Vaudevillian

She is looking at what he's showing her.

Alice : Books, such perfection- ugh!

Thinking of something else, he nods.

The White Rabbit : Books, yeah

Alice : Gosh, how did you become a good writer ?

The White Rabbit : How I became one, a writer, you already know

She nods quickly.

Alice : Unfortunately, I do know. Only too well!

The White Rabbit : As to how I became a good writer, if I am a good writer at all, well.....

Alice : Yes, yes go on. You can tell me

The White Rabbit : I keep falling in love with women. Despite myself. Despite what they are, how they are and what they want to but can't be, so they become what they need to be

Alice : Oh, you mean female bunnies, uncooked, cool so very, yes. Cute

The White Rabbit : naw, naw. I meant the human kind, your kind such as it is. Human women

She looks at the talking rabbit, a vague creature not even from the north that she's wont to follow to and into any warren, anywhere where she is free

Alice : Weird. Really that's weird. Women. Human. What a concept

The White Rabbit : And I'm using the term very loosely here

Alice :

The White Rabbit : Try again

Alice : For ?

Larry Brown : For both

Alicia : Now your turn

The White Rabbit : For both. Barely human and rarely humane.

Alice : I'm with you there, bunny

The White Rabbit gasps

The Not so white Ashen Rabbit : but, but they be your kind! And you're against them

She looks at him

Alice : They are not my kind

The White Rabbit : Women, not your kind, nonetheless are a recurring theme in my work that's just basically me dreaming about warpaint

Alice : Your work ?

The White Rabbit : Yeah, my work

He stares off vacantly past her. Then at her. He looks at her.

The White Rabbit : You didn't ask about my dream

Alice : I'm a part of your dream that we are still having, so why ask, should I ? There's no need and no Eva Green. We are in your tree-house. But not really

The White Rabbit : Alice, Alice, Alice, - my Alice. Like you, like you, I did. I do. Chose you, yes, chosen by me, choosing you I am. I followed you, didn't I. Now you are following me. How I've missed you. I didn't mind you that much to tell you the truth, mostly because you take particular care in how you smell for us mere Wanderers

Alice : You are so fake

The White Rabbit looks at her squarely. She isn't altogether comfortable with how he is looking at her.

Her White Rabbit : Did you get some of it, or all of it? Never mind that now, leave it aside, though leave me not, Villa. I've missed you, little one. I love you loads, but that's besides the point. I've been waiting

Her erstwhile White Rabbit touches his fluffy temple stained with blood, then points his trembling finger at her

Her once again White Rabbit : For you since the time when the cats ruled the dunes

Alice : Listen, I have tried to be gentle but allow me to be coarse now, please let me. Short and simple, and very easy to get. I missed you, too, baby.

The White Rabbit : Shut up, don't be daft and STOP simpering

She pantomimes zipping up her lips

Alice : Okies, shutting up and no longer being stupid. You know, I tried, I really did. For your books, through your books. But you know what, I ended up accepting them instead of you - for they were trying so hard to convince me of you.

She looks at what he needs to show her and she wants to see those unwritten books, too.

Alice : Hey, bro. Don't chase me

The White Rabbit : Tell me something. How come someone as pliable

Alice : And playful

The Whimsical Rabbit : And playful, is as unkissed as your dreams

Alice : Beats me! Maybe the Mad Hatter who is quite sane, ran out of dough

The Nihilist Rabbit : Maybe he didn't have the dough to begin with

Alice : But this isn't about the Winter

The White Rabbit : No it isn't. Put me in your mouth now, right now

Alice : Ohh goodie, rabbit stew. Slow-cooked. Yum

The White Rabbit : Not exactly

Alice : Thanks, I'll pass

The White Rabbit : Why won't you do it, do that, it can happen, you can fall too, you know

Alice : I'm too human and not human enough

The White Rabbit : you might end up falling anyway

She laughs at him

The White Rabbit : What, no. That's very human of you to deny your feelings and deny everything. Are you sure you not human ? Are you sure you can't do it ? You can still fall, you never know. It's a slippery world

Alice : Please, I'm not human enough to be human

The White Rabbit : You can still happen

Alice : Stop ! I'm dying. Oh shush !

The White Rabbit : Let's get you there then, shall we

The White Rabbit places his hands over his heart, fists joining together, knuckles touching, making a real heart over his false one, he pressed down his thumbs

The White Rabbit using ASL signed : Don't move

His fingers dribbling with the hues of his past, he moved toward her, grinning, thinking of his work, but what suddenly frightened him was the way she was smiling at him. What scared him the most and almost out of his mind, how that smile convinced him of her, converting him to her cause, as arbitrary as hers. In this book, she will always win

The White Rabbit : Together

Alice : We will

The White Rabbit : Disavow

Alice : Disown

The White Rabbit : Dissemble

Alice : Deconstruct

The White Rabbit : Destroy

Alice : All the warrens. Here and in between all the homes we've lost

The White Rabbit / Alice : We're discontent, so we'll dismiss and disassociate with all our wastelands that are no longer waiting for us. For we must dethrone every usurper and impostor queen; rip out their hearts, a heart we can share, two hearts eating a beating one and restore Marquess of Pembroke to the throne.

The White Rabbit : We will uproot every warren

Alice : Until there are no more woods to hide in, no more trees to cut down

The White Rabbit : No more inks to spill, no more papers to burn

Alice : So that there are no more nightmares at the end of the tunnel

The White Rabbit : Above all

Alice : Best of all

The White Rabbit : Until

Alice : There are no more merrows left to gut.
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message 1: by Dale (new)

Dale Pearl Beautiful! I don't believe that I have ever read anything like this before.


message 2: by Asghar (new)

Asghar Abbas Dale wrote: "Beautiful! I don't believe that I have ever read anything like this before."

Well thank you Dale :)

Means a lot coming from you


message 3: by Purvi (last edited Apr 18, 2016 05:33PM) (new)

Purvi Petal What were you expecting when you were to read this?

Ummm... actually nothing. You see, expecting anything but the expected is the norm with him, except for the bare tooth, errr, I mean Truth hidden.

Eh! You mean to say this guy disappoints?

In a way yes, you know. For one, these two doses are dopes but too little a trouble. Why not write double the double, like maybe a themed novel? And two? He slaps this Alice stuff on the table with the label "Eat Me!" But who'd be responsible for the strange outcomes, post the dinner?!

I'm sure you've grown some horns to nik the unicorn or some such thing? Or worse, you're hanging by the dystopian tail of the tale?

Haha, i'm smart. I skipped the rope and bought myself rabbit slippers and Alice shoes, all i did was keep changing from one to another when the rabbit changed color like chameleon and Alice chewed her nails in the community chanting of their upside down oath.

So what's your verdict? You wanna eat some more of these carrots?

I'd rather he stop dangling the carrots to keep the trackers running and arrange for some icecream with this movie fare. Get me? Now betcha get going!


message 4: by Asghar (last edited Apr 17, 2016 12:20PM) (new)

Asghar Abbas I hear ya

But I am working on my novel. lol

though this , your response, needs further elaboration. I didn't get all of it.


message 5: by Ṣafā (last edited Jun 10, 2017 05:27PM) (new)

Ṣafā "Books, such perfection- ugh!" and "I keep falling in love with women. Despite myself. Despite what they are, how they are and what they want to but can't be, so they become what they need to be." <3
"And I'm using the term very loosely here" hahahah!
This is awesome! I can't believe I took so long to read it. :c
I love it!
so much curiosity!
warpaint?
recurring themes, great!
God! I love this!
This is my favorite, okay!
I'm fascinated.
This is a great retelling. This could be its own Alice, Alice for humans.
I have an idea for what I could and should write.
"For we must dethrone every usurper and impostor queen; rip out their hearts, a heart we can share two hearts eating a beating one and restore Marquess of Pembroke to the throne."
Sorry, but I didn't like this part much except a heart we can share two hearts eating a beating one. Where is off with their heads, and the flamingos?
"In this book, she will always win"
Is it just for me to say I like this better than Alice? whatever, I like this better!
Thank you for this!
I'm going to come back to this.


message 6: by Asghar (new)

Asghar Abbas Oh yeah , Warpaint will always be one of the recurring themes for me . It's actually the name of my favorite band , look them up :)


message 7: by Ṣafā (new)

Ṣafā Asghar wrote: "Oh yeah , Warpaint will always be one of the recurring themes for me . It's actually the name of my favorite band , look them up :)"

Okay.
By recurring themes, I meant Winter and Eva Green too.


message 8: by Asghar (new)

Asghar Abbas of course .


message 9: by Asghar (new)

Asghar Abbas weird, Eva Green is coming up in the current short piece as well lol


message 10: by Ṣafā (new)

Ṣafā Asghar wrote: "weird, Eva Green is coming up in the current short piece as well lol"

The pale skins.


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