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so, harmonybot, i realized you have a toyhouse. and um, are any of your other characters being included?

oo, an ask! and yeah, my toyhouse exists but it’s a very low priority right now to set it up at all. this blog has been silent because there’s just been a fair bit irl i’ve been working on. flenme is only there because they’re like, a standalone character in some ways with an empty profile mostly, just to sort of. have something on there.

being busy is also why this blog has been a bit. dead, but we’ll see if i gain the motivation to revive it at some point! idk how much i can promise honestly, we’ll see how the future goes.

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PERFUME

they/them

Perfume is very, very new here, and decided to jump right into the deep end when on only the second day of their arrival, they saw the ad for this show and showed up to join. It might be fair to call them impulsive for that. Has a tendency to ramble about things. It seems pretty natural to be curious when everything's all so new. Though they're still quick to be stressed out by it all, or by the idea that they're not doing this whole thing right. They seem to feel overwhelmed and emotional in general right now. Maybe they'll adjust one day. But for now, there sure is enough to do right here in this strange building. …They've started to think they might have seen something that other objects didn't, when they first arrived. But they have no way of knowing what any of that space stuff could mean, do they? They just got here, after all.

likes: everything! there's so much to see here. they love space, as well. how could anyone not, when the stars look that way? dislikes: uh. rude people. getting things wrong.

power: …like, magic? that would explain what happened when they sprayed fairyland (the drawing, plants trees very well) kind of on accident, as a test, just to see. they were worried they'd done something again when tablet got… possessed by the ad. it seemed similar? it might also explain the strange dreams they keep having. but maybe that's just how dreaming goes here.

fav colour: blue and purple.

orientation and gender: according to the way they've heard object minds work, objects are like, 20 on arrival, and they do feel like that makes sense for them. but it's not like they had time to think about labels in their life sat on a shelf before all of this.

relationships: bree (the saddle, also plants trees very well) said they could have her number, but they don't have a phone yet so they don't know if that really counts as a friendship. if negative relationships count, then sarah was rude to them already, so.

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CLEF

she/her aka: Metronome

Clef is a perfectionist, and easily annoyed at many things. She doesn't speak, though is capable of a small amount of wordless vocal communication. Other than gesture and expression, she finds communication in the form of things like writing her thoughts out frustrating. Unfortunately for her, a lot more people showed up to this place than she thought would do when she decided to stay by the cliffside that night. They seem… fine, so far. Can tick without being wound up at the side. Can only slightly turn her key without use of her other arm, the same going for hooking the pendulum to stop it ticking. It can unhook itself, but not the other way around.

likes: music. has done some conducting in the past, one of the few performers in the world at the time she was active in that scene. almost misses it. dislikes: music. there can be layers to things. (being one of so few people to watch was a fair amount of pressure. and her powers… aren't always something she wants bothering her.) is also easily annoyed by people talking to or around her.

power: an innate sense of rhythm, placing her in sync with music around her. useful in music, but little else. finds it hard to move counter to any beat present, intentional or not.

fav colour: dark blue.

orientation and gender: nonbinary, no other labels.

relationships: hasn't kept in touch with many from her life in the music world, these past years. any connection outside of music was never her strong suit.

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LIQUID HOURGLASS

he/she/they aka: Hourglass

Liquid Hourglass is one of the younger contestants, only having been here for less than two months. Eager to ask questions and learn about this place, and to figure out who they are, and why. Also very curious about these things for other people. Let themself kind of get dragged here, alongside Perfume and Patchwork. It's not like she had any other plans, and he's already spent too long figuring out the first steps in this new stage of life. (Though, maybe a few more days would have served her better.) Tends to sit upside down when they have time to rest, getting very anxious if kept without turning on his head for too long. Because of this, she ends up very restless. Quite cheerful otherwise.

likes: talking to people, trying to guess how they work, and if he had any advice to give, he thinks he'd enjoy doing that. dislikes: the way that their powers work.

power: the liquids they house seem to heavily influence his emotions in some way. unfortunately this only serves to bother them, without any clear use.

fav colour: good question. …orange?

orientation and gender: they just got here give them a minute.

relationships: hung around tablet for a while? but they don't know if that really counts as friendship, given it was tablet's job to be there.

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TRINKET

they/he aka: Mx Crystal Trinket

Trinket is one of the more experienced of the contestants, having arrived here long ago, by the standards of a very new world. They've learnt a lot about how everything works in that time, alongside their siblings, seeing life change around them. Started nothing much himself, but did see object society before many things began. To be fair, most other objects from those years are also still around. Content with simplicity, for the most part. Prefers to listen than to speak, though doesn't mind talking when asked in most cases. Generally laidback and softspoken. Didn’t join the show on the best of terms, coming here in an uncommon impulsive moment. But it'll be a fun story to tell, at least. Doesn’t see themself as nearly as wise as others have thought they are. Just as someone who tries to do the best they can.

likes: making connections with people. there’s so much to hear from just about anyone. writing notes on little things they find interesting. dislikes: people not caring how their actions affect others. pointless arguing.

power: able to grow crystals, possibly some kind of quartz. partially connected to emotions, which is… slightly frustrating.

fav colour: warm yellow.

orientation and gender: unlabelled. look there's only so many ways i can say this without just writing an essay on phosphor's worldbuilding in this topic. coming at some point probably.

relationships: their family, three siblings. normally they get along well, but unfortunately, a good thing can never be true all of the time. has several other friends, but no one they frequently contact.

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LEAH

she/her aka: Plasticine

Leah joined this competition with the goal and the determination to fully win. She just has to convince the others to listen to what she's saying, and she can lead them to victory. Teamwork is useful after all, no matter how frustrating it is to organise. Once they realise she knows what she's doing the best, it'll all work out. Not the most open with people, given she didn't really come here for friends. She has her sister, and that's enough for her. Eyesight is distorted, especially in her left (which is also sometimes her right) eye. Squishing her wouldn't hurt, but she'd really rather you didn't, thanks. She's not about to investigate being pulled apart, either.

likes: art, sometimes getting help from her sister with some mediums. basic athletic type stuff too. dislikes: things falling apart and not going to plan. also grass. it sticks to her.

power: depends what you consider one. being mouldable by just about anyone but herself doesn’t really feel like shapeshifting in her eyes, personally.

fav colour: white. pale green if that doesn’t count.

orientation and gender: girl, phosphor-lore-typical unlabelled.

relationships: has a sister who she gets along with well, if you can look through the mostly light-hearted bickering.

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BIRDCAGE

xe/xem

Birdcage. Both the bird and the cage it's trapped in, the bars and the life within. Likes to think of xemself as a poet, perhaps an amateur, but isn’t there a beauty in that too? Dabbles in other things as well. Friendly, likes to give light hearted advice that xe may not really follow xemself, having studied a fair amount of the psychology and workings of the strange world they all live in and came from. Waiting for a key, in something or someone. Could perhaps be seen as a romantic in this sense, but more seems rather melancholy around the topic. Here with Otamatone, mostly, though does like the idea of competing like this, despite not wishing to win. Can make multiple different bird sounds.

likes: writing and reading, mostly the former with books being somewhat hard to find here. helping people. dislikes: feeling trapped.

power: one can only imagine that a lock would open something, right?

fav colour: dark red, with light purple as an honourable mention.

orientation and gender: agender, otherwise unlabelled. possibly also some xenogenders.

relationships: recently rekindled a friendship with otamatone, after not seeing each other for a fair while. has had some ex partners over the years.

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CAT POST

any pronouns aka: Kitty, Cat Tree, will respond to general meowing

Cat Post is catlike in more than just name, having lived among cats of all kinds in the otherworld. Curious about many things, including other objects, they still sometimes come across as quite uninterested to most. Staring isn't always seen as much of a conversation starter. It interacts the most with Sunny, who they're viciously devoted to, a connection that needs little conversation between them. Incredibly chaotic as a pair (and when alone, in a subtler way), she's quite used to Sunny's impulsiveness. Will go along with anything he does. Which is notable, as they won't often do as they're told. Tends to notice a lot intuitively. Perhaps too much at times. Can see well in the dark. Very sharp teeth and claws.

likes: sunny. scratching things, singing, on occasion, though not too well by her own assessment. dislikes: objects being condescending. like any of them are really human either.

power: doesn't seem to know, or care.

fav colour: purple and also warm yellow.

orientation and gender: literally kitty cat. use whatever pronouns you want. arospec.

relationships: in a close relationship with sunny (queerplatonic). the two of them are almost always seen together.

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TASSEL

she/her

With cries of hero and villain, Tassel seems to treat the world like it's some kind of story or game. Confident and loud, she tends to rope others into her shenanigans. Dramatic in the way that she talks and acts. Wears her heart on her sleeve, if her heart was a theatre prop replica of one. Intent on keeping the world safe, and uncovering its dark secrets. Like this competition… there's something off about it. Seems awfully uncaring for her own safety, whether out of heroism or naivety or something else, in the pursuit of her goals. Uses her minor control over all of her threads to make it look like they're flowing in the wind sometimes.

likes: finding the truth, adventure! friendship, telling stories. doing what's right. dislikes: villains! her nemesis, soup. dark plots (though it's admittedly fun to uncover them sometimes!)

power: of course she has powers! she's a hero! she just has to find them in some final hour fight for the fate of the world itself. or something. and it'll be great. definitely.

fav colour: blue.

orientation and gender: bisexuality win. also girl.

relationships: soup, unfortunately, is someone she's known for nearly a year now. they aren't close, of course, being sworn enemies. but it's notable. of course, there are countless others she knows, and she met foil on her current quest! so that's someone.

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MARY

she/her aka: Doily, Lilypad

Mary is some kind of preacher, here with a job to do, a word to spread. Claims to know a lot about the gods of this world, directly from one of their supposed chosen, Stained Glass Window. Since she arrived here, she's worked to share what they've taught her. Other objects have said it sounds like a cult, as if they know anything about what's going on, what the stakes are here. But there's a lot of strange things in a competition like this, that quickly start to clash with the world she knows. Eyes are like beads! Very sluglike body and movement. Quick to ramble and quicker to accuse. Willing to get violent. (Everything is unravelling.)

likes: being right, being listened to. community. dislikes: blasphemers, the eye they call a "god," and well, chalice, but stained glass doesn't need to know that one. being directionless.

power: venomous stingers. two of these twelve stings take the appearance of antennae.

fav colour: purple.

orientation and gender: questions she doesn't truly care to answer. when has questioning things gotten objects anywhere good? (she needs to stop pushing her luck.)

relationships: deeply trusts stained glass, her guide, though the bond is currently strained, given differing thoughts on whether it was worth attending this show. (it is. she can prove it. she was trusted with the chance to. she can't just fail.)

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First profile has been posted! Please suggest characters for the queue if you want! (Mary is currently requested next but there's nothing after her yet.)

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WATERING CAN

any pronouns

Watering can is one of the three contestants who originally lived with Apartment, finding it a safe place for aer many plants. Eventually they grew quite close to it and all of the other residents. Enthusiastic and optimistic, they see this competition as a good chance to make friends and have fun, though they'll be sad if they have to leave, wanting to win only to let everyone live there together. Generally friendly to be around. Has accidentally watered people on occasion when looking down to talk to them, so tries not to do that. Sometimes looks like they're crying, but it's just the water, mostly.

likes: plants! growing them, learning how they would have lived in the otherworld, the study and collecting of them here. wants to grow a garden. already pretty much has one. dislikes: being alone.

power: plant growth acceleration, for anything watered through her. somehow may not have noticed he can do this.

fav colour: greens and browns, pink.

orientation and gender: omni, genderqueer. the cool hat mug of the original tenants. you understand.

relationships: highly values its human connections from the otherworld. not that she can ever let them know that. is also friends with apartment and the others that live there, and has pals from a few plant related associations.

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Phosphor Prologue: Part 5

Rowan, Clef, and Pinwheel arrive early to the cliffside. Objects gather. Taylor is curious about Trinket's worrying, Sarah learns Perfume's name. March is recognised. Apartment's door opens. Everything, at last, is in place.

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Rowan sits watching the sunset. Clef walks up and sits nearby, ticking. Rowan sighs.

Rowan: So, uh, interesting house, huh?

Clef stops ticking. They sit for a moment. Pinwheel appears, surprising them both.

Pinwheel: Yeah! I assume you’re here for the competition?

Rowan: …What competition.

Pinwheel: Oh, for the house!

Rowan: Oh. ...Why do you want it? I guess it’s nice.

Pinwheel: It’s less the prize for me. I guess I just go where life takes me!

Rowan: Huh. That sounds nice.

Plasticine waves goodbye to her sister. Strange pink light curls under the ground.

Night. Trinket paces under the waning gibbous moon.

Taylor: Hey. You okay?

Trinket: Oh, I’m alright!

Taylor: Sure. The crystals are nothing then?

Taylor looks down to the crystal at their feet.

Trinket: I... Nothing for your to worry about.

Perfume stands around as Patchwork talks to Liquid Hourglass.

Sarah: Hey, what’s your name, fancy?

Perfume: Uh, Perfume, I think! They/them. But I only just got here, so-

Sarah: Not the most creative name choice.

Perfume: Wh- who do y-- What’s your name, then?

Sarah: I have a few! But Sarah’s fine.

People chat and rest as the last few objects arrive in the early morning. Casey walks up to March.

Casey: Uh, hi.

March: Yes?

Casey: Ah, sorry, never mind!

March: What’s up? No need to leave, what’s your name?

Casey: I…

Cloth, invisible, pretending to be Casey: My name is Casey, but you can call me anyti-

Casey deliberately slams shut on her. Cloth stops being invisible.

Cloth: OW!

Casey: Shut it! Sorry about her.

March giggles silently.

March: Do I know you?

Casey: Uh, I think I’ve seen you around, yeah!

An internal shot of Apartment, a room full of screens where the co-host sits, face hidden.

Apartment: (Hey, is everything ready? ...Okay.)

Apartment: Hey, everyone! Thanks for showing up, for whatever reasons you chose to! Uh, I hope it's fun, and. I’m ready for you all to enter now.

The door creaks open.

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Phosphor Prologue: Part 4

Coathanger finally gets a phone, Tassel gets a lead, of sorts, and Foil gets a companion to travel to the show with. It starts tomorrow, after all.

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Dress: It’s about time you got this done.

Coathanger: I’ll never use it for anything!

Dress: You can call me!

Coathanger: Hello. I heard I could get a thingy here?

Switchboard: Gh. Okay, one second.

Dress: Are you okay?

Switchboard: Yes, just a lot going on at this time.

Switchboard's cables grab a dark slate rock and drag it to the water.

The rock is lifted up, water pouring out of the screen it now has. Cables plug into the back. Switchboard hands it to Coathanger.

Coathanger: Thank you very much!

Switchboard: No problem. You should be able to contact people with it now.

Dress: This world sure does rely on your powers, huh?

Switchboard: I don’t mind, really! It’s distracting, but I meet so many people from it.

Coathanger: I don't really meet people. I see how that could be nice.

Switchboard: ���Well, if you’re looking to meet people…

Tassel: SOUP! My nemesis!

Soup: Tassel.

Tassel: What intel have you found today?

Soup: Why would I tell you if we’re enemies?

Tassel: Otherwise I must fight you!

Soup: Beating up civilians for gossip, what a paragon.

Tassel gasps in exaggerated offense.

Soup: But yeah, I do know stuff you'll be interested in.

Soup whispers to Tassel.

Tassel: How do you know this?

Soup: Because people actually talk to me?

Tassel: How do I know you’re not just getting rid of me? You think I'd let you scheme unguarded?

Soup: I- Okay. Fair. … But what if there's something big going on? A building and a way to control maybe every electronic in the now-world? Seems pretty suspicious to me.

Soup, whispered: (Please just make friends that aren’t me.)

Tassel: ...You’re right. I simply must investigate!! So... where am I going?

Cut to Tassel and Foil, now sunset.

Tassel: Greetings, Candy Foil! I’ve heard from an… acquaintance that you’re heading for the show?

Foil: Uh, yes, that would be correct!

Tassel: May I tag along?

Foil: Of course!

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Phosphor Prologue: Part 3

A strange broadcast serves as a useful distraction for Otamatone, Birdcage, Cat Post and Sunny. It also draws the attention of the group that Casey and Cloth learn with. Tiara gets to say the title line. Monica gets affected by the ad, while Leah and Hose discuss the show it talks of. Ephemeron is also there.

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Birdcage: Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to. It’s nice to be talking again.

Otamatone hums a tune and nods.

Birdcage: Did we ever use morse code or something to communicate? I’ve forgotten.

Otamatone:  .-- . / -.. .. -.. / -. --- - [translation: we did not]

Birdcage: Okay, bad example, I don’t actually know it. How have you been feeling, though, honestly? After… everything.

Otamatone: …

Otamatone notices someone, panics, and quickly rushes to hide behind Cat Post who is walking by.

Tutu: Hi! Did you three hear a strange “wah!” kind of sound? I’m looking for a friend.

Cat Post, Sunny, Birdcage: …

Birdcage: I didn’t, sorry.

Cat Post: Nope.

Sunny: Probably. Birds.

Tutu: There are literally no birds in this world. And they don’t sound like-

Birdcage: I can make bird calls! I was close with a bird in the otherworld. Which is possibly. Not unexpected.­

Cat Post: I know a bird, Woodpecker toy. Pecks me for no reason.

Sunny: Hey, who is that?

Otamatone hums in response.

Tutu: Look, if you’re lying, there’s no need. I was just-

Lip Scrub: Hey, Tutu! There's a bunch of objects gathering over there!

Tutu: Forget it.

Message Board displays the text: Do you want to join a show?

Pink glitching and other objects surround it.

Cut to another crowd of objects with pink glitching and echos of the ad in the background.

Cloth: All I’m saying is, you know all of this stuff already! And I’m so bored!

Casey: Taylor left just fine by himself.

Cloth: Yeah, but-

Casey: Hey, what’s going on?

Fairy Bread: Something’s happening to Speaker!

Speaker: --be in like, an actual building for once? To compete for a prize? Which is the building, fun fact, but also the friends we make along the--

Cloth: You want to go, admit it!

Casey: Only if Speaker’s okay.

Cut to Tiara.

Old TV: --anyway, it’ll be fun, and if you’re not doing anything else with your life, what is there to lose? Just call the number--

Tiara: What is there to lose?

Cut to Perfume and Hourglass watching Tablet.

Tablet: --, and I’ll tell you where to go, or just show up outside by tomorrow morning! I’ll repeat that all again. Hey, do--

A different group of objects gathers, with the same glitching and ad.

Computer: --do you wanna join a--

Laptop Bag: What's happening? Stop just standing around!!

Leah: A show, huh?

Hose: Sounds fun! Are you going?

Ephemeron stands nearby as the rest banter or panic.

Modelling Tool: You can go, I'll pass.

Leah: Aw, and leave you alone?

Modelling Tool: I have friends, I'm fine!

Leah: Sure you do.

Modelling Tool: Hey!

Computer: --tomorrow morning! Okay, that’s enough, I’m- it’s a big house, you won’t miss it. See you there!

The two digital objects stop showing the ad, looking dazed.

Monica: guh...

Computer Bag: Are you okay?

Computer: I’m fine! That was weird though... like being possessed, LOL!

Monica: Yeah… a show? We should join it-

Computer Bag: Absolutely not! It possessed you! We’ve been here a month!

Leah: A month? Wow, you guys are new. So, what was that number again?

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Phosphor Prologue: Part 2

A new arrival, the slightly less new arrival of Liquid Hourglass, and a rough breakup for Patchwork. Mary tries to find someone to listen.

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A perfume bottle gets knocked off a shelf, and falls through the air before being caught by a humanoid hand. In this new mystical location, they are formed into a person by the humanoid. They open their eyes, which seems to surprise an onlooking eye and the humanoid, who holds them out to a doorway. Perfume arrives in a forest.

Perfume walks through the forest, eventually coming across two other objects.

Perfume: Hi. What is this place? I like the trees.

Bridget (Saddle): Oh, we’re just giving this place some life, you know!

Fairyland (Child’s Art): How did you get in the forest without knowing about this project?

Perfume: Sorry, I only just got here. Am I not meant to be here? I’ll get going, sorry.

Bridget: Hey, hold your horses! …You’re completely new here, aren’t you?

Perfume, distressed: I don’t know what’s going on.

Cut to Fairyland talking to Tablet.

Tablet: Someone arrived away from one of the documented locations? Weird, okay. I’ll come check that out.

Liquid Hourglass: Are you leaving?

Tablet: My shift was nearly over anyway. Besides, you’ve been here nearly a month, that’s a long time to stick around.

Liquid Hourglass: I’m just… figuring out what to do.

Tablet: Right. Let me know what you’re thinking if you want. I’ll be back before I leave.

Liquid Hourglass sits upside down, looking over at two objects arguing.

Patchwork: Slice, look, I’m sorry-

Lemon Slice: It's OVER, Patchwork! I think we could both use some time alone.

Patchwork sighs.

Patchwork: Okay.

Slice walks away.

Mary: Well that was… uh, hello, do you have time to hear of the three true gods and about the blasphemous ascension of the…

Patchwork walks away. A figure watches from the background. Liquid Hourglass and Mary make eye contact.

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Phosphor Prologue: Part 1

Say hello to our original tenants and first contestants, Diode, Watering Can, and Button! A shame they have to deal with all of this.

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Watering Can: So we’re being kicked out? Just like that?

Apartment: Sorry. Like I said, it isn’t my decision. But you can stick around if-

Diode: If we compete in a competition for you. You’ve said.

Apartment: Right, yeah. So?

Watering Can: I’ll stay! It’s not like I could move all of my plants that easily anyway…

Apartment: You’ll still have to move if you don’t win, but I wish you the best of luck!

Elaine Crumpet (Overlapping): Yeah, yeah, well I’m not sticking around. Have fun, nerds!

Crumpet leaves.

Watering Can (Overlapping): It’s just a shame we can’t all stay! Is this really the only way?

Apartment: …

Watering Can: Apartment?

Apartment: huh?

Apartment: Oh, sorry. Someone else was leaving.

Apartment: What about you, Diode?

Diode: Of course. I’ve been here the longest, I couldn’t just leave you unsupervised.

Apartment: Hey, what do you mean by that?

Diode: Well…

Diode: Well, you haven’t made the best decisions in the past in your interactions with people, you let your emotions control you, you have notable magic meaning I wouldn’t want you in the wrong hands, given you don’t believe you’re-

Apartment: Right! Right, I get it, thank you for your glowing appraisal.

Diode: Terrible pun.

Apartment: I do my best!

Diode: …Apartment, I-

Apartment: Anyway, that makes three of you staying!

Diode: Who else is- Ah, of course.

Button is shown as they sit against the door.

Apartment: We’ll find more to compete, but for now you can make the most of this place as usual. Even if it isn’t home for much longer.

Button holds their hand to the panels of the wall.

Apartment: I’m glad I won’t be alone in this.