first contract; video

[toys_with]

[There's a young girl trying to dodge one of the cats. She doesn't seem to have noticed the vine recording her.]

This is ridiculous. I need information, not a feline escort! Stay away from me, you stupid animal! Shoo! A-A-ACHOO!

[The cat takes the opportunity to move around and walk off, leaving the girl where she's fallen in the snow.]

Comments

[border_phantasm]

Allergies?

[toys_with]

That's correct. Horrible, isn't it?

[border_phantasm]

Considering these cats do give information, yes.

[She can't help but think of her cat at this]

[toys_with]

Do you mean the scrolls? I did read it, but it's utterly absurd.

[border_phantasm]

You will find that absurdity is normal for this place.

[toys_with]

And what, pray tell, is this place?

[border_phantasm]

It is called "the Gardens". It appears to be a pocket reality.

[toys_with]

"Pocket reality"... I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with the term. Would you explain?

[border_phantasm]

What if I said an entire universe that's not bigger than a country?

[toys_with]

Is something like even possible? It certainly does seem absurd.

[border_phantasm]

And what did I say earlier?

[toys_with]

You seem to be telling the truth. What else can you tell me about this place?

[border_phantasm]

There are living spaces, but they are...flighty shall we say. You may be better off making a home from your own, but that may be a task in itself.

[toys_with]

[She laughs. It's a short, bitter sound.]

Do I look as though I could build a house? And how could living spaces be "flighty"?

[border_phantasm]

Oh, you wouldn't build it, exactly.

They move when no one is looking.

[toys_with]

What, does one just wish for it to appear?

I suppose that's the least hard to believe of what you've said so far. Really, this place...