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[disheartening]

So many secrets aboard one ship and such a wonderful fate awaits those who try and solve them.

[ she's bothered, Regina. She likes knowing against who she plays and this uncertainty unnerves her. Evil queen or not, she takes no pleasure in children dying. She is sitting in her room, her jacket thrown on a chair next to her. So many questions and not one answer. ]

Asking for answers is a bit much, evidently. I'll ask this then, who do you believe have them on the ship, the two people who were here before and somehow are miraculously still present or the Red Cheshire Cat who has taken to smiling from the shadows?

All roads in Wonderland belong to the Queen of Hearts.

Who do the roads aboard the Tranquility belong to?

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[video]

[elvenking]

[Being, back home, the metaphorical Queen of Hearts to whom all the roads in Mirkwood belong, Thranduil hasn't actually thought of things in quite this way. This makes him perk up and listen closely to any speculation she might get about the answer.

In the meantime, he speaks carefully.]

It is true that asking for answers is a bit much.

[video]

[disheartening]

[ Regina owned many roads herself. Kept the Enchanted Forest and then Storybrooke under constant observance. She was always one for order. No wonder her mother was the same. ]

I wouldn't expect them to be given to me, not easily and not willingly. No abductor hurries to enlighten their guests.

[video]

[elvenking]

And yet you think to ask.

[video]

[disheartening]

Not for answers to my questions, I am not so naive. But an opinion on who holds those answers. I am uncertain as to what the passengers know of the two who would not show their faces and for the one they call Smiley.

[Voice]

[realslimstrider]

It's never that simple when you're diving for the answers. Probably all of them have part of the puzzle in their grubby paws.

[Voice]

[disheartening]

Truly? I heard the two - colleagues of us, I suppose, claim they are quite at loss.

[ but her voice is rich in amusement. She is feigning innocence, so much is clear. One can say a lot of things about Regina Mills but not naive. ]

And that they say they know nothing of the Cheshire Cat.

[Voice]

[realslimstrider]

Right. And then if they catch CC they'll get up on the network and publically announce what they do know. Like they did with Strela and the grav couch goop sickness.

[Voice]

[disheartening]

Do not mistake me for a fool. I do not expect them to tell me what they know. I simply wish to know if you think they know anything. Or are they truly at loss.

video;

[interns]

I tend to ask the people who have been here the longest, when I have a question about the ship. Though it really depends on what you'd like to know, right?

video;

[disheartening]

I suppose it does. Though you would be surprised how easily one new to a situation can observe things others do not.

[ it is exactly what got her into the mess that is also called Emma Swan. ]

video;

[interns]

True. Relying on those who are seeing things with fresh eyes, yeah. [ aw it's like talking about science experiments, she's fine with that. but- ] Then again, this ship is full of things that aren't what they seem on the surface. Not everything has a hidden meaning, but it's really starting to feel like the majority of what we know about the ship might not be the simple truth.

-- Which you're probably already aware of, since you're asking who we should go to for answers. Hm.

Each department has a 'head', so to speak, though I think they're all mostly self appointed. Or people just look to them out of habit. The ship's original captain and first officer are around sometimes, but not so much recently. Not since I came back, at least.

video;

[disheartening]

What do we know of them? Those original crew? Supposedly they know nothing of why we're here and what brings us about. When did this begin? These - Jumps, as they are called.

[ it cannot be a coincidence. People don't just start appearing on space one day. But then again, Regina has to remind herself they're doing mostly nothing on this ship. No ransom, no slavery. She honestly cannot figure out the why. ]

voice

[became]

Little hint from a piano player? Don't go asking about the bandersnatch.

[ guess who used lewis carroll to interrogate smiley? this dude. ]

voice

[disheartening]

Ah, the piano player again.

[ perhaps it pleases her to speak to him. Perhaps. ]

The bandersnatch. Why not, really? Will it crawl out of the darkness and savage its way though the ship again?

voice

[became]

I didn't say the hybrids, I said the bandersnatch.

[ and usually it suits him just fine to not correct people on that. but: winter is coming, and all stark's other portentous speechifying. ]

voice

[disheartening]

Yet Alice's first sin was curiosity and when said not to ask of something, she did. Then.

[ let us pretend the Evil Queen is Alice. ]

Tell me of the bandersnatch.

video;

[certainproclivity]

[Have you been talking to Neal.

You sound like you've been talking to Neal.]

That's a question for the ages, now isn't it?

video;

[disheartening]

[ Is it that obvious. ]

Call it curiosity. I would take a guess. It is the best thing we have after all.

video;

[certainproclivity]

Curiosity is a dangerous thing to have in Wonderland. Poor Alice had her share of missteps.

[Says the guy who constantly pokes Neal with pins to see what he'll say next, but Sark's not wandering into those dark places, himself. Not when Neal will do it for him.]

video;

[executiveassistant]

[alice in wonderland references. Ah, her literary and arts focused heart.]

But the Queen of Hearts still didn't know who stole her tarts. All roads may lead to her, but she doesn't know everything happening on them.

[which is more than a little uplifting, she thinks.]

video;

[disheartening]

The book did say that, did it not?

[ there is mirthless amusement in her voice. If only she knew. The true Queen of Hearts knows and sees everywhere. Regina escaped her only once. Regina knows her better than most. ]

What doesn't the queen know here? This is much smaller than Wonderland. Easier to keep track of.

video;

[executiveassistant]

[wow she can't tell if that's agreement or not. it certainly seems very...wry.

she also gets the sense they're no longer talking about a book, but that seems to happen here a lot, so she's less put off by that than she would've been earlier.]

There definitely aren't any tarts worth stealing, either--shame that.

[...]

But, you know, if I meet the queen here, I'll be sure to ask her.

[jilt]

I suppose they belong to the captain, not that he's made much effort to claim them.

[disheartening]

Has someone else claimed them in his place?

[jilt]

Various members of our party have certainly tried. But I think it's hardly effective.