+ Make the Most of Your Regrets +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Real side of the Mansion, anywhere.
When: January 12 - 15
Rating: Please warn for anything above PG-13.
Summary: As the Gryphon announced, there is an event. Everyone is now living as if one regret they formerly had no longer exists.
The Story:

Please post your top levels here and tag around! For plotting and a link to the bulletin board for more details, head to the plotting post. The FAQ is also there for any last minute questions.

Remember, you can only change one regret and your character is now an AU version of themselves in regards to how that would have changed them.

Have fun ♥

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clementine | ota

[icklewaitin]

( ooc: au idea is here. )

mansion entrance

( When people enter the mansion through the Event time, they will find an eight year old armed with chalk, paint, sparkles, and the like. She's drawing and painting on the walls: all kinds of sunny fun pictures with animals and people and her home. She's covered in paint, but having fun, playing music, dancing. The mansion'll clean it all up anyway.

While she's even shorter than Clementine normally is and her hair is longer, she still has her signature hat on her head. And sometimes she takes breaks to read the pile of books by all this paint: Charlotte's Web, Matilda, The BFG, and Where the Wild Things Are. )

outside

( Outside Clementine's still getting up to trouble, tossing water balloons toward unsuspecting people (or towards people joining in on the game. Some of these water balloons have glitter in them). If she hits someone, she tries to hide...behind some trees... and act like she is busy trying to collect bugs instead with a little net and magnifying glass. La de da. Nothing to see here. Don't mind the bucket of water balloons, hiding under a blanket nearby.

She's also taking some time to examine a l l the trees around to try to figure out which one would be good for a tree house. Clementine sometimes successfully jumping on to a lower branch and then getting stuck, or unsuccessfully jumping and jumping to try to reach, or.... actually making it to the very top if only to be unsure about how to get back down again. )

...uh! ( hrm. ) Anyone have a trampoline?

kitchen

( Clementine's never really allowed to make stuff in the kitchen on her own, but now she doesn't really have any adults telling her no. And she's kinda mischievous so she's in the kitchen, mixing all kinds of strange stuff together like gummy worms and candy and chocolate... and hot sauce. And then attempting to make cupcakes but turn them green with food coloring. It's hard to say if she's attempting to cook or attempting to do a science experiment with the wealth of ingredients around... and operating the oven and stove with giant oven mitts on her hands. At least.

This will be fine!)

Mansion entrance!

[jamminshield]

[A boy who seems to be of a similar age soon looks over some of the paintings on the wall. He strokes his chin in an exaggerated manner, while trying to look and sound snooty.]

Hmm, hmmm...! Yes, this piece says a lot about... art, and its... condition, and stuff. I'll take eight! [He says, while trying to hold back his giggling.]

[icklewaitin]

( Clementine laughs as she turns toward Steven with a smile on her face. )

Eight? I don't know if I can do this eight more times! ( She puts her hands on her hips before declaring in a low, best-attempt-at-a-serious voice: ) It's an Original!

[jamminshield]

[Steven is now just barely holding a straight face as he looks towards her with an attempt at an indifferent shrug.]

But then how do you expect it to get displayed in every museum in the world? You've got to... have at least eight! [Looking at her and that hat she's wearing, she does look really familiar...] That's how you really make it in the, uh... paint money world!

[icklewaitin]

Every museum in the world? Now you're talkin, Mr. Fancy-Steven. ( Yep, Clementine remembers him even if this Event is clearly messing with some people. Michonne was walking around without a katana!!

How weird. )

But in that case, it'll cost ya... 8 bazillion dollars.

° kitchen

[thesamurai]

[ Michonne's never gone through the end of the world, but the Clementine she knows sure has. So, when she sees this miniature version of Clem doing God knows what, she walks in, high heels clicking, eyebrows raised in a combination of alarm and amusement. ]

So. What exactly are you making today?

[ She wants to ask about ten different questions but she knows there was an event coming. It's possible some of them aged down, and it's even more possible if that's the case, Clementine won't remember her or being in Wonderland.

It's happened to people before. ]

[icklewaitin]

( Clementine recognizes Michonne's voice before she's even looked up, which is why she smiles. She places another gummy worm into the bowl where there's some kind of chocolate pudding like mixture. ) I call it.... Bug Soup! But it's not really bugs or soup.

( She lifts her head and then looks sideways at Michonne. Her mouth parts. )

Where's your katana, Michonne? ( She never goes anywhere without it! )

[thesamurai]

Bug soup, huh? Sounds like a tummy ache waiting to happen.

[ Also sounds like something Andre would do, and she smiles. Then looks at Clementine - at least she knows who she is. That's a start, but Michonne's still confused. ]

My katana? I usually have one of those?

[icklewaitin]

No way. I'm a very good chef!

( ..../cough. Clementine takes a gummy worm up and sticks it into her mouth, chewing, nodding seriously. )

Yep. You use it to take care of monsters in your world and in this world.

Outside- this is gonna be great

[teamfun]

[Louis hasn't been in Wonderland long, but he's already learned to expect the unexpected. Taking each day as it comes has been something of a benefit here- it means he can roll with whatever insane bullshit Wonderland tosses at them with relative ease.

Of course, that's before he found a much younger Clementine stuck up a tree. Honestly, if it hadn't of been for the hat (newer, cleaner) he might not have clocked her at all. ]

...Oh boy this is gonna be the most awkward time of my life. Swell. [Then, louder, offering a wave:] Uh- hi?!! You okay up there?

CRIES Poor Louis

[icklewaitin]

Hi, Louis!

( This ickle Clementine knows Louis as the funny, fun guy that she met here in Wonderland. She's been in Wonderland for a very long time, but she's still just eight years old in all the ways that count. She's holding on to the branches as tight as she can. )

...don't tell anybody else, cause they won't let me climb up trees anymore if you do. ( long, long pause....... ) But I'm kinda stuck.

best times wow

[teamfun]

Hiiiii Clem.

[Well, she recognises him, so that's...something. Okay. Okay. He can deal with this. He'll just treat her like he would any kid, it's fine. This is super fine.]

Your secret's safe with me, I promise.

[He very solemnly crosses his chest with an index finger. This is super serious business. He looks up at the tree, can it take his weight? Prooobably not, but since when did a silly thing like danger ever stop him. ]

You want me to help you get down?

[icklewaitin]

( Clementine smiles bright when he crosses his chest with his index finger, and then she'll do the same. )

That's a very serious promise when you cross your heart.

( She nods, and then seems to think about the question. )

Or find a trampoline! Or a ladder.

( She has very good kid-ideas, right? )

mansion entrance;

[thevulnerability]

[ Chloe's regrets hadn't manifested into anything life-altering; at least, as far as she knows. The rest of the mansion has more or less seemed to have lost their damn minds from where she's standing, but since no one's getting hurt, she isn't going to stand in the way of another one of Wonderland's less obnoxious events.

She's not sure she wants to stand in the way of an eight-year-old kid drawing on the walls, either, even if the mom in her is quick to chastise. Watching the girl just makes her miss Trixie though, her own daughter, right about the same age, worlds away. ]

You know... [ Chloe kneels down next to her, examining her sparkly painted artwork. ] Wonderland is probably the only place you can get away with doing this without a grown-up yelling at you.

[icklewaitin]

( Clementine turns toward Chloe with a very knowing smile on her face, and then she nods. )

Exactly! Wonderland always cleans up after itself so no one really cares, and I don't have to clean like I had to the one time I drew on my bedroom wall. ( She holds a paintbrush out toward Chloe like Wanna join? ) I could never do this before....

[thevulnerability]

I guess we should take advantage of it while we can.

[ Chloe glances down at the paintbrush before she takes it, stretching it out to glob a little bit of paint on the wall. Take that, Wonderland. ]

I'm Chloe. What's your name?

[icklewaitin]

( She smiles when Chloe decides to join in. Not every grown up would even if this place does clean it all up by tomorrow. )

I'm Clementine.

Hey, both our names start with C! ( She exclaims before she paints the letter into her painting. ) You're not getting mad about the paintings, and you're joining in. That's pretty cool.

mansion entrance :eyes:

[benevolents]

( this place is foreign to him.

the sights, the sounds, this impossibly huge castle — he assumes, at least, that it is a castle; he's never seen one before but in the stories his mother used to tell them. a place fit for a king.

he is wide-eyed, taking in the architecture, the people in their odd garb, with their odd ways of speaking. he can hardly keep his attention on one thing for more than a few seconds, with how overwhelmingly different and startling it all is.

that is until he sees the girl. not just the girl, but the plethora of paints and colored charcoal and bright sparkles like fallen stars surrounding her. there's sound, too. not quite music, but melodic. it would frighten him, as he's not quite sure where it's coming from, but his focus in paramount. his focus is on the one true thing he recognizes. that he can relate to: art.

he stops by her side. ) Where did you get this?

:eyes: :eyes:

[icklewaitin]

( clementine kind of peers at him when he sees him step in. it takes a little bit for her to recognize him, cause she's not used to the long hair. h u h. this event is a really wild one. michonne didn't have her katana, and other people didn't really recognize her at all. she knows klaus is very old so maybe this is him very young? maybe he had long hair when he was young?

but since he seems kind of overwhelmed, she avoids saying his name just yet. )

The paint and stuff? I got it from the closets. They give you anything you want. It's magic like this whole place, and I know that's kinda a lot.

( she remembers klaus showing her how much he liked art before, painting and stuff. ) You want to try?

lmao i just realized he could? should? remember wonderland... w/e i'm rolling with it

[benevolents]

( the closets? klaus lifts his head and glances about, as if one would suddenly appear out of thin air. he's not quite sure how such a thing could work, but magic, unlike all of this, is familiar to him.

and her offer of trying is too good to pass up. a thought of what father might do if he should find him crosses his mind, but he banishes the thought. father's not here. are his siblings? he doesn't know, and for a moment he's as relieved as he is frightened.

klaus kneels beside the girl. ) This is all overwhelming, but magic is known to me. I am not afraid of it. ( he looks to her pile of art supplies. ) Can I have a brush?

LMFAO I think you can roll either way w/ it and it's cool cause i've seen ppl do both

[icklewaitin]

It'll be okay. I know it's all a lot right now, but- ( clementine says and reaches out to rest a hand upon his arm gently in her attempts at reassurance. she remembers how she felt after she first got here. she'd been so sick and alone, and then suddenly she was here in a brand new place with no one she knew. ) Wonderland's not a bad place as long as there's no Events.

( she picks up one of the paintbrushes and then holds the handle out to him with a tiny smile. )

What kind of magic do you know?

[talesuntold]

Those sure are some interesting concoctions happening in the kitchen. Maggie isn't sure they'll come out any good. Or edible at all.

"Do you want a hand, honey? I bet we could make something sugary and unhealthy and delicious. Your choice. I could just consult or tell stories if you'd rather do the cooking yourself."

[icklewaitin]

"Ooh, what do you know how to make? I've been experimenting for awhile, and I'd like to make something new and delicious," Clementine says as she claps her hands together and then removes the apron that she was wearing.

It's covered in...god-knows-what. "Gotta get a new one of these!"

[talesuntold]

"How about worms in dirt? We could make chocolate pudding and then add gummy worms and cookie crumbs." Maggie is taking her cues from the disaster strewn throughout the kitchen. "Have you had that before? I can come up with other ideas until we find one you like."

[icklewaitin]

"That sounds really good! Then I could go around offering people worms in dirt and see how they react," Clementine says with a pause as she adjust the cap on her head. Cause she realizes that's not the nicest thing ever to do, but sometimes she's got a not-so-nice streak.

Like a put a bug on another kid's pillow and watch him freak out streak.

"For science."