Alice looked out of her second story office window and watched as a new ship docked into the Hong Kong port.  She sighed and tossed her pen on her desk.  The clamor from down below reached up to her window and added to her already existing headache.  She shut the window and drew the curtains closed.  She turned and slowly walked to a side table on ( Read more... )

Alice descended the stairs with deliberate slowness as she felt that her legs were going to give out on her at any moment.  She trembled with weariness as she reached the field and blinked her eyes several times as they stung with grime and splatter.
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The moment was gone, and Alice felt something akin to relief. She turned her head and watched as Tarrant walked away from her, his shoulders slumped, his gait slow and brooding.  Alice sighed and lowered her head.  She had not meant to hurt the hatter, but his interest in her was unrequited, and Alice felt that it was important that he knew it, ( Read more... )

The wind blew through the mountain pass, bringing with it a chill and a promise of rain soon to come.  The weather had been somewhat unpredictable the whole day, seeming to halt their progress to Tulgey Wood, and to keep them at bay.( Read more... )

The forest, dark and gloomy, expanded before her, even as her eyes struggled to get used to the dark.  ( ..and darkness falls... )

 summa omnia: initium

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 “How does that feel?”
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Oraculum magnus et terribilis…
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Go read the updated version of this fic; I've made a few changes.

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