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[misssmashysmash]

Who: Chell [open]
What: Chell doodles in the park and people watches.
Where: The park
When: Afternoon
Rating: PG-13 to be safe

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[playinmygarden]

Nana was on her way back from the market when she noticed the woman sitting on a bench with a sketch pad. She noticed that the woman was one of the newer arrivals in the city-- Nana remembered her picture popping up in her little device. Curiosity getting the best of her, she made her way over to the other and looked over her shoulder to see what she was drawing.

"What's that?" she asked, peering at the sheet of paper.

[misssmashysmash]

So far Chell had drawn simple doodles of a thermometer, a camp fire, and a box made of ice cubes. Clearly it had something to do with the cold, but what? When her thinking was interrupted, she tensed for just a second before turning to glance at the woman in surprise.

Then, seeing no reason not to explain, she held up the list of riddles, tapping the one she was trying to solve.

[playinmygarden]

"Oh."

Nana had to think about that for a second. The riddles, yeah. She had one of her own that she hadn't solved yet. Was she trying to figure them out?

"Did you lose something too?"

[misssmashysmash]

Chell shook her head, then wrote one word on the paper.

Curious.

[playinmygarden]

She blinked. So the woman was a mute. Great.

"Curious? Are you trying to help solve them for people?"

And now, Nana was curious too. Hell, if she didn't have anything taken from her, she would've kept away from it all-- not even tried to help. She took a seat next to the woman and pulled her own device out of her pocket. Scrolling through the entries to the list of riddles, she found hers and pointed to it.

"If you are... what do you make of this one?"

[misssmashysmash]

Honestly she hadn't started out doing it to help anyone, but if she did figure them out, she'd gladly give out the answers. And now with someone asking for help, well, why not?

She looked it over, pulling the riddle apart to draw. Fist a heart locked in chains.... She drew a key with a question mark after it. Then a bank, and a arrow back to the key. You needed keys to get in banks, right? The last part was harder. She drew a beach first before marking it out and drawing fish. After some more thought, she added a little treasure chest blowing bubbles and put a box around them both. A fish tank. Then, with a grin, drew another arrow to the key. Treasure chests needed keys as well.

[playinmygarden]

"You're right about the key. I'm missing a key..." she lets her voice trail off. The statement didn't warrant an explanation. There was only one other person here that knew what the key was for... and the lock, well... it wasn't to anything in this world. It only held sentimental value here, if anything.

Nana nodded at the drawing of water surrounding a treasure chest in water. "That's what I got from it too, but we haven't been able to find anything yet," she told the woman with a frown. It wouldn't be the end of the world if she didn't find the key...

But it still belonged to her, and it reminded her of... home. What-- who she had waiting for her there. But the longer she was here, and the relationships she made while she was here... did it even matter? Nana seemed to lose herself in her thoughts.

[misssmashysmash]

So the key was what was missing. But the object of this puzzle was to find it, not discover what went missing. Chell looked over the drawings again, searching for clues in her own scribbles. Getting no where, she wrote another message and held it up to get her attention.

Where have you looked?

[playinmygarden]

"We were thinking either the beach, or the lake. The clue says something not as deep as the sea..."

Then again, she hadn't heard from her... partner? By the way the whole context of the riddles and the pairs, it seemed as though she needed the other person to find it. After a short pause she smiled and said, "Thanks for trying to help. I haven't seen or heard from the person I was paired up with in a while."

[misssmashysmash]

She nodded, flashing her a smile. It was no problem.

Do you need them to solve the puzzle?

She didn't understand how, but she didn't dismiss the notion either.

[playinmygarden]

Nana honestly didn't know, but the sooner she found her key, the better. Or the loss of her key could mean... it could be a sign, but... what good were signs when the reason for the sign wasn't here anymore. A brief look of sadness washed over her her face, but then she looked up to the stranger with a small smile.

"I think I do, but I don't see why I can't go find it myself."

[misssmashysmash]

I don't either. But until the reason is known, I think you should work with your partner as best you can.

Of course that might mean finding them first. If the woman hadn't heard from them in so long, they might be trying to find their stuff on their own.

This is so short. OTL I'm sorry!

[playinmygarden]

She shrugs and pulls out a cigarette. The woman was probably right.

"I'm Nana, by the way. Thanks for trying to help out."

Short is fine! =3d

[misssmashysmash]

Chell. No problem. When you find your key, would you tell me where it was?

After all, she was still curious about the answers to the riddles and had no real way to know if she even got close to the answers.

:3

[playinmygarden]

"Uh... sure," she said, giving Chell a look. "I don't know why it would matter though. It's all a game to these guys."

It was true. These doctors or that head doctor were just playing around with them for the sake of playing around with them. Nana had been here long enough to figure it out. It was on a much smaller scale back then, but with these new areas besides the city, it was just a bigger mouse maze.

[misssmashysmash]

She simply pointed to the word curious she'd written before.

While it was true she was curious, she also wanted an example of how things worked around here. She was used to games, to being played with, but this was a new one. Knowing how it worked before she undoubtedly got dragged in could only help.