[fx: warped music box – slow, off-kilter melody, faint reversed notes] [fx: soft heartbeat underbed pulse / teacups clinking faintly] [vox: Chris – quiet, childlike whisper, slightly trembling, layered hum] Three for tea… It’s all okay, can’t you see? No reason to fear… You’re still with me. Three for tea, Alice, March, and me— Just like it’s always been. No cracks, no breaks, no shadows between, Only laughter steeped in porcelain dreams. [fx: teacup stir / gentle bell tone / faint static shimmer] Alice hums, small and trembling, hands reaching for ritual, March smiles, precise, guiding every move. We sip, we taste, we hold… Time folds around us, safe in its loop. [vox: whispered, layered] Three for tea… three for tea… still three to me… [turntable loop / faint tick-tock of pocket watch, warped] [verse 1 – slow, obsessive rhythm] Steam rises, sugar swirls, the ritual hums, Each sip measured, each cup a drum. Alice whispers, “Feed the table… feed the need…” March guides, careful hands, no fear to heed. [fx: heartbeat rises slightly, teacup echoes mingle with soft static shimmer] I taste, I hum, I exist within the loop, Three for tea, three complete, a triangle unbroken. No fracture, no loss, no ending in sight, Only shadows flicker at the edges of light. [chorus – sing-song, obsessive, layered] Three for tea… we are safe, Three for tea… no shadow, no wraith. Three for tea… ritual complete, Three for tea… hearts still beat. [bridge – eerie whisper echoes, playful but off-kilter Hatter laughter] Ha ha ha… HOOO tsk tsk tsk… “Madness? Never here. The hat is light. The teacup spins… colors bright. We are whole… no need to fight… Three for tea… all in sight.” [verse 2 – hypnotic, repetitive cadence] Steam rises, clock ticks, soft shadows bend, Hands meet cups, time folds, it will not end. Alice hums, March smiles, I whisper low, The triad sings… the ritual flows. [fx: heartbeat fades to calm / teacup echo slowly disappears] Three for tea… still three to me… Three for tea… Alice, March, and me… [whispered echo layered] Still three… still three… still three… [fx: music box detunes slowly, soft static shimmer / fade to silence]
