Marisa slowly walked up to Alice's house. It was the next day and she hoped that the blond haired witch calmed down. "Alice...you alright~ze?" She asked, knocking on the door. It creaked open. "I'm comin' in then." Marisa said, walking inside and looking around. Nothing, like last time. "Yo Alice?" Marisa asked as she looked around. She jumped back as a doll hovered out from a side room and stopped right in front of her face. "AH!..oh you scared me Shanghai." Marisa chuckled, seeing the doll tilt her head. "...your not Shanghai?" Marisa asked. She spun the doll around, seeing that the sewing patterns and stitching were different, more quickly done and sloppy, nothing like Alice would do now. "Who are you and what did Alice do with Shanghai?"
"Warsaw!" Alice called, seeing the Shanghai-look-alike spin around and quickly fly back to the doll master and the three other, now revived dolls. "Hey Marisa. I seen you met the new dolls, or should I say, the first dolls." Alice said.
"First dolls?" Marisa asked. "Shanghai and Hourai weren't your first?"
"Nope." Alice said. She pointed to the green clad Berlin, and the maid-like Bastille. "Berlin and Bastille were my first two dolls ever made. Berlin was made for combat, but Bastille was made for helping out around the house." Alice smiled. "Berlin, Venice, Bastille, Warsaw, this is my friend, Marisa." She said, each doll staring at Marisa, each holding a unique look that gave Marisa the chills.
"Uh...hiya~ze" She said, nervously. "When did ya find them?"
"When you barged in and tangled the strings, they got tangled at the top of the chords, so I had to fly up and untangle them, and I found these four." Alice said. "I'm shocked I forgot about them. I thought I'd always remember these four."
"Huh..I see...so, these were your first ever dolls. How long did it take to make these?" Marisa asked, sitting down, Bastille flying over and taking off Marisa's witch hat and putting it on the table nearby.
Alice smiled. "Still working the same way. And to answer your question...it took years for each doll. Warsaw was the basis for Shanghai. You mixed the two up pretty quickly." the puppeteer giggled. "But, I had fun doing this, even though the switch from fairies to dolls was very hard."
"...Fairies?" Marisa said to herself. She got a slight shock. "When she was under Shinki's care! She used Fairies to fight!"she said to herself still. "How long did the switch take?"
Alice's smile slowly dropped. "Uhm..it was a few years after...yea.." She said, trailing off. Bastille and Venice quickly flew over to their master, trying to cheer her up.
Marisa bit her lip. "Dammit.." She muttered. "I..didn't mean it that way. Uhm..how long after did Shanghai come along?" the blond witch asked, quickly trying to change the subject.
Alice looked up. "About a few years after I made these four." she started. "I needed stronger dolls, mainly when that Scarlet Mist came, so I used that time to make these dolls, and, after some time, Berlin and Venice weren't strong enough for the new fighting going on, so Shanghai, Hourai, and Holland came by and replaced them. I meant to upgrade them, but I guess I forgot."
The blond haired witch nodded. "I see..well, now you can work on them right?" Marisa said.
"I guess, but I don't think I will. I mean, I could use them for the house, but they're not ready for today's combat, plus they're old and their inner workings aren't up to date with my puppets, so I'd need to work even more on them to get them ready." Alice replied.
"Ooohhh, I see. Well..you could always do it little by little." Marisa said.
"Eh..I guess your right." the puppeteer replied. "But then I'd have to use them for fighting if anything, and I don't wanna do that. I don't remember their schematics, so I want these four in the best of condition, too."
"Well, just give 'um a tune up then and keep them in the house. I bet they'd like that. Be active and feelin' great."
Alice looked at her dolls, seeing them all smile at the witch's idea. "Well, I guess that's the plan then."
