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 Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:05 pm
Darkness laughed." You are such a child lost in the dark woods. The way you play the king is to play the pawns. They are expendable, but they are the most numerous... you play a pawn to make another pawn move, that makes a bishop move, that makes a rook move... but, my dear boy is that you make all these moves to capture one piece... " It leaned in close whispering... "Your queen. You'd give your soul to have her, would you not? Or would you give her over to a psychotic mistress, or her...." it hissed the last part to give it the dagger's twist, "her new lover."
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:00 pm
Myrine’s nose lifted towards the air. Sniffing softly she could catch a bit of scent of a cat. She wasn’t afraid considering that she and Sinope were in forms that shouldn’t be frightened at the thoughts of those kinds of beasts. They had avoided them so far or rather had caught the notice of any. Growing ever closer to the castle Myrine‘s confidence regained much of what it lost. If the king was in a bad mood, perhaps it was due to some of the royal visitors that were getting off the same ship to most likely meet with him.
“I have missed the palace,” she giggled as her fingers played with her collar. Though her cousin was clearly distracted. Swaying her thin tail side to side she delighted in the sound of the soft tinkling bells. The King had tied them on so he could always know when she was near. He didn’t like getting snuck up on, and Sinope was very good at it. Skipping after her cousin she waited as the white haired DorMouse started to ask after the DorMouse that was on her list.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:28 am
Posiedon, Gale, and Cyrillia arrived in the throne room in time to the king ask Anna “Or perhaps if you will not bow, then you will have supper with me?”
((Little puppeting, I know, but we nneeded to get them in there.))
Haven was careful, but... he let the creature come close. His advice right now was exactly what Haven needed to hear. Anger and rage flared in him at Darkness' last sentence, in it's entirety. His fist clenched and jaw tightly locked, anger seemed to fog his mind. Rage was very much like a blanket, the deeper you got in it, the harder it was to get out, especially if you struggled. Haven nodded to the creature, seeing what he meant about taking her in a different way. His current tactic wasn't working, so why not try a new way? He had to think for a moment, trying to find a key component he could use to move the bishop(Cyrillia) and rook(Random) from her side.... permanently. He remembered one of his servents having taken Random back to a bedroom--yes, he'd heard of that incident. He was bound to hear about it in his kingdom. He decided to remind the rook, that stepping too close to the king... can get a piece killed. He just needed a way to seperate them or take out Cyrillia simultaneously... but how? He had no hold over her, no chains of care and love, no restrictions from pain... Cyrillia didn't and would never harm Jeanie, but Jeanie was too loyal to Cyrillia for his means.
"Darkness, what do you know about Jeanie's mistress? And do you know a way to take her down a couple pegs?" Haven asked, hissing the word 'mistress'. If he could take down the Bishop... the rest of the pieces would fall and he would have his queen. He needed a metaphorical queen to capture his queen... and Darkness would do perfectly, if he would permit to it. If Darkness would help him, maybe he could find a way to repay the boy/creature.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:25 am
((Jeez... I'm sorry guys, I've been blanking out a lot lately...))
When Anna left him and entered the Spade castle, he reached out a gloved hand to try and stop her, but it was too late. She had entered into the foreboding place, and the gates barred shut behind her.
But more importantly, there was himself. What was wrong with him...? He retreated into a forest as he threw off his brown jacket and gloves and fell back against a tree looking at the ruby-headed rod in his hands. At his current size, it was more like a staff or longsword, his fingers barely able to close around it.
On top of all that, he suddenly had an enormous headache. Well, some sort of a headache... It was like someone was taking a club and hitting his brain at random times. It was never more than one hit at a time, and it came in random spurts. White sighed. He didn't care much about its activity, so much as his effect.
Follow Anna.
White shot to his feet, cane in his hands at the ready.
"Who's there?!"
Nothing.
"Show yourself!"
Nope.
White fell back against the tree with a desperately tired sigh, rubbing some ewariness out of one eye. The voice had been so clear, as if they were speaking directly into his rabbit ears, but... Never mind. He had no time to be mucking about wondering about things he wasn't going to be able to figure out for a long while.
He jumped back up to his feet after using a few minutes to gain his second wind, gripping the cane in both hands at the center. He was going to take a wild guess that this Anna character was the one that had introduced herself not so long ago. iF that was the case, he would have to brave into the castle and rescue her. But how...?
As if to answer her, a door fell out of nowhere with a loud thud, striking the earth right behind him. White yelped and swung around, but the cane stopped before it could hit the door. He looked inside, seeng nothing but black.
"Hello? He-- AHH!"
Something pushed him from behind, and the Rabbit himself was falling down a rabbit hole.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:30 am
Teaser saw the two mice and sat in the ever so regal way that only a cat could, a respectful distance away so as not to make them think she was in a mousing mood... in fact, even though she wore the form of a mouse hunter, her sensibilities were rather repulsed by the idea of eating one. "Hello." she purred. "It is rather pleasant to see I am not the only small furry thing on this vessel that talks."
Darkness smiled. "Quite simple... and complicated. Cyrillia is a creature that gives her loyalty to very little. In this case, Jeanie. She is also ambitious. She seeks to be Queen. What you must do is make it seem that she will hurt Jeanie in order to achieve her goal. Hurting Jeanie will hurt her and drive the wedge between them you so desperately need."
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:55 pm
((Ahh.. moving so fast >.< I'm coming! SORRY!!!))
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:07 pm
((Jeanie now.))
Jeanie stood by herself once she had been helped to her feet. She touched her throat, and stared mundanely at the blood upon her hand. There was very little, but the wound hurt ten times more as it had come from Random's hand, even being controlled by another part of.. well, him. She glanced around to see him stood before her, eyes welling up with tears. At the heart-wrenching sight before her, any anger or upset she felt melted away. Jeanie rushed forwards to hug her friend. "Do not cry my dear Random! You were not to blame." She moved to be looking directly into his eyes. "You are my friend and I would never blame you!"
((Jesta!))
Jesta shook. "No.. no.." She stared at Isabelle in disbelief. "They left me..All of them" Tears mixed with mud on her face, the rain had stopped, but her face was slowly being cleansed, the mud washed away by her salt tears. "All" She shook uncontrollably at the thought
((Alice!))
Alice flinched at his touch, "You don't understand. Never have.." Her voice was hurt, and cracking. She said no more, if he had any real feelings for her, he'd do something.. She hoped
(Josh)
Had it not been for Izzy's touch upon his shoulder, Josh would have leaped at Samore. "Not keep her happy?" He laughed, "Well. Only a hatter, eh? In case you hadn't noticed, I've got a hat. And I've got Izzy" He winked, his jokey actions merely a facade to protect them.
((Aria))
"Because we are more or less identical in everything. And we mean so much to each other that even should we fight, it could not last" She smiled at them. "We are stuck with each other, but that's just how we like it" a small giggle escaped her ruby lips
((Aaaand Myria!))
Myria watched Zack leave, a smile playing across her face now, before turning to the others in the room. She waved goodbye to Mark and Alice as they left and turned to the suddenly empty looking room. "Ace" She smiled, wandering closer. "Where have you been?"
((Finishes reading. Oh, Cyrillia has moved,.. Thanks ^^))
As 'Magenta' entered the throne room with Poseidon and Gale, she stared at the strange scene before her. The King of Spades, Azazell, Reino and a girl she did not recognise. She paused, and allowed her escorts to pass in front of her. She whispered to them, "Magenta, remember. And please.. no mention of my shape changing" She hoped to be introduced to the King properly, instead of seeming to waltz in and demand entrance.
((If there is any issue with any of that, do tell and I will edit <3))
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:26 am
Haven closed his eyes for a moment, then reopened them as a smile crossed his face. "My truely dark friend, I assume you are getting something out of this, or you would not be helping me. Let me offer you a trade. More bang for your buck... you help me achieve my queen as mine and mine alone... and you will hold all my power as your own. The only thing I ask, is Jeanie. She is my weakness, I realize this. But for once, I have something worth living for other than negating my bad emotions and satiating my taste of joy through others lives and gambling of thier emotions," he explained and analyzed in one full sweep. He needed this character to help him or his goal would be far delayed and an annoyingly long cat and mouse game.
Posiedon, knowing Rhoule and Haven didn't know yet, knew he had to introduce the new Queen of Hearts. "Rhoule, along with our other reasons for coming here, you need to be informed of a change of power... Magenta, is the new Queen of Hearts. I've handed my power over to her," he stated loudly, not caring that he interrupted Rhoule's discussion with what seemed to be a toy from the Assassin's. He actually liked interrupting the brat.
Gale was slightly shocked about the brashness of Posiedon, but it should have been foreseeable with the pirate background and all. He sighed and awaited the other reactions to come. He placed a hand on Posiedon's shouldar and glared at him slightly. "Please, King Rhoule, forgive our outspoken ex-king. He still has some old habits that need to die," he apologized. He wanted to wrangle Posiedon by his neck. They needed a good impression, not a brash one.
Gale and Posiedon had heard Cyrillia and would obey that rule.
((Zack, Hoot, and T/C will reply later.))
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:29 am
Random was still sobbing, but he held Jeanie in return."Never hurt you. Never again. Love you." His thumb went over the nick in her neck and he gazed at it a moment before returning his look back to her. "Want to see world with you. Colors better with you."
Darkness emitted a short barking laugh. "What I'm getting out of this? Entropy, my dear friend. Chaos for its own sake. A self perpetuating cosmos of strife and randomness. Sturm und drang. Your emotions are your own, I have no part in that. But if getting you what you want upsets the balance..." It grinned dreamily,"...then by all means, I will get you your Jeanie. Surely she is worth a bit of upheaval in the kingdoms? It seems to me that she is worth freeing from her bonds of servitude, liberating her to be yours and yours alone. And it will do me great pleasure to see her mistress in torment, a queen with an empty throne."
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:21 am
Jeanie nodded carefully, "Friends forever" She grinned at him, "Paint the world new colours!" Jeanie giggled and took his hand. "Shall we find Master?" She questioned, wanting them all to be together again
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:46 pm
It was the blonde that saw the cat first. Her ear twitching slightly as she watched the cat pose. Sinope’s memories of cats were never very pleasant. While in the king’s service she was placed in a glass chamber with a hungry cat. Rhoule would watch her run and try to escape the cat for amusement. She started to shrink away to grab Myrine’s sleeve, but when the cat stopped a respectful distance away so did Sinope’s hand. Tilting her head softly she heard the animal speak. This delighted the girl since she had found talking animals rarely ate other talking animals.
“Well, hello there Miss Cat,” she said as she gave a court worthy curtsey. Squatting with her hands on her knees, she smiled. “It is always nice to see other talking creatures about.” She was very polite and while her cousin was busy talking to others, Sinope was glad for a distraction that didn't take her farm from her cousin's side.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:08 am
Haven nodded to the round-about agreement. Darkness would get Jeanie for him, until then, he had to wait it out and prevent himself from sending too many riptides that direction. He looked to the door before he began to walk towards it, he needed to get back to the meeting. "Coming to the meeting or off to work?" he asked Darkness, not turning around, since Darkness was the only one he could be talking to.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:49 am
Random smiled as her took her hand. "We find. Be all together again. All puzzle put together. Time reverse, broken cup put back together again." He walked with her, curiously looking about the new port of call from the deck of the ship. "Is nice." He tilted his head oddly, brow furrowing. "Need new hat."
Teaser inclined her head as a curtsey was rather difficult to do in this form. "A pleasure to meet you, I'm sure." Her tone was very proper and seductive, the kind of voice one might expect from a cat, but it also held the slight tone of a mentor, one who was used to advising and teaching. "My name is Teaser, and I'm afraid I'm a little bit lost."
Drakness tapped its chin with one long finger. "Attending this meeting will be part of the work. You may not see me, but I will be hanging on every word said." It tittered. "Then we'll see what I will be hanging in the near future."
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:18 pm
((What a horrible time to have the internet gone from me. You guys had all the fun with out me. Ok so not too much fun. I'll have to post tomorrow.))
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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:54 am
Isabelle shook her head. "No they didn't. The house is tricky and strange. Ace and Alice probably couldn't find the right door, it happens you know." She giggled, remembering her own problems with finding her way though the house. She took the girls hands into her own and noticed the ring. "Oh! Is this what I think it is? I think I know a way to find everyone and to make you feel better. Lets go get you washed up and I'll tell you my plan on the way there. Ok?"
Ly was a bit uncomfortable. Didn't understand what? Girls were so confusing. Still he decided that what Alice needed most was a hug. So he wrapped his arms around her. "Alice I don't understand because you won't explain it to me. Maybe then I'll get it."
Izzy looked over to Lizzy but the girl was gone. So much for getting the girl to help them. She let her hand slip from Josh's shoulder, instead entranced by a shimmering light just off to the side of the forest. Neither of the guys noticed of course but everytime Samore argued and advanced, the light started to take on the shape of a door. But everytime Josh tried to diffuse the situation the door started disappearing. To Izzy that could only mean one thing. The two of them were going to have to duke it out.
Samore could not stand Josh's bright and jokey actions. They pissed him off even more. "I challange you, Josh, to a Hatter duel. Let us see who is the best Hatter then." Samore knew he would win because he was a Hatter and Josh was not. He could not loose at his own game.
Ace had been scanning the crowd for Jesta, only to find her not there. He turned his face to Myria. "Unfortuantely I do not know. It was quite an adventure I'll tell you that." He pause as if unsure of how to continue before asking, "Where is Jesta? I thought she was here."
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