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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. ]
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[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Because I get to see you guys deal with all the little problems that come from exploring hearts, Lorina. All those nasty secrets laid bare for the world to see.
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[personal profile] heartgatherer 2016-07-08 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Ugh... it would have to be something terrible like that. Was this supposed to be some kind of test? Regardless of the 'why' - exposing all of her ugliness to these people she doesn't know... this dream couldn't get any worse.]

...how bad can it be? After all... we know our hearts better than anyone. Being able to find them should be easy.

[It would be nice if she believed that as much as she was willing to blurt it out.]
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[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno, Lorina. Ask yourself that. Do you ever know everything in your heart?

[ It's an honest question and he knows the answer to it. ]
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[personal profile] heartgatherer 2016-07-08 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Ugh. He's right. Frustrating as that is--]

No one knows everything about anything-- and that's why we'll be just fine.

[Hopefully.]
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[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Don't count on it, Lorina. This place... Has a way of chewing people up and spitting them out.

[ ...Wow you got him to be serious for once. You're the only one who's gotten through to him like this. ]
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[personal profile] heartgatherer 2016-07-08 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Then you shouldn't drag people here in the first place.

[But what's done is done and now they'll have to finish things.]

Games aren't meant to be dangerous- they're supposed to be fun. No one will want to play with you if you play dirty.

[It's a little bit like lecturing the twins...]
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[personal profile] stolenface 2016-07-08 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Not like it matters to me, Lorina. I have to get my kicks somehow. Watchin' others suffer... That's what I find fun.

[ ...And there it goes. You get a warning. No one else does. ]