#heartsofclocks

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@a-hell-of-a-lot-of-muses "What do you want, White Rabbit? I'm working," Julius coolly spat, glancing up only briefly at the unwanted interruption from his work. His hands never stopped moving, even as the sharp question rolled off his tongue. He didn't have time for this.

His work had piled up again; Ace brought in the latest bag, and people had come in with more only one time period after Ace left. Alice had also just left. Why the Prime Minister of Heart Castle was even here when he usually would be chasing after Alice was a mystery to him. One he didn't care to solve.

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Unexpected

@asicklydreamdemon It was a busy work period, and Alayna was in the office, watching her family work. She kept sneaking away from her faceless babysitters, so it was decided, for the time being, she’d be in the room with them - with toys and books to keep her entertained in a corner - while the adults tried to coax Nightmare into working.

Alayna’s stuffed animal plethora and picture books could only entertain her so long. Eventually, she drifted off towards her family. Her “Uncle” Gray was bringing over a heavy load of documents, and Alayna, fascinated by how he could carry so much paper at once, froze, staring up at him. She heard her Uncle Gray talking, and couldn’t quite understand what he was saying. He was using big words she hadn’t heard before. Determined to understand them, she turned towards her father and asked, “Daddy, what does xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxx mean?” The room instantly froze over. Alayna’s mom nearly dropped all the paperwork in her arms.

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 ❝ look at me! it’s just me! ❞ (once again feel free to choose to who ùwú )

My muse is hallucinating and is acting extremely confused about where they are and what’s happening. Send me ❝ look at me! it’s just me! ❞ for my muse’s reaction to your muse trying to snap them out of it.

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Miranda heard whispers all around her, berating her for one thing or another. She was in a pitch black labyrinth, with black mist trying to pull her under into the abyss. She felt weak, her feet moved like molasses, and she tried to trudge forward as much as she could so she could get out of this pit.

Suddenly, a voice, louder than them all, screamed at her. She couldn't quite make out the familiar timbre of it, and they sounded muffled, like they were under water. She felt her legs being pulled, and she refused to let it get to her. She ran, ran towards the new voice. All she knew that it was familiar, and that it was the spark of light in this dark void.

She heard the words, "Look at me! It's just me!"

All she saw was black walls, nothing else. She couldn't see anything. It was as if she were blind. She felt strong hands on her arms, and it terrified her, but the familiarity of the voice kept her from brushing them off. Her breathing was shallow and on the verge of hyperventilating, all she wanted was out of here.

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⛸️ (yet another thread to add to our collection)

Alayna wobbled on her cute, purple skates, clinging to her father for support. It was April Season, and it was winter in Clover Tower territory, therefore, lots of wintery activities had opened up. In the less densely populated area of the Tower, somewhere near the border of the Forest of Doors, was a lake that had frozen over. Alayna had heard about ice skating from some of the workers in the Tower talk about it, and she begged her parents to let her go. Begging successful, here they were, about to go out on the ice. Alayna's exuberance marred slightly by intense concentration as she tried not to topple over.

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{-slides you this across the table-} ‘a moment of weakness’

Moment of Weakness

20. My muse is temporarily blind. Alayna had been visiting Heart Castle's territory with her mother. She had inadvertently snuck away from Alice, distracted by a noise that drew her attention. Before Alayna got relatively close, something suddenly exploded, throwing her backwards and she hit her head hard on the paved sidewalk. Alice, already in a slight panic for losing track of her daughter, was definitely in a full-blown panic seeing the rising flames, then finding her unconscious daughter lying on the pavement. Alice immediately tried calling out to the faceless around her, but none of them wanted to get involved. With no other choice - it didn't look like Alayna's head was bleeding - Alice picked up her daughter and asked directions for the nearest hospital. At the hospital, the doctor said that Alayna sustained a head injury, but it wasn't life threatening because they got to her in time. There might be temporary side effects, though, to watch out for. One of which was blindness. Which, when Alayna finally woke up, proved to be the symptom she happened to have. As Alayna's father, Nightmare should've been informed, and since it was at least five time periods passed when they should've been back, he was probably worried by now. However, due to the monitoring Alayna required, Alice just couldn't very well leave to tell Nightmare. Besides, they were all the way in Heart Castle territory. It would take too long. The next best thing was to tell Nightmare via dream. That is, if he was slacking off without them there. For the first time ever, Alice hoped he was slacking off in dreams. She let her exhaustion pull her under and found herself in the dream realm.

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“You have the sweetest smile I’ve ever seen.” {Hello again :D you can decide who he's talking to.}

Miranda paused, blinking rapidly at the blindsiding statement. She didn't expect that from her role holder friend. Especially since she was a faceless. Someone whose face was destined to remain obscure. After the fact registered, she couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed. Or maybe it was just shyness. She felt her cheeks warm slightly as she replied with, "Thanks, Nightmare. That means a lot."

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@ice-like-dreams

Alayna tugged on her father’s jacket, her blue eyes downcast, blanket clutched in her other hand. She wanted attention, while trying not to cry. She knew her father was busy, but the need for him to hold her in his lap and coo at her was overwhelming. She was supposed to be sleeping, but that had proven difficult that night period. Bad dreams had plagued her, chasing and morphing into each other until nothing made sense. She could feel her eyes stinging. It wouldn’t be long until she was bawling.

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Roof Business

@asicklydreamdemon {Continued from here}

Miranda pondered for a moment, trying to let her anger simmer down first. Realizing that was a very generous offer, she heaved the heaviest sigh she could manage. Smiling wryly, she said, “Thank you. I’ll take you up on that offer.”