Wonderland: Final Day

[wonderlandian]

[When the time comes for Alice's trial, anyone who has come to watch will notice the cards guarding the area to the west start to stir. They seem quite alarmed about something... And in a moment, a short, ugly figure with a loud, shrieking voice makes their concerns clear.]

I am the Queen of Hearts!

[The woman glares about with her nostrils flaring. It's almost comic, really, but perhaps it's best not to laugh.]

I did not call for this trial! All of you! All of you shall lose your heads for this!

[She turns to the cards expectantly when they do not move instantly. It is a gaze that inspires fear in a number of them, and soon the guards are attacking. They aren't beheading anyone - the queen wants to watch that, after all - but they are willing to do whatever they must to capture the spectators and lock them away. Alice flees into the chaotic crowd.]

(ooc| Have at it, guys. This is the last part of the plot, and after a while, the Jabberwocky will be on the seen to make things even worse. Threads will go on until tomorrow - or, more accurately, until Crystal and I are both asleep - at which point characters will awaken with a start in their beds, back home.)

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[onlyanapple]

[Crowley's just hanging around, watching proceedings with a tub of popcorn from his seat atop a wall. He doesn't seem all that bothered with the chaos, really.

People. Always at their most entertaining when they're off their rockers]

[wonderlandian]

[The Queen of Hearts (2?) doesn't seem particularly amused with Crowley's... Amusement.]

You! Why are you just... Sitting there?

[tapshoetomove]

[Luke remembers this part of the book...

He's just gonna try bolting away as fast as his little legs can go.]

[wonderlandian]

[A three of spades is hot on his trail!]

Hey, you! Stop running!

[deductiongeek]

[This was NOT proper behavior at a trial. Conan was almost more offended by that than the sudden rushing of guards. But not so much that he doesn't try to take advantage of his small size to duck down low. Maybe they would overlook him?]

[wonderlandian]

[No such luck, Conan. :( A rather dopey-looking card finds him and makes a grab for him.]

[schrodingersghost]

[The moment the cards burst into the room Danny is leaping into the air and firing ectoplasmic rays at the ground in front of them. Maybe he could slow them down enough to let everyone else get away.]

[wonderlandian]

[When she notices Danny, the Queen calls for the cards around him to stop attacking him. Not that they were, mind you, they were very busy running away. But she seems interested in this particular person.]

You! Funny boy! What are you?

[kungfuwitch]

[The Gryphon peers at the guards, unimpressed. She hadn't been interested in the trial to begin with so CLEARLY she shouldn't be held accountable for the rest of this nonsense, right?

Her eyes raise to the queen. Really, Your Majesty?>]

[wonderlandian]

Can you believe this behavior?!

[originalcopy]

... crap.

[Because bright blue armor isn't exactly the sort of get up that lends itself to avoiding attention.]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[wonderlandian]

[A card makes to tackle him... That's gotta be an interesting thing to see.]

JABBERWOCK

[wonderlandian]

[Caught up in the ruckus and the chaos of the trial? Too distracted by the Red Queen to notice anything amiss?

Well, too bad. Because suddenly, without warning, comes a hideous roar, a burble if you will, and a very, very ugly creature suddenly flaps down into the midst of the trial, snapping its teeth and grinding its claws against each other so harshly that it almost sounds like it's dragging them down a chalkboard.]

[And before anyone even moves, it's already grabbing Wonderland natives and visitors to the trial alike, throwing some aside and crushing others in its large jaws and sharp talons.]

[This is the Jabberwock, and it is definitely not happy. Do you dare to take it on? Or shall you do your best to run from the evil gaze of its eyes of flame?]

[schrodingersghost]

[Welp, good thing there was a superhero already running around the courtroom. Danny comes charging in from above with his hands already glowing with gathered ectoplasm and gives the Jabberwock one of his best punches.]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine had only come to the trial in hopes to keep anyone from losing their heads. This wasn't in her game plans.

Staring up at the ugly dragon-thing, she lets out an annoyed breath.]

Typical.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[There are children here, children in danger, more to the point, so of course Bunnymund is here. Actually taking on the...whatever it is, is probably not his wisest of choices. He's alone, for a start, no other Guardians here. And for another his powers still aren't at full strength, he doesn't have enough believers in Paradisa yet.

But, an oath is an oath, and he's not planning on breaking it any time soon. So he'll be throwing one of his boomerangs at the Jabberwocky's head]

[originalcopy]

[if it were up to Church he'd avoid the Jabberwock like the plague. Unfortunately for him the universe seems to take great joy in using him as a plaything. What is worse, is the fact that his robotic body would make a perfect chew toy.]

Son of a bitch!

Re: JABBERWOCK

[therealrisette]

[Rise wasn't too worried about the guards on the ground. But the Jabberwock-!

She screams and flies straight for the rosebushes. She's small, maybe it won't notice her!]

[hard_talker]

[looking up, now.

and up.

and up.

and up.

and -- well -- wasn't there something in the book about croquet mallets? those are close enough to golf clubs. he'll just start looking for one]

Shitshitshit.

[thehangedrose]

Go, go, all of you, get out and save your own hides! I-it's her!!!

[Garry the White Knight has never seen the Red Queen before, but oh, has he heard stories about her.]

[The Jabberwock isn't helping things either.]

[If you're standing in one place, or just generally caught up in the ruckus, expect this guy dressed in white armor to run up to you and shake you by the shoulders, hard.]

What are you doing?! Save yourself, I mean...DO I HAVE TO SAVE YOURSELF FOR YOU??!

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Shaking someone by the shoulders is a very difficult thing to do, indeed, when the someone in question is a fairy. She tries to pry herself out of his grasp and glares at the dimwitted knight.]

That's exactly what I was trying to do when you grabbed me!

he's late because he's a tiny bug, be kind

[theabjectauthor]

[out of all this chaos, tucked away in the safe thorns of a nearby potted rose bush, drifts one, large, smoky, and yet somehow distressed-looking letter]

O.

You're only late in Wonderland if you're Tsuna!

[wonderlandian]

[The Queen, squinting, approaches the letter and prods at it.]

What is this headless nonsense?

[the_effect_she_has]

[Son of a ...Katniss hauled herself up a tree, pulling an arrow out of her quiver. She sat, poised and waited, her jaw tight.]

[Why was it always a damned fight around here?]

[wonderlandian]

[One of the cards seems to see her... Or at least, sees something.]

Hey, is that a girl?

[cyan_maid]

[Jane's been wandering in relative peace for a while. She was starting to think this place isn't so bad, if you stay away from people.

She's right. Why oh why did she move TOWARDS the commotion?]

Whoa! What's going on here?!

A whole lotta Queen up in here

[teratologist]

...Queen?

[Her head was spinning, there was no sense here at all. She was Queen..but she wasn't really. Who was the short round woman screaming like a banshee? What the bloody hell was going on here? The thought was so apt in fact that she spoke it aloud.]

What the bloody hell is going on here?

[emboldens]

[ More and more, she's wishing she had left that mirror alone. She looks rather taken aback by the shouting -- another queen? While she's defenseless, she isn't an idiot; so she's backtracking!

But she needs to find her boys so, almost frantically, she cries out amidst the chaos: ]

Merlin! Arthur.. !