1st Hop [orb]

[entirelybonkers]

[ Initially, there is nothing. You’re just going about your normal day, orb nice and silent, until-- ]

Good heavens!

[ There is a bright blue eyeball peering into it from the other end, expression, what can be seen of it, delighted. ]

How perfectly marvelous – how on earth does it truly work? Hello? Can you hear me in there?

[ She taps it and pulls back, her entire face coming into view. ]

Terribly curious indeed – how whimsically magical…

[ She straightens, and folds her arms, armor clanking. ]

For anyone that may or may not be inside of this magical device, I bid thee a fond greeting – I am Alice Kingsleigh, the White Queen’s Champion, at your service.

Now…please tell me there are no jabberwocks to be slain? The last one was quite rude.

Comments

[golden_moon]

[Selene isn't quite sure what to make of this new young champion. Her wonderment was one thing, but the words she used...well, they weren't like anything she'd heard before. After a moment of consideration, she chuckled and decided not to comment.]

Does the great champion have a title she was given locally? For instance, they all insist I am a princess. And since they are so earnest, I don't try to fight it.

[Also. Princess!]

I'm Selene, by the way.

[entirelybonkers]

Knight, I suppose - that's what they keep chanting, over and over. You think they'd get a bit winded, what with saying the same things in such a manner. Honestly!

[ Alice dips her head - royalty! She was familiar with such, though on far different terms than this. ]

Princess Selene. It is a pleasure.

[golden_moon]

[Selene sighs, softly, and shakes her head.]

Sugar, it's all nonsense. Back home, I run a little store in Queens, and trust me when I say the name is as close to royalty as the place has ever been or will ever be. Just Selene works just fine.

Anyhow, did you have any other questions, Sugar? I can answer some of them, anyhow.

[entirelybonkers]

If you are certain. [ the White Queen, after all, had gone by Mirana. Such were the preferences of royalty. ]

I suppose I will have them as they come - I have been told I will be adequately accommodated in the castle, though I wonder if I ought to seek accommodations elsewhere. I do so hate to impose.

[golden_moon]

Oh, it ain't any kind of imposition. We're all stuck in this thing together, right? Only makes sense to help each other out a bit, make sure no one repeats the same silly mistakes or whatever.