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Alice in Wonderland World part 6 rough draft
🕑 Added 2022-07-28 04:08:37 +0000 UTCAlice in Wonderland World part 6.
Tess tapped her hand on the table as she stared into Patrick’s blank gaze. “Where in the blazes are they.”
He shook his head. “Huh? I am sorry I was thinking about what I am going to do for dinner tonight.” He sighed. “If they take any longer I might have to eat out at the crappy fast food place across the street from my apartment. Not looking forward to that.”
“Can you not focus on your food right now.” Tess sighed. “I knew expecting Sarah to show up to this Dungeon Delvers group was a mistake. She never comes.” She stood up. “We should just head home.”
“Hey now.” Patrick rubbed his chin. “Where is Gregory?”
She rolled her eyes. “Who cares. He forced his way into this group anyways. Let’s just play.”
“With only two people? Tess you and I both know we need at least three people. One person needs to be the dungeon master. . .”
She shook her hands. “I know, I know.” She crossed her arms and sat down. “God I wish Andrew still came to this group. Then we wouldn’t have these issues.”
“You know he wont’ be back for another few months. We can just do this next week.”
Before she could respond her pants vibrated as her phone went off. “Sorry Patrick I have to get this.” She winced as an annoying song started to play.
“My phone is going off as well.” He turned around and pulled his phone out of his back pocket. “So it’s good.”
Tess rolled her eyes and held her phone up to her ear. “Hello?”
“Hello and I would like to invite you to Alice in Wonderland World. It is our new park that has opened up in the last few weeks. It will be the most mad experience of your life as you take a trip down the rabbit. . .”
“I am sorry. I don’t really do promo’s over the phone.” She hung up. “What in the world was that about. They should have called Sarah about that. She would have loved that crap.”
Patrick walked into the room. “Hey Tess. You are never going to believe it. They opend up a theme park called Alice in Wonderland World. Isn’t that cool?”
She rubbed the bridge of her nose. “They called you too?”
“I guess so. So you want to go there instead of being stuck here? I mean unless you have some other idea for what we can do tonight.”
Tess sighed. “I don’t know of what we could do exactly tonight but I don’t know about going to this theme park.”
Patrick fell onto his knees. “Come on Tess. It will be fun. You know it will be.”
Tess sighed. “Fine, fine.” She stood up and turned around. “Where is this place?”
“A few miles down the interstate.” He clapsed his hands together. “They said look for the giant tea cup on the high way.”
“That umm sounds weird. But lets get going anyways.” She grabbed her coat. “Well let’s go fine this giant tea cup shall we?”
***
One hour later Tess slammed her hand onto the steering wheel of her vehicle. “I thought you said this place was easy to find.”
Patrick looked at his phone. “Well I thought it was.” He laughed as he looked at the phone in his lap. “They made their directions sound so easy on the phone.”
“Hugh I don’t know why I let you talk me into this nonsense. We are lost. You hear me lost!”
“We we could have stayed back at your place and just stared at the wall.” Tess looked over at him with twitching eyes. “Ok I am sorry. I will shut up now.”
“Good.” She shook her head and looked at the road ahead of her. “I just want to find this place and be done with it.” She looked up at the sky. “By the time we do they might close. Look at the damn sky. That isn’t exactly a nice looking blue up there.”
Patrick stuck his head out the window and looked up at the evening sky. “So what if the sun is starting to set. We can still make it.”
Tess took a deep breath. “Just relax. Relax. No need to get worked up over this.”
“What are you talking about? Relxax over what?”
She narrowed her eyes. “Nothing. Nothing at all. Look I am done searching for this stupid excuse for a theme park. Let’s head back.”
Patrick suddenly blocked her field of view. “Hey look there it is.” She swerved to keep in her lane. “We found it finnaly. We can go and have some good old fashioned fun.”
“Can you get your arm out of my face before we crash?”
He sat back in his seat. “I am sorry.” Patrick sighed and looked out the window. “I am just excited ok. I haven’t seen Alice in Wondeland seince I was a kid. I really liked the movie. That and I haven’t been to a park like this in almost a year. They are really fun.”
Tess sighed. “Nice.”
He turned his head. “Look grumpy guss it is nice.” They pulled into the parking lot. “I know it’s hard to understand what fun is but we in the normal world like to have it.”
She turned her head in confusion. “Where is that coming from? I am the one who formed the Dungeon Delvers group remembmer? I just don’t want to be dragged all the way out here when I don’t know what I am getting into.” She scratched at the side of her head. “It is very abusurd.”
“Don’t talk to your king is such a manner knave.”
“What?” Tess turned her head but Patrick hit her in the side of the head. She fell forward, her head hitting the steering wheel before she blacked out.
***
Tess blinked her eyes open as a cat licked her face. “Ugh.” She shook her head and swatted away the kitty. “Hey were did you come from?”
Mrrowww. The kitty jumped back and stared at Tess, it’s hazel fur shinning in the sunlight.
Tess sat up and scratched at her head. “Ugh what happened?” She looked up to see the gates of the park looming over her. “How did I get here? Ugh?”
“Hey!” Tess turned to see a man in an playing card outfit standing over her. “Are you one of the new employees working here?”
Tess slowly stood up. “I don’t think so?”
He crossed his arms. “Well no one but emplyees are supposed to be here on the weekends. The park isn’t even supposed to be open yet. So unless you are here to work you shouldn’t be here.”
“But that doesn’t make any sense.” Tess looked behind her expecting to see her car but the parking lot was empty. “My car?”
“So what are you doing here? Should I call the police?”
Tess turned her head and smiled. “No, no. I umm am that new employee. Yes.”
He snorted. “Then get inside already.” He grabbed her arm, almost crushing the bone. “We have work to do so this place is ready for the public.” He yanked Tess beyond the gate and closed it shut once she was inside.
“So what am I going to be doing here?” She looked around the dark corridor. “Sweeping?”
“You are going to help take care of the attractions.”
“Atttractions?”
“Yes. Alice in Wonderland World has special attractions. Hold on your new boss can explain better than I can.” He pulled her into a red carpeted elevator covered with hearts on the wall. “She runs this place. She is a bit extreme but she has a roll of her own to fill.” He lowered his voice. “Just don’t get on her bad side unless you want to become a permanat attraction here as well. Some of the others had that happen to them. Sad fate.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Too late to explain. Good luck. Just don’t freak out.” The elevator door opend and a bright red light blindied her. The man in the playing card outfit pushed her into the room before Tess’s eyes could adjust. Once inside the door slammed behind her.
She blinked her eyes and looked around the room. As the light adjusted she could see a long red velvet carpet leading up to a red and gold desk. Behind it sat a tall woman in a black and red dress with a gold crown on her head as she talked on a phone. “Look I have a massive operation to run here. I can’t just come over and vist like I used to. You will have to come here for once. What makes you such a big shot. Oh you have your jucing station to run is that it. So I finnaly get a big operation to run of my own and that doesn’t make me important enough for you.” The woman looked at Tess. “We will have to finish this some other time I have a pest in my office.”
Tess raised an eyebrow as she walked up to the desk. “I was told to come and see you about my job.”
The woman in the elaborate dress sat back in her chair. “Ahh yes. So you are here to work at Alice in Wonderland world?”
Tess nodded her head. “Yes. Yes I am.”
“Well my name is Vess.” She extended out her hand. “It’s nice to meet you.”
Tess took her hand. “Tess.”
“Well I want to give you a big welcome then Tess. I have been looking for a new employee for some special duties here at the park.” Vess turned around. “This park is something special so my workers need to be able to handle that “attractions” here in Alice in Wonderland World.”
“I am sure it will be an easy job.”
Vess turned around and picked up a golden speter off of her desk. “Well Tess I need someone to make sure our attractions are still working for tomorrow. Like I said things are very spcial.” Vess slammed her speter down onto the table. “You would be surprised at how very lifelike things are here. Now you as a matanice personael won’t have to wear a silly coustume. But you also won’t be allowed in the park when we are open to the public so you do not break the immersion unless there is an emergency.” Vess walked infront of her desk. “You understand what we are going for here right?”
Tess nodded her head. “Yes I guess so.”
“Good. We won’t be opening until next week so until then you have free reigen of the place to test things out.” She turned around. “I want a report before the weekend is up on how all the major charcthers are holding up.”
Tess smiled. “So make sure you animatronics are working. Ok. That sounds easy enough.”
Vess turned her head. “They are not animatronics. You will understand when you get out there.” She looked back at the wall. “Oh and one more thing Tess. Do not eat anything in the park. We have made Alice in Wonderland World as realsic as possible and that means things are very, very out of the ordinary here. Have fun.”
Tess turned around with a raised eyebrow just as the door to Vess’s chamber shut, her new boss chackling away. “What the hell did that mean?” She turned around and looked at the velvet carpet below her. “I just need to focus on this job and figure out what is going on. Huhh.” She ran her hands though her hair. “Like why am I here in the first place.” She hit the ground level button. “I think I was coming here with a friend. Yes that is right. But how could I have been if this place isn’t supposed to even be open yet? I am confused.”
The elevator opend and Tess found herself in the middle of a strange looking forest. “Holy crap where did this place come from?” She walked out and looked at the sign’s pointing in all different diretions, some saying this way and others saying that way. She scratched at her head already confused on where she was supposed to find the so called attractions to check on.
“Maybe I should get back on the elevator and try another floor.” She turned around. “Hey where is the elevator?” She from one twisted purple tree to another. “How could I lose the elevator already. Fuck.”
“Are you lost too?”
Tess turned around to see a young woman in a blue dress and white aroan staring her down. She took a few steps back and scratched at her arm. “Where did you come from? Are you one of the park empleyees?”
“Park emplyeees?” She scratched at her head. “What foolishness are you talking about. Have you been talking to the Cheshire cat. You must of and he has sent you here to trick me.” She looked at the ground. “Oh I will never find my way out of here.”
Tess scratched at her head. She doesn’t look like anything I have seen before. She looks human and yet acts like some perfect Alice drone. How the hell am I supposed to check if she is working or not. This is freaky. “Umm ok. Good luck with that.”
“Can you help me find my way out umm. . .”
“Sorry I have some other things to do Alice.” Tess narrowed her eyes. Where have I seen that face before?
Alice turned around. “Oh I knew I shouldn’t of left that tea party.”
Wait it can’t be. Tess grabbed the young lady by the arm. “I know this is going to sound crazy but is that you Sarah?”
She looked at Tess. “My name is Alice. You called me that before.” She blinked her eyes. “What kind of mad trick is this?” She pulled away.
“I know that voice. Sarah Collionsworth. What are you doing.”
Alice closed her eyes. “I need to find the white rabbit.” She turned around and dashed into the forest.
“Hey wait. Sarah come back.” Tess rushed after Sarah but quickly lost her in the mess of tress. “What in the world is going on here?” Eventually she found a doorway. “I wonder where this goes.” She turned her head. “I don’t want to waste time finding another exit in this mase though. I just have to hope Sarah went though this door.” She flung the passageway open and stormed inside.
“Why is she even acting like Alice? What happened to her. This is very, very odd.” She looked down at the black and white checked floor. “Man they really went all out on designing this place.” Tess put her hands into her pockets. “But now that I think about it Sarah isn’t the only person I have to find. I remember coming to this park with Patrick. Where the hell is that knucklehead?” She looked at the walls and just noticed the dozens of doorways. “Umm is everything in here repeating? I should have picked up a map from Vess before I came out here. I didn’t think when she was talking about realisum she meant this place would be confusing as hell.”
As she coutuined down the hallway Tess heard what sounded like crying on the other side of one of the doorways. “What in the world?” She pressed her ear against the door. “I can hear it loud as day on the other side of this door.” She tried the handle. “It’s locked. What the hell?” She took a deep breath. “Did they need to make this place this realistic?”
She reached into her pocket and pulled out a credit card. “Well let’s see if I can’t force the door open.” Tess knelt down next to the doorway. “I have only seen people do this in the movies but I think I can figure it out.” She jostled with the door and a few moments later Tess herad a “click.” “Yes.” She stood up and opend the door only to have a rush of water hit her in the chest. “Ouff.” She tumbled over backwards as the water rushed down the hallway. “Oww. Ughhh.” She sat back up and scratched at her head. “Wait what happened to my credit card? Oh fuck. Well I am not explaining to them how I lost it.”
Tess stood up and eased her way inside the room. “Hello? Who is in here?” She looked from one side of the room to the other but only saw strange giant pillars. “That is odd.” She walked inside the door sutting behind her. “There isn’t anyone here. Also why do the bottom of those pillars look like shoes?”
Tess almost jumped out of her skin as a giant drop of water fell from the sky. “What in the world?” She looked up and gasped. “Holy crap!” She fell onto her rear end in a pool of water. “Sarah is that you?”
A gagantic version of Alice stood above her cramped into the walls of the circular room. “Who is that? I can hear you but I can’t see you.”
Tess shook her head. “This is insane. I just saw you in that crazy wodded area. How did you get here and so big? Sarah?”
“Who is Sarah? My name is Alice and I just fell into this place of madness.” She sniffled and another giant tear fell from her face. “I don’t know how I am supposed to get out or find that white rabbit.”
Tess stood up and walked around to the front so she could see Alices face. “What are you talking about. I can tell clear as day you are Sarah. It is easier now that you are so big.”
