...listening but Muse ain't talkin'

I'm in one of those stuck periods. It's happened a few times. I stew on it and finally it comes together and I have a scene. I struggle and then I put it away. And I get back to it. and just at some point something happens. It's figured out. So do I have to leave it alone for awhile or would I have a shorter fallow period... yes, no need to finish that question. obviously the more I actively struggle with it, the quicker I can come up with a solution. Going through these times in the past and coming out the other side has given me confidence that I will make it through this one as wwell.

And I feel the potential for a neat scene with these 4 characters. But what is it? What am I not thinking of? Bonus if I can outcast MC while I'm at it (or hint at it).
And bored with this transition- need to get these characters out of the NS. But how to do it?
The resistance is that this scene has not moved the plot forward. It is only valuable in that she met 2 characters (who will possibly be the bane of her existence later on) but they have not offered anything to my scene. So why have them in the scene? Why have this scene at all?

Easy answer: cause MC is here and I am trying to get her out of here and back to her room. And those characters are a great way to do it/WAY better than the previous version. But transition scenes do not make a scene. And Muse does not like to waste Inner Reader's time. So therefore what will turn this transition scene into an actual scene?


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I re-read the above and my Muse was attracted to:
"Neat scene with these 4 characters" [re-read this yet again and Muse is laughing (all right, I am sniggering too). "Uh, duh. Is that all you got? Do not approach me again with such trivial offerings. Sniff, sniff. Unfeeling Muse. grr.]
And also from yesterday:
heading "to" something...
demonstration..
rereading that little *world.

Now, how to pull it together?