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Wonderland City
 
A day had passed and already there were decorates up and around the area with banners of Snow's awakening.  There were newsboys selling papers that claiming various people were responsible for her 'second death' and that once more she was saved by true love. But it hadn't taken them long to start questioning March's history and more importantly his sexuality. The subject of such brought Prince Charming back to the front of the papers, something he might have liked more under different circumstances.

Snow wasn't the only headline though.  Cinderella had been miraculous found and it turned out, so said the papers, that Captain Booth had her the entire time. Forcing her into the life of a wench and for a lady of her station and a man of his reputation, he was sentenced to death. Sitting on the Red Brick Road to be hung at the gallows later on after the celebrations had finished.  Truly Wonderland City was alive with gossip and intrigue, but also happiness and reasons to make money!

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Snow was lying in the bed she'd been nursing March in the day before.  She hadn't really been afraid to go to sleep again, but she would never eat an apple ever again. Not until someone else tried it first but Snow was too nice of a person to do that to anyone.  She didn't count of falling asleep since she'd been in a sleeplike state of death for months.  But she did, tired from ordering servants to take out buckets of regurgitated tea and give her new buckets just in case.  Asleep still she turned and was facing March now he would probable be waking up with something of a hangover.

They weren't under the sheets, just sleeping atop them and had been undisturbed for quite some time.  A glass coffin was nice and all, but nothing beat a bed.  She sighed in her sleep and snuggled up against March in her sleep.

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Booth sat in a jail cell, staring up at the ceiling. The escape was supposed to have worked but they had the whole damn armada after them. Just for stealing a bit of gold from a coffin of a dead woman.  He'd been taken in custody and thrown in a cell. Nobody asked him what his story was and when they'd found Ella's papers stashed in his pants, they only assumed he'd stolen them. Forced their princess into a life of slavery and depravity that no woman of her place should have to suffer.

"Bloody fools, if they'd only seen her drinking in Tortuga they wouldn't think her so innocent," Booth muttered to himself. He stood up and walked to the small window of his cell. The Red Brick Road. Marked for death without even going on trial, though it wouldn't do much good.  His crew had made themselves scarce, but he suspected they were in the process of looking for a new employment.

The sound of the heavy boots thunking down the hall drew his attention.  Booth went over to the wooden door of his cell and peeked through to see the guard coming around the corner with a torch in his hand.
 
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Wonderland City
Snow White Memorial
 
 
Nearly four months had since Snow White had bitten an apple and once more appeared dead to the world.  There had been festivals and competitions to see who could bring the princess back to live, to restore her to the throne. Some preferred her that way, since Snow was better lying in a glass coffin than creating a menace for the Pied Piper and his followers. All of them showed their sympathy for the distressful occurance, but each time someone laid their lips against Snow White's and she didn't awaken, they let out a secret sigh of relief. For those that Snow White had been an advocate for, her current state was a tragedy and they had no backing among the royals they once had.  After the third month with no luck, the papers and news stopped their attempts at rallying the people into home.  Things were dim and it appeared no one would wake the beauty from her death.

The glass coffin was polished and dusted. Kept in better care than many of the other monuments and sitting a top the hill.  The crowds grew fewer and fewer, and now there was a seldom visitor who would stop by to pity the girl inside the coffin.  Guards were kept up to make sure no one tried to harm the body or abuse it.

No one saw the two lone figures who walked up the hill. "You knew her?" Booth asked Cinderella who was using her time on shore to visit what she called an old friend.  He should have known they all knew each other, but he thought she'd have long let her life before die away.  Cinderella, or Ella as she now called herself, was his first mate.  He was curious to see what friends she might have known before, and thought maybe it was just some peddler on the street.  They arrived at the top of the hill, the two guards standing at either side eyed the two warily but kept their eyes forward.  The top of the coffin was up for now, should anyone still want to try kiss her (or try again).

"Hard to believe it," he commented casually, "Or you dressed up in rags like those."  They weren't rags that Snow wore, but a dress of ice blue.  Even in death her lips look as perfect red as they always did, her hair as black as midnight and skin as pale as...well...snow.
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Wonderland City
Downtown

Most festivals people were expecting but strangely enough this one had the strangest theme.  There were gum drop festivals and candy cane parades, but this one was centered around waking Snow White. She'd been in a coma-like state for months, lying there lifeless and returned to the glass coffin that was polished and shined, cleaned to rest her body in.  While the coffin case wasn't completely shut, it was currently open with a long line of potentials preparing to give her a kiss.  In hopes that they'd be the "true love's kiss" and wake her. It was generally believed that whoever woke her would be destined to marry Snow and from there take on a royal title and become king.

"Okay...today, we're going to tell him," Hatter said looking at Dormouse, "I don't...know how he's going to react. You won't let him kill me, will you? He always looks so angry when we're sitting close together."  They were walking, hand in hand, and looking around for March. They'd seen him walking around the line before, probably debating whether or not to join the crowd.  When they found him he was standing near the front, looking particularly ticked off.

Hatter gulped, "Maybe we should wait or something. You know...not now but...after he...finally gets the nerve to kiss her, you know? I don't think I can do this, Dor."

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Hickory Dickory Dock
Afternoon

It was a good time to hang around the dock, nobody was around.  They needed to stock up on a few things and then prepare to go back to sea.  Capt. Booth didn't particularly like docking near Wonderland, not when there was a pretty price on his head.  A couple of guards had been at the dock, it wasn't entirely unguarded but they were quickly tied up and would be left that way until someone found them.  So far they could hang around, at least until the Gumdrop Festival ended and people would return their homes.  Seeing his ship in the harbor would certainly cause a stir. Everyone knew what The Flying Dutchman looked like, and the terror it brought with it.

"All right, you've got probably an hour until the locals are back.  Take what you can for now and make sure we got plenty o' food for the journey.We're making a stop by Tortuga before we start any other pillaging," he announced to his crew.  Booth was tall and wore his clothing well.  So well that his drawn portrait was on the front of a recent newspaper printed  listing him as Wonderland's Most Eligible Bachelor.  He hated the title, and no one on the crew was allowed to mention it.

"And don't waste time looking for Cinderella's slippers, ya picaroons!  I heard you obsessing about that, but we've got more important treasures than some lousy women's shoes," he said before waving them off, "Get out of my face already, ya scurvy dogs!"

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[personal profile] jellybean
Wonderland City
Downtown

Will and Trixy came out of Tweedles and the sun shined down very brightly and he reminded himself that he would need to find some sunglasses before it became a problem in the future. He looked at the hat in his hand and shut his eyes and shook his head. It was terrible. He had given explicit instructions and design for hats that he liked to wear and they gave him something resembling a fedora... except it had a feather coming out of the side of it that danced all by itself.

"If I wear this," He said in an annoyed tone. "I will look like a pimp. Might as well be purple and velvet. I don't know why I keep going back there. I might as well just go back home and get some more stuff. I'm running out and the last time I tried to mend something I tore? I ended up needing a whole new pair of pants." He rubbed his chin with one hand and finally shrugged in defeat and stuck the hat on his head. Someone walking by grinned and he shut his eyes to keep himself from making a comment. He was the good guy. Not the guy yelling at people for making fun of his happy dancing hat.

"Alright. What's next on our agenda? Finding that crystal monkey that someone stole from The Marquis?"

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Wonderland City
The Gumdrop Festival


The yearly gumdrop festival is a candy extravaganza that spreads on every street and into the forest. Parties, dancing, events and a variation of candy tasting contests happen every hour. Day or night, rain or shine, it is the biggest festival involving food to ever take place in Wonderland. Beings from far, far, and away and sometimes strange things that people rarely saw or even knew existed show up. Most set up little shops here and there to sell goods. It was a treat for all ages, species, and a time when people came together despite political and worldly views.

The edge of random sidewalks were decorated with gigantic gumdrops and some flying acrobats would drop tiny ones them from the sky every now and then. There was a parade every hour, it seemed, where some locals sang and danced and put on a show. Music and happiness at every corner. Friends and foes fighting in pits of gummied candies. Even a sword contest where the weapons were made of jelly. Near the Hickory Dickory Dock and forest there seems to always be a huge birthday party with tea on a table so long that it takes over an hour to walk the span of it. Cake and goodies for everyone.

For one particular beauty this particular festival would end in an apple catastrophe planned by evil... for others it would be just as fun. If the flying monkeys are kept at bay.
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Big Bad Wolf's Home
Afternoon
 
 
The Big Bad Wolf was tired.  He'd been looking for a job and finally got one down at the docks. Only he nearly got fired because he kept eating all the fish they were trying to catch.  He was starving though, desperately so and he came home to find the door ajar.  This was nothing new and he was getting used to it being vandalized.  Most people didn't like him living there. He was a criminal with a record and even if he was recovering, it didn't seem to change much. Not just Wolfie anymore, but the Big Bad.  He didn't feel sorry anymore for eating those pigs, and one day, he'd get to that third pig and gobble him right up.  Ruined his life he did.

"Stupid freaking pigs," he mumbled and pushed the door open.  Wolf stopped and smelled the air.  Fruit...something smelled like fruit.  He walked in further, his things weren't ransacked and the scent of fruit was now with cream and was that honey?  He came finally to the kitchen where tied up on the table was Goldilocks.  arms were covered with various fruits, an apple shoved in her mouth and cream covering her legs.  Her hands bound at the wrists and he stared in shock.

Wolf stepped forward, licking his lips because she looked so tasty.  He found the note.  "Regards, The Gingerbread Man".  And then he frowned. "He really hates you," Wolf said with a food lust in his voice, he was staring at Goldilocks, "Hates you enough to give you to me on a silver platter." Which indeed was true because Goldi was resting on a silver platter.  He took the apple out of her mouth and bit out of it.
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[personal profile] jellybean
Hickory Dickory Dock
The Mad Hatters Cottage


Dormouse had a bucket of rabbits in one hand and a cake in a brown box in the other. She kicked on the door of The Mad Hatter and grinned, whispering to herself that she had a good hour or two before her brother woke up. When he didn't answer she decided yelling would be bad, since it might wake March up. So she walked around to a window that was open and crawled through, dropping the bucket of rabbits and it spilled over and they ran every which way. She giggled and nearly tumbled in herself. She was wearing a white dress with lots of lace and really pointy yellow shoes with butterflies on them in orange. Her hair was still half wet and curly in some parts and others and she set the cake on a table and turned. "Mad!!!!! Are you here? I brought cake!!! Lovely cake. It has a picture of a teacup on it!"
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The Hatter's House
Morning

It was a lovely morning in Wonderland and Hickory Dickory Dock was coming to life. Mostly.  Hatter turned in his bed and his arm slung over the Dormouse's waist, his face snuggling up against the back of her neck.  It was going to be another day of lost time and mad parties, but that was the life when you were a Mad.  He kissed the back of her neck and smiled happily to himself knowing that she was still there.  The only thing that could ruin a perfect moment like this would be if her brother were to make an appearance.  His best friend and probably the only person Hatter was actually scared of.

"It's morning, love," he whispered knowing that she was awake, "Snow is supposed to visit today, she's bringing some lovely china from the castle that you might like." He'd begged his royal friend for something to give to Dormouse.  There was a knock on Hatter's door though and he stoodup. Years of being friends allowed him to recognize the knock of the March Hare immediately.  His eyes widened, "Sunshine, butterfly, pretty pretty flower, it's time to wake up, your brother's here."  He was whispering should her brother actually be stopping to listen for movement inside the house.

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The Ugly Duckling
Afternoon

Three weeks out of the jail and the Big Bad Wolf was starving. Not enough he was going to go do something stupid and get arrested right away. No, not after he just got out. He walked into The Ugly Duckling and all the chatter stopped as eyes fell on him. There was a drawn out silence, stares that showed he was unwelcome and people turning away pretending he wasn't there. That was nothing new. He was getting used to the fact that nobody wanted him around because they all believed the rumors. Granted some of those things were true, but a lot of them were embellished.

"Something heavy please," the Big Bad Wolf walking in and sitting on one of the stools.  The bartender was cleaning a glass and gave the Big Bad Wolf a long glass.  "We don't serve your kind here," the bartender said coolly, but was singing a different tune when Wolf put some gold coins on the counter, "Food too.  Lots of meat. Red, raw, food, now, please."  His tongue wiped over his teeth and there were some murmurs behind him.
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 Hot Cross Buns
Afternoon

 
The Muffin Man placed a basket on the center of the counter and took the red and white checkered cloth from the top and presented Sprite and Cola with sticky buns he had made especially for them. The two cheered in delight and called to Little Red Riding Hood to bring them the cakes they had also ordered and The Muffin Man turned from the counter with a grin on his face. Always such a good mood came from making things that people would eat and 'mmmmmmmm' over happily. He usually stayed in the kitchen because coming out usually caused a ruckus of people hounding him for specialty orders. Today, however, he had been in a good mood. They had hired a waiter to help sit people at tables and the like. An Alice with a funny hat. His name was Richard and liked to be called Grand Dick, but The Muffin Man had started to call him the Grand Duke instead.

As he turned to walk into the kitchen a new sound erupted his grinish thoughts. Wings. Lots of them. Shrieks to follow. He turned with a scowl and saw too many leathery wigs attached to monkeys flying about and knocking displays over. He sighed. His shoulders slumped. They always came and always did he break brooks in attempt to push them out. Today was no different, despite being a good day, and so he gave Red a closed eye frown before picking up a thick broom and raising it in the air. "Out! Out!"