Ginevra & Asher
@unscriptedloses
Walking toward one of the rooms inside the Wonderland Castle Asher was followed by several of the castle staff. Pausing he turned toward the men and women that were just spouting out all sorts of official royal business nonsense. He nodded “I will, I will.... But for right now.” He lifted up a ripped up crumpled piece of paper that seemed as if it were intentionally made to replicate the looks of a treasure map. There were multiple colored markings and images on the paper “I am a bit busy with something important.” The officials started going off, about how what they were telling him was important and how he needed to tend to things urgently.
The reality was that they were wrong, nothing they wanted him to do was that important. It was a time of peace in Wonderland and those who lived around the land were contempt, if not happy. No one had come to express any grief this week “Look, I will get to all of that tomorrow.” Asher smiled at them “But for now it seems my children need my attention more than...” Gently he lifted his left hand up to tug on a paper being held out to him “...Send an inspection team to look at a portal that has been dropping things from the other world into the lake...” Squinting slightly he let his hand drop from the paper “It's not going anyway, we can have one day of fun. Go have fun with your children.” Asher turned away then and grabbed onto the doorknob opening the door and walking inside.
After walking inside he noticed four little figures scurrying around the play area, in the dark. Smiling a bit he looked over trying to find Ginevra in all that darkness as well, but she didn't seem to be moving, and he couldn't make her out among the other shapes. Flipping the light switch he blinked as he stared at the 'empty' room. Glancing at the paper still in his hand he frowned “I don't get it, it says that I am in the right spot. Where is my treasure?” Walking over to an art table with a couple of crude drawings on them he reached down to pick up a paper “I didn't know that treasure could be anything but gold...”
Ignoring the twins Sparrow and Skylar's laughing and shuffling under the table he stood straight again and walked over to a bin full of stuffed animals “Hello?” Grabbing a white rabbit with a watch sewn against its hand he tilted it over “Is that giggling?” Grinning he suddenly stuck his hands carefully into the bin and pulled out a small little girl “Astrid! What are you doing in there!” He grinned holding her up before bringing her closer to him “Well, You are an unconventional Treasure, but I guess I'll keep you.” He smiled sweetly gently poking her nose before a shout came out and he was suddenly hit in his left leg.
“Nooo. Daaaaaad! I wanna be a treasure!” Briar shouted, apparently he was the ringleader of the group of four children and had ditched the plan. Skylar and Sparrow then crawled out from their hiding spots still giggling and pointed at Briar and spoke in unison “You ruined it! You flamingo brain!”
Asher grinned and held Astrid against his hip “Ginevra, where did all these kids come from?” He asked her finally looking over to where she had been the entire time and gave her a playful kiss, blowing it at her before patting the top of Briar's head with his free hand “Stop biting my leg.” Asher whispered calmly to the wolf child, but it did hurt a lot more than he was letting on.












