video - open to both courts, backdated to the 20th

[digophelia]

I need a broom.

[ Some crunching can be heard. It's late, there's not going to be much of an explanation here, other than Alice's hands look very bad, in bruises and cuts. She continues on like it's nothing. She looks up to the imp and frowns. ]

Or a dustpan. I know this is a pain without a lantern, I'm sorry. Use a handkerchief so you don't cut yourself, alright?

[ Sometimes she feels bad for this imp. Alice goes up to cleaning broken shards of glass, ever so carefully, using a basket as means to pick up pieces. With a huff, more to herself- ]

This is the last time I ever-

[ She stops, of course, to notice the locket is open and shoots a look up to the imp. ]

Don't even think about it. I'm not in the mood for this, it was an accident.

[ With a mutter, Alice's hand goes over it and the locket is promptly clamped shut. Should anyone ask, she'll shift it to voice after getting the rest of the mirror cleaned up. ]

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[digophelia]

[ A very soft laugh manages to escape Alice's lips. No, they didn't agree often; it feels strange and yet, it can content her, for now. Alice has to wipe away a small tear that threatened the corner of her eye with bruised hand. ]

It's not an insult, it's... Well. It is not the first time I've been held against my will. After this, I thought it would be nothing! And Renyard, well- as much as he was a monster, as much as he spoke about these rocks being a commodity, there are worse men. It should be something that shouldn't hurt as much.

[ But it does, it hurt a lot. It broke her sense of security. And now the red queen and Queensland was coiling in her mind. There is really no point in hiding her blood lust with Lancelot as far as she's concerned. ]

So now things won't be the same. I only wish I could have gone, too, so that I could have returned the favor for what he did.

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[of_the_lake]

That would be a waste of your wishes, Alice. Spend them on something more worthwhile.

[Alice's pain was understood. It was deep and traumatic and by far, one of the reasons why Lancelot pursued Reynard so furiously, but he knew that it was still a small pool to draw from.]

The world creates monsters on a daily basis. Though Reynard's death was a necessity, he is a mass-production of a beast that is otherwise timeless.

Direct your gaze forward, Alice. There will be more monsters and with them, you may enact justice.

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[digophelia]

You shouldn't encourage me. [ It's a breathy response that could easily border on a laugh. ] That isn't a question of it happening, it's when.

There will always be worse man than Reynard, even his next of kin.