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[vitaelamorte]

Has this ever happened to you? You are an adventurous and daring roleplayer bursting with motivation and ideas, and Wonderland seems just the place for you to let your creativity flourish, AND YET... you doubt.

Unsure if your grasp on that one character's voice is as firm as you'd like it to be? Wondering how exactly your regular character's quirks will work out, once you've turned them into a Mirror? Curious and curiouser about how your magnificent muse might fit into the world of Wonderland? Or do you simply want to warm up and stretch your legs, before submitting that application and coming to meet entranceway's characters and players?

THEN WE HAVE JUST THE THING FOR YOU!

If this delicious apple in its constant, looming spin



is the spitting image of the doubts and concerns holding you back from IMMEDIATELY applying one or more characters to this game, then you have come to the right place! Boldly reach for your juicy and vitamin-filled hesitation and crush it between your teeth, with our latest, greatest and most fashionable

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Comments

[ainteasy]

Whatever moon MJ walked on, it isn't worth this.

[ -- not worth the petulance nor the pouting nor the very strange and misguided attempt to woo her agreement through childish tantrums.

notably, however, she is not saying that the story isn't worth a dance. just not a dance with with this pleading hot mess. ]

[ainteasy]

A door, no. [ she glances upward -- at the ceiling or otherwise. ] But there is a sky, isn't there?

[ come on, pal, don't fail her now. ]

[astrological]

[ it usually works for groot. that's the last he takes any pointers from a tree! ]

[ his expression settles, and his voice goes firm. ] Fine! [ he's still being a brat. he crosses his arms against his chest in a bid to appear less petulant. ]

But for your information, Gamora, the moon MJ walked on was the greatest pop moon in pop music history! And you are missing out on witnessing one of my favourite things about my home. I wore my best moon shoes for this!

[ he actually didn't. he's wearing one converse shoe and one boot. shoes here are weird. ]

[ainteasy]

[ fuck, you try her patience peter quill. you try it so hard. but somehow somewhat somewhy, she sticks around. even in wonderland, she'll stick around. it's what they do. ]

Put it like that and you make it sound as though you're the one missing out.

[ on the opportunity to boast like the boastful bastard you are. ]

[astrological]

Because I am!

[ duh, gamora! haven't you gotten it through your thick beautiful green brain that he just wants to impress you? mom once told him what his father did a long time ago that used to embarrass her — or he likes to think it was about his father, the version of him she knew and not the one that decided to be an egomaniac and try and destroy the child of the only woman he allegedly loved. when you like someone, you make a fool out of yourself in front of them. ]

[ it literally explains every interaction between them. ]

I'm missing out on seeing your face when you see me do the best moonwalk ever! I want to see your face!

[ainteasy]

[ suffice to say, terran courtship rituals was never part of the curriculum for a daughter of thanos. nor anyone's courtship rituals, frankly. don't blame her; blame the mad titan.

-- but for the mild softening of her expression and the indulgence which follows? peter has himself to blame for that. ]

I'm on the roof. It's no moon, but you're welcome to walk it all the same.

[astrological]

You're on — [ peter realises that she's agreed. gamora has agreed, and she's given him her location. that was easy! ]

[ ignore the fact he could've figured it out if he'd looked around where she was. peter enjoys making life difficult for himself. ]

[ his smile beams brightly. ] I'll be right there! Don't move! Don't even breathe! [ and peter bolts from the room he's in, climbing stairs, running through hallways, making a detour to grab a burger from he kitchen. when he arrives on the roof, it's in a blaze of rushed glory and with a burger in his mouth. ]

[ mouth full: ] Gama, you're cheer. [ that's what it sounds like. attractive, isn't it. ]

[ainteasy]

[ ...what fresh hell has she brought upon herself.

gamora sits on the roof's ledge -- facing inward -- with a sword on her knees. it's no godslayer; the closets, infernal as they are, won't grant her her rightful blade. and as peter approaches, manners flapping loose in the wind, it's evident that she'd been sharpening the weapon's edge.

but, on his arrival, she sets the sword aside by leaning it against the ledge's lip. with a creak of leather, she stands. ]

Swallow, Peter. [ a beat. ] Then try again.

[naughty_nurse]

R-Really...? I-Is Ibuki okay?

[astrological]

[ breathing is so overrated, btw. but he does just that — swallows, breathes, thinks to eat again before realising that that had been the issue all along. ]

Gamora, you're here! [ the elation on his face shifts as his brows pull together. ] You seriously didn't understand me just then? I thought we were connected — [ here, he gestures between them with his hand. as if that's all he needs, he starts to move closer toward her, taking in their surroundings. wonderland is cool, but gamora makes it more beautiful. ]

But of course you know you're here. You're you. I'm me. I'm glad you're here. Even though we are clearly connected by the unspoken thing no one speaks about, I so knew you were here. [ add a pfft. peter quill is star-lord and star-lord is the greatest hero in the galaxy. he just doesn't know where his guardians are at. that happens from time to time. ]

I could feel it.

[ainteasy]

[ it stops being an unspoken thing if you keep talking about it so much, wow.

gamora stands with a hand on her hip. her head tilted, too, just so. she's a little like a cat at rest -- moody, but not tense. not yet. it could all change at a moment's notice. ]

You couldn't. [ liar. she rolls her eyes. but there is some charm to what he's trying to say -- to suggest that they might mean something to each other even outside the usual circumstances.

'they' as in the team, of course. not (heaven forfend) she and him specifically. hm! ]

And if I were you I wouldn't be so quick to call myself glad. [ peter. ] We're trapped.

DR2 spoilers again

[allsharknobite]

Uh... Maybe!?

[Ibuki is dead from his timeline, Ibuki is alive from Mikan's timeline.]

[Ibuki is now Schrodinger's Musician.]

[xiv_kuzunoha]

Not sake?

[Raidou took a drink of water. Strawberries? That wasn't all that far-fetched of like to have.]

[like_tofu]

A year? Six years?!

[Years? That is way too long. To be in her twenties? A proper adult? She hadn't even noticed that Kanji and Souji were gone from home at all.]

Why are you guys being kept here for so long? What if you want to go home?

[like_tofu]

Steals our... But why?

[Souji wouldn't lie to her. But stealing memories?]

What does it do with them? Why does it want them at all? Those are ours!

grounds

[choosetruth]

[George stops short when she sees a woman throwing knives at a tree. That's... okay. That's a hobby.]

What'd the tree ever do to you?

FIGHT HIM IRL

[mettatonvevo]

[The... man? Before him speaks and Mettaton nods a little in understanding.]

I see! Well, now that you have mentioned it, I'm sure the Mansion will change its scents to accommodate you. That is its job, after all.

[The robot chuckles at the question; people in Wonderland have always been awfully polite about this sort of inquiry and honestly it makes dealing with it much easier.]

I am no demon! I am a Monster!

[a beat]

Now that may be synonymous in your world, but it isn't in mine! At least it isn't in my neck of the woods. I am a highly advanced artifical intelligence.

[noreason]

Sake?

[That seemed like an odd thing to suggest.]

I've never had sake before.

[eatsyourscience]

I think it eats them.

[He doesn't know a better way to explain it than that.]

But it doesn't happen very often.

[honorabledogfather]

[Hah. What?]

I'm afraid I don't understand. But if you prefer to be called a monster rather than a demon, that is perfectly fine with me.

Perhaps we should discuss the matter of why inanimate objects are now being considered to have intelligence?

[He's actually referring to the mansion now, and not Mettaton. That would be rude, to call your conversational partner an "inanimate object."]

[mettatonvevo]

[Mettaton chuckles.]

Monster is the name of the species I come from. I know it has different connotations for other beings from other worlds so your surprise is unsurprising!

And now I am assuming you are speaking about the Mansion, yes?

[He certainly hopes so; this man has been nothing but charming so far and he'd hate to think he just ruined that streak.]

There is a magic to this place that makes it change aspects of itself to be a better place of living for those trapped here. I have come to think of it as being sentient in its own right. It's the best theory I have so far.

[astrological]

Pfft. No we're not. [ peter shakes his head, and mouths trapped. it's almost like he's about to laugh again, but he thinks differently on it. ]

Haven't you ever heard of Wonderland? You're not trapped! [ with a great big gesture, peter's arms swing out in a bid to encompass all of wonderland. ] There's a whole world out there waiting for us to shrink and grow too tall and eat and risk getting our heads cut off. [ for a moment he looks out on the grounds, a little distracted by it. he remembers ego's planet, how beautiful and big it'd been. wonderland isn't like that, though. it's found within the pages of a book, on a shelf in a house he doesn't know whether it still stands tall and proud or if it's withered away much like the planet of ego. ]

[ he looks at her, and the grand gestures, the big speeches, the desire to somehow spur her into action and seeing the positives is gone. he's much quieter. ] Why do you always look at the glass like it's half empty? It's half full! And maybe full of the good stuff that'll make us super tall!

[pleasereset]

[Asriel seems a little pleased.]

Yeah, I just got here a few days ago. And it's really confusing so far.

[It's a place where time is stopped, it brings dead siblings back to life, and has apparently kidnapped a good handful of people from the Underground.]

I don't really get why it's bringing us all here.

[honorabledogfather]

[Kids are such innocent, sweet things, aren't they? You know, except for his kids. Yikes.]

Nor do I. I would enjoy a proper explanation, but that's rarely something that confused parties are ever afforded, so I'll take what little information I can get.

[He's hundreds of years old. Very little jars him anymore, and even if it did, he's got no life to go back to. He's as good as dead, and he knows that. He remembers...how he died. Slowly bleeding out and succumbing to grievous injuries.

...Everything would be fine back home. This is just another experience for him and him alone.]

I cannot help but wonder...what are you referring to when you address what has brought us here?

[honorabledogfather]

Haha, well. That I can understand. Perhaps we can discuss semantics and etymologies at some point if you have any interest, since the word demon doesn't fully quantify what I am. Culturally, perhaps, and I'm no scholar, but it certainly does come off as awkward phrasing.

[Not that he knows that much, but he's met foreigners before who do not grasp the connotation of youkai. Perhaps once he realizes that the Mansion has them all speaking in common, he'll be more intrigued.]

At any rate, magic is something to which I am familiar. If you say that magic has animated this place, then I have no reason to doubt. Surely you won't begrudge me my own opinions once I become more...comfortable here.

[Comfortable is a very conservative word for what he'll feel being here. What's better, death or imprisonment?]