All told, Alice was quite enjoying her week. She'd played some rather interesting games, cared for an unexpected flour-child, and discovered new music at the store. It helped that her weekend had not been traumatizing. She had been quite forward and somewhat frivolous, but those were intriguing, and not humiliating ( Read more... )

( It's my unbirthday today. )

( Dinah, resized )

Alice had been many things, in her time. A pawn, a queen, a grasshopper, a giant, and a being of pure rage ( Read more... )

Alice was lounging on her bed, chattering to Dinah. As she did frequently ( Read more... )

When Alice returned to room 511 -- after an outing that had turned into a two-day affair, and a valiant Card Guard rescue, and a race to the surface under dramatic circumstances, all of which had left her rather tired indeed -- the first thing she noticed was Dinah ( Read more... )

Alice had to admit surprise to how cheery and clean the cabins proved. Braving nature seemed hardly a hardship at all. More like a comfortable vacation of sorts. Of course, the asylum was still a rather low threshhold to surpass. It was not difficult for any place to be an improvement.

( Reflections (of a linkdroppy nature) )