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[sedula]

[Sam is, like most Millennials, extremely comfortable with social media, so she doesn’t hesitate to fire up her comm device and make a video broadcast to introduce herself, once she’s read through some of the older posts and found her bearings. She’s fresh out of a bath, hair towel-damp, bruising and scratches visible on her face but at least the blood’s all washed off. She forces a smile on her face and takes a deep breath.]

So … this is Wonderland, huh? Not really what I imagined, but I guess anything’s possible, right?

[“Anything” … like finding yourself terrorized by mythological cannibalistic monsters on a remote mountain. She laughs quietly, like it’s a private joke. If she can joke about it, then maybe she can convince herself that what happened in the last twenty-four hours can’t be so awful.]

Anyway, I’m Sam – new here, obviously. Still just - [she gestures vaguely] - taking it all in, I guess, but I figured I should say hey, introduce myself, that sort of thing, so … hey. [She waves at the camera.] Nice to meet you all. Um, and I guess if any of my friends are here - [Emily, she reminds herself, all the rest of your friends are dead] - Em, or - or anyone else, give me a holler.

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[postictal]

[Tim, surprise, surprise, opts instead for text. It's easier. More rehearsed. More clipped.]

[Possibly he should've thrown up a private filter before firing this one off, but in the case that things start going a particular way, he can always patch that in when they start deviating down that route.]

hard to say
they might've been here once

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[mrsarcastic003]

Hi Sam, I'm the other Tim, and I'm still hoping we can get a third so we can be the Three Timors, but so far we've had no luck.

Also the other Tim tells me this is a lame name. He's probably right.

It's not really what I imagined as Wonderland either, honestly. I thought there would be more "eat me" and "drink me" happening, but... it's been pretty few and far between. That's probably for the best. I don't really want to be the size of a mouse or a house, do you?

[screwedontight]

I don't think it's what any of us expected, and sadly it only goes downhill from here.

[But he sounds sober, and not entirely bitter and just honest, so Sam was getting the better side of him at least.]

Welcome though, Sam. I'm Seth and kind of a resident asshole but I have some of the best Scotch the closet can provide.

Not sure I've met an Em here, but might be here. Also might check the history on the device.

[talesuntold]

Hi Sam. Funny, how books don't quite match reality. We do have plenty of the major characters here: Alice, the queens, the Dormouse, and so on.

I'm Maggie. Let me know if you need a hand settling in. [Unsaid: Because you look like you've been through hell in the recent past, however well you're handling this transition.]

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[oneagainstall]

[Gren is absolutely not a millennial in anything but the most literal sense of that word. Though he's done his best with mundy technology, cell phones are pretty much portal bricks in '86- he doesn't have a clue how to use this damn thing, so the video is at an odd angle, more focused on the table it's sitting on than the actual person using it. ]

I'm pretty goddamn certain this ain't Wonderland. I mean, have you seen any talking flowers around or grinning cats? I sure haven't. It's more like a theme hotel that went fuckin' overboard.

[And also, well, kidnapped people. ]

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[kryptomight]

Hi, Sam! It's nice to meet you, I'm Jon.

( because what a newbie needs is a tiny eleven year old introducing themselves to her, right. )

This place's a lot different from the Wonderland books. . but it's okay sometimes. Sometimes it's not. You. . haha, you kinda get used to it.

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[entreats]

[ Those scratches are a bit obvious, huh? Ange's not the type to inquire about stuff people would probably not want to talk about though, so she doesn't bring it up. ]

You get used to this place faster than you'd think, believe me.

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[cisskabob]

[Have a little wave and a friendly smile.]

Hi Sam. I'm Cissie. There's a lot to take in, when you first get here. Has anyone given you the pamphlets yet? [She holds one up, biting back a grin.] Yeah, that was plural. We have more than one pamphlet. They're pretty handy.