Be brave enough to burn

[notsogreedy]

Who: All the Alices (and Ankh, his name is Ankh)
What: Just a mysterious castle built on top of a restaurant. What could possibly go wrong?
Where: World Two – Wings to the Sky
Warnings: Who even knows? Will update as necessary.



Ankh wakes up at the edge of the water, his arm draped over a rock and his face cushioned by a bed of sand and seaweed as the edges of waves wash over his body. The first thing he notices upon waking is that it's uncomfortable. The second, upon lifting his head and starting to pull himself out of the water is that it's familiar. Awareness dawning, he scrambles to his feet and looks around wide-eyed half expecting Eiji to be there somewhere. Of course he isn't.

But this... this is his last memory. For a moment he wonders if somehow this whole thing came to an end and he wound up back home, but that's wishful thinking. No, this is just his world. His heart, as the guides like to call it. It's only more obvious that this isn't real as he scans the horizon and finds Cous Coussier where it shouldn't be. And then on top of it... that's-

His eyes widen, and then narrow. He's not sure what to expect out of this other than nothing good.

But, after wringing the water out of his clothes as best he can, he makes his way to the restaurant and curiously to the freezer, where he finds the ice pops he expects to be there. Pulling one out, he gives it a skeptical look for a moment—does he dare assume it's really the same or even safe to eat?--but ultimately pops it into his mouth and discovers it tastes exactly like he expects. That much is something he can appreciate. But as for the rest of this...

With popsicle in hand, he continues exploring.

Comments

[dolosa]

[ A shrug. ]

I don't know. I can't answer that.

[notsogreedy]

Heh. If you can't answer, doesn't that mean it's right?

[It was his best guess to begin with, so he's not the slightest bit surprised. He just had to eliminate the red and blue rabbits to be sure. She seems the type who would easily lie about something like that if there was a reason to.]

[dolosa]

I didn't necessarily say that. You just can't ask me a direct question about the windows, you know? It's against the rules. Whether I know if it's Hajime's or if it's someone else's I can't say either way.

[notsogreedy]

It's my answer, anyway. [Even if she can't confirm it directly. He looks toward the window.] But I wonder what it is I'm supposed to do. Just saying it doesn't seem to do anything. [Not that he expected it to. Neither is touching it, because that's what he tries next, gently tapping a finger against it.

After the last world, he's half expecting the windows to start talking to him at this point, but it seems like these ones might actually be as inanimate as they appear.]

[dolosa]

Perhaps you should try smashing it with something?

[notsogreedy]

Maybe. [He's had the thought himself, but for now he just steps away from the window.] Or maybe there are clues somewhere else.

[He hasn't seen everything here yet, after all. And with that, he's walking off to see what else there is to see. He'll be back later.]