~Scene 2~ Alice in…. Another Land?
Alice & Cheshire continued on their search for the rabbit. They are now currently at the garden. Alice was more amazed of the outside of the school. While the buildings are like maze because of its ups, downs and turns, the school grounds are like that of a park. Well… that's just the grounds… but including the gardens, pools, clubs, and others… it seems like that the whole school campus is a whole island. Thinking about it made Alive tired, so they decided to take a rest.
Alice: (Sitting beside Cheshire drinking water) You sure that your brother never stays put?
Cheshire: (Nods while drinking water)
Alice: Well… with your school campus this big, our work here will be very hard.
Cheshire: Blame him for having ADHD
Alice: Chesh… how do I get out of here?
Cheshire: (Okay... just drink there! .) Wake up…. Since this is a dream…
Alice: And how do I wake myself up? I've tried pinching and hurting myself a while ago but I still won't wake up.
Cheshire: (Smiles then looks at Alice) Want me to wake you up?
Rabbi: (Enters with a pile of papers in hand, running)
Alice: Well… if you can… Can you?
Cheshire: (Slowly, his face comes near Alice's but someone interrupted. -_-)
Rabbi: (Sees Cheshire & Alice) CHESHIRE! (Cheshire stops and looks at Rabbi. Same with innocent Alice.) What are you doing?
Alice: Ah! It's Mr. Rabbit!
Rabbi: Rabbit?
Cheshire: Sheesh… you've got the worst timing ever bro…
Rabbi: Timing? Just what the hell are you thinking? This girl – is – (looks at Alice) Who are you anyway?
Alice: (Stands) I'm Alice, Mr. Rabbit.
Rabbi: What's with this Rabbit thing anyway? My name is Rabbi, there's no 'T' after my name.
Cheshire: (Hands behind head) Well if you put up our last name, there will be certainly a letter 'T' after your name, Rabbit.
Rabbi: Stay out of this CAT!
Alice: Before you start to quarrel, can I ask a question? Well… I'm already asking a question – so – why am I here?
Rabbi: I don't know either. 'Knave' just told me to get you here.
Alice: Knave? Who's Knave?
Rabbi: Our oldest brother?
Alice: Oh… and what does he need of me?
Rabbi: Uhh… (looks away Alice) that – I don't know.
Cheshire: Oh come on… Just tell her the reason. Sooner or later, she'll know anyway.
Rabbi: (runs his hand through his hair)
Cheshire: Sheesh… (faces Alice) He wants you to be his fiancée.
Alice: Oh, okay... WHAT?! I'm just fifteen!
Cheshire: And he's just seventeen! Rabbi's fifteen & I'm sixteen!
Alice: Wait – you're older than him? (To Cheshire. Cheshire nods) You look the other way around but who cares about that! Why would he do
that?! I don't even know him!
Rabbi: Well… that guy's a stalker so that should answer your question.
Alice: STALKER? I. HAVE. A. STALKER? That's unbelievable! Who would fall in love with the likes of me?
Cheshire: (Hands up) Me! Knave…. & maybe… soon… Rabbi will also.
Rabbi: Shush Chesh!
Alice: (Surprised by the sudden confession) Oh my… that's… I'm speechless… but why?
Cheshire: Well… at first, I just want to play along with my brother but when I got to know you, I started to like you…
Alice: Aww… that's… thanks… for liking me. But we just met. That feeling you're feeling now is just admiration. Maybe – we'll just start off as friends first…
Rabbi: (Rabbi the Interrupting Rabbit. Stomps his feet) Gosh… why are there so many ants here so sudden.
Alice: Oh… right. Mr. Rabbit – (Cheshire laughs)
Rabbi: Eps – let me remind you first. It's not RABBIT! It's RABBI!
Alice: Oh… sorry… Rabbi, can you lead me to this Knave?
Rabbi: Well… that's very hard to do since my schedule is full. Cheshire can do that.
Cheshire: If I can, I just have done it a while ago. I have bad luck whenever I'm with that guy. Just talking about him gives bad luck. (Then a dog barks which would startle and frighten Cheshire causing him to jump behind Alice.) See!
Alice: Please~
Rabbi: (Sigh) Alright. He's an out-of-place person. He just hides wherever he wants and he changes places from time to time but there's this one person who knows where Knave is…
Cheshire: Oi! Rabbi! You know how I hate going to that person's place!
Rabbi: I know! That's why Alice is going alone.
Alice: Alone? How 'bout you?
Rabbi: Too busy to come with you. Anyway,, the person you're visiting is a very odd one, you have to keep on asking her about where Knave is… don't also try to drink her teas, they're kind of poisonous…
Alice: Poison? Hey – is that person really that dangerous?
Rabbi: Yes she is. Now… to go to her place, you have to walk this way… (pointing to a brick road way) …straight. And if you find a hall with a big sign printed, "Tea Ceremony", that's the one.
Alice: I'm starting to fear that woman as you describe her.
Rabbi: Well… Good luck Alice.
Cheshire: Be careful!
Alice: (started to walk) Yes… I need luck and carefulness… which I think I don't have.
And so… Alice started another tour around the campus. She continued walking straight but then, the brick road that Rabbi showed her started to curve at some point and a sign saying 'This way to Tea Ceremony' with an arrow pointing straight to a forest came before her. With that, Alice became confused… She looked at the clear brick road then to the dark forest… she nodded at the decision to take the forest but someone suddenly called her.
Dee & Dum: (behind the trees) Psst…!
Alice: (Looks around) Did someone just 'psst' me?
Dee: No… no one did. (Still hiding)
Alice: Well, if no one did. Then who's this talking?
Dum: Your shadow.
Alice: Shadows don't talk.
Dee: Then… the sign.
Alice: (Giggle…) That's funny… people behind the trees.
Dum: Aissht… that's no fun! (then there appears Dee & Dum) I'm Dee…
Dee: (Glares at Dum and pinches his/her cheeks. But Dum still smiles.) No you're not, you're Dum! I'm Dee! You dummy!
Alice: Uhh… I think I can see the difference. Since you're wearing tag-names.
Dum: But you're not wearing a tag name.
Alice: Since I don't need one. Why are you wearing tags anyway?
Dee & Dum: Because we're twins!
Alice: Twins? You don't look alike…
Dee: (grumpy person) Because we're fraternal twins! That's why I'm much more beautiful/handsome (depends) than him/her.
Dum: (smiley person) Where are you going anyway?
Alice: To the 'Tea Ceremony'…
Dee & Dum: (looks at each other with shocked faces) Tea Ceremony?!
Dee: (looks at Alice) It's dangerous there! There are singing, dancing, poetry, and even ceremonies!
Dum: (does the same with Dee) And the hosts are certainly, CERTAINLY CRAZY!
Alice: I've been warned about that except that singing, dancing, poetry part. But… I need to go.
Dee & Dum: Why?
Alice: Because I need to find someone.
Dee & Dum: Who?
Alice: Someone I don't even know.
Dee & Dum: (Look at each other then back to Alice) Who are you anyway?
Alice: Uhh… Alice?
Dee & Dum: A lice? (XDD! LOL!)
Dum: That's grammar confusion. Lice is plural.
Dee: And you've got a weird name.
Alice: (pout) It's not 'A lice', it's ALICE…
Dee & Dum: Allies?
Alice: No… It's Alice! Ugh… Are you just teasing me or it's just hard explaining to you.
Dee & Dum: It's both.
Alice: Oh… so if that's it. I'm going now. (Walks away)
Dum: But the right way to 'Tea Ceremony' is this way. (Pointing to another way.)
Dee: No it's this way… (Pointing to another way from Dum's way.)
Alice: Now, you're trying to confuse me. Someone told me to go straight and I will go straight. There's also a sign here.
Dum: Well, if you say so…
Dee: But don't come crying because you're lost.
Dum: (Raise hand) Let's go Dee.
Dee: (Holds Dum's raised hand) Okay. (Looks at Alice) Be careful! (Exit leaving Alice behind)
Alice: (Looks at Dee ug Dum walking and then to the three ways that have been given to her.) Now I'm starting to get confused over what way to use. (Shouts at Dee & Dum) Way to go Dee & Dum! (Roll eyes) Now what? (Pace back & forth) Rabbit told me to go straight so I'll go straight! What those two told me doesn't matter! I'll go straight! (Step forward.) I'll go forward! (One step forward) Straight. Straight. Straight.
And so, trying to erase those confusing things in Alice's mind. She took a step forward, a step forward, a step forward & so on & so on. The forest was full of tall & dark trees, but Alice didn't mind. She kept on moving forward until she found that building that Rabbi talked off to. She smiled proud of herself.
Alice: Hah! See… straight is the right pathway!
Dee & Dum: (Appears behind Alice) What took you so long?
Alice: (Jumped in surprise and looks behind her) H...How did you get here?
Dee & Dum: We used the ways that we told you.
Dee: Been going back & forth…
Dum: … to wait for you.
Alice: You mean…?
Dee: There's no wrong path…
Dum: The straightway is just the hard & long way…
Alice: Why didn't you tell me?
Dum: Well, we did!
Dee & Dum: (Laughs) It was fun meeting you Allies! Bye! (Exit)
Alice: (Watches Dee and Dum exit... Blink-blink... Process what happened...) Seriously?!