[network] @donner; video; All Dolled Up; Day 172 [open]

[imgonnatouchit]

Good morning Norfinbury!

[The video opens, as always, with an uncomfortable closeup of Hange's face. Looking even dirtier and more scuffed up than last time they made a network post, Hange nevertheless seems to be in good spirits. As they back up a bit, the camera refocuses to reveal a purple room. Levi is, as usual, looking dour in the background.]

Good news! We've reached the end of the tunnels, or, at least, we think we did. We've at least reached as far as we can go in a roughly straight Easterly direction. [Insert wiggly hand motions to indicate the exact nature of the direction.]

Which brings us to the bad news: there's a door there, and it's locked. It won't budge, even when we kick it. [Which of course they both tried. Maybe a lot.]

So it looks like we'll need to find a key. Anyone who happens to have a key, you should head this way. Otherwise, keep an eye out. [And that's all they have to say on that matter. But that's not the only matter they're here to talk about.]

Something else I feel the need to mention. [Hange picks up the tablet and turns the camera to face some shelves on the wall. On them are ten objects that look like doll stands.] I've been told that there have been several dolls found around the town that might have something to do with the Prophet. I think it's possible that these stands, which look like they may be for dolls, could have something to do with that. I doubt it's a coincidence that they're so close to the locked door. So in addition to keys, look out for dolls with eye symbols on them.

And speaking of dolls. [There's some shuffling as Hange rearranges to pull two small figures out of their bag, holding them up for the camera to see. One figure is clearly a doctor holding a cane, while the other is a red-haired man. The latter is missing part of an arm and looks like it's been partially melted.] We found these in another apartment. There were others, too. I don't know that they have any connection to the other dolls, but it seemed like pertinent information.

[The video abruptly cuts off, but files are attached: a copy of House's map with building 219 circled and labelled "figures", building 222 circled with "doll stands?", and the area just beyond 222 circled with "door". There is also a picture of the locked door, and a picture of the other "figures" which resemble Emily, Royce, and Ginger.]

[[OOC: Responses may come from either Hange or Levi, as usual.]]

Comments

@totheark; video/text

[0thingsonmymind]

*There's a short video of one of the eye-symbol rag dolls. He turns it over in his free hand so people can see all of it and ends with focusing on the 'face' (that consists only of the prophet's eye symbol).*

likethis

who else
h a s ?

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

Doctor House told me that he has some. I'm not sure who else has found any.

Re: @donner; audio

[0thingsonmymind]

iknow house @hotstud_xxx has

if oth ers have should
tell come

@ordo, text

[hangfire]

[Nope. Nope, nope nope nope that is NOT funny.]

did you put those other dolls on the displays to see what happened or are you just going to assume they arent applicable

and what the hell did you do to that red one

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

We did, but I'm not certain if they weren't the right sort of dolls or if we just didn't have enough. I'm more inclined to assume that the ones with the prophet symbol are the ones we need, though. To start with, we only found five of these.

And, aside from putting it in my bag, nothing. It was like this when we found it.

[hangfire]

maybe someone decided to trash it and didnt bother finishing the job then

guess it doesnt matter either way though

still looks like garbage

[Thank god he doesn't have to resort to audio. It's much easier to keep the bitterness out of his tone this way.

There's a pause.]

theres ten stands there right

sounds like only three of those prophet symbols have been found so

find two more and you might just have your ten right

just an idea

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

[ Those dolls, though. ]

Keep those dolls safe. [ That's an order, short and snapped. ] Do not let any harm come to any of them.

@Ecks | audio

[ecks]

You think that the dolls are effigies.

[bywolves]

You think the resemblance to people here is a coincidence? What else could they be?

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

Well, I wasn't planning on destroying them. We might need them, after all.

But, well, I guess I don't know what'll happen to the ones we left behind. Maybe Levi took some of them? At the time it didn't seem necessary to collect them all. Maybe we should go back for them? Do you think they're important?

@determination, voice

[despiteeverything]

Um....

[Yeah Frisk sounds... decidedly uncomfortable.]

Those last ones. They look like people here.

action

[hangfire]

[Cue a frantic sound from the other side of the room, Lutha gesturing sharply with his hand as he mouths out "don't you dare."

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

Well... I wasn't going to say it, but one of them does remind me a little of Doctor House. Do the others look like people you know? I didn't recognize them.

@Ecks | text

[ecks]

the building circled on the map is where you found the dolls?
i will trade for those dolls

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

Yes. The one that says "figures". I needed something to differentiate them from the ragdolls.

I'm... not sure if they're important yet, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to give them to someone else for safe-keeping? Is there a specific purpose you wanted them for, maybe?

@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

[Well, that's indescribably disturbing.]

they make me a doll and not an action figure?
i feel cheated
hey evie, you suck

we're gathering up a few more dolls
i've got two right now
heading down to where i'm pretty sure a third one is
there's one on the chair that you've seen
still haven't been able to get it off of the thing
we might need a couple of dolls together to get it
hoody and i are meeting up to test out that theory

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

Er, what's an action figure?

Good to know about the dolls. We still haven't found any over here, but now that we know we're locked in, we're going to be searching this area a lot more thoroughly.

Let me know what happens with the doll in the chair.

@prettypinkflowers; video

[lacecase]

Oh wow! One of them look kind of like me!

[She points at herself like she wasn't the center of focus on the camera to begin with.]

Those are all so cute! I just love dolls.

[No trauma here.]

@donner; video

[imgonnatouchit]

Oh, you're right, it does! It's too bad I didn't pick that one up, or I'd offer to give it to you.

Does that mean you're an artist?

@majesty, audio

[empireofrats]

[Oh, well... that's weird, but also... somewhat cute to Emily?] Do you know who made them? One of them looks like me...

And another one looks like Duster. One looks like Mister Alfie, but I think it's Mister House instead.

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

My guess would be one of the former residents... except that doesn't make much sense if they look like people who exist here now. Some of these are awfully specific to just be coincidence.

Which one looks like you? [Hange is guessing the little girl one.] And which one looks like Duster?

@betterhalf; text, Night 173 (Sorry)

[darkincrement]

The damaged one is familiar.
Try poking it with a needle.

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

Why would I do that? It doesn't feel like there's anything inside it.

[And besides, for that they'd use a letter opener.]

Do you mean familiar as in you've seen this doll before, or as in you've seen this person before?

@joacin; video

[haillenarte]

[francel doesn't usually respond with a video — but hange's already seen him before, so it's not like there's anything to hide. he looks rather more weary than usual, but his lips twitch vaguely at the camera before he turns it around to the limp ragdoll in his hand.]

I'm afraid I've not seen dolls like the ones you are carrying... but I take it this one has the eye symbol of which you spoke?

@donner; video

[imgonnatouchit]

Oh! Yes, that's it! Where did you find that?