The cage was the nicest place?? Isn't it... a cage?

The cage itself actually isn't that bad, genuinely. It's large, in a scenic garden, and the interior is comfortable.

[BUT THEN IT MAKES YOU INSANE.]

Oh. So it's like, an aesthetic thing, like a fancy giant birdcage or something?

[ and not like a bigger version of one of those crates people housetrain dogs in... ]

[There's an amused little rudeass laugh.]

No, not one of those, even though there are people here who could use it. [SURE.] It's definitely like the latter. A large and spacious birdcage made of gold.

Huh. Okay, I guess that does sound pretty decent. Probably a great spot for photoshoots.

I did seem to think so at the time.

[When he was cursed to be Mark from accounting.]

If you stay for a short while, you don't deal with the strange effects, either.

What are the effects?

You don't want to leave the cage.

Oh. Well, I guess that could be worse.

It could be, especially given the cage itself isn't terrible and there are much stranger, much worse effects and curses being flung around.

[gazes through the timespace continuum into wednesday]