A Little Late

[darker_alice]

Alice, assuming that all of the nonsense of Mayfield has blown over, finds a package in the mail. Curious, she opens said package, revealing the much treasured weapon she'd been hoping for: The Vorpal Blade. A small smile forms on the girl's face as she grabs the weapon, wanting to hold it in her hand properly, see it glint in the air before it

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[braided_icarus]

[Winry had, somehow, managed to convince Ed to take a short break. The last few days, he'd been staying at Alphonse's, barely leaving his brother's side as he kept going through the memories of when he had transmuted his brother's soul to that armor, to change it back to his body, somehow.]

Snap out of it, dammit.

[He smacks himself on the head, blinking when he notices Alice. A small frown on his features as he calls out.]

H-hey. You okay?

[darker_alice]

Alice looked up at the figure. Instead of him, all she could see now was the Warden's filthy nephews, filled with malice and glee and waiting to torture her more in this vile place.

"GET AWAY!" She screamed, brandishing the weapon. "I won;t let you get near me again!"

[braided_icarus]

Ed started, immediately tensing at the sight of the weapon, where he had initially paused at her expression and seeming desperation. What in the world was going on? Still, most important was to disarm her, before someone got hurt. Ed made to move closer, attempting to dodge the branishing and trying to watch the movements of her arm as he made to grab it at the wrist. Alice, that was her name, where he remembered the voice, particularly from her messages after the twins had gone after Alphonse.

"Alice, stop! I'm not leaving you like this." Like hell he'd leave anyone like this. This fearful, obviously halucinating.

[darker_alice]

"I won't be sedated again! Oh, I know all about you bugger and when your probing hands go where you think no one notices! I always knew, even if you thought I was still in a state of dementia!"

For a moment, it was the anger that took hold, not the fear, and in that Alice was much better with her weapon: she was in Wonderland, and this was nothing but one of those Tweedles.

She'll need more medicine. STRONG MEDICINE.

"Like hell!" She roared, and came at Alice much more quickly.

[tohnoinversion]

**Having already played 'fearless daughter' again, she bravely confronts the Psycho-Mom(TM) as she did Psycho-Dad(TM)**

Alice. Alice! Come to your senses!

[darker_alice]

Alice turned to see who it was that was talking to her, but much like the boy from earlier, she did not see her daughter, but one from the asylum, and then from Wonderland.

So for a moment, Alice saw a nurse,and backed away, the knife in her hand. "No thank you, I've had my medicine today!" She said. "I mean it! I'll not suffer another drowsy episode! I'm very well in sorts!"

[tohnoinversion]

**Akiha began to take a step, but that was likely a bad idea, and stopped herself.**

Alice. Do you hear me at all?

[darker_alice]

And the image of the nurse warped again to that of the snarling but harmless insane children. Alice lowered her weapon a little here. "Oh, its just one of you. No, I've no time to hear your ramblings, I've things to kill. You can stay mad here all you like, but I'm to press on."

But a step Alice took here was unclear. "Wherever I am, that is."

[beatssuperpaper]

[Bernkastel cannot resist approaching the odd, running girl. She's used to insane people running around and stabbing things, after all, so naturally she takes some interest in this particular one, to see what she would do...]

Now what do we have here.

[darker_alice]

Alice turned at the sound of the voice, snarling. It was the Queen of Hearts then, was it? It was bad enough to be back in the asylum, but to have to see her most fearsome enemy here, it was too much. The Vorpal Blade wouldn't help much here, but she would do her best.

"Come then!" Alice said. "I'm ready! I took you down before, don't think I'll back down now!"

If you want this dropped quickly, feel free to stab Bern. She'll revive, after all.

[beatssuperpaper]

"Oh, I'm sure you never took me down, although I suppose there is a first time for everything." The witch replied. Clearly, the girl was seeing things.

Not that Bern hadn't seen people with hallucinations before.

She also was not nice enough to go along with Alice's hallucinations, and thus did not attack, but simply stood there and looked at the girl, curious at how she would react.

Re: If you want this dropped quickly, feel free to stab Bern. She'll revive, after all.

[darker_alice]

Alice blinked. That was strange: the Queen of Hearts had never said anything like that before, and she certainly never stayed put, watching her. If anything, she would be the first to attack: her massive size and strength was more than a match for the girl, especially when all she had was the Vorpal Blade.

Unfortunately, Alice still could see nothing but the Queen of Hearts, and she WAS still in the insane ward as far as she could tell.

"Have at it then!" Alice said and flung the knife in a forward arc, although now her perception of the asylum and the Queen dimmed, as if she were watching a television trying to get a picture (which she wouldn't, since those were invented before her time). Still, her throw was flawless, the form perfect as the blade sailed toward the Queen(?) and hit its mark.

[katto_katto]

Run run run!

[darker_alice]

She was pitted against the Jabberwocky then? Fine! The weapon wouldn't be as effective, but she wouldn't fall to him, not in the asylum, not anywhere!

"Come then!" she said. "Run indeed! I'm not scared of you!"

[katto_katto]

I meant you should keep running. I'm not the one you need to fear.

[darker_alice]

"Let it stay that way then," Alice said, turned from him. "I'd make myself scarce if I were you."

[threelimiters]

[Let's assume for now that Hakkai and Sanzo have figured out a way to control his powers]

Alice!

"

[darker_alice]

Alice turned, knife in hand. The psychiatrist was back then, was he? Well she wouldn't fall for any of his tricks! She'd had her head shrunk enough, thank you!

"Stay back!" She warned. "I'll not have another session, thank you! Keep your words to yourself! I've no interest in talking about my life today!

[threelimiters]

... What are you talking about?

[darker_alice]

"I'm not mad!" She yelled, "so don't try this nonsense on ME. You back away, or you taste the blade!"

She brandished the Vorpal Blade menacingly.