Aliana hesitated as she watched him, where had this come from? He had gone from being aggressive to being somewhat remorseful? She bit her lip before gingerly reaching for the bottle from the hand. Her hand quickly grabbed it pulling it close to her chest so he couldn't grab her hand or any part of her. She slowly backed away from him so that she could leave through the door that seemed to lead to the outside. Before she could exit the room though, she glanced back at him and whispered, "Th-thank you. For the bottle."
With that, she pushed through the doors and fled. The farther away she ran the less she recognized until she eventually slowed to a halt. This wasn't, this wasn't her world. It didn't even look like her world and now she was lost. She turned around hoping to see where she had come from only to find nothing except more of this wacky wilderness. Her grip on the little glass bottle increased as she turned around before starting to walk again hoping for some type of landmark. Or, or maybe run into someone that would be much nicer to her than that rabbit was.
(Oop- whose turn is it now?)
(I wanna know if I can join as red queen?)
(Anyone's I guess? I tried to leave my response open-ended so someone that was active could hop in lol.)
(A, oki, cuz i saw alice left the castle i suppose, so it would not make much sense for her to pop up. Or would it? >.> i think i have an idea)
(im the red queen doe >.>)
(I'm just waiting for the right time to bring the Clockmaker in.)
(She could end up at the Hatters Mansion where my character's as well as Blood and the March hair is.)
(I can do that. Should I write up another response or edit my last one?)
(You said Alice was looking for a land mark so maybe she could run into the gate at the hatters Mansion.)
Seated on her favorite dark horse, Mandarb, Vivian was returning to her castle, after a long day spent trying to find potential weaknesses in the neighbouring region so she may eventually get the war out of this stalemate state which infuriated her oh so much.
With her escort behind her, she rode ahead, her mind a busy mess of frustrated and tired thoughts, so many and so annoying she felt like throwing a tantrum right then and there, but refrained herself from doing so, wanting to look mature in the eyes of her subjects.
Caught between conflicting situations, she was almost ready to scream at someone when her horse stopped abruptly and moved to the side, snapping her out of her thoughts. Once she regained ballance in her saddle, she looked down to see what had made her horse stop and was ready to lash out fiercely when she saw the girl standing in the middle of the road, clutching a bottle. One look at her young face made Vivian's mind turn instantly quiet, filling it with interest.
"Whom art thou?" she asked, putting on a dignified face, trying to look impressive atop her horse. Whomever this girl was, she had gotten her clock to skip a few tiks and the queen did not know why
(Frik, big sorry, i did not see the replies)
(Wait. We could let her meet vivian first or she could meet the twins. It's up to Shade.)
(I think I'll have her meet Vivian first and then she'll run when she realizes she would have to go back or something like that lol.)
Aliana had froze when she had seen the horse and its seemingly oblivious rider. Her grip on the bottle had tightened ever so slightly but was silently relieved that the horse had stopped in front of her. The relief only lasted a moment before she got a better look at the rider and she was imposing, to say the least. Aliana swallowed a little before daring to respond to the rider's question, "Um Aliana, miss."
"Aliana…" the queen repeated the name, as if letting its taste linger her mouth. "And where are you headed to, young miss?"
That name continued to resonate in her mind, over and over again, so much that eventually all she could hear was "Alice, Alice, Alice". She had absolutely no idea how that change happened, but right now this girl was all she could think about.
"I, I don't know," Aliana responded truthfully keeping her tight grip on the bottle. She knew nothing about this land and was lost. This lady might be able to help her get somewhere safe. Unless she tried to take Aliana back the way Ali had just come, then she wouldn't follow the rider and continue to walk alone until she found something.
Vivian narrowed her eyes a little bit, sizing her up.
"I see." she responded. "Tell me, do you know who i am?"
She didn't want to throw her title around like she owned the place - which of course she did - but she was genuinely curious if this Alice had heard of her before. Given this was Wonderland, pretty much everyone knew her or at least had an idea of whom she might be, based off her attire that almost always screamed "kingdom of hearts". Only a total ignorant or a stranger would not know who she was.
Aliana studied the rider trying to figure out if she could deduce who this was. She was wearing a heart, so maybe her identity had to do with that? Like that man earlier had been a rabbit and he had had ears and a little tail. The heart didn't give Aliana much to work with and eventually, she conceded defeat. She let out a little sigh as she admitted to the rider, "No, no I don't know who you are. I'm sorry."
Peter stood in the entrance of the Red Queen’s palace, staring out in the direction where Aliana had run to. He now faced a conflict of his own heart and mind, one where someone was going to be hurt either way. The same thoughts repeated themselves: protect Alice or lose Alice. A choice which was actually a double edged sword…
He leaned against the door frame with his hands crossed under his chest and let out a soft sigh. He would ask for advice from another, something Peter rarely deemed a necessary action.
