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'Tis rather inconvenient like this. +

Who: You! !oot ,uoy dnA
Where: Wonderland, both Real and Mirror side
When: June 3 to June 10
Rating: PG-13, will vary by thread, warnings for higher ratings appreciated
Summary: A catch-all log for Mirrors and Reals during the reverse espionage event. Anything from Mirrors leading their daily lives, over Reals reacting to the show, to Reals and Mirrors exchanging messages goes here. Just label your locations and sides accordingly!
The Story:

Your own medicine is worth twice the sweetness in the bush, that is what they say! Here is my plan, now make sure you listen well, or you get it wrong, and then I would need to pair you all up, for only two even wrongs set my head back on right, and we've no time for such things, no time at all, do we?

As mighty as the sharpest blade, as stout as the hardest shield, a spool of thread woven from hearts of gold. It must exist, and I must have it! She'll do worse to my head if I search, but you'll help, won't you? I will let you see, and you will be my eyes! All good things come tomorrow - then I'll let you see, and you'll be my eyes, and when it's all done you'll use your own mouths to tell my personal ears all you know, won't you?

All of Wonderland's mirrors are suddenly working in reverse. The Real side can see everything, and the Mirror side is left with nothing but their own reflections. Details of the event can be found here.

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Nothing to do. Can't even watch you guys properly.

[That's really the extent of the entertainment over here, which is rather a shame. The Real Alex is easy enough to jerk around, but even that gets trying after a time.

He smirks at the ceiling and says in droning singsong:]

♪ May I ask who's calliiiiing? ♪

[It's true there doesn't seem to be events happening over there. River wouldn't consider that a bad thing. Sometimes boring is good.

She hesitates. Would it be bad to get the attention of a Mirror she knows nothing about? For him to know who she is?

Well, he probably already does, if he watches so much. Can't hurt more than what's already been done.]

Riddle for you
What walks with 4 legs in the morning
Borrowed boots at noon
And talks to ghosts at Night

[Oh, c'mon now. It's true he's got a hunch, based on the meandering writing style, but honestly, that's not much to go off of. Best to keep playing along. Besides, he's positively unassuming.]

Uhhh, I dunno, one of those really weird Pokémon?

[Definitely unassuming.]

[River makes a face.]

Whats a pokaymon

You don't have those where you come from?

[He whistles, long and sad.]

Damn. You're missing out. Look 'em up sometime.

[River makes a mental note to check the P section of the library later.]

I think you know who this is and Youre just playing
But I cant hear you past the glass

Ooh, you mean you can't just -

[He makes a little ptt sound with his mouth, stabbing a fingergun at his own head.

Huh. Interesting.]

Nahhh. I genuinely got no idea.

[Just a little bitty lie there.]

[Yeah, and he can't just imply he understood she meant mindreading and then pretend not to know who that implies.]

Dont lie
It makes you look stupid
Maybe youre just the Same

All right, all right. Y'got me.

[Ah, confirmation. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.]

The same as who, the Real Alex? That's a joke, right?

The truth can be funny

[But no, he's not like Kralie. Doesn't seem wrapped up in paranoia. At the very least, isn't affected by it. What else is different?]

You both like 胡烂
Thats the same so far

[His nose scrunches in mild exasperation. He doesn't speak Chinese, damnit. But he can guess that it wasn't very nice. It's okay, though. He has a few choice words he'd like to hurl at his Real, though those ones are all in English.]

Hey, c'mon now. I'm not that bad, am I? I mean, that asshole has, like, no friends.

[River leans her head on a hand. That's not a 100% false assessment of Kralie. She won't bother getting technical and refuting it.]

Who are your friends?

They're around.

[He's still smiling serenely. No need to bring up his inherent mistrust of most people.]

Mirrors are a little harder to trust than real people, y'know.

That makes sense

[So she won't push it further.]

Should I trust you

That's entirely up to you.

[He'll make it easy for her. For now.]

I mean, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Real who trusts a Mirror. Any Mirror. We are beholden to the Queen, and all.

[It's... interesting that he seems to be leading her to an implied answer of "no".]

Thats the easy answer
Im still undecided
Surely not everyones happy to Serve

Eh, I guess you'd be right about that.

[Trust is a commodity that's hard to broker these days. And what about a telepath is easy to trust, exactly?]

There's the nicer mirrors out there. The guy with the wacky hair, that Pines fella. Guess that means the Real things are kind of asses, huh?

[Which guy with the wacky hair? Rick Sanchez? That seems about right. But the other one...]

Which pines

I dunno, man. My Real can hardly tell 'em apart on his best day.

[But then again, his Real is Mr. Totes-Not-On-The-Way-To-Becoming-An-Alcoholic.]

The cheerful one? What's the difference?

[So he's definitely talking about the older Pines. The younger ones have completely different gender expressions.]

Ones got 12 fingers

Then, uh, the five-fingered one. Whatever.

[He waves a hand, dismissive.]

He's, like, the nicest guy here. Which is funny, 'cause I'm pretty sure my Real hates his Real's guts.

[River lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Though now she's a bit suspicious of Stanley, she... likes Ford.]

Probably cause Stan doesnt take bullshit

[And Kralie's chock full of bullshit.]

[Ah, he can't help it. He cracks a wide, wide grin at that one, even laughs aloud. No wonder his Real has such a hard time pinning her down. She's kind of hilarious.]

Wow. I mean, you're absolutely right, just -

[Fuck, but this is priceless. He laughs again.]

[Oh, she made him laugh. And not at her, even. She smiles, even if he can't see it.]

Told you the truth can be funny

[She can feel herself becoming endeared. Which is kind of dangerous, probably. Especially with someone she knows nothing about.]

Will you write
After this is Over

To you?

[He considers it for a moment, then shrugs. It'll rub his Real the wrong way, and he might get a little something out of it.]

Sure. Why not? Everyone needs a hobby.

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