All Hail the Queen

[whimsicalism]

[An hour passes in this strange place. There's silence for a few moments. Then loud talking starts.]

They don't seem to like me... [A young girl's voice, timid and small despite the fact that everyone can hear her.]

Does it matter? If we act like the sun or the north wind, it's no skin off our backs. [A second voice answers... the same voice? Could she just be talking to herself?] You are the Queen. All ways are your ways.

Yes. Alice is the Queen.

[At this statement, the doors quickly open. As the Queen's note said there's a large table filled with tea and sweets in the middle of the audience hall. There's even chairs for everyone. Far from the ground on an balcony is a large throne. On the throne is a young girl, with a small fluffy cat in her lap. The girl smiles briefly.]

I'm Alice the Queen.

[The cat jumps on the railing of the balcony to stare dispassionately at the gathered group before jumping on the throne herself. Within a few seconds a copy of the Queen is sitting next to her, dressed in black.]

And I'm Alice the Chesire Cat. Welcome to our Castle. [There's a dryness to the Cat's voice that is missing from the Queen's.]

I'm sure we can answer your questions! Come, it's time for Alice's Tea Party! Let's begin, Alice.

[Welcome to Wonderland.]

((OOC: It's alright to still respond to the IC intro post and there will backtagging from myself in this post if needed.))

Comments

[xxxx_me]

[This simultaneously explains a lot and yet leaves so many questions. He spends a moment digesting it before he poses his next question:]

Why do you want to take away my memories again?

[twinverses]

Those are the rules. It's gotta be this way.

[xxxx_me]

But... I just got them back! I finally remembered them again...

[He's looking more and more upset.]

...It's too cruel.

[twinverses]

...forgetting can be scary but my Alice will make everything better here. It'll be alright.

[xxxx_me]

It won't. It won't.

[He's about to cry.]

[twinverses]

...

[Strangely, it's this that gets Alice the Queen to look very uncomfortable. Almost like she wants to cry herself.]

It does...

[xxxx_me]

[He shakes his head. Yep, tears are welling at the edges of his eyes.]

I don't want to forget my parents again.

[He raises his hands to hold them over his heart.]

It made me feel... so hollow and empty. I don't want to be like that again.

[twinverses]

Forgetting your mommy and daddy...

[Alice the Cat just. Touches her arm.]

If someone gets away with it, you don't have to. Easy.

[xxxx_me]

...Gets away with... killing?

[twinverses]

They go home, everyone stays here and we'll give back their memories. We'll turn it off.

[xxxx_me]

Why do you have to take them away at all, then?

1/2

[twinverses]

The Forest's just like that.

[twinverses]

Hey, it's a no-no to talk about that right now, Alice!

Oh... right. Yeah. Early.

[xxxx_me]

Early...?

[twinverses]

We can't ruin our game. Can't turn to the final page in the prologue. It's not good at all.

[xxxx_me]

Why not?

Why do you have to make it a game?

[twinverses]

I don't wanna be a bad girl.

[xxxx_me]

But killing is bad, even if it's for a game.

[twinverses]

But... if we fix everyone afterwards, does it matter? If you wake up after you die does it matter?

[xxxx_me]

It does. Because it'll still hurt.

Being killed, and killing.

[twinverses]

I never said our game was fair.

...not now, Alice. My head hurts.

[xxxx_me]

Can't we play a nicer game? I don't mind playing tag or something, if you want. But I don't want to hurt anyone, and I don't want to lose my memories. And everyone was still stuck in the Dream when I left...

I... I have to help them, too.

[twinverses]

Mm... I want to give them back to you, losing things is hard...

[xxxx_me]

Then why are you making us play this game...?

[twinverses]

Nuh-huh, I can't say that yet.