tick tick tick

drip drip drip

slender, pale hands wrap around wooden bars that were somehow magically strong. a yellow paper lantern flickered somewhere nearby.. It's dark outside, you think, but you're not exactly sure where "outside" is... or up, or down. Any glimpse through the bars just reveals more endless hallways of shiny wood paneling, shoji, and tatami...

"Muuuuzan... let me out...!"