M e s s a g e 3 7

[curiousher]

[Alice is i a tea room, puzzling over...well. A puzzle! She lifts up one piece and hums thoughtfully to herself.]

You know, it's been on my mind recently but...it's rather fun not aging, don't you think so? I can't say I'd rather be an adult - it's so boring-looking. I'd have to get a job, and what would I even do? Push papers and staple things, I suppose. Though, being a scientist might be fun, but it's an awful lot of math isn't it? Hm...

Thinking about never growing up, about remaining this age forever and ever fills me with...

[She hovers a her hand over the board and gently snaps the puzzle piece into place.]

...well, it fills me with something.

Comments

[powerofmabel]

Kinda! But people vote for you, which means more people have to like you to even get picked to be President, and that makes the job way more satisfying.

[that is in no way how it works.]

[curiousher]

Oh! That part I was good at.

[She smiles, just a little smug.]

I'm fairly sure anyone would have voted for me over the Queen of Hearts!