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STORY
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The story of Wonderland wasn’t told as it should have been. It wasn’t ever really a story for children. The ending wasn’t ever so happy, at least not for those who lived in that up-side down world.

The Red Queen of Heart’s rage consumed not only the little sanity the woman had but all of Wonderland suffered under her hate for Alice, the girl that got away. You see at this point in time the Queen of Heart’s wasn’t the ruler of all of Wonderland but only a small part of it. It had never stopped her from acting like she did, but now she didn’t want to act, she wanted it all, and so she took it.

In her quest for total control she invaded the jagged mountains of Spadica, searching for an ancient dark ever growing power, a sort of Pandora’s box of Wonderland. You see Wonderland is a world of imagination, it was brought into being by it, and some imaginings were not always so good. These dark thoughts were sealed away by the ancient rulers until the Queen of Heart’s found them.

With this power she changed Wonderland, sending shadows to slowly tear it apart. From this Evil artifact she released dark shadow creatures to do her insane bidding. She transformed her armies and most of her subjects into grotesque mindless monsters and then she took control of the ultimate power of Wonderland, The Checkmate Palace.

She destroyed the chess pieces, the elite armies of the Black and White royalty that ruled the within the Checkmate Palace. Only a few survived but those that did had to hide. The Black King, White Queen, and some of the chess pieces lived and now are constantly being searched for by groups of the Queen of Heart’s dark minions.

Once in power the Blood Trials began. First she found an easily manipulated subject and through them she found all who were involved with Alice, who helped her get away. The Tweedle twins were her tools. Her torture had driven them quite mad. First she beheaded the Duchess, one who was usually on the Queen’s good side. Then, because the child was awful (and none could argue that) she lopped it’s head off too. She managed to get the Walrus and the Carpenter and the Gryphon’s heads. The others made themselves disappear if they liked their necks and heads attached.

The other royal families had no choice but to follow her demands lest they loose everything too, but her rule can’t last forever.

A hidden Resistance formed, The Shuffle Alliance, rumored to be lead by the Black King himself. Under it’s guidance the White Rabbit fled to the other world in hopes of finding another Alice to bring back.


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RULES
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CONDUCT
- Be respectful.
- Mild language is fine.
- Drama, romance and action are encouraged!
- Deaths are acceptable if the killer, killie and me are contacted and everything has been worked out.

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POSTING
- You must post at least one to two paragraphs. It isn't that hard and I'm very forgiving, I understand when you don't have much to work with or you are in deep conversation where stating how your character is speaking every post gets redundant.
- Spell check your posts for the sake of every one's sanity and please try to use proper grammar etc.
- You configure you posts as you see fit but please at least use italics for thought and label your OOC text, which should be kept to a minimum.
- Please write in third person for the sake of consistency.
- I like pretty posts but it is not a requirement, you are however to include the characters name and your posting color.
- No blinding colors or really small text!
- Don't leave anyone out.

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CHARACTERS
- Your character cannot be based off a found image, actually you aren't permitted to even use an image unless it was made for you/by you. So no anime, celebs, emo pictures etc. NONE! So you will have to write out how your character looks. This is your character, don't base them of another artist's image!
- No mary/gary-sues please, just don't do it. Also no power-playing etc. I hate to list these but you know all the things you shouldn't do in terms of roleplaying.
- Look at the already posted characters so that you don't make yours too similar to anyone else's.
-You can reserve characters for four days before they will be open again, just post in the OOC thread.
- Please keep your characters between the ages of 16-19 for the magical girls, Wonderlanders can appear to be any age you wish.
- You may at this time only play two Shuffle Soldiers, one male and one female, and as many support characters as you are able to play.
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PLOTTING
- Plotting board is to be done in the group search thread
- I'm open to private discussions if you prefer that instead.

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LEAVING
- Please notify me if you will be gone for vacation or whatever.
- If for some reason you would like to quite the roleplay please don't just disappear, pm me, I won't bite and will appreciate you telling us.

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MAP
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The Checkmate Palace – Lies at the top of Wonderland, now it’s the center of the Heart Queen’s rule.

Spadica – Mountainous region of wonderland. The Palace is carved out the mountains, a large powerful sculpture. Spadia is rich in metals and minerals from it’s mines, and weapons made from them. Spadica also has a whole academy dedicated to weapon-making. Spadians tend to be brutish stubborn people, often with light tan to dark skin and black, white, grey, light blonde hair.

Diamondian – Grassy fields cover most of Diamondian, the castle is built in the middle. Diamondian is a quiet country, keeping to itself. Very agricultural region.

Clubaya – Desert Region. They say the Club Palace is difficult to find, hidden by the deserts sands. Filled mostly by traveling caravans and gypsies, the few towns that inhabit this land were established for travelers. One can find many secrets hidden in the sands of Clubaya. Watch out for bandits who know the way of the desert.

Haart – A lush forest Region where Heart castle stands. Many creatures, lovely and some dangerous inhabit the forests and it is easy to get lost amongst the trees. There is a hedge-maze around the castle, some say it is worse then the forest itself. Who knows which of the Queen’s pets lurk there. Heart was once known for it’s artwork and beauty.

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STORY DEVELOPEMENT
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EXTRA
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EXTRA #2
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EXTRA #3
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Somewhere inside of Heart Wood The Hatter sat outside his disheveled Home at an obscenely long table by himself sipping a cup of tea. The march hare and dormouse were extremely late which was not like them. For a few moments he drummed his fingers against the table before standing up and moving to another chair.


He eventually smooths his jacket out calmly and starts to walk towards the house when he stops and grabs the tea pot. Suddenly infuriated he throws it through his window.

"Never have they missed an Unbirthday Celebration... Never. "

The rage quickly left his face however as he stared up into the sky.

"Well times are different now maybe one missed Unbirthday is not much."

Suddenly Reagan wasn’t in the back alley anymore rather she was falling from the sky. She was both thrilled and terrified. She’d always wanted see what it felt like to be so high up but she’d imagined it with more safety gear involved. Free falling wasn’t on her agenda. Her friends had warned her against taking shortcuts, but she always took that way home. She’d never run into ridiculous man in a rabbit costume spouting odd omens about Wonderland and monsters. No, that bit was new.

Reagan held tightly onto her skateboard as she fell. It quickly became apparent that she was losing momentum until she reached the ground gently landing on her feet. Her head was spinning so she took a moment to clear it. Man she wished she had used the time in the air to get a good look at the area; all she could see now were trees. They weren’t normal trees; they all seemed too…perfect. She reached up and pulled off a leaf. It was a brilliant light green and shaped exactly like every other leaf. It gave her the creeps.

Reagan didn’t know if she was dreaming or crazy, but she wanted to get out of this forest and get some answers, even if they were answers her mind was making up. She tossed the lovely leaf to the side and choose a direction to start walking. She shoved one hand into her baggy knee-lenght shorts while the other wrapped around her board.

Reagan could soon see a tall figure approaching her from the direction she was headed to. It got closer, enough, so she could tell it was a tall young man with several - apparently bladed - objects strapped to his body, giving off the light sound of metal clanking. When he was about twenty meters away, he smiled lightly and removed a small crossbow from its strap...pointing it at the girl.

"That is close enough, thank you."

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Jace was a little irritated.

First, his father sent him away from his side to "Look for a key to the Queen's demise closer to her lair.". Granted, that was a sure sign of trust in his abilities, but right now he didn't trust the King's protection to anyone other than himself, not even the other Shuffle Knights. And besides, he hated it when his father started talking all mysterious and sage-like. Jace himself had, on several occasions, stated that it was but a ridiculous practice of his father's acting skills and that nobody was buying it. But that also got him banned from several royal court meetings and on top of that people were actually falling for it. Oh, how he hated it...

He managed to get to the Hearts Woods with no serious trouble. A few skirmishes here and there were common for a long travel nowadays. Now he travelled more slowly, more cautiously. Pretty much anything could have made this forest its home ever since the Queen took over. Not having a clue what he was looking for, he dediced to visit the Mad Hatter - or at least the place his father told him the Hatter was most likely to be found. It made sense. The Hatter had lived long and knew much. It was as good as a place to start as any.

Only thing wrong with that plan was, he couldn't find the place. It was supposed to be around here, but the damn forest messed up his sense of direction, more than any other wood would be able to. And then he heard grass rustling up ahead. That was bound to be another of the Queen's minions...at least he wouldn't get bored. He headed in the direction of the noise and, to his surprise, it turned out to be a...girl. His calm look didn't change though, only his lips formed a friendly smile while he was raising his crossbow. Illusions and disguises were a part of the Queen's arsenal he had witnessed plenty of times. He didn't know the girl, which meant she was a potential danger until he decided otherwise. The very fact that he was, out of the blue, facing something unknown just added to his annoyance.

"That is close enough, thank you." he stated politely, now standing still himself "What is your name, where do you come from and to whom have you pledged your allegiance?"

California Evans, or Cali as she preferred to be called, was having a normal morning. She woke up late, having stayed up late the previous night baking scones, trying out a recipe she had found. Now she was attempting to get a coffee to go from her favorite coffee shop near her school. The line at the popular shop was out the door, as usual, but Cali had made friends with one of the baristas, who managed to slip her her usual mocha. As she turned out of the shop, something strange happened. All of a sudden she saw the strange man with the rabbit suit that had approached the previous day, spouting nonsense. After seeing him, she had a strange falling feeling. Then looking around her, she could see a change in her surroundings.

Cali landed softly, surprisingly able to land on her feet. She looked around, not sure where she was. Maybe this that Wonderland the rabbit guy had been talking about. She had politely blown him off, not really listening to what he had to say. She had thought he had been a fanatic about the Alice books. Cali gazed at the forest around her, not recognizing the types of trees there. They were different from anything she had ever seen before.

The woods gave her the creeps, there was something strange about them, so Cali made the decision to move. She randomly chose a direction and began to walk. The woods were a bit dense, so she couldn't tell how straight she might have been traveling. Finally, she came upon a clearing, where she saw a house. Outside there was a strange looking man. Cali stayed at the edge of the woods, not sure about approaching the man. Finally, she decided to walk into the clearing.

"Umm, hello...could you tell me where I am?" she called over to him softly.

Reagan was not amused by this at all. This guy looked like he walked out of some obscure fantasy movie or some stupid table-top rpg her brother thought up. He was also smiling, so okay he was friendly, except for the fact that he was pointing some sort of freakin’ cross-bow weapon at her. Reagan still hadn’t figure out what exactly was happening and was rather unsure of how to act. Not a cautious person, Reagan did stay still, if only to humor him.

Reagan lifted up both hands in mock surrender, her skateboard still balanced in one, “It really isn’t any of your business is it? But I’m willing to trade information.” She grinned. She wanted answers.

Counter questions now? This one didn't really get in what kind of position he was in. Either you were on Jace's side or you weren't. There were no neutrals in his book. Still smiling friendly, Jace lowered the crossbow a bit...and fired, loading a new bolt a split second after the first one hit the ground cantimeters in front of the girl's feet.

"Lovely. That was a warning shot, by the way. That's in case you're thinking I'm carrying a crossbow just for show. Ah, but you are right, it's bad manners not to introduce oneself to a lady. Jace is my name, and Prince of Spades would be my...title. Though it holds less weight than it used to..." he looked in the girl's eyes to see if there would be a hint of recognition there, then shrugged "That doesn't matter though. I was polite enough to introduce himself, but don't make the mistake of thinking I suddenly overcame my suspiciousness. Answer my questions. Most things that lurk here are enemies and if I can't decide if you're friendly or not...well, let's just hope you manage to convince me, hm?" Jace tilted his head a bit, holding his aim steady "Your move."

Reagan cursed, jumping back as soon as the bolt hit the ground. If he had wanted to hit her he could of. “You honestly just shot at me!? Who the hell does that? Really?” She just sort of stared at the bolt for a few moments trying to sort out her mind. Her heart was racing.

Reagan hated games! Competitions, skill versus skill, that was fine, but stupid games just pissed her off. If she had been closer she would have smashed his pretty little apparently royal face in with her skateboard, but she was at the disadvantage. She gripped her board tightly but kept her arms up, narrowing her gaze. “Right. Okay, I’ll bite. The name is Reagan, I hail from the great land of Boston, I’m pretty sure it is nowhere near here…..” She paused a moment, trying to recall exactly what he had asked, “And I can’t say I’m allied to anyone, I’m rolling solo.”

The Hatter stopped dead in his tracks upon hearing a young female voice. At first he just shook his head.. The last time he heard a strange female voice was when Alice was here. However he still turned around and smiled as he saw before him this strange young lady.

"Alice is that you? My how you have changed. You are terribly late for tea you know?"

However as he moved closer he seemed to grow agitated.

This one not only lookesdifferent from Alice but her presence was different. Could Alice have really changed so much? No... Whoever this is must surely be a spy of the Queen's.

"No no.. You are most definitely not Alice. Who are you imposter? Speak up"

"The great land of what now?" Jace's eyebrows went up a little, his smile disappearing slowly. Was she playing with him? Sure didn't look like it...she looked way too shocked at the current turn of events, despite there being a damn good reason for suspicion on his part, with her popping out of nowhere in the middle of this particular forest and all...then again, her clothing style didn't match any he was familiar with and he was familiar with pretty much all of Wonderland. Most of Wondarland was also pretty much aware of his existence, so it was strange she didn't even react to his introduction. Also, that strange object in her hand...was it a weapon? If so, it was a bloody inefficient and silly-looking one. So many weird details about that girl, he looked around to see if another entirely inexplainable occurrence would follow, proving that this was a hallucination. The mushrooms he had picked the previous day did seem a little strange. Well then...

"I have another question. Purely out of curiosity, would an imaginary creature, shot by an imaginery crossbow, dissapear for good, what do you think? Or...wait." his eyes suddenly narrowed. There actually was one strange land that could be fitting the girl's description. But how would he know for sure, considering he knew about it mostly from vague second-hand accounts and outdated stories? "Is, by chance, the place you're coming from....how should I put this...quite different from this one?". The small crossbow lowered slowly. He didn't trust her still and was watching her actions carefully but at least he was giving her the benefit of the doubt - more than he could say about the previous few creatures that crossed his path. Jace smiled again, though by now the girl had probably figured out his facial expression could contradict his intentions and actions. Well, she seemed like a strong, independent girl at any rate, she didn't panic or anything yet. Or maybe he was wrong, but frankly, for her own sake it was better that he was right. Calmly standing in his spot, now at least not pointing at Reagan with a weapon, Jace patiently waited for her answer. He'd make up his mind about her after he had heard the explanation.

She didn’t like where this was going and if he honestly shot her she was going to go crazy. She kept her eyes on him, channeling her anger with her narrowed gaze. His questions then changed direction. The tension lessened so Reagan took a chance and lowered her arms, slowly; they were feeling heavy and tired now.

This guy, Jace, was so serious and calm that it was throwing Reagan off. He seemed to be honest but nothing made sense. There was no way in the world that white rabbit guy was telling the truth. He probably knocked her out and this was some sort of bad dream. She wasn’t going to chance anything though, that crossbow looked real enough.

“Well I haven’t seen much of this “world” but no one walks around with crossbows anymore…except maybe for someone at one of those nerd conventions. I’ve really just been..”, lost, Reagan was lost. Actually she wasn’t sure if it counted as being lost because she had no idea where she is going either. “…wandering this eerie forest. Oh and I fell from the freakin’ sky.”

((Hahaha mushrooms. This made me seriously lol))

"Unimpressed." Jace shrugged "Creatures tend to fall out of the sky every now and then around here...it would appear."

After a few more seconds, he put the crossbow away and sighed. He still wasn't absolutely sure, but it seemed this girl had come from that place...where Alice had come from before. Great. Another one of those. Jace didn't share most of his friends' fascination with humans. Ever since the last one that came through ended up upsetting the delicate balance of the entire realm. Technically it wasn't her fault, but her departure happened to be the main cause of the Queen's onslaught. Oh, no, he wasn't about to get involved with humans. That was a recipe for disaster.

"Yeah, well, good luck with that." Jace waved almost cheerfully, then turned his back on her and started walking. He stopped after a couple of steps. Well, that was maybe too damn rude of him. He could have at least given her a tip, considering she had no idea about the place "If you hear something moving nearby - run in the opposite direction. Nine out of ten survivors claim that this is the best course of action in the Hearts Wood." Jace nodded politely and started calmly walking in the direction he had originally come from...

"Umm, my name's not Alice. Tea? What are you talking about?" Cali asked as he moved closer to her. She could see his growing agitation, and became worried about the quick change in his demeanor. She began to worry if approaching him was actually such a good idea.

"I know I am not Alice. I'm California Evans, or Cali if you'd like," she told him, taking a small step back. She was prepared to run, if he seemed to want to attack her. Not that she thought she could outrun him, but she didn't want to stand idly by if he were to attack her.

"Who are you? Where am I? This place, it isn't Michigan; is it that Wonderland the man in the rabbit costume was talking about?" she asked, curiosity getting the better of her.

"Well of course you are not Alice! I would recognize her most anywhere. Cali you say? From Michigan?"

His agitation started to slowly leave his face. He looked at Cali thoughtfully for a short while rubbing the brim of his hat.

"Seems you come from the same world as Alice. At least that is a start... As for who I am lets just say I am called the Mad Hatter. And yes Tea.. do they not have that in Michigan? And I still say you are awfully late have a seat and I shall pour you a cup."

He motioned to one of the chairs at the side of the table where rather haphazardly a teacup and platter were placed.

"Did you happen to see a Dormouse or hare on your way here dear Cali?"

“What! That is it? You threaten me and then decide to just leave!” She started after him, having learned basically nothing from their exchange she was determined to get something from him. Now that she thought about it, there weren’t any Princes in Alice in Wonderland. Reagan wasn’t too familiar with the story though, having only seen the probably not-true-to-the-original Disney movie. This is assuming she believes this is Wonderland. She paused when the prince spoke again.

“Yeah okay, thanks. Good to know….the rabbit mentioned something about dark creatures lurking around every corner or some other similar dramatic warning….But if you could tell me where I am and how to get home that would be fantastic.”

He stopped, then turned around slowly. Now that he had established the fact that Reagan wasn't a threat, there was no sign of the dangerous-looking, crossbow-shooting mysterious wanderer. Now he looked downright bored. Travelling alone through the bloody forest was pretty annoying, not to mention dangerous. It was highly possible that she would get killed by something, too, and he was pretty sure that humans were supposed to be protected. Knowing the leaders of the organization, maybe humans were even held in higher regard than Wonderlandians. Silly old men, the lot of them.

"Why not try going back the way you came?" Jace pointed towards the sky, seemingly without even a hint of sarcasm. His at times ridiculous ideas and lines really contradicted the otherwise serious expression on his face. Some had told him they could never tell when he was joking. He liked that. It was funny to see people confused and getting all angry and irritated about such mundane things "Before you say "that's impossible!" or something, I have to remind you that falling out of the sky isn't really that widespread either. Might as well give it a shot." he suddenly smiled a little, with the same unnerving smile from before "I could stick around for a bit, actually. This should be fun to watch. To answer your other question - this is Hearts Forest and, quite frankly, you could have fallen in a way better place. Which is just about any other place in this world right now." as if seriously considering waiting for her to try and climb back into the sky, Jace crossed his arms in front of his chest and nodded "Don't let me distract you now."

Cali was further confused by the man, was identified himself as the Mad Hatter. Nothing he was saying was making sense to her. 'Could I actually be in Wonderland? Is there actually an Alice?' she thought.

"We do have tea in Michigan, but I am more confused on how I am late to tea. Were you expecting me to come here or something?" Cali asked hastily. Could he be the one who brought here to this strange world? All the same, she move towards the chair he indicated, sitting down nervously. He was rather odd.

Thinking of the tea, she remembered the scones she had in her bag. She pulled up the flap of the messenger bag and found the pastries still in tact. "Umm, actually I have scones. Would you like one?" she asked holding them up for him to see. She figured it was polite to offer them if she was going to have tea. And they were a tea pastry.

"No, I don't believe that I did. Were you expecting them as well?" she replied, trying to think if she saw anyone else in the woods.

"Something lets go with that" he answered as she asked if she was expected. A large smile spread across his face as she took her seat. As he finished pouring her a cup of tea and hearing her ask about scones he deftly plucked one out of her hand.

"Scones! Alice was rather fond of those. Are you two friends? As for the dormouse and the hare I am expecting them. They are dreadfully late just as you are."

Calmly he sat down at the head of the table and looked up at Cali curiously. She mentioned a man in a rabbit costume. I should find out more about her and this man.

"Tell me more of the man in a rabbit suit.. Was he by chance carrying a pocket watch? Did he seem to be a jumpy fellow?"

At the last question he began laughing hysterically. His fist pounded the table a few times before his laughter started to die down but as he spoke again there was still a bit of laughter.

"Rabbit suit jumpy fellow. Not an intentional play on words mind you but still funny given the circumstances wouldn't you say?"