Kali sat bored at the tea party. She couldn't even slouch because of the corset, but she did her best not to let that bother her. She was a lady after all. She was a lady who was engaged. Her engagement party to Balder. She was totally happy where she was. Completely. Happy. Except for inside, but she hadn't been happy there for as long as she could remember, so it didn't matter. She smiled and nodded as Balder's mother, Naomi, asked her to go on a stroll through the hedge maze with her.

"Is there something you wish to discuss with me, Madam?" Kali asked politely once they were alone.

"I just wanted to say how happy I am to see Balder marrying you," said Naomi with a animal-like smile. "Such a polite woman, and very obedient. He never wanted anything else in a woman."

Kali was use to comments like that by that point. She also knew how to give them right back. "I am a lucky woman. You must have been too considering you husband must have wanted the exact opposite." A heinous bitch.

Naomi caught her drift. He enjoyed someone who had her own mind, thank you. "He did and we are as happy as I'm sure you and Balder will be."

Happy? What's that? Kali thought darkly. Thoughts of the sort were not uncommon, but she never dared express them. "Then I'm sorry for your loss with Zachariah's passing."

She sighed. "Yes, he was a very," compliant "good husband that I will always miss. I wish you a better fortune."

"Thank you," Kali nodded. "If you'll excuse me, I must," get away from this conversation and you, "return to the party."

"Of course," Naomi nodded with an acid smile.

But as Kali walked back through the maze, a few turns out of Naomi's view, a rabbit ran by her. A very peculiar rabbit with a waistcoat saying that it was late. Kali blinked her eyes to try to clear them. Surely she was imagining this? But it was still there. Still there as, against her better judgment, she followed it through the maze. All the way to a dead end and then...it was gone. Kali walked forward slowly. Had she been imagining it? That...that must have been it. She imagined the whole thing. She should just turn and go back to the party...

Kali walked forward, all the way, right to the dead end...and then the ground dropped out below her feet.

Gabriel could sense something. Sense her... Oh but his addled brain was too far gone to care at this point. He'd been here too long, could barely remember what long was, what time was. Because well, he couldn't remember when it all started or when or how. But it didn't mater because it was teatime (it was always teatime) and it was his birthday! Or was it his unbirthday? Did it matter? Every day was a new day, a new celebration. Horray!

But today was different, he needed to think. He could never think, and he would get distracted about how he couldn't think. So he wouldn't do that! Damnit. Kali. That's what he was thinking about. Kali.

"Kali!" he exclaimed to the others at the table. It was one of his few moments of clarity. He wanted more of them... but they were getting less and less frequent. When had the last one been? "I've gotta...I've gotta...Shit, what do I gotta do? Something about Kali, I had it, I had it and then it just...just poofed!" he laughed. His friends, he didn't remember their names but they were friends, right?, never liked it when he was clear like this.

Sometimes he thought if he could just get away from them and from the tea parties he'd be able to remember it again.

Maybe it was something in the tea.

But every time he thought something like that, well, thoughts stopped all together.

Kali thought she must have hit her head and was dreaming. There was no other way to explain the weird place she'd stumbled into. It was like a forest, but instead of trees there were giant blades of grass. The colours seemed surreal, like carnival rides instead of nature. It was mad! And it was...empty. It seemed like not a single creature inhabited the dreary place. This isn't how I remember it. The thought came without her permission. But that...couldn't be true. She had never been to the place before in her life!

Right as she was contemplating the strange phenomenon, she finally heard a noise. Wandering towards it she found what seemed to be a tea party, with actual people there! Maybe they would have some answers. What a relief. She strolled over despite the fact that she wanted to run (but ladies don't run, so she refrained). "Excuse me. Do you know where I am?" she asked the man at the head of the table. He seemed...oddly familiar.

"No one knows where they are!" said Gabriel cheerfully. "We tea and we drink and whatever we do, we never think." he laughed with the others. "Have some tea! It is your unbirthday, my dear, is it not? I think it might be mine, too."

Kali sat in the seat next to him, it would be rude not to, but...what? "What is an 'unbirthday'?"

"Well it's all in the grammar, you see," said the man with an insane, loopy grin that didn't fit him somehow. "It's an unbirthday. You have 364 of them a year, so celebrate!" he threw the teacup in the air and it smashed on the table, but it wasn't like it mattered as another appeared in front of him to take the destroyed one's place.

Kali jumped back a little bit. It would be rude to approach his party and then decline a drink offered, but she wanted to get out of there as fast as possible. Just a sip. Then I can excuse myself, she figured.

Kali took a sip from the full teacup in front of her (when had that gotten there?) and then...Why had she been thinking of leaving? She could feel her eyes unfocus and a matching loopy grin come onto her face as she drank more of the tea. It was delicious! She laughed loudly once she'd finished her cup. "Yes of course, three hundred and sixty four! It's a shame I have a birthday, or I could have one unbirthday more!"

A/N: Yay, new fanfiction I really don't have time to write! But am I being smart? No, I'm writing it anyway!

Just like Slaves and Monsters, this fic is biased off my RP with TrueLovesKis5. And because of aforementioned lack of time, it'll probably only go for as long as people are interested, so make sure to review. :)

(I hope that didn't come off in a 'REVIEW OR ELSE' way because I just really don't have time to waist on something people aren't reading so that's why I need to know if there's actually a point in continuing this or not okay bye)