Perhaps it's a little late, but the Mansion is celebrating the occasion beautifully. There are hand-crafted decorations adorning the walls, and sprays of pink, red, and white flowers in vases throughout the rooms, as well as ornate ice sculpture of couples (chastely!) embracing in the lobby and dining hall ( Read more... )

There's a new addition to the table of food in the dining hall. It's a looming creation, but oddly elegant, with pistons and a large bubbling sphere. Whatever could it do ( Read more... )

What's this white fluttery stuff? It's white, it's fluffy, it's... snow?You look closer and lo and behold, it's snowing in the Mansion! The room doesn't feel cold, but really, it's true, there's snow falling down. Catch a flake, you can see its six cornered ice shape. Look at the ground, it's even gathering by your feet ( Read more... )

Lights flicker alarmingly across the mansion. There's a low level hum, gradually growing more audible. Power sockets flicker sparks of blue. You might hear the echoes of a mad cackle through the halls ( Read more... )

Goo goo... ga...? Gah ( Read more... )

Welcome to the zoo! No more of that stuffy mansion, it's fun and games for all. There's snakes and tigers and bears, and zebras, and monkeys, and all sorts of animals for you to see ( Read more... )

In the Roman calender, the 15th of March was known as the Ides of March. It was brought to popularity by William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, in which the titular character is warned to "beware the Ides of March." Of course, he did not heed that warning and though his wife begged him to stay at home, Caesar was stabbed to death by a line of ( Read more... )

Well this is certainly unusual. There are vegetables where there used to be people - and don't ask how they're walking around, how the carrots are hopping about without falling flat on their faces, or why it isn't simply easier for the tomato to roll.

The thing is, these vegetables aren't just vegetables. They're you. A gherkin with glasses, a ( Read more... )

Your hands look normal, feel normal, and even smell normal. There's nothing out of the ordinary... Except when you touch something (or someone) else ( Read more... )

One moment you're standing there in your normal clothes, your suit, your uniform, your jacket-and-baseball-cap...

The next moment, you're wearing your pyjamas. You've got fluffy slippers on your feet, hidden beneath a foot thick of feathers and broken pillows. Someone - or something - has managed to tuck a cuddly toy under your arm.

Have fun!