♞ 2nd Cup ◊ Audio

[10shlling6pence]

Well--

Between a floating sickness and terribly tyrannical tea testy tarries, I find my few days here to be...

Odd.

This device, for example, I have yet to truly master. At the very least, I have figured the contraption to record what I may to this 'network'.

Aside and all, I cannot find the heart or resolute to complain--for here, I had not imagined

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[fireplacegirl]

Odd is certainly the appropriate word. I hope you are settling in nicely, nevertheless.

[10shlling6pence]

Thank you, Ms. Reinette--I hope as well. I cannot yet imagine the strangities of this place.

How are you fairing so, madame?

[fireplacegirl]

Nor can I. Even when I feel I have nearly figured it out, something new and strange proves me wrong.

I am well now that I have my feet on the ground again, thank you.

[10shlling6pence]

So goes many days and hours in strange, unfamiliar grounds, doesn't it...though, this place seems, well...worse.

Oh, tandmonious--I was quite concerned.

[fireplacegirl]

I find it easiest to get by by realizing there is much in this City that is ill. However, it is the good I find here that I focus on. I have made great friends here and immerse myself not only in their friendships, but in activities and visits to the finest places here. I find that if I enjoy those curse-free days to their fullest, then the curse days themselves are but bumps in the road. I can not lie and say it is not difficult; many times I have cursed this place, crying at how much I want to go home. But if I can not will myself home, then I can will myself to enjoy the few pleasantries of this world.

I thank you for your concern, Tarrant. All is well, now. A few bumps and bruises to show for it, but well.

[10shlling6pence]

...That is an excellent view if I have ever seen or heard one, madam. I will surely be taking after your example--and advise Alice to do so as well. We are here and as such, the best tidings will be made.

Nothing too serious, then. Are most curses quite as hazardous?

[fireplacegirl]

You have here friends from your world?

Some are, and some are quite pleasant. It is an amalgam of hazardous, amusing, and the strange. Or even a combination of the above.

[10shlling6pence]

Only one--though far more important and joyous a companion as a phrase could make her seem. My Alice--our Alice--so here to greet me! When I had been missing her so..

..That must be cordially confoundingly credibly confusing.

[fireplacegirl]

Though it is a shame you both must be stuck here, having friends from your world makes this one seem a bit like home. Nothing like a friendly face to set your mind at ease.

Indeed it is. As I said, just when I seem to have figured this place out...