Research Center

[The beach where the little girl had woken up was one thing- the huge ocean that seemed to go on forever, the frilly white dress, the feeling of that hot sand against her bare feet- but now she was surrounded by all the people and all the things, and it was proving quite the overload of information.

Mary didn't even hear the helpful guide trying to see if she was okay once she'd snatched her phone, instead lightly poking at the little flower-charm attached to it; a tiny yellow rose.]

Oh- you've made everyone's flowers so small-

[Not that she seemed particularly worried about the change...

Later- after having spent most of the day running around seeing all the things, the tired kid found herself at the Welcome Center, crashed out on one of the sofas struggling to keep her eyes open.]

Apartments
[Implied spoilers]

[Mary found her way to the apartment assigned to her eventually, and after finding her belongings carefully laid out inside- she stormed out the room immediately. She needed supplies. She needed to protect herself.

...Mary would be back later, staring at the door with some heavy duty tape in hand and struggling to hold various other supplies in her arms.

She wasn't going to let anyone get to her things. Never.]

Hm...no, that won't do at all...

[OOC: Lmk if you want (?) to get stuck as her roommate, first come first serve. You get; Mary's secrets, She gets; A freakout and the opportunity to get stabby.]

Candlelight
[Implied spoilers]

Leave me alone!!

[To say that Mary seemed almost violently offended at the offer of a candle by a guide was something of an understatement.

Completely misinterpreting her alarm- she was very young, after all, and maybe her parents had told her not to play with fire- the guide gently offered to help her light it to make sure it was safe? Just slowly holding out the so-far unlit candle and match-

However, all that lead to was her shoving them away with all the strength a nine-year-old could muster and running off in the opposite direction, crashing into someone else nearby.]

Ah...! Hey- tell this person to leave me alone...!

"But I was just trying to help, miss! It's for the festival."

Little Ghosties

[Other parts of the festivities were much more aligned to Mary's interests. She'd found somewhere well away from the bonfire, and was in the process of cheerfully making a little army of crafted ghosts.

Crayons and pens and other art supplies were scattered messily around her as she worked, chattering away to her creations- she wasn't a Winter-aligned, but once they'd taken their physical forms, Mary could at least try! She understood that they were stuck in this realm, until someone could help them cross over to the other side. But what would that process actually involve? Was it really as simple as the guides had told them?

She beckoned for anyone passing by to come join her.]

Hey, do you wanna come help make little bodies for our new friends too?

[And, after a little while; ]

...Do you really think this'll be enough for them to cross over okay?

[OOC: Gently voicetesting the new girl- hmu on Discord @ archangelamy if you want to plan something in particular.]