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[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

This is hardly my Wonderland… or is it? It’s so different than what I remember. But Dr. Bumby says that change is good, so I suppose I ought to leave it. Still, if this were Wonderland, wouldn’t the Cat be here to greet me? He never misses a trick, or an opportunity to tease. I wonder if perhaps all cats aren’t like that, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Does anyone know where I might find the Cheshire Cat? Or the White Rabbit, perhaps? This certainly isn’t London, and I'm willing to bet I'm not at the asylum… or I would, if I were the betting sort.

What I mean to say is, can anyone help me? They say ignorance is bliss, but really, I'm rather on the other side of bliss at the moment.

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[Voice]

[inthistyle.livejournal.com]

... Alice have you had mushrooms recently? Last time I saw you, you were nothin' but a weed.

[Voice]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, I haven't had any mushrooms lately. Just pills from the pharmacy, and I think I much prefer mushrooms to them.

And who are you?

[Voice]

[inthistyle.livejournal.com]

Never take a pill myself. They're just ill things you know.

Who am I? Dear child, did you forget so soon?

It is I, the Mad Hatter? Really, my my you're more forgetful than a Elephant.

[Voice]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer not to take them, myself, but they are the Doctor's orders.

[Alice's tone turns decidedly cool]

You don't sound much like the Mad Hatter to me. And elephants don't forget. And if you are the Hatter, have you forgotten that you tried to kill me the last time I was in Wonderland?

[Voice] 1/2

[inthistyle.livejournal.com]

[... What.]

[Voice] 2/2

[inthistyle.livejournal.com]

I... What? Alice? Me? Why would I-

Have you got the right Hatter? Or the right head? Or the right memory?

I'm pretty sure I would never do that!

[Voice]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

I'm not in the mood to discuss the "whys", Hatter.

[at Hatter's query, she sounds startled, off-guard and unsure]

I... I don't know. I've hardly been in my right mind for a long time.

[keyofthesky]

Alice?

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

Yes? Do I know you?

[keyofthesky]

What happened to you?

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I'm not in the habit of giving perfect strangers my history. And who might you be?

[keyofthesky]

I'm Sora.

Why aren't you a little girl anymore?

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

Hello, Sora. My name is Alice. A pleasure.

What an odd question! I'm not a little girl any more because I grew up.

[Voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

You sound familiar... Have you been here before?

[Voice]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

I don't believe so. Wouldn't I remember?

[Voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

It's complicated. Maybe you would, maybe you wouldn't.

[Voice]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

What do you mean? I haven't the patience for evasive answers.

[Voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

I mean exactly what I said. Some people remember, others don't. I don't know how or why, I'm just the messenger.

What's your name, kid?

[headhyena47.livejournal.com]

What's a Cheshire cat? A rabbit? Ohh can I eat it??

[Voice]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

[Alice sounds startled at first, but a steely undertone creeps into her voice]

What? No, you most assuredly may not.

[voice]

[needsadult.livejournal.com]

[Finally, here's somebody who hasn't met another Alice. Someone helpful, too!]

I'm not sure if anyone's helped you, yet, but you're in another world. A place called Paixao.

[voice]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

I have received help, but I didn't realize Paixao was another world. However did I end up here?

[voice]

[needsadult.livejournal.com]

That's...a really good question, actually.

[Private to Alice]

There's this group called Organization XIII that keeps bringing people from all kinds of different worlds here. But, as far as I know, no one is really sure how they're doing it...or why.

You might not be able to get back to your world - Wonderland, right? - for a little while. But, if you look hard enough, you might be able to find some of your friends. There are a lot of people here.

[voice//private as Alice can make it, which isn't much]

[vorpalrising.livejournal.com]

So this place is real? I'm not... imagining it?

My world is England, actually. Wonderland is... something else. And I've already found the Hatter, although he seems quite different.

[voice//Ven is bad at the privating thing, too]

[needsadult.livejournal.com]

Yup. As real as real can be.

[He'd ask what she means by 'something else', but, from the way she said it, Ven has a feeling that it's none of his business.]

Different? You mean...he's from a different time, or something?