queenoflogs | Alice and Battler

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Alice and Battler

Characters: Alice Margatroid and Battler Ushiromiya
Date: December 22nd
Summary: Two witches in a hut, surrounded by snow.
Warnings: Inevitable perverted Battler related shenanigans. Among the normal stuff for the event.

When Alice awoke, she obviously found herself in a not so familiar place. Even through her still half-asleep vision, she could easily tell this. Of course, she wasn't exactly staying in one place before, but she knew better than to stay in a place like this.

She knew something was going on, that much was obvious. After glancing about for a bit, the situation was a bit easier to figure out. She was in a small house, if you could even call it that, with not much in terms of anything. Just something to sleep in, and what looked like some facilities. However, it all looked much better than outside. There was snow, lots and lots of snow. So much that she could barely see if anything else was outside, or if there was anything else outside!

But Alice also noticed something else that was inside with her. It was someone else, someone vaguely familiar at least.

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And that other person was content to keep sleeping just a while longer. Despite the majesty of her station, or whatever, she was sprawled out in quite an undignified manner on the ground. That didn't seem to bug her in the least, though, nor did she give any sign of rising any time soon.

If anything, her light snoring seemed to indicate she planned to be asleep quite a while longer.

Normally one would question why they were stuck with someone else in a place like this. Normally. But being distracted by a complete lack of modesty can happen at times. Yes, distracting. Alice likely would not be able to concentrate with someone sleeping nearby, so it would be best to wake her.

Of course, the question of how needed to be sorted out. Kicking may be a bit too much.

Kicking probably would have been the best way to do it, for all intents and purposes.

But that seemed unnecessary as Battler suddenly woke with a start, as if waking from some strange nightmare. "Kya, that's enough!" she exclaimed, seemingly at no one, before blinking in confusion. She turned to Alice, still looking at her, before looking rather embarrassed.

"Um... hi."

Alice held back a sarcastic remark. There would be time for that later. Right now she needed to ask some questions. She doubted the other would know much of anything, but it always pays to make certain.

"Tell me, do you know why the two of us are here, inside this small place, in the middle of a blizzard?"

Battler glanced around, clearly surprised as well. This wasn't the first time she'd gotten locked in by the weather, and... well, maybe it would be the last, she really wasn't sure how things would resolve themselves back home.

"I didn't do it?" she offered.

"I didn't think you were, but I'm glad to here some sort of confirmation." Alice said, her tone being a mix of exasperation and relief. But then, who put them here, and why?

"I didn't notice any change until I woke up. I'd be willing to bet that someone is screwing with us."

"For a prank, this is kind of light unless it's going to get worse somehow," Battler said, as she began to walk around the room.

"It's really snowing out there though, isn't it? Trying to get out of here would probably be a bad idea, unless we want to freeze to death."

With that said, Alice tried again to get a better look outside. As far as the eye can see, snow. "Prank or not, this is a rather shoddy place to be placed in."

Going outside? Alice thought that for one moment, right before dismissing it as utterly foolish. She wouldn't even send one of her dolls out, they would likely be blown away.

"At least we've got a bathroom, right? Ihihi," Battler said as she noticed the smaller adjacent room and peeked inside. "Things could've gotten pretty messy if we didn't!"

She paused though, realizing something else. "...but we don't have anything to eat in here, do we? Heh, is this like extreme dieting?"

Instead of answering, Alice just grimaced at that. Whether it was about the subject or the words used, who knows. She just wasn't going to touch that issue.

The other one, however, did make her raise an eyebrow. To that, she plainly said "As much as I'd like to have something to eat, I really don't need it. I have long since abandoned the need for it."

"Ihihi, now you can't be like that," Battler said, shaking a finger. This was that anorexia thing, wasn't it?

"You're already skinny enough, you shouldn't overdo it. Nobody likes a girl who's too skinny either."

That was odd. This was not the response Alice was expecting. The fact she didn't really understand what it was that was said didn't help with her confusion. Skinny? Nobody likes a girl who's too skinny? What was this laughing red head going on about?

Alice had to ask. "What are you talking about? That makes no sense."

"You're not eating because you want to lose weight right? Still, you can't stop eating completely, that's bad for your health," Battler lectured.

Despite the fact that she was completely and utterly wrong and had no idea what she was talking about, she nonetheless sounded completely confident and secure in her absurd conclusion.

This feeling that she had not been felt for some time. The feeling of confronting sheer idiocy. Did she say something wrong back there? No, of course not. She was just dealing with someone who failed to notice what was being said.

Through a slightly annoyed voice, Alice spoke. "I am not trying to lose weight. Why would I even need to do that?"

She just chuckled, as if she understood something that wasn't being said.

"It's alright, you don't have to deny it. There's nothing to be ashamed of," Battler just shrugged; even as contradictory evidence seemed to be piling up, she clung to her strange belief all the same.

What was going on? She couldn't tell, but she knew her weight was not a shameful topic. Or her eating habits for that matter. She was not denying anything. This was slowly becoming ridiculous. "The only thing I am denying are your dumb claims."

"Heh, well, I won't push the issue. That'd be rude," Battler chuckled, though she'd already gone far past the point of rudeness by now.

"I guess we should focus on figuring out what we're supposed to do here. There's gotta be some kind of trick or goal to this, right?"

That was true. It would be rude. It has been rude. Not like she hasn't dealt with rude people every day.

A trick or goal? Did she think this was a puzzle of some kind? Inquiring about this should prove interesting. "What are you talking about? What possible trick could there be?"

"Sticking us in some weird room in the middle of a blizzard, with no food and no idea what's going on. It's like the premise of some kind of weird mystery, isn't it?" Battler pointed out.

"Or maybe it'd be more appropriate to call it a survival story."

"There is certainly a mystery here, but I don't think it's the kind you're thinking of." Alice replied. While it is a mystery as to why they were here in this situation, this did not seem like one that was meant to be solved.

"So what are you we supposed to do anyway?" Battler wondered, before noticing the single sleeping bag. "Ihihi, don't tell me we're supposed to climb in that thing together or something?"

Missing the possible intent of that laugh, Alice already had an idea. "If we consider our situation, I believe it's so we can keep warm."

"It is chilly, isn't it?" Battler agreed, before a dumb smile crept on her face. "Alright! If that's the case, I'll do my best to warm you up."

"Well, that seems rather nice of you. But would you be okay with that?" Alice said, likely coming off as some sort of clueless idiot.

"It's more than okay, I'd be happy to!" Battler exclaimed, perhaps seeming a bit too excited about it.

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