Wonderful Sacrifices

[Sikota Urinakano 876]

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In attempt to stay alive, Wonderland has evolved countlessly and repeatedly forced itself into the dreams of anyone it so chooses, renaming them Alice. However, a new wave of Alices have come, and all is not well. Four rival houses have recruited these Alices and plan to use them to rid the rest so that their house may take over. To the north is the bustling castle town of the House of Hearts. South is the beaches and deserts of the House of Spades. West lies the forested House of Clovers. To the east holds the mountains and mines of the House of Diamonds. In the middle of these four is a 2 mile, circular, stone plane. The House of the Joker. Each Alice is approaching this fifth house and will soon face each other in battle. Or die trying.

[NatronSpore 92]

Harth was making his way down the mountain pass away from the House of Diamonds. He went at a leisurely pace, looking around him and observing the scenery. He was planning on making a documentary of the whole deal after he came out victorious, as he knew he would.

 

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Grantham kept up the ground-eating pace he had maintained after leaving the castle grounds. He was not fatigued in the least, even after marching for an hour and a half. He gripped his sword in his hand, with his shield strapped onto his back. As he walked, one could observe (if indeed anybody was there to observe) that he occasionally rippled with color. He stared grimly at the road ahead.

 

(Quick question: do these people know they are in a nightmare?

Edited November 17, 2013 by NatronSpore

[Soul Eater Evans 4,045]

(apologies if it sucks.)

 

Seul skipped melancholically through the noisy, hustle-and-bustle town. Many people were idling by, oblivious to the battle that would happen.

 

The head of an adder snake slid out of the lithe girl's mouth, turned left and right, as if scanning the region, then slid back in.

 

"The skies will rain red, and I'll be there to bathe in it", her whisper barely audible. The serpeant was mindless, and talking to it would be the same as asking a blood cell what color is the sky. Pointless. But she still did it, anyway.

 

As the young child passed the gates, a sigh elicited from her mouth.

 

The world was boring. And death was inevitable. She only hoped she could live long enough to have fun.

[Stardustblade358 806]

"The 9th Alice is a deceiving,spoiled girl of the diamond. We have a job for you,Alice Aya."

 

She opened her eyes,looking up at the clouds in the sky. The sky had never been blue here,it had always been red,purple,violet,but never blue. She had forgotten how she had gotten here. She just remembers stumbling upon the land,walking through countless doors,even having tea under a crimson tree. The rest was nothing but blur until she seemed to arrive in a gorgeous manor hidden within the mountains. From there on she was told to head to the house of the joker,which she numbly agreed. Before she left she was given the gift of poison. Wherever she went the butterflies of poison would follow her command. She was to be prepared to fight,according to their statements. Not like she was much of a fighter. But the thought of killing someone did intrigued her. This all seemed to be...fun in a way of thinking it. She traveled down the rugged mountain path at the moment,heading to the dammed house of joker. It was strange to think that she had a perfect diamond shaped mark on her stomach. Was it always there? She couldn't remember. Not at all. Not even when  she actually tried to. She extended her hand,a purple winged butterfly landing on the tips of her fingers,resting as it gently fluttered its wings. "...I guess this should be...fun."

[Sikota Urinakano 876]

The sun beat down on the northern desert of the House of Spades. Schnee was on his own, having left any other Alice behind him to do what he was told on his own. He held out his hand. A few snowflakes were able to form, but they quickly melted. He repeated the action above his tongue to provide him some lukewarm refreshment. He sighed. "I miss the beaches." No matter. There were people out there with his name. They had to die.

[NatronSpore 92]

(Soo. . . We don't know this is a dream.)

[Lady Aleister 1,677]

(My Alice is just going to go by Alice......)

 

Alice lay on a branch, high up in a tree. She'd been there almost all morning.

"It's so quiet here....like I'm the only one....." She muttered, grabbing a leaf from the branches above her.

"If I was the only one here, then I'd be the queen of this place." Alice said with a smile.

"And if anyone tried killing me, or stood in my way...they would fall." She said, letting go of the leaf and watching it fall to the ground.

[NatronSpore 92]

(Nice writing.)

[Lady Aleister 1,677]

(Thank you Natron ;u; )

[Sikota Urinakano 876]

(You're living the dream, Natron...)

 

Alice Tornin... The name was whistled across the forest. A breeze carried it through the branches. Alice Tornin... The dream was beginning to recognize its imbalance. It needed Alice. But not this Alice. Not that Alice. It missed the first Alice. The end... Would be Tornin's end, or its own? For now, just her. Alice Tornin! The winds shrieked as her branch began to dissolve to ash.

[Lady Aleister 1,677]

(Whhhhyyyyy.....)

 

Alice snapped up."Wha--?!" she yelped, the branch below her disappearing.

She fell a couple of feet, and landed softly on another branch.

"You're going to have to try much harder then that." she snapped. 

Alice started climbing down, trying to ignore whatever that was. One she reached the ground, she sighed.

"Too many weird things happen here..." Alice said seriously, starting to walk towards the village in the forest, the House of Clovers.

[Sikota Urinakano 876]

A stone wall rose out of the ground in Tornin's path. Alice... A stong wind blew. Geographically speaking, this should be impossible with the massive wall in her path. But nonetheless, the winds blew at her front, pushing her back. These winds were exhibiting enough force to knock Alice Tornin off of her feet and blowing her toward the middle of Wonderland. She had a rough landing and skidded out of the forest and onto the outskirts of a circular stone platform. The first Alice had arrived in the House of the Joker.

[Soul Eater Evans 4,045]

Pluck.

 

A single drop of rain tapped Seul's shoulder as she walked through the empty highway. It was less of a highway, in retrospect, and more of a wheat field with a single red brick road.

 

Pluck.

 

A tilt of the head upwards revealed the skies were clear, not a single cloud in sight.

 

Pluck.

 

A charming revelation.

 

"Dammit. Here we go, again." she moaned, nodding her head.

 

With the snap of her fingers, which was purely for aesthetics, a swarm of Najas enveloped her arms. Unexpected things happened at unexpected times, a lesson learned from past experiences. Better to be safe, than sorry.

 

She skipped faster toward her destination, but no matter how fast she moved, she found herself in the exact same spot, in the exact same location.

 

Pluck.

 

With the exact same raindrop. 

[Lady Aleister 1,677]

(....SIKOTA DID THE WIND JUST DRAG ME TO THIS PLACE?)

[Sikota Urinakano 876]

(Yes)

[NatronSpore 92]

Harth leaped the last few feet from the mountain pass to the wide stone circle he now saw. This must be the House of the Joker, he thought. Other Alices would be here soon. . . Harth licked his lips. He pressed his hands together so the two diamonds imprinted on them touched, and when he opened them, a single metal diamond floated in the air. Then there were two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, sixty-four, one-hundred-twenty-eight, two-hundred-fifty-six diamonds. They followed Harth as he strode onto the circle.

 

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Grantham saw the end of the path up ahead, and a stone circle beyond. He took his shield off his back and strapped it onto his left arm. Proceeding shield-first, Grantham crept onto the circle.

[Lady Aleister 1,677]

"Ouch...." Alice complaint.

"What is going on...?" she asked herself, standing up.

Where exactly was she? Why were there other people arriving here? She'd just have to figure it out. 

[Soul Eater Evans 4,045]

"This.... is stupid."

 

There she was, standing arms-crossed waist-length in rain. Or was it a flood. The girl couldn't even tell anymore. All she knew was she'd been running in the same spot for the past hour, while being pelted by candy drops. Or was it rain. Her attention span faded away long ago.

 

"Well.... at least I'm not dead yet." Seul muttered.

 

Did she just say that aloud?  What was the difference? It's not like she was paying any attention to the surroundings.

 

Who could've guessed the flood was actually moving her toward her destination? Or that the wheat fields were replaced by stone. Or that she was about to bump int-

 

"Nyaaa!"

 

Widening her eyes, the bordeline-clueless child stared blankly at what she was sitting on. A 16 year old girl, wearing lolita-fashion clothes. Seul herself was wearing a large crimson sweather, and now she felt jealous.

 

"Sorry about that," Seul uttered, in absolute envy of the stranger before her. She scanned the girl, admiring, well, just everything about her

"I'm searching for the 'House of Joker'. My name is Ali-"

 

The train of thought hit the station.

 

This was her competition.

 

Maybe when she killed her, she'd loot the blouse. The blouse was very pretty.

[anime627 2]

Sharpetto sat at the base of a tree. After a long walk, his strings were getting very dry and fragile, so he needed a minute to rewet and retighten the strings. As he sat, he could here the sounds of the wind brushing against the trees. The sounds of the animals coincided with the plucking of his strings. He smiled peacefully, placing his violin back in the case. "It's times like these that I wish the sound of death wasn't filling my ears."

[NatronSpore 92]

(The insanity!)

[Lady Aleister 1,677]

"This.... is stupid."There she was, standing arms-crossed waist-length in rain. Or was it a flood. The girl couldn't even tell anymore. All she knew was she'd been running in the same spot for the past hour, while being pelted by candy drops. Or was it rain. Her attention span faded away long ago."Well.... at least I'm not dead yet." Seul muttered.Did she just say that aloud? What was the difference? It's not like she was paying any attention to the surroundings.Who could've guessed the flood was actually moving her toward her destination? Or that the wheat fields were replaced by stone. Or that she was about to bump int-"Nyaaa!"Widening her eyes, the bordeline-clueless child stared blankly at what she was sitting on. A 16 year old girl, wearing lolita-fashion clothes. Seul herself was wearing a large crimson sweather, and now she felt jealous."Sorry about that," Seul uttered, in absolute envy of the stranger before her. She scanned the girl, admiring, well, just everything about her"I'm searching for the 'House of Joker'. My name is Ali-"The train of thought hit the station.This was her competition.Maybe when she killed her, she'd loot the blouse. The blouse was very pretty.

"House is the Joker huh.....?" Alice questioned. "It's okay by the way. I've had worse falls. I about fell out of a tree today then the wind dragged me here....very confusing..." She said. "You can call me Tornin by the way." Alice said with a smile. She she wasn't the only one. This made her a bit upset. "What about you, what's your name?" She asked. Edited November 18, 2013 by Neko-chan

[Soul Eater Evans 4,045]

The dark child smiled."You can call me Seul, that's S-e-u-l."She placed her hands behind her back nonchalantly as she skipped toward the House."I do hope we'll be friends for a long time." her voice sweet, yet devious.Seul truly did hope they'd be friends for a while.

[Arya Stark 1,337]

Mors was hiding in some shadows on the edge of her highway. People had begun to arrive in the clearing. She thought about how the people here had the same name as she, Alice, and ow she may have to go by her last name. 'Calling someone Mors doesn't seem quite right though...' she thought to herself. 'I think I will just shorten my name to Ali.' Ali it was. Now that she knew what to call herself, Ali wanted to have some fun. Her gift allowed for that after all. Sure, it could easily be used for combat, but Ali preferred to mess around. Ali teleported into Seul's shadow, and whispered into her ear, breathing on her neck, "So do I," Her voice was merely a whisper, nothing more, but her breath would tickle ever so slightly. Ali teleported away into Grantham's shadow, and shoved him forward, hopefully sending him sprawling into the circle. The silver Alice quickly teleported away, to some distant shadows, and let out bloodcurdling laugh. Ali smiled deviously. It was good to let the demon out on occasion.

[Sikota Urinakano 876]

Schnee finally emerged from sand onto stone. He formed several snowflakes over his palm. He smirked as he crushed them and the ice enveloped his entire hand. He wiped the sweat off of his face and cooled himself down. The ice shattered, but floated around his hand as a multitude if razor sharp crystals. Schnee looked up to see a cute little girl in red standing in the middle of the House. He smiled again, throwing the lethal projectiles in her direction.

[NatronSpore 92]

Grantham stumbled as he was pushed from behind, but quickly regained his balance. What un-chivalrous individual would do such a thing? Grantham would find whoever, or whatever, it was that pushed him. And kill the thing. With seven blades.

 

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Harth stepped into the smooth stone. He saw one person on the far side of the House, throwing something at a girl in the center. Harth would let them fight. One less, or maybe two less, people to deal with in the end. Harth sat down with legs crossed to watch from afar.