The three of us were getting deeper into the woods. We came across another sign. "Watch out for the snowpersons, especially those with different colors." "What a coincidence." I said before continuing on.

"We pressed onward towards the heart of the Woods." Said the March Hare. "Alright, by conversation, we should be expecting another "Riddle from the Sage". What is the clue this time?" I asked. ""Hammer heads to spill some snowy brains." She wrote it on a tree trunk this time." Answered Bronya. "Am I the only one who feels her messages keep getting worse?" I asked again. "I believe we need to find a hammer of some sort." Said the March Hare. "It is an item-type quest. The party should open every chest available." Said Bronya. "Let's explore this place thoroughly to find out." I said.

Weird noises coming from a distance. I think we opened something amazing. And we did. The tree with the blue star disappeared and revealed a way. Let's go check it out. We found another warping tile and then we used it and warped to another spot. "Secret room found. The room is filled with monsters." Said the March Hare. "Secret rooms should be filled with treasure." I said. "No treasure? Then it should be filled with challenging traps." Said Bronya. "Exactly. Sometimes in a few games, secret rooms have monsters and traps like in episode 3 of "Sword Art Online" when Kirito walked into this trap room and then the whole trap room filled up with lots of monsters but he managed to survive and make it out alive. These snowpersons seem to hiding secrets behind them." I said. "Subject Patrick is over-thinking this monster." Said Bronya. "Sorry about that. Guess I really was over-thinking. I think we'll just get rid of them first instead." I said.

We got rid of the snowperson with green winter wear on and revealed another warping tile. We went through it and found a chest. "Chest located." Said Bronya. "Opening chests is indeed the best part of any RPG. Chests would sometimes carry treasure, money, rare weapons, and lots of other types of items we could think of." I said. "The best part of any RPG is the dialog." Said Bronya. "Most gamers just skip the dialog because they always think that dialogue is boring. But unless if an RPG game is story based and if there is any important dialogue where you find valuable information, then gamers would not skip the dialogue." I said. "Adventurer, do you want this Hammer of Gold, Hammer of Silver, or Hammer of Truth?" Asked the chest. "This is so cheesy. I'll just take the Hammer of Truth." I said. "Received: [Hammer of Truth] x1" The system spoke. "The name actually reminds me of the Stick of Truth from this other RPG game "South Park: The Stick of Truth" from the "South Park" Franchise." I said.

We walked farther and came across the secret behind the snowperson. "Bronya's right. A massive secret was indeed hidden behind this snowperson. We should pay attention to these snowy behinds." We ended up back to where we were before we continued onward.

"This is one weird journey. We've been walking for ages with no exit in sight." I complained. "Subject Patrick, there are two individuals meditating up ahead." Said Bronya. "Oh? In the wilderness?" "Subject Bunny Girl has joined them." "HEY-" I quickly shut myself up by covering my mouth. I didn't want to disturb them and let the March Hare join them. Bronya and I hid behind a tree. We saw the Cheshire Kitty and... "Wait a second, is that Fu Hua? She's here too?" "It would seem like it." We saw Fu Hua in her Nigh Square battle suit. "Better let them meditate for a while. I don't want to disturb them like an Anime character acting all stupid." "It would be for the best."

The Bronya and I went a few yards back so we don't interrupt the meditating and kept a view of them. I decided to take the Cleaver of Shamash out and put it in the ground and used its power to create heat. We waited. The waiting eventually lead me to fall asleep in the snow against the tree.

1 hour later: "Patrick... Patrick..." I slowly opened my eyes to someone shaking me. I opened my eyes to see Fu Hua in my sights. "Finally you're awake. I sensed your presence and found you here." Said Fu Hua. I stood up but saw everyone here. "And why is the Rogue Cheshire Kitty Cat thief with you?" I asked. "That's me." Said the Cheshire Kitty. "This young lady came to me to receive sagacious revelations. I am teaching her the way of inner peace and nirvana." Explained Fu Hua. "Aye. I already feel myself getting closer to the Sage's Stone..."

"Wait. The Sage is only wasting your time. She's not giving you the stone." I interrupted. "What? Really?" Asked the Cheshire Kitty. "That's right. She won't give it to a thief like you." I answered. "Oh gosh, I'm triggered. You are no sage!" The Cheshire Kitty yelled. "That was not my intent. I didn't mean it." Said Fu Hua. "Grr. Have at ye!" The Cheshire Kitty pulled out what appeared to be Kallen's weapons, the Tranquil Arias guns. Then she atempted to shoot Fu Hua only to dodge the shots. "Since we have to settle this by force... I shall unleash my super magic spells to subdue you." Said Fu Hua getting into a fighting stance. "Ki Impact!" Fu agua used one of her ultimate moves and shot a fire ball at the Cheshire Cat landing a direct hit and an explosion.

"Only the greatest warriors can still stand after taking a hit from me." Said Fu Hua. Hnnggh... never expected this villain to be so powerful." Said the Cheshire Cat getting back up. "Subject Patrick must do something to stop the fight." Said Bronya. 'What would Kirito do to stop a fight... I know... It will be like in episode 20 in the second arc of "Sword Art Online." I have to tell a big fat lie.' I said to myself. "Alright. Stop fighting! You two!" I shot a fire blast from both of my hands in the middle of the fight getting both girls' attention. "......" Bronya said nothing. "Cheshire Cat! I know where the Sage's Stone is." "What? You do?" Asked the Cheshire Kitty.

(Play "With My Friend" from "Sword Art Online").

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"The Sage's Stone is in the Red Queen's Castle! It has to be in the Red Queen's Castle!" I lied. "Subject Patrick is the worst liar ever witnessed by the Bronya." Said Bronya. "Oh, that makes sense. It seems I've messed things up." Said the Cheshire Kitty which made Bronya shocked and an exclamation point to appear above her head. "Subject Cheshire Kitty's idiot ratings are on par with..." "Kiana's I know Bronya. But Kallen is like that too." I interrupted. "I'll delay no further. Time to head to the Red Queen's Castle." The Cheshire Kitty left in a flash leaving Bronya in silence. "......" "That was close. Bronya, it seems that I'm pretty good at dealing with idiots like Kirito and telling big fat lies like in episode 20 in the second arc of "Sword Art Online."" I said. "Why choose the Red Queen's Castle? Oh... The Bronya understands."

(Stop music).

"Since "Cheshire Kitty played the Rogue again", and since "secrets in her castle doth the Red Queen keep"..." "...we should have the kitty deal with the Red Queen early on. Da?" Bronya finished for me. "That's right. In any case, Fu Hua Sage or Physical DMG... what's your story?" I asked. "I woke up at the entrance of this forest. The card on my chest told me that I'm a Sage." Answered Fu Hua. Bronya took the card and read it out loud. "You woke up in the middle of the forest. Don't worry, traveler from another world." I continued for Bronya. "You are a Sage who fights for justice. Guide Alice the adventurer and save the world!"

"This card resembles the Bronya's card and Subject Patrick's card. Cheshire Kitty, Red Queen, Alice... despite minor differences, the Bronya has identified them as "Alice in Wonderland" characters." Explained Bronya. "Correct. I've read the illustrated version myself." Said Fu Hua. "Everyone but me. I've only seen the animated Disney movie and the live action Disney movie with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and the sequel "Alice through the looking glass."" I said. "According to the story, Alice will pass through the Woods." Said Fu Hua.

"And that's why you went to the woods first to wait for Alice." I said. "Yes. I also left plenty of clues along the way in case my friends got stuck in this place." Said Fu Hua. "I could not think of another person who can finger-scribe messages on stone or ice. But Alice did not pass by these woods nor join our party." I said. "Next objective: Find Alice the Adventuer." Said Bronya. "If this is an RPG video game version of "Alice in Wonderland", then her next stop after the woods would be..." "...the Mad Hatter's Tea Party." Fu Hua finished for me. "That's right. "Lunatics fool around at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party". Say... why is the March Hare still meditating and still quiet?" I asked. "I'm meditating in silence." Answered the March Hare. "The Bunny Girl seems to be a warrior with promising potential. I believe I can..." "Ehem. Let's head to the next stop since we know where it is." I interrupted. 'Even Fu Hua is calling the March Hare a Bunny Girl. I'm gonna have to get used to the others calling the March Hare a Bunny Girl.' I said to myself in my mind.

"Wait, the Rogue mentioned a great Adventurer's Stash hidden in this location." Said Fu Hua. "Secret treasure? The Bronya want's treasure. Subject Patrick, we should have a look." Said Bronya. "I knew you would say that. Adventurers always need good from treasure to purchase new weapons and equipment. That's what Kirito and Asuna would do. Let's do it." I said as I took charge and lead the way. 'Since Bronya became the Mad Hatter, perhaps one of the girls became Alice... I wonder who could that be...' I asked myself in my mind.

[Sage Sasuga] the Physical DMG Wizard has joined the party.

Later: We came up to a snowperson. "Who are you?" Asked the snowperson. "We're adventurers searching for the secret treasure." Answered Bronya. "What? No one touches the secret treasure behind me." "Never expected the secret treasure to be right behind you." Said the March Hare. "What? How did you know that it's hidden behind me?" Asked the snowperson. "You said it yourself. You should be careful what you say. You shouldn't have said it out loud." I said. "Impossible! I have guarded the secret treasure for a thousand years. I will never reveal the secret that I can only be defeated by the "Hammer of Truth"!

"How did you survive this long?" Asked Bronya. "Speaking of which, we just picked up this hammer along the way..." I said before taking the hammer out. "How did you come by the only artifact capable of defeating me?" Asked the snowperson. "Hmm. Never knew that this was The Hammer of Truth capable of defeating you..." Said the March Hare. "Sorry. We just need to see how this item works..." I said. "Wait! We can talk this through! KYAA!" The snowperson melted. "Never expected we would "hammer heads to spill some snowy brains."" Said Bronya.

"How did you know about the importance of hammering this through?" I asked. "Because I AM a Sage." Answered Fu Hua. "You're taking this RPG too seriously." I said before we found the secret treasure. "I never did explain this, Fuka. We got sucked into a video game like in "Jumanji," and "Tron."" I said. "You seem to know your pop-cultures well." Said Fu Hua. "I do. I've seen this trope a lot." "I know about it also. From the original "Tron" movie and from the original "Jumanji" with Robin Williams including other movies and shows involved with getting sucked into a game." "We were given roles of characters like in "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," and like in season 4 episode 6 of "My Liitle Pony: Friendship is Magic" only the main six and Spike got sucked into a comic book not a video game but it's still part of the "Win To Exit" tv trope." We finished up and went into the next area.