down the rabbit hole

[frabjuous]

Do take it from me.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Of course you won't listen. I wouldn't either.

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[shattered_looking_glass]

For some reason, I feel as though I should know you.

[frabjuous]

[ head cant. ]

Alice?

[shattered_looking_glass]

[INSTANTLY WARY.]

...yes. How is it that you know my name?

[frabjuous]

You know, it's the funniest thing, actually since Alice is my name as well.

Why did I state it in a question? Perhaps to check if you were an Alice. And you are.

[shattered_looking_glass]

Hm. How odd.

An Alice? I was quite unaware I, or rather, we were a species.

[frabjuous]

Odd indeed. Seems to be an ongoing trend in my life. Perhaps yours as well.

But since we're on the subject of Alices, maybe we are of our own kind.

[shattered_looking_glass]

Not particularly. Until this point, I've not known another named Alice.

Oh? What makes you say that?

[frabjuous]

Well, wouldn't you say you feel some sort of camaraderie with someone who shares your name?

Is is that just me? Surely there are others - especially with a name not often heard nowadays, such as ours.

[shattered_looking_glass]

I'm afraid I'm not one who is inclined towards feeling camaraderie at all.

That being said, there is something rather odd about all of this.

[frabjuous]

Oh, what a shame that is. But there are some who would prefer otherwise.

Curious, would you say?

[shattered_looking_glass]

Well, I'm certainly not here to cater to their preference.

Curiouser by the moment, if you must know the truth.

[frabjuous]

Oh, I'm always in search of the truth. As you can imagine, there's always something to throw me off the path.

[shattered_looking_glass]

Strange. The same thing is true of myself.

Though, now that I know said truth, finding something else to pursue is proving difficult.

[frabjuous]

Well, that itself is an adventure!

[ she purses her lips tightly. ] Isn't it?

[shattered_looking_glass]

I suppose it is indeed.

Life never expects one to grow tired of adventures, does it?

[That's said with a slight little smirk, for even Alice knows that she'll never truly tire of it.]

[frabjuous]

Depends on one's thirst for such things, I'd say.

I for one seek them out in every corner.

[shattered_looking_glass]

You are quite like myself, aren't you? In more ways than the name, of course.

How strange.

[frabjuous]

[ she taps her nose thoughtfully. ]

I've an inkling you've encountered stranger.

[shattered_looking_glass]

Much stranger, actually.

[frabjuous]

Oh, do I sense a story in those words?

[shattered_looking_glass]

A rather long and complicated one, yes.

Perhaps it's best to leave it at 'I've been to places where I've seen much stranger than anyone.'

[frabjuous]

You know the funniest thing about it all?

So have I.

[shattered_looking_glass]

Have you?

It's rather improbable you've been to the same places as I.

[frabjuous]

That remains to be seen, I suppose.

[ a beat. ]

Unless you've been to a place called Wonderland.

[shattered_looking_glass]

[Her eyes narrow.]

Unless you've somehow been in my mind, I doubt you've been to Wonderland.

[frabjuous]

Oh, no, no, I haven't been in anyone's mind other than my own.

I hope.

No, I have been to Wonderland a few times.

[shattered_looking_glass]

If you've not been in my mind, you've not been to Wonderland.

For, that is where it resides, you see.

[frabjuous]

It does, does it?

Well, my apologies. I had not meant to intrude. I had come by it accidentally.

[shattered_looking_glass]

Rather odd, that someone would be able to wander into one's psyche.

Though, I have seen stranger.