"She doesn't know the Queen!?" Owl exclaims, rounding on them with that shotgun again. Hatter's hands immediately go up as they're backed down the hall the way they came. "Who the hell is she, Hatter?"
"Could you just...relax, Owl," he says, holding his hands out to placate the very angry, small woman. "Calm." He glances at Alice, quickly thinking of how to fix this. "She's led a sheltered life, that's all."
From behind him comes Duck's shaky voice. "B-back to the elevator. Both of you."
And there's only one thing for it. Hatter flicks back his jacket to get into his pockets.
"Watch that right hand," Owl warns him.
"Have you two not learned to trust me, yet?" Hatter asks, pulling out two identical wheels of cheese in each hand, one held out to Owl, the other to Duck.
"Is that a bribe?" Owl asks, all but licking her chops.
"Yes," Hatter freely admits. "Two bribes. Tasty, delicious, yummy ones," he adds, looking at Alice with a nod. "So hard to make a sensible decision on an empty stomach. Don't you think?"
There's a brief pause while the two of them decide how to handle this, and Hatter just keeps looking at Alice, every muscle in his face silently asking her to trust him.
"You better be on the level, Hatter," Duck says eventually, reaching for the cheese as Owl does the same. "Or you won't make it out of here alive this time."
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Date: 2011-02-23 05:33 am (UTC)"Could you just...relax, Owl," he says, holding his hands out to placate the very angry, small woman. "Calm." He glances at Alice, quickly thinking of how to fix this. "She's led a sheltered life, that's all."
From behind him comes Duck's shaky voice. "B-back to the elevator. Both of you."
And there's only one thing for it. Hatter flicks back his jacket to get into his pockets.
"Watch that right hand," Owl warns him.
"Have you two not learned to trust me, yet?" Hatter asks, pulling out two identical wheels of cheese in each hand, one held out to Owl, the other to Duck.
"Is that a bribe?" Owl asks, all but licking her chops.
"Yes," Hatter freely admits. "Two bribes. Tasty, delicious, yummy ones," he adds, looking at Alice with a nod. "So hard to make a sensible decision on an empty stomach. Don't you think?"
There's a brief pause while the two of them decide how to handle this, and Hatter just keeps looking at Alice, every muscle in his face silently asking her to trust him.
"You better be on the level, Hatter," Duck says eventually, reaching for the cheese as Owl does the same. "Or you won't make it out of here alive this time."