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 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:05 pm
"Well aren't you a heartless older brother?" Ten said with a laugh. "I thought you would be more concerned about the dangers in the world, or the perverts she could come across! I wouldn't be surprised if one took her maidenhood already, being the pretty little flower she is!" she then said, if only to try and tease Jack.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:33 pm
Victor glanced at Ven. He could see the fire in his narrow green eyes, the passion and desire to murder every last Suit. Lucian Vendette had his reasons too, reasons that Victor hadn't entirely understood, but it was that fire that made him smile. Ven was strong, not just because of his body build. It was the words he spoke, the words of a fighter, a warrior of a personal battle.
"Yes," Victor finally said, "I'm taking Ven with me. He's the newest of the resistance and certainly needs my guidance. He seems strong, but he needs to stick by me until he's gotten his feet wet."
Siyu glanced in the direction of the voice. He narrowed his blood-red eyes at the Ace of Clubs. Something about her face sent chills down his spine. She seemed lost. Her mind seemed to be elsewhere. Her eyes were heavy and she walked with a slight stagger. Something was certainly not right with her.
"Ace of Clubs," Siyu muttered, "What are you doing here?"
"The Joker!" Lewis cheered, holding his hidden hands out as if awaiting an embrace. "My, it's been a while since we have spoken face-to-face, hasn't it?"
Lewis flashed the Joker his usual pointed, yellow-toothed grin. "Ah, the man that brings forth death talking with the man that retrieves death's kissed victims." The undertaker sighed happily, getting to his feet with a stagger. "How lovely, isn't it? Now, my friend," Lewis limped slowly to the Joker, "Why are you speaking to the Jack of Diamonds, if you don't mind me asking? Is he to be executed?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:49 pm
Amy crawled further, heading towards an entrance. "Shall we enter this hallway, or just drop the bomb?"
The Joker put a mischievous arm around the Undertaker, patting his old aquaintance's back heartily.
"As much as I want to do it myself, I am afraid maybe Death herself might just do the job...and that is why I came to Jack...to let him know that he will be taken soon." the Joker chuckled. "And...I came to deliver a slight warning to him...that is all." he smirked, knowing that the Jack of Diamonds won't be around for long.
I am just a neutral, observing the things that are happening around Wonderland, but I can't help but to notice that Jack has gotten a little too cocky in his role...and that is his weakness...Wonderland can't have a ruler like that, can it now?
"How are you doing, Lewis? It has been so long...it's almost nostalgic..." the Joker asked, deviating to another subject, wishing to forget the matter concerning the Jack of Diamonds.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:59 pm
Matt said, "Let's enter the hallway, and see if there is anyone who will be killed right away..." His blue eyes were dark with hate. His voice was almost giddy.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:36 pm
"Very well" Nobody said taking out his silver pocket watch, 12:20 it read "We should try to make the explosions simultane for better chances at escaping" he said then looking up at the way the still had t walk in different paths now "Try to do it no later than 12:35 and be sure to get as far away as you can within the 10 seconds it takes for it to activate" he said placing the pocket watch back in it's place before starting to walk to the northerner entrance, after a couple steps he turned his head and smiled at the two man at his back "Good luck gentlemen" he said before turning around and continuing his own path.
Elizabeth looked at the dark figure of the castle not so far away before turning her attention back to the boys in front of her, he memory was almost fully back up as far as the ZIP would allow but she could not easy her nerves down "Well, it has been a peculiar day" she said as a reasoning more to herself than as an answer to the boys "I had my memory erased this morning and I'm still a bit out of it, please excuse me" she said pulling a hand to her head but not moving from her spot.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:50 pm
Shinsei nodded in agreement to the Ace's statement. "Indeed it has been...I fear something is going to happen..." he said, pondering his mission.
"Alright, but do not-I repeat-do not turn right on the second hallway...that leads to the execution chambers. There is a high chance that the Joker might not be there as he is always up and about, but we'd rather not take that risk right now..." Amy said, handing Matt and Henry an explosive.She slowly lifted the small door above her, eyes roaming for any signs of suits, palace employess or civilians that could hinder their path.
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:23 pm
Henry took the bomb wearily, while Matt took his in excitement. His eyes burned with pure hate. His teeth seemed to sharpen as he smiled his manic smile. His red hair was everywhere. "Let's go kill some suits...." he said, chuckling to himself.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:08 pm
Amy swiftly lifted the door quietly and hoisted herself up on the hallway, landing on the marble floor. She saw that the Joker's quarters was open, which means he's not there.
She motioned for Matt and Henry to follow and hide near the pillars.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:41 pm
((Elizabeth will be on pause for a bit))
Ace of diamonds followed the tracks left by the Ace of hearts until he came across the looking glass, now things complicated a bit, it seemed like there had been a meeting and there was two tracks to follow now... Ace of diamonds thought for a moment,one of them leaded to the southwest... what was on the southwest? nothing that he knew about, the other one lead to the castle if you only walked long enough, if there had been a meeting there had to be a plan to execute soon and the Ace of hearts would be surely involved on it, so the most probable place for him to be at would be the front lines, he was a troublemaker after all, he would be on the middle of it all.
Ace of diamonds saw the frame of a small child as he want about something in the rose garden, the one that leas to the northern entrance, the figure was too silent and careful not to arouse suspicion but there where no sings of Ace of hearts so he cursed mentally and hurried to the other side of the castle, not really caring about what was going on... he half ran to the place he knew the second road lead to while taking the gun out of his holster already, even if the Ace of hearts was not there he was certainly shooting someone tonight
Nobody made his way to the entrance, he took out the watch and looked at it, 12:30 it read, so he waited a couple minutes, but he was to anxious and after what seemed like an eternity he took out his clock once more for it to just read 12:32... there where still 3 minutes to go but the nerves and the stress where too much , he would need to execute the plan already and hope for caterpillar and Ven to be where they where meant to be already.
Nobody counted 3 steps and set the explosive under a column,so that the explosion would make the most damage on the first blow, when he was sure the explosive was steady on it's place he pressed the red button and then set to run as far as he could, not caring about discretion anymore, he didn't even noticed the presence of a man heading for the entrance where caterpillar and Ven should be by now... it wouldn't do good to be standing too close at the moment of the explosion.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:02 pm
Matt and Henry followed Amy's lead. They ducked around coners, watching, waiting for the right moment. The time was almost here.
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:54 pm
((mmm... so no one wants to make the explosion? oh well~ I'll do it XD))
....10....
"Never smile at a crocodile...
....9......
No, you can't get friendly with a crocodile
....8......
Don't be taken in by his welcome grin...
....7......
He's imagining how well you'd fit within his skin"
....6......
the small voice of the Eight of spades could be heard as barely something more than a whisper, he had not fallen asleep again since his nightmare, the darkness of the room was scary but it was even scarier to think he might dream about the past, so somehow he ended up singing a nursery rhyme he despised "Never smile at a crocodile..."
....5......
he said more than sang "Never dip your hat and stop to talk awhile
....4......
Never run, walk away
....3......
say good-night, not good-day...
....2......
Clear the aisle but never smile at Mister Crocodile...
....1......
You may... you may very well..."
....0......
Eight's head suddenly fell to his chest, soon after he felt a small vibration and raised his head again a bit shocked, when he did it, it was with such force it hit the wall he was using to get support, he was seated in a corner of the room, which corner? he knew not, in this horrible place you loose sight of direction, specially if you decide to fall asleep, he regretted falling asleep, he regretted not handling the body of the hatter in the appropriate manner, he regretted no begging the Jack of diamonds to forgive him, or the Jack of spades, or anyone, but there was not much he could do about it now, as eight rubbed the back of his head his hand bruised the wall, it was such a cold wall, probably the room was made of some kind of isolating materials that kept it this cold, he also noticed he hadn't heard a thing from the outside since he entered the room, it was a strange structure, he remembered hearing the screams of other suits that had been locked in there before, the Ace of hearts the most recent, yet he could not hear anything from the outside now, and the place was so...empty, it was an abnormal quietness and darkness, not even a crack at the door, the ventilation system was most likely linked to the outside so he could try to get out if he wanted to.
Eight shook his head at this last idea, if he tried to scape it would only result in a greater punishment, surely there was a way to survive this madness, but he had ran out of ideas a while back, sleeping was not good because he had nightmares and of the cigars he carried not even the smoke remained... not even the smoke... but there was this smoky smell tingling his nose now, a burnt smell, how long ago had it started? not more than a couple seconds ago...this burnt smell, was he hallucinating once more? ah but it was different from the one of his cigars... more like ashes, a smile crossed his lips as he whispered the familiar rhyme:
Ring-a-ring o' rosie,
A pocket full of posies,
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down
yes, someday they would all fall down, but for now he just needed to survive the room, now... where could Josephine be?
Nobody had gotten to the gates of the castle faster than ever before, the garden had been nothing but a blur until he stopped and looked back... There was a great explosion... the column had collapsed and the unsupported weight brought down more than half of the structure at the northern part of the building, the flames now rising from the remaining construction coloring the night with the redness of it's warmth, the black smoke against the midnight blue of the diamonds filled sky, making the darkness of the night even darker, the smell of powder and ashes becoming stringer by the second and the young eyes of the little king couldn't help but be filled by tears, why was he crying for the enemy? there was no reason to cry yet the tears would not stop...
The castle was falling...Ace of diamonds could see this, he could see the tall flames and almost hear the pained cries of the people he knew and the people he didn't knew, yet he had only one thing in mind tonight, he had only one target so he cared not enough to look back, he was reaching the southerner entrance, sure now that the Ace of hearts was to be there, after this little display of cowardly attack he needed to be there.
Ace of clubs had heard the words Three of spades had uttered, but when she was about to respond her eyes became distracted by a sudden light cutting the night in half.
Elizabeth's eyes widened as she looked at the castle, part of the suits facilities where being enveloped by the flames, just when had that happened? she pointed at the building and started to walk in the direction of the place, her mind in too much of a shock to actually run. "Ch-Charlotte" she whispered under her breath, taking a hand to cover her mouth, a scream drying at her throat, it could not be, it really could not be.
An strange noise took Marcie out of her slumber and made her sit on bed a bit exalted, she hadn't been able to fall asleep, instead she had been rolling from one side of the bed the other, trying to sleep but only able to tire herself with no actual result at all, yet when the noise was heard she was scared, not because it was an unfamiliar noise but quiet the opposite, she feared it because it was the sound of an explosion, she could tell it was not close but it was unmistakably an explosion what she had heard, she got to her feet and looked outside the window... there was a great fire form the direction of the castle... her heart skipped a beat, anguish coming over her as she bit her lip "Raven..." she whispered with dried eyes, she knew the resistance was planning something but she had hopped she was wrong, and maybe now she was, raven could be safe, he could be safe yet she could not feel that he was, he was never safe, not being suit.
Marcie felt like crying but she would not cry, she was supposed to be strong, she would not cry from something she didn't knew as certain, and yet... her eyes would not move from the direction of the castle, like they where glued on the spot.
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:35 pm
((I'm back. xP ))
"Ven," Victor whispered, holding his hand out to stop his newest recruit. They had reached the southern part of the castle ready with their explosives. Victor knew how thrilled Ven was about killing the Suits, but he had to make sure this passionate fighter wasn't going to be reckless.
"Ven," Victor whispered once again, his hand shaking with the explosive, "This is it, Ven. We are going to set fire to the castle. I know how badly you wish to drive that blade through the heart of every Suit you see," Victor glanced down at Ven's blade, pursing his lips, "However, we need to exit the castle right away, right after we drop these explosives inside. Also, you need to stay with me. You have never been inside this castle and you need to follow me. I know this castle fairly well."
Siyu had felt the sudden tremor in the ground and stared in the direction of the Ace of Clubs. There was smoke rising in the distance, a black smoke. The sound of the Ace of Clubs was almost silent to Siyu as he stared in awe at the burning castle in the distance.
"Wh-what in the world . . . ?" he managed to breath, his hands shaking madly.
Just as Lewis was going to respond to the Joker, he paused. The smell of fire and ash was starting to drift to the room. He smirked, a cackle beginning to form in his throat.
"My oh my," he laughed, holding his hidden hands out, "It seems that someone has decided to cook the castle and all inside of it."
Jack gasped lightly, eying his friend with disbelief at first, but soon turned his head in the direction of the smell. Indeed, the castle did smell of fire.
"Lewis! What in Wonderland . . ." Jack gritted his teeth, his fists shaking. "The resistance," he hissed, getting to his feet. "The damn resistance!"
The smell of fire and the sight of scampering Suits made Gestalt well aware of what was going on inside of the castle. The sound of his master screaming had given him the knowledge that this was no accidental fire. The resistance had attacked. Gestalt sighed, knowing how angered his master must have been at the moment.
"Jack of Diamonds!" he shouted, slamming on the locked door of the Jack of Diamonds, "Jack of Diamonds! Get out there!" Gestalt's attempts were futile; his master was screaming in his office, clearly drowning out Gestalt's cries.
Gestalt slammed on the door once more. "Jack of Diamonds! Get out of there! It's a fire! Jack of Diamonds!"
The doll continued to slam on the door, hoping that Jack would hear him soon.
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:47 pm
((welcome back darling~ XD)) Two people where in front of Ace of Diamonds, the Ace of hearts and the guy Lewis had described, Ace of diamonds displayed a crooked smile at the memories of participating on the hunting of the knave of hearts and his family, the previous Ace of diamonds had been such a softy, the current Ace of Diamonds had been glad to get rid of the silly little whore she was, forgiving the life of the knave of hearts son in exchange of the information they needed, such idiocy, here where the consequences now.
"Hey there Ace of Hearts" said the Ace of diamonds in a soft whisper "Going somewhere?" ha asked pointing his gun at the Ace of heart's head, he had been careful enough not to make a sound when approaching them, the soft words of the Ace of hearts had muffled his footsteps as well.
"CHARLOTTE!" the Ace of Clubs of clubs screamed with all her might as she started to run towards the castle, the franticness of her steps making her tremble and fall "Charlotte, please..." she whispered before she could stand once more and start once again to run on the direction of the castle, tears filling her eyes "CAHRLOTTE!" she screamed once again before falling again, the forest roots making her careless steps and high heels even more dangerous.
Such a warm night, too warm for winter, a perfect night for dreaming, and what a dream it was, so vivid you might almost call it a memory... A middle aged men entered the room and petted the hair of a little white haired girl, the white haired girl looked up to meet the strange smile of the men that just entered her room, it was such a strange smile, it reflected no happiness and the tone of voice that came out of the smile was so cold and solid, no tingle of love or care on it, no remorse, not even the slightest of feelings "Aren't you glad Charlotte? you can be a normal little girl instead of the monster i will make your sister become" the little girl was not glad, who would be? she started to cry quietly, looking down at the stuffed rabbit that she was holding between her fragile little arms, trying to distract herself with the feeling of the soft fur against her cheeks "B-but E-eli-elizabeth c-can never...never be a-a... monster!" Charlotte said between sobs, as the soft fur of her rabbit became wet and harsh because of her tears, she didn't want her sister becoming a monster, no matter how much prettier her sister was, or how much smarter or charming or strong, it didn't matter that everyone loved her more either, Charlotte only loved her sister, even if it meant not being loved by the only person that seemed to prefer Charlotte to Elizabeth, yes, even then she didn't want her sister to become a monster.
Charlotte looked up to find an almost apologetic smile on the lips of her father, her father was a funny man, sometimes you could see a phantom of happiness or a shadow of sadness on him but if you didn't look good enough for it you might think he had never felt anything at all, yet he was kinder to Charlotte... never mind that that kindness turned to pressure when he learnt Elizabeth had become a club instead of a spade, he had been so mad at Elizabeth, but it was to be expected, from both parties, her father had just placed all his expectations on Elizabeth and Elizabeth... well, she was head strong and if she didn't wish to become what father had told her to be then she wouldn't... yes, nevermind that, but there was another reason she didn't want Elizabeth to please father and become a monster, and the reason was that Elizabeth wouldn't be happy and Elizabeth had always been there for her, more than father or mother and more than anyone else, it didn't matter that everyone loved Elizabeth best, because Elizabeth loved Charlotte the best.
Suddenly her father vanished, the sleep seemed to be drifting away and for some reason the darkness turned red...
Such a warm night, so warm... warm and awfully bright, was it morning already perhaps? Jackie hadn't gone to bed more than a couple hours ago, had she? no more than two or three hours she was almost sure, but maybe that was just what she felt, being so tired and going to sleep rather late, it could always be night had passed her without realizing it, since it was too warm and too bright for it to be night... maybe it was morning already and she had she forgot to close the curtains again? if that was the case then her skin would get severed by the sunlight by the time she got up, it was Sunday so she didn't need to wake up that early, they only worked half a day on Sundays, but there was something weird, despite the brightness and the overcoming warmness of the place Jackie felt that she didn't wish to wake up, her respiration turned a bit heavy for some reason, like the air was not enough, and she could feel a light oppression to her chest yet the warmness of the place made her sleepy and it was almost like her head was melting.
Jackie opened her eyes lazily, the brightness blinding her momentarily, why was it so bright? was it that late already? she could hear screams at the distance and when she managed to get used to the brightness she noticed the flames at the structure of her bed... she had been burning alive and she hadn't realized it... the whole room was on fire, the warmness she had felt was the fire melting her skin and the brightness had been the light of the flames, never had her sickness been this inconvenient before, Jackie got up on time not to be crushed by the collapsing bed and she looked at it in amazement before turning around and seeing her reflection on the window, her skin was a mess of red and black, you could see the exposed body fat and tendons, some mussels that hadn't been burnt yet and even a few bones at some spots, the hair was all gone and if her sense of smell had not been taken away by the fire, she would smell the horrible and sickening scent of her burnt body and the ashes, but as it was she could smell nothing, her respiration was getting faster, more frantic, her body was begging for air, the place was surely running out of air, her pulmonary system would collapse in no time surely and yet she could feel nothing...
Jackie walked to the window with small, shaky steps, she placed her small palm to the glass, over the pained screams of the soldiers dying she could hear someone calling her name, it was her... "Elizabeth" she murmured closing her eyes, Elizabeth was calling her name, such a joy, such a joy indeed, when she closed her eyes the place banished, it was easy, she could feel nothing at all after all.
The flames then started to lick at her eyelids, kissing them softly, not hurting her at all, and when the fire finished burning her eyelids Jackie could no longer close her eyes and so they stared in to the moonless night until her breath stopped, she could feel the last bit of air leave her lips as her respiratory system finally gave up on providing something the air in here lacked, her body fell as a heavy weight... a death weight... it had been the dehydration and the lack of oxygen that killed her, and now her body would blacken in to the fire, the flames licking her flesh and bones until they where as black as charcoal, who would find her the next morning? would it be Elizabeth? would she be able to tell that Jackie... no... that Charlotte, yes, that Charlotte, her sister, had died with a smile to her now missing lips? because she had. ((Rest in peace Jack of spades... describing the death of someone that has congenital insensibility to pain was a pain really, she can't feel pain and she was asleep when it began so she had to die~ thereafter this is Jackie's last post, farewell Charlotte~))
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:06 pm
(R.I.P. Jack of Spades! You'll be dearly missed T^T
Sorry for not posting as much lately....writer's block has been a bi*** to me lately... ._.)
Amy felt the vibrations rake the floor, catching Matt's eye and heading for the suit conference room. She heard some voices inside and peeked inside the slightly agape door.
Her heart was ringing in her ears as she pressed the button on the bomb, let it roll inside unnoticed and ran to the nearest escape route, waiting for Matt and Henry.
Shinsei took in the horrifying sight of the burning castle. Slight tremors shook his lithe frame, thoughts racing through his head.
"It...it must be the resistance..."
The Joker chuckled in response, in no hurry to even plan to escape from the castle.
"Well...what to do, what to do..."
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:09 am
((time to contaminate this with my endless links XD wee~ oh, Jackie finally cooperated, if i knew killing her was what it took to be able to finally draw her well i would have done so long ago so here: Jack of spades and Jackie again XD well, it was only 2, lol, next up is ashle... oh! and i hope your block leaves you alone soon lyka~))
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