[ maybe it's your first time in the hall of mirrors, or maybe you came back here for some reason! but there's a new addition. a perfect replica of maya, made of glass. nice, huh? and creepy. definitely creepy. because it's perfect, down to the details. it's sitting on the ground, face tilted towards the mirrors. as if this place wasn't unsettling enough, you feel as though you're being watched. ]

[ all of a sudden, its head turns towards you. that's a jump scare moment for sure. and then it speaks. ]

Please---

[ the voice sounds exactly like maya's, (except very small and quiet, which is unusual for maya) but she repeats the word "please" three or four times. the glass maya keeps staring in your direction, but somehow it doesn't feel as though she's looking at you. ]

Don't touch the mirrors.

[ that too is repeated, even more. what the heckie? ]

[ if alex is brave enough to resist wonderland's pull and head back into the creepy forest of creepening, he will be greeted with a truly odd sight. ]

[ animals in the forest. specifically, two wolves. one is pitch black and actually kind of scrawny and scruffy looking, and the other one is grey and bigger. both of them have the hempen rope all reclaimers receive tied around their midriffs, which is attached to.... something in a bedroll. ]

[ someone in a bedroll, actually. it's shinjiro, still and motionless and mostly covered up -- but his hair and beanie are still visible. a closer look will tell alex that he's mcfucking dead, and the wolves appear to be pulling him along like he's in a sled. ]

[ the black one looks particularly tired and worn down, to boot. it notices alex watching this bizarre scene play out, gives him a look that's tired and pitiful, and keeps dragging the bedcorpse along. ]

[ they're not moving particularly quickly, so if it's easy for him to catch up to this strange scene, if he wants to. ]

[ maya's poking around wonderland again!! but this time, it doesn't seem like she's particularly interested in the food or the attractions or winning things. it seems like she's looking for something. ]

Hey!

[ she waves to you, but she seems a little more focused than usual. still cheerful as ever, but if you're particularly perceptive, something seems different. ]

What are you up to?