forum "And our Wonderland, though damaged, is safe in memory." // One-On-One // CLOSED

Started November 07, 2019 by Deleted user

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"Anyone could have stumbled upon this place. Following a rabbit isn't that hard. She just fell. It could have happened to anyone." She sighed, not looking at Acacius.

“Whatever. I’m not arguing with you anymore,” Acacius responded. “We both know I’m right, even if you won’t admit it. Now, it’s time for tea!” He clapped his hands giddily.

You're not right though, Kiyomi huffed to herself, though she was the only one to hear it. And now is not the time for tea. "If you don't have my tea then we aren't having any. Now is not the time to stop and drink tea and be merry."

Acacius huffed. “Tea time is not about being merry, my dear. It’s practically a ritual in Wonderland. Tea time is when I have my best visions.” This girl was starting to give him a headache. Why did she have to be so whiny? At least they were almost home.

Kiyomi just wanted to be rid of this place. She hadn't wanted to come, but somehow Acacius had talked her into it. She wish he hadn't.

Acacius spied a ramshackle little cabin painted a hideous shade of pink. “That’s it!” he exclaimed, pointing. “Voila! Our fabulous place to stay while in Wonderland!”

Kiyomi stared at the cabin, then at Acacius, then at the cabin, and back at Acacius. "Are you serious? There's nowhere better to stay? My apartment is bigger than that, and I have a studio apartment."

“It’s a lot roomier than it looks. Trust me,” Acacius said with a mischievous grin. “Things aren’t what they seem in Wonderland. It’s a really nice place.”

"Yeah sure, just like I'm the Queen of Narnia. There's no way it's bigger on the inside. Houses don't work like that." She stared at him, then back at the cabin.

Acacius chuckled, opening the door. Warm air wafted out, enveloping the twosome. It smelled of peppermint and tea. Acacius grinned, walking inside. “Home sweet home,” he sighed. Inside, the cabin more closely resembled a nice two-story home than a tiny cabin. It was indeed much bigger on the inside.

Kiyomi followed Acacius into the house and took one look at it. Then she promptly turned around and started to walk away. "That's not how houses work," She hissed to herself. "This isn't real. Can't be."

“Are you coming or what?” he called after her. “You can’t keep running forever!” Then his voice turned pleading. “Please, Kiyomi, come back.”

"Houses don't work like that. They are the size that they look or are smaller, not bigger. I'm going mad. This isn't real. None of this is real. Let me go home."

“Wonderland is mad. Nothing works how it’s supposed to here. I thought you knew that. Maybe I chose the wrong girl,” Acacius sighed.

"That isn't how the world works. There is no magic, and there are no houses two storeys bigger than they look. It doesn't work like that." She sighed. "And yeah, maybe you did choose the wrong girl. Maybe me being the daughter of the famous 'Alice in Wonderland' has nothing to do with any of this."

Acacius swallowed the lump in his throat. “But you have the right aura…I’ve seen you in my visions, how could I be—?” He stopped talking as his vision faded out, replaced by a vision. In it, Acacius cried over the bodies of all of his friends while Kiyomi was nowhere to be seen. He coughed, the air becoming harder and harder to breath.
On the outside he had gone completely still, like a statue.

"What? Having another one of your visions? What do you see? Armageddon?" She wasn't normally this rude, but this whole Wonderland thing was freaking her out. "I just want to go home. Why won't you let me?"

Acacius blinked, coming to again. He hadn’t registered a word of what she said. “Hmmm? Whining again, I presume?” he asked tiredly. Suddenly, his whole demeanor looked tired and worried.

"Acacius. I need you to understand this." Kiyomi could feel that the atmosphere around the cabin was quite dead, and it could be seen if someone was to look at it properly. "I can't just click my fingers and make everything better. It doesn't work like that." To make a point, she clicked her fingers. To her surprise, the whole area became bright and full of life.

Acacius’s eyes widened. “Kiyomi…you just did!” he exclaimed. With his each word, he seemed slightly more full of life. “You just did! Come on! We have to get working on a plan! Even you have to admit that worked!”

"That couldn't have been me. I don't know how that happened. That shouldn't have happened." She stared at her fingers in disbelief, in something that shouldn't be possible. That wasn't her, was it?

Acacius sighed. “Come on, please. Just stay for one more day at least…” he pleaded. He gave her a charming smile in hopes it would help.

Kiyomi stared at him and then sighed. "Fine. But it's not going to be because of that stupid smile of yours. I want to figure out why I was able to do that just then. And don't say magic."

Acacius laughed. “I wasn’t going to, darling,” he responded, peppy again. He grinned at her. “Come on in.”

"Take that grin off your face or I will force you to take me home. Let's just go to this Wonderland Council or whoever you were telling me we had to go to."