BETA ROUND END

[worldkeys]

Who: The Alices of the Beta Round remaining (Sasuke, Harley, Hinata, Ken, Lalli, and Liao)
What: Everyone has a choice to make. Specifically, it begins as Sasuke's choice.
Where: The World's Hub, the room the Rabbit normally stands.
Warnings: Definite violence. Somebody got... something.

A smile reaches the White Rabbit's face as he hands the sharp key to Sasuke.

"... I'm certain you recall the choice you made," he says slowly. "But it's up to you to decide if you really want to uphold that. Who is 'most evil' in this World? You've seen so very many Hearts, after all--I'm sure you could reach a decision. ... The Cat and I, of course... well, we hardly count. We've never been human, after all."

And he'll remain in that same spot he's always been in, of course.

"While you all decide, your rooms will wait for you. Or you could all stay here and fight about it. Either way, sweet dreams, Alices."

Comments

[soloactor]

[Now is the time where a normal Lalli would be raising his hackles and calling bullshit on this sudden and convenient intervention. Wasn't available until this specific moment, the final moment before Sasuke was about to skewer himself to death? Yeah, right. He's not an idiot.]

[That's a normal Lalli.]

[This Lalli isn't really thinking that far ahead anymore.]

[Still refusing to talk, he nods.]

[patchworkcat]

So you ever figure out what we are, Lalli?

[ He's going to see how much he has to explain first. ]

[soloactor]

["Who the fuck knows what you guys are" is Lalli's answer. He's been batting around a number of theories like balls of strong between a cat's paws as the game carried on -- maybe they're vengeful dead spirits, never sent on properly, who have trapped others in their residual dreamscape. Maybe they're lesser gods. Maybe they're avatars of a greater god and he's been speaking to facets of Tuoni all along.]

[Who. The fuck. Knows.]

[Lalli shakes his head; no.]

[patchworkcat]

Sorry, no! Mweehee!

[ Instead, his grin will spread wider. ]

We're demons. And you're so empty, you'd taste pretty awful. But hey, that opens up another avenue!

[ Yup. You heard that right. Taste. Taste. ]

Y'see, we eat souls! If we don't, we go poof. A shame, really! But we're really both quite awful, so don't think we're doin' this just to survive. We could eat just about any soul--dogs or frogs, y'know? But you people taste best. Especially souls ruined by agony and despair!

[ Lalli's going to get the full picture. ]

But you... You're a rarity. Poked the right buttons and you became hollow. Which means there's another way to do this. You follow?

[soloactor]

...You...

[Lalli blinks. He's not following as well as the Cat maybe is hoping he would. First he says he doesn't want to eat Lalli, and then he says he wants to eat people ruined by agony and despair (so Lalli)...]

...I don't get it.

[patchworkcat]

The other way to connect World and world... Is to make a pact with a demon. Our souls would mix, and I could open up another pathway 'cause I'd be between the two. So if you make a deal, I can take 'em all back. And then no one has to get eaten.

[ Oh, he's leaving out parts, sure. Like how a strong will would make it hard for him to do as he pleased, but this guy's so empty right now... ]

[soloactor]

...What kind of deal?

[And here, right here, is where a normal Lalli would be screaming "BE CAREFUL, YOU IDIOT, DON'T DO IT, DON'T FUCK EVERYTHING UP AGAIN, YOU CAN'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS YOUR GRANDMOTHER DID". But he's not a normal Lalli. And he has no idea what might have happened to any grandmother he may or may not have ever had.]

[patchworkcat]

Give everything to me, and I take them all back. Not even a nibble! You disappear just like you want to for them, and there won't even be a drop of blood spilled.

1/2

[soloactor]

[ ... ]







[Lalli considers this.]

[He considers this for quite a while.]



[But really, we all know what the outcome is going to be.]

2/2

[soloactor]

[The scout nods.]

Fine.

Bye Lalli

[patchworkcat]

Pact made! Don't worry. It won't hurt a bit. Thanks, Lalli! Won't forget you at all, no sir!

[ And then the Cat launches forward, swiping claws as if he's going to tear him into. Except it's not a normal opening--he just disappears into his own swipe.

And then Lalli is no more.

Instead, of the two, Lalli will appear to be standing... And even turn around. But there's two golden eyes peering out of his face. And a grin that is far, far too wide and full of teeth.

...After a moment, the cat will even conjure up his normal hooded top, and pull that on. Minus the clawed gloves. He doesn't need those right now. ]

This feels much better than that rotting, old body.