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[There was some adjusting before the young and very pale girl sat back, looking past as if something was holding whatever was recording-]

Just keep it steady, Dinah!

[-letting out a breath then, sitting on a spread blanket and a basket just in view beside her covered with a cloth.

That was definitely a few gravestones in the background. All the same, Alice kept her tone surprisingly bright, even calm.]

Hello, I'm Alice. I know some of you are still popping in and out of the catacombs- or perhaps you're waiting for someone else to come up? Well, I live nearby and figured some of you might like some food after what bits of horror can be going on down there.

Food can be very comforting after all, right?

[A tap of a finger against the basket's side.]

I've a few hand pies of various flavors, along with more savory empanadas that someone kindly taught me about, and how to make. Hopefully I am very easy to spot if you are already out here! If not, I can try to come to you.

[She might look familiar to those who have met her darker haired twin also named Alice.]

Ah- I've also some tea on hand, if any desire a cup.

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I wouldn't mind that at all.

[Sometimes- sometimes it was just something needed, wasn't it? And Alice meant it-] I can come by easily- and you would have your pick of fruit filled and cream- I even made a few that were a mix when there wasn't enough to use them alone.

[Fruit and cream filled pies, the best of two worlds.]

Would you like me to now? [If Ange needed a moment to adjust to the thought of it even with the want, the trip would hopefully provide.]

[ There's a brief moment, but then Ange slowly answers. ]

Yeah. Right now is fine. [ As long as that's okay with the other too - but Ange figures that Alice wouldn't have even mentioned coming over now if that wasn't even an option in the first place.

And Ange figures that she's not going to be able to make herself look any more presentable than she looks right now anyway, so the timing doesn't really matter. ]

They already sound pretty delicious.

It will only take me a few moments, Dinah will be coming along. [And it wouldn't take her long at all the temporarily pack up and leave a basket behind to pick from if any should wander by.

Just a few, of course.

But for this moment—]

Anything else you might like? I'll be stopping by the house to use the lamp inside after all, so it wouldn't be any trouble.

Ah.. no, it's fine. It's already nice enough of you to share what you've made.

[ Besides, Ange is definitely in that kind of energyless, down-in-the-dumps sort of state where it's hard to think of what she even needs.

If the other hadn't offered pie so clearly, then Ange wouldn't even have been able to imagine that having some of that would be nice. ]

There's a lamp at our place, so it should be easy enough to come over once you're ready.

[There may still be a simple little care package- even if the biggest thing will be one of the softest shaped pillows that Alice had made while trying to get better at sewing. Yes, that was what she would bring along with the tea and pie.]

As long a you are sure.

[At least it wouldn't be difficult to get there, and movement was easy to see given she kept the Video going. An easy pace, as if so Ange would not feel too awful if Alice rushed.]

That's excellent, an easy path. I'll be over soon.

[She did of course hope that even if it didn't do much, something simple and nice could bring even a small comfort. A blip of something nice.]

[ Ange just lets out a hum - an acknowledgement that she really is sure.

And when she notices Alice is already on the move, Ange figures that the least she can do is to at least get moving on her part too. Granted, she has to go much less far, but with Ange's current mood and energy levels, even just leaving her room feels hard.

Yet she does it. She moves very slowly, out of her room, through the hallway, down the stairs.. Brushing a hand through her messy sleepy hair to try and look at least a tad more presentable as she finally gets to the lamp, sitting down next to it to wait for the other to appear. ]

[It wasn't long after that until Alice did finally come through, a basket tucked under her arm and a blanket bundled up and floating in right after her. There was a black cat curled up on top with a single red eye, the very tip of it's tail white, and a red ribbon 'round its neck with a bell attached.

The blanket was settled on the floor with the cat remaining on top happily.]

Hello, I hope you don't mind a dear friend wanted to tag along. [Meaning the cat, of course- not a bat cat, but not exactly normal either-] This is Cheshire.

[Spoken even while Alice sat herself right down, taking the fabric off the top of the basket and placing a few of he sweeter pies of to a plate as they tugged from the bundle.]

Ah..

[ It's the initial small noise that Ange lets out upon what the other is saying, and her looking at that cat. It does seem a little odd, especially with it only having one eye like that.

For a moment she wonders if it's an omen, but then she just shakes her head. ]

No.. of course it's fine. [ Ange's tone is kind of energyless, and the way she looks seems to match it. Her skin is a little pale, and there's dark circles around her eyes, like she hasn't been sleeping well. ] I think this is the first time I'm seeing them.

[Cheshire stretched out, yawning before letting out a mew, hopping down off the bundle to instead stretch and rub against Alice's side, sniffing around but never straying too far from Alice herself.]

I've recently gotten him back; That odd house with the dice- Cheshire's who has always been at my side, you see. When he noticed I was going somewhere, he wanted to come along. [—a pleased meow as Cheshire purred.

Alice tugged a very round pillow from the bundle then; it looked like a fat bird given the bit of detailing to it; a pleasant mix of soft blues, reds, and oranges, even a little purple to it's color here and there. Half stuffed animal, half huggable pillow. This? This was passed and set beside Angie without a word, and soon she was passing over the plate of hand pies as well.]

Here. The tea's still pleasantly hot if you'd care for a cup with these.

[ Oh no. Look at the cat actually being kind of cute, despite its unusual appearance. The rubbing against her is enough for Ange to stretch out a careful hand, gently trying to pet Cheshire a little bit - as long as the cat would allow it.

The petting might be a tad idle though, because Ange still looks a little surprised by just what Alice brought along now the other is putting it all out here. She takes the plate with pies into her hands, but as she stares down at it, she looks.. uncertain.

Or perhaps just a tad vulnerable.

What's for sure is that Ange is looking nothing like the pokerfaced girl Alice met last time around. Everything about her seems much more tired in this moment, but also softer in an odd way. ]

You.. really brought all this?

[ She sounds a little like she can't believe how far Alice is going out of her way here. ]

[Cheshire allowed it, that purring of his audibly rumbling, tail swishing happily as he even arched a little. He was good at comforting and just being cute- and perhaps there was some happiness in being a kitty companion once more as he once had been.

Alice nodded, sitting back on her knees, that soft smile remaining in place.]

I did, because you sounded as if you very much do need it. Even the round bird is something you can keep- It's one of the things I've made as I've gotten better at sewing, and the fabric is nearly as soft as the stuffing. [Good for squeezing.]

Ah, it's..

[ Ange's voice trails off, and she reaches out with her free hand - her hand that isn't holding the platter, which means Cheshire has to go without pets for a moment here, sorry bud - to gently touch the bird-shaped pillow. ]

.. cute. It's cute.

[ It's not the sort of thing she'd usually admit that easily, but.. well, when you've hit rock bottom, she has found you start caring less about silly little things like your reputation of not looking like you like cute stuff. ]

I don't know how to repay you for all this care though.

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