entrancelogs | [open] Now, let's all agree to never be "creative" again.

Who: A very tired Dorian and YOU
Where: Various bars around Wonderland and the spiffy new lake
When: Immediately after the Mirror catastrophe
Rating: PG13 for trauma and booze?
Summary: Dorian would like to forget that last event please. Thank you.
The Story:

5/20: The immediate aftermath

[The first thing he does after returning to the real side is smash the mirror in his room.]

[God. If that is what the mirror world is like, he really doesn't want to be part of it. Especially after what his Mirror did. Being trapped in the room like that. Thank goodness someone got him out, but still...]

[No, he's not going to relax in his room. He's going to venture out to the closest pub and spend the evening at the bar. Maybe they have absinthe to get his mind off things.]

5/21: Lake!

[The arrival of a beautiful lake is a welcome treat. It doesn't really make up for the chaos from the past week, but he'll visit it anyway.]

[You might stumble upon him and his rabbit near the edge of the lake, just calmly taking in the view. Feel free to say hello. He loves company.]

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[w/e dude you're not a cute animal or trying to kill her]

Domesticated... [Hmn. She wonders if that puppy was domesticated or not.] I guess I didn't think it mattered as much, when they're small.

[Bunnies are always small, so clearly they belong around people to take care of them.]

You're lucky you get a rabbit, sir.

[Rude.]

Well, I did acquire my pet through sheer luck.

[That pulls her focus some -- it couldn't be sheer luck... Situations fall into your lap, but it's how you react that gets the results. There has to be some sort of trick to it she can exploit.]

Really...? How?

[He's happy to explain.]

Well, quite a few months ago, a girl here decided to try pulling rabbits out of the closet. That sort of... Backfired.

Which left her with plenty more rabbits than she knew what to do with. I simply adopted one of them.

[omg]

I...heard that about closets. I tried to get a puppy... It's only given me toys so far.

[Which is good for many reasons, but the most immediate problem would be that whole...not telling her roommate about it, whoops.]

I don't usually take animals out of the closets myself, so you can have fun with experimenting if you like.

I don't know... It hasn't been fun so far. I just want a cute puppy...

[no]

[Dorian has no idea.]

Well, I think you'll manage to find one some day.

...Maybe.

[But for now, she can keep petting the rabbit and fluffing his cheek a little bit with her knuckle. What a good, soft boy!]

...You haven't given your own name yet, sir. [He hadn't denied being called a sir before, so going by the voice worked out for her. He's rather pretty???]

[Congrats! You found the rabbit's sweet spot and now you have his foot thumping against the ground.]

Ah! Where are my manners? [He doesn't correct her, for he is indeed a sir.]

My name is Dorian Gray. It's a pleasure to meet you, Rachel?

[she feels so #blessed]

It is. Uh, but...Dorian Gray...? Really?

[She can't place it juuust yet, but it is pinging her as familiar.]

[... Another one?]

Yes, that is my real name. Try not to overthink it too much, it's only a name.

[Only a name, and nothing more. That's what he wants her to think.]

...I see. Is it alright if I call you Dorian?

[He's aware it's unusual, then... Maybe his parents named him in reference...? Or he's heard this disbelief before? Ray lets her eyelids droop halfway while she thinks, but her attention to Basil doesn't falter. It's important.]

Do you know if things like this happen a lot...? The Lake appearing...

Go ahead, Rachel.

[He's gotten used to the first name basis most people prefer.]

Ah, well... That depends. We don't usually get permanent additions like this, but there are events that alter reality for a few days.

[I still might use it for canon confusion hilarity, don't worry.]

Oh... Can we really be sure this will be permanent, then?

[Oh boy, more Dorian Grays he's not familiar with.]

Well, given that this appeared at the end of the event... Perhaps so.

If it were a more drastic change, I wouldn't be too certain.

More drastic than a lake...? [She thinks about this for a moment.] Like if the gardens became an ocean?

[Dorian sighs.]

Well, every hallway in the mansion flooded earlier this year, I don't see how the gardens becoming an ocean would be too much of a stretch.

It could be more inconvenient. You could just stay in your room getting things from the closets and talking on the phones...

[Honestly, it doesn't sound that bad, to her? Zack would probably go insane, being stuck in a small space, though.]

Yes, but where's the fun in that?

[Dorian was going insane from being stuck in a small space. That's why he took his rabbit to go sit by the new lake!]

The others have used the rooms to make shops, cafes, and other businesses. Not that there's anything close to an economy here, but it's a lot less boring for people who despise the outdoors.

[She got used to retreating into her room for long periods of time, to be fair.]

Fun...? [She pauses to think on this, then goes back to stroking along Basil's back.] ...I'm not sure I see much of a point in any of that. The clinic...provides a service not everyone is capable of performing. It makes sense. But everyone can get food, or items... Even if the closets don't always go along with it.

[Dorian shrugs.] So there is. Perhaps it's not all fun and games, but the point I'm trying to get at is that some of our residents provide for the others. It's worth looking around the mansion.

But...there's no purpose in it...

[people?? doing nice things just because????]

There's no purpose in being trapped here either. People have to busy themselves somehow.

[Dorian's logic, probably.]

Ah... Has that been confirmed? Someone might...have a reason...

[Not that she can think of any. There wasn't a lot she or Zack had in common with the people she'd met so far, and she hadn't been told to do anything in particular...]

Edited 2017-05-30 23:47 (UTC)

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