Authors Notes: The poem in this fic belongs to Agusto dos Anjos, and it's
called "The idea"
Big thanks for David for beat reading this fic, luv ya David :D
Wonderland 5 - Five O' Clock Tea
Exactly ten paces later the Slayers found Giles, wearing a huge hat, drinking his tea, around him were dozens of clocks and watches, all of them marking five o'clock.
"We found him, we found Giles" said Buffy enthusiastic. "We are finally going to find our way out of this place."
"Maybe we should try to talk to him first, before getting our hopes that high B." Faith was suspicious about how Giles would behave.
"You're right" Buffy said to her, and then addressing Giles, she said "Giles, we are lost in this place and can't find our way out, could you help us?"
"As if help was needed, you know where you are, therefore you should know how to escape it" he said a bit arrogantly. "I have better things to do with my voice, let me get back to what I was doing before you came." Giles took a drink from his tea and started to recite a poem
"Where does it come from?! From what material Come this light that over the nebula Falls the crypt with mysterious questions Like the stalactite of a cave?
Comes from the psycogenetics and high fight From the sheaf of angry molecules That, in wonderful disintegration, Deliberate, and then, wants and performs.
Comes from the encephalon that drowns together Gets next to the larynx cord Tuberculosis, subtle, minimum, rachitic
Brakes the centripetal force that ties together But, suddenly, and almost dead, dashes At the tip of the paralytic tongue"
"I like to call it The Idea. Now I'm free to speak with you. When my thoughts come I need to work fast, otherwise I'll lose it" he said a bit cheaply.
"This is obscure and dark, I liked it" Faith said. "But leave it behind, I don't know why everyone likes to suddenly say a poem or a song out of nowhere, it isn't fun, and it just make us lose time."
"As if time moved that fast" Giles pointed to the clock behind him. It was still marking five o'clock. "You can't waste time, but my dear, time is what wastes you. Before you ask another dumb question, tell me, have any of you seen Spike?" He took a small sip of his tea, and removed his glasses off in order to clean them.
"Yeah we saw him. He said he was coming over, something about a race and a tea party. Everyone is crazy here" Faith said.
"Oh! Wonderful, he'll drink his five o'clock tea with me. It's always five o'clock here, but Spike always manages to get here one hour late" Giles said and smiled.
"What's with this hat?" Buffy asked and took it off of Giles head.
"My precious, give it back, my precious." Giles ran after Buffy trying to get the hat, speaking in a raspy greedy voice. "The precious belongs to me" he snapped, grabbing the hat out of Buffy's hand. "Never take it away from me" he said with his regular angry voice.
"That really was fucked up" Faith said. "I think we should leave B, Giles is just as crazy as everybody else in here."
"Guess you're right, which way should we go though?"
"You don't need to go anywhere, stay put and you'll be on the right place. You can't follow your way, the way follows you. Just wait for it to come" Giles said admiring his own hat.
"Thanks G-man, but, we are going to find what and who?" Faith asked.
"The only way to get out of here, if that's what you really want to, is to find the White and the Red Queens, and you'll only leave if you manage to answer her riddle correctly. But the Queens won't be the ones to perform the riddle, they'll only talk to you to congratulate you after you answer it" Giles said, and turned around when he saw Spike jumping his way over to the table.
"Let's just go, staying here and listening to these two talking will cause massive brain damage" Buffy said, taking Faith's hand and walking away from Giles and Spike.
They hadn't even finished their first pace when they could see a large door, on the top of it was written in giant words "ANSWER THE RIDDLE, AND YOU MAY COME IN"
"What riddle?" Buffy asked to the door, hoping it would answer her.
"I don't think the door will answer you Buff" said Xander coming out of the shadows, dressed as a white soldier riding a red horse, holding in his left hand was a huge white shield, and in his right a large shiny sword.
TBC
Wonderland 5 - Five O' Clock Tea
Exactly ten paces later the Slayers found Giles, wearing a huge hat, drinking his tea, around him were dozens of clocks and watches, all of them marking five o'clock.
"We found him, we found Giles" said Buffy enthusiastic. "We are finally going to find our way out of this place."
"Maybe we should try to talk to him first, before getting our hopes that high B." Faith was suspicious about how Giles would behave.
"You're right" Buffy said to her, and then addressing Giles, she said "Giles, we are lost in this place and can't find our way out, could you help us?"
"As if help was needed, you know where you are, therefore you should know how to escape it" he said a bit arrogantly. "I have better things to do with my voice, let me get back to what I was doing before you came." Giles took a drink from his tea and started to recite a poem
"Where does it come from?! From what material Come this light that over the nebula Falls the crypt with mysterious questions Like the stalactite of a cave?
Comes from the psycogenetics and high fight From the sheaf of angry molecules That, in wonderful disintegration, Deliberate, and then, wants and performs.
Comes from the encephalon that drowns together Gets next to the larynx cord Tuberculosis, subtle, minimum, rachitic
Brakes the centripetal force that ties together But, suddenly, and almost dead, dashes At the tip of the paralytic tongue"
"I like to call it The Idea. Now I'm free to speak with you. When my thoughts come I need to work fast, otherwise I'll lose it" he said a bit cheaply.
"This is obscure and dark, I liked it" Faith said. "But leave it behind, I don't know why everyone likes to suddenly say a poem or a song out of nowhere, it isn't fun, and it just make us lose time."
"As if time moved that fast" Giles pointed to the clock behind him. It was still marking five o'clock. "You can't waste time, but my dear, time is what wastes you. Before you ask another dumb question, tell me, have any of you seen Spike?" He took a small sip of his tea, and removed his glasses off in order to clean them.
"Yeah we saw him. He said he was coming over, something about a race and a tea party. Everyone is crazy here" Faith said.
"Oh! Wonderful, he'll drink his five o'clock tea with me. It's always five o'clock here, but Spike always manages to get here one hour late" Giles said and smiled.
"What's with this hat?" Buffy asked and took it off of Giles head.
"My precious, give it back, my precious." Giles ran after Buffy trying to get the hat, speaking in a raspy greedy voice. "The precious belongs to me" he snapped, grabbing the hat out of Buffy's hand. "Never take it away from me" he said with his regular angry voice.
"That really was fucked up" Faith said. "I think we should leave B, Giles is just as crazy as everybody else in here."
"Guess you're right, which way should we go though?"
"You don't need to go anywhere, stay put and you'll be on the right place. You can't follow your way, the way follows you. Just wait for it to come" Giles said admiring his own hat.
"Thanks G-man, but, we are going to find what and who?" Faith asked.
"The only way to get out of here, if that's what you really want to, is to find the White and the Red Queens, and you'll only leave if you manage to answer her riddle correctly. But the Queens won't be the ones to perform the riddle, they'll only talk to you to congratulate you after you answer it" Giles said, and turned around when he saw Spike jumping his way over to the table.
"Let's just go, staying here and listening to these two talking will cause massive brain damage" Buffy said, taking Faith's hand and walking away from Giles and Spike.
They hadn't even finished their first pace when they could see a large door, on the top of it was written in giant words "ANSWER THE RIDDLE, AND YOU MAY COME IN"
"What riddle?" Buffy asked to the door, hoping it would answer her.
"I don't think the door will answer you Buff" said Xander coming out of the shadows, dressed as a white soldier riding a red horse, holding in his left hand was a huge white shield, and in his right a large shiny sword.
TBC