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[hellisthatnoise]

Who: hellisthatnoise and cruelwonder
When: 7/13/11; late afternoon
Where: Chester Longfellow Natural Museum
Summary: Just two Victorian English crazies running into each other in a public area. c:
Warnings: None? Hopefully nothing bad should happen. Hopefully.

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[cruelwonder]

Alice likes to go out for at least part of the day, mostly during Rabbit's work with the other rabbits at the manor. It's nicer to come home and spend time with him and the others, though she still hasn't grown very close to anyone. Instead, she holes herself up in the library as long as she needs to go through the books there. She would still prefer picture books, but... Well, she has had to grow up, certainly.

Today, she wanders out to the museum to see what all she's missed during these years. It's startling and jarring to see the pictures and the information, and it takes her quite a time to make her way through the building.

She finally gets to the Ancient Egypt section and she finds herself almost startled at one of the mummies. "Oh," she murmurs, speaking to herself mostly. "They shouldn't put you by the door. You're liable to startle visitors!"

[cruelwonder]

"Did you?" she asks, peering at him closely. "What sorts of things did you like to study? Was there a particular country or time period you enjoyed?"

[hellisthatnoise]

There's a pause; he can't remember, so he has to make up from what he knows of his notes and journal entries.

"Oh, just old tombs and whatnot. My last excavation took my to Algeria."

[cruelwonder]

She raises an eyebrow. "What on earth were you looking for in a place like Algeria?"

[hellisthatnoise]

"The Tomb of Tin Hinan." c:

[cruelwonder]

All he gets is a slow blink. "And that is...?"

[hellisthatnoise]

"The locals had a legend connected to her - the Mother of us All. I wasn't leading the excavation, however. A companion of mine, Herbert, was in charge, really..."

[cruelwonder]

"I've never heard of such a thing." But now she has something to research when she goes back to the manor's library. "Did you find anything of interest?"

[hellisthatnoise]

"Well, yes. It's... a very odd story..."

[cruelwonder]

"Would you tell me about it?" she asks. It takes her a moment, but then she realizes-- "If you aren't comfortable with the topic, it's all right."

[hellisthatnoise]

"Well, I found a strange Orb..... andmaybeunleashedademonuponmyself." No biggie.

[cruelwonder]

She pauses. "...Is this the creature that you think is following you? The nightmare?"

[hellisthatnoise]

"The Shadow, yes... It was after the pieces Orb that had been excavated."

[cruelwonder]

She frowns. "Have you any evidence that it's followed you here?" She wonders if the creature exists only in the Darkness.

[hellisthatnoise]

"Yes," He admits, eyes darting this way and that in his nervousness.

"I heard it's roar. I couldn't be mistaken! It's a call like no other..."

[cruelwonder]

She frowns, folding her arms across her chest. A roar could mean anything, but she understood. Some sounds were ingrained in her memory, like the voice of the Jabberwock.

"When did you hear it? Was it recently?"