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[onthetrail]

[You can smell smoke.

This is not usually a good development, so it's natural that no matter where you are in the mansion, you'd stop what you're doing and look around. Maybe glance towards the open window and catch sight of a plume of grey smoke in the distance. Glancing out of the window, you can see that there is a small -- shed? shack? At this distance it's hard to tell -- building erected on the lawn.

In front of it a small campfire is burning brightly. There's no sign of anyone tending it. Do you invest--

Sorry. Silly question! Forgot who I was talking to a moment there.

Of course you investigate.]

Comments

[onthetrail]

But how is that a rule? It doesn't explain anything.

[attitude_adjustment]

I said basic didn't I?

Alright, try again. You can make just about anything you can envision appear behind a door.

Time doesn't pass in your home world while you're here.

However, you also can't leave... And you can't magic anything over yourself either, like an extra ten years of life or something.

...Basically we're in a glorified prison-paradise thing.

[onthetrail]

You're repeating yourself, but you're not explaining how this works or how any of this is possible.

[attitude_adjustment]

I figured you needed the repeating.

Because really, that's all there is. There's no 'how', no one can figure out 'how'.

It just 'is', annoying as I bet that is...

[onthetrail]

[Conan gave Koji a rather unimpressed look at the first comment. It wasn't his fault his companion promised info but didn't deliver.]

What's been tried so far? On figuring it out, I mean.

[attitude_adjustment]

Hnn... Good question.

It would definitely be easier if someone here was actually from the place.

[onthetrail]

No one is? [That is unexpected -- and definitely explains a lot of the mixed messages Conan is getting.]

[attitude_adjustment]

That's right.

No one.

[onthetrail]

So everyone's just guessing.

[attitude_adjustment]

Pretty much, yes.