(oh whoops my bad)
"Right. Now we'll be on our way," Oliver said, motioning for both Theta and Quinn to follow after him as he led the two out of the foggy graveyard and towards the woods. After a few moments of walking around and wandering, the older boy finally stopped in front of something that appeared to be a small etching in the trunk of the wood. He kneeled down quickly, muttering a few words before the door suddenly swung open, an odd, musty smell coming from the lit up tunnel.
"After you ladies," Oliver announced with a small, playful smile as he pulled himself up, motioning for the two to step inside. Quinn rolled her eyes and sighed, climbing into the tunnel before she disappeared into the walls' dizzying patterns.
Theta stepped in, shuddering at the lack of space and the musty smell. "All right, let's go," she said reluctantly.
(oh whoops my bad)
"Right. Now we'll be on our way," Oliver said, motioning for both Theta and Quinn to follow after him as he led the two out of the foggy graveyard and towards the woods. After a few moments of walking around and wandering, the older boy finally stopped in front of something that appeared to be a small etching in the trunk of the wood. He kneeled down quickly, muttering a few words before the door suddenly swung open, an odd, musty smell coming from the lit up tunnel.
"After you ladies," Oliver announced with a small, playful smile as he pulled himself up, motioning for the two to step inside. Quinn rolled her eyes and sighed, climbing into the tunnel before she disappeared into the walls' dizzying patterns.
Theta stepped in, shuddering at the lack of space and the musty smell. "All right, let's go," she said reluctantly.
Oliver jumped down as well after Theta and Quinn, placing his hand on the wall as if he were trying to feel where they are. It was dimly lit, though he had been here enough to know which direction they should go. "Follow me," he said after a bit, beginning to make his way forward as Quinn followed along. Hopefully, they would make it to this so called library in a few moments…as long as they didn't run into anything within the tunnels.
"It should only take a few more minutes," Quinn said, looking towards Theta to reassure the other. She could feel how tense and reluctant they were, even if the other girl tried to keep it off her features.
Althea looked around, "I guess the others havent made it here yet?" She said, also tying a thin rope around her waist.
"They said they were taking a rabbit hole, right?" Madelyn asked, no one in particular, "That mode of transportation is not the best. You don't get where you're going faster, you just think you are."
"Interesting." Althea said. Orion looked surprised "I'm guessing from your knowledge, you are either from wonderland or you are the daughter of a scholar." He said
(Do any of you want to join my new Rp? It's called Valencias Arrows)
"Yes," Madelyn said not giving any other context of which one of the statement she was confirming, if not both. What does he think there are no academics in Wonderland?
Orion nodded "I am sorry if I offended you, my parents say tha…" he trailed off, suddenly becoming quiet
“Your parents said what?” Chelsea asked, appearing and leaning on Madelyn.
“That all Wonderlandian creatures are dumb and uncultured?” Chester added, appearing and leaning on Orion.
Madelyn sighed this was a topic was a sore spot for most Wonderlandians. After the Alice propaganda Wonderlandians instantly started getting less respect in the other realities; all of us being painted a crazy, irrational, and unreliable creatures obsessed with tea. Entire linages such as the Cheshire's, Hearts, Carter's, and so many others had been reduced to caricatures from the story. Madelyn's family embraced the accusations knowing that it was enviable and began to embody the Mad Hatter image because how do you explain nonlinear time to people how have never experience it. Madelyn still did not like the choice her parents made for her, but that's how it is now. Most people even think her last name is Hatter, not Carter.
“Your parents said what?” Chelsea asked, appearing and leaning on Madelyn.
“That all Wonderlandian creatures are dumb and uncultured?” Chester added, appearing and leaning on Orion.
"No no! My parents love talking about the Wonderlandians and are very I treated in their culture and way of life. It's just that they've been missing for over 2 months and I don't know where they went." He sighed "I've been keeping there disappearance a secret from the rest of the kingdom, but people are beginning to suspect something is wrong." He said, leaning against the wall.
"Don't worry, dear," Madelyn said with an icy voice, "Many people are… misinformed about us." She sighed looking between the twins. "On more important business missing parents seems to be an important theme tonight." She glanced at the rest of the group, "Isn't it folks?"
Orion furrowed his brow "wait, you mean to tell me that all of your parents are missing?" He asked, surprised.
(Hey, did we ever agree on a main plot point?)
(Right now trying to get to the World Tree I think, but we can wonder the library for a little trying to decipher the cards and maybe finding other important books or fighting cultists and crazy people.)(At the very lest this is an option)
(Maybe we fight cultists because we try to take a book that gives us the information that takes us to the world tree?)
Oliver jumped down as well after Theta and Quinn, placing his hand on the wall as if he were trying to feel where they are. It was dimly lit, though he had been here enough to know which direction they should go. "Follow me," he said after a bit, beginning to make his way forward as Quinn followed along. Hopefully, they would make it to this so called library in a few moments…as long as they didn't run into anything within the tunnels.
"It should only take a few more minutes," Quinn said, looking towards Theta to reassure the other. She could feel how tense and reluctant they were, even if the other girl tried to keep it off her features.
(i'm going to assume we did a timeskip and arrived at the library, since everyone else is there already)
Theta practically shoved Oliver and Quinn aside as she burst out of the rabbit hole, even though she tried to look subtle. "Well, I'm not going to trip over myself in a rush to do that again," she attempted to joke, but her face was still pale.
Althea heard voices "I guess the others are here too." She said
Quinn bounded out of the tunnel in the form of a ashy, white rabbit, her gaze glaring at Theta as the other girl shoved the two. They had ran into a few odd figures in the rabbit hole, and she had decided to change into her smaller form in case anything else had tried to attack them once again.
"So, what did we miss so far?" Oliver asked as he glanced around the room, his tall form emerging from the dark tunnel in the wall. He twirled a piece of twine between his fingers, careful not to lose it…they would most likely need it later on.
Althea nodded her head in the direction of Orion " we met a new character, son of Rapunzel who has also lost his parents." She explained. Orion waved shyly
"Son of Rapunzel, huh?" Oliver repeated with a thoughtful frown as he studied the younger boy, though he quickly covered it with an easy going smile.
"What's your name?" Quinn asked, her interest piquing as she stepped out from a bookcase, her rabbit formed returned to her human one.
"Orion, and before you kill me, my family and I have nothing against wonderlandians! We are very curious about their world!" He said, trying to fix previous mistakes
“You know, our of context, it sounds an awful lot like you’re defending yourself against something you haven’t been accused of, which would lead people to believe you should be accused,” Reyna said drily, turning to face the newcomers.
"Orion, and before you kill me, my family and I have nothing against wonderlandians! We are very curious about their world!" He said, trying to fix previous mistakes
Orion She liked the sound of that name. "And why would we ever want to kill you?" Quinn asked as she tilted her head to the side, a testing look on her features as she looked towards Orion. Had the other Wonderlandians threatened him earlier?
“You know, our of context, it sounds an awful lot like you’re defending yourself against something you haven’t been accused of, which would lead people to believe you should be accused,” Reyna said drily, turning to face the newcomers.
"I'm sorry, I'm parents said that I usually say whatever comes to mind, and I get nervous when I am put on the spot." He said, ru being his neck
"Listen, Fitz," Madelyn decided to give the boy a clue, "First if we had threatened to kill you it would have either been out right and blunt and or so clever and subtle that you probably would not have picked up on it. Second we're not the kind of people to give out clues about true intentions. So more likely we would have befriended you and then stabbed you in the back." Madelyn sighed and leaned back against the pillar, "That being said it's compliantly unlikely any of those events would or could occurs do to that fact that unlike our reputation we are not completely without reason."
