[b]Alice[/b]

"Yeah, I agree." Came the cold, female voice of... someone.

A flicker of light appeared between the terrified girl and the strange man, possibly the source of the voice. The brilliant light expanded into something resembling a magic circle, intricate designs adorning a strange ring. At the very center was a small, flickering white, that quickly grew to encompass the entire circle, and finally, a figure emerged from within.

The long, hip-length blonde hair swirled wildly around the humanoid form's body, her pure-white dress rippling in the wind that didn't seem to pass beyond the barriers of the circle. Glaring at the strange man before her, the doll's single teal eye glimmered with disgust as the wind finally began to die down, settling her features. The circle rapidly retracted under her feet, leaving the strangely tiny girl standing between the child and the monster.

And as inexplicably as she had appeared, the doll had burst forward, thrusting her arm forward and through his chest in a single, brutal action. Her lips were twitched in a cold smile, enjoying what could only appear to be the act of crushing this man's heart as she finished the sentence from earlier, "...No one ever [i]will[i] find your body, you little parasite."
Despite that, there was no blood or gore involved. Alice's small smile was dropped as she turned her head to gaze at the young girl, her expression unreadable, "...Oh, right, bit late for this, but you probably shouldn't look. This is a bit nasty."

Alice began pulling the thing she had gripped from the man's chest as she said this.

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[b]Ada[/b]

Ada had wandered for several hours around the town again.

She really should have returned home about an hour ago, but the wealthy girl had spotted some commoners playing around in a small park. They looked like they were having so much fun, using nothing more than a couple of sticks and their imagination, that she couldn't help but watch in wonder, tinged with a little bit of envy.

Why were these people permitted to have fun whenever they wanted, while all she could ever do was sit at home and exchange pleasantries with old men and women that cared only for her ability to carry on her father's business, and find a suitable husband that could then handle all that for her, allowing her to become nothing more than a glorified housewife or something. It was all so... dull. Boring. Undesirable.

She was not supposed to leave the house for as long as she did, but lately, she found herself trying to stretch those limitations more and more. Today, she was so late that it didn't really seem to matter how long it took to return at this rate. Dozing off under the tree certainly didn't help in a speedy return.

And so, the twin-tailed girl in the frilly black dress was oblivious to her surroundings as she breathed lightly, essentially an easy target for anyone interested in taking any money she had with her.