6th Treasure - [Written]

[ps3pirate]

[It'd happened again. Thanks to an experimental Shift, Patty had once again found herself missing most of her memories. Important memories. She'd forgotten who she was and, more importantly, she'd forgotten her friends. The ones who'd stood by her during her darkest hours. Now that the Shift's passed, she feels ashamed of herself and the house seems even emptier than it already did. Certain words keep drifting back to the surface.

"I was worried you would find yourself all alone without your memories, but you found good friends, Aifread."

Friends... Friends in whom she can confide. There's only one of those she can turn to right now.]


[Filtered to Little Loki]

Do you have time this afternoon? You could help me build a treehouse. I found the perfect tree. [She pauses her writing for a moment, thinking. Then she jots down one last sentence.] And I think we should talk.


[Public]

Treehouses exist in other worlds too, right? So tell me, what do you think makes the perfect treehouse? What does it need? What doesn't it need? What kind of wood makes the sturdiest boards? Rope swing, tire swing or normal swing?

Comments

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

A secret trapdoor? A-aah, of course I was planning that! [No she wasn't.]

I've just gotta figure out if it goes in the floor or in the walls.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Wouldn't the floor make a lot more sense than trying to climb out through the wall? If you put it in the wall, it would just be like another door, and that wouldn't be very secret at all. The whole point of a secret trapdoor is so that you can slip in and out without anyone noticing.

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

No no no. Everyone's gonna see if you come crawling up out of the floorboards, ya know. It's a lot more stealthy if you suddenly appear by the wall behind someone!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

How is that more stealthy than coming up through the floor? You could always hide a trapdoor in the floor behind a chair or something so that no one could see you using it.

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

How about... two trapdoors? One by the wall and one on the floor?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I guess that could work if you put a tapestry or something over the one in the wall, like they do in books.

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

Oooh, that's a great idea! I'll look into that!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

That way you could have two secret entrances, just in case you ever needed them.

... not that I think you would need them here or anything. But you know, just in case.

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

I don't think you could ever have enough secret entrances! ...Maybe I should make another one in the roof.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

That's a great idea too!

[If they keep at it, this treehouse is going to end up being all trapdoors and no walls.]