asgardeventide | Mécanisme 003 [Video]

[Hugo sits on the floor of his room, his steam engine on the ground in front of him as well as his father's broad silver pocket watch that always keeps perfect time both sitting amongst a few odds and ends the likes of screws, gears, springs, and rudimentary tools like hammers.]

I make things and I fix things... [He gestures to the stuff in front of him, the train in particular which sits gleaming the length of a man's arm now that he's just finished polishing and painting it.] Back home- Back where I am from I fix clocks and I know how to make them.

I want to do that here. I can make or fix almost anything if it is a machine, if it's got parts like these [He holds up a gear and a spring] But right now I don't have any money, so I can't buy more parts. I guess that means I can't really make things so much as fix them until I can afford to make them. Unless there's something you want and you've got the parts for it.

[He swallows awkwardly, frowning at his things. He's not used to talking this much or this...publicly]

So...how do you start a business?

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That's a marvelous skill! A pity you weren't around Mr. Rabbit, he could have used you to help with his watch, after all.

Mr. Rabbit?

The White Rabbit, poor dear is always late! His watch is two days slow you see.

[Hugo's eyes go narrow at the name 'The White Rabbit' then widen...a watch that is two days slow?]

Then why does he bother carrying a watch at all?

[A pause]

How does a rabbit have a watch?

[Yes perhaps that should have been his first question but he is the son of a clockmaker after all]

Because he's the Queen and King of Heart's herald of course. He has to be on time to announce things. And I asked the same question, you see. But Mr. Hatter said that there's no point in having a watch that tells the time because he's always stuck in tea time. I thought that terribly silly, honestly, but I suppose when one is stuck in tea time I would rather know the days as well.

Although... I don't know if all the watches in Wonderland are count the days instead.

Well he must never be on time

[Hugo puts his hand in his pocket]

And if you are stuck in tea time then you do not even need a watch. You would always know the time.

Most certainly not. Although, he tries.

And I said that, didn't I?

[Yes...you did....]

It's still hard to believe.

[Awkward shuffle]

How do they get anything done?

I do wonder that myself, to be quite honest. Sometimes I don't think they get anything done. But it's hard to tell! I was only there for a day after all. But I suppose they must get things done since things felt so established.

Maybe they used to get things done.

Used to get things done? What would have made them stopped?

Their clocks stopped working.

But they aren't made of clocks. Certainly not the King and Queen of hearts.

But they would be behind on everything if one day all their clocks stopped working. So then perhaps they just stopped trying to do anything.

But it isn't as if they don't do anything. Chef still cooks, the cards still play croquet, the Queen still beheads people, and Cheshire seems perfectly fine.