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World Keys ([personal profile] worldkeys) wrote in [community profile] seaofhearts2016-07-07 10:56 pm

Round 1 Introduction Hub Log

Who: The Alices and the White Rabbit.
What: What: Everybody wakes up on the first day of the first round inside the World's Hub, greeted by the White Rabbit, who seems largely unimpressed.
Where: The World's Hub.
Warnings: Rabbit is gloomy and has a bad temper and tends to complain a lot. Otherwise, not much.

You entered a closet. You knew that much. You woke up from... somewhere, and you entered a cupboard or a closet and you followed a strange cat with golden eyes. You blink. You feel assailed by the feeling of your body falling somewhere, the sound of heavy machinery--

And then darkness, before... a wooden pathway, and another cupboard, and a boy in a hood. A cat-boy, with golden eyes, much like the one you followed. He cackles gleefully at everyone before disappearing with a meow. The cupboard behind him is locked. Past this area, you find yourself in a strange room of ruined, cracked cobblestone and oddly-shaped lamps. Dead trees line the path. There are old tombstones scattered about. A gloomy boy with black twigs for hair and strange eyes, dressed in fancy, Victorian-looking garb stands in the middle of the room. There are others like you about, you notice. Not TOO many more, but a fair few.

Something about the boy's eyes carry a dreadful feeling. They're red on black. No whites to them at all. He has two white rabbit ears on his head, but one is distinctly torn off, like something had just taken a bite out of it. He looks at those assembled, cocks his head to the side, as if... curious for a moment, before shaking it and then sighing.

"... Ah. Welcome, Alice." There's a pause, as if he's assessing what he's doing. He particularly stares deeply at Clock. "... Oh? No, not at all... well, you're still ▒▒▒▒▒ to me."

A nod to himself, as if to confirm it.

"More pressing... I have a task for all of you. If you could help me with it, that would be most appreciated."

[ OOC: Feel free to respond in either prose or bracketspam. Also, Cheshire will probably have a thread later you can reply to as well. For now, this is the opening log to badger the NPC with questions. ]
stolenface: (pic#10336432)

[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ That earns a really long, really hard laugh. ]

I'm the Cheshire Cat, and me and the Rabbit... Well... We hate each other.

[ It's truthful. He's so amused you thought they were friends, though. ]

That's why I do things like this. 'Cause it annoys him. Mweehee!

[personal profile] frozentear 2016-07-08 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow, how friendly.]

Waste away? What are the keys for, anyway?
apatheticguide: (Had got no business to be there)

[personal profile] apatheticguide 2016-07-08 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
It shouldn't, I don't think.

[ At least, he's fairly sure. Just taking a Key's never gotten anyone overly hurt... ]
bakegarasu: (the lesson today)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2016-07-08 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
To give us a hint of what to do.

[He's getting it. Maybe. There's a spark of something inside him, but... the Cat isn't wrong.]

How? If you need keys to get in there...
mearry: (pic#6796002)

[personal profile] mearry 2016-07-08 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ Holy shit they're real. Well things just got about ten times more disturbing. Fine. ]

Well, I guess it'll be useless to ask, then. [ lips are pursed in a thin line ] So, what do you want us to do, White Rabbit?
zinit: //'chrome,' vnv nation. (a million faces each a million lies)

[personal profile] zinit 2016-07-08 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
I... See. [So it's like that.] So you're the 'he' he spoke of, are you? My...

[name is not fucking Alice that's for sure oh, whatever, this ridiculous chacha would probably just call him Alice anyway.]

Aah, well. [Moving on:] Did you bring us here, or the Rabbit, or someone else?
heartgatherer: (pic#8738746)

[personal profile] heartgatherer 2016-07-08 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, she doesn't want to put too much weight on anything either of them say, but... now that her anger has died down a little, she does feel a little bad for him. Stupid Rules... she's familiar with them. There were a lot of those in Wonderland.]

...alright. All we have to do is find them, right? Then we can go back?
stolenface: (pic#10336441)

[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
That's my role here, Alice. I can move about as I please. Walls and hearts and Doors don't matter to me. Kinda the opposite of how he Rabbit can't ever move.
apatheticguide: (After the day was done--)

[personal profile] apatheticguide 2016-07-08 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Go and fetch me my Keys, of course. You'd like to go home, wouldn't you, Alice?

[ Seems simple enough, doesn't it? He thinks so. ]

They were stolen not long ago.
apatheticguide: ("To come and spoil the fun!")

[personal profile] apatheticguide 2016-07-08 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's so friendly, you just don't know. ]

I should think what I mean is obvious, Alice. You would die. The World is openly hostile to people like you, you know. Being in this environment long enough... well. You hardly want to know what that would result in. It's unpleasant.

The Keys unlock the doors in the room behind me, that led to the hearts of those who end up here. Normally they're locked and all is quiet, unless that stupid idiot leads some stray wandering buffoons in. Like you. And them.
stolenface: (pic#10336423)

[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
You're right. Alice is Alice is Alice to me. Because I don't really care what your names are.

[ Yes, Qilby, he did just blatantly read your mind. ]

As for who brought you here, well... You followed me. So if anyone brought you here, wouldn't it be you?
bakegarasu: (determination of the strong)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2016-07-08 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
If that's the rules, that's the rules.

[He can understand them. Don't get in the way of someone else's job, someone else's territory. That's just How Things Are.]

Are there enemies?

[He does have a sword, after all.]
apatheticguide: (The sands were dry as dry.)

[personal profile] apatheticguide 2016-07-08 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. They open a pathway back to wherever or whenever you want to be. I'd simply like it if I had some peace and quiet around here. A few hundred years without my face and name changing, some people not wandering into here to get trapped... that hardly seems like too much to ask for.

[ He just likes his peace, you know? ]
stolenface: (pic#10336437)

[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Depends on the World, now, doesn't it? You'll just have to see.
zinit: (hurt the measure of blind ambition)

[personal profile] zinit 2016-07-08 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[So they can read minds! Qilby files that away for further reference. It's interesting, sure, but also incredibly disturbing for someone who bases so much on cultivating an outer appearance of... Well, of not being a total asshole.]

[Whoops.]


My point, though, is-- [an impassive motion with his hand] --if you hid these keys away, would it not have been better to leave silently, and not bother to have us follow? They could stay hidden forever, in that case.
bakegarasu: (your soul burns brighter)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2016-07-08 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Guess I will. ... You've been helpful.

[Should he ask for a name? Or would that be rude? Does he even care? He just nods and heads towards the door.]
zinit: (i wouldn't save you from)

[personal profile] zinit 2016-07-08 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
I see. [So it's not something vital, the key; it makes sense that it was placed, rather than innate. He doesn't feel anything different, though.]

[(Yet.)]


One last question, ah... See, I'm not much of a fighter. [He motions to his empty sleeve with his remaining hand. (He knows his way around a fight, though - saying 'I'm not a fighter' is a lie - but without portals... Who knows?)] And I'm not one to believe the insides of people's hearts are exactly benign.
notsogreedy: (this all comes down)

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-07-08 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Who is she, then? But the mysterious person moves on before he gets to asking.

Most people would be motivated, or intrigued at least, when something someone asked for casually just got connected to the idea of wanting to live. In Ankh's case, it just makes him bristle further. Did he want to live? Yes, as far as the last thing he remembers, that was what he wanted more than anything. He didn't get it, and now someone is trying to hold it over his head at the price of some unknown favor.

"Why am I here?" It's not a direct response to the question, about what it is this stranger wants him to do. It goes deeper, to how he's 'alive' in the first place, whether this person is responsible. The way he says it is dripping with suspicion.
heartgatherer: (pic#8744872)

[personal profile] heartgatherer 2016-07-08 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah-- that looks like a... yep. Cat. So that's the feline who got them all involved. She places her hands on her hips and narrows her eyes at the cat.]

You're the one who's responsible for this mess, aren't you?

[personal profile] frozentear 2016-07-08 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Really not appreciating being called a buffoon is that word even still in use? Who is the "stupid idiot", anyway? The cat?

But the idea of dying, even in what... might be a dream, does in fact sound unpleasant.]


Okay. Fine. Where can I find these keys? [The sooner he finds them, the sooner he can get away from this bunny kid.]
apatheticguide: ("I doubt it" said the Carpenter)

[personal profile] apatheticguide 2016-07-08 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
... That I cannot help you with, unfortunately. I know no more about what might be contained inside the Hearts of those gathered here than those themselves. You would have to ask them, would you not?

[ He isn't really sure if you'll be fighting or not, but judging from the one man... he's guessing the answer might be a 'maybe'. ]

It all depends on the Alice. Sometimes the Heart reacts strangely to prying eyes and sticky hands coldly looming over, racking its insides for its secrets. It would be unpleasant, yes, to have yourself torn in two? It may react... violently, it may not. It depends on the person in question.

In any case, it is likely you will be presented with a number of challenges, either of the mind or otherwise. The Worlds are... not forgiving about mistakes.
heartgatherer: (pic#8744875)

[personal profile] heartgatherer 2016-07-08 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[So she could go home. Home home - not just back to Wonderland. This was a strange way to go about it, but it was an opportunity all the same.]

...so then what is it? Your name.

[She doesn't understand the Rules of this place yet - why his name or his face would change - but if it's anything like the one she came from then the answer may not be a very nice one. Even so--]

I don't understand what's happening in this world, but-- I'll do what I can to set things back to normal.
stolenface: (pic#10336431)

[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
'Cause that's no fun for me! And it bugs the Rabbit to have you guys poking about and making a mess.

[ He'll snicker into his paw (hand?). Oh, Qilby is going to be fun. ]
stolenface: (pic#10336439)

[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. But for you... You need a name, right? Not something worthless like ▒▒▒▒▒. How about, mrrrrreow...

[ He trails off, as if thinking. But his face is borderline predatory the entire time. ]

Hey, I know! Lorina's a nice, useful name! Not like anyone's using it, right?
apatheticguide: (Were walking close at hand;)

[personal profile] apatheticguide 2016-07-08 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Ask the one who took you, not me."

It's not his fault. It's that damned Cat. Always causing him problems. Always, always...

"If you want to worry about living, I'd ask him first. Because I hardly know anything about it. I'm just a guide. It's my job to get people out of here and guide them through this place."

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