#🍰 curiosity often leads to trouble || interactions.

[worldofmycwn]

closed starter @jazzykitten location: berli's apartment

alice had been avoiding berlioz. she didn't want to be the reason he started using again because as selfish as it was, she knew she wasn't going to stop. dial it down maybe, nut not stop. every time she tried to stop she had nightmares about her parents and her life before evermore and it was just....too much for her. she wanted to be more than what she was, she wanted to change the world, but instead she was relying on pretty pills to get her through the day. it was pathetic, and the last thing she needed to do was put berli through that after he almost....no, she couldn't do that.

yet there she was, outside his apartment door, answering a text he had sent her face to face. she was selfish, always so selfish. she knocked on the door three times and waited, holding her hands together as she rocked on her heels. when he opened the door a blush formed on her face. ".....i don't hate you and never want to see you again,' she blurted out. "i just....don't want to make your life worse."

[worldofmycwn]

"Whitney?" Alice could hardly believe her eyes. She hadn't stopped looking, hadn't stopped trying to figure out where her clever friend could be hiding and then...she was just there. Like she had been there the entire time. Maybe she had been and Alice's eyes were broken. She was sure there was plenty to her that was. "WHITNEY!" she cried out, going to her, crushing her in a hug. If she let Whitney go would a new game start? She didn't want to think about that. She was sobbing into her friends shoulder, loud and messy. "I found you! I did it! I found you!"

location: main square @evermorehqsstart

She was frozen, she had been for what felt like minutes and months all at the same time. The first day, she had thought she was trapped in a dream which slowly turned into a living nightmare. Whitney had been, it was hard to say for sure, but invisible maybe? She could see and hear everyone around her but no one could see her. Even when she started screaming until her throat felt like it was going to rip itself into shreds, no one heard a sound. And she'd hit a point where this was never going to change. Which was why, when someone started speaking, Whitney assumed it was to someone else, until she glanced up and saw that they were staring right at her. "Wait...you can see me?"

[themadalice]

closed starter @daiisyduboiis​ location: wonderland

Alice didn’t think the dancers at Wonderland liked her much. She did have a habit of sneaking backstage a lot because she was dreadfully curious on how the magic was made but she was doing it in good fun, really. Sometimes she snuck back there for Charlie’s sake and even though he never ever explained why she did what he asked because he was a good friend of hers. 

Tonight was no different. Charlie had asked her to go backstage to grab something and she wished that was easier said than done. It was hard because there were all sorts of things all over the place and finding one small object amongst many small objects could take her all night. It was a necklace. There was jewelry everywhere. As she searched she heard someone speak behind her and she jumped, clearly not expecting someone to be back here at this time. “Oh! Daisy! Hello....” she smiled at the girl. “I was just...looking for something a friend had misplaced back here. Do not mind me.”

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closed starter @jazzykitten location: wonderland

"it really isn't a good time right now," alice mumbled lamely the moment berlioz came into view. there was never a good time. she had been avoiding him like the plague after he started confessing his feelings about her and then whitney and catherine went missing and she didn't have time for anyone that didn't involve the two. she wasn't working at the moment but she was still waiting up on cat to finish up so they could go spend a night in watching weird movies and distracting their brains from everything that had happened. "I...I don't know what to say..."

[worldofmycwn]

alice was on her way home. she had gotten a bit sidetracked due to the party favors she had earlier and was just kind of....letting the night guide her to where she needed to go. she hated being in her apartment. she hated being alone so if wandering with her head in the clouds helped her find someone who didn’t want to be lonely either, than she was more than fine with that. walking in the middle of the street because there were no cars coming by, she paused for a moment. she could use a drink or three. nothing said spending time with strangers like hanging out in a bar. she knew the people at wonderland too well, she needed something different. so ursula’s it was. 

as she made her way to the bar, she stopped at the sight of a man right outside the building. he looked homeless, so she figured she could give him some money to get his hopes up for a little bit. once she got a little closer and she saw that the person in question was bleeding, her eyes widened. “oh dear,” she said aloud, a frown present on her face. “you look like you could use a tissue. would you like one?” she dug into her purse, pulling out a little sanitary packet. “it seems i’m out of tissues but i have this....i do hope that helps. if you need something to numb the pain....i have that as well...but that’s a secret, okay?”

a bar fight.

a fucking BAR fight ??

dipper stumbled out of ursula's swiping at his nose, scarlet smearing all over the back of his hand as he cursed under his breath. the pain pulsing in his left eye was one like he had never experienced before, and it was causing his alcohol-induced headache to worsen. he looked down at his knuckles, already red and swollen, and in another swell of rage, he turned to smack his palm against the nearby brick wall. ❛ FUCK. ❜

it was stupid. the guy was just being an asshole. dipper was having a bad day. he couldn't get pacifica's words out of his head. more specifically, he couldn't get PACIFICA out of his head. a few beers, a couple pitiful shots from the barmaid, and all it took was one test of his patience for him to snap. it was a long time coming, he knew that, ever since he came to evermore it had been one thing after the other and dipper just felt as if he'd never catch a break. having to explain this to his job was going to be difficult. having to explain this to mabel was going to be even worse. god fucking help him if pacifica found out. he had gotten a few good licks in, he definitely had broken the other guy's nose, and the sensation of cartilage snapping under his fist was one that made him shiver simply reimagining it... but it didn't make him feel any less like a loser. who actually got in bar fights anymore ??

groaning, he leaned his back against the wall, slowly sliding down it until his rear had hit the concrete. he extended his legs out in front of him, tilting his head back, sighing heavily. he heard footsteps approaching, and he looked up to see who it was, groaning deeply, tilting his head down before he could meet their eyes.

❛ hey... ❜

[themadalice]

continued from this. @duncanelson​

Alice got into the car without question. There was always such a magnetic pull that came with Duncan and she had given into it enough times to know that it always ended sweetly for her at least. He was a sweet boy at his core, but she liked that there was more to him than that. She didn’t really do the whole...good person thing. Not without flaw. And Duncan had many flaws that Alice saw as rather beautiful.

She took the beer and took a small sip. She knew she should be more fearful of him literally drinking and driving, but she wasn’t. Instead, she was slowly getting aquainted with the chaos that was brewing in him and easing into the idea of letting her own out. That was why she snuck out to meet him, after all. To let go of all of those feelings she had been feeling because of Jim. “I don’t have a boyfriend,” she said pointedly before taking another sip. “I just have...people from my past who think I am something I am not. It’s very frustrating. Trying to live to the expectations of others....” She looked at him. “I was also in the hospital but it’s fine. I’m alive and I’m here and I am very much looking forward to being at your place.”

[worldofmycwn]

closed starter @faiirytalcs (whitney) location: wonderland

"i know i said i would help you reorganize everything at work, but i was hoping you would want to do something fun first," alice said with a mock pout. in reality, she was just happy to have whitney close by again. she calmed her head in a way no one else did. she had been so worried about her it really was a miracle she had a job still since she had hardly shown up to work. the extra hours benefitted them both. "must i mop all the floors? can't we order something to eat and say we did it?"

[worldofmycwn]

closed starter @faiirytalcs (whitney) location: summer carnival

"Do you ever wonder that if you get on one of these rides you might be one of the unlucky few to get stuck on it?" Alice asked as her eyes stared at one of the more nauseating rides in front of them. "Imagine getting stuck in The Zipper ride....that could be really tricky to get out of." Shoving her hands into the pockets of her shorts she chuckled. "Silly thoughts, silly thoughts. I still think we should go on it."

[worldofmycwn]

alice blinked at her savior, smiling brightly at them. she tended to not watch where she was going on most days so the save really did mean a lot to her. the winter was not her friend as much as she wanted it to be with a mind that floated as much as hers. "oh wow!" she exclaimed, getting to her feet after a beat of just staring at the pretty woman who helped her. "that was a really good catch. i take it you do this often?" she glanced at the pavement for a moment. the blonde was right about that. "i don't think they expect people to daydream while walking like i was. if i had only been a little more careful...i would have missed the ice completely." @wildcstwinter

open starter : @evermorehqsstart !! location: the park

peri loved the winter — it was a given, obviously, she was a frost fairy after all. her favorite thing to do besides spend all of her time at the ice rink was spend time at the park, especially when it was covered in a fresh blanket of untampered snow. amongst the kids sledding and the residents of evermore going about their business, peri was strolling along the paved sidewalk, resisting the temptation to re-frost the entire thing. it just looked so much better when it had ice atop it. speaking of ice, as peri looked up, she noticed an individual struggling to maintain their balance. guess they had missed a spot. rushing over, the blonde reached out to grab the other's hands, holding tight so they wouldn't fall over. ❛ i gotcha !! ❜ peri assured, offering a smile as she looked up at them, a sympathetic look of concern ornamenting her features. ❛ — i suppose they did a bad job paving the sidewalk, huh ?? ❜

[worldofmycwn]

closed starter @faiirytalcs​ (whitney) location: wonderland

“Hey Whit, come check this out!” Alice had called the girl over to one of the various locked rooms in Wonderland. She knows Whitney probably has access to like, every single door, but Alice doesn’t and she knew that Whitney would never ever break a rule and let her into one of these rooms. Where they went? Alice was eager to find out. “I figured out how to pick the locks here. Isn’t that wonderful?” Before her friend could protest she had opened the door proudly...only to frown when all she saw were brooms and mop buckets. “Another janitors closet? How many does Wonderland need?” she pouted, turning to look at her friend. “This game would be much easier if you unlocked the doors for me, y’know.”

[worldofmycwn]

closed starter @kimiwf​ location: crown cat cafe

“Thank you for meeting me here,” Alice said, her tone serious despite the fact that cat jumped into her lap the moment she started speaking. She wanted to be distracted by the adorable little thing, scratch behind their ears and get lost in how adorable everything is, but she didn’t want to be rude and ignore Kimi after she had texted her frantically to meet her there. She really could though...this cat had the biggest blue eyes and softest fur...No, she really couldn’t. She gave her friend a sheepish smile. “I’m sorry, I’m still feeling the after effects of last nigh---Oh! Anyways. I asked you to meet me here because I need your gorgeous knack for fashion for something....Something grand and wonderful.....” she trailed off without really realizing it. Alice tended to start talking and stopping whenever a new thought graced her mind. “......it is of the most importance that you accept this task. I need you to do my look. No one else can do it like you.”

[worldofmycwn]

closed starter @jazzykitten location: alice's apartment

there was a lot of guilt in alice's heart right now. after hearing about berlioz's time in the hospital in passing by her sister who really did not like her, all she could think about how not only did she hear about this days after the fact, but that she enabled so much of it. she knew she could be reckless herself when it came to her....hobbies, but she didn't know berlioz was indulging the way he was, as often as he was. that didn't put any less blame on her. she had planned on just avoiding him fully so that he didn't have to feel so obligated to act on his vices around her, but of course, he reached out, and by the third time she responded. she hated ignoring him. she hated him not being around.

she knew he would probably be mad at her and she couldn't blame him, really. she moved her goodies from her original hiding spots and stopped bringing alcohol home just in case she did cave. she was sure he could tell things were different with the way he browsed her kitchen. alice did her best to keep a smile on her face, but she felt something bad was coming and she wasn't sure if she could handle it. "are....what are you looking for?" she stupidly asked, fingers drumming on her thigh where she sat.

[worldofmycwn]

"I feel like you are telling me fables again, Cat," Alice said with a light laugh. Cat was always trying to get Alice in trouble...but it did tend to be the best kind of trouble. Alice couldn't really fault the woman for that. She was a confusing woman, but a wonderful one nonetheless. "I feel like you are secretly part cat. Is there something you want to confess to me?" She looked down to the cat sitting in her lap currently. If only it were that easy to just scoop them up and carry them home. That would create a lot of trouble, and she couldn't afford to be banned from such a wonderful place. "I don't think any pet is low matenance. That is why I haven't committed to one yet."

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What a way to spend an afternoon, Catherine thought as she walked towards a table while analyzing the many people playing with cats while enjoying a coffee or treat. She was about to find a place to sit, perhaps with a friendly cat as she'd always had an affinity for them, when she heard a familiar voice. A grin grew on her face as she turned to face Alice. "Stop myself? It seems like you're the one that isn't going to be able to stop themselves," Cat said as she took the seat across from Alice, setting her coffee down on the table. "Curious though, you say... Hm...well, I don't come here very often. I felt the need to be ambitious today though. It is my day off, you know. I needed different scenery. Cats are both fun and good company." Cat watched as the two cats in Alice's lap looked cozy and like they had taken a liking to her. "What's stopping you from taking them both home?" Cat would encourage her, enable even, but wasn't quite sure she was capable of taking care of herself let alone two cats. Then again they were fairly low maintenance.

[worldofmycwn]

closed starter @misscheshirecat​ location: wonderland

Alice’s shift ended hours ago, but she had gotten sucked into the scene that is Wonderland before she could even try to walk out the door. All it took was a few mischievous smiles and she was doing shots with strangers and putting pretty pills in her mouth that made the world looks so much more beautiful. Should she be more mindful that she was being so reckless at her job? Probably. But she had at least changed out of her uniform and well....this was Wonderland. It was all about losing your senses to pleasure and all that stuff; Alice was just merely showing that the people who worked there loved where they were at. Even if it was ran by a woman who couldn’t be trusted. 

Another shot and she was floating higher than she had before. That was what she told herself every night but that was a minor thing. She honestly had no idea when Cat snuck up next to her but the moment she spotted the blonde she pulled her in for the tightest hug. “Oh my! Cat you look so lovely tonight,” she said with glossy eyes out of focus, but still somewhat trained on the woman. “Are you here to celebrate too? It’s someone’s birthday or something like that...I forgot who after the third shot!” She giggled, bringing her hand to mouth to calm herself a bit. “Sorry...I’m afraid I fell down another rabbit hole....will you fall with me?”

[worldofmycwn]

tag dump.

[themadalice]

@barrelingthrough​ location: wonderland

Alice had just finished her shift. It had been like any other night really, and she was determined to get home for once so she could crawl into bed. After her spat with Jim she hadn’t been consuming pills as much as she was, and her body was getting used to that still. She felt worn out a ragged and even though she knew she was going to be plagued with weird nightmares in a few hours, sleep was better than no sleep. As she made her way through the crowd a sort of familiar face stopped her in her tracks. “You again?” she said, louder than she had meant to, getting his attention. “I apologize, that was rather rude of me. I just...I am here almost every day and I’ve never ever seen you in this place before. Is this your first time?”