I think it might be fear

Of the world and the way it makes you feel afraid. ❃ ESTHIR GARRISON ❃ ✣ TEA PARTY ✣ ❈ MIRROR LAND ❈

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we are definitely working here [open]

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Today is Anna’s lucky day. A delicious steak lunch, and she was gently woken up by someone who had been looking out for her safety instead of looking for an opportunity to nag her.

She sat up and put her tail in her lap, mostly so she could keep her fingers occupied with playing it.

"Um, thank you for worrying about my safety, but could you keep this a secret?"

"I was actually planning to get some work done, but it felt so nice outside that I fell right asleep. It’s, uh, really embarrassing so…"

"Please don’t tell anyone! Especially Rydia or Riley!"

Is forbidding people to talk about an ill-timed nap on the lawn within the King of Hearts’ powers? Probably. Is Anna in any state of mind to remember that? Probably not. Including, it’s one thing to be a random girl who fell asleep on the lawn; it’s another to be the King of Hearts who fell asleep on the lawn, and Anna’d prefer not to be known or remembered as that King of Hearts.

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"Oh, o-of course y-your majesty!" He nodded. "I won't t-tell a soul! I p-promise!" Esthir was being honest, he wasn't one for gossip and she even specifically asked him not to tell anyone.

"B-But um...I-if i may g-give you some uh, a-advice..." he stuttered, "M-Maybe if you're s-so tired, you should get some more r-rest...O-Oh and in a s-safe environment m-maybe." He continued with a quiet voice.

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Casual Disasters [OPEN]

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"I am..? I am! Hmm what am I?" Dallas said, mocking the others statment. Finally the guy seemed to get it, jeez someone like him was the perfect person to pick on it was incredible how long it had taken him to make this connection. 

None of the things falling out of the bag looked interesting, the pens and notes spilling out on the ground were just usual stuff, nothing special. What seemed to be special was a black notebook. Not only did the human shout about it he also dashed forwards, trying to get it. Dallas was right next to it though and picked it up taking it back into invisibilty with them before the other had the chance to grab it.

"What’s this?" they hummed, going backwards a few steps. They threw the now empty bag to the side and opened the book. It was full of scribbly writing, looking over it it made absolutely no sense to them. "This looks weird as hell", they turned a page. "What’s up with those drawings?"

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"G-Give that back!" He pleaded. "T-That's personal!" He tried to convince them to return the notebook to him, but he knew it wasn't going to help much.

What was he supposed to do now?! He swiped out his hand in front of him, trying to hit the other, wherever they were standing. It took him a few tries before he felt his hand collide with what he presumed was their leg. As an act of desperation he grabbed it and  pulled, trying to make them fall over.

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what do you like best about aldric?

"What I-I like best about him? Well...." He scratched his neck "He seems t-to be able to stay c-comfortable and be hims-self in almost a-any situation...I r-really -N admire that about h-him." Esthir started smiling. "He's a-always so nice to m-me too...and I l-like his hair, it's -Ah! r-really pretty!"

"Ah...A-am I saying too m-much?...S-sorry..."

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Pester my character about their crush or special other!

Tease them, provoke them, put their head in the gutter — try to get them hot, flustered, and begging for mercy. Go!

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((WHAT DID I MISS))

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"W-Wait…A-Are we s-supposed to go in p-pairs?! I-Ah! I d-don’t think I h-have anyone to go with! C-Can I stay home? …Balls are not r-really my thing…"

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"My my! You aren’t really going to stay home right? Where’s the fun in that! I’ll drag you along if I have to~ "

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"A-Ah! Hatte-I..I mean A-aldric..." He looked at the tall man. "I-I don't know I'm just not a-all about parties...." He fumbled with his shirt.

"B-besides it's not like I h-have anything to wear, r-right?" He tried to get himself out of it.

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"W-Wait...A-Are we s-supposed to go in p-pairs?! I-Ah! I d-don't think I h-have anyone to go with! C-Can I stay home? ...Balls are not r-really my thing..."

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"A-a royal ball...? I don't have a-anything fancy to wear though...Do I have to go?"

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(im going to bedddddd u o u gnight yall))

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headcanon

Esthir smells like chamomile tea because he drinks it so often because of it's calming effect.

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Casual Disasters [OPEN]

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Bambi waved her hand in dismissal, finally seeming to have caught her breath. “I assure you…it wasn’t a problem…I’ve been a customer there for years.” Interlacing her fingers together, she tilted her head and raised a finger to her lips in a ‘shush’ motion.

"Truthfully, the old man at the cash register is incredibly grumpy…but he’s known me since I was younger, so he has a soft spot for me…if you ever need anything and see me, feel free to call me over for a helping hand…!"

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"Oh! That would be so kind of y-you!" He babbled, surprised at the kindness of the girl standing in front of him. He opened his bag that she had so kindly returned to him and put away the tea. That's when he realized he hadn't even told her his name yet!

"Oh I-I'm so sorry I completely-Ah! f-forgot to introduce m-myself! I'm E-Esthir." He held out his hand towards her.

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we are definitely working here [open]

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Today was the day. Today, Anna was going to propose to Rydia and they could be queen and king in the ‘sharing last names kind of way,’ which was very exciting, like unexpected and unfamiliar voice calling her ‘Miss’ exciting—wait.

Like a web browser trying to open fifteen tabs at once, Anna’s brain started putting together. The sun was out; it was very warm. She was stretched out on the ground. Her pillow smelled like ink. A nice young man… was… waking her up…

Oh. Oh! Kings do not scream when they’ve been caught napping on the lawn, Anna reminded herself, but slapped her hands over mouth just in case. It’d be so rude to scream at someone who’d done her the favor of waking her up.

When the urge to scream in shock passed, Anna pulled her hands away from her mouth. “H-hello. Good afternoon.” Please, please let it still be afternoon.

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Oh! she was awake! He bit his lip, hoping she wouldn't be mad at him for waking her up. Well, she wasn't yelling at him, so that's good. Instead, he got a nice greeting from her! "Ah! H-hello! I Uh, I'm sorry to disturb you b-but I uh...I thought I should wake y-you up b-because you're sleeping here all-Nn alone a-and it could be d-dangerous..." He stuttered, hoping to explain why he had so abruptly awoken her.

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➨ Nothing to do [CLOSED]

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When a blush of color appeared on the other man’s face he grinned. “Now that’s what I like to see!” 

A good 20 seconds passed until he realized he had been mindlessly staring at Esthir’s face. Oops. He took a step back and opened his pocket watch.  "Is it that late already? Oh heavens I must take my leave. I’ve got a meeting coming up, you see." he said before casually placing a kiss on the other’s cheek. "I do hope to be seeing you around again soon!" and off he went.

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"O-Oh? Alright!" Esthir felt kind of sad knowing that Aldric had to leave already, he wouldn't have minded to spend more time with him. As the younger man got ready to leave he felt his lips brush against his cheeks in a quick, casual movement. "Wha..."

By the time Esthir realized what happened, Aldric was already gone. "Wh-what just..." his fingers brushed over his cheek. He could feel the heat from his face and shook his head. He replayed the moment in his head and he felt his heart skip a beat. "

Why did he feel so giddy over a kiss on the cheek?! Aldric was just his friend! He'd known him for years now! It was just a normal thing between friends. Though...He hadn't ever done that ever before...

Esthir was left behind confused.With Aldric....and himself.

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➨ Nothing to do [CLOSED]

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Esthir never told him about his parents, and he didn’t ask. If Esthir didn’t want to tell, then so be it.

He snorted at the other moving the pen a centimeter to the left again and put the music box down on the table. After tossing the small opal up and down a couple of times he got up and dropped the stone in the pocket of Esthir’s coat.  "No problem at all, my dear. Anything to pay me back? You don’t have to do anything! Well— one thing ,though. Call me Aldric.” he spoke with a smile. While tilting his head and softly placing a hand on the side of Esthir’s face he remarked: “Your face is awfully pale. Are you feeling quite okay?”

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"Ah...! O-Okay...Aldric" It felt so weird yet kind of nice to call him that. Everyone knew him as 'The Hatter', he was pretty 'famous', if you could call it that. Yet here Esthir was, an unimportant, unknown person calling him by his first name. In some way it proved to him that Aldric really saw him as a friend, someone he was close with. That made him very happy.

He felt a hand touch his cheek and was pulled out of his thoughts. Weird, he always tried to stay alert yet, around Aldric it was somehow harder to do so. He was caught of guard when he noticed how close his friend was standing to him, holding his face. "Ah! Uh- Yes! I uh O-Of course! I-I'm fine no-Nn worries!" he stuttered.

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we are definitely working here [open]

If you have ever had a moment where you’ve thought to yourself, ‘I’m hungry. I’ll get to work after I eat,’ and then proceeded to treat yourself to a decently large meal filled with your favorite foods only to find that after you’d finished eating, you were simply too full to work and would have to dedicate at least the next half-hour to the task of digesting, you probably understand how Anna feels right now.

Because that is exactly the situation Anna is in right now. Anna decided that today was the day that she’d sort through all those notebooks full of passages she copied from various library books, throw the ones that were full of poetry that had touched her soul when she was young into a box and hide them forever, and see if the others didn’t have anything interesting or useful to say about the Virus or Alice or Wonderland.

It was a rather daunting task, and to prepare herself for it, Anna had a rare, a very rare, steak. Unfortunately, after said steak, Anna’s belly was very full and her very reptilian instincts told her to find a nice sunny spot to digest. Of course, people can digest and be productive at the same time.

However, Anna is not one of those people unless your definition of being productive is dozing out in the sun on a nice fluffy patch of lawn while using an open notebook as your pillow.

She may start drooling soon. Please consider waking her up. Or taking pictures.

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Esthir was pacing through the grassy fields. He just got back from doing errands and was on his way home again.Muttering to himself, he noticed something out of the corner of his eyes. There was a girl lying on the soft grass...It seemed like she was sleeping? He decided to just walk past her and let her be, but then his mind started running and ruined that plan. Isn't it kinda dangerous for her to be sleeping all alone out here? What if she gets robbed...or kidnapped?! Or even killed?! It's dangerous out here! Or at least, that's what Esthir thought. To him, any place could be scary and dangerous in some way if he thought long enough about it.

Thinking like that, he couldn't bear to just leave the girl behind...He slowly made his way next to her and crouched down. "Um...mi-miss?" He stuttered. What was he even doing? Talking to a stranger...What if SHE was dangerous too?! Well..she didn't really look dangerous...She was even kind of cute! but then again, you never know.

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➨ Nothing to do [CLOSED]

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"Ah, excellent!" he chimed. 

To be honest, this was the first time someone trusted Aldric with something.  With great care he inspected the inside of the music box and frowned.  "Well, it doesn’t need oiling, which is good because I don’t have any with me at this moment. There does seem to be a small stone stuck in between the steel comb and cylinder." He took a pair of tweezers out of his pocket, which happened to still be there after he used it to pick glass shards out of his own hand due to an incident which might be better left untold, and slowly took the object out. "I wasn’t aware you fancied expensive jewelry." he chuckled as he dropped the small opal in the palm of his hand.

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"Ah!- Jewelry?" He questioned, leaning over to see what the man was talking about. A small white stone with fractures reflecting various colours lied in his hand. "I don't..." Sure jewelry was pretty, but he didn't need it. Besides, it was too expensive for him anyway... "It used t-to be my mother's jewelry b-box." He explained absently.

He leaned back on his bed, noticing that one of the pens on his desk wasn't in the right place. How could that have happened? He wondered as he got up again to move it one centimeter. There. Good.

"A-Anyway! Thanks for f-fixing it. It's w-wonderful that you took time out of y-your to-Nn h-help me out, Hatter....I-Is there anything I can do to p-pay you back?"

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Casual Disasters [OPEN]

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"Sir…Excuse me, sir…!" She was glad this man seemed to be a part of the Tea Party and not the Hares…she was already out of breath as it was. "Excuse…me…! You left this bag behind at the store…!"

Bambi jogged over to him, tired out from the sprinting she had done to catch up with him in the first place. Lifting up the thing, she handed it to him, resting her spare hand on her knee to bend over and catch her breath. Wisps of hair stuck to her face and the damp sweat made her clothes cling to her body more than usual. “You left behind…your tea…too…” Reaching into a bag of her own, she lifted up a box of chamomile tea leaves.

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"Ah! You s-shouldn't h-have..! I'm so s-sorry miss!" He apologized, not really knowing why anyone would go through the trouble of helping him. He took the bag from the small girl's hand. She seemed really out of breath, trying to give it back to him. "I-I'm sorry I-Ah! d-didn't mean to cause any t-trouble." He mumbled.

Noticing the box of tea in her hands, he sputtered "Th-The tea!" She even brought the tea along! But...what if people would start thinking he really DID steal it now! It wasn't his fault! The man gave him more than he had asked for, he couldn't help it right?