IC: Through the looking glass...

[thekingsgambit]

[So I guess it's still Halloween night and if you're leaving the mess hall after all that partying, you might now find yourself mysteriously situated around a loooong table in the center of the cornfield. Said table is decked out in a variety of tea cups in all designs and sizes, hundreds of little confections and cookies (each shaped like one of the four card suits) and equally creative pots of self-boiling tea. Oh, and Arthur is also sleeping in the center of the table, mysteriously wearing a striped collar of various shades of purple.

Each of our guests might also notice the intricately labeled name card in front of them and of course the new themed outfit they're suddenly wearing (or in some cases still wearing).]

Comments

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what the connection is. Any more than you.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[All~ the snickering.]

And now we found the Cheshire Cat.

[ascendthethorns]

I see...

[shifttttsssss]

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd be used to it. You were used to that other thing.

[hopeisblind.livejournal.com]

But she always has her big br- Mad Hatter to carry her around, right?

[ascendthethorns]

[they are different beasts, this curse and the other — the boggart can be faced, defeated, overcome, but the outfits must be worn, the tea drank, the cookies eaten until some unknown conditions have been met. will versus an absence thereof. counteraction versus concession.

her expression darkens.]

Pardon me?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Sweeps his arm out in a smaller version of his older self's typical display.]

All this.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Leaning over to whisper in her ear.]

Those cookies might cause you to get too big.

[ascendthethorns]

[recovery?]

I haven't attended a tea party in years and it's been far longer since I've partipated in any event that requires costumes.

[hopeisblind.livejournal.com]

As big as elder sister Cornelia?

[Eats moar o/]

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Even here?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Even bigger. Bigger than the cabins. The cookies could be very special in the story.

[hopeisblind.livejournal.com]

I want to be bigger than the cabin!

[ascendthethorns]

Mm, even here.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I don't mind this one as much.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

But then how will you play with Lassie?

[ascendthethorns]

Of cousre not. You should be well-accustomed to the girls dressing you up by now, hmm?

[hopeisblind.livejournal.com]

She can be my tinnnnnny little Lassie.

[Shows her pinkie finger]

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Okay, that gets a blush.]

They don't do it that often...

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

She'll be sad she can't jump on you.

[ascendthethorns]

My mistake.

[hopeisblind.livejournal.com]

That's true. Mhmmmmmm. She could live inside my pocket, though.

[Stroking kitty's fur]

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[.///.

:|]

And it's never this involved either...

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I prefer normal-sized Nunnally.

[ascendthethorns]

Then I apologize for suggesting otherwise.