Chapter 1 [video]

[bittertears]

[Being from Victorian-era London, Alice has no idea how to even begin working the miniature netbook. It only manages to activate through sheer stroke of luck. With the screen facing upward, viewers can see that this girl has clearly seen better days. Sickly pale skin, disheveled hair, dark circles around her eyes, worn and dirty clothes... Hardly the picture of health one would expect from someone so young. The only part of her that doesn't look ragged and tired would be the pendant of the Omega symbol ( Ω ) she has around her neck.]

Blasted woman made no sense at all. I will certainly not be living here, or have anything to do with their so-called training.

[Underwhelming as she may appear, this girl still has a sharp tongue on her, and a distinctly English accent. She takes a look around, but it’s clear that she has no idea what she’s supposed to be doing. Alice just sighs.]

Out of one nightmare and thrust straight into the unknown. It seems that fortune smiles upon me once more.

[The view moves, as she raises the intended communicator and looks into the monitor.]

And what a remarkably useless item you turned out to be. I’d almost go as far to say that I’d prefer the Cat as opposed to this.

Comments

[payback]

If you're using their money and sleeping in their room, I expect they'll find incentives to get you to work along with their goals. You'll be accepting their hospitality after all.

Otherwise, good luck with that job.

[bittertears]

I have no quarrel with their goals. Their methods and forced displacement, however...

[payback]

It's probably a better strategy to cooperate to some degree and keep your eyes peeled otherwise, rather than bowing out entirely.

[bittertears]

A path you intend on following yourself, miss?

[payback]

I should think so.

[bittertears]

Perhaps I'll attempt to do the same. Though I have habit of... getting lost.

[payback]

... What's your name?

[bittertears]

Alice Liddell. And yours?

[payback]

Asano Rin. Let's be allies, Alice.

[bittertears]

Surely you can do better than me, Miss Rin. I won't be much use to you at all.

[payback]

I'm sure that's not true. They brought you here, after all. They must've thought you could do something.

[bittertears]

I've little idea as to what that "something" could be.

What noteworthy skills I used to possess have most certainly decayed over the years.

[payback]

What weapon did you pick out?

[bittertears]

[She brings a hand to the Omega symbol around her neck.]

It's not much of a weapon, I'm afraid, but it remains important to me.

[payback]

Do you know what it does?

[bittertears]

I don't expect it to do much at all.

[It was just nice to have. Nice, and familiar.]

[payback]

They gave it to you as a weapon. It must do something.

[bittertears]

How would you recommend I find out what it does?

[payback]

... Train a lot?

[bittertears]

What fun.

[payback]

Well... uh, good luck.