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(Victor's possession by the King of Hearts, The King's trip to the Nexus, Alice learning about this horribleness from Captain John Hart. Takes place the day after the King's Nexus visit.)
Alice sits miserably in her room, holding her PINpoint in her hands and trying not to cry. She can hardly believe she has to do this. But after what she heard from Cheshire, and confirmed via the Caterpillar. . . .
She had no idea it could hurt so much. She hasn't even done it yet, and already her heart feels painfully tight inside her chest. She hadn't realized -- when had he become so important to her? When had the thought of life without him become so -- so terrible? She had been prepared to life her life as a spinster before, hadn't she?
Oh God, she can still remember that ghost of the future, her in a wedding dress and him. . . .
She doesn't want to do this. Or, if she has to, she wants to do it as a message over the PINpoint. But she knows that wouldn't be fair to him. If she's going to do this, she's going to do it in person. "I am a fighter," she tells herself. "I slayed the Jabberwock. I destroyed the Queen of Hearts. I saved Wonderland. I can do this."
But as she stands up and prepares to PINpoint out, she thinks that this is going to be harder than any of that.
Alice sits miserably in her room, holding her PINpoint in her hands and trying not to cry. She can hardly believe she has to do this. But after what she heard from Cheshire, and confirmed via the Caterpillar. . . .
She had no idea it could hurt so much. She hasn't even done it yet, and already her heart feels painfully tight inside her chest. She hadn't realized -- when had he become so important to her? When had the thought of life without him become so -- so terrible? She had been prepared to life her life as a spinster before, hadn't she?
Oh God, she can still remember that ghost of the future, her in a wedding dress and him. . . .
She doesn't want to do this. Or, if she has to, she wants to do it as a message over the PINpoint. But she knows that wouldn't be fair to him. If she's going to do this, she's going to do it in person. "I am a fighter," she tells herself. "I slayed the Jabberwock. I destroyed the Queen of Hearts. I saved Wonderland. I can do this."
But as she stands up and prepares to PINpoint out, she thinks that this is going to be harder than any of that.
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Date: 2011-02-11 01:04 am (UTC)From:Before he can reply, she PINpoints back out, back to her room. Where she promptly collapses on her bed, sobbing.
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Date: 2011-02-11 01:08 am (UTC)From:But she's gone. And Victor knows she's not coming back.
Well -- looks like she left you, the King says, though he sounds thoroughly rattled. He can't believe -- Alice wants him dead. Alice actually prefers Victor. He's adrift, with only one thing to hang onto. You didn't deserve her anyway.
Victor doesn't reply. He's too busy kneeling on the floor, crying his eyes out.