Summary:
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A girl with a scientific mind jumps into wonderland out of curiosity ; unfortunately her game can't end because she can't be bothered with irrational things like love in fact she can´t love at all. But just how much time has really passed in the real world since Alice disappeared? Things seem to have changed a lot since then and the new foreigner is neither as naïve nor as innocent or nice and she doesn't give a damn.
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CHAPTER 1:
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It was a wonderful summer night in wonderland, night time had fallen a few minutes ago the breeze was refreshing after a hot day and there didn´t seem to be too many "negotiations" otherwise called gun fights anywhere due to an event taking place in a few days.
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That was the moment they all felt it, a sensation none of the role holders though they would feel again in their lifetimes, a pull in the clocks they had as hearts and a sort of warmness in their beings making them smile or smirk in anticipation, for a new outsider had arrived into wonderland and another game would start. Maybe this time another one of them would get to win and keep the most precious price, a loving heart.
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I woke up in the middle of a forest, quite different from where I had been a while ago, it was night-time and the weather was far better and seemed different.
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- ( Perhaps I hit my head and am hallucinating? Maybe some chemical dispersed in the air? )
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I raised my arm to check my sensor for environmental status and dangers. Maybe the report I got was false or wrong.
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If there were chemicals in the air I would be in trouble because I was wearing a field suit for urban advance and basic survival under my clothes, it was like 2 times ticker than a diver`s neoprene suit, bullet prof against small calibers in general and medium calibers over vital spots, it also posses a nice wired optical and copper wiring network inside connected to a bunch of features like a life sport status monitor and unless I decided so it was electronically undetectable. Unfortunately I didn´t have my big equipment backpack, and if there were any biological treats or heavy radiation I was just screwed; On the good side the reading was completely… clear?
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- Huh!?
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Maybe the hit broke it. It was not possible, the reading was clear, not even the normal heavy air pollution, suspended particles, or remains of acid rain, it read clean, breathable air.
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- (Maybe I shouldn´t have jumped into that deep hole, damn my curiosity. But it was a good chance, better than running away into open fields and becoming an easy target.)
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I looked around again, I could see the forest was healthy, I could even hear the noises of insects and some animals. I definitely wasn't in the of the country side anymore, I couldn´t be, the ruin of that old mansion was not there in the distance either. My GPS didn´t read anything, My secure satellital phone had no signal nor did my handheld, heck, none of my gadgets or devises found any signal, no networks, no nothing. I thought that perhaps there was an electromagnetic pulse wave or something but my gadgets were working fine, they weren´t dead, they just did not register anything more than weird statuses.
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I´ll have to check them up later, first I had to find cover before sunrise and check myself for wounds, I felt fine except for the hits I took a few days ago, but I couldn´t tell completely with my self-arranged suit on, given that it covered almost everything and I had taken care of covering the rest as needed with gloves, hat and my gas mask and bio filter, I had even use a second layer by adding on top cargo pants with an utility belt and military bullet proof vest and leather gabardine coat with hood, it was more or less bulky but still light enough and I still retained good mobility and a bunch of inventory capacity,it had already saved my life and I could even pass out for the average guy, perhaps a bit suspicious, but not so in many less than wealthy or rundown places.
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I noticed that my small camel backpack with my personal basic things was still with me even if my equipment bag wasn´t, that meant I had water and food for a day or two if I consumed only the quantities for basic sustenance, I had expected to be out for only a day or so, not to end up who knows where the hell.
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- (I guess it's a good thing that I'm paranoid and carry a "forced to run" pack with me all the time.)Better to be crazy prepared than trusty dead.
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I checked my surroundings one more time, activated my sonar and my proximity detector but found nothing, I didn´t expect to, they were designed for a stationary position on short range, no more than 25 meters and they were l amost useless while in movement, so I turned them off and headed towards a small hill in the distance, maybe I could find a cave or an abandoned building ruins or something, at least I would be able to see my surroundings from a higher position and find my next landmark to head to. I´ll just have to be careful of not meeting anyone, I'm not sure where I was or how I´d get here but you can never be too careful.
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At the clover tower:
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It was night when Grey the ex-assassin opened his boss's office to bring him more paperwork; he put the huge stack on the table next to the other pile that the incubus hadn´t started yet.
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- Nightmare sama, if you don't finish all this there is just going to be even more later. – Gray looked with annoyance at the documents and looked at Nightmare who was looking outside the window.
- But I can´t help it! A new outsider is far better than paperwork. – Nightmare pouted childishly
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Grey had to agree, he was also somewhat nervous, an outsider falling into wonderland was something quite rare, the role holders of this generation had been blessed with the chance to play the game whether they liked it or not and boy do they did, various generations could pass until a foreigner appeared, but two foreigners and during the same time? That was almost unheard of, the role holders had fallen in love with Alice due to the game, but once she choose the mad hatter the magical infatuation ended and they were out of the game as poor losers, however that didn´t stop the attraction and perhaps love that they had developed for her to remain, they still longed for her, maybe because she was an outsider the attraction was natural and unavoidable, even if she loved someone else. However a new foreigner was not only another chance to win once the new game started, it was also a way to distance themselves from their own fixation. That of course didn´t change the fact that none of them wanted to end up as losers again.
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- Youre right. I´m quite eager to meet this new foreigner, I just have to wait for her to fall asleep to see her in her dreams, and it´s already nightime – Nightmare said joyously.
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At the amusement park:
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Pierce the dorm mouse was trying to hide from Boris the Cheshire cat by running around and staying behind Gowland, the marquis owner of the amusement park, things were as hectic as always and Gowland was about to shoot both with his shotgun when they felt it, a new foreigner had arrived at wonderland.
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They immediately ceased and looked at each other. Pierce´s eyes were bright with glee, Gowland leaved to order a room prepared for the new outsider because she would surely want to stay at the amusement park, Boris was gone since he used a door to teleport away and be the first one to greet the new foreigner, he wasn´t going to be bested this time and being the first one to meet her would surely give him at advantage over the other role holders.
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At hearts castle:
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Vivaldi the queen of hearts was in court session ordering beheadings for petty crimes with the Albino Bunny prime minister at her left and the king of hearts at her right. She was about to order another decapitation when she stopped, smiled and got up from her seat with elegance.
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- We pardon all this offenders for this we deem a good day! – She said and went away followed by the prime minister and the king, leaving behind her confused but relieved faceless subjects.
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At the hatter's mansion:
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Elliot March, second in command of the "hatters" mafia was scolding the Tweedle twins, the resident guards who hadn´t been guarding at all , although it was probably an excuse to get a bit away from the erotic noises that his sensible ears had heard coming from his boss´s and the resident foreigner´s bedroom. He stopped his rambling and perked when he felt it, a new foreigner. He regained his attention on the twins, but they weren´t there anymore.
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Meanwhile at the mafia´s boss bedroom…
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- Blood… why did you stopped? – whined Alice.
- I just wanted to appreciate you… now let´s continue – Blood said with a certain glint in his eyes that went completely unnoticed by the girl under him.
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At the clock tower:
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Julius Monroe, wonderlands mortician was, as always, fixing a clock so that it could regain life and be a person again when the door to his office opened loudly and a masked man wearing a bloodstained cloak entered carrying a bag full of bloody clocks, after leaving the bag on the desk the man took off his cloak and mask revealing himself as Ace, the knave of hearts.
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Ace stretched, cracked his neck and lay on the sofa while Julius seemed to pay him no mind, suddenly and for a moment Julius stopped his worked and furrowed his eye brows and sighted, then he continued his work.
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- Ha,ha,ha you felt that right!? – a very cheerful Ace said
- Mmhh…. Yes, I did, but it doesn´t matter – Julius said not lifting his gaze from the clock in his hands
- Ha,ha don´t be like that, you know it matters more than anything. A new game will start – Ace replied – Might as well kill her since the beginning, what do you think? – Ace said just as cheerfully.
- Whatever… – However a slight uncertainty settled in the clock master´s stomach, he knew Ace wasn´t kidding.
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At the prison and at the circus:
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Both sides of Joker felt it, the ring master and jester dubbed "White" had been directing the practice of some acrobats without nets, when he felt it he missed the cue for the performers and they fell to their dead, without a care he turned around and headed to the prison to meet "Black" his counterpart and the warden of the prison, he found the jailer in a passage with a scowl in his face.
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- Why so grumpy? I'm sure you felt it just as I – said the jester.
- That´s exactly why, you dumbass. More fuck*** problems - replied the warden.
- Ho,ho but it´ll be fun. I want to torture a bit whoever made the mistake of coming here. And don´t deny it, you are as excited as me. Foreigners are so weak, especially mentally, it should be fun – the ring master wasn´t really that exited, but he surely was curious, he wanted to toy a bit with the new foreigner as the old one would not get near the place at all, not that Alice was fun anymore, her traumas had bored them a while ago .
- And you think the role holders will let her get near us? – The warden sneered.
- She will have to come eventually, April´s season is not that far away. – White reassured.
- ThEn WeLl HaVe Our Fun – Joker said.
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Does the girl seems like the no nonsense type? well, she might or might not be, for now shes just been overly wary, if you want to picture her suit then look out for the Jaeger pilot suits from the movie "Pacific Rim" (just google PACIFIC RIM Behind The Scenes: The Pilot Suits or look for the video on youtube) or the suits from the live action "Gantz" but without the light things and then think shes wearing cargo pants and military vest on top.
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Its been a while since I wrote anything, so I hope I´m not that rusty also bear with me and please point out orthographic horrors.. err... I mean errors, please as this is not my main language.
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Also IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE MISSING BREAK LINES PLEASE TELL ME HOW!
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