowns and shakes her head no, sadly] Never really been allowed outside of dad's Hotel.

[thatwasapun]

Whaaat? Ne-ne-ne-never?!

[ohhihumans]

It's... not safe. I mean, I got to go out at last. For my 118th birthday, I made him promise I could go out and see a human village! But... [She made a sad little face, arms around her middle] It was frightening. They tried to bite me. They were walking around on fire and just... humans are weird.

[thatwasapun]

Huh. I never saw any humans who acted like DAT before...

[ohhihumans]

Really? [A bit confused sounding, head tilted, frowning.] What do humans act like?

[thatwasapun]

We-well, they usually act a whole lot like you an' me! Af-after all, I was programmed to act like a human, y'know!

[ohhihumans]

[A bit of a disbelieving brow raise there.] That can't be right. Humans... they don't like people like me, or maybe you. I'm not sure about you, but they used to chase uncle Frank around with fire. And... and, yes, well, Fire bad. Humans don't like vampires. All monsters know that. Do they really act like us?

[thatwasapun]

Well, yeah! 'Course, not all of 'em act the same. N-no two humans I ever met were exactly the same! Not even Walters II and III, and they were tw-tw-tw-twins!

And, uh, pa-pardon me for sayin' so, but the reason humans don't like vampires is 'cause all the stories anybody's ever heard about ya makes ya sound, well, scary! An-and downright dangerous!

[ohhihumans]

Huh. I've only ever seen the other monsters. My dad runs a hotel for monsters. I bet you'd be okay to come to it, though it's not that impressive. [Only because she had never been outside of it for 118 years so... yes.]

I... I don't think I'm dangerous. And my dad? He's for a mean growl, but he doesn't even drink human blood! Humans are a lot more dangerous then we are! I don't have my mom because of humans. Monsters all over are attacked or screamed at, or... or chased with fire!

[She's not offended by his comment, just surprised. She wanted to meet humans, but after the village incident she's sure everything her father and uncles and aunts said was true.]

[thatwasapun]

Humans are pretty dangerous sometimes, yeah, but, we-well. So was I, a long time ago! Besides, that do-doesn't mean all of 'em are dangerous! Why, if it weren't for some hu-humans, I woulda been outta order ages ago. They put me back together!

[ohhihumans]

[She took a small breath, let it out, and then... looked a little more hopeful]

I knew it. So they're not all bad? Maybe just the bunch at the village I found were bad. I was trying to help the guy that got the pitch fork into his head, but they just kept coming groaning at me. If they'd put you back together, they can't be that bad...

[thatwasapun]

[ohhh wow he makes a face.]

A pitchfork to the h-h-h-h-head?! I dunno what kinda place that village was, but that sure doesn't happen with mo-most other humans I know.

[ohhihumans]

But... I went exactly where dad said. Outside of the cemetery to a small village. [Villages in 2012, with pitch forks and cobble stones, oh ho ho. If only she knew better] There were humans there. They just didn't seem so friendly... [siiiigh]

[thatwasapun]

Huh. May-maybe you just ended up on the wrong side o' the tracks. I've seen some w-w-wild and wacky stuff in my day, so who knows!

[ohhihumans]

So... so maybe you think I should try again? I wanted to go to paradise,ah, Haweewee, I think it was called. But dad said a trip down to this town would be safer. Baby steps and all.

[thatwasapun]

Haweewee? Uhhh, dat's a new one ta me, but if you wanna get there, I'm su-sure you will someday!

... ma-maybe not sometime soon, since you're pr-pro-probably gonna be stuck in the house and all with us, but so-someday!

[ohhihumans]

[Hawaii, but she hadn't heard it right with her dad's accent]

Maybe. I always wanted to travel the world, but Dad's against it. I'm 118 now though. It's not like I'm 82 anymore. A grown woman--ah, right. getting trapped in a haunted house. Great, out of the Hotel and into a House.