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[grahamalytical]

[ Even though he's been in Wonderland for nearly two months at this point, this is the first time Will has made a post on the network, and only about the fourth time he's used his device at all. He's not a terrifically outgoing person, and it's easy for him to assume that people are probably better off without his input in most cases.

However, the network is clearly a good way to get answers and information, and ever since his conversation with Bedelia... He's been thinking a lot about "home". Been wondering if there are any people here in similar circumstances. It's been on his mind enough that eventually, he settles on simply straight-up asking people, if only to shut the train of thought down and put an end to the curiosity. And, perhaps, put himself a bit at ease. If that's even a possibility.

The question isn't posed through video, or even audio. This is more easily handled through text. And, it...makes the whole thing slightly less awkward, which doesn't hurt. ]

Is anyone out there uncertain about whether or not you'd like to go home?

Do you feel as though Wonderland may be the lesser of two evils? That you may be better off here than where you've come from?

[ Come and discuss any doubts you have about wanting to return to your world, Wonderland. Maybe you'll make him feel better about the disaster he'll be walking back into if and when he ever goes home. ]

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I'd agree with that. Whether you want to go or stay, none of us have any control over it. Presumably we'll all be returned eventually, though we have no idea of when. It could be days, unfortunate to those who wish to stay, or even years, unfortunate to those who spend all that time wishing to be home.

There's no winning.

[ It almost feels as though Wonderland is playing with them, to a degree. ]

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[demonstrate]

And even those that do want to go back home ... don't necessarily want to forget this place altogether. It's not fair those that are returned home even temporarily can't remember it, but I don't know if there's a way around any of Wonderland's rules.

[ it does feel like a game. iris would agree with that, too. ]

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[grahamalytical]

No. I don't think the idea of losing all memory of Wonderland and your experiences in it is something that anyone likes. It's an uncomfortable amount of control that Wonderland has over all of us, and I don't think there's any way around it. We're all weak to its whims and its rules, no matter who or what we are. I think that's the most frightening part.

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[demonstrate]

[ he sounds pragmatic. he sounds insightful, too. maybe that's why iris ventures to ask a question. ]

You really think there's no way around it? We're just weak to its whims, no matter what we do?

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[grahamalytical]

Yes.

[ It's his opinion, his view on the situation, not something he could call a fact. But he hasn't seen anything in the way of proof to the contrary. ]

It has the power to take our memories away, to manipulate them, to make us into completely different people. I have no personal experience with the supernatural prior to Wonderland so I may not be the best judge, but considering it can do this to all manner of beings no matter how powerful, and it can put all of the residents under its power simultaneously... I don't see any way around it.

Those who have been here for years have never found a way around it. It doesn't seem likely to me that we'll see a change.

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I had no experience with the supernatural, either. Sometimes I can't be sure it isn't all an elaborate dream. [ iris has learned to believe in the impossible, but up until a couple of months ago, the impossible consisted of particle accelerator explosions and meta-humans. this ... is different. ] Some people are sent home for good. I just don't know what Wonderland's criteria is.

[ how does it decide who will remain in its clutches? how does it decide who to discard? ]

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[grahamalytical]

I still have times where I'm sure this is a dream, even after almost two months of being here.

I don't think anyone knows what Wonderland's criteria is regarding who it brings here or who it sends home. I don't know that it even has criteria, sometimes its choices seem almost random.

[ And yet some people, like him, are brought here three times without any memory of the previous visits. Hard to say that seems random. ]

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[demonstrate]

Do you believe something this elaborate could truly be a coincidence?