Second floor common room, late Sunday night

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The genet dashed into the common room, Gladys following, and leapt onto the couch, the TV, then bounced back. "You Have Too Much Energy," she told it, holding out a hand. It leapt into it and started sharpening its claws and trilling.

That meant it was hungry (Gladys had not let it eat any of the tiny monkeys) so she started opening cupboards, looking for something to feed it. The genet immediately ran inside and started kicking things out. "That Is Not Helpful."

It ignored her, pounced on a cereal box, dragged it to the middle of the room, and started disembowelling it. "Your Manners Need Some Work."

[ooc: Beware of chaotic genet.]

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"What sorts of words?" Alice asked, eyes lighting up. "Many words have power to them, I think. You can wield them or wave them or slap someone across the face with them. And others sound clinical and flat and have never offended anybody in their life, if they can help it. Does every Golem have the same words? Are they a secret?"

Gladys might regret telling Alice that she could ask questions.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"They Are The Same Words. They Are Magic Words, Written In A Language That Has Not Been Used For A Thousand Years." She tapped the seam near the top of her head. "They Are In Here With My Receipt."

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Your receipt?" Alice was rocking slightly on her heels and back to her toes again. She said she always fidgeted. "Why has no one used that language in a thousand years? Do you know what the words say? And what is your receipt for?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"I Do Not Know What The Words Say. I Cannot Read Them. My Receipt Is So That I Own Myself." Her eyes flickered as she anticipated there would be more questions. "Golems Are Made As Tools And Like Tools They Are Owned. So It Had Always Been Until Dorfl Became The First Free Golem. He Was Bought And His Receipt Placed In His Head With His Words. That Is How He Came To Own Himself. He Worked To Buy The Next Golem, And They Worked to Buy Another Golem And Someday All Golems Will Be Free."

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"That's horrible," Alice frowned. "If you are yourself, then they've no right to use you as a tool, regardless of whether they made you to be one or not. You shouldn't have to buy yourself from anyone. I mean, it's admirable that you're buying the other golems, but you shouldn't have to."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"Golems Are Created And So Golems Are Owned. To Free Ourselves Without Purchase Would Be Theft, And Theft Is Wrong."

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Owning a person is more wrong," Alice said sadly. "Isn't it? If you can stand here and tell me that you wish to be free, I've no right to enslave you to do my bidding just because I created you."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"A Person, Yes. But I Am Not A Person, I Am A Golem."