forum A Wonderland of Sorts (1/5, OPEN)

Started August 09, 2019 by @MusicElle-is-here

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Anna nodded before turning to the girl. "Hello… I'm sorry, what's your name?"

”And you're the no-fun know-it-all.” She half teased. ”Maddison Henderson, at your service my dear adventurer.” She bowed sweeping her hat off with a flourish. ”Call me Maddie or Mads… Or even Mad if you'd like.” She giggled as if to prove her point.

"Okay, Maddie." Anna said, smiling softly. "How are you?"

"And you're late. Though not as late as our trumpeter I see." Locke pointed out. "And please refrain from calling me anything other than Locke or Genius, just as I will refrain from calling you anything other than Maddie or Seer." He said.

Maddie bit her lower lip, showing off her slightly gapped teeth. ”Honestly, a bit nervous… But definitely excited. I mean how many people can say that they get to go to a different world? Not counting astronauts, of course.” Her mismatched eyes seemed to sparkle at the thought as she shifted her backpack. Though she did take a moment to blow a raspberry at Locke for his bland attitude.

Anna laughed slightly. Oh, I like her. "Locke, calm down, will you? You don't know what he has to do."

"Am I mad? I never gave any indication I was mad. I just knew he needed to go home and that he would be late. At least he informed me he was going to be though." Locke explained, his voice not changing in tone at all. "I'm not upset and I understand that he may have other things going on."

"I never said you were mad. You just had a… tone." She said, not thinking of a better word.

Maddie burst out laughing like a loon at the other girl's comment. ”Yeah, it's called monotone.”

"That's the word! Thank you, Maddie." She said, smiling and nodding at the girl.

Locke sighed at there shenanigans and simply stayed quiet. He sat on a bench near by and opened and began to read his book.

Maddie took a moment to regain her breath before looking at Loche. ”Should we wait for the rabbit or should we start looking for the cat? The silly kitty should already be here. And we can't go anywhere until we're all together.” Though she didn't always look it she could be pretty smart when she needed to.

Anna nodded. "I don't know. Maybe we should wait for the rabbit. Alexander. So he can find us when he gets here." She said, shrugging.

Alexander frowned as he glanced at his watch. He was definitely late now. He had finally arrived at the park, though. He looked around for someone who could possibly be the guy he had been messaging, Locke, when he noticed Maddie talking with two other kids.

He jogged over to them, slightly out of breath. “Hi everyone, I’m Alexander,” he introduced himself quickly. “Sorry I’m late.”

Kai was scrolling through his music library, he had a thinking playlist buried somewhere in there. Are the injuries just from rolling around in my sleep? Is it all just a dream?

Locke looked up when Alexander came. He closed his book and stood up. "Now that out Rabbit is here we can find the Vanisher." Locke said. "Maddie do you know where they are?" He asked.

”Hi, bunny!” Maddie cheered seeing Alex approach. Her eyes widened for a moment when Locke addressed her. ”N-not really. I know that Cheshire is here but…” She rubbed the back of her neck nervously. ”I think I saw a tree. I don't really know how this works.” She tapped her temple to show what she meant by ”this”.

“I think it might be safe to assume they’re close to our age?” suggested Alexander. “So maybe we could look for someone who’s our age by a tree?”

"Maybe…" Anna mumbled, starting to walk. "Maybe they're…"

"That makes sense." Locke said nodding as he started to walk. He didn't care wether the other followed or not he just wanted to find the next person from the note.

Anna kept walking straight, almost in a sort of daze. "I think they might be this way…"

Alexander looked at her, slightly worried. “Are you okay?” he asked. He glanced at Locke. “Does she do this a lot?”

“Don’t know. I just met her.” Maddie shrugged, causing her backpack to bounce on her shoulders, following the girl. “Am I the only one that packed for this adventure?”

"Not usually. But then again I only have her in Honors English. By the looks of it though I think she might be leading to wheread the vanisher may be." Locke explained. "Or the Rabbit hole seeing that she is 'Alice'."

“Oh, right! The adventurer…” Alexander muttered. “So I’m assuming you’re Locke then?” he added, just to be sure. He glanced back at Maddie. “It looks like it.” What did she even pack?

Anna kept walking, stopping suddenly a few feet from the bench. "Um, guys? What just happened? I don't rember walking here…" Maybe I am losing it…

"You are correct. You already know our seer and our adventurer's name is Anna." Locke explained to him.

Alexander nodded and looked to Anna. “Well there’s a tree, so maybe…”

Anna looked at the tree, blinking. "So there is. Still not sure how I got here."

“Maybe it’s like when I “see” things. No idea how or when I will. I just do.” Maddie offered with a gentler variant of her usual smile.