Hey everyone- it's been a while and I felt like making another story for Joker/Clover.
Alice finished the game long ago and returned home to her world. Now years later, Wonderland and it's inhabitants are in a state of unrest. So much so that Nightmare has taken it upon himself to send Grey to the other world to bring back a girl to act the part of Alice until things settle down.
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Gray stared at his boss in a state of confusion and disbelief, his mind going over Lord Nightmare's order's again. Trying to see the sense in them, however couldn't. To the former assassin his master's order's simply made no sense whatsoever.
Just what the hell did he mean by, "I'm sending you to the other world to find a young lady to bring back to Wonderland with you to act the part of 'Alice'?"
Honestly, he knew that Wonderland had been thrown out of sorts ever since the former outsider had left them, but he hadn't known that things were so bad that they would have to seek out another outsider to take Alice's place in their world as the outsider.
Grappling with his order's and trying to think of something to say he heard his master let out a soft sigh as he propped his chin in his palm and stared at the tall dark haired man that stood before him.
He knew that the man disapproved of the 'job' that he had just given him. After all out of all of the people in Wonderland, Gray had been one of the rare few to somehow manage to keep from being romantically interested in Alice when she had been there.
Perhaps it had to do with their age difference, or perhaps it had to with the fact that Gray didn't exact feel that he could trust himself with one so innocent and trusting. Whatever the reason, he was truly the only one that Nightmare really even semi trusted to get this particular job done.
Finally managing to shake himself out of his funk, Gray stammered slightly. "I-I didn't know that things in Wonderland were so bad."
"They weren't at first, but since Alice left- things began to gradually go downhill... Every role holders sanity is hanging by a thread. Myself included, I'm afraid. And after each of us falls to madness the world will wither and die. That is why we need another outsider to help tether us and this world. It is the reason why I will be using my power to send you to the other world to find an girl suitable to our needs." Nightmare explained.
As he watched Gray's gold colored eyes seemed to stare sightlessly ahead of him for a moment before Nightmare said, "Alice's world has changed since both her arrival here and her departure. You'll have to be careful, the people there aren't quite as violent as our own... But they can be if crossed."
"W-When do I leave?"
"Soon." Nightmare said, not really wishing to distress the man any further by disclosing the fact that he would be sent a little while later- preferably during the night while he slept.
He wished he could give Gray more time to adjust to his new role, but time was very quickly slipping. As it was already he could feel the effects of the madness gripping his mind with clawed fingers that scratched and scrambled for purchase within his skull.
It won't be much longer now- He thought as he looked at Gray again and noted that the man was heading for his office door. Where upon reaching it, he paused for a moment to say over his shoulder. "Then I will go and prepare for my journey." And with that, he left as quietly as he had come.
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Gray sat on the bed in his room, looking over everything with a critical eye.
Since he had no idea how long he would be gone or much of anything else he had decided to pack everything from clothing, to a first aid kit, and even some weapons before he had straightened up his room a bit. Gold eyes flickering towards the somewhat substantial sized roll of greenery that Lord Nightmare had brought to him earlier before explaining it's purpose and then taking his leave- Gray found it just a little bit odd that he would need so much of the stuff.
Which gave him the impression that he would be gone for quite a while, a few months maybe a little longer depending on how troublesome he made his own task, before returning with some faceless young miss.
And in that time he would not only be attempting to get to know the girl, her likes, dislikes and what her life in general was like but he would also be acting as her bodyguard/babysitter while he was at it.
Looking away from the greenery that he none too subtly snatched up and stuffed in his pant's pocket, he then looked everything over again before deeming it all well enough to be left alone for the time being.
After all, it wasn't like he was a messy person to begin with. So he had no need to straighten anything up any further.
And with that knowledge firmly in mind, he relaxed slightly for the first time since this morning when he had been given his new job by Lord Nightmare and took a moment to try and think of the sort of young woman that he would be looking for. After all he needed something to go by.
Should he look for a young girl like Alice? Or would that perhaps cause issues? Perhaps he should look for a young girl with different hair and eyes. One with a more peculiar name than Alice.
Closing his eyes for a moment he tried to imagine what the miss would look like.
He liked long-ish hair on women, thought he was more fond of those with dark hair than light. So a blond was out. Red was also a nice color, though it was far from one of his favorites since it was the color of those who lived in Heart Castle. So red was a possibility, but not a certain one. He wasn't overly fond of the color brown for a woman's hair, but if the person he found had brown hair- he supposed that it'd do in a pinch.
The length should be eight a little past the shoulders or around the small of the back.
The body type of the young miss should be slender, petite, but not so slender that she would easily be broken if one of the role holders took her to their bed.
And that was another thing. Was he to search for a virgin or not? He supposed that one way or the other it didn't really matter as long as there was an outsider.
The eyes should be a lovely and entrancing color. Not blue. While some colors of blue were nice- it was such a common color that any appeal that it held quickly vanished. Green was nice. But not what he was looking for. He doubted that anyone in Alice's world had red eyes.
Though that eye color would certainly look lovely with dark hair. But then again so would teal. Violet. Emerald...ect. And before the man even realized it, he had dozed off sitting up next to his things. Which was how Nightmare found him when it was time to send him to the other world.
He just prayed that Gray could find someone and return before it was too late.