User:NekoRex/Alice15

	It's a hot day in the Forest of Magic, not made much better by the high humidity one would expect from a place thick with plant life. At the humble white home of Alice Margatroid, and recently now Marisa Kirisame, the latter magician is toiling away at constructing an addition to Alice's house, despite protests that the other magician can handle it with her army of worker drones, er, dolls, with a hammer in one hand, and 	 nails in the other. Nails anywhere the witch can stick them, really. 	What a dreadfully boring day... *	Alice says as she drifts lazily through the air towards the home of her predacessor, Shishi and Shihari not too far behind. A she approaches, she begins to move slowly downwards until she eventually reaches the ground where she takes a moment to smooth her dress, which had become mussed slightly during the short flight over. 	Hm, hm. I wonder if miss Alice is busy today, too... Well, only one way to find out, I suppose. Come along, then. <>Ambiance<>	 The dolls follow along wordlessly behind their master, and in truth did not need to be told to follow. Although, it's a good habit to speak of sentient beings as though they might make choices that you do not want them to... *	Alice_Margatroid isn't too far off, the sketched-out blueprint in one hand and her other hand busily gesturing all about as she directs her dolls. It's not difficult, adding a large blocky addition on like this, but it's certainly unpleasant in these conditions, and it sure takes time, even with magic. *	Marisa_Kirisame wipes sweat off her brow for the umpteenth time. Outside work was something she was more then accustomed to, naturally, but even so, this is hard work involving physical toils, like hammering nails and lugging around wood. Magic helped in some cases, but in other cases she still needed raw strength and hard work to do it. 	I don't see why you're not just letting me do all of this. *	Alice wastes no time in wandering up to Marisa, who seems to be working on something here. It doesn't take her long to imagine what that might be, judging by the materials and placement. However, she doesn't say anything, waiting. Meanwhile, her two dolls have taken a seat on each shoulder, also silently watching on, though it's not like they could speak to begin with. 	"Cause I'm not lazy." Marisa says with her teeth clenched. She's holding nails in her mouth as well. Although after the last nail, she does spit them out to complain more loudly. "It's so darn hot out here, though. Ugh. There has got ta' be a way ta be less hot standin' about out here." she says. 	Before either Alice can respond, she continues, however. 	"In fact, I think I know just how." Marisa says, looking down at herself, and then promptly beginning to remove her dress. 	Because you're not.. lazy. You could just go do something else and not be too lazy that way.. *	Alice_Margatroid looks back at her blueprint before tasking a few tolls on carefully lowering a wooden beam into place, a couple more handling nails and a hammer. She glances back up and does something of a double-take when she sees Marisa. 	Y-you could just go get some cold water, you know..! *	Alice giggles softly to herself as she twirls a finger in a small circle, causing a few gusts of icy wind to spread outwards, no doubt very chilling on bare skin. 	Or, you could ask someone who knows ice magic~ 	"It's this dress! It's like a kettle in here!" she exclaims, continuing the removal of her dress, although she suddenly stops when she feels the effects of ice magic, briefly shivering with her head already under the folds of the thing. 	You don't have to go to the point of being indecent, Marisa! What if -- well, someone besides me has already gone and seen you, now it's too late. *	Alice_Margatroid sighs, looking to the little Alice. 	"Gack! Too cold! Who's doin that?!?" she says, stumbling around now. 	That's also an option, I guess.. *	Marisa_Kirisame bumps her head into the beam she was hammering just prior, before finally getting her head through her dress again. *	Alice ceases her spell, causing the gusts to cease, though there is a residual chill lingering in the air. 	If it's too hot, simple ice based spells will do nicely, I think. Hopefully, it wasn't too cold, miss Marisa?~ *	Marisa_Kirisame turns to face the pint-sized Alice, crossing her arms once she gets them through the proper holes again. "I guess, but my way is still more efficient." she asserts. <Alice_Margatroid>	And embarrassing, too. *	Alice_Margatroid makes a soft snort before turning back to focusing on infrastructure work. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Embarassin' for who? You've seen me shirtless plenty of times." Marisa retorts. <Alice>	Oh my... <Alice_Margatroid>	I-- I'm not going to talk about that! <Alice_Margatroid>	Honestly, you could just use magic to keep the air around you without warmth, or.. something. Hmph. *	Alice_Margatroid keeps her back very much turned on the other two, which isn't unuseful because it was how she was originally facing as she worked. <Alice>	Hm, either way, if you need a house, why not just use my Wonderland, hm~? *	Alice presents a bound book, similar to her Grimoire, which is also locked in the same manner. <Alice>	Although... I don't know if removing things from it will work... <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Cold magic is different from heat magic. The opposite, in fact." Marisa says. "But are you sure ya' don't wanna talk about it, huh? Do ya got somethin' ta hide, Alice?" Marisa says in a quite apparent teasing manner. "You remember when I blew up my house? You got alllll sorts of time ta' see me shirtless, didn't ya~?" <Alice_Margatroid>	I don't care, I figured you could just remove the warmth-- I told you, I'm not saying anything on that subject, I think I'll keep that quite to myself! Much less around children. You have no sense of tact sometimes. <Alice>	Eh? *	Alice raises an eyebrow curiously at being called a child. <Alice>	Hey now, just because I don't age doesn't mean I am a child... In fact, I could change how I look, if I wanted. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Pfff." Marisa snorts. "What do ya mean, children? I'm pretty sure Mini-you over here is older then I am." she adds in response. <Alice_Margatroid>	Oh? Could you? That's fairly interesting.. <Alice>	Mmhm! Well... to an extent. I'm no shapeshifter, but I could alter myself somewhat. *	Alice_Margatroid turns over to glance to the little Alice, still directing her dolls. One of them drops the beam on its side, leading to amusing havoc as she tries to fix this without looking. <Alice_Margatroid>	... Honestly, though, Marisa, if you're so intent on stripping, you can save that for later tonight. I'd prefer we not have anyone point and laugh at us while we work on the house. <Alice_Margatroid>	Keep yourself hydrated and you should be just fine. <Alice>	Mm, since I was based off of you, I bet I could look just like you do now. It'd just be a matter of scaling my own physical age appropriately. Although... my clothes wouldn't fit then. *	Alice takes a moment to sift through her mental library of spells to see if she has one that could replace her clothes as well, or at least scale their size. She does, in fact have one in mind.... <Alice_Margatroid>	Exactly like me..? That's.. *	Marisa_Kirisame grins, although Margatroid isn't looking at her. "Oh ho ho? That's something I didn't expect you to say. Not that I mind obliging when the time comes~" <Alice_Margatroid>	Well, that'd definitely be surreal. That's definitely-- <Alice_Margatroid>	Marisa, sssshhh, we're not going to talk about this any more! <Alice_Margatroid>	Not now, at least! <Alice>	Hm, hm. Well, right now, I look like you did when you first visited Makai, so it might already be unusual for you, yes? *	Alice seems to be doing a pretty good job of ignoring the side chatter so far... probably for the best that she doesn't get involved there. <Alice_Margatroid>	Yes, it is already.. very unusual. I don't have any photographs of myself as a child, see, so it's mostly a rather lost time for me. <Alice_Margatroid>	And the home I grew up in is probably completely different now. Humans tenaciously rebuild whatever's destroyed. *	Marisa_Kirisame chuckles to herself at Alice's remark. She would have gotten back to work by now, but she's interested in whatever little Alice is up to, and can't quite look at her when she's working on building. She's taking a break, anyway. *	Alice gestures with one hand, creating one large magic circle that lights up underneath her, and another much smaller one that orbits around her at about waist height. With this, Shishi and Shihari flutter up into the air in order to avoid being caught in whatever spells Alice might cast. <Alice>	So, then? I have the spells I need ready. <Alice_Margatroid>	I.. suppose? I don't really care either way. I'm not sure if it'd be too useful for a doppleganger of myself to wander around.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I imagine you'll just look like a clone. Just don't try to confuse me, ze." she says, continuing in a mock mushy-lovey-dovey tone. "My heart only has room for one Alice Margatroid~" <Alice>	Aha, well, I'll always look like you in some form no matter how hard I try, but this should at least be interesting~ *	Alice goes ahead with the spell, causing little Alice's body to glow brightly as the larger magic circle moves from the ground up through her body, little wisps of magical energy fly off occasionally, but they are harmless. Likewise, the other magic circle activates, though this one only scales little Alice's clothes to the appropriate size... Once the spells are complete, she does, indeed, look like an older version of herself-- *	Alice like the original Alice, with the clear differences of what they are wearing and their respective eye colors. She takes a moment to look herself over and verify that the spells worked correctly, as it would have been a bother if the spell for her dress had failed and she ended up naked... <Alice_Margatroid>	Yes, that's.. certainly uncanny.. <Alice_Margatroid>	Don't you dare try and go around pretending to be me. *	Alice clears her throat, as with a new body, her voice would change, too. <Alice>	Hm... everything seems to have worked properly...yes. *	Alice surprises herself with the new voice somewhat as well, as she's never done something like this before. *	Marisa_Kirisame looks her up and down, somewhat impressed, although really it's just another spell, one she could probably do herself, given time to study it. "My Alice is still prettier, in any case." she says with a harumph, despite the fact they look exactly alike. <Alice>	Anyway... this isn't a superficial change, all I've done is scale my apparent age. Everything you see now is how it should be without the age freezing. <Alice_Margatroid>	Interesting enough, I suppose. I think it'd be easier for you to remain smaller so others won't get confused, but... well, I'll have to keep that one in mind. <Alice>	Mm, I might change back and forth depending. Sometimes it's a bother to be so short, but... <Alice_Margatroid>	Why would it be a bother when you can fly? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I would think nobody taking you seriously would be an advantage, myself." <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Same reason everyone I make everyone think I'm not as smart as I look." <Alice_Margatroid>	Hmph, it's only useful sometimes. <Alice>	Reaching things isn't what I meant. In Makai, the weaker demons are picked on by the stronger ones. Generally, there is a correlation between size and power among the less humanoid ones. Because I'm so small, they think they can get away with taking advantage of me. *	Alice smiles slightly at this <Alice>	Of course, it doesn't work that way all the time, and they learn that lesson the hard way, but it's still a bother to get dragged into boring, pointless fights. <Alice>	At the very least, I get new dolls that way. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Being left alone can be boring, though. When you don't show people who's the boss from time to time, they get all high an' mighty and have to be put down a few pegs." <Marisa_Kirisame>	Marisa in no way suffers from this exact effect herself, and refuses to acknowledge if she did, of course. <Alice>	Eh, if someone worth fighting were to put themselves in that position, I wouldn't mind, but it's mostly weaklings that I have to deal with. The stronger ones are a bit smarter and know better. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"That tends to be the case with people with power, yeah." <Alice>	Anyway, miss Marisa, you never answered my question. About Wonderland, that is. <Alice_Margatroid>	Hmm? <Alice_Margatroid>	What was your question? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I think I missed it amid the other conversaation." <Alice>	Well, if she needs a house, I wonder what would happen if she took one from my story book here. *	Alice re-presents a locked book similar to her Grimoire that seems to be titled "Wonderland". <Alice>	It's a very strange place that changes to be however I want it... <Alice_Margatroid>	We're actually doing quite well here, to be fair. Managing multiple houses seems a bit much for me.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Eh? I think I'd have ta be pretty wary of somethin' that runs on imagination. It's not like I'm havin' problems building this addon just fine. I'm just gonna live with Alice in any case." <Alice>	Oh? Well, I suppose that works. *	Alice stows her book once more, and her dolls that have been fluttering around since little Alice changed finally settle down on her shoulders again. <Alice>	I originally came to maybe study a little, but it seems that you're both busy. I suppose I can return then, for now, though this was fun with the age experience...~ <Alice_Margatroid>	You can study if you don't do anything funny with the books inside and don't disrupt any notes.. <Alice>	Perhaps, but isn't it rude to make yourself comfortable somewhere while people are working around you? <Alice_Margatroid>	I wouldn't know, I don't visit people's homes much. You can help us and then stay to study a little? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Livin' by your own merits is an essential value for bein' a magician." Marisa says in a tone like she's trying to lecture little-big Alice. "If I need a new house I can always build one with hard work and a bit of wood and metal. It's more satisfying that way, at any rate." <Alice>	Mm, but I don't have any experience with building. I'm afraid I'd only get in the way, sadly. But, tha'ts all right, I can always come back another time, if need be. <Alice_Margatroid>	I'd like to at least finish the skeletal structure of the addition before heading in for tonight. ... Oh? Well, okay. <Alice>	Mm. *	Alice produces another fairy-like doll which she tosses up into the air a little before it catches itself and begins to hover there. <Alice>	Perhaps I can use this to determine a good time to come over. It probably won't do much aside from watch, though. This way, I can see when you're done building and I won't be disturbing you too much. <Alice_Margatroid>	As long as you leave it outside the house, it should be fine. <Alice_Margatroid>	There's other dolls out here that do the same thing. <Alice>	Since I won't be around, all it will do is sit there and watch, really, so there's no way it'll be inside unless someone puts it there. But, for now, I'll head back to Makai. I sort of wonder what Lady Shinki will think of this spell...~? *	Alice spins on her heel, offering a wave back to the two other magicians as she begins to fly off. <Alice_Margatroid>	Yes, goodbye.. *	Marisa_Kirisame waves as Alice leaves, albeit unenthusiastically. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Welp, back to work!" Marisa says, beginning to take off her dress again. The cold air has long worn off by now. <Alice_Margatroid>	.. Well, at least nobody's here to see us any more. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I think you're the only one that minds if others are around." Marisa says, shrugging it off. "Or do you just want me all to yourself~?" *	Alice_Margatroid stays perfectly silent for a few moments, rolling her eyes and sighing softly. <Alice_Margatroid>	Maybe. .. Yes. Ssshhh. <Alice_Margatroid>	You're strange, not caring at all. <Alice_Margatroid>	But.. fine, I don't care, as long as nobody bothers us. *	Alice_Margatroid shakes her head, getting very much back to work now. *	Marisa_Kirisame gets the dress off, grinning and chuckling to herself, before starting back on nailing things onto other things once again, putting her hat back on, which leaked out a few nails as she fit it snugly onto her head.