44th doll

[hangedhourai]

[Action I]*Alice is out and about, buying and scavenging for things she needs. She has at least fifty dolls with her, carrying and lugging stuff to her front lawn. What is she lugging, exactly? Yards and yards of fabric, large pieces of wood, paint, the list is endless. But you'll notice that it's not much different than what she usually takes home

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II

[midnight_chorus]

-Mystia walks up behind Alice, looking curiously at all that is going on.-

Hey... isn't that the doll Cirno said she beat up?

[hangedhourai]

*Alice spins around with this look on her face.*

Excuse me? Why would that fairy ever be able to defeat me?

[midnight_chorus]

I didn't say you. She says she beat that doll.

[hangedhourai]

Impossible.

I

[hystorical]

[with the thought of visiting Mystia, to see what her living conditions are like, possibly, as a form of care for one of her favorite students, Keine's here, at your place.]

[she'll spot Alice and her dolls, no doubt]

Ah... Good afternoon. [it's not the friendliest of smiles she's wearing on her face when she greets Alice, but who can blame her, after having been attacked by Alice twice?]

[hangedhourai]

*Alice pays no mind to that smile or her demeanor. To Alice, that was forever ago, and she isn't one to keep a grudge. So she treats Keine the same way that she treats almost everyone; with blatant disregard with a touch of rudeness.*

Mystia is around here somewhere. You can let yourself in and find her.

[hystorical]

[Well, she's seen what Alice was like during the two brief encounters they had back home, so she isn't really bothered by Alice's lack of regard for her.]

Oh... Thank you.

[she decides to socialize a little, though, bringing up the things that she could see Alice's dolls are bringing about] Are you building something? [Well, knowing Alice... Probably another doll. Only the materials about either mean that she's mass-producing more... Or a really large one.]

[hangedhourai]

Yes. I decided to go all out with one large doll instead of a lot of small dolls. Well, it does stand out quite a bit, but I think it will do the job.

*Alice sounds a bit more cheerful while talking about her handy work.*

II

[adropofjupiter]

...why are you building that again?

[Comes a familiar voice from the roof of Alice's porch where a witch is lazing.]

[hangedhourai]

Again? I have no idea what you are talking about.

[adropofjupiter]

You built that, like, half a year ago... It didn't hold up, ze.

[hangedhourai]

Are you feeling alright?

II

[artwithknives]

What the heck is that, Alice?

[hangedhourai]

What does it look like?

[artwithknives]

If I knew that, I wouldn't be asking you.

[hangedhourai]

This is Goliath.

II

[lunardialled]

[...well, that's a familiar sight. Too bad that ice fairy came along and ruined it.]

Building another one, Miss Margatroid?

[hangedhourai]

Very funny.

*Alice has become convinced that this is just an elaborate joke being played on her by everyone.*

[lunardialled]

I wasn't joking. I was just going to comment on this being a good thing; ojou-sama was disappointed she didn't get to see it before.

[hangedhourai]

This is an interesting prank Marisa has gotten together but I can assure you that this is the first time I have built the Goliath.