container. Ivy's having a time

ShaynaIsHere talk to me about this thing where Nita can talk to objects

so we can sort out how this is going to go

Oh! It's the Speech: as canon goes, everything alive loves to hear it.
(That, and this is a dream, so the clause I use in Hugs where 'only things definitively made by the Powers will respond to it' doesn't have to apply here.)

So if she talks to the doll what would happen

Check the third paragraph in the history section here!

If it's got any inclination to respond, it will! It can be surly, or counter Nita's logic, but you're in charge of the personality this doll can have.

hmm

Inasmuch as inanimate objects have personality; they definitely do in the YW books, but only really get heard by those in tune with them - and those aren't always wizards.

the doll in question is a doll that Ivy's dad made her when she was younger, which she was originally bound to as a ghost but is otherwise unremarkable

no magic powers or anything

/nod/ That's fine! There doesn't have to be an independent spirit within the matter for it to have opinions on its situation.

It's a little like animism, but not quite.

(Per canon, Kit's the one who ends up talking to non-organic beings, like cars and rocks and such. Nita starts out able to 'hear' plants better, but their specialties evolve a lot more after that.)

Oh! You're playing from Young Wizards, that's neat!

And yeah, the Speech is interesting.

Love Snake Kaja Yes! =D
It's such a niche canon. Playing with it can be complex as hell, but I haven't had nearly as much trouble with it as I'd expected.