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[genkigoth]

[The earth rumbles and shakes. OH MY GOD, EARTHQUAKE!!!

Except. If you're on the west side of town, you may notice a new addition.



While the rest of Burby is bright and sunny, the sky above the mansion is cloudy.

A young girl peeks hesitantly out the window. Will you come knock on the door?]

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[13pitchblackcats]

[Misery is in the mansion when it arrives. The earthquake doesn't bother her (it's not like they're uncommon), but she goes the great hall when everything stops shaking to see if her earthquake-specific first aid kits are still fully stocked. Just in case.

Something isn't right. There's blue sky and green outside beyond the reach of the clouds.

Blue sky. Green ground.

Sun.]

RUUUUUBY!

[genkigoth]

Misery! Am I glad to see you!

[She had been feeling a little scared before, when she couldn't find her other friends, but everything's better now that Misery's here.]

[13pitchblackcats]

Ruby! You're alive!

[Not that she's surprised. Really.]

I didn't do it.

[genkigoth]

Didn't do what?

[13pitchblackcats]

Whatever went wrong.

[genkigoth]

Oh Misery. Of course you didn't do it.

[She taps her chin and thinks.]

Do you think Skullboy was doing an experiment?

[13pitchblackcats]

[Misery just... stands around. Like she does. It's currently raining on her head.]

I didn't hear him talking about being related to famous people who move houses... aaaand there aren't any electrical fires or exploding machines or incredibly detailed models made out of unconventional materials.

[genkigoth]

Still, we should check the basement. Just in case.

[13pitchblackcats]

Great. I wanted to visit my bed anyway.

[She heads off to look, not waiting to see if Ruby follows.]

[element_wizard]

[Alec is going to poke at the clouds and see if he can move them with his powers.

Why?

Because why the hell not?]

[13pitchblackcats]

[Those clouds aren't going anywhere. Misery has inexplicable storm-front-bringing abilities. The banshee-girl wanders onto the mansion's porch and it promptly begins to rain.]

Nice weather we're having.

[Her voice is completely monotone.]

[element_wizard]

[The rain hits Alec for all of three seconds before it decides to avoid him. He may to be able to stop it from raining but he can sure as well stop it from hitting him.]

It is.

You're new. Welcome to Burby.

[13pitchblackcats]

I don't want to be welcomed to anything that sounds like a medical condition.

[element_wizard]

Okay.

Don't be welcomed to Burby.

[13pitchblackcats]

Okay.

[She stares at him, slooowly tilting her head.]

You don't have anything contagious, do you? Small pox, large pox, really-bad-initis, PLAGUE?

[element_wizard]

[He grins at her.]

Nope. Sorry. I could if you wanted me to.

[Because he's weird like that.]

[13pitchblackcats]

NO, I don't want you to!

[watsonyourmind]

Was that mansion there yesterday?

That mansion was totally not there yesterday.

Jane is standing down by the sidewalk, contemplating the new real estate.

[genkigoth]

Nice catch! The mansion hadn't been there yesterday. Don't worry, Ruby is just as confused as you are.

The young girl comes around the corner, after searching everywhere in the backyard for her friends, and catches sight of Jane.

"Hello there!" A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet - so get started!

[watsonyourmind]

At first Jane thought this was another lost child, but actually, the kid seemed pretty much in her element. Did she match the house or did the house match here? She was getting Addams family vibes, but she wouldn't turn down a friendly hello, so she waved back.

"Hey! I guess you're new around here, huh?"

/threadjacks because I fail to much to start my own thread

[nopolicelikeholmes]

Shirley wanders over from where she was possibly trying to reassure some poor sap that his missing tea-bag-squeezing tongs were not related to her ongoing investigation and were probably just under his bed or something. Really. She would have liked to stay and help him recover from the emotional letdown, but then Watson had gone missing and a house appeared. Were these two strange occurrences related?

Obviously not. That would be silly. But she did find Jane in the general vicinity of the mansion.

"Morning!" she said, waving, because greetings were occurring. "You brought a house, I see."

/also threadjacks because I can

[13pitchblackcats]

An odd-looking girl--taller than Ruby but still a good match for the mansion--chooses the moment of many greetings to step outside, saying, "Ruby, I think they--"

She blinks at the small gathering. And blinks again.

"Never mind, you're busy. It can wait." With that, the girl heads back into the house.

YES GIVE ME ALL THE THREADJACKS

[genkigoth]

"Misery, wait! We have company!" Ruby grabs Misery's hand and gently tugs her down to where Jane and Shirley stand. "Maybe they know where we are."

In answer to Jane's question, Ruby grins a little ruefully. "I'd say we're pretty new around here. I'm not sure where here is. I was just baking with Mr. Buns when suddenly the kitchen got really bright."

[watsonyourmind]

Did she just call that girl Misery? Maybe it was a nickname.

"This is Burby, for better or worse." Jane shrugged. "People tend to end up here by accident. We did."

[nopolicelikeholmes]

"A house and roommates," Shirley remarked, apparently having a completely different conversation from everyone else.

"We should have brought our residence hall with us, Watson. What were we thinking?"