[Voice post]

[imadeapun]

INTERESTING. I DON’T RECALL THIS DIMENSION, AND I DON’T RECALL RECALLING IT IN EITHER THE PRESENT OR FUTURE.

IT IS STRANGE THAT I CAN’T SEEM TO TRAVEL BEYOND THE GROUNDS OF THIS PLACE. HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE HUMAN PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY? I WOULD HATE TO LEARN THAT THEY NO LONGER BELIEVE IN CATS.

[light tapping of a key being experimentally

Comments

[voice comment]

[cryopathic]

Cats?

No ants, I'm afraid. And it seems that those who find themselves in this place are more or less confined here, with their consent or not.

[voice comment]

[imadeapun]

I LIKE CATS.

"THOSE". YOU DID NOT USE THE WORD "PEOPLE". HUMANS ARE CONFINED BY WHAT THEY VIEW AS REALITY. I AM CONFINED BY REALITY.

BUT I SUPPOSE I AM ONE OF "THOSE". DOES THIS MEAN I AM IN A DIFFERENT REALITY?

[voice comment]

[cryopathic]

I see.

Humans are the least of this place's residents, frankly; you're just as likely to find gods as you are to find demons, here. ...Confined by reality, you say? I find that a curious way of phrasing things, but to say that this is a different reality is an oddly appropriate way to look at it.

Welcome to Wonderland, for whatever that's worth. Things are being a little... difficult to manage, at the moment.

There's something terribly familiar about you. Are you sure you haven't been here before?

[voice comment]

[imadeapun]

INTERESTING... A NEW REALITY. MAYBE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE TO GET A LITTLE... CREATIVE.

THANK YOU FOR THE GREETING. THINGS ARE ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. NO WORLD IS EXEMPT FROM THAT.

I AM FAMILIAR WITH EVERYONE. OR AT LEAST THOSE LIKE ME. THERE ARE MANY DEATHS IN THE VAST EXPANSE OF THE UNIVERSE; I AM ONLY ONE OF MANY.

[Voice comment]

[hakujou_shikaku]

I have yet to find anyone who is capable of leaving the grounds.

Human perception of reality?

I'm not sure about the others, but I for one still believe in cats.

[voice comment]

[imadeapun]

THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. HAVE THEY TRIED DYING?

MY EXISTENCE RELIES HEAVILY ON HUMANITY'S BELIEF. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK I WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO HAVE A PERSONALITY.

GOOD. I AM RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT.

[voice comment]

[hakujou_shikaku]

I don't know. You'll have to ask them. I haven't been here that long myself.

Oh? What would happen if humanity were to stop believing?

You like cats?

[a_game_of_cards]

I'm not entirely sure of how this works, but I think reality itself is different here in the Mansion. I haven't managed to figure out how or why, though.

Wizards use machines similar to these ones, where you come from? That's interesting. I had never seen anything like it until I arrived here.

[imadeapun]

HMMM. I AFRAID THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS I MAY NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND. LIKE WHY HUMANS BEHAVE THE WAY THEY DO AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF WORKING A DOORKNOB.

YES. IT WAS A MACHINE CAPABLE OF THOUGHT. IT ASKED FOR A TEDDY BEAR FOR HOGSWATCH.

[a_game_of_cards]

It asked for a... teddy bear.

That has to be the most adorable thing I've ever heard.