[Finished] Disorder

[Vyn]

Why was Rocky bothering to apologize? He'd done nothing and really, Hatter had already lost interest in his own disappointment. No, Hatter was quite distracted now. She was a strange one, Mili, and although she was not any help to his research she was still of some interest. An exceptionally touchy little thing, but an interest nonetheless.

After all, how many people could turn a human into a doll? That was quite unusual in and of itself. Hatter was looking forward to learning more, even if he couldn't put that information to use. Or, rather, couldn't put it to use right away.

"Oh, thank you Rocky! Tea would be delightful." He shook his head slightly, and turned his attention onto Loreta. Was she...attempting to defend him? He smiled warmly, sliding closer to the Heron. "It's alright, Lore. Just a slap and, honestly, I deserved it." He coughed a little. "She's always telling me I don't respect personal boundaries."

Once Rocky had left the room, he returned his attention to Mili. "I must assume then, that you're not willing to speak with me?"

[Kari Muffin]

"I don't think you deserved a smack in the face from a prissy little bitch." Loreta scoffed as she took a seat next to Mili. It was the only piece of furniture that Rocky had that was comfortable for the heron. She wasn't about to to let a bitch like that steal her seat.

The cat's tail twitched with discomfort. "Talk to you? I have nothing to say." Mili glared at the Hatter. Who was this man anyway? Why was he so damned cheerful? He honestly deserved to be knocked down a peg or two. "I'm a doll. I was a human. The nutcase who made me this way is dead, and my only love left me here."

"ANGST ANGST ANGST! Lord! Shut the hell up and get over yourself woman! Life sucks, we know that already! Just be happy you have a fucking roof over your head," Loreta snapped at the feline. She didn't appreciate a sulky woman bother Rocky. The poor man didn't deserve it.

"She's a Drama Queen, forgive her," said Rocky as he trotted in the room with a tea set and the proper amount of cups. It was nice to have company that wasn't Mili around. He didn't want them arguing, "I can probably tell you more about Mili than she can herself. She just volunteered for the procedure without a clue of what they were doing. It's Green Tea by the way." The raccoon handed the tea cups to the proper people. "I assume Loreta brought you over because of Mili? Or am I mistaken?"

[Vyn]

If Loreta were not sitting so close to the prissy Yarrow Garden doll, Hatter would've hugged her. The opinionated Heron was...absolutely delightful. He chuckled darkly but his attention shifted onto the feline once she spoke. Prissy thing and, like Loreta said, angsty too. Lord, was it that bad?

Smoothly he slumped down into the chair closest to Loreta, studying the living doll as he did. He simply couldn't figure out how this Cassiel girl had done it. To turn a living creature into an animated doll... It must've taken a great amount of skill.

Before he could question the angsty female any further, however, Rocky returned to serve the tea and cut his thoughts short. Smiling brilliantly he accepted his cup and took a smooth sip before lifting his attention to Rocky once more. "Tea's wonderful, thank you... and, actually, Lore brought me in regards to rumors of a doll man, I believe... I don't think either of us were aware that you had Mili here with you." He shifted slightly, eyeing the feline from the corner of his eye. "What can you tell me about her then, since she isn't willing to speak with me?"

[Kari Muffin]

"I sure as hell didn't know you even got your wings Rocky," Loreta muttered, slightly dejected.

"I'm sorry. I have the tendency to forget to tell people things, ya know how it is I'm sure. Anyway, yes. Doll man. That's a guy name Kazifel. He's human again some how. That's more of a mystery than the doll thing if you ask me," Rocky shook his head as he took a sip of tea. He didn't use a chair so he simply occupied an empty space on the floor.

"But from what I can tell, Mili was created from wood and some mechanical clock work for the more complicated parts of her. Like her fingers for example. Each has articulation abilities because of the mechanical clockwork in there. That's also why she has retractable claws." Rocky's tail thumped briefly with thought as he tried to remember details. "It's also how she blinks, but generally not how she moves around. Most of her is just like a wooden doll that you would give a child. Just the detailed stuff is mechanics. Her tail is, for example, just mechanical things covered in false fur. Cassiel's aim with these doll people was originally something entirely different, but from my understanding she figured out how to transfer someone's life force into a body of a doll."

It was extremely complicated. She had used magic, chemistry, mechanics and a variety of other things. Plus she was a genius fighting against the clock. Rocky still couldn't grasp most of the research he had managed to salvage from her lab.

This was all so very over the Heron's head. She just sipped her tea in silence, eying the motionless doll.

[Vyn]

Hatter listened intently, filing away the information as Rocky spoke. It was quite a bit more knowledge than he expected the raccoon to have but it was also quite fascinating. Very similar to his line of research, actually... He smiled slightly, leaning forward eagerly as he sipped at his tea.

So this Cassiel woman... She was responsible for both Mili and the male once-doll, Kazifel. Probably others as well, but -if she was anything like Hatter- those were her two greatest successes. Like he had a whole collection of Toves and Momes aside from Doorie, but Doorie was always his favorite and the one he showcased regularily. And to think she'd been dying when she started.

Well yes, that made sense.

From the sounds of it, she had been seeking a way to prolong her ailing life. Hatter couldn't blame her, honestly, he would've done something similar in her situation. Why else would one learn how to transfer a soul into a mechanical doll body?

"It's a pity she's passed then, she seems like she would've been an...interesting sort." He eyed Mili momentarily. "So when did Mili move in? She doesn't seem to have been here long, yeah?"

[Kari Muffin]

Mili took the opportunity to interject, "Psh! She was a bitch if I ever met one. If she ever met you she would just use and abuse you until she felt like throwing you to the wolves. That's what she did to her brother, and that's what she did to me." The feline huffed and crossed her legs.

That wasn't over Loreta's head. She gave a soft sort of cackle before taking a sip of her tea. "Served you right then," she muttered under her breath.

Rocco coughed. He didn't want another outbreak of yelling."Cassiel was a genius in every sense of the word. Unfortunately the world wasn't ready for her." Rocky shook his head but continued, "Mili was just dropped off rather recently. I had a lovely visit from Kazifel and his Queen. Apparently there's a way to turn a doll into a living person. I've been told that I need to do that with Mili." Rocky's wings twisted in protest. He honestly just wanted the creepy doll out of his house.

[Vyn]

Hatter smirked at the dynamics of the two ladies on either side of them. There would be no pleasing them, of course, there rarely was in such situations but he wasn't complaining too much. They had their reasons and, like everyone else, they were likely to be quite hard to sway from their opinions so he wasn't going to rile himself up about it.

"Bitch she may have been, but her work was interesting...albeit her methods..."

He trailed off from completeing his thoughts. For casual conversation's sake, he wanted to say that her actions were wrong but in all honesty he knew it was happening all around Corvistowne and, well...he'd done it himself a few times. Tricking someone into his lap for an experiment or two... Of course, he differed entirely in his treatment of friends. He wouldn't dream of 'tossing them out'.

Hatter took a sip of his tea as he tilted his attention back onto Rocky. "This Kazifel wouldn't have left you with instructions on how to actually well...do that, yeah?"

[Kari Muffin]

"Of course he didn't leave me instructions!" Rocky said as he placed his empty teacup on the coffee table with the pot. "You know, he didn't want to make it easy on me for some reason. Neither did his Queen who seemed to know a bit about how to fix someone in... well a doll state." The raccoon sighed and shook his head in dismay. "I have no leads, and no idea how she's even moving on her own free will."

"Poor Rocky, what did you do to piss that Kazifel guy off?" Loreta said as she continued to sip her tea. It was taking her quite some time to finish. She already had a lot to begin with, this wasn't making it easy.

"Er... well. I ran away from him after he nearly popped my head off like a daisy. I understand that he was a bit unstable from being locked in the basement but... hell... that was just too terrifying to stick around," The raccoon visibly shuddered. The man was scary even when he wasn't a doll.

[Vyn]

Hatter snickered. He couldn't help himself. Something about the imagery of Rocky getting his head popped off like a daisy was just...painfully amusing.

At least he stuck to simply snickering, it could've been worse.

He continued to sip casually at his tea, smirking over the edge of the cup as he tried to contain himself. After a moment he was able to calm his amusement enough to speak seriously and his eyes slowly darkened into thought once he did.

So Kazifel, the human-turned-doll-turned-human, had left Mili, a fellow once human turned doll but not turned human, in the care of Rocky...who had apparently released Kazifel from his basement prison and then bolted when, from the sounds of it, Kazifel had given him a bear hug. Hatter snickered to himself again. The obvious point there, was that Kazifel believed that Rocky could indeed do something to help.

He arched a brow and took a sip of his tea before leaning forward and tilting his head.

"Well, have you thought about asking Mili anything? Maybe this Kazi guy told her what needed to be done?"

[Kari Muffin]

"No, he didn't," Rocky said with a slight whimper. "Even if she is uncooperative, she would want to be human again. At least, from all her angst that's what I gathered. Kazifel apparently thinks I'm smart enough to figure it out on my own."

"Can't you just ask him?" Loreta suggested over her tea.

"I... I think he lives in the Wood. I wouldn't go there if you paid me." Rocky said shaking his head. There were places the raccoon just wouldn't go. If people didn't walk out of the place, he wasn't about to flutter on in. Plenty of people would agree with him, he was sure. "I doubt he would tell me if he knew how it was possible. The man seemed smart, but I don't think he was the one who fixed himself. I imagine his Queen helped somehow."