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[curiousher]

[The first thing anyone sees, even before the person posting...is a little pig, in one of the tea rooms. It snuffles and sniffles and sweeps the room for signs of danger, and once it is satisfied it trots away.

Then in a blink, Alice is standing in the middle of the room, pig cradled in her arms. And for the first time ever on the network, her face has wide blue eyes. She's a bit frantic, but otherwise unharmed.]

I think I'm starting to get used to doing that on purpose... Ah, hello everyone! It's...been some time, hasn't it?

[Even Alice can't seem to hide the fact that it's rather awkward to suddenly have eyes when she did not before. The pig squirms and she lets it down, as she's discovered it's wisest to listen to what the Duchess' pig wants.]

I'm so sorry to interrupt everything, but I need to warn you all! Something-- something terrible is going to happen soon! I don't want to cause anyone alarm, but it may very well be the worst thing that's ever happened to you.

[It's all distressing, and Alice crouches down to the pig's level so she can play with it's ears absently as she talks. It lets her.]

I'm afraid I still can't explain how I know, and the details are...rather distressing. But I promise, I'd never lie to all of you! I could never!

[She's adamant about that much at least. Even if her message isn't clear, there's more clarity in the way she speaks about it - she understands the importance of these messages now, in a way she'd forgotten for so long.]

Please, everyone. Take care of yourselves this weekend. I think it may be all you can do.

Comments

[video]

[curiousher]

Thank you! And congratulations on keeping yours. Apparently that's more difficult than I imagined it would be!

[At least she has a sense of humor about it?]

[video]

[deadshapes]

Yeah, wow, that wasn't a thing I realized I had to be concerned about until literally right now, so.

[Welp one more thing to panic about at night.]

So you're giving the pre-event warning this time, huh? Are there any more details you can give, or nah?

[video]

[curiousher]

If it makes you feel any better, I hadn't realized either before I lost them.

[She was innocent, once.]

I am! Though I'm afraid I don't have many more details. This is as straight-forward as I can be, I think. But I also think you can avoid it, with warning!

[video]

[deadshapes]

...Jeez. I'm sorry.

[That really sucks.]

Okay, I getcha. Can I just ask...is this the sorta situation where you're not allowed to give us more details? Or you just don't know them?

[video]

[curiousher]

Mostly I just don't know them! Everyone seems to be getting so frustrated, but I have no way to know what the worst thing everyone has experienced is...

[She isn't a mind reader! ...Well. Not anymore, she isn't.]

[video]

[deadshapes]

The worst...oh holy crap, wait, so you were being literal? You said like, "the worst thing ever" and you meant that, like, literally? Like--okay...so whatever the worst thing that ever happened to us is, that's what's gonna happen?

[video]

[curiousher]

I'm afraid so. Combined, I think that makes this the worst event by definition!

[video]

[deadshapes]

Wow, that's actually...really, really detailed. Hey, thanks, man. This is like, the first helpful event announcement I've ever heard.

I mean, it one hundred percent sucks that we're gonna be dealing with the worst stuff ever, but still.

[video]

[curiousher]

You're welcome! I was hoping it would be. Even if it'll be the worst, maybe it doesn't have to be even worse than that.

[video]

[deadshapes]

Yeah, haha, god, wow, that's depressing. Cause there's always something worse, right?

Uhhhh, sorry to be a downer. Thanks again for the info! I'll see you around.