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Title: Cold
Prompt: -
Summary: Diamond/Mirror, Joker/Alice. Alice shivered but it was not enough to bring back the warmth stolen from her.
Icy tendrils raced up her arms rapidly, encircling around her body like a pair of snakes seeking to encase its victim for strangulation. Alice was not really suffocating as the cold stole away her body heat, but it felt a lot like it. Teeth chattering, she turned her head as best as she could to glare at the redhead lounging near the pillar, hating that smug smirk on his face.
"W-What's the p-point in l-letting me freeze, anyways?" she managed to ground out, scowling further when he only chuckled in response. Her arms were becoming stiff, too stiff that she could only just numbly feel them. It was not long before she will become a human icicle. "D-Didn't you want me to m-make that decision? Y-You're not exactly g-giving me the time to do it, J-Joker!"
Joker snorted, crossing his arms. "Tch. What a noisy girl."
If Alice did not having more pressing matters - let's just say matters such as becoming a frozen statue - she would have honestly socked him in the face. As it were, she can't even move her hands anymore. "J-Joker!" she growled.
"Stop whining, brat. I can't help you no matter how loud you scream at me. Besides, I'm not suppose to be here anyways," the Joker shrugged, his fingers playing idly with the black cap he held loosely in his hands. A gleaming crimson eye watched as the frost gradually hardened around her legs. "I'm only here because I wanted to get a good laugh from watching you suffer for making such a stupid mistake. Nothing personal."
"S-So you're g-going to leave me to die?!"
"Tch, you'll be frozen stiff but you won't die."
"I d-don't want to be s-stuck here!" Alice cried out. "H-Help me!"
Joker yawned, tapping the whip at his belt. "Are you deaf? I told you I can't do that-"
The ice was at her neck, threatening to engulf her face. "T...The prison," she shouted frantically at him. His eye was instantly on her, glaring at her intensely. "You still need me a-alive for that r-right? I'll g-go if you h-help me!"
Like time itself was holding its breath, the ice stopped its upward ascend and the lights of the ice room dimmed and flickered unsteadily. Hands shoved casually into the pockets of his blazer, the Warden made his way towards her, the ominous clacking of his boots made her flinch.
"Are you sure you really want that?"
He loomed over her incarcerated self, leering at her like a devil himself.
She licked her chapped lips. "Yes."
Joker threw his head back and laughed.
Alice shivered but it was not enough to bring back the warmth stolen from her.
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