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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

[If you are out in the Orchards today, you may come across a humanoid doll, about the size of a persons head. You may come across more. Around fifty more. Long blonde hair, all wearing the same style of dress. All picking up food and carrying them away in baskets.

If you were to follow any of them, you will find a bunch of baskets already laying on the ground, next to one Alice Margatroid, who is checking everything with a list. She's just taking stock of things.]

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[fatedmagia.livejournal.com]

U... Uhm--good afternoon, Miss.

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

[The answer comes not from Alice, but from a doll... which just waves cheerfully.]

[fatedmagia.livejournal.com]

... [ Madoka smiles, and waves back, bowing a bit. ]

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Did you want something?

[Alice answered now, having finished her checklist for now.]

[fatedmagia.livejournal.com]

U... Uhm... Sorry-- I didn't mean to bother you.

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

*A Kazumi draws near!*

Hey, Alice!

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

... Hey?

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

Um, I meant hi...

...

What are you up to?

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Gathering.

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

Oh... right. I guess that's obvious... that's a lot of food, though.

[gun-cata.livejournal.com]

...okay, why is there an army of... dolls... moving on their own?

[ She hasn't spotted Alice yet. ]

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

[A doll answers.]

We are all being controlled by Master Alice, so we're not moving on our own!

[gun-cata.livejournal.com]

Alice...

[ Lightbulb goes on! ]

Oh! Right! I remember now... her doll... thing.

[ This is still kinda weird, to see this many, though. ]

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Please do not speak of us like that. She can hear you.

[gun-cata.livejournal.com]

Ah...

[ ...are they talking on their own... or is... Alice talking through them as though they're...

She's not gonna think about that too hard. ]

So, then, uh, what are you up to?

[nekomikoreimu.livejournal.com]

*Reimu followed the doll, knowing full well who was at the other end.*

Hello Alice.

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I'm actually Marisa in disguise, who has taken all of her dolls for myself. Her clothes and hair too.

[nekomikoreimu.livejournal.com]

Right. Marisa doesn't steal clothes luckily.

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Because the thought of her trying on yours sends shivers down your spine?

[nekomikoreimu.livejournal.com]

... Marisa in my outfit sounds about as right as me in Yukari's outfit.

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

[Alfimi, filled with curiosity, follows one of the dolls back to Alice.]

Are these your friends? They are cute!

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

I'm controlling all of them...

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see! [So it was like her and the Einst.] They are still cute. And they work fast. Are you stocking up on food?

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

That I am.

[alchemistsquery.livejournal.com]

What do you need all of that food for? Do you need any help?