To Break The Sacred Silence
Alice goes where directed. The Red and White Queens are playing chess. A crowd is gathered in total silence.
Alice walks in. Not knowing the silent rule, she speaks.
Alice: Who's winning?
The crowd gasps in shock. The Queens give her a disapproving glare in stoned silence.
Crowd 1: She spoke!
Crowd 2: That girl broke the silence!
Crowd 3: The silence is sacred!
Crowd 2: What were you thinking girl?
The crowd chatter excitedly for a short while. The White Queen silences them.
Red Queen: Guards!
Tweedle Dee and Dum enter the room. They grasp hold of Alice by the arms and await further instruction.
Red Queen: Take her to the dungeons!
White Queen: No! She must have a trial first.
Alice looks confused.
Red Queen: No. Dungeons first, trial never.
White Queen: Trial first, dungeons maybe.
Red Queen: Dungeons!
White Queen: Trial!
Red Queen: Dungeons!
White Queen: Trial!
The argument repeats getting louder.
Tweedle Dee: Calm down, calm down. I'd say a trial would be best for dealing with this criminal.
Red Queen: Fine. We are agreed. Take her to trial.
Tweedle Dee and Dum escort Alice out of scene. The Queens and the crowd follow.
Alice walks in. Not knowing the silent rule, she speaks.
Alice: Who's winning?
The crowd gasps in shock. The Queens give her a disapproving glare in stoned silence.
Crowd 1: She spoke!
Crowd 2: That girl broke the silence!
Crowd 3: The silence is sacred!
Crowd 2: What were you thinking girl?
The crowd chatter excitedly for a short while. The White Queen silences them.
Red Queen: Guards!
Tweedle Dee and Dum enter the room. They grasp hold of Alice by the arms and await further instruction.
Red Queen: Take her to the dungeons!
White Queen: No! She must have a trial first.
Alice looks confused.
Red Queen: No. Dungeons first, trial never.
White Queen: Trial first, dungeons maybe.
Red Queen: Dungeons!
White Queen: Trial!
Red Queen: Dungeons!
White Queen: Trial!
The argument repeats getting louder.
Tweedle Dee: Calm down, calm down. I'd say a trial would be best for dealing with this criminal.
Red Queen: Fine. We are agreed. Take her to trial.
Tweedle Dee and Dum escort Alice out of scene. The Queens and the crowd follow.
In case you're wondering if I forgot to publish the final scene, I didn't. The final scene to this story was never scripted. If it ever was, I certainly do not know of it. Someday soon I'll revisit this tail and give it the ending it deserves. For now you're just going to have to wait.