A Little Late

[darker_alice]

Alice, assuming that all of the nonsense of Mayfield has blown over, finds a package in the mail. Curious, she opens said package, revealing the much treasured weapon she'd been hoping for: The Vorpal Blade. A small smile forms on the girl's face as she grabs the weapon, wanting to hold it in her hand properly, see it glint in the air before it

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[threelimiters]

[Let's assume for now that Hakkai and Sanzo have figured out a way to control his powers]

Alice!

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[darker_alice]

Alice turned, knife in hand. The psychiatrist was back then, was he? Well she wouldn't fall for any of his tricks! She'd had her head shrunk enough, thank you!

"Stay back!" She warned. "I'll not have another session, thank you! Keep your words to yourself! I've no interest in talking about my life today!

[threelimiters]

... What are you talking about?

[darker_alice]

"I'm not mad!" She yelled, "so don't try this nonsense on ME. You back away, or you taste the blade!"

She brandished the Vorpal Blade menacingly.

[threelimiters]

[The sight of a weapon being waved at him causes his youkai instincts to ripple beneath his skin. The effort of keeping himself under control nearly made him sick.]

No, you're not. Put that down.

[darker_alice]

A strange request, although not too strange if it were coming from a psychiatrist.

"Why? So you can sedate me? I won't have it, you know, And you won't get a word out of me this time: not about the fire, or my parents or the suicide attempt! Those are my secrets, and you've no right to them!"

The blade was still in her hand, though not as tightly gripped now.

[threelimiters]

[He doesn't have the energy or patience or presence of mind to deal with Alice the way he normally would. He can barely keep track of what she's saying.]

You don't have to tell me those things.

[darker_alice]

"I won't," Alice declared, and started to put the Vorpal Blade down. "And another thing..."

But once she did that, it was as if the world had suddenly righted itself again, and all of the memories came flooding back. Alice recoil, taking a deep breath, and while her hands fumbled upon seeing the blade on the floor, she brought it back to her dress, and looked at Hakkai.

"What happened?"

[threelimiters]

We were all blessed with a gift from home.

[darker_alice]

"Somehow I don't feel very grateful, if I have to go through regression for it," Alice said bitterly. "It would be best if you forgot the things I said. They are of no consequence."

[threelimiters]

Of course.

[darker_alice]

"Thank you. I'm sure I've made enough of a fol of myself already."

She sighed, gazing at the blade. "It's quite cruel, to do a thing like this with something one treasures."

[threelimiters]

Hardly. No one is a fool in this place, except those who expect to escape unscathed.

[darker_alice]

"I would never expect to get off clean," Alice said. "You heard enough to know that my life circumstances were not free of injury. I just don't like being toyed with in that way."

She closed her eyes. "It always makes me doubt if I am truly insane after all."

[threelimiters]

All of us are, and all of us aren't.