[....Where we last saw Alice, she had found a mysterious book in her library. She opened the book, and a pen appeared in front of her. She used the pen, and an image of a white rabbit in clothes appeared. After that, The White Rabbit appeared out of the book, and let Alice have one wish so he could go back home. But she didn't have a wish come to mind, and to the rabbit's dismay, said he had to stay until she had a wish....]


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"So... This is my pad. Isn't much, but it'll do..." Alice mumbled under her breath as she walked into her house. The White Rabbit jumped out of her backpack and inspected the cozy, rather small apartment.

"Dear me, something smells divine!" The White Rabbit's nose twitched before he bounced into the kitchen sepeated by the rest of the house by a counter covered in unopened letters.

Alice glanced down at the letters, already knowing what they were. EVICTION NOTICE was printed on it in bold letters.

"Dear me," The White Rabbit said as he examined everything inside, "do you have this entire dwelling to yourself? Seems rather large for one human..."

Large? Alice wrinkled her nose. No one would consider having the living room a foot from the entrance, the kitchen, and the bedrooms large.

But then again, The White Rabbit was only around two feet, so everything would seem large to him.

"I uh... live with my mom..." Alice mumbled as she threw her backpack on the sofa. "She always has dinner cooked for me when I get off school, because her work is past midnight a lot..."

"Oh, I see. Do tell, what work does she do?"

Alice paused. She didn't expect him to ask that question so boldly.

"Uh... if you'll excuse me. I need to use the bathroom."

"What is a 'bathroom'? Some sort of magical chamber?"

Alice snorted as she made her way through the living room. She ran inside the cramped space, slammed the door behind her, and tried to choke down tears.

When she was composed she headed over to the toilet, but something whacked her toes. She looked down, her heart sinking. With nimble finger she picked up the empty needle with a towel and threw it into the trashcan running over with more needles.

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"Yum! What delectable dinner!" The White Rabbit laid across the kitchen table, sliding his empty plate away from him. "What was that called, do tell?"

"It's just Ramen Noodles."

Alice pushed her chair back and dumped the rest of her plate into the trash can. Ramen Noodles was all she had for months, and now she was pondering skipping dinner all together at this point.

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Alice flew back when the magical pen zapped in front of her again. "What the...?"

"Dear me, seems you'll need this again!"

The White Rabbit ran into the living room and carried the red book over to Alice. She opened it up to the next page, grabbing the pen, then pressing it to the paper.

"I wonder who I'll get this time..."




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