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Name: Justin Fletcher
Age: 20
Weapon of Choice: sword and battle axe combo
Purpose in Wonder/UnderLand: Uh....I got here through videogames and magic pot that my idiot cousin found.
Crush: None yet, but there's this cute chick with a scythe I met here....
Don't stare at me too long.

(sure. ladies first.)

Meanwhile, in the real world, or what he thought was the real world, Justin was lounging on his dusty old couch, butchering virtual enemies on his Xbox, a weird cloud of smoke filling the entire living room. You see, his cousin Tommy had found a strange bag of what appeared to be pot, and brought it to Justin, talking the poor gamer into trying it, since he had never done anything like this before. Justin was bored, so, why the hell not? Well, his world became weird, freakish, and all around dizzy and confusing. He fell off the couch, accidentally turning off the game and TV. Next, he saw the black shade of the inactive screen warp itself into a wormhole, which seemed to suck the young man in. "WHAT THE HELLLLL!!!?!?!?!?" He yelled in panic. As he flew through this vortex of chaos, he began to have what he thought to be hallucinations of a white rabbit, an evil queen, a crazy person in a weird looking hat, and a girl in a blue dress. The first time stoner then landed on the ground, or at least, what he hoped was ground, with his eyes shut, inwardly cursing his cousin for making him try that crap.

Justin could feel a strange, cold metal in both of his hands. He opened his eyes and noticed an odd pair of weapons. A short sword in one hand, and a small battleaxe in the other. Where the hell did they come from, and why was his pot fantasy suddenly badass? He looked up after hearing a girl mutter something about his smell. "Yeah, well, apparently, pot does that to you." He remarked. The boy got up to his feet, still feeling a bit dizzy. "Where are we, exactly? Who are you, and what up with the farming tool on steroids?" He asked the girl, pointing at her scythe for the last part. He had to find out something on where he was, and maybe this girl could help, even if this was just a crazy hallucination.

Justin was a bit weirded out by this. Why did she drag her fingers across the blade? And what was this about Wonderland? Hadn't he read about that in a book, or something? "My name's Justin, and my idiot cousin talked me into smoking that stuff without even saying where he got it." He told her. Hopefully, this fantasy would wear off and he would wake up on his floor soon. "Wonderland? You mean the place with the living card people and that weird cat? I thought that was just a fairytale that got royally bastardized into a bunch of movies, books, videogames, and even an anime." He said. This had to mean that the girl in blue was THE Alice.

[ Timeline past ]

Enter from Elven Outpost

If Egylar was filled with the breath of life, then the rainforest was a resounding symphony. The densely wooded terrain held many dangers, certainly, but it was the very real threat of living, breathing creatures that called the forest their home. Not some magically forced life that defied the laws of nature that overflowed from the forest. Even the death and decay, mostly leaves and other plant life, that formed the forest floor and killed the sounds of Nai's footsteps was meant to one day bring forth new life.

This jungle, deep and dense, were the hunting grounds of the living and not the dead. While the corpses were no doubt numerous, as they must be in an area so filled with life, the undead had no place here. At least, they shouldn't have any.

It had been rare to hear about, an elusive rumor that rooted Nai to that one spot on the bridge for so long, but whispers among the elves and those that associated with them told of skeletons and rotting flesh walking in this very part of Kranila. It wasn't right, but the sightings were so rare that maybe it wasn't really a problem. Nai suspected otherwise, her thoughts lingering on the rise of a skeletal dragon and the ominous foreboding that the failed attempt would not be the last.

She had no reason to act on such matters, but she did. She couldn't be bothered to figure out why, to admit that it was because she did not want to move forward into the unknown when her abilities were suddenly acting up.

It was as one would expect. The undead were nowhere to be seen, as elusive as bigfoot because, well, that was the exact niche they filled. The dense flora of the rainforest didn't exactly assist Nai's attempts to scout, either. Even the elves rarely saw the undead. What chance did Nai, an out-of-place outsider, have? Still, she persevered and marched on. Scant as the rumors were, they rang with an air of certainty.

Justin snapped out of his staring moment, then started walking after Alice, kinda red at the little nickname she gave him, but it faded instantly. As he caught up to her, the two were getting closer and closer to the burnt up forest, the smell of fire and death blocking out the pot stench around the gamer. He knew that the place was ruined, but he drew his small axe, just in case of an attack by, well, anything. If this was really Wonderland, anything could happen, and it usually did.He looked down at the small axe, noticing the wicked flame pattern carved into each of the blades on the head, along with the black skull ornament on the bottom of the handle. He had NO experience with a real weapon, but hey, he had to learn while he was here. Lucky for him, he had Alice to watch his back, even if he hardly knew her. He looked up to Alice. "You've been here before, right? You think anything's gonna jump out and attack us here?" He asked.