Claws of the Jabberowcky ( OPEN )

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"No one would listen
No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears.

Shamed into solitude
Shunned by the multitude.."

Jervis sang to himself softly, indeed he had a rather nice voice, soothing and it showed his sorrow as he strolled alone down the darkened street.  He was still brooding about his..heartbreak with finding out that someone he clearly loved, was..well, in a relationship. normally to any other such news wouldn't be so hard, but Jervis' Obsessive and somewhat blindness made this very difficult for him to handle.

He strode along, the world seeming to distant to him and unimportant. Jervis sighed heavily as his bright blue eyes filled with tears as his voice continued to sing.. Pouring out his heart.


"She saw my loneliness
Shared in my emptiness.."

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    Stephanie was walking gloomily along the streets. Her night had been a disaster. Her mother had forced her to join a summer theater club, and they did a play version of Alice in Wonderland. Being bleach blond, the theater club made Stephanie Alice, even though she would have rather just been a bush. So Stephanie endured, and tonight was opening night. Stephanie's emotions had already been high that night, due to her mother not coming to the opening night of what she had forced Stephanie to do. But, her mom's job called. In the middle of the play, the actor playing Mad Hatter grabbed Stephanie's shoulder. Due to nerves, Stephanie reacted quickly, and violently. She grabbed the boy's wrist, broke it, and threw him across the stage. Needless to say, the show was canceled and Stephanie was kicked out of theater camp. So here Stephanie was, walking home because she couldn't contact her working mother, and when things seemed like they couldn't get any worse, she got lost.

    Stephanie walked across the sidewalk, looking at the ground. She had ran out of the theater so  she was still wearing her Alice costume. Stephanie turned a corner and slammed into a man. She fell to the ground, which stained her white costume dress with the mud on the sidewalk from the fresh rain. She sat on the ground for a second, before looking up and seeing who she had bumped into. Mad Hatter? Stephanie thought to herself in awe.

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His solitude was broken, snapping out of his depression Jervis tensed up as he nerves swept up after bumping into someone. He looked up to see ..Alice? No, it couldn't be... He stepped back from the young woman a look of utter shock on his face before he looked away. His hair fell over his face, to hide his fearful eyes and his confused look, His voice stuttering," Oh..I ..I.. I.. Am..V..v..very sorry..."

He wanted it to be a dream, wanted this torture to end.. surely she wasn't really standing there. Slowly, he looked back at her....

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"Oh..I ..I.. I.. Am..V..v..very sorry..."

Stephanie's eyes widened. She looked down at what she was wearing and silently cursed herself. Just her luck, she runs into this guy when she just happens to be wearing an Alice costume. Stephanie realized she was in a very bad situation right now. She had dealed with this crazy before, but she was in costume and protected. Stephanie scowled as she studied the man. He was a disturbed man who kidnapped young girls and forced them to dress up and role play as Alice. Stephanie shuddered at the thought. The only way Stephanie might get out of this was to act normally and calmly.

"It's ok. Um... Hi. I'm Stephanie. Are you okay sir?" Stephanie had a fleeting hope that maybe if she said she wasn't Alice would make him pass by, but just mentioning Alice could also set this mental freak off. Stephanie took a few steps back, prepared to bolt if she had to. Of course she didn't know where she would go, considering she was lost. Stephanie took a deep breath and calmed herself.

"Sir?"

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He seemed in a daze, She looked so lovely. he could almost swear he could smell her perfume, his eyes danced over the lovely dress, her sweet face and then followed that lovely blond hair. Jervis felt like his heart and mind were falling.. falling down that ever sweet rabbit hole to the Wonderland he loved. Unknowingly he was drawing nearer and nearer to her. Once he realized she was backing off, Jervis coughed and looked away, trying to be a more sensible person, to avoid falling into madness...but this was just.... perfectly wicked.

He looked at her again, a weak smile on his face as he tried to keep himself from jumping off the deep end and who knows what would follow. He looked harmless, at least to those who didn't know of him.. of the mad hatter. He nearly called her 'Alice', but hesitated," Miss... I am so sorry... I...I'm just going for a walk... are you alright?"

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A stern and worried look formed on Stephanie's face. The last thing she needed was to be kidnapped. If she needed to, Stephanie could handle herself, but she was still worried. The stuff she handled usually wasn't super criminals.

Stephanie slowly moved her right arm behind her back and felt around the hem of her short dress. She usually tried to conceal a kubotan in the butt pocket of her jeans or the hem of her dresses, that is, when she wore dresses. Stephanie cursed herself. She had left the kubotan in the dressing room, thinking that she wouldn't need it in a play. Little did she think that she would run into Mad Hatter. She replaced her arm at her side and looked at the man.

"I... I'm fine. I'm just trying to get home." Stephanie said urgently, and went to walk past the man. The girl rolled her ankle as she walked, and began to fall forward. Her heart sank into her stomach as she realized what she had done. When Stephanie fell, she had knocked over Jervis... And landed right on top of him.

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Jervis couldn't get over how beautiful she was, surely this was.. tempting. He inhaled as he admired her, vaguely listening to her.. he could smell her perfume. He then snapped suddenly when her body collided with his. Automatically, his hands wrapped around her waist as they fell, but once his head hit the ground, He let go.. his face a deep red.

He could feel her slender frame pressed against him, he wanted to kiss her, his lips quivered slightly as he looked at her, their eyes meeting. Jervis' heart was pounding almost painfully in his chest. He shifted slightly beneath her, his body tingling. This was too close, too much.... He then lifted a hand and moved the hair from her face and whispered," Alice...."

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Stephanie cringed as she felt the man's hands fall on her hips. She stared awkwardly at the man. Stephanie wiggled and tried to get out of his grasp.

"Alice..." Stephanie's heart dropped. OHGODOHGODOHGODOHNOOHGOD! Stephanie thought. She rolled off the man and jumped up into an attack stance. She slowly walked backwards and kept her eye on the man. She looked around for something she could possibly use as a weapon. Stephanie settled on a metal sign post that had been ripped out of the ground. She held it in her hands like a bo staff.

"Alright, look. You go your way, I go mine. There doesn't have to be any trouble." Stephanie knew in her mind, this wouldn't happen, the man had already snapped, but Stephanie was holding onto one last shred of hope. She looked around, looking for anyone that she could possibly run towards, but for the first time ever, Gotham seemed to be deserted. Stephanie knew how to fight, but she wasn't sure if she could beat one of Gotham's infamous criminals, but she may be forced to try. Poised to run OR attack, Stephanie braced herself for what was about to come.