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[ jim spent his first few hours in wonderland getting himself orientated, or as orientated as he can get himself, at least, given the circumstances. he read a bit of what he could find in the library (he'll dig a little deeper later), wandered around the gardens until the snow started and then explored only a small fraction of the mansion. if this a kidnapping, he's not actually sure what to make of his captors. he has no idea where he is (this is definitely no where even in the vicinity of gotham, that's for certain), but it seems that he is free to go where he pleases in this... compound? whatever wonderland is supposed to be.

because the idea of it being the wonderland is just ridiculous.

the next step is to start talking to people. people who are possibly in a situation much like his, from what he's seen. so he pulls out the communicator he found when he first got here and switches it to the video function. well, he's hoping it's doing what he thinks it is, and broadcasting to people. otherwise he's just recording a video and talking to himself which is basically the opposite of what he wants to do right now ]

My name is James Gordon and I'm a detective from the Gotham City Police Department. [ the threat of arrest is there but left unsaid. his being part of the gcpd may not mean a whole lot outside of gotham, but he would hope the fact that he's still a cop would mean something.

he pauses a moment before deciding to continue ]

I hear this place is Wonderland. I never did like fairy tales. Who knew that this would be the one to try to get back at me for it.

Anyway, if anyone's seeing this, any information on where this actually is would be helpful.

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You would think they would start there.

[He sighs though, because damn but shouldn't that be one of the first things they tell others? Like the death games?]

I haven't gone back, but others have. They find themselves exactly in the moment from when they left here, and then later on, up to years, they find themselves back here.

Time somehow freezes. Wait until you see what happens when someone you know shows up, and they've been spending time with you for the last five months while you've been here.

[ um. death games??? ]

You'd think. Seems like something a lot of people would be concerned about, after all. [ admittedly, him included ]

So, time doesn't move back home while we're here, but time keeps marching forward here while we're home.

[ wait. ]

Back home, time technically moves for everyone else since you just said that someone can show up from, say, five months later, but when I go back, it'll be the moment I left from. Am I getting that right?

[The longer he's in Wonderland, the longer he suspects the events trying to kill them are the games of those in charge. The queens, the duchess. Someone. ]

One of the pamphlets was written by a couple of the kids here. I'm surprised they didn't include it. That said, they're probably afraid of scaring people. Not what you want to do to those new here, I guess.

Logic and Wonderland don't mix, but that's pretty much it.

Right? Yes. Does it make sense? Not unless you believe in time travel and nothing being linear. I try and not think about it too much and when I do? I drink.

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