The Haunted Vessel: Mr. Dresden

*Disclaimer* I'm a strange person and have strange experiences. If you're not interested in the possible paranormal, feel free to skip this entry. :)

It's been quite a while since I've written an installment of the HV, primarily because I haven't had many experiences as of late. With the dog here and the boss on vacation, I've been much busier than normal. However with the arrival of Mr. Dresden, things appear to be picking up.

When I go to bed after having had a doll out, especially with the puppy around now, I am very careful to place them in a particular spot. So for example with Harry I have him sitting with his arms just so, his head in this direction, legs here etc. This is partially a carry-over from my bjds who can fall and get damaged easily. So it is best to have them in a safe position and know how their joints are bent. Pullips aren't quite as fragile, but the habit carries over anyway.

A little background information on Taeyangs which will make the following all the more interesting... Taeyang bodies have a unique neck joint that attaches at their collar bone. This allows you to turn the head in various directions without moving the body. Very cool feature for posing.

Now each night I have posed Mr. Dresden in a particular way as is my custom, and each morning I wake to find him moved. Not substantially, but enough for me to notice. His body is generally in the same position, but his head/neck are turned to face me in bed. I'm not in the habit of having dolls stare at me while I sleep, so this is not something I would do. Also, given the type of movement it is, I know it's not due to furniture being bumped. The neck joint will only move when someone deliberately moves it. As for someone doing that...we only had company for one of the nights, and I highly doubt (read: dolls freak them out!) they would have snuck into my room at night and touched the creepy doll.

It is interesting to note that like Daemon before him, Dresden is the bearer of several "magical" accessories. Whether they are intended as toys or not, they do have certain symbols inscribed and special meaning attached to those symbols. It makes me wonder on a witchy level if that's why both the dolls were/are active...

So who knows, perhaps I will have more Haunted Vessel posts to come!

Introducing the one, the only....

Harry Dresden

Yes, that Harry Dresden. :) More information to come!

Kain II

Kain II's (still unnamed) eyes actually came in yesterday about an hour after he arrived, which was awesome! So here he is with his correct hair and eyes, but not necessarily clothes. Sorry for the repetitive pictures, but I couldn't help it. :)

Stress...stress...stress...doll!

My Kain II arrived today and not a moment too soon. It's only Wednesday and my week has been insane and extremely stressful.

He arrived in a battered shipping box that looked like it had been stomped on and kicked down a flight of stairs. o_o I opened him right in the post office to check for damages, but thankfully Denver Doll packs their dolls really well. The post master was really curious so I showed him the doll, and oddly enough he thought Kain II was kind of cool. :)

Once I got back to work I freed him from his pretty cardboard prison and set about taking his wig off and replacing it with the blond one I had waiting. He looks fantastic as a blond. :) Unfortunately I found that his right shoulder is damaged, just like with my other Kain. :( It's not a damage I could call DDE about as it's really just due to Jun Planning being crappy at making bodies.

So...I really would prefer he not be on an Obitsu, not to mention the fact that I don't have an Obitsu lying around for him. Instead I think I'm going to go home and cannibalize poor Kaleb a bit to make things work. Kain II's arms aren't actually broken, so I will swap them with Kaleb's and everyone will be happy. Since Kaleb is just hanging around right now, I'm not worried about having super move-able arms for him.

Of course I can't call him Kain II forever, but it seems that he may not in fact be Ronin... As of now we both seem to be leaning towards calling him Dresden after the Dresden Files (good TV series, FANTASTIC books!). I even considering making him sort of an alternate world Dresden, but we'll see. :)

Kain II Update

I ordered Kain some eyes over the weekend, finally deciding on getting him another pair of yellow ones. They are acrylic, but rather than the normal ones I was looking at, I purchased him a pair of Volks Animetics. They are acrylic anime-style eyes that come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors. I've only seen one other Pullip with Animetics, but it looked pretty good so we'll see.

I also attempted (and hopefully succeeded) to pay Kain II off today. Unfortunately my bank was having some issues, so I don't know if everything went through okay. I'm waiting to hear back from Denver Doll to see if they were successful. If so Kain should be coming home some time this week, and his eyes will be here Thursday. Now I just need more clothes for him!

*Edited to add*: I just received confirmation that the payment went through, so Kain II is on his way home! :)

Seeing Double

Well the bait head from my last post isn't going to work out, so I browsed around a bit and did something I knew I'd do eventually...I ordered a second Taeyang Kain.

Kain is my favorite Taeyang thus far, and I missed having him in a more "stock" form. I do enjoy Kaleb obviously, but I wouldn't mind having back the character I originally created for him, Ronin. Plus I'd like to have a non vampire/werewolf/demon/etc. guy around here again. At least for a little while... :P

He's on layaway with Denver Doll, so it will be a little while before I see him. That's best considering what I'm going to be spending on the puppy in the near future. I'm trying to balance my doll love with dog love. :)

Collection shots!

So I'm in the midst of reorganizing my room again, but I really wanted to display some of my collection. It's all being displayed in my book case/doll house/manga corner etc. This isn't everyone or everything, but it's what I had easy access to and wanted to display.

The top has my Pullips, Luna P (Sailor Moon), my
BE Goth doll, and my original childhood ponies.

The next floor down is a "corral" of sorts for most of my ponies.
Not everyone, but there's a bunch there until I have another
better place to display them. Also there is my new Sailor Moon purse,
some of my SM dolls, and some of my manga.

More dolls! The resin/etc. floor here. You'll see Namu
Wolf made it down here as he's so big and snuggly
there's no room for him up with the others. Also here is my
childhood Woody doll as well as his large collector counterpart.

Finally more manga, more ponies, and some of my Sailor Moon
plush collection. They are ooold, and so well loved. :)

Dear Kat,

I've heard there might be a new addition to my household. You and I need to have a discussion about all these new people living in my home.

Eagerly awaiting your arrival,
Kaleb