"Emma! Get your lazy ass up and out of bed, NOW!"
The voice made Emma jump and almost want to hide. Startled as she was, she looked up at the source of the voice... An angry Gina, looking over at her with a deep scowl covering her face like a mask. What had happened while she was napping? and really... how long had she been napping? she looked outside, seeing that the time now had changed to evening... The time Queen Vivaldi usually enjoyed her tea. Oh! Right! The queen had wanted her for tea, right? Well, now she felt like an idiot, rubbing her eyes as she got up out of the bed, completely ignoring Gina who had, even through her friend's extensive drowsiness, expected the girl to listen to her.
To say the least, things had not been going Gina's way since her little split with Emma earlier at the mansion, at it in truth was really starting to get to the girl. Chelsea, after pretty much taking rein of the hatter mansion in Blood's apparent absence while he was off doing work in some other territory, had decided that it was only her duty, right, and responsibility to herself to throw out every singer female member of staff from the mansion. Or well, any female to be exact. Nobody was safe from that damn weeaboo's idiocy. The twins saw chelsea's temporary rein over the mansion as the perfect opurtunity to give the Hare some much needed torment, and for once, they were having fun doing their job! Nobody in, nobody out. Well, except for the boss. But Gina had been thrown out with the help of the cooperating twins long before he arrived back...
Well, she soon after ran into the country's prime-Minister, and got escorted, flaming with anger as she was, back to the palace. At least it was a place to stay, and Damn, it was pretty luxurious too! But Hell! She was being treated as only slightly higher than one of those Faceless chicks! The Queen hadn't spared her more than a look, besides when she had told her to "Fetch her Lady-ship" from her quarters. She asked why Peter couldn't, But Peter was nowhere to be found. So, apparently, Gina was no more than a substitute for that ryming, Four eyed, Rabbit eared, Freak! Oh how it made her furious!
"Next time I lay my eyes on that Weeaboo, I'm going hunting!" She growled, grabbing Emma's hand and squeezing it harder than any hand should ever be squeezed. "And don't expect me to go easy on the Brat!" she continued as she dragged Emma through the halls of the palace, out to a rose filled patio, where the queen sat, listening almost in a seeming Daze, listening to Mitchell like she had for started to only a few hours earlier. The sight made Gina almost curdle in rage once more as she took her seat, and the queen noticed the existence of someone other than her precious little advisor boy.
"Ah, Lady Emma. We have been awaiting you for a long while now, we trust you are enjoying your personal quarters?" she motioned for the girl to take a seat, and after looking over to gina once more, who merely gave a bored and angry wave of her hand to sort of say Ya, whatever, do what you want. She certainly still was unamused. Emma gave an apologetic smile to her friend, taking her seat next to the queen. She must have visualy tensed up in her presence, not used to being in the presence of such a... Glorious, strong and magnificent woman. So strong, powerful... She really felt as though she couldn't afford one bit to slip up here...
"Uh, um... Well, I... I apologize your highness, for my tardiness," She said nervously as she sat. Alright, sit tall, smile politely, Graceful! You've got it! She so didn't have it. And she knew it, but it was worth a shot, was it not?
"Calm yourself," The queen gave a slight laugh. "Relax, we would not dare to punish you for something such as that after a long journey... Now, if it was the Rabbit, then it would be a different story young lady," She motioned for Gina to pour the group some more tea, but after pretending to ignore, with a sour look on her face, the queen gave that request to the guard standing in the corner, who did so quickly as ordered. The tension at the other end of the table where Gina sat was almost tangible, it was like a dark aura emitting itself over the others, though if asked to leave, she probably wouldn't move either.
"O-Oh! I-I'm sorry your highness!" Emma almost panicked, before sipping her tea gratefully, feeling its relaxing effects creep in. "So... I see you and Mitchell are getting along well..." She blinked looking from Mitch to Gina, and back to the Queen.
"Yes, he has been quite interesting to listen to. We rarely get this much amusement out of one person... His opinions are more extreme than those of our Alice, and really it is quite surprising for us. Are all people in your world of the same opinions of this young man?" She looked at the outsider in-front of her in wonder, she had only before seen one before this group, that being Alice. Alice, who stayed at the tower, and rarely came for visits due to the idiot they had as a prime minister.
"Ah, well... No. You see, most are closer to Alice's opinions... and really people from our world can land on either side of those things..." Emma tried to explain. "Like, theres Mitch, than me, and then Alice, and way on the other side theres someone say, like Gina," She laughed kindly, as Gina, sitting at the other end of the table was yelling at one of the guards to bring her a thick, barbecued stake, so rare that it was almost still mooing.
"So, that is what the other outsider girl's name is. We have been pondering such a question since we spotted her with the rabbit..." The Queen blinked, taking in what Emma had said. "So, you said you don't go as far as your friend. Where exactly do you lay on this scale?" The queen asked curiously, though still retaining her queenly presence.
"Uhm, Well... A lot closer to Alice, really... Its hard to explain..." She pondered it, but out of the corner of her eye, spotting a flash of Pink fluff passing through the garden. Her eyes followed it around her as it moves, and she realized what it was! "Boris!" She cried out excitedly, standing up and seeing the pink fluff freeze for a moment before it sped up. Without warning, she took this as her leave. Now, This was her chance! She had to catch him! Amusement park here she came!