"You don't look like the famed hunter," Madelyn said moving over to the pillar and began to tie herself to it. She unbuttoned both coats and attached he spool of thread to herself before turning to face the boy again.
He smiled "Orion Ryder Fitzherbert. Nice to male you acquaintance." he said, bowing.
Althea used a locating spell to find anyone else she knew at the library. A few minutes layer, she found Maddie and Thanatos was not too far from her.
Madelyn tiled her head at the bowing custom, Strange he must be from somewhere far away. "Fitzerbert, that's quite a mouth full," She smiled knowing the full length of her own name absolutely ridiculous, "Most call me Mads."
He scrunched his nose "I don't like that last name, I go by Orion Ryder. Call me whatever!" He smiled. He saw a few other people making their way over to Maddie "is Mads your true name? And what a is a pretty thing like you doing here? Are those your friends?" He rattled out a few questions
Pretty? That word caught her off guard the last time she'd been called that was…, My pretty little Hatter… "ok Fitzerbert," She smiled, pushing the memory back,"It's rude to ask for true names and I'm here to find books. What else does one do in a library?" she turned to look at Althea and Thanatos, "And yes it seems those are my companions."
Theta shuddered slightly. "Sounds… interesting." I'm not a huge fan of small and dark places, but they're being nice enough to offer me a ride. At least it's better than that time with the Krampus.
"Right. Now we'll be on our way," Oliver said, motioning for both Theta and Quinn to follow after him as he led the two out of the foggy graveyard and towards the woods. After a few moments of walking around and wandering, the older boy finally stopped in front of something that appeared to be a small etching in the trunk of the wood. He kneeled down quickly, muttering a few words before the door suddenly swung open, an odd, musty smell coming from the lit up tunnel.
"After you ladies," Oliver announced with a small, playful smile as he pulled himself up, motioning for the two to step inside. Quinn rolled her eyes and sighed, climbing into the tunnel before she disappeared into the walls' dizzying patterns.
Orion pouted "I despise ththaththat last name." He grumbled. Just then Althea walked over "hey, who's this?" She asked, focusing g her gaze on the male. Orion started her in the eye. For a few long seconds, they stayed quiet, observing each other. Finally Orion spoke up "I'm Orion, and you?" He asked. "Althea night." She replied simply
Madelyn gave an amused smile. "Maybe now you know why I don't give out my true name." She turned around and began to test the knot around the pillar. She did not want to get lost in this place.
Reyna walked into the library quietly. She’d also changed, into a white suit with black accents. Her flats were black and her hair was in a bun - she almost looked like a business woman. “Maddie, Althea, person whose name I don’t know, random person I’ve never seen,” she greeted each in turn before picking up the thread.
(Is everyone wearing a suit now?)
Madelyn gave a wave at the new arrival. "The new one's name is Orion Fitzherbert," She informed, "and the other one is Thanatos." She looked over at Orion and gave him a look that said you will never live this down. You should not have told me you hated that name, She thought to herself, *even if I only know you for five more minutes, I'm not letting go."
//lmao I was trying to go for the princess-vibe without putting her in a dress
“Fitzherbert?” Reyna asked. “That’s new.” She tied the thread around a column, tugging on it a couple times.
He scrunched his nose "I don't like that last name, I go by Orion Ryder. Call me whatever!" He smiled. He saw a few other people making their way over to Maddie "is Mads your true name? And what a is a pretty thing like you doing here? Are those your friends?" He rattled out a few questions
Thanatos’ face showed a slight tingle of jeaousy and anger at Orion’s comment but other than that he complete disregards the newcomer. Adjusting his suit he made his way over to the column that Madelyn had tied herself to he produced a thick knitted rope from within his suit, tieing it to the column.
Madelyn began counting the people in the room, excluding Orion, "We're missing a few." She looked back to the doors. "Does anyone have an ETA on the others?"
(waiting for quinn and oliver to show up so that theta can too because they gave her a ride)
//lmao I was trying to go for the princess-vibe without putting her in a dress
“Fitzherbert?” Reyna asked. “That’s new.” She tied the thread around a column, tugging on it a couple times.
He groaned "please call me Orion Ryder." He pleaded. "Anyways, what are you guys doing here?" He asked curiously, tilting his head slightly
(waiting for quinn and oliver to show up so that theta can too because they gave her a ride)
(I answered above, so we probably just need to wrap up that scene. Sorry that I took so long.)
(oh whoops my bad)
"Right. Now we'll be on our way," Oliver said, motioning for both Theta and Quinn to follow after him as he led the two out of the foggy graveyard and towards the woods. After a few moments of walking around and wandering, the older boy finally stopped in front of something that appeared to be a small etching in the trunk of the wood. He kneeled down quickly, muttering a few words before the door suddenly swung open, an odd, musty smell coming from the lit up tunnel.
"After you ladies," Oliver announced with a small, playful smile as he pulled himself up, motioning for the two to step inside. Quinn rolled her eyes and sighed, climbing into the tunnel before she disappeared into the walls' dizzying patterns.
Theta stepped in, shuddering at the lack of space and the musty smell. "All right, let's go," she said reluctantly.
(Heyo!!)
(oh whoops my bad)
"Right. Now we'll be on our way," Oliver said, motioning for both Theta and Quinn to follow after him as he led the two out of the foggy graveyard and towards the woods. After a few moments of walking around and wandering, the older boy finally stopped in front of something that appeared to be a small etching in the trunk of the wood. He kneeled down quickly, muttering a few words before the door suddenly swung open, an odd, musty smell coming from the lit up tunnel.
"After you ladies," Oliver announced with a small, playful smile as he pulled himself up, motioning for the two to step inside. Quinn rolled her eyes and sighed, climbing into the tunnel before she disappeared into the walls' dizzying patterns.
Theta stepped in, shuddering at the lack of space and the musty smell. "All right, let's go," she said reluctantly.
Oliver jumped down as well after Theta and Quinn, placing his hand on the wall as if he were trying to feel where they are. It was dimly lit, though he had been here enough to know which direction they should go. "Follow me," he said after a bit, beginning to make his way forward as Quinn followed along. Hopefully, they would make it to this so called library in a few moments…as long as they didn't run into anything within the tunnels.
"It should only take a few more minutes," Quinn said, looking towards Theta to reassure the other. She could feel how tense and reluctant they were, even if the other girl tried to keep it off her features.
Althea looked around, "I guess the others havent made it here yet?" She said, also tying a thin rope around her waist.
"They said they were taking a rabbit hole, right?" Madelyn asked, no one in particular, "That mode of transportation is not the best. You don't get where you're going faster, you just think you are."
"Interesting." Althea said. Orion looked surprised "I'm guessing from your knowledge, you are either from wonderland or you are the daughter of a scholar." He said
(Do any of you want to join my new Rp? It's called Valencias Arrows)
"Yes," Madelyn said not giving any other context of which one of the statement she was confirming, if not both. What does he think there are no academics in Wonderland?
Orion nodded "I am sorry if I offended you, my parents say tha…" he trailed off, suddenly becoming quiet
“Your parents said what?” Chelsea asked, appearing and leaning on Madelyn.
“That all Wonderlandian creatures are dumb and uncultured?” Chester added, appearing and leaning on Orion.
Madelyn sighed this was a topic was a sore spot for most Wonderlandians. After the Alice propaganda Wonderlandians instantly started getting less respect in the other realities; all of us being painted a crazy, irrational, and unreliable creatures obsessed with tea. Entire linages such as the Cheshire's, Hearts, Carter's, and so many others had been reduced to caricatures from the story. Madelyn's family embraced the accusations knowing that it was enviable and began to embody the Mad Hatter image because how do you explain nonlinear time to people how have never experience it. Madelyn still did not like the choice her parents made for her, but that's how it is now. Most people even think her last name is Hatter, not Carter.
“Your parents said what?” Chelsea asked, appearing and leaning on Madelyn.
“That all Wonderlandian creatures are dumb and uncultured?” Chester added, appearing and leaning on Orion.
"No no! My parents love talking about the Wonderlandians and are very I treated in their culture and way of life. It's just that they've been missing for over 2 months and I don't know where they went." He sighed "I've been keeping there disappearance a secret from the rest of the kingdom, but people are beginning to suspect something is wrong." He said, leaning against the wall.
"Don't worry, dear," Madelyn said with an icy voice, "Many people are… misinformed about us." She sighed looking between the twins. "On more important business missing parents seems to be an important theme tonight." She glanced at the rest of the group, "Isn't it folks?"
Orion furrowed his brow "wait, you mean to tell me that all of your parents are missing?" He asked, surprised.
(Hey, did we ever agree on a main plot point?)
(Right now trying to get to the World Tree I think, but we can wonder the library for a little trying to decipher the cards and maybe finding other important books or fighting cultists and crazy people.)(At the very lest this is an option)
(Maybe we fight cultists because we try to take a book that gives us the information that takes us to the world tree?)
