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♦ Test Drive Meme ♦

♥ This meme is a chance for new players and/or new characters to try out their voices in Wonderland's setting, and mingle with entranceway's current player base. ♥ Get started with one of the prompts below, or reply to other people's top-level comments. Both prose and comment spam format is allowed and welcome. ♥ Creating top-level comments is reserved for new characters who are not currently in Wonderland, as well as for new Mirrors that haven't been played yet. ♥ Please note that any threads written for this meme are not part of entranceway's game canon. They do not count towards current players' AC requirements, and cannot be used as samples for any new applications. ♥ Have a look at our Navigation to find any information about Wonderland you might need, or head to the Input & Inquiries page for further questions. If you've made up your mind about joining, go ahead and put in your Application, or a Reserve.

P r o m p t s

I. Second Time's The Charm This... this looks awfully familiar, and... familiar in an awful way. Look around all you like, it won't change, it won't go away. You are in Wonderland. No, worse: You're back in Wonderland. Just when everything was nice and comfortable at home, or-- or wasn't it? Maybe you're happy to be here again. Hey, no judgement, free room and board is nothing to scoff at! Blessing or curse, that's really up to you; all you know for sure is that, apparently, you're here to stay. II. What will you children do next? It's time for another wonderful event in Wonderland! For its duration characters will suddenly find themselves ten years older or younger. This can be physically, mentally, or both, i.e., if your character is 20 years old right now, they may become 10 physically but still have the mind and memories of their 20-year-old self, or they may revert to the mentality of their 10-year-old self and lose all the memories they have of being older. Characters over 200 years old may even age by a century, as a decade isn't that long for them. III. Through The Looking-Glass What an extraordinary day! All of Wonderland's mirrors-- just the things, not the capital Mirrors, not the ones like you --are suddenly shattered! Shards on the floor as far as the eye can see, and empty frames that are just begging to be stepped through! Oh, but you should really stay on your side unless the Queen of Hearts orders it otherwise. Or should you? Who's to say she wouldn't want you to investigate? Go ahead, go on, explore the real side for a change! Or... stay put right where you are, and see who comes to visit. It's really up to you. IV. Wildcard Play out your character's arrival. Celebrate their anniversary. Choose a different event to experience. Do anything and everything you like!

Comments

[nevar]

[Jefferson flicks a piece of grass off his pant leg before looking up at the man who'd stopped beside him, breaking eye contact with the offending hat sitting in front of him. He doesn't immediately move to stand, but the tall blond standing beside him is towering from this angle.]

I'm trying to figure out my next course of action. As you can see, my hat has been crushed. It was a good hat. And it is not one that's easily replaced. I admit I'm at a loss, Captain.

[assembles]

[Well, what is the Mad Hatter without a hat? Putting aside that Bucky didn't usually like to wear hats because they messed up his hair, this appears to be a real dilemma for Jefferson. And it's not like Steve is going to do any good by comparing them, either. They're obviously very different people.

Still, it's hard to just forget, given the striking resemblance. Steve could accept the idea of different versions of people from different universes a little easier than this.]

Why is it not easily replaced? [Steve draws closer and glances down at the sad excuse for a hat. It doesn't look that specialized, so...] Sentimental value?

[nevar]

[Jefferson picks up the crushed hat and turns it over a few times in his hands. There is a moment of obvious sadness, maybe he even pouted a little.] You could say that.

I have tried for years to make its equal. It may look the same, but nothing ever works. The right kind of magic just doesn't exist in this world. [There's an edge of frustration in his voice.] It never works.

[assembles]

[The frustration is something that Steve easily picks up on. Trying and trying to make something function only to have it fail each time is enough to make anyone a little nuts. Hence the name, apparently.

Not that Steve feels particularly threatened by the Mad Hatter, and he's going to insist to himself that it has nothing to do with the familiar face.

He takes a few more steps toward the pair through the suspiciously well-manicured grass.] So what is the right kind of magic?

[Even now, Steve isn't that familiar with any kind of magic, but he's still curious.]

[nevar]

If I knew that for sure, I wouldn't be having this problem, would I? [Any aggression in the words isn't directed at anyone or anything in particular other than at the absurdity of it all. This guy is simply curious, and although curiosity had killed many a cat, he seems to mean no harm by the question.

He pushes himself to standing finally, seeming to limp off his right foot but making no comment about it.] When I was stuck in Wonderland before, I couldn't make it work. The magic is the same even if the setting isn't, so I'm suck. It worked once, but then a prince crushed it.

[assembles]

[Maybe it had been a dumb question. Steve doesn't have the knowledge base to know the kind of questions that he should be asking, but maybe he should leave Jefferson to his own devices if he's not in the mood to field the inquiries of someone who's pretty ignorant about all this stuff.

Steve immediately notices the limp, given that he's so familiar with Bucky's gait, and he frowns but doesn't comment on it just yet. The magic is the same, but the setting isn't...]

Well, we're all stuck if that makes you feel any better. [It probably doesn't. Steve sets a hand on his hip as he contemplates.] Are you saying you've been to a different version of Wonderland before? [Talk about bad luck...]

[nevar]

[Jefferson balances the ruined hat on his head then slowly sticks his hands in his pockets. He honestly doesn't mind the company and the questions, but the look on his face clearly shows that he takes no comfort in the Captain's words.

The hat in such sad shape only accentuates his mood.]

It appears so. This Wonderland is missing some very dangerous key elements of the one I've traveled to, but it's no more inviting. The fact that "we're all stuck" isn't exactly a ray of sunshine.

[assembles]

[Wearing a hat that's in such an awful state of disrepair really only makes Jefferson look more pathetic, and Steve's brow knits with a slightly sympathetic frown.]

Well, it means that you're not alone in this, at least. [Because having to go through everything that Wonderland throws with them without any kind of support? Well, it'd be enough to drive anyone mad.

Steve tilts his head curiously toward Jefferson.] Key elements like what?