Things seemed completely normal back at the circus when they landed with a thump in the middle of the grassy compound, surrounded by trailers. Marik lay on his back for a while, looking up at the sky that was bleeding into dusk, speckled with brightening stars and a phantom moon.
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Chapter 39
The little band of supposed mischief makers decided that tonight they would rest, and tomorrow would bring the worries they must face with the de-throning of the Queen and the coronation of Alice to plan. As usual, the King of Spades, March Hare and Cheshire Cat all shared a room. So did the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter and Alice, and the Duchess and Lady Isis. Marik and Bakura were happy to let the Ringleader have the large bed they had in their room while they would have the sofas, or the floor, or even another room altogether if he wanted to be alone.
Chapter 38
With the manacles removed from everyone's wrists, the Queen was roughly manhandled into the dungeons below the palace. Some of them, mainly Lady Isis and the Duchess, held back and let the boys have their fun, taunting and basically torturing the dishonourable former Queen while they forced him into one of the barred cells. Alice took the liberty of locking the door to the cage and stood there looking the Queen, or who used to be the Queen, in the eye.
Chapter 37
The group of supposed 'treasoners' (as the guards had called them) were taken out of the winding maze and to where the Queen was sat in the shade of a large balcony on the throne he'd been brought in on before. The eyeliner he'd worn as smudged slightly, suggesting the 'attack' before had startled him into tears. That thought made Bakura snigger quietly to himself as he noticed.
Chapter 36
"We can't avoid them." The Duchess said, putting her idea into the litle boiling pot of thoughts that they'd come up with. "No doubt they'll have the place surrounded to prevent anyone going out of the palace."
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