Social Structure
The dolls live in a matrilineal family system. The top of the order
is Grandmother; the grand elder of the house and if she could speak her
word would be law.
As things stand Mother is the one who lays down the rules of the house.
The next step down are the house elders; they are the dolls who have lived
for quite some time and help Mother manage affairs in the dollhouse. The next
after them are the adults; they look after basic chores of the house, making
sure they are done and that Mother’s rules are enforced. The teenagers and
the preteens help out the new dolls, the children, adjust to their new life
in the dollhouse.
After the rebirth all dolls are taught all they need
to know about their new life. They then are given a marble. The marble allows
all dolls to keep their things in a pocket. After placing the marble into
a pocket the doll can then put what ever they like in to it. No doll has
ever been able to fill their deep pocket. The only things that don’t go in
to their pocket are; other dolls and living things. If you can fit part of
it in your pocket chances are you can push it in.
There are only a few major rules that must be fallowed. 1: respect your
elders. 2: do not hurt another doll. 3: do not kill another of your own kind.
4: do not kill humans unless your life is in jeopardy. Punishment for breaking
rule 3 &4 is death. The doll’s face is cut off and their body is destroyed.
5: do not leave the family. This means returning to what you once were.
For this crime the penalty is being hunted down and being made a doll once
more. The second rebirth is less pleasant than the first. Once captured
you are skinned, then stripped of all flesh and your soul is ripped out
from your bones and put in to a new body. All this is done while you are
awake. You then roll one d10 to determine how many derangements you gain.
After all that you are then grounded.
Outside the dollhouse
There are units here and there for dolls that have gotten out of the house
that are safe for dolls to go to. These units are called dorms. Each dorm
has a dorm sister, this is the doll that looks after the place the dolls
are staying in. a dorm can be any thing from a house, old hotel or apartment
building.
Physiology of Dolls
Dolls for the most part are human like in build. Their height can ranges
from 9” to 9’ and they very greatly in appearance but one thing that is
common to all dolls is that they are built anatomically correct. No one
knows why this is and when adults and elders are asked the answer is the
always the same, “Mother knows best.” One thing is certain, dolls
are sterile, among themselves… The state of being a doll is not unpleasant.
When reborn dolls, after adjusting to the change, find a mild euphoric felling
that comes over them from time to time. It is this that helps them to better
adjust to their new life. It is this feeling coupled with the new flexibility,
and other enhanced attributes that is believed to be the reason that some
dolls decide to try to bring others in to the family; shouldn’t every one
feel this good? They also have the ability to go completely limp and
soft as to appear like normal dolls. This is called “going slack”. They then
again can get up and move about and be just as solid as they were before.