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Ω Indie Alice RP blog .       Ω Selective. Ω OC and Canon friendly. Ω NSFW | SFW Ω 14+ years of RP experience. Ω One liner, icon, novella, para, semi para.   Ω AMGA | AMR.

The rodent grabbed a paper and a pen and began to draw doodles on it. He was distracted from the situation, waiting for Alice to thank him for the train but instead she wanted to see the Hatter. The name of his old friend made him feel disgusted and repulsed. Did she only care about hatter and not him? That was like a blow to his pride. He clear his throat and spoke again through the microphone.

“The hatter is not… available at the moment, he’s gone and I do not think he’s going to come back anytime soon” The Dormouse lied with a serious tone of voice and a little angry too. “But whatever you need you can discuss it with me.” His voice drastically changed to a pleasant and helpful tone, although it sounded forced.

Trying to change the subject he looked around for a moment, then he called with one hand to one of the eyepot that were near him “one of my guards is going to pick you up and will guide you here, Is almost tea time and you dont wanna miss it” the eyepot followed the orders quickly and left the room before the dormouse could be notice.

While he waited he started to sort the table, although it was not tea time he used to look for any excuse for it, and the arrival of Alice after so long was a reason to celebrate.

She arched a brow at his response. She knew that Hatter was an awfully busy man, but this was honestly not the time to be fiddling around all willy-nilly. Had he not noticed the severe changes that were happening to Wonderland. She can’t have been the only one who saw the grotesque scenario happening before her eyes however it seemed as if she had to curb her impatience and settle for the Dormouse. He was a friend of the Hatter so mayhaps there was still hope to be found? She wasn’t sure about on much Hatter had let his two companions in on what went on in his realm. The woman waited with strained patience as an Eyepot scuttled its way out of an open door.

She didn’t care much for those heinous monstrosities and they were a thorn in her eyes like everything else here. But she came here in neutrality, not to wage war on her foes. Not for now at least. Alice scowled at the grotesque contraption, her nose wrinkled as she gave it a disapproving look from top to bottom. Whatever was going on in Wonderland was oozing into every nook and cranny. She could feel the bile rise and her blood boil in her veins. Who dared do this to her most sacred of places? This was her sanctuary! Turning on her heels she followed the Eyepot that with a glitching walking scuttled across the metal surface. Each time a leg hit the metal it sent clear ringing clinks into the air. For now, her Vorpal blade had been put to rest. No need to draw blank here not until she had accessed the situation properly. Ill-tempered indeed! She could hear Mr Radcliffe's voice echo in her ears as she trailed behind the automaton which leads her through various corridors and rooms. Steam belched out of various pipes, pressure gauges jitted and there was a constant wailing of grinding metal all around her. It was hot and humid, it smelled of oil, steam and burned coal as she moved along.

    -”Dormouse”

Alice nodded stiffly her arms crossed over her chest. She was unable to rest easy when she was in Wonderland and after what happened last time she visited the Hatter’s realm, she wasn’t sure about how well greeted she would be. The creature looked significantly different than last time she met him and he seemed... friendly? Judge a book by its cover. It was the best policy here for now.

Source: http://www.americanmcgee.com/alice-3/

The sound of the gears and pistons at work were annoying, but it didn’t seem to disturb the dormouse much, he was almost falling asleep above one of the levers of the big machine. His eyelids became heavy and he gave a lazy sigh, then closed his eyes for a moment and almost fell asleep until-

The heavy steps of the thin metal legs of an eyepot echoed in the room, one of his guards came running, it seemed to be very nervous. “What I told you about interrupting me when Im trying to sleep?!” The eyepot moved from side to side, trying to tell him something, clearly it could not since it couldn’t speak. The rodent stood up straight and began to move to leave the room.

What surprised him is to see the other guards equally nervous. “What the hell is going on here?" He grunted and moved to one of the rooms, there were large screens showing what some selected eyepots viewed, in the end this system would be useful after all. Some of the screens didn’t work, which seemed strange, the system was new, right? He hit the control panel trying to make those screens work but didn’t work. He looked at the other screens and everything seemed normal, some eyepots were even olazing, he would take care of them later.

A sudden movement of one of the camerasgot his attention, he could see something or ‘someone’, long black hair, blue dress… Was she? “…Alice”

What was the reason of her visit? The dormouse think for a moment. Ah yes, the train. The train the dollmaker told them to build in return of helping them getting their revenge on Hatter, supposedly it was going to help Alice forget the past that tormented her, or so he said. The mouse believed in his words, and went to work as soon as he could. Maybe Alice was here to thank hare and him. Yes, that’s it!

The Dormouse activated a lever that opened a small door and let out some kind of microphone, he hit to test if it worked. The speakers activated and he approached the microphone. “Alice, what a surprise to see you! I hope you like our work! Come in, come in, It’s cold outside.”

It took Alice only a brief second to realise who it was that was addressing her. The voice was far too nasal, high pitched and squeaky to be the hatters and there were only two other creatures in this realm that would be lurking about. Alice exhaled sharply while crossing her arms over her chest. Her dress waved as a breeze caught the fabric. Despite the heavy machinery, steam and iron clad structures Hatters realm seemed uncharacteristically cold and uninviting. Alice observed the small microphone with a sceptic expression. She didn’t trust anything in the Hatter’s realm. Not since last time she visited him where he had played with some cruel and barbaric experiments on the Dormouse and March hare. Not to mention the battle she ended up having to go through. However, she kept a respectable distance from the odd contraption before she finally rose her voice.

     -”Dormouse, I am on the look for Hatter. Where has he gone to? Is he not taking in guests these days or have he simply just gone missing? I have some very important matters to discuss with him and it can only be too slow before I get to address him.”

Alice replied in her usual harsh and direct tone of voice. It often came off as being crude and too direct to most people. She wasn’t one to sugar coat anything in her life. No one had done it to her and only by being direct and honest could people know where they had one. Her voice echoed off the metallic surroundings with a dull ring. Various industrial like chimneys spewed thick snakes of tar like smog up into the grey skies. Wonderland was not itself anymore. This needed to stop. NOW!