H E R R O Y A L D U T I E S 1

[curiousher]

How in Wonderland did this get here?

[Alice is standing before the tear outside, bundled up in her Queenly garb with her crown slightly askew, just....staring at it.]

It's so very peculiar. I'm sure air isn't supposed to do that.

[She tries for a second, to take to pieces of air in her hands and pry them apart, but it does absolutely nothing, as

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[carbon_knight]

[Crunch crunch crunch M!Mark is here now, high-stepping through the snow with as much dignity as he can manage. If his double can go exploring then so can he.]

Problems, your Majesty?

[curiousher]

[She turns to face him, and nods her head just a little.]

Well, I don't know if problems is the right word just yet. This rift is very peculiar though...it should probably be closed, but I haven't come up with a way to do so just yet.

[carbon_knight]

Perhaps learning how it got there would help.

[curiousher]

That's a splendid idea, Mark!

[And she puts a hand to her chin and thinks about it for a moment. Hmm....]

...It must have been during the decorating, I suppose. When that loud crack ka-boom noise happened. Don't you agree?

[Congratulations, Queen Alice. You figured out what everyone else did forever ago.]

[carbon_knight]

I would assume so, yes.

[Is it possible to be respectfully deadpan?]

But that's when, not how.

[curiousher]

Oh! I suppose you're right about that.

[Unfortunately, Alice has no answer for how it happened. How awkward.]

...I'll figure it out! There's a how and why to everything after all! It's just a matter of searching for it.

[She circles around the rift, looking at it from all angles, as though maybe she'll find a zipper if she looks hard enough. That's not the case though, sadly.]

[carbon_knight]

Perhaps I can be of assistance?

[Not that he has any more of a clue than Alice.]