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1st Curious Thought [Video]

[The image moves around a bit, focusing first on a very bright blue eye before it's pulled back to reveal... well a child, a little seven-year-old child. She frowns as she presses her lips together.]

I think it's on...

[She walks up closely to the camera again.]

I'm not sure... oh well, I'll shall have to simply hope it is and if not, I'll do it all over again.

[She pulled away and offered a curtsy to whomever may be watching.]

Oh ah, hello and how do you do? [Whoever is out there.] My name is Alice Liddell, it's a pleasure to meet you!

Oh um, well, wherever you may be, in any case, you see... I'm afraid I'm a bit lost. [She gestured to a part of the city that is the library and most definitely not Kusanagi and Haller Home for Children.] I was told to go to the home for children, but I'm afraid I must have taken quite a few wrong turns as I'm very much not where I should be... unless the home for children is a library?

... Well, I suppose we would never run out of things to do and lessons would be quite easy but I am rather sure it isn't. And if I'm rather sure, then that means I'm fairly certain, and if you're fairly certain, you can rest assured!

Would uh, would someone please be so kind as to help me get where I need to go? I'm afraid I've lost my way... Unless this is another part of the Looking Glass, I suppose, and then all ways are the queen's way... but I'm sure it isn't, it said it wasn't.

Thank you very much!

Oh! Also... is the Home for Children, is it a nice home? [She doesn't want to live somewhere nasty.] It's... It's not an orphanage, is it? Or a workhouse?

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[Have another young girl, smiling bright and friendly.]

Hello, Alice. I'm Anastasia. I lived in the Home for Children briefly, and it's quite comfortable and charming.

How do you do, Miss Anastasia? Oh! That's splendid! Might I trouble you to help me find my way there?

It will be no trouble at all. I have been meaning to take my little friends out for a walk anyway.

I will be right over. Where will you be?

I shall remain in front of the library, Miss Anastasia. I don't know where else anything is. [She's never had to read a map before.]

You may call me Anya if you like. All my friends do. All right, sit tight and I'll be right over.

[And it certainly wasn't like before Anastasia appears from around the corner, dressed for a walk along with two fox-like creatures.

Anastasia waved as she approached. How did she get here so fast anyway?]

Hi, Alice. The Home isn't far from here. Do you have any questions? I can answer them while we walk.

[Alice looked at the creatures with fascination, having never seen such a creature before. She almost forgot her manners and ignored Anya. Only, she did finally remember herself.]

Oh! Miss Anya! Hello, and how do you do! [She offered a curtsy but then her gaze went back to the animals.] Um, well, if I might ask... what sort of fabulous creatures are those?

Edited 2018-09-24 06:29 (UTC)

[Anastasia dips into a cutesy of her own, as elegantly as she can in her outfit. Old habits die hard.]

They're called Pokemon. Wonderful creatures of boundless spirits and incredible power. The pink one is Sylvia, a Fairy-type called Sylveon, and the blue one is Gracia, an Ice-type called Glaceon. I have others, but that's for another time.

[Both of the Pokemon bowed in their own form of a curtsy.]

You may pet them if you want. Sylveon may try to tickle you, though.

[On cue, Sylveon raised it's ribbon-like feelers, curling the ends in a "grabby hands" motion. Such a sassy brat!]

They're absolutely beautiful! A pleasure to meet you Miss Sylvia, Miss Gracia! [Alice wastes no time in petting the pokemon, because how on earth could she resist? She gently strokes their heads and scratches under their chins and smiles brightly.]

Ah, did you get such wonderful creatures here? Could I get one, if I wished? Does the home allow for pets?

I caught them here, yes~

[Uh oh, here comes those feelers! Sylveon begins to pat Alice on the head and give chin scritches. But brr, does Glaceon have chilly fur!]

At least once a year, Pokemon suddenly appear, and you will be given a chance to meet and catch them too. They're not here presently... The Home does allow them, however. So all you have to do is wait until that exciting day when you wake up to your very own Pokemon sitting at your bedside~

[She giggles and wiggles a bit as Sylveon tickles her and she's quite surprised at how cold Glaceon is.]

Oh- well what month is it? Does this place have a 12-month calendar too? And how do I catch one? And is your Glaceon alright, Miss Anya, she's so cold!

Yes it is, a 12-month calendar. It is currently the month of September here, if you were curious.

As for when they appear... It happens at random. I'm not even certain if they will appear again this year. And you catch them with these.

[From her bunny bag comes a small red and white ball with a snow flake sticker on it to show to Alice.]

Pokemon can dematerialize and go inside these capsules. I understand they are like beds for them.

[The ball pops open and the Glaceon turns into, for lack of a better description, light and darts into the ball, then it closes. A moment later, the ball pops open again abs the same mass of light flies back to where Glaceon was and she was there again in all her chilly glory.]

Gracia is cold because she is an Ice-type Pokemon. She makes her fur, and the air around her colder, which is beneficial for me. Being outside in the hot, oppressive sunlight makes me ill.

September? Ah! I've gone backward, then! It was winter back home! Or well, forward in time, I suppose, as things are very different here.

An ice-type she- she won't melt will she? [Alice was suddenly very worried for the little blue pokemon.]

I know I went forward in time when I arrived... A few cities are radically different. Be ready to be amazed if you ever visit Fayren or Nova City.

[Anastasia giggled at the question. A well understood question.]

She will be fine. I'm more likely to melt than she is. However, she would be in danger if beset upon by Fire-types.

[Sylveon teases Glaceon with a show, pretending to melt with a dramatic flair. Glaceon barks at her. in protest.]

You wouldn't happen to know the year, would you, Miss Anya? For me it is 1865, so I'm afraid I don't know how far ahead or behind I am.

But I quite look forward to the other cit- [She couldn't help but stop, now in a fit of giggles as Sylveon pantomimed melting.]

Your year was 1865? It was 1123 for me.
The year here in this world should be 2018.

[Despite Sylveon's interruption, Anastasia can guess the rest of the sentence.]

Cities? They're all fascinating to explore. All though, I do not recommend going to Everglade alone. It's home to monsters and other fiends of darkness.

[Excluding her vampire friends, of course.]

Goodness! Is time really so different here? Well over a hundred years have passed!

[It explains a good deal, honestly.]

What kind of monsters?

Almost a whole millennium for me, too.

[Monsters... What monsters did she hear about?]

Zombies. Werewolves. Ghosts. Skeletons... If you know much about the horror genre of fiction, you would likely find them in Everglade.

Not all are bad, however. My dearest friend is a vampire.

Edited (Cheshire cat was here) 2018-09-25 09:59 (UTC)

I... but just because they're monsters doesn't mean they're... well mean, isn't that so?

That is true. I only say so because many of them do hunt humans. That's why I'm forbidden to enter Everglade without an escort.

They- they hunt humans? [Alice bit her lip and began to lightly tug at her fingers.] I-I see... [She just didn't like it in the slightest. Still, she supposed it wasn't their fault that they were monsters... well, most of them it wasn't their fault, she was sure.]

Can they leave Everglade without an escort?

Some of them do. They're the ones who carry pendants like ours. They're usually the good ones, like my dearest friend I mentioned.

[She can only name one notable exception, mister big nasty himself, the Lord of Castlevania. In reference to pendants, Anastasia reveals her Fayren pendant.]

Those without these pendants can't travel to other cities so we are safe as long as we don't go into Everglade alone. I'm sorry if I unsettled you, Alice.

It... it's alright... [She moved to take the pendant out of her pinafore pocket, not having put it on.] I know they said that this was important, I didn't know just how much.

But ah- you- you didn't unsettle me, Miss Anya. [Which was a lie, but Alice didn't want to make her new friend feel bad.]

Oh, yes. It's very important. You need to keep that pendant on you if you want to be able to move between the cities.

[Anastasia would still be worried anyway. Everyone's safety and well-being is one of her top priorities.]

If you are certain. Do you have any means of self-defense, though? You never know when it may come in handy.

Oh ah, could I trouble you to help me put it on, then, Miss Anya? [She held it out to Anya.]

What if... what if it gets lost. Is there a way to get a new one?

Self-defense, no Miss Anya, though my mother and father were debating about my learning fencing.

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