Cause I'm bored like that
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Chapter 4
The Caterpillar
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To the question of "what is" and "who is" everyone goes to the Caterpillar. He's a rude man, oh yes he is. The most common remarks he makes are those questioning one's existence. "Who are you?" he would say, and they would always respond with the name they were called for he can say whether it is their name or not. Mostly, he stands right. How he knew so much may be due to the mist that surrounds him. He breathes that dream mist, and everything that must be know will come to him. He knows everything that depends on the mist. The Caterpiller, however, can not comprehend the reasons of existence.
When Len first met Kaito, the Caterpillar, he was astonish. The man hardly looked at all like a caterpillar, but his job may as well resemble those of the caterpillar in Wonderland. Whatever reason, he did not expect there to be a blue haired man with a mixture of blue and purple clothing. He bore a similar design to the White Rabbit, but he carries no pocket watch or monocle; he instead carries a pipe and a fancy hat toped with antennas of a butterfly. He was just as strange as everyone else, but Wonderland is senseless to begin with.
It was decided by Chesire to meet him after the slaying of the Bandersnatch. "I don't believe that he's the one dreaming," he said, "This is someone else's nightmare, I know it," Len was still unsure, and Rui wouldn't agree with any of his words. Thus they decided to meet the Caterpillar, whom Chesire called Kaito.
"And who are you?" He asked the same question to the boy when he arrived.
"Len Kagamine, the one everyone calls 'Alice'," he answered, causing the man to frown.
"That is incorrect, young man," Kaito said, "You are not 'partly' Alice, but you not 'truly'Alice either; what you are is far beyond my range of knowledge," He answered almost every question before they were even asked; that amazed Len to far extent.
"Yes, truly remarkable Kaito," Cheshire commented as he flashed to his side. As the cat said, Kaito does hate his presence; the distress look he now has proves the statement. Rui sighs in annoyance whilst Len looks at the two, puzzled in whether he should talk Chesire away from Kaito or simply stand by and watch the madness continue to unfold.
"I thought I made it clear I never wished to see your rotten face again," The Caterpillar said with much annoyance, causing pouts and muffled laughs. He smoked and there came a blue mist from the pipe that grabbed Cheshire Cat and held him above, "You insulted me before, and I'd say if you dare do it again, I'll shred you till you are nothing but ribbons from your stripes," The thought sent many shivers down Cat's spine, but he still held on to his signature grin. It is, after all, who he is.
"You're rather mean, Kaito," he said with a pout, "Can't you take a little joke? After all, that happened many dreams ago,"
"Some dreams are never forgotten, Cheshire," Kaito replied, "Some dreams become distant memories, and will always remain there," His words reached the timid boy, and he could feel terror rising up as the blue man approached him, "You are a different case, young man. Your name is not Len, and you are not Alice. However, you are not a normal figment of fantasy like Cheshire and I,"
"How are you so sure?" Len countered, "This might as well be my dream since I'm the only one who appears to make sense anymore! This isn't the Wonderland I imagined it to be, so it might as well change into the one I was hoping for,"
"Good luck with that, stupid boy," the Caterpillar said as blew a puff of blue mist at him, "I could proof it to you, but I'm afraid 'Rui' wouldn't take too kindly of my actions. But do not dare tell me I'm wrong for I'm always right. Everyone knows that," Without warning, he stabbed the poor boy on his right arm, and as he cringed in pain a tiny black mist appeared around the tiny wound. "The soot you carry proves it. You feel pain, do you not?"
"It hurts like the bottom of hell, Mr." Len replied as the pain begun to fade to something sort of like a pinch.
"'Alice' would carry the wound, but the pain would only be as much as a tiny splinter," Kaito explained with a stern tone, "You feel extreme pain, and you carry soot; that there is enough proof to say you are not 'Alice'," With that, another blue mist surrounded him, and he vanished in the mist that soon turned gray before finally becoming the mist they call 'soot'.
"How harsh," Cheshire said with a solemn look, "And he left without saying goodbye,"
"I'm more concerned for the fact that he is not 'Alice'," Rui replied to the unhappy cat, "And moreso, Len is now left without any role in this story. I say we should kill him now since he'll be dead wait in the later future,"
"W-what?" She formed the hazy scythe, and approached the startled boy, "But w-why now, of all times?"
"I don't want anything holding me back, Len," came her answer, and she brought the scythe over her head, "Despite the short meeting, it was rather nice being with you," And an agonizing scream pierced the air.
"I still find you...
...very disappointing,"
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The manga adaption coming out for this will be different from what I first drew out. I'm also thinking about sketching a few of these characters and posting them on dA at some point. I've also been listening to some Pandora Hearts songs like:
I Swear...- The character song of Oz
Lacie- The nostalgic tone
Parallel Hearts- opening song
Truth- the 'supposed' character song for Break
Well, I'll be seeing you Wednesday. I got an unexpected day off that day!