Yumika "Ivory" Rae's Story

Ivory tried to decipher Rabbit’s various expressions, but she was so confused! She couldn’t help if some of his anger was angled towards her, she did upset him after all. Her emerald eyes stared upon him, relieved when he seemed to be attempting to calm himself. If it was me, at least he’s trying to calm down.. but why do I feel it is something else? That I initially am missing something..? She raised her hands up defensively, as if to signal for him to ‘stop’ or ‘slow down’.

“I’m just really confused and worried really..” she tried to reason with him. She listened to his next statement and laughed softly, “I suppose you’re right. I nearly forgot about it actually.” She looked sheepishly to Rabbit, a bit ashamed something so important had slipped her mind. She nodded as he stood, slowly slipping out of her own seat, lifting it up and pushing it in under the table respectfully, tidying up her plate, “Yes, I’m finished.” She nods to reassure him. She hadn’t ate too much, but at least she had food in her stomach. She couldn’t possibly intake more. Her stomach was upset with her, food would have to be taken back in slowly.

Ivory approached Rabbit with a nod, adjusting her sandals before smiling kindly. She wasn’t afraid of the dark, especially when she had such a kind friend, “I understand.” She stood next to him when he mentioned not having time. Time seemed to be precious to him, so she did her best to not waste any further time. I’ve insulted him enough with my previous statements, I at least owe it to him to move in a timely manner..

Though, when she walked in she instantly looked up in sheer awe. Her eyes lit up like a small child in a sweets store. Her green orbs shot around looking around the room, trying to take in the different colors and designs. Who would have believed one could collect this many? She then caught her eyes on the chandelier, taking in every intricate detail. She was very observant, loved the finer details. She fell in love with intricacies such as the ones inhabiting this room, “Wow.. I’ve never seen so many clocks in my life..” she gasped out in disbelief. She felt a vibration run through her body as the clocks roared. Not ticked, roared. It is not a soft sound, no, this sound is quite monstrous! Quit peculiar, I’d of never imagine such a subtle sound could be this loud if you gathered enough clocks..

"Yes, it does hit you full on in the face doesn't it?" Muttered the Rabbit, each rhythmic boom blocking out parts of his words, "People donate them to me, they think I'll actually find them useful. As if one clock isn't enough."

He folded his arms and shook his head, causing his long ears to jerk about. He gazed at Ivory through the corner of his eyes, it didn't surprise him when he realised that she seemed mesmerized by the room. Not just because he expected anyone to be caught off-guard but just how easily impressed this child was. Rabbit suppressed a grin before wandering around the room, each muffled step made by his buckled shoes slightly out of beat of the clocks.
"It's hard not to guess that Wonderland is no ordinary place. So then most would assume that no ordinary people live here." Said Rabbit while he continued to stroll around the room, his small hands folded behind his back, "Indeed, everyone here is not normal but only a select few have abilities to stand out from this crowd. Mystical beings who walk around in human skin. This group have abnormal powers, to twist and bend reality into a shape completely unrecognisable. We are called Chains."

He stopped at the very end of the room, but in the centre so he was directly in the line of Ivory's view. He gazed down at the floor he was standing on, the majority of his black-and-white outfit blending perfectly to the mosaic. Through the gap in between his feet, he could just about recognise the Roman numeral that represented twelve. He tilted his head this way and that way, blinking curiously at the fragmented X and the two I's.

He lifted his head, but only slightly, so that there was a shadow under his bright scarlet eyes and his golden-rimmed spectacles glinted in the light.
"I am one of these Chains. The pocket-watch. The attention paid to schedules and, especially, not being late. Do you not know what my power is?" He said and his eyes filled with mischief, an emotion that rarely flooded into his youthful face. Rabbit raised his arms from behind him so that there were at the same height as his shoulders and he tilted his head to a point that he was looking up at the light bulbs above him. He grinned at them, open-mouthed.

"It is time," Whispered the albino and he slowly shut his eyes.

Anarchy was the only word to describe what happened next. Once his staring irises had closed, havoc burst into each dial as their long hands whizzed through their cases, rattling in their boxes. The once synchronized tick-tock, had now split into different beats from one another until it dropped so fast that it just merged into one messy sound. A few slid from the grasp of their hooks and fell onto the hard floor; small pieces of glass rocketing out in every direction. Every few seconds, a cuckoo would explode from their wooden homes, their shrill call could've made sensitive ears bleed. Wooden clocks seemed to rot until they were so weak that they could no longer hold the mechanisms inside them and crashed onto the floor. Fragile porcelain crumbled into a fine dust and floated in the air. The grandfather clocks that had already grown elderly plummeted onto the once-clean mosaic, the heavy pendulums broke free from their glass prisons. Intricate images that had took years to embed where just a small piece of the small rubble that was slowly piling on the edges of the expanse.

In the midst of this chaos, Rabbit was still in his original position; his gangly arms still hovering beside him and his fluffy head lifted towards the sky. He had not been injured one bit. The boy was completely oblivious to what was happening, his expression was that of one who was at ease. A shower of debris rained onto the ground but, as if concious of her presence, seemed to avoid Ivory creating a neat circle of filth around her.

(OOC: Anise asked me to post it for her)

Ivory nods to Rabbit, biting her bottom lip, “It’s kind of cool seeing so many clocks in one place though.” She smiled sweetly, trying to be as positive as possible, “Plus you’ll never have a problem knowing the time?” she added with a unassurance. Setting them to the time.

“Yes I’ve realized that Wonderland is quite peculiar.. “ she nods at Rabbit, then she nods again, “Yes I also have realized that the residence are quite different than those who came from my world.” She added, running a hand through her Ivory hair. She blinked when she finally realized that he was noticing her amazement. She listened to him explain wonderland and it’s people, nodding trying to make mental notes. Human skin? Yes, he does have rabbit ears after all I guess I shouldn’t have assumed they were like us. She repeated the last word, finding it to be one of the more important, “Chains,.. I got it I think."

Ivory looked at him confused, watching the display and she went wide eyed as he asked her what his power was, she put her finger to her cheek and laughed a bit, “Why, it’s definitely something to do with time, but you’ve never expressed it before so I don’t know just how far this would extend.. or it’s limitations..” she replies, hoping she was right. That’s the only reason he would want so many clocks right? She laughed a bit, rolling her eyes. She hoped it was correct,.

Ivory blinked at his expression. Mischevious? Why mischevious? She tilted her head, taking in the expression confused, “That’s odd.” She answers in a whispered tone to herself, “Oddly that kind of suits you Rabbit.” She laughs a bit to herself. She leaned her head up to look at what he was looking at, then back down. She watched, plugging her ears and eyes wide as scene played before her.. was he aging the clocks? She looked around to each one, the only thing she could manage was to stare. He was intimidating,. Wow. I never realized he’d be so strong..
“That was amazing!” Ivory squeaks out excited at Rabbit, looking around herself frantically at the destroyed remains of the clocks, “How do you do that?”

Ivory it has a familiar ring to it, doesn't it?

Ivory wasn’t exactly assured as to her location. Honestly, she didn’t know where she was at all. In fact, the last thing she could summon up from her memory was Rabbit doing something with the clocks. She was in the woodlands when she stirred, her skull ringing painfully. She looked around, but at first her sight was blurry and everything looked mushed together in an array of color and disfigured shape. She knew she was in the woods however based off the surrounding sounds and the way the earth felt underneath her hands. She wasn’t aware of what she was intended to do with herself and she was left questioning how she got here in the first place. This is not Rabbit’s house.. What happened to me? Not to mention what happened to Rabbit?! They hadn’t even been properly contracted yet.. She shook her head, she didn’t have time to sort this out, Wonderland was a dangerous place. She was torn from her thoughts when she instinctively scrambled to her feet when she saw a plant move, feeling herself begin to tremble in fright. She wasn’t the bravest of the humans, that much was for sure. Being abandoned wasn’t improving her uneasiness either. Ivory ran the instant the plant shifted again, screaming out in terror.

She was darting between foliage, over Wonderland wildlife, doing her best to not step on anything. Even a mouse could prove fatal in a place such as this! She was pretty agile, evading the trees well considering the momentum she obtained from the downward dash. Her usual skill at sprinting like this normally wasn’t proficient, so she was merely waiting to crash into someone or something. Half of the girl wanted to find someone, yet then again, half of her did not. She found a group, well sort of. She heard them, so she hid behind a group of trees. There was a green haired male clutching his head and a blue haired girl..boy? Uhm, she wasn’t sure trying to help him somehow and a slightly intimidating girl near both of them, barking angrily. She clutched the tree nervously. She wasn’t sure she wanted to show herself, but she needed to make herself known soon. She then noticed another group approach a blonde girl..boy? Why are so many of them confusing about their gender!? She noticed more people in what looked to be a carriage or chariot. She moved from her tree, closer towards the people in the chariot, peeking from behind it to get a better look. There was a set of twins, a girl, and a boy. Who were they? More Wonderland inhabitants? Contractors? She wanted to make herself known, but she felt her fingers tremble against the bark of the tree. She was… scared. She wouldn’t have been, had she been with Rabbit, but she was on her own again. She quickly hid behind the tree again when she realized they’d possibly see her. She was really pale and in all white clothing with long white hair. She stuck out against the dark colors like a sore thumb. She turned her back to them leaning on the tree, drumming her fingers quietly on the bark in attempt to concentrate and comfort herself as she tried to come to a conclusion on how to act. Violent or safe, you’ve got to decide quickly Ivory! If I show myself..will they kill me?