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Alicia's focus shifted to Miko as she pulled out her map to check for any enemies in the immediate area. It was a useful thing, though she didn't know how well it would play along with Wonderland's rules. But it wasn't as if they were lost, and she was confident that they could handle any potential ambushes that they night walk into inside of the castle. 

Like the twins she was more than willing to dismiss whatever was going on with the tree as more of Wonderland's peculiarities. Certainly it seemed like something less important than defeating the Queen once and for all and saving the city. But she wouldn't be surprised if they ended up getting dragged into it for one reason or another. That was how these things tended to go. 

However that turned out to not be the case, and Alicia let out a small laugh as Rachel and Lily ended up surprising each other as they both came around the corner. 

[color=aba000]"Hello,"[/color] she said to the other group once she had taken a moment to compose herself. [color=aba000]"I see you rescued the captives."[/color] That was the other reason for the mission in the first place, so she was glad that it had worked out.  

To Alex's question she provided an answer. [color=aba000]"We teleported here,"[/color] Alicia explained as she gestured towards the open castle gate. [color=aba000]"After we came to rescue you it turned out that Mariette got captured too, so now we're saving her. And probably beating up the Queen while we're at it"[/color] The latter was definitely something she was more invested in than the former. But hopefully things didn't get more complicated than they already were.