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[paper_knight]

Today Mark's set himself up on the stairs in the entrance hall, watching the mansion do its Sorcerer's Apprentice holiday routine and scribbling on a notepad

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[Action]

[so_please_die]

[Since this was Ryoko's first Christmas in Wonderland, she takes it upon herself to wander and observe the actions of the mansion. As she makes her way down the first floor stairs she notices someone sitting there.]

Interesting, isn't it?

[paper_knight]

"Mmm. I've never seen anything like it."

[so_please_die]

Now would this be the Queen's doing to make us more comfortable or Wonderland itself, I wonder?

[paper_knight]

"Hmmm. Would either want us comfortable?"

Between the accommodating nature of the closets and the unpleasantness of the last few events, Wonderland's been giving Mark some seriously mixed messages.

huffffff may I offer a tag 2.0 now with continuity

[40410]

Alex didn't particularly want to come down to the entrance hall. Paradoxically, that's exactly how he knew it was okay to.

"...You're under attack."

He's tense as hell and fairly sure the baubles are about to become bombs or something, but at least he's pretending not to be Mister Paranoid Guy. Although if anything he hasn't been careful enough lately, judging by the magnificent black eye and assorted glasses-punched-into-my-face marks.

...you're going to get him parented again, you know.

[paper_knight]

He kicks the encroaching garland away for the umpteenth time.

"It's very persistent."

And then he actually sees Alex's face.

"Alex, what happened to you?"

Alex, stop pushing Mark's daddy buttons

[40410]

"I pissed someone off," he says, in a voice that very much doesn't want to talk about it.

"Did we get a message about this event?"

oh goddammit there he goes.

[paper_knight]

"Nothing that I saw. You should ice that eye."