Deer Country Network

[unlike her usual status, sitting a warmly lit room and looking bright-eyed and alert, Tinya's looking weary, dark circles under her eyes and even more pale than usual, limp in her armchair. she's still dressed and made-up Just So, but her kittens are mewing fretfully while Carmilla flutters around her.

and Moonlight stands in front of her, tail puffed up to twice its usual size, the look on her face pretty much screaming "fuck around and find out"

Tinya's holding a mostly empty whisky decanter, its stopper looking like it rolled to a halt absent-mindedly]

If it's not...too very personal. And I know it might be. But. Have you seen them? I can't be the only one who's seeing them, right?

Right?

[the video starts focused on a shelf, and on that shelf is a doll. absolutely the kind that just exudes 'listed on ebay for having the spirit of an angry victorian child in it' vibes with its dead eyes.

when viktor speaks his tone could not be more dry.] Some of you might have noticed the unpleasant dolls that, when ignored instead of bought, come to life violently. This is a matter our household is not entirely aware of because Palamedes continues to gladly buy any unpleasant doll he sets his sights upon.

[offscreen, but not like, very far offscreen (it is not a big living space), palamedes chimes in with a pointed, 'While I respect your aesthetic tastes, you're wrong, they're delightful,' that viktor will pointedly ignore as he continues.]

He will not stop bringing them. Some of them vanish after a week or two. He calls this one Sensible Bethany.

['She calls herself that, actually, I explained this already,' from the peanut gallery. the camera shifts as viktor turns to address him back]

Is this entire place not haunted enough without ugly dolls, I ask again? There is a limit, Palamedes.

[in the unfocused corner of the camera the doll absolutely turns its head to stare directly at the screen.]