Round 1: Return from Ankh's Heart to the Hub

[worldkeys]

Who: The Alices, and the White Rabbit.
What: Everyone is returned from Ankh's Heart. YOU CHEATERS, YOU.
Where: The World Hub.
Warnings: A lovely bunch of cheating cheaters that Rabbit is, frankly, not sure if he should applaud or be exasperated about.

When they return, the White Rabbit seems like he can't decide if he's annoyed or impressed.

"... Another one, is it? Well... that was at least marginally faster than I'd expected you to go, compared to last time. Maybe I'll get them all back in a decent amount of time. I'll unlock the next Door for you, then."

As always, of course, he fully expects they're going to pester him with random, stupid questions. At the very least, he seems in a better mood than last time.

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[apatheticguide]

"They are dead, or they left. Why would they be?"

He says it giving Ankh a flat look right back. Come, now. The dead can't talk... right?

[notsogreedy]

Not usually. At least, he's never noticed that before, and it's not as if there aren't plenty of dead people around somewhere on Earth. He's not entirely surprised by the skepticism in that reply, though it's interesting that he seems to be aware of something that the Guides aren't.

Still, if the Rabbit can read his mind, then he should already have an idea of the reasons for the questions. Ankh looks back just as flatly. "I can't tell if you're being intentionally dense now."

[apatheticguide]

He's starting to look annoyed; it's clear the White Rabbit doesn't seem to believe anything is left here.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I wish you'd stop being so irritating. I've already answered your question, haven't I? If you sensed something, it was likely nothing more than a trick of the World itself."

[notsogreedy]

"Is it still that if it's been that way since I got here?" He'd easily believe this place playing tricks if it was a fleeting thing, but this is something he's been ignoring this whole time. It's only now that he tried to pay attention that it faded out, but even then, there's still the rest of them, whatever they are. Something else, if not former Alices. Or a trick, maybe, but if that's all it is then he wishes that supposed mass of presences would just quiet down already.

[apatheticguide]

A light shrug of his shoulders in exasperation.

"How should I know? I cannot even see or feel whatever it IS you think you are sensing, and I am the Guide here. You are likely just being tricked by the World's atmosphere. It IS heavy."