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Has this ever happened to you?!

Your character is more complicated than a coffee order in a parallel dimension where coffee orders are exclusively given in the morse coded version of a language you do not speak, your muse is as brand new as the brand new day in Sting's eponymous studio album on the morning of September 24 1999 when it was originally released, your need and will and desire to play are as strong as spider silk is to an hapless insect or would be to you if spider silk threads were greatly enhanced in size by the appearance of gigantic mutant spiders and you were caught in their massive web trying to escape your confines but you could not because the spider silk is SO STRONG it is too strong too strong to break before the spiders arrive to devour you oh god the spiders the giant spiders what has science done humanity has gone too fa--

THEN WE HAVE JUST THE THING FOR YOU!!!

MEET THE CHARACTERS! MEET THE PLAYERS! TAKE YOUR FIRST STEPS, AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE SETTING! HONE YOUR SKILLS, CREATE YOUR MIRRORS! STEP INTO THE LIGHT ~~AND LOSE EVERYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR DO NOT COME DO NOT GO HERE TURN AWAY AND RUN BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE~~ AT THE

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AND THAT IS ALL, NOW GO EMBRACE THE LIGHT, AND HAVE FUN!

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[Well, this isn't at all weird, or disconcerting, or totally crazy. One minute she's running to attack her evil slug clone, and the next, she's skidding to a halt in some kind of...garden?]

...Whaaaaa...uh. Dipper? Mabel?

[Wendy moves slowly, trying to take everything in. This thing couldn't, like, imitate an actual space could it? Digging for her phone, she finds not hers, but a replacement, apparently? Tongue poking out from between her lips as she navigates it, she finds the video option and flips it on.]

Well, this is a pretty insane thing that happened. Anyone wanna tell me where I am? 'Cause...you know...I was pretty much just running for my life and it'd be great to know if I should still be doing that. Also, I kiiiind of lost my friends? Dipper and Mabel. So, if you're out there, guys...

[She pauses for dramatic effect, then widens her eyes.]

WHAT. IS. HAPPENING?

Tea Rooms;

[ the earl grey is too sweet.

it registers as a near offense to her, making a slight frown darken fair features. come now, Carroll taught at Oxford, an English man through and through but perhaps the pawns cannot see the maker? it's a thought that comes and flees, makes way for other, more important ones. jamie moriarty will not dare to say she knows wonderland but she knows of it and all those who are avid readers would know that there is no knowing wonderland. not even those who have lived at it for years.

although she imagines some of them are foolish enough to pretend that they do, to forget that the first rule is that there is no order in the anarchy.

she herself adores it, of course. wonderland would offer one game after another and the one who will win, well, wouldn't that be thrilling, not to lose your head?

dismemberment is a practice she knows all to well, after all.

but truly, the tea is dreadful. even irene adler, for all her American roots would not care for it. she slips out of herself and into irene, allows practiced fingers to draw a cup of tea if a pretty room adorned with mirrors. when she catches sight of someone, she'll draw their figure into the mirror.

it'll be almost frighteningly accurate.

perhaps not even almost. ]

[aurora hates magic. you probably would too, if a witch had cursed you to a magical sleep. so being magically kidnapped to another world? extra scary.]

Mulan....?

[she was dropped off in the forest, but the more she tries to find her way out of it, she seems to get more lost. it makes her increasingly frustrated, and increasingly angrily.]

Where did you go? [she sighs angrily as she finally stops to sit on a tree stump, since this is clearly getting her nowhere. tries to collect her thoughts, even, to remember how she got here but it just keeps hitting the same wall: it had to have been magic. why is this her life.]

...Oh dear. This is not where I thought I was going.

[ his arms outstretch, and he looks at his long blue cloak with a puzzled look. there's something odd that he can't quite place. ] Why do you feel different?

[ his arms drop and he looks around in the hopes of seeing something or someone familiar. something tells him using his cloak to head back to Fabletown wouldn't work. ] Excuse me, can anyone tell me where I am? My name is Boy Blue, and I don't mean any harm. I think I'm lost.

Edited 2015-07-25 17:14 (UTC)

The Gardens

This is very unusual. [ She is muttering most to herself as Mulan circles the fountain for the third time, as if it will magically give her more answers. It doesn't. Not even a small hint as to where she is or why she is here. For the hundredth time since she found herself in these gardens she goes over the last thing she remembers. She was just gathering some more firewood when she found herself among flowers instead of trees.

Traveling between realms isn't supposed to be. Or at least so easily and accidentally done. But the worst part of it all? She's left Aurora alone. Somewhere back home her friend is alone in the forest - that thought makes Mulan's heart tighten painfully.

Standing at this fountain isn't going to get her back to the other woman. No, she needs to move forward. Maybe she can find some help at the mansion ahead. Or at least find out where she is. ]

Wendy! Why the heck aren't you back at the Shack? Novelty merchandise with my face on it ain't gonna sell itself!

[And he crosses his arms and glares at her, looking sufficiently angry that she's abandoned her post and cost him profits...]

[...And then, he laughs, loud and hard.]

Nah, I'm just messin' with you - we're stuck in some other dimension or somethin'. Might wanna make yourself comfortable, 'cause we're gonna be here a while. It ain't really "run for your life" kinda trouble, but more...I dunno. "Vaguely unsettling trans-dimensional kidnapping" kinda trouble? [Shrug.] Dipper and Mabel are around though. Somewhere.

[Her face transitions from a dude are you SERIOUS right now?! expression to one less stunned until he laughs.]

Dude, your face is a hard sell on a good day.

[Buuuut okay, she's glad to see you, Stan. Still confused, but pretty happy someone she knows is here.]

Dip and Mabel are here...any word on Soos? He was with us down in that nightmare lab, too.

Edited 2015-07-26 03:05 (UTC)

Wendy? Wendy! [Dipper stands up a little too quickly, gets caught up in his chair and falls flat on his face.] ....I'm okay! And so are you. This is totally not running for your life kind of weird, and... um, where are you? I'll come to you.

Dipper! Easy there. But man, am I glad to see you. I'm...in...a garden? Is this a weird book thing? Because it seems like a weird book thing.

[Not that she's suddenly an expert on it or anything, just, she'd wanted to go on an adventure and, well, here she is, in a completely different world somehow.]

It's... sort of a weird book thing, but not my weird book thing. You know Alice in Wonderland?

[Cue a very confused look and a slow nod.]

Uh...yeah? Wait, this is a weird book thing from an actual published book?

[She wants to say something more coherent than that, but she's pretty sure you're about to tell her a kid's book has come to life, and she's trying to mentally prepare herself for it.]

[ Even if she has been here a little while now, Mulan doesn't feel any better about the place. In fact she just feels more determined to find herself a way back home. Thoughts of leaving Aurora by herself haunt the warrior more than she will ever admit. She has a duty to the princess, to Phillip, to make sure that the other woman is okay. Being here is keeping her from that.

The forest is one of the few places left that she hasn't explored yet. She's been saving it for last because, well, one never knows exactly what is going to be in the heavy woods - especially when it is in Wonderland. Except that it's deathly quiet here quickly Mulan feels like she must be the only living thing in the forest, that is until she hears her own name.

At first she doesn't believe it, but then she hears more rustling then finally that familiar voice again.]

Aurora? [ Despite the trees her voice carries fairly well, and she hopes more than she has ever hoped in her life that this isn't a trick. That the other woman can hear even as she makes her way to where she thinks the voice was coming from. ] Aurora!

[ She isn't the person to whom Blue has posed the question, but she hears. Off to the side, her back to the pair, Snow perks up when she hears a familiar voice, one who belongs to someone that she considers family. For a split second, she expects to her Rose Red's voice, too... but when she turns, it's Boy Blue standing alone, speaking with another Wonderland resident.

But it's enough. More than enough. ]

Blue! [ Snow brightens considerably; it may be a strange thing to see for someone who is around Snow's frowns more than her smiles. The dark-haired woman approaches hastily, offering a quick, apologetic smile to the other resident of Wonderland before focusing entirely on the man from Fabletown. ]

You're really here, aren't you? It-- I'm glad to see you.

[This...is not Storybrooke. He has no idea where it is, but this entrance hall he's in right now is definitely not the cabin where Gold and the rest of the villains were holding him. As glad as he is to be out of there, and away from whatever method Gold has in mind to get information from him, he does wish that he hadn't showed up here still tied to this chair.

There's no sign of anyone around, but there must be someone out there somewhere. It's an entrance hall, which means there's a building beyond. He can't be the only person in it.

He speaks loud enough to echo off the marble walls and hopefully catch someone's attention.]

Hello? Can someone help me with this?

[She'd been exploring the woods, getting a better sense of the grounds and seeing more of this world when she heard the familiar voice. She hadn't seen Aurora since the Enchanted Forest, just after they had been sent back there.

It was a relief to see the princess again, even under these circumstances. Approaching her, Belle glanced at her warily, uncertain whether she would remember her or not.]

Aurora? Are you all right?

[ his face brightens as he turns towards Snow. He looks as happy to see her as any other day, with only a hint of relief at the sight of a familiar face. ] Miss Snow! I'm glad to see you, as well.

[ the joy on his face fades to a more concerned curiosity. if Snow is here, though, he can't be that far away from home. ] I thought I was heading for the office, but... where are we? Is this one of Totenkinder's spells?

Mulan!

[The warrior had been on her mind since their last meeting. Her one regret after her return to the Enchanted Forest was that she hadn't seen her friend again. While she was pleased to see Philip, she had wondered about the woman he had last been with. After what they shared, she wanted to know that Mulan was all right and safe.

Seeing her here eased that concern. This was the last place she should be, but she was at least okay.]

Do you remember me?

» GARDENS, FIFTH FLOOR HALLWAY AND OTHER PLACES EN ROUTE

[One second there isn't a giant man-bull-thing with a giant axe strapped to his back standing in the gardens. The next there is. Best not to dwell on it, Wonderland makes even the sanest go mad. For the smallest moment, he considers that the Inquisitor had decided to open another rift into the Fade, but dismisses the possibility based on the fact that Wonderland's geometry isn't completely insane.

Also there's no demons trying to pop open his brain and ride his body out into the physical world, so. Points for Wonderland.

A single eye keeps a very close watch out for anything even remotely dangerous, as he scouts the gardens and land surrounding the mansion. Occasionally he mutters to himself things that are far too profane to be transcribed here.

Eventually, perhaps like a mabari to an exceptionally nice cut of meat, he finds himself on the fifth floor, after eying each and every doorway carefully. The advantages of being this tall and huge far outweigh the disadvantages, but man, why does everything have to be built so small everywhere? A loud thud rocks the doorframe, as he attempts to maneuver himself into the bar with very little success, instead slamming his horns into the doorframe repeatedly instead.]

Ah, come on.

» RANDOM JABBERWOCK ATTACK

[You all saw it coming.

One day, perhaps the not-so-distant future, the Jabberwock erupts from the very core of Wonderland itself, making short work of the mirrorside to get as far from the core as possible so history doesn't repeat itself.

Naturally, the carnage quickly attracts Bull's attention, who, well, he can speak for himself.]

It's... It's so beautiful.

[Nobody, nobody should sound that awed in the presence of the Jabberwock, but here we are.]

[ Brennan might not have seen it coming, but he can't say he's all that surprised by it either. He's watching the dragon-thing with a bit more trepidation than open reverence, but can admit to feeling a rush of adrenaline all the same.

It's not that Wonderland doesn't give them things to fight often enough, but it never tosses them challenges like this.

Still, the Qunari's words being a sharp and almost-pleased grin to the Inquisitor's lips as he shrugs his shield down off his back and slides it onto one arm in preparation for the battle to come, chuckling all the while. ]

Keep it in your pants till after the battle, Bull.

[ The quip is delivered fondly, but it's an anticipation he shares in for the moment, already feeling his blood racing with the desire to get things rolling. ]

( She's been watching her for a while, warrior spying another. A friend or foe Natia doesn't know, but it keeps her curious. There's something about the fountain - about this surface that holds the woman's interest, keeping her walking round and round.

It's only when the woman stops does Natia take a step from the shadow, hand on her sword just in case. She's been separated from her companions and there's a blight going on. This place might be made to look like paradise but she's been fooled before, damn the Fade. It's why she's glad dwarves can't access it - why she had to kill the mages for the good of the blight. There were enough darkspawn without more demon influences )

Does it hold your answer?

( Her armour is bloodied, and though she's currently not wounded she's alert. Just in case there's a strike - from anywhere )

when stanley came to a set of two open doors, he took the door on the left...

[ the mansion's rooms have been renovated with calming neutrals and headache-inducing fluorescent lights. whatever passes for business-casual in your world? your closet is full of it. there are file cabinets everywhere, papers strewn about the floor, and the mind control facility seems pretty empty.

...mind control facility?

of course not. that's just silly. you make your own choices, surely! you choose to attend that meeting about how to attend meetings, synergise some papers, solve a dispute with a coworker, and make sure you don't misuse the cargo lift. don't worry, all of those pesky exits have been removed.

and the harder you try to find them, the weirder the mansion will get. ]

Hey, you! Hit the red button next to you!

[ ah, yes. hardison. when you come upon hardison in a giant room filled with outdated computers, he's covered in a sheen of sweat. but you probably didn't notice considering the giant red screen counting down to everyone's doom. ]

Hello!? This place about to blow, and you gonna make me run over there? Press. It. Right next to you!

Edited 2015-07-27 19:56 (UTC)

( She'd followed the noises. The shouting from in the room, the sounds coming from everything that was around him. Natia didn't know what this was - she'd not been in this dimension long enough to take in the full story but nothing was familiar. These demons weren't trying to take over her body. She didn't know what they were doing.

His shout pulled her attention from staring at everything around him, hand instinctively resting on the hilt of her sword. The second sentence made her look down, seeing the red object close by her. Without question - that could come later if they really were in danger - Natia slammed her hand down onto it, more forceful than necessary but you couldn't take precautions in dangerous times )

What did you do?

( Was he why they were in danger? Was he the real demon projecting all of this? )

( She'd been fighting before the voice came across the noise, swinging hard to try and keep the rabble back. The bursting out from the wall, the Jabberwock coming through from the mirrorside sent Natia flying back, momentarily stunned before she pulled herself back up.

She turned her attention to the voice before picking her sword up again, charging forward to swing at the monster causing all the chaos )

It's an abomination.

( Swing once. Swing twice. It feels like she's doing all of the work herself. Where is her party when she needs it )

Do something!

[ Her smile toning done just a bit, the dark-haired woman shakes her head. ]

We aren't. And... it isn't the Homelands, either. This place is called Wonderland, though I don't think it's connected to the one in our universe at all.

[ How best to explain? She sighs softly, crossing her arms. ]

I've been here for... about half a year, at least. There are a lot others, some Mundies, some not, though there isn't any kind of secrecy. It makes sense, considering how inherently magical this place really is.

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Wendy Corduroy | Gravity Falls

jamie moriarty ( "irene" ) | elementary

aurora | ouat

boy blue ( fables )

Mulan | Once Upon A Time

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screams into the night

August W. Booth | Once Upon a Time

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screams nervously... i havent written him in so long im sorry

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The Iron Bull | Dragon Age

THIS WAS SUCH A HARD CHOICE but dragons>.>

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alec hardison ( leverage )

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jabberwock

oh gosh no don't be sorry!!