▲ 2nd Cipher ▲ (Backdated to Midweek of the Party) OTA

[ghflskhu_ph]

[Bill is positively over the moon; he pops on the feed without preamble, knocking back a martini before morphing his eye into a toothy mouth to inhale the thing whole.]

"Got to HAND IT to ya WONDERLAND, NOTHING SAYS A PARTY like EVERYONE HAVING AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS AT ONCE, MASSES PUZZLING OVER inanely "SiMPLE!" CLUES and an OPEN BAR! A SHAME our ESTEEMED HOST doesn't want to SHOW THEMSELVES. We OUGHT to give them a ROYAL WELCOME!... Unless of course, it's NOT who we THINK it is."

[Gone is Bill's typically casual posture. He floats aloft, hands aflame in a pose much more reminiscent of the idols erected in his honor by generations past. His yellow hue, a bit more gold, his luminescence, brighter and more godlike than ever before. He looks positively regal; and why shouldn't he? He has company to impress, for once. All he's missing is a crown.]

"I know I'D hate to be RULED by something that CLAIMS to have POWER over what it CLEARLY DOESN'T. Between you and me, WONDERLAND could use a bit more WONDER-- HERE's a few things worth WONDERING about:

WONDER what happens if you ASK for TOO MANY REQUESTS from the CLOSETS!

WONDER how we got SO MANY different PEOPLE!

WONDER HOW INFINITE the INFINITELY deep pool REALLY is!

WONDER HOW MANY QUESTIONS IT TAKES before you WANE DOWN someone's SANITY through SHEER ANNOYANCE ALONE!

WONDER WHY we ACCEPT someone to be in POWER when they never prove WHY they DESERVE to have it.

[What? It's not treason if he poses it in the form of a question, right~?]

REMEMBER! CURIOSITY might have KILLED THE CAT, but if SCHRODINGER'S INVOLVED; there's MORE to THAT STORY!

OOC: Howdy friends! Due to rl, I'll be a bit slow on replies but everyone (yes, you, 4th wallers) are welcome to backtag this even after the 10th! Bill does have his Omniscence here, so for those unfamiliar with his character, have some handy links. He can't turn these abilities off, but I never want to use Bill's powers to ruin someone else's fun. if there is something you want/absolutely do not want, feel free to PM me any time! Happy 10th Eway~

Comments

video;

[allaboutme]

I'm a little busy wondering what I'm looking at right now.

[Video]

[ghflskhu_ph]

[Bill's eye narrows in a mix of annoyance and smug pride]

"A WONDER."

[Or did you not catch the theme of this little speech?]

[allaboutme]

You look more like a rejected Sesame Street character.

Apologies for the delay!

[ghflskhu_ph]

"Oh, right. I forgot you humans are INCAPABLE of learning anything that isn't SHOVED down your throat by HAPPY-GO-LUCKY COMMERCIALISM wrapped up in a PG-PACKAGE!"

[You should be flattered he bothered to learn anything about your species pitiful media collection.]

"Would it help, if I SANG it you?"

[Too late]

♫ "OHHH!!! Sometimes FEEBLE MINDS believe in POWER for NO REASON! When you TAKE it from who HASN'T EARNED IT, some say THAT SPELLS TREAS--" ♫

now it's me who has to apologize!

[allaboutme]

[ why is this always her life ] Ok, Sinatra, you are not. Why don't you just come out and say it already?

You thought it was YOU who must apologize --but it was I, DIO!-- no it's me. We'll be equally sorry

[ghflskhu_ph]

"HA! That SHAM WISHES HE HAD my DULCET TONES!"

[Then let's hear YOU sing, Princess!]

"Agh- humanity- FINE. I'm PROPOSING you PUPPETS use some of that FREE WILL you're all SO FOND OF and QUESTION just who should REALLY be in CHARGE AROUND HERE! Given that you NEEDED it SPELLED OUT for YOU, I'm NOT EXPECTING MUCH OF AN ANSWER, AT THIS POINT."

[The triangle chucks a paper of halfwritten ciphers and codes in dismay, knowing she won't read them. Why do you have to ruin his fun, lady?!)

we're so good at this

[allaboutme]

You make it sound like we all voted for the Queen in the first place.

The absolute best. Clearly the rolemodels all should aspire to be like lol

[ghflskhu_ph]

"You MAY AS WELL HAVE with the CASUALNESS you go about LIVING UNDER HER THUMB with."

[Pick up ANY history book and you should have a prime example of this situation.]

"COME ON, you're a species BUILT upon CENTURIES of BLOODSHED! It shouldn't be that HARD to GRASP the CONCEPT here! I've SEEN the RISE and FALL of ALL YOUR DYNASTIES!"

[allaboutme]

And then what? She might be the only one who knows how to send us home. We kill her and then what? We're stuck here?

[ghflskhu_ph]

"WHOA, WHOA jumping AHEAD with the MURDER, lady! We just need to CATCH HER; get her to SHOW a bit more of HER HAND; I guarantee it ain't ALL ONE SUIT like she wants us to believe! If QUEENY's really got no CONTROL over the SITUATION we can RULE her USEFULNESS OUT-- and if she DOES? Well, she'll have a bit more INCENTIVE to get us OUTTA this JOINT, now, won't she?

Sounds like a WIN/WIN don't it?"

[allaboutme]

Do you have a PLAN to go with all this?

[ghflskhu_ph]

"YOU'RE LOOKIN' AT IT, SISTER! The first step of all PLANS is PEOPLE. Inform the masses and you've got your first SEEDS SEWN. I've been through ENOUGH REVOLUTIONS and hostile takeovers TO KNOW!"

[allaboutme]

And how did those turn out, exactly?

[ghflskhu_ph]

"I'M TALKIN' YOUR HISTORY, HUMAN. How d'ya THINK they TURNED OUT? THEY HAPPENED, DIDN'T THEY? THERE WERE VICTORS AND THERE WERE LOSERS."

[And the smart people backed them both until there was a real advantage to be had.]

[allaboutme]

Yeah, well I've never had much patience for losers myself.

[ghflskhu_ph]

"YOU AND ME BOTH, SISTER. SO lets do OURSELVES BOTH a FAVOR and not GO THAT ROUTE."

[For a moment it appears as though Bill has hung up but a single sentence of text hangs behind.]


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[allaboutme]

[ cordelia stares at the ominous message for a long moment... before she hits the device hard with a palm and sighs ] Ugh. I think this thing got water-damaged.