#we made it through the sablier arc!

[mushroompollution]

Chapter 42: the Sablier Arc Epilogue

chapters: 35 || 36 || 37 || 38 || 39 || 40 || 41

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Back in the new capitol city of Reveil, a meeting is called at Pandora Headquarters, and Oz's uncle Oscar, the Duke Vessalius, is running late.

We cut to Xerxes Break, waking up as his friend Reim Lunettes walks into his room. Reim informs him that it's been three days since the events in Sablier, and that he's been taken to the Rainsworth estate. Hearing that he's awake, guests file in one by one.

Oz tells Break that there was a weird earthquake after Break had collapsed. After that, guards from Pandora had arrived. They informed Elliot that his father was waiting at the orphanage for him, and try to haul Oz back to the safety of their outpost. But before that, he breaks free when insulted by Elliot.

And so, we return to Break's bedroom, where everyone is gathered, as everyone sums up the main points of their experience. Except, when asked, Gilbert lies and claims that he saw absolutely nothing inside the crater. Reim and Sharon both immediately understand that something must have happened, however.

Oz asks why Break was in Sablier, to which the old clown says yep! he'd come especially to save them.☆ But only because he had expected the Baskervilles to chase Oz, and he had wanted to meet them. As he speaks he eats cakes from a tower of sweets, and something about his behavior as he takes one catches Oz's attention.

But Break kicks them all out of his room then, claiming that he needs more rest. Oz tries to linger, but Reim pushes him to the door. In the end, he's the only one who stays behind to ask Break a sensitive question.

We cut to the main trio, along with Sharon Rainsworth, out on a terrace. Sharon tells them that Sablier is brimming with power from Abyss, and Pandora has been conducting experiments on homeless citizens of the city using that power. Those experiments were what Break and Reim had been trying to hide from Oz when they tried to dissuade him from visiting Sablier.

Sharon explains that she didn't know, either. Break and Reim must have participated reluctantly, and didn't want her to know.

As Gilbert mulls over the thought of human experiments, he suddenly has a realization.

[fivekrystalpetals]

My thoughts so far (mainly the arc from Retrace XXXVI to Retrace XLII—trio investigates Sablier arc?)

1] Glen Baskerville: so, we get a face reveal for the ‘evil mastermind’ behind the Tragedy of Sablier. But before we talk about the meeting between Glen and Oz, I want to talk about Lottie’s bits of memories from the Tragedy.

—out of all the events shown to us through Cheshire’s dimensions and even at Sablier itself, I can only trust these bits of Lottie’s memories (surprise!)—why? Because, for one, she has no reason to lie about her treasured master; and two, she is still alive. Alice from 100 years ago is long dead and the chain Alice has no memories of her past. She is just like us, readers, clueless of the actual events. And whatever memories we do see, I can’t trust them, being all shaky, distorted and twisted and traumatized.

Anyway, I felt something was off about the three panels even during my first read but I couldn’t place what exactly. I simply assumed it was because Glen’s face was shrouded in darkness and mystery, looking all cruel and villainous.

But I think I know what rubbed me wrong about the panels. It’s the urgency in his behavior. Why is he so agitated here? If the plan was made to sink Sablier into the Abyss to appease(?) the Will, then he should sit back and enjoy the game, no? Like, say, Father from FMA, who had a similar masterplan and motive to sink Amestris and make a Philosopher’s Stone out of all the souls. Not to mention, why did he give the order to Lottie and Co. to kill all the people? They might have been sacrificed to the Will, dead or alive, right?

Here we get the answer from Glen himself—

The Will of the Abyss didn’t exist in the beginning. The Abyss itself was probably some sort of an energy source before it was granted a vessel. I am not yet sure of the exact details but what I strongly believe is that the White-Haired Alice is in reality a human and the actual twin sister of our Alice who was kept trapped inside Rapunzel's castle. But that raises a ton of other questions like—who placed her inside the Abyss? If it were the Baskervilles, did they believe she won’t have a ‘will’ of her own? Did they really think she would simply be a robot for them to use? And again, who is ‘Alice’? And how is she special to make them think she could act as a vessel for the Abyss?

Okay, well, that aside, Glen’s logic here actually makes sense to me? (or maybe I just listen better to dark-haired emo guys ahem so don’t take this seriously lol I am not trying to condone his actions or anything just trying to understand both sides of the argument) It’s similar to what Break said in Retrace IX. The power of the Abyss is malfunctioning, has pervaded the human world, currently disrupting it—the only way to set it right is by obtaining the Intention of the Abyss. Well, how Oz calculates into his equation or why he is called a Key is not yet clear but this—

—seems important. It appears before Oz existed, only the Baskervilles, the servants of the Abyss, could access it but after Oz’s ‘birth’, everyone can do so.

Soooo, taking away all that ominous shading from around Glen, that’s what he too is saying, right? I am almost starting to believe that Glen was actually trying to set right the accident—not planning for it—because that way I get the answer to another one of my questions: why did he give the order to kill all the people in Sablier? Why could the people not have been sacrificed alive to the Intention, if sacrifice of so many people was to be the end outcome anyway?

Honestly, from his agitation and his overall urgency and his apparent hurry to even pause to answer his subordinates’ very valid question, it felt less like a planned affair and more like a last-minute rush hour, more like he was running out of time. Why was he running out of time if this Tragedy was planned in advance?

On the other hand, if–if he didn’t know this Tragedy was gonna take place, and if the Intention suddenly started to pull down the capital, his reaction would make sense. I think, so I ask, was he trying to save the people of Sablier from a Fate worse than Death, as they say? Anything that gets dragged into the Abyss gets converted into Chains or something worse (see: Vincent shot down Phillipe’s dad before he got dragged into the Abyss?), I think Glen gave the urgent yet baffling order to kill the people so that they ‘die’ before they get dragged into the Abyss.

[Well, I think I am wrong anyway; somehow none of my guesses are working for this story lol. Two faults I can easily pick on in my theory: 1] Lottie and co. were alive and well in spite of being dragged into the Abyss and 2] the people could have been evacuated from Sablier, no? or perhaps it was too late for even that?]

Next, this—

Glen is not a memory, is he? He is actually talking to Oz. At first, he wrongly assumed that Oz was Jack and addressed him so; but then he realized his mistake.

And then, comes the familiar line—the Baskervilles said this, his dad said this and now, Glen too—

Your sin is your very existence.

—let me tell you I didn’t take this line seriously until now. Eh, it’s some line that is being repeated to make a Tragic Hero with a Tragic Backstory out of Oz—is what I thought. But now, a guy who has no connection to Oz whatsoever repeats the same line, out of nowhere, without any outside influence or knowledge, merely by looking ‘inside’ the boy; and I am suddenly being forced to wonder what it means (perhaps in a literal sense)

Oz should not have existed.

Alternatively, Oz shouldn’t have been born.

Xai Vessalius said the same thing too. Pretty sure this has something to do with Oz being the Key to access the Abyss, but what exactly he can do is unclear to me.

(Oh, an additional complaint (of sorts?): uh, I didn’t like Jack’s attitude toward Lottie and co., they were merely asking for an answer from him (they were even quite casually polite unlike their usual attitude towards the others); while the answer he gives them is: 1) he is trying to protect his friend’s reputation (before his own subordinates?? Please. The Baskervilles seem too loyal to their master. Even if the truth is too hard and too cruel to digest, they would have accepted it as one of their master’s orders anyway.) and 2) that Lottie won’t stand a chance before the B-Rabbit’s power… which okay? Doesn’t answer their question though? Honestly, feels like he is trying to scare them away from the truth more than anything else. And if my theory is right, and Glen was actually trying to save the people, then why would he (or the Baskervilles) want to bring about another Tragedy of Sablier? *shrugs in idek anything at this point*)

Moving on,

2] Vincent, Gil and the Will of the Abyss: (or, as I believe the girl talking so rudely to Gil and Vincent. I won’t have it that it’s our sweet Alice being the one mocking him about his eyes but if it is so, then well…)

Anyway, she is the one that tells Vincent about Glen and five chains that exist within his body: Jabberwock (the one Glen had in the scene with Oz), Raven (Gil’s), Dodo, Owl, Griffon (Xai’s chain) (all creatures from Alice in Wonderland). Also, that Glen is an undead spirit that keeps changing bodies (like atla!avatar), that he rules over the Baskervilles, that Gil would be the next Baskerville head and so unless Vincent stops the ceremony to transfer Raven into Gil’s body, Gil will die. Why would Gil die if he is meant to be the next heir; it makes no sense. Pretty sure the Will was simply lying to make Vincent open the Door.

The solution—open the Gates of the Abyss (real reason: so the Abyss could creep into the human world, huh?) which Vincent believed and did anyway… kickstarting the Tragedy of Sablier. (So, that’s all Vincent remembers? I hoped we could learn more from him; but the next thing he was seeing after opening the Gate was the massacre in Sablier.)

So, in the present, Vincent desires the Will of the Abyss so he can reverse time and make it so that the Tragedy never happened in the first place. yk, this is one rare situation where I actually wish Time could be reversed and the past could be restored because Vincent was only a little child at the time. He just desperately wanted to protect his brother (and prove that he is not a curse or burden to his brother) but the adults around him used this vulnerability to manipulate him into committing acts beyond his full comprehension. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing indeed. Even then, and taking Break’s case as an example, even if he manages to reverse the Tragedy, something even bigger and more tragic must happen.

Also, about Raven: apparently, transferring this chain to Gil was the first step to make Gil the next heir to the Baskervilles. Vincent was against this 100 years ago yet he willingly shows Raven to Gil in the present (ten years ago i.e.). Why? Is this some part of his plan? To try and make Gil remember his past? Or, so they find an irreplaceable position in the Nightray household? Or, considering his calculations to change the past, this contract won’t matter anyway—is what he thinks?

I am worried about Gil, too. What is the ‘kill him, kill him,’ saying going on inside his head? Break correctly points out that those thoughts aren’t his own. I can’t explain why but I feel like it’s Raven that’s feeding him these thoughts. Or, it could also be the B-Rabbit chain that is under his control or something. Uhhh, idk what’s going on with Gil, nothing good obviously.

About Gil, Jack and Glen: I thought Gil was Jack’s servant in the past, that’s why he feels so bonded to Oz but turns out this is not so. Although strange why—

Even in Cheshire’s domain, Gil is the one that ran into Jack first. I wonder…

Another thing: Gil obviously doesn’t remember anything from his past, but did he know Glen? There must have been some communication between Glen and Gil 100 years ago if he was chosen to be the next heir and all. Was Glen Gil's master, if not Jack?

Either way, it’s sad—the two brothers’ relationship. In spite of all their hardships, they clearly cared for each other even if the thought seemed to have entered Gil’s mind several times to just up and leave Vincent behind (which he thankfully didn’t. He is his only relative, after all.) Vincent too cares a lot for Gil, if not for anyone else. And was ready to listen to the words of some strange lady in strange robes (kids, never accept candy advice from strangers, okay?) to help his big bro.

3] Miranda Burma:

Ah, this lady.

And this lady:

are the same, right?

This bitch lady was the one manipulating the hell out of a little child. She has played an important role in the Tragedy by getting to open the Gate to the Abyss. Perhaps, as a member of one of the noble houses, she was granted entry to the Baskerville Mansion, and she decided to misuse this trust to bite the hand of her own host.

Anyway, her existence in the story makes me all the more certain that the Tragedy came onto the Baskervilles as suddenly as Vincent opening the Gate to the Abyss. And that the four Dukedoms each have something or the other to do with this Tragedy. Perhaps, they were jealous of the power the Baskervilles held, that they alone could act as the Servants of the Abyss and wanted the Doors to the Abyss for themselves?

Oooh, could it be that Jack Vessalius too is part of the plot? What a twist it would make yum! Did he betray his best friend’s trust in him to plot with the other Dukedoms against him? After the Baskervilles were defeated, he must have been declared the ‘Hero’ by the other Dukedoms for all his help, eh? Perhaps, there is some truth to Lottie’s accusation, after all? Jack didn’t defend himself then—simply scared her off with the B-Rabbit’s power.

Also, very interesting that four of the five chains that originally belonged to Glen were shared between the Dukedoms like spoils of the war.

This scene is a red herring, yes? Glen’s Evil Smirk TM is supposed to be taken as—ah, obviously he is in cahoots with her and the Plan, but that seems too obvious to me; I rather feel like she was someone he trusted a lot and was simply smiling in acknowledgement, not knowing of the secret betrayal going on around him. I have read too many detective novels to fall for something this obvious hahaha.

side note: she is totally a manipulative bitch but her hair is beautiful lol

4] Xai Vessalius: oh yeah, and what about the Vessalius' household head? The one who hates his ‘son’ so much that he is ready to personally cast him as far as possible into the Abyss to maintain some distance lol. The Burma Dukedom was clearly ‘in’ the Tragedy, but seeing that Xai Vessalius and Duke Nightray are working together (at least in some capacity, for the Duke vouched for Xai’s alibi while the latter was def in the Coming-of-age ceremony) makes me wonder (once again)—who is on whose side? Who is telling the truth? What are they hiding? The truth behind the Tragedy of Sablier?

Plus, Rufus Barma reads out (from a book that no one but he can read which in itself is suspicious lol) that Jack sacrificed his body to stop Glen (the spirit) from resurrection but… that might also be because the four Dukedoms don’t want Glen to awaken (otherwise the truth might come out).

Not to mention, there is this and idk what to make of it—

The more I continue with this story, the more it feels like Oz came into existence from very dubious sources just like the Intention of the Abyss.

And what about sweet Uncle Oscar? Is he as good-natured and jovial as he appears? In spite of Gil repeatedly telling him that Xai was the mastermind of the Incident at the Coming-of-Age ceremony, he simply brushes his statement off. Are both brothers (and Duke Nightray) in this together?

But Xai also seems to be acting with the Baskervilles. Maybe, in his own faceless (lol why is his face not revealed already?) methods, he too is simply trying to uncover the truth from 100 years ago and really, nobody knows anything?

5] Alice and Jack (and Lacie): Well, I didn’t learn anything new about these two except for that the eerie tune we’ve been hearing right from the first chapter and the grave belongs to ‘Lacie’. She was someone very beloved to Glen and had to be made into a sacrifice for the Abyss. (Well, that’s a lot of things to unpack but for now I am not gonna make wild assumptions bc i am gonna be wrong anyway.)

only thing: if my theory that “the Tragedy of Sablier was orchestrated by the four dukedoms to get hands on the Doors to the Abyss and get rid of the Baskervilles who were caught right in the middle of a crossfire when Vincent opened the Gate” is wrong, then the other theory could be something like: Glen sacrificed the people of Sablier to the Abyss as a cost to get back Lacie or something. (yk, the trope of the villain ready to throw away the world for the sake of one ‘beloved’ person)

6] Human Experimentation: arrgghhh I was right about this and now I am sad I was right, bc Phillipe is gonna be used for these experiments, right? The so-called facility to take in kids whose parents were illegal contractors seems above board and done in a good cause and all (or so our main trio and Leo-Eliot believe; Leo is esp. good with the kids) so the author can hit them (and me) hard when they find out that the kids have been used in experimentation and never gonna return. ‘Endless supply of human guinea pigs’ are you kidding me?!! I already had a hunch that the organization of Pandora was shady af and now I have proof.

7] Eliot Nightray: I don’t know what to make of this boy yet; but I am warming up to him anw because he is such a tsundere lmao. He clearly wants to react positively whenever Oz loudly offers to be friends, instead he is having this ‘stoned’ expression on his face ///>^<///

(lol he is so funny; He is literally the anime single-canine-in-mouth-when-mad catboy in this whole dark affair lmao)

or has a constant nerve popping on his face somewhere lol

Another curious thing: he claims he wrote the song Lacie (the same song Glen wrote) so...... what does it mean? Is he destined to be the next host for Glen? Does he share his memories? And he even has the nightmare of burning buildings and people dying (Tragedy of Sablier, right?) Eliot as the next Glen is something I’d definitely want to see. He’d look so cool with all those layers of robes.

okay he looks really handsome here; had I read PH 10 years ago, I might have crushed on him so hard hehehe

8] Baskerville clan: now that Zwei and the one who cast Oz into the Abyss, Xai are both revealed to be /not/ Baskervilles, I believe only Lottie, Fang and the other guy are the only remaining Baskervilles. Oh, and the new young girl who appeared from the Gate still in possession of the Baskervilles–Lily.

I am actually warming up to this little ragtag group of mass murderers. They might be villains to this story (or not from their pov) but they are still family—Lottie being the older sister,

Fang gives off Tired DILF of FourTM energy (how did I not notice him before? I am in love with the way he talks &lt;;3),

Lily is the little sister.

Lottie came across as super weird in the beginning but I feel like that’s all just a cover to hide her hurt feelings at her own helplessness and their inability to find their master’s body and give him peace.

The scene where she is consoling Lily and recounting her own experiences:

She looks so sad here :((

And, just like that, I am down for the villains once again lol

9] Oz and Alice: lol I am not even trying to understand what’s going on with Oz anymore. That he is able to use B-Rabbit's power on his own is one thing, but why is he wielding the scythe as well all of a sudden? Does the power of the B-Rabbit keep transferring to Oz’s body the more he uses it? What will happen to Alice then? Will her soul disappear? Because as I understand, B-Rabbit merely assumes the form of Alice bc it is harder to maintain the whole form,, but Alice was already dead 100 years ago. So, what is in the B-Rabbit chain must be more or less a small fragment of her soul. If the B-Rabbit finds a stronger host, is it automatically transferring to it? Maybe then, Alice can finally rest in peace ;-;? I just hope she finds the whole truth of her life before she passes for good this time. This girl is becoming lonelier and more lost as the story proceeds. And even her chipper and boisterous attitude is more forced these recent chapters unlike the first few chapters. Oh, I can’t even remember the last time she was hungry for meat TT~TT

To end this long essay on a funny note, have a panel of Alice ‘kissing’ Oz in the end—I am laughing at the shape of Oz’s cheek at the end of the ‘kiss’

[fivekrystalpetals]

Man, Retrace LXI was Vincent's chapter!

hype, hype, all through I was cheering for him: you go, little murder funky rat boy!

after more than 3 arcs of stepping in at the last moment to reap the reward, he is finally stepping out on the center stage lol

it's like he is the sole executioner in this ring!

look at this angle tho, he looks so dangerous from up here like this while Duke Nightray, who is facing him, has no idea what he is up against--

kicking ass, taking names heads lmao

my favorite expressions of his in this chapter—

the author really worked a lot on his character to make me go from I-can't-stand-him-at-all to okay-I-might-be-warming-to-him to oh-I-am-cheering-for-him-now

but what really sold his character to me were not all those action scenes from this chapter but this scene btw:

when he says he liked Elliot the most because it was only because of him Gil was able to smile in the Nightray household,

when he says Elliot was the only one that kept the honor of the Nightrays up until the end,

when he kneels down to listen to Elliot's last words and promises him to pass them on to Leo

Vincent keeps saying his life and his existence must be of no use to anyone and that he can never be good but in such split moments, we do get a glimpse of his good nature that might have manifested more in him had only he been nurtured in a better environment and not surrounded by literal snakes right from a young age. here too, and in the scene from Retrace 54 with Ada, where he subconsciously, automatically calls for Echo when he sees someone was about to attack Ada from behind.

I just hope Leo doesn't actually go through with the request Vince has made of him because one, Jack isn't what he thinks he is and two, Gil might have wanted to up and leave him several times, but he didn't because he is all he has in this world. I don't think Vincent really understands Gil well so I would rather he talk it out at least once with his older brother before he gives in to such a drastic decision. Vince is trying to play the game all by himself now without taking into account other factors too. He blames himself solely for the Tragedy of Sablier when in fact, he was only a child whose naivety and power of Misfortune was made use of by traitors.

[fivekrystalpetals]

Yes ;-; yes *sniffles* I am on Retrace 82 now and I can say I thoroughly hate Jack.

In the beginning, I was merely entertained by his corruption arc and how he stopped at nothing to make his "hopes" come true with the Tragedy of Sablier but from the moment he got a little girl to kill herself for the sake of his "hopes", I can very well say I hate his manipulative ass.

That child was Lacie's child. She was the child of the woman he claimed to love. Does he even, no, how does he even think that this is what Lacie would have wanted?? True that Lacie got pregnant through very dubcon means but I don't think she hated the child in her womb if she went all the way to the Abyss to request both the core and the dolls to be friends with the child if they ever find her. How is he so completely unaffected by Alice's death?!?!

and honestly, the Core of the Abyss cared more about the two girls than Jack ever did. When she appeared in place of Alyss and warned that her body won't be able to take on the kind of power Jack was asking of her and when she interfered again to save both the girls' souls in Retrace 77 and sealed up B-Rabbit's power.

Next, is the way he completely screwed over the present Vessallius family. Oscar and Xai are confused over how much of what happened was Jack's plans but I think Xai is right. Not only did he get rid of his newborn child, but also his wife and Oscar's wife and child as well. he totally massacred the entire lineage for the sake of fulfilling his plan. Xai has become obsessed over Jack and probs lives in constant fear of what is gonna go wrong next, whereas Oscar has never gotten over the grief of losing his wife. Jack singlehandedly broke the entire family,, we don't even know what Xai might have been, maybe he is a kind and loving person, maybe he is worried that he might lose Ada too that's why he is cold toward her as well in order to protect her and not let her be used by Jack as his weakness,, to the extent, I can't even have a brotherly bonding between Xai and Oscar either. What were they like before that fateful day Jack came into Xai's life?

And you know what, he didn't even change his mind after the first time. He still wants to plunge the world into the Abyss like what why? He forced Alice to take her own life, forced Alyss to go almost crazy and framed her as some sort of villain to everyone (you know the one where they go back to the Vessalius mansion and he is all like shhh, the Will of the Abyss is watching you, be careful), he dismembered Lacie's older brother's body into pieces and sealed it up for years and he is still not satisfied?? Does he really really think Lacie would have wanted this if she was alive? She says (whether it was just words to console her brother or not) she does love the world and her life as long as she lived. Yes, the generational abuse against crimson-eyed kids that the Baskerville family practices is immense but .... this is all too much.

But then again, I doubt Jack is doing any of this for Lacie's sake. He is doing this all for himself to be honest. If I have to say, he never really loved Lacie, he simply liked the idea of her, because she made him feel good about himself. To the point he is obsessed with her because he wants to return to the time he felt good for the first time. I mean, he had no song on his mind except Lacie and no mission in life except meeting her for eight years? that's some obsession. I can't call it devotion, but devotion is also borderline obsession so yeah. That's why the moment he loses her, he falls into a bleak depression. He does absolutely nothing for one month until.... Levi comes to visit him and gives him "hope". Because, his life is nothing without Lacie. Is that really love? idk. but I know I would be fed up if a man obsesses over me like this that his life revolves solely around me and he has simply no other hobby except being by my side lol. No wonder, Lacie kept saying he is weird, and Oswald said how he could feel nothing off him (something Oscar repeats albeit an independent observation and man gets mad lol)

Whereas, Oz, who he says is a plush doll and can't have feelings or things of his own, has a way more deeper personality than him. He was grateful to Lacie for bringing his existence to life, he truly loved Alice and liked seeing her smile, even in the present, he cared about Ada and Gil and Uncle Oscar so much that they refused to give up on him in spite of knowing what he truly is, Oz has thoughts and opinions of his own you know, when he tried to cheer up Break after listening to his backstory, heck he even got Echo to maintain an independent personality of her own not even knowing that she was in reality Zwei. What I mean to say is the Oz, in spite of being a non-living thing brought to life, has connected with people in a more positive way than Jack ever could (Jack's only other 'friend' is Miranda and we know what she is) Oz is selfless and truly cares about the others around him,, maybe, he got this from observing Lacie or Alice or maybe it's his own personality idk but watching Oz take control of Jack's body and getting rid of Jack's remnant soul was very satisfying and delightful to watch. (after that Uncle Oscar noooooo ;-;)

About Gil and Jack, yes, the moment I finished Retrace 65 and got over the initial shock of finding that it was Glen's head that was sealed up, I directly went back to the Sablier chapters to recheck and.... Jack is a lying bastard is all I can say lol (I made the post here) Jack even rolls on the floor and laughs, so self-satisfied was he by his performance before Gil istfg

About the whole Oz is a B-Rabbit twist, uh, I was actually very close because I guessed the B-Rabbit must have Alice's protector just like Humpty-Dumpty is for the next Glen in line and Cheshire is for Alyss but I assumed Alice was B-Rabbit's old contractor and Oz is its new one and not that Oz is the B-Rabbit itself!!! that would have beyond me anyway, not in my wildest dreams would I have made that connection so I am not really disappointed that I didn't see that coming. What I am more disappointed about is that from long ago, it was continuously mentioned that the B-Rabbit is a chain that kills other chains like the Mad Hatter (which is a dangerous ability to have and how does Break have that??) and yet I never questioned how such a dangerous chain might have come into existence. That single thought should have put me on the right path.

About Alice and Alyss, sorry to say but I am still very very confused about what \'s happening. I can't....really understand Retrace 76/77 so I skimmed through it and skipped ahead; I have to reread the whole thing to grasp it because in the first place, I am confused which is which Alice all the time. (for example, which is the Alice that was bullying Vince about his red eye and told him about Gil becoming Glen, I am guessing it is Alyss??? buuuut I am not quite satisfied. and I don't understand how the Alice (our Alice) became the B-Rabbit either so yeah. def re-read esp paying attention to the sisters' parts)

but the scene of Alice screaming "I will never forgive you" hits different now ;-; it just made no sense to me then;;;

oh yes. Alice's mellow response!! yes, I mentioned it in the same post above! I too was impressed by how mature she was acting all of a sudden and wondered if that was her real personality from 100 years ago. yes, Alice saved Oz from killing that woman Marie in the start of Head Hunter Arc.

Sorry this went tooooo long hahahjksjkf; I kind of went on a fullon rant I am just so full of.... emotions right now ;-; I think I will finish the whole series soon because the chapters are getting shorter now and more importantly, I need answers or I can't sleep (/▽＼)

wow who would have thunk the reason the Tragedy of Sablier went down was not because of some intricate political intrigue, the four Dukedoms wanting to grab the power of the Abyss for themselves, the Baskervilles made to become the scapegoats for the Tragedy etc. etc.

but because...... every player in the backstory is I N S A N E

(I haven't read a wilder backstory for anything than this,, Retrace 66-74 what even are you???????? WHAT DO YOU MRAN OZ IS B_RABBIT DOES IT EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE??!?!?)