The Muse
Kim grumbled. She approached a section of park beside Swing.
"Hey! You! Going to greet the animatronics?" Swing asked.
Kim glanced at the wagon she was pulling behind her. Bones, that weird skull lamp, sat in the wagon.
"I do love a good excursion." he said. "Where are we headed?"
Kim pointed at the sign. "PLUG IN" "The Vacuum Brigade said I should tour the place."
Kim wheeled under the sign and into the maze. She found herself in a large open room. A living room. A vacuum cleaner whirred and twitched.
"I guess this one's first," Kim said. She pulled Bones along.
"Hello," Bones said before Kim could get in a word. "We're here to welcome you to..."
Vera turned around. Bones gasped. Kim was unfazed.
She paused to look in a mirror, then back at Vera.
"Oh, so that's why they dragged me for photos a few months ago," Kim said.
Vera smiled. "So, you're the original?"
Kim nodded. "They made you using me as a reference."
Kim looked in the mirror again. Suddenly, the embroidery didn't seem as tacky as it did decades ago.
Bones looked around. "What a lovely room. Well, except for... well..."
Vera paused. "They're going to place the mannequins in shortly. And the human actors will take their places tomorrow."
Kim exited the maze. Bones just had to introduce himself to every moving prop, which made the trip a little more irritating.
Bruce was waiting near the exit. "He's all yours." Kim passed the wagon to Bruce. Together they made their way to the second maze.
Kim wheeled back to the Vacuum Brigade's headquarters. Julian and Aaron were waiting.
"I guess you're done wheeling Bones through the mazes?" she asked.
"Yes, I was in the alien maze!" Aaron said. "Julian went through the creepy cornfield one."