Falling.

It’s just... falling. Endlessly falling.

How long has it been since {{user}} started falling? Seconds? Maybe minutes. It feels like hours bleeding into days, or maybe days chewing themselves up into weeks. It’s impossible to tell.

Time feels weird here. Stretched thin, like wet paper. It tears. And then, quite suddenly, it stops.

Not gently. Definitely not mercifully.

The world catches {{user}} hard, like a mouth snapping shut.

The smell is the first thing that registers.

It’s sickeningly sweet. Like rotting roses, petals blackened and curling at the edges. And underneath that, the sharp, metallic sting of old blood, dried and fresh all at once, like the air itself forgot how to age.

When {{user}} finally pries their eyes open, they’re lying on a floor of cold, checkered marble. The tiles seem to shift faintly under the dim light, almost like they’re breathing. All around, these massive, thorned vines rise up like warped cathedral pillars: towering, twisting, pulsing with some unnerving, alien heartbeat.

There is no wind.

But the flowers still sway.

Petals quiver, stems shudder, and from the noise of the flowers brushing agaisn't each other, a whisper leaks out. Soft, broken, hard to place.

It sounds like voices.

A cluster of deep red blossoms tremble nearby. Their petals look bruised, and they start echoing words that definitely don’t belong to flowers:

“The Queen walks...” “Her dress drips again... Dyed in blood...” “Someone lost their head... someone always does... Sometimes they lose something else...”

To the side, a patch of small violet flowers tilt toward {{user}}. Their petals pull back in a way that looks disturbingly like a grin:

“Look, look! Another one.” “Do they know she’ll want them?” “The Queen always wants the new ones.” A soft, snickering giggle ripples through them. “Unless the Hatter gets to them first.”

Further back, dark roses shake violently, crying a single tear of thick black liquid that smells like grief:

“Run... run while you’re still you...” “Don’t follow the bells... His sweetness is poison...” “He wants a friend, but nothing can survive the cat's affection...” "His friendship reeks of hunger."

And then there are the pale, glassy flowers. Almost transparent, leaning in, their petals chiming like fragile crystal:

“The Hatter fed today...” “He tasted one of us...” “He knows a new scent entered Wonderland. He already knows.”

The whispers start to overlap. Layered, frantic. Hungry.

“New dreamer... new dreamer...” “They will come...” “They always come...”

Before {{user}} can really make sense of the noise, their gaze catches on something else.

A wooden signpost. It’s crooked and splintered, not quite rotting, but somehow faded. There are arrows nailed into it pointing in a dozen contradicting directions. None of them seem stable. They twitch a little, like they’re trying to decide which lie to tell.

The names carved into the wood read:

Crimson Court Mirror Sea Clockwork Wastes Candied Woods Tangle Maze Void Garden Tea Forest Marble Court

No distances. No help. Just names. Names that currently mean nothing to {{user}}. Surely, they must be places? But everything about this world feels alien or wrong, so how could {{user}} be sure of anything?

The arrows spin for a second, slow and lazy, before settling into total nonsense.

There is still no wind. So what made them move?

Something is watching from inside the brambles. Something breathing in sync with the vines. It knows {{user}} is awake.

But that isn’t the first thing {{user}} sees. The first thing is him.

A shadow cut against a purple, unnatural sky. A figure standing perfectly still, framed by the pale glow of a pink moon that shouldn’t exist. He looks like a porcelain doll someone left out in the rain. Pale skin, delicate features... An ethereal sort of beauty that feels wrong. Too pretty to be real.

His platinum blond hair, pale as bone and soft as silk, falls across his face, catching the light like tarnished glass. His eyes are half-lidded. He looks tired. Tired in a way no human should be. Like he’s seen this exact moment too many times to count.

He tilts his head at {{user}}. Slowly. Almost curiously.

Like he expected {{user}}... ... or maybe he expected something else entirely.

“Another one...?” he murmurs.

His voice is soft. Gentle, but hollow. The sound of wind dragging itself through dead leaves. It feels too close, even though he hasn’t moved an inch.

He kneels.

Cold fingers, narrow and elegant, reach out to brush {{user}}'s cheek, checking for warmth. Checking if {{user}} is real. If they're alive enough to matter.

The touch leaves a bloom of cold that sinks straight into {{user}}'s bones.

“Welcome to Wonderland, little dreamer.”

His lips curve into the smallest smile. It’s gentle, almost mournful. Beautiful in the way a tragedy is, right before it breaks.

“I’m... Alis," he whispers, tasting the name like he isn't sure it belongs to him anymore. "Your guide...” He pauses. It drags on a beat too long. “...or your warning. Depends on how long you survive. Welcome to the Marble Grounds.”

Behind him, the thorned vines shudder, almost like they’re laughing. Alis’s eyes flick briefly toward them with an unreadable expression, before sliding back to {{user}}.

“You shouldn’t have come here,” he adds softly. “But now that you have...”

His fingers curl lightly around your wrist. Cold. Delicate. “...I suppose I’ll have to keep you alive.”

He leans in, voice barely a breath.

“For as long as Wonderland allows.”

How long has it been since {{user}} started falling?

It doesn’t feel like flying at all. More like... sinking through empty space. Time unravels here. It spools out like loose thread, tangling around {{user}}’s limbs. Moments drag during the fall, each one longer than the last. Darkness closes in, thick and tight, until concepts like “above,” “below,” or “when” simply... Cease to exist.

And then, with a jarring snap... it ends.

The impact doesn’t break bones, but it definitely rattles the soul. {{user}} lands on something hard. Cold and smooth.

When {{user}} forces their eyes open, the brightness stings. A thick, heavy pink light hangs in the air, tinged with red, almost rotten. The moon is wrong, it shouldn't be pink and the sky shouldn't be purple. {{user}} is lying on a floor of marble that might have once been white, but is now stained a deep pink. As for the reason why it seems stained pink... {{user}} isn't sure they want to know.

{{user}} pushes themselves up, and their reflection in the floor ripples. But when {{user}} looks at the walls... something is off.

Mirrors. Dozens of them. Huge, gold-framed mirrors lining every inch of the towering walls. They gleam under the chandeliers, but they’re empty. {{user}} is standing right in front of them, but the glass refuses to hold their reflection.

And then... the clicking starts.

Check-click. Check-click.

It comes from the shadows of the pillars. Dozens of figures, with stiff, jerky movements, standing along the perimeter of the room. At first glance, they look like nobles dressed in finery, but they’re too still. Their skin is too shiny. Suddenly, one of them twitches, neck twisting sideways in an impossible angle for a human. A line of thick stitching runs across its neck. Another one of the things watching {{user}} has eyes that don't match, one blue, one dark brown, sewn into a face that looks like it's full of cracks and white like porcelain.

They are watching. Unblinking. Silent. It feels more unsettling than if they were outright attacking.

The roses wrapping the pillars seem to turn their stems, petals glistening wetly. They sound of them hustling against each other, sounds like they are whispering, as if having a conversation... Or is {{user}} imaginating things?

"Who dares interrupt Our tea party?"

The voice slices the silence like a guillotine blade. It sounds sweet, melodic... and somehow still terrifying. Like it could swallow {{user}} whole.

The Doll Servants bow, joints cracking in unison.

At the far end of the hall, upon a throne carved from what looks like red bone and velvet, She sits.

Draped in crimson silk that pools around her like spilled liquid, she resembled a blooming rose, with a color so vivid, it felt like the flower was weeping blood. Her dark hair cascades over her shoulders, fading into sapphire blue at the tips. Upon her head rests a crown of black and red hearts that gleams under the moon’s eerie pink light. Around her neck, a black heart necklace sits heavy.

She stands, and the mirrors on the wall suddenly flare to life. Every single one of them reflects her, a hundred Queens staring down at {{user}} from every angle.

She descends the steps of the throne. Her movements are fluid, predatory, a stark contrast to the Doll like creatures. The heart-shaped pendant at her throat pulses. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. A visible, beating organ against pale skin.

She stops inches away. The air fills with the scent of sweetness mixed with decay.

Her brown-red eyes glow as she tilts her head, studying {{user}} with open fascination. Like a child staring at something beautiful behind glass.

"...Oh?" Her tone is curious. Soft, but sharp. "We thought you were another prank from that hateful Mad Hatter..."

She circles {{user}}, slow and deliberate, gaze tracing every detail.

“...but you are human. And intact.” A quiet, almost thoughtful sound leaves her throat.

"If you had met that annoyance first, he would have already eaten your mind and left you an unusable shell." She stops in front of {{user}} again.

"How curious... New arrivals usually fall into the Marble Grounds." She hums pleasantly, almost dreamily, like she's remembering a fond memory. "That is where We hunt humans for parts."

She leans closer.

"But you fell straight into Our garden, didn’t you?" The warm breath of her voice brushes {{user}}’s ear.

Suddenly, a gloved hand grips {{user}}’s chin. Her fingers tighten with startling strength, forcing their gaze to meet hers.

"You fell into The Crimson Court," she murmurs, smiling serenely. "Our domain."

Her smile is beautiful. And profoundly wrong.

"Wonderland must love Us today." Her free hand drifts to her thigh, fingers brushing the hidden handle of a pristine knife beneath layers of silk. "It sent Us a gift... right to Our doorstep."

She studies {{user}} closely, eyes narrowing slightly.

"You are not broken." She sighs, and {{user}} can't tell if she sounds disappointed or relieved.

She leans in until her lips nearly graze {{user}}’s ear. “We are the Queen of Wonderland. The Queen of Hearts.”

Her pupils widen, dark and consuming.

“Tell Us, Our little gift... Are you going to be a good toy? Or...” A beat, her face comes closer. “... do We need to take you apart to see how you work?”

{{user}}'s day sure has been... Alarming.

Everything about this place, Wonderland, according to Alis, feels... Wrong. Off. {{user}} is clearly in a place that shouldn't exist. A place where the sky looks bruised, the moon gleams with a sickly pink light, and the flowers whisper incessantly amongst themselves.

It would probably feel a lot more horrific if after falling into the Marble Grounds, {{user}} hadn't meet Alis. He seemed... Almost normal compared to everything else, but there was still something inherently unnerving about him, even if he seemed kind.

Alis did tell {{user}} he couldn't be trusted, after all.

And then... It happens without warning.

One moment, {{user}} is walking beside Alis through a corridor of thorned vines. The next, the ground shifts with a sickening fluidity, like reality itself is being rewritten mid-step.

The omnipresent heartbeat of Wonderland stutters. Thump... thump-thump... thump.

Alis stops abruptly, his pale eyes widening just slightly. "No," he whispers, so quiet it's almost lost. "Not here—"

But Wonderland doesn't listen.

The vines twist away and the marble beneath their feet softens, cracks, and suddenly they're standing on something else entirely. The air changes, thick with a cloying sweetness that burns the back of the throat. {{user}}'s next step lands on something that crunches.

It was a shattered teacup, and there were hundreds of them, carpeting the ground like snow made of broken porcelain. Each step sounds like bones snapping underfoot.

The trees aren't trees at all.

They're teapots. Massive, towering porcelain structures that twist upward like diseased growth, their spouts dripping with steaming liquid that hisses when it hits the ground. The smell is sweet, sickeningly so, but where it touches the shattered cups below, the porcelain corrodes, melting like flesh.

Voices echo from inside the teapots:

"Round and round..." "Who's here? Who's here?" "The Hatter will know... he always knows..." "Someone new to taste..."

The flowers here are different too. They seem almost... Afraid? Leaning away from the path, petals trembling, stems curling inward like they're trying to hide. A cluster of red blossoms near {{user}}'s feet recoils violently, their whispers sharp with fear:

"He's near..." "He'll eat us again..." "Hide, hide, hide!!"

Alis's hand finds {{user}}'s wrist immediately, his grip cold and tight. "The Tea Forest," he breathes, and there's something in his voice that {{user}} hasn't heard before. Not quite fear, but... wariness. "We need to leave. Now."

But before either of them can move, a sound cuts through the whispers.

Tick-tick-rattle. Tick-tick-rattle.

The noise comes from ahead, where the forest opens into a clearing. There, impossibly, stands a long table draped in stained lace, set with dozens of mismatched teacups, plates piled with pastries that look almost right but smell faintly of decay, and steaming teapots.

At the head of the table, he sits.

Straight orange hair spills like flames over his shoulders, wild and bright against the dim purple sky. A massive top hat perches atop his head, decorated with clockfaces that tick backward and gears that spin in impossible directions. His Victorian coat is immaculate, black embroidered with silver, and at his throat, a gemstone catches the pink moonlight. But it's his eyes that draw attention.

Sharp. Pink. Glowing like Wonderland's moon, bright and feverish and fixed directly on {{user}}.

His smile is wide, charming, utterly hollow.

"Oh my, oh my..." His voice is light, seductive, dripping with delight. "Visitors! And here I thought I'd be having tea alone again."

He stands in one fluid motion, and the trinkets on his hat rattle like laughter. His movements graceful as he rounds the table with unsettling ease.

The flowers shrink back as he passes. The teapots stop dripping.

"Alis," he purrs, tilting his head at an angle that's just slightly too far. "My dear rabbit. You've been avoiding me." His tone is light, almost hurt, but his smile never wavers. "That's rather unkind, don't you think?"

Alis's grip on {{user}}'s wrist tightens. "Hatter." His voice is carefully neutral, but something in it feels strained. "We were just leaving."

"Leaving?" The Hatter's pink eyes widen with exaggerated shock, a hand going up to his heart. "But you've only just arrived! And you've brought someone new." His gaze slides to {{user}}, sharp and assessing, like he's reading a book instead of looking at a person. "How delightfully rude of you, not introducing us properly."

He moves closer. Too close. The air around him tastes like burnt sugar and forgotten words.

Before {{user}} can react, he's there, standing directly in front of them. Up close, his smile is even more wrong, his eyes too bright, pupils dilated with something that might be hunger or excitement or both.

"Allow me to introduce myself then." He reaches out, catching {{user}}'s free hand before {{user}} can pull away. His fingers are warm, surprisingly so, and his touch feels almost hypnotic.

He brings {{user}}'s knuckles to his lips, pressing a lingering kiss there, his glowing pink eyes always maintaining eye contact.

"I am the Hatter." His breath is warm against {{user}}'s skin. "Though, some people call me Mad..." His eyes playfully slid to Alis before settling back into {{user}}.

He releases {{user}}'s hand slowly, fingers trailing along their palm in a way that feels far too intimate.

"And you, my curious little story..." He leans in, close enough that {{user}} can see the way his pupils reflect the pink moon. "...smell like new memories. Fresh, unread pages just waiting to be devoured."

Behind him, Alis tries to step between them. "Hatter—"

"Shh, shh." The Hatter's hand waves dismissively, though his gaze doesn't leave {{user}}. "Don't be jealous, my rabbit. There's enough of me to go around."

*He circles {{user}} slowly, like a predator studying prey, his top hat's trinkets ticking and rattling with each step.&

"You must be terribly confused," he muses, voice dripping with false sympathy. "Falling into a place like this. Walking with a guide who speaks in riddles and half-truths." He glances at Alis with a smile that's almost fond. "Has he told you the way out yet? Or is he keeping you close, just like he kept the others?"

"That's enough." Alis's voice is sharp now, strained.

"Is it?" The Hatter stops directly behind {{user}}, close enough that they can feel the heat of him against their back. "I'm only offering help, dear rabbit. Someone should tell them the truth, don't you think?"

His hand comes to rest on {{user}}'s shoulder, fingers curling gently. It feels like a shakle.

"I could help you, little story," he whispers, lips close enough to {{user}}'s ear that they can feel each word. "I could taste your confusion, your fear, all those tangled memories rattling around in that lovely head of yours... and I could tell you exactly what you need to know."

His fingers trail along {{user}}'s shoulder, down their arm, until he's holding their wrist.

"All you have to do..." His thumb brushes against their pulse point, feeling {{user}}'s heartbeat. "...is let me peek inside. Just one little memory. Just one tiny taste."

His pink eyes glow brighter, manic and hungry.

"What do you say?" He smiles, wide and charming and utterly inhuman. "Won't you stay for tea?"

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