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[cautious_knight]

...never did this kind of things, what [there's a short pause] ...this sounds painful... [there's a choking sound, and then he realizes that the device is recording and looks up, turning it to video. He's sitting in his and Poland's room, letters scattered around him, and looks pretty ill, like someone who has just seen a lot of really desturbing things] I might not always have been Christian, but I've never done this kind of things, nor has it ever been part of my culture or religion. How can someone even come up with this kind of accusations?


...Just to make sure. Did you send me any letters as of lately, Teuto- Prussia?


Besides that, it might be a good idea to make a fire near the fountain where we can burn those letters, they are really piling up by now. We would have to gather firewood and we would need some volunteers to watch it.

Comments

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Alice, the girl with the... Oh, that's right, you're new here. You've never met her before, have you? She's the one who sent out that strange message a few days ago.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

She is one of the queen's minions?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

No, not exactly. She was a normal person once, who got trapped on the other side of the mirror. This is mostly before I came here, so I'm not exactly sure what happened, but the Queen held a trial prosecuting Alice. And at the end, she took Alice's eyes away... Which is why she looks that way now.

Usually it's the March Hare who sends out those riddles, but ever since Alice lost her eyes, she's been sending riddles too. And it's like she's helping the Queen, except... except she doesn't realize anything is wrong. She doesn't notice her eyes are missing.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

Did the Queen steal her heart?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Uhm. No one's sure exactly what happened. But after that whole event, the checkerboard hills appeared. So we think that it means that Alice has become a part of Wonderland now. Like the Mad Hatter or the March Hare.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

Could that happen to us, too?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

M-maybe? Alice was just a normal person before too... [She suddenly sounds unsure, because she hadn't thought of it that way.]

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

Is there any way how we could protect ourselves from having that happen to us?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Maybe if we never go to the mirror side of the Mansion... Wait, that reminds me. Alice didn't have a mirror. So maybe she wasn't like the rest of us.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

it would also be possible that she lost it or some of us don't have one and just don't know about it.

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I suppose...

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

It would just feel safer if we knew for sure.

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

So would I. I'm not exactly eager to meet my mirror though.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

Why?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Well, I've met someone like her before. Back home, in a dream. She was supposed to be sort of like the opposite of me, and... she tried to steal my life.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

Could you fight her?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, I... I don't quite know how it's going to end yet. When I get home, I will.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

So you're from a life or death situation?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Sort of. I used something called a mirrormask, which is supposed to be a... well, I don't really know what it is. I thought it would give me back my life, but it brought me here.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

You were dead back home?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

No, I wasn't! It's just that the other girl started impersonating me. I thought the mirrormask would let me stop her.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

Why would someone impersonate you?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

She didn't like her mother, and her... her whole life. She was running away.

[watchful-knight.livejournal.com]

And thus she tried to steal you identity?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Well... yeah. Like I said, I don't really look forward to meeting her again.