Lucidstuck:swap!AU fanadventure (1)

> Alice: After looking in the closet and out the window, check the whole room for anything that might signify what/who broke the string, including the ceiling in case there’s a cliche monster up there.



You look in the closet. Nothing but some old shirts from Gramps he usually uses when he bothers to mow the lawn and your brother's old cardboard box fort.

When his insomnia wore down to sleep, he used to crawl in here with the plushy your mother made for him. It's old and a waste of space, but you never could bring yourself to take it down.

You want your brother to know this is still his room and he can and should return to it whenever he wishes it.


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You check the rest of the room.


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Ceiling looks particularly monster free.


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Everything looks as it should.


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You inspect the window last. DT joins you in peering outside.

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Alice: It's funny how even dim light like this looks so bright when it's this dark inside.
DT: That's how it usually is when your eyes get used to darkness.
Alice: No sign of Big Friend.
Alice: Not sure if that's good or bad.
DT: As long as he's not inside, I'd say it's great!
Alice: What's that?

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DT: Interesting!
DT: Some lanky guys seem to be chasing someone across the bridge.
DT: Haha, look at them go. ewe
Alice: Why do monsters attack each other?
Alice: I get why they'd attack me, but there doesn’t seem to be any gain from fighting each other.
Alice: Other than thinning out competition, maybe.
DT: ...Being a monster isn't pleasant. It changes you.
Alice: How?
DT: Some have it better but think of it as... Boiling down someone to their most base characteristics.
Alice: That's not too bad, if the person is nice.
DT: Yes, but no one is nice all the time.
DT: The way I see it... Sometimes monsters will act out of fear, sometimes they just want to be in control, or convince themselves or other's they're top dog.
DT: Sometimes they want something someone else has.
DT: Sometimes they are just bored!
Alice: ... Is it only people that are like that that show up here?
DT: Errr... It's true that this land tends to attract a *certain* kind of beings but-
DT: It's more like...
DT: Being a monster makes it easy to think like that, you know?
Alice: ...