WEEK 5

[whimsicalism]

Five deaths in one week. With the end of the last trial, you've lost eleven people in total. There's only ten people in the twisted wonderland of the Castle. Even if the new area is cheerful something seems just a little bit off. The arcade has gained a new arcade machine and the ghosts in the graveyard seem to have returned to their mechanical routines. Your powers, too, seem to be gone once more. It seems Halloween has ended for good now as your fifth week in this strange building continues.

Just when will this game end...?

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[Welcome to Week 5! Don't forget to submit your memory losses and your weekly AC here. The Alices can be found in their audience hall. However, the Queen can be found roaming the castle this week! Just put 'Alice' in the headline and she might pay your character a visit. As always, don't forget to turn in threads for fabulous prizes.]

Comments

[nothingposh]

Wonder if that's unique to them or they're just more powerful than the Alices. Could be either, I guess.

[xxxx_me]

Maybe Cheshire Alice will finally tell us if someone asks.

[Though his tone is flat; he doesn't have much faith in her.]

[nothingposh]

Not when everything hinges on us believing she can do any of the things she says.

[He holds up his envelope from yesterday. He did open it, but that's not really the point here.]

[xxxx_me]

She's committed to the story thing, so maybe it's far enough that she'll say something.

[Not necessarily what they need to know, just.

Something.]

[nothingposh]

It don't really work like that, in my experience. [He hesitates.] Maybe she's got different rules, though.

[xxxx_me]

What's your experience?

[nothingposh]

[For someone who usually just says what he's thinking, Gavroche is unusually hesitant when it comes to this.]

People got roles they need to play. You can't tell them what's going on behind the curtain, otherwise it'll go wrong.

[xxxx_me]

...So you think the story might get messed up if she tells us now?

[nothingposh]

No, she already messed it up when she brought us all here. It's more like -

[How does he say this without just straight up saying "it'll mess you up"?]

- if you mess the story up too much, it'll become a problem.

[xxxx_me]

What kind of problem?

[nothingposh]

Things stop working. Things go wrong. [There's a real fear in Gavroche's tone.] No coming back from that.

[xxxx_me]

...Reality falls apart...?

[Kind of a guess based on Dream things, but.]