[network] @hotstud_xxx; text; Night 175; No Place to Go [open]

[rubikscomplex]

[House is exhausted, he's frustrated, he still feels betrayed by Ecks, he's no longer taking meds to stabilize his mood, and now he needs to ask for help. These are all things that would individually be a problem, together, they make him even more unpleasant to talk to than usual. But he's a pragmatic person when he needs to be, and they need help.]

1. review @donner's post for backstory

2. anyone in the eastern tunnels
if you found a ragdoll with an eye symbol
tell me where and how
and start heading for building 222 to put the doll(s) you have in the stands there
also look for more ragdolls
we have four that i'm aware of and one that can't be moved
we need 10, potentially

[He attaches a photo of one of the ragdolls in his possession.]

3. if you run into @ecks do not let her touch the ragdoll
she'll try to steal it

[A photo of Ecks is included.]

4. anyone near the entrance to the tunnels
inside or outside
go get food
we need to divide and conquer tasks here

5. i need details about the dreams people had a couple of months ago
stiffi has the cliff notes version here
i pulled up all of the details i could find publicly here
i don't care about summaries
i want specifics
even if you think something you heard isn't important we need to know
you might have a piece of the puzzle that no one else does
also need to know for anyone who talked to the people who aren't here anymore
if you can remember verbatim or exactly what happened
spell it all out
i don't care if it takes a while
we have the summary
we need to drill down

Comments

@lockhart; text

[powersouls]

Sparrow was in my dream. She couldn't talk, she could only mimic my voice, so it was hard for her to answer my questions. She said we needed to keep moving as much as possible, and that we needed to get somewhere new. I asked her about the wall, and she said we had to go around it, and when I brought up the keycard, she said to dig deep. She mentioned looking for a "thing", too. She got sort of panicky at that point, and before she disappeared she spoke in her own voice. She just kept saying "go to the center" and "fast" over and over.

I guess it isn't much, but that's what I remember.

[rubikscomplex]

was the "thing" in relation to a person
a physical object
or something else?
what was the context of that comment?

@itsybitsy; text

[redrooms]

We're in the tunnels. No dolls yet, but we'll keep searching. Where are you?

[rubikscomplex]

museum
heading farther east

@zd; text

[swatsflies]

Does Ecks like dolls, too?

Whenever Riley spoke to me it was in static.

[rubikscomplex]

she doesn't like them
she's obsessed with them
mn poisoning

what else did he actually tell you?

@totheark; text

[0thingsonmymind]

Beast doesnot want but doesnot not want
we canNOT under stand whatit
wants

[rubikscomplex]

i'm pretty sure we can once we actually figure it out
it sure as hell isn't some unknowable being of impossible understanding

@username; text

[advanced]

[This is an opportunity he has been waiting for, though he's torn between his genuine hatred of House and his wish to help the people here.]

I spoke to the Prophet. Not comfortable discussing it over the tablet, I'm near the tunnels, we should meet.

[rubikscomplex]

how about you go screw yourself?
tell @itsybitsy if you don't wanna talk over the tablets
she can relay
or we can use everyone's favorite season's program
i have access to it

@Spoiler ; text

[spoileralert]

Sparrow came to talk to me. She held my hand, but she didn't make a sound. She didn't have a mouth.

I asked if she was okay, and she nodded. Then she pointed to me and shook her head. I asked if she knew what was wrong with me, and she nodded. She started scratching at her arm, but I told her to stop. I asked if she could write it down and she kind of hummed, like she had a mouth but it had just grown over. She was going to scratch at her arm again, so I told her to do it on mine instead.

The conversation from there:

-Hurry.
Hurry and do what?
-Find a way out. Don't get caught.
Do you know how we can get out?
-Spiral. Find how you got here. Way in, way out. Makes sense?
Should I look for spirals or search in a spiral?
-Find the spiral.
Can you give me anything more specific?
-(Noncommittal hum)
Is there anything else we need to do? Anything that might help us?
-Dig deep. Share. Be nice.
I always try to share and be nice.
-Good. Important.
Are you alive somewhere? Is there a way we can save you?

Then she opened her mouth. Skin splitting, blood, it was not pretty. She didn't seem bothered by it, though. She said "No," "it's okay," "be safe," "be good," "be fast". Then she faded away.

[rubikscomplex]

[Now this? This is what he wanted.]

share and be nice
of course
she's, like, seven or whatever
at least they know they're not alive

@gravedigger; voice

[harlequinofhate]

Dolls, goody. That's one horror movie cliche we haven't seen yet.

If you find a music box don't touch it, Doc.

[rubikscomplex]

they're already making doll versions of me
presumably so other people can voodoo murder me easier
let's just go the full chucky

the dolls turn to face each other when you put 'em together, anyway
where are you and the bat?
still downtown?
wanna ask him to take you to a hotel
and destroy the walls that're covered in eyes
see if anything's behind 'em

@Ecks | text

[ecks]

I am going to help
I have only tried to help
I am not a thief

[rubikscomplex]

you're a thief
own it, kid

@ordo, text, private

[hangfire]

just brought eight days worth with the brat up past that collapsed section

if the elves havent scavenged it by now its all yours

private

[rubikscomplex]

[Well, aren't you useful, scarguy?]

good to know spite won't stop you helping me

@mynameisdug | video

[andiloveyou]

I had a dream. I dreamed that I lost my master in the snow.

[rubikscomplex]

[It's the dog. The talking dog. House really wishes the animals here didn't talk. Freya had been bad enough.]

were you here two months ago, moron?
if not
i'm not talking about your dreams

[rubikscomplex]

first - under some sharp stakes in the shape of the prophet eye symbol
second - hammering through some dry wall with the prophet eye symbol
third - checking the drain of a tub where there was a rust stain that looked like the prophet eye symbol

@majorlazer; text

[majorlazer]

we've got food.

[They've got even more food, now. His hands tremble as he thinks about it, realizes that they're only feeding two once again.]

want us to break down everything on our way to find more dolls?

[rubikscomplex]

yes

[Is there any other answer.]

anything that has an eye or a weird effect around it

@featherydouche; text

[mrcreamsicles]

[The dolls are still creepy as hell, but—]

im not over there but ill keep an eye out anyway
and if you havent gotten through the door or found another food place by the time im there ill try to bring some extra
good idea asking people for details though
if ive learned anything its that this place is way more complicated than its got any right to be
so we cant afford to overlook possible clues

[rubikscomplex]

i don't need validation from you to recognize a good idea

[Sorry, Davesprite, you're an easy target right not for his general ire.]

tell me when you find something
i don't care if you're just looking

@Griever | Text

[canyouhandlethismany]

Not in the Ice tunnels, but I will keep my eyes open for any doll. And I can carry food but do you think it's wise to have everyone in the same area?

I spoke with Andromeda, I don't remember the dream so well but I remember being there, floating into nothingness in front of what for me back then was just a group of stars, even if ack then I didn't know you called that a galaxy. [He doesn't remember too well but...] We're trapped in a spiral and we're in one of its corners, we have to move or we will die here. She kept swirling and changing shape, when I tried to touch her a peach colored star starter to shine brightly. To find the spiral we don't have to watch too closely, the town isn't right... and she kept fading away while speaking, the corners slowly drifting away and losing its light until she was gone. That's all I remember.

[rubikscomplex]

peach
where was the peach star in relation to andromeda's voice?
was her voice coming from that star?

@ketximq; video

[mightyratslayer]

[Ah! The ragdoll! Good, yes, Charlie now gets to be part of something important.]

Oh, hey, me and Charles and Quark found one of those things today! We were digging around in this snow wall we found in the tunnels and there was a house under it, so we're in that now, and this doll was in the bathtub. [He holds it up to the camera with a grin. Score!]

So we gotta put it in the building you said? Cool. We can do that.

[rubikscomplex]

[Wait, what? These guys found something digging through the wall? This is incredibly unfair! But there's a doll, which is what House wants.]

how did you know where to dig?
were there signs you were looking for?

@joacin; text

[haillenarte]

We found a doll some five days ago, in a room concealed by snow and covered in ash.
It is hard to keep one's sense of direction in these accursed tunnels,
but if I had to guess, it was somewhere along the south wall.

[rubikscomplex]

[Another that was just lying there? Why is life so unfair?!]

place it in one of the stands in the apartment hange identified
how did you find the house?
were there any signs of where to dig?