Doll Room -final- -jyu-zing-

Use a transition effect to show the empty space (or the raw materials) and then "pop" into the finished, fully decorated room. Day-to-Night:

The final instruction, scratched into the floorboards in a child’s hand, reads: “Wind me up and say goodbye properly.” Doll Room -Final- -Jyu-zing-

The door gives way with the sound of paper tearing. Wallpaper peels in long, yellow hands; a row of porcelain faces tilts toward me like a congregation. Their eyes are too bright—glazed moons in the dim—cataloguing the place where I stand. On the floor, a dress skitters with dust. A note is folded into a pocket: child's scrawl, not my name, not any name I remember. Use a transition effect to show the empty