poly_chromatic | The 58th Song

Okay, and I promise, when it gets less crowded, I'll tell you about the hair.

[She smiles at him before going to take care of another customer...hair dragging behind her. It's sort of impressive how she manages to work around it.

I'll look forward to it.

[He is really interested, so he means it.

It is impressive.]

[It takes a while for the tea shop to clear off, the various guests going off to the places they're staying for the night, and Rapunzel is cleaning up. She and Merlin are the only ones left.]

Jeez...it's never been this crowded before...

At least we both had things to do.

[People-watching is pretty fun. And there was the weird communication trinket thing that he could prod at every now and then.]

I know! Still, it's nice to have a quiet minute sometimes, right?

Tell me about it.

[They're rare for him, sadly.]

[She's had too many in her life.

Still, she smiles, sitting down next to him.]

[He would say "lucky" for as long as he didn't know the whole story.]

You seem happy here.

Oh, I love it here! I'd never leave, if I had a choice.

You don't miss your home?

Well...I do...I miss people from home. My mother, Flynn, Maximus...those nice people from the Snuggly Ducking...but I've got so much freedom here! I've learned so much, and I've done so many things I could never do before...

There's something I want to do when I get home...but I know that time is funny, and when I get home, I'll just pick up right where I left off. So I'm not worried about that. When I go home, I'll see the lanterns, and right now, I'll enjoy life!

[She grins, before frowning.]

What about you? Do you miss home?

[Ah, that makes sense, and he nods along and is just about to ask about the lanterns when she asks a question first. Ah.]

Me? No! Not right now, anyway. I know I'll be gone in a couple of days too, and I haven't had free time in forever so I think I'll just enjoy myself.

[He chuckles quietly.]

But as much as I could tell myself I wouldn't miss home, I don't think I'd like being here for an unknown time, so much. I'd miss the people, a lot, too. Even if one of them is a pompous, infuriating prat.

[And he says the last bit in the most fond way possible.]

Edited 2012-02-09 05:37 (UTC)

[She knows that feeling, smiling and laughing.]

That's how I felt about Flynn when I first met him! We get along a lot better now...I know, its sort of weird not knowing how long we're here for...but it's not like you'll never see home again, right?

No, I guess not.

What lanterns were you talking about?

The floating lanterns! The kingdom apparently releases thousands of lanterns into the sky every year on my birthday...I've been watching them for years from my window...and when I get home, I'm going to see them in person.

I know they're not for me, but I've always felt so connected to them...

[Oh wow...]

That sounds really pretty.

They're amazing!!

When I go home, I'm going to see them up close...

It sounds really amazing.

[He could just imagine it, and...

Hm.]

You've gone long without them, though, haven't you? Ah, you were going to tell me about your hair?

[He wanted to know and figure out if maybe... it would be fine to show her something.]

Right, I was! Sorry...I'm not used to talking about it.

...can you keep a secret?

People say I can't, but they don't know what they're talking about, honestly. It's a little difficult to know if someone is keeping a secret from you, right?

Which means yes.

[He's been keeping a huge secret from his closest friends for years, so it's all good.]

[She nods, biting her lip.]

Okay.

[She looks around nervously for a quick second before she starts to sing.]

Flower, gleam and glow...let your power shine...make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine...

[And as she sings, her hair does indeed glow, the healing magic flowing through it.]

Heal what has been hurt...change the fate's design...save what has been lost, bring back what once was mine...what once was mine...

[And as she slowly stops singing, the glow in her hair slowly fades away, the magic slowly going back dormant. She's still biting her lip nervously.]

[That is... certainly a different kind of magic, but it's most definitely magic, he can feel it very clearly now, how it surges through those strands. And he's not surprised it's different, because they are from different worlds.

It's... fascinating, most of all.]

So it... heals?

[She can stop biting her lip. His expression is more curious than shocked, or anything else.]

[She seems to relax a little, bit, nodding.]

Uh huh...and that's why it's so long. If I cut it...

[She moves slightly, pulling back her hair to reveal one short, brown lock.]

...it loses its power, and it turns brown.

I see.

[There's just a really great urge of doing something for her, so should he...

He shouldn't, really. He can see Gaius's stern expression and that extra quirk to an already quirked eyebrow telling him that he better not think of doing something stupid, but. Screw that.]

How would the lanterns go over the sky, when you watched them? If... that makes sense.

They...they would go out from one spot. And it would start with just one, and then there would be thousands of them, slowly filling the sky in all directions!

[They sort of looked like this, actually: http://www.charmedeventsplanning.com/absolutelycharmed/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tangled3.png, http://www.pushing-pixels.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tangled-artwork0.jpg]

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