Exploring gone wrong.

[twitchy_witchy]

A young girl tumbles out of the plot hole at a run, slamming the closet door behind her hard. She turns, panting, to lock it and makes a small, frightened sound when she realizes she cannot. This is not the door it was supposed to be and she is not where she meant to be

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[patriciamydear]

Donleavy is not the comforting, nurturing sort. The following response is as reassuring as she gets.

"Life rarely plays fair, my dear. Might I ask where you are headed?"

[twitchy_witchy]

"I don't know, do I? I was going home, but then I was here instead." Coraline watches Donleavy carefully, as if she might turn into something else without a moment's notice.

[patriciamydear]

Donleavy doesn't turn into something else, but she does shrug and give her surroundings a withering glance.

"We are all "here instead," Miss. I'm not quite sure why or how it all works, but....voila."

[twitchy_witchy]

"Did the other mother do it?" Coraline asks, trying very hard not to sound frightened.

[patriciamydear]

For one rare moment in her life, Donleavy is completely and utterly confused.

"Other mother? Are you here from some strange...dimension, I believe that fellow called it?"

[twitchy_witchy]

"No. I'm from home. The other mother is from somewhere else."

[patriciamydear]

Where is home?

OOC: Neil Gaiman = one of my heroes. Have you read A Study in Emerald? The mystery geek in me loves it dearly.

[twitchy_witchy]

"The new flat, with mummy and daddy. Our neighbors are Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, and the crazy old man upstairs." Coraline isn't very clear on geography, at her age.

Typist: I haven't, actually! I'm a fairly new Gaiman convert. But I adore what I have read.

[patriciamydear]

"And...where is this flat?"

OOC: I think it's still available for free online on Gaiman's website...and I believe Harper offered it as a free audiobook, too, so it's fairly easy to find. It's a crossover story between Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's science-fiction/horror. And it's amazing...with lots of cool literary references and stuff.

[twitchy_witchy]

Coraline hesitates. She only vaguely remembers her mother's explanation, and hasn't gotten used to her new home yet.

Typist: I shall have to look into this!