Thirty nine buttons

[explorationist]

[The girl subtracts twenty-nine and four in the corner of the journal because she has nothing better to do than sit around and wait for something interesting to happen. Unless the castle really liked seeing her miserable, there was no other reason she could think of to why it would keep her here for a whole almost-year. Sighing, Coraline begins to

Comments

[explorationist]

[Sigh] Koumpounophobia is the fear of buttons, you know.

[explorationist]

Yeah, me either. It's kind of dumb, huh?

[thatsmy_niche]

Not thinkin' about goin' anywhere, are you?

[explorationist]

Me? Never.

[thatsmy_niche]

Good. So what's the debate about?

[explorationist]

Just wondering if it's normal for people to stay a year unless they're special.

[tehoniongirl]

I'm not sure that there's a difference between kids and adults. I could be wrong though.

...you doing okay, Coraline?

[explorationist]

I wish there was someway to tell other than wait for people to go home.

I'm fine.

[tehoniongirl]

There might be some sort of record in the library. I'm not sure who's in charge of it right now, but it'd be worth hunting around to see.

[explorationist]

I'll have to look for that sometime. Sounds handy.