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Previously on tumblr, still getting used to this (AU, Canon is Corpse Bride & A:MR)

Dear Mun,

So -- this is Dreamwidth.

*looks around*

It's all right, I suppose. It is nice to have more than one facial expression. Though I wish you wouldn't obsess so much over my icons. It gets worrying. I'm just glad you put up those posts in my journal to properly explain my history.

Though. . .what do you plan to do with me here? Do you really think anyone's going to want to say hello? It may be q-quiet back on tumblr, but -- at least there's someone whom I know. Who sometimes wants to play with me. Here, everyone's a stranger. And I have to say, I don't hold out much hope of finding an Alice. At least, one who's interested in me.

Still, I know you'll do as you like and I can't stop you. Just -- please. Think hard before you throw me into any of those "memes." I know you.

Yours (perhaps a bit reluctantly),
Victor

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Then I don't suppose an introduction is in order?

*blinks rapidly, all awkwardness* Alice! Ah -- er -- n-not on my side, I suppose. . .I g-guess I have to introduce you to m-me. . . *And that feels so strange, since he's used to her knowing him.*

[ She creases a brow, looking slightly expectant of him. Not nearly as strange as having someone who knows you quite well already; and you don't know them. ]

So, Victor is it?

*Victor tries not to blush. Perhaps not, but awkward all the same.*

Y-yes. Victor Van Dort. I don't know if you're at all f-familiar with Van Dort Fish. . . I live at H-Houndsditch as well.

I don't think I could recall even if I tried.

[ She slides her hands in her pockets, boots fidgeting with the floorboards. ]

I see. Why on earth would anyone put you there? You sound so polite.

*Victor nods, then lets out a very grumpy-sounding sigh.* My parents. I -- w-well, it's a bit of a long story. . . I was supposed to have an arranged marriage, but while I was p-practicing my vows, I accidentally proposed to a corpse bride -- who said "yes" and t-took me to the afterlife. We e-eventually got that straightened out, and I was able to set the poor girl free, but my arranged fiancee's parents fled with her to the country, and by the t-time we found them, she'd married someone else. . . My parents blamed my "delusion" of a corpse bride -- they weren't around when it all h-happened -- w-well --

*He shudders.* That's when they h-heard about Dr. B-Bumby.

I see.

[ What with her mun's large mind-- ]

I believe you. I've seen her, here in her mind. She's gone now. But I believe you.

...I'm sorry though, to hear that. I can see why now, though. Why we'd be friends.

*startled* You -- have? E-Emily was there? *Little weirded out, but -- well, if it helps her believe him. . .*

*nods a little* You were -- are? -- the o-only good thing about that place. And the way you k-keep going, even after everything life's thrown at you. . . You're r-really the bravest person I know.

For a moment. She left. I almost wished she stayed, like the ragdoll woman.

[ She looks a little warded off by his small confession. Nervous, almost. He knew everything, and didn't think she was...well, too crazy, or he'd have left her alone already. What a kind man. ]

I see, then I must've...told you everything. Thank you, that's...

[ She smoothes out the wrinkles in her apron, fighting off that flustered feeling. ]

That's very kind of you. No one's really ever....sincerely told me that before.

Oh, I see. I hope she's well, wherever she is. *He's never been sure about what exactly those butterflies meant. Heaven, or -- simply butterflies?*

*He nods, fidgeting with his tie.* You told me m-my first night there. Said it was b-better I hear about Rutledge from you than from the children. . . *He shakes his head, mumbling to himself:* I still can't believe they put children in asylums. . .

More people should. *He smiles weakly.* Of c-course, I may be biased. . .

[ Oh, that made sense. She was slightly surprised; it sounded just like something she'd do. ]

Biased, maybe. That or just one of a few decent people in the world.

It's comforting to know I have friends in places I'd least expect it.

*Okay, now he's going to blush.* I t-try to be. . .

The same here. I thought I would h-hate it at Houndsditch. . .well, I did, but it was n-nice to have someone to hate it with. If -- that m-makes any sense. *awkward laugh*

It makes sense.

[ There's a bit of ease coming to her shoulders. Someone knew and it wasn't only her. ]

You'll find it's much easier here. At least with a mun. Hopefully they'll keep you out if trouble as long as possible. The only thing to fear here is the unknown.

*Victor can't help but smile. It's good to have someone around who understands again. Who knows what it was like.*

*slightly suspicious* Oh, I don't know if she's necessarily interested in keeping me out of trouble. . . She's the one responsible for this whole "crossover AU." Not that I'm n-not thankful to have met you, it's just. . . *He sighs and shakes his head.* But she has no plans to do anything truly horrible to me, I don't think. Just whatever strikes her fancy in memes at the moment.

I'm sure there will be some. Every once in a while at least. But it's less...tense than it could be.

[ His fumbling makes her quirk up a side of her mouth in amusement. ]

Well. If you ever need anything, I suppose. It may be an AU but you're still a friend. Here it's like Wonderland, I can defend myself and others. It's nice. Like a dream almost.

Oh yes, I'll agree with that. It's certainly better than Houndsditch. Or even Burtonsville. *There's a slightly bitter tone to his voice as he says that last. He's not too fond of his hometown at the moment.*

*That, however, gets another smile.* Thank you. And -- if there's anything I can do for you. . . *bit of shy fiddling with his fingers* I'm glad you get that opportunity. Though, really, I think you're j-just as brave in London.

You must be brave to live in London. Whether or not it's of your own accord.

I think she'll read it, sometime. Soon, I hope. I'm curious what happens to us. And maybe we'll find you again in the memes. They aren't exactly exempt from card guards or even Jabberwocks now and again.

*slightly embarrassed smile, tie-fiddling* Not really of my own accord, but -- ah -- thank you. *That's one heck of a compliment from her, he thinks.*

Er -- my story, you mean? I've got a post in my journal explaining things -- including links to the two stories my mun's got up. (It's the first one in there -- she's reluctant to link because then she can't keep the spoiler cuts.) She's got the third written, she's just fighting with where the chapter breaks should go.

And that would be nic-- Did you say J-Jabberwocks? *Oh cripes that's not good.*

[ She wanted to say "Brave to put up with her Wonderland" too, but wasn't sure how to word it. Alice quirks up the side of her mouth again, this time with a much more obvious smile. ]

The details are always nice.

I'd like to hope two against one would be better than just one, but...there's worse things than Jabberwocks. Vampires, werewolves, uncontrollable sickness, haunted hotels. There's also a lot of nice things she hasn't put me in yet, like memes about outings, and snow, and staying up past bedtime. For every few good, there's a bad.

*Hey, Victor likes Wonderland -- at least, he likes some of the stories he's heard Alice tell. To the point of drawing pictures of the place when she talks about it. He smiles back at her, a little more at ease.*

I think I can sum it up as I go through my canon, then end up in yours. It's not always easy, especially in the third story -- t-that's the one that happens during "Madness Returns" -- but -- *another smile* it's worth it.

*nods a little, frowning* I'll have to k-keep an eye out, then. Sometimes she likes doing nice things, but I wouldn't put it past her to do something horrible if it intrigued her enough.

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Previously on tumblr, still getting used to this (AU, Canon is Corpse Bride & A:MR)

aha, look who sally found.

Yay :D

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