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CH.7: a Tea Party
My eyes were met with the most delicious looking array of food I'd ever seen! The hatter boy's were all seated around a table piled high with enough food for a feast! The twins sat next to each other, Elliot on the opposing side. Blood was seated on the end of the table, an empty chair on either side of him. All of it set up in the most gorgeous garden I had ever seen. Then I noticed it was night.
"Umm, what happened to the sun?" I gave Alice a confused look. When we entered the mansion, it had been broad daylight. She giggled. "Time is random here. Come, sit." She took the chair next to Elliot, so I sat down next to Dum. My stomach growled and I started piling the food on my plate. Alice nibbled some little sandwiches while Elliot was really putting away the carrot cake. The twins munched some cupcakes, though Blood seemed content just sipping tea.
Alice looked up from her mini-sandwiches and smiled at me. "C.J, you mentioned earlier you had a job. What is it?" Everyone perked up; it seemed they were all interested in my line of work. On normal circumstances, I don't tell people I had only just met. But I liked Alice; she was just so friendly and nice it seemed impossible to not like her. I grinned, "I'm a detective." Alice dropped her sandwich.
At first, thought I'd done something wrong. Then I saw the stars in her eyes. "Really? You're a real, live detective? I love reading detective novels, but I've always wanted to meet one! You just have to tell me all about it!" I smile sheepishly, blushing at her lavish comments. "I'm really only a novice, but I do have some stories to tell." Dee leaned forward, "Umm, what's a detective?" Alice and I exchanged looks, seeing that we were the only ones who did know.
Alice turned to the boys. "A detective is someone whose job is to find out who broke the rules and to bring them to justice. You see, in our world, it's illegal to kill people." I took my turn in the explanation. "But some people chose not to follow the rules. They'll kill someone and make it were no one knows it was them. It's my job to find out who did it, and put them behind bars." As I finished my explanation, the boys all had thoughtful looks on their faces.
Alice didn't waste any time. "C.J, please tell me about your first case." I was about to tell the story when the night sky suddenly turned blindingly bright. Blood stood up. "It seems tea time is over. I look forward to seeing you ladies again." I couldn't help but notice the particularly predatory look towards Alice. Alice turned to me, "C.J, you don't have a place to stay yet, do you?" I shook my head. I didn't think going back to the Jokers was a good idea till I'd given that damn rabbit what for. She squealed in delight. "So that means you can stay with me at Clover Tower!" I didn't object. I needed to meet the residents there anyways, and I liked the idea of living with Alice. She was already almost like the sister I never had. So, I grinned and let her take my hand again and she led us out of the mansion.
While we were walking through one of the great hallways, I found an excuse to break the silence. "The guys seemed nice. Except maybe Blood, I get this weird vibe from him." Alice's head shot up at the mafia bosses name. "Trust me, he isn't nice." Her face was twisted up in loathing. "If you don't like him, how come you go to his tea parties?" She looked down, "I like the other guys, and I don't want him to like me even less." I couldn't help but laugh. "Alice, your way too nice.
I finally mentioned the thing that had been buggin me for a while. "Alice… why didn't they know what a detective was?" They had seemed baffled by the very idea of it. Alice looked down at the tiles and slowed down a bit. "You see C.J; everyone here in Wonderland has a clock instead of a heart. When someone dies, the clock is taken to my friend Julius. He fixes the clock and another person shows up. Because everyone who dies can be replaced, no one cares or understands the value of life. Because we have hearts that can't be fixed, we're 'irreplaceable' to them." My eyes had a hard time focusing after that. Alice's explanation had left a morbid atmosphere around us. We exited the mansion and started down the path to the tower.
"So what are the guys at Clover Tower like?" Alice perked up, grateful for the change of subject. "Well, Julius is a major workaholic. I have to force him to take a break to eat. Gray can seem cold, but he's a real softie for animals. And then Nightmare" I stopped dead in my tracks. "Nightmare lives in Clover Tower?" now that I thought about it, Black did mention that. Alice gave me a startled look, and then chuckled. "So he's already visited you in your sleep? He is a dream incubus." I look at her, a new light in my eyes. "Yeah, but I've got some question I need answered, and this time he's not gonna give some cryptic bullshit." She smiled, "Then what are we waiting for?" She tightened her grip on my wrist and started running. While I could have shot up and dragged her at twice the speed, I didn't know where I was going and she did. So I let her drag me along through the forest, off to the Tower of Clover.
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