Enter the MANsion... [Action|Video]

[nomansplaything]

Wonderland has a new resident, and he's none too happy about it, not to mention quite confused. This is not his beloved Jungle, and what's more, it reeks of Man.

For those who prefer  video, the cameras in the halls will be broadcasting to everyone images of a huge cat-shaped shadow stalking through the mansion. Whenever he turns around, there is a

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[timisnotme]

*Well you're the biggest cat he's ever seen. He totally ignores the roaring, preferring to approach the great big kitty and see what the hell it is.

Oh hai, Bagheera. Have a masked killer all up in your personal space.*

[nomansplaything]

[It's a rare day when a clumsy creature like Man can sneak up on a Leopard. Such a thing has never happened to Bagheera.

He spins around to face Masky, fur bristled, and stares at him with the most intense eyes.

Why does this one smell so... off?]

[timisnotme]

*He stares at the leopard for a bit, letting out a confused static hiss.*

What are?

[nomansplaything]

[This must be the strangest creature Bagheera has ever seen. It looks somewhat like Man, but it only faintly smells like one. But the sounds and smells of this thing...

And Bagheera is uncomfortable that his fur seems to be filling with static.]

I am a panther, and I am called Bagheera. What are you?

[timisnotme]

Bagheera. Is like a cat?

Am...

*Huh, no one had ever asked him that before. They always asked who not what. Even though what would be a better question.*

Am a proxy. Serve the 0perator.

[nomansplaything]

[He nods.]

Like a cat, yes. But I am no lazy housepet!

[He eyes Masky, still unsure. The so called Proxy-creature looks like Man, but with a strange face...

...and the scent Bagheera has been trying to place. Is it Sickness? Iron? So peculiar...]

I have never heard of a creature called a "proxy" before. Do you have a name? And what is an "Operator"? Is it another kind of animal?

[timisnotme]

Don't have a name.

Is not an animal. Is a ..... Don't know what is. Owns me. Controls me. But is not here anymore.

[nomansplaything]

No name? Why not?

[Bagheera is surprised by this.]

Well, if this operator isn't here, than it cannot own or control you. You are free, brother.

[This is possibly the worst thing you could say to Masky, please forgive Bagheera...]

[timisnotme]

Didn't need one.

Am........ not owned? Still am! Just isn't here.

[nomansplaything]

Well, then. You should think of a name for yourself, my friend! Something for your friends and acquaintances to call you.

Well, what can the operator do to you if it is not here? And what do you do without it here?

[timisnotme]

Alex and Mark call me Markus. Can be name.

Don't know. Maybe will know when back home. Don't know what to do.

[nomansplaything]

Markus is a good name.

I can suggest that you can live as you like without this operator here, but I do not yet fully know what this means. I was told as another to just "live" here. Eat, sleep, communicate with others...

[timisnotme]

Is good name.

Am trying. Are new here? In mansion?

[nomansplaything]

[He smiles at... Markus.]

I am new here. I awoke this morning in the Jungle, my home. How long have you been here?

[timisnotme]

Three-hundred and sixty eight days.

Live in jungle?......... What is jungle?

[nomansplaything]

Three-hundred and sixty eight days is a long time.

Yes. The Jungle is... a lush place. It is very warm, and green, and there are many trees.

Where do you come from, Markus?