Now that I'm aboard the Nebuchadnezzar

The crew wants to know ... Am I a good pill or a bad pill ?

" Well, I'm no pill at all! I'm Red Dorothy, I came from a twister in L.A." ... It's so dramatic in this place, seriously.

"How do you do" this ? My house was dropped here. I have a twin sister, Alice. She fell in hole.
But she has the key that opens the door between this place and where she is. Can you help me find her?

We are both trying to find our way back home. Toto is there and Uncle Henry too.
Anti-Them has a wicked witch after me and Alice, well, it hard to say because the right knight is talking backwards and hard to understand. He works for the Red Queen who wants to take off her head.

a reply to: RedDorothy

Fair enough!

Welcome *waves*

a reply to: RedDorothy

One of the most interesting introductions I've read in quite some time.

Careful, some of the mirrors are tricksy and the rabbit warrens have thorns. Smoke with the caterpillars and what you don't know is some of us took the purple pill and see both sides...

a reply to: RedDorothy

Welcome RedDorothy

It's great to have you with us!

Now just pull up a cyber-chair...
...and sit a spell and we'll go through a few things that could be helpful to know.

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a reply to: skalla

We are almost out of time! It is the 11th hour and I am locked in the witch's dungeon.
I am watching the sands of time slip through the shape of this vortex. And the Mad Dog has a STOPWATCH !

...He wants to beat the clock to make it all stop.
The Red Queen is screaming!...No one can hear us over the SCREAMING!!!
We must help Alice ! I must bring the broomstick of the "WickedWitchoftheWest" back to the Emerald City.

Mirror Man says Scarecrow is thinking of a way to have me gone in 60 seconds, but I must be careful because of the Strawman. There are two of everything, the Tinman who loves me and the other with no heart. The Lion promises her will come to save me, just be of good courage.

The midgets paged him warning of the other taxing sister who my house fell on in the East...NOT the happiest place on earth!

a reply to: jadedANDcynical

YES, YES ...I understand you completely.... I do, I really do. Purple, is my favorite color but I fear that 711, in the .us,
is a rabid bunny...do you hear what I'm saying?

a reply to: DrumsRfun

Thank you! Love your crazy squirrel outfitted in what I hope is, its true identity.

a reply to: RedDorothy

Welcome to ATS

a reply to: RedDorothy
RedDorothy = Red Queen

Did I get it?

Welcome!

a reply to: WanDash

YES, and then again NO .... It seems as though I am misunderstood. I came to this site for help, but it appears that

no one on earth can help me. I'm lost in this virtual world of communicating into the nothingness.
I don't like this place. I question whether I should spend my last few days here trying, screaming onto deaf ears.

Who can hear me or see? And louder is the pounding Red Drum --- mirror its echo.

Your place called The Wounded Land, can expect soon a near death, Wounded Head.
Until then, I'll ride the canyon searching with the echo.

originally posted by: RedDorothy
a reply to: WanDash

YES, and then again NO .... It seems as though I am misunderstood. I came to this site for help, but it appears that

no one on earth can help me. I'm lost in this virtual world of communicating into the nothingness.
I don't like this place. I question whether I should spend my last few days here trying, screaming onto deaf ears.

Who can hear me or see? And louder is the pounding Red Drum --- mirror its echo.

Your place called The Wounded Land, can expect soon a near death, Wounded Head.
Until then, I'll ride the canyon searching with the echo.

It is a terrible tale you tell.
Your last few days? Hopefully - not so.

What can you tell of The Wounded Land - near death - Wounded Head?
Do you see the future? Do you...write it?
Regards.

a reply to: WanDash

I am thinking red pill as in has decided to become aware of the truth of, and as it's Dorothy, the man behind the curtain.

References to Alice, who also took a mundane object to transport themselves to an surreal land, in which the means of return was always present but could not be activated until the unbelievable was experienced.

Once the unbelievable was found to actially be able to happen, Dorothy and Alice, could then believe that they already knew how to get 'home.'

Or I could be wayyyyyy off...

a reply to: jadedANDcynical

Hear the beat of the echo in the mirror getting faster. . . red druMMMMMMM . . . on
the
way

Are you a "Mystery" writer ? You say you are in the place between Here and There; I know what you mean because of these names we have chosen.

Listen as the wind blows from across the Great Divide
Voices trapped in yearning and they're trapped in time.
The night is my companion and solitude my guide.
Would I spend forever here and not be satisfied?

I would be the one to hold you down, kiss you so hard, I'll take your breathe away.
And after I wipe away the tears, just close your eyes, dear.

(We're) Building A Mystery
. . . and choosing so carefully.

I have experienced the unbelievable . . . lift the veil for ALL to experience and see, believe and know it is true
and help meet the man behind the curtain.

It is a terrible tale I have yet to tell of Dorothy, Alice and of the little cinder girl too.
And their story from The Past, The Present, and The Future.

They are characters of a book. But yet have life.
And lived to tell of an incredible tales, but their stories were tainted over time and time again painted as just myth.
As if their lives were stolen from them and only hope to be brought back to life as real.

Life full of danger and intrigue, terrible tragedies and devastation, . . . Yet, have a happy ending.
Red Dorothy is real, using an alias for her name, her real name, is still veiled "Mystery".

O Zion, you too live in may places . . . one is real, two are fantasy, three places as one.
But you're not paying attention or know how to set them apart. Or understand their union.

Know your future lies beyond the yellow brick road.

a reply to: DrumsRfun

I am about to get off the Nebuchadnezzer!

As Trinity says in second The Matrix, " I don't have time for this " ... shoot pointing to the head,

"What's is going to be Merv" on my nerves (GRIFFIN) ?

Morpheus needed.

a reply to: RedDorothy
Did you meet the crew?
Did you see into their...hearts...and find them...blood-thirsty
...(just as you -might-have- imagined)...?

It can get pretty raw...in here.
And - it gets Rawer the longer you stay.
( not - easier, or more pleasant )

"...you can't trap me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plow
Back to the howling ol' owl in the wood
Huntin' the horned back toad...
...my future lies beyond..."

Welcome to ATS RedDorothy.

I see you are quite the fan of Alice, The Matrix, and Oz... I think you'll find some people of like mind around here. If you need anything just let any of us know and we will be more than happy to help if we can.

Enjoy your stay here in the Asylum.

a reply to: Kangaruex4Ewe

While wandering through, I find the pictures and names and such to be QUITE HILARIOUS !

Take yours for example:

An angry anime kangaroo of French origin with sagging breasts or moobs and pouch or sack, I am not sure of your gender as the 4Ewe part of name is confusing too. Are those gloves for boxing female sheep ? Are you aging poorly?

I see you have a lot of rage of Red. . .there is a Dragon hopping along soon to take center ring. . . you can take it out on him! OK?

WTF Does the man in The Mask say to the Caterpillar?

a reply to: RedDorothy

He's actually a 21 century Mongolian anime kangaroo off of a rave/rage anime DMV commercial in Budapest. It's an absolutely hilarious commercial if you youtube it.

Other than that, I'll keep an eye out for any forces of evil in this bozo nightmare.

a reply to: WanDash

Such is duality and dueling and duets.

I do see the future and am writing, now to all of you...well, any who want to see how far the rabbit hole goes, or how I know Kansas is going bye-bye, and though the bird is on the wing and you may not know why...

*Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
and try to love one another right now

Nobody is going to miss Kansas much anyway - the band nor the state. Well except maybe for dust in the wind - which is what you are saying will be left anyway . So there's that.

Oh and welcome to ATS!