The 67th Song [Action/Video]

[tangledintower]

[Rapunzel is sitting on a bench in the park, looking up wistfully at the sky. Floating around her head are paper lanterns that glow softly. Copies of the lanterns she's still dreaming about seeing when she gets home.

She goes to touch one, but the instant she does, it dissolves into dust and a voice that only she can hear, and she sighs.]

I know they're not real, but I just keep hoping...I don't know. I don't know if I'll ever get to see them for real at this point, or...

...I miss Eugene.

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[tangledintower]

[She shrugs again, smiling.]

So...what's it like, anyway? Being a vampire.

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[worldofourown]

[Mulling this over.]

Better than being human, I'll say that much.

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[tangledintower]

Hm. Fair enough.

[She figures vampires probably get all sorts of weird powers, in addition to being immortal and drinking blood.]

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[worldofourown]

[She is right :|]

Why the curiosity? Do you want to be one too?

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[tangledintower]

Nah, I'm just curious. Besides, I don't really think I could be a vampire, with the hair.

[She's never been sick a day in her life, and the hair is probably responsible for that.]

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[worldofourown]

Who says vampires can't have lovely magical hair?

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[tangledintower]

You're sweet. But I mean, I think the hair won't actually me be a vampire. It's sort of kept me from ever getting sick...and it would probably heal the vampirism without me controlling it.

It does that, sometimes...

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[worldofourown]

[Sweet is the LAST word to describe him.]

Vampirism isn't a disease. It's a state of being.

But who knows. [A beat.] Does it heal everything? Cuts? Bruises?

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[tangledintower]

[Yeah, I think she might know that.]

Basically, yeah.

[Again, she just shrugs it off.]

Sorry, I didn't mean to make vampirism sound bad...

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[worldofourown]

How intriguing.

[A wry smile.]

No offense taken. This City simply has it in for my kind, is all.

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[tangledintower]

The City has it in for everybody, though.

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[worldofourown]

For the blood-drinkers particularly.

[Smiling sweetly.]

If only all of them were as understanding as you, my dear.

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[tangledintower]

Well, somebody has to be understanding, right?

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[worldofourown]

Quite right.

A rarity in this City, indeed.

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[tangledintower]

You would think people would be more understanding, considering how....freaky this place is.

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[worldofourown]

People remain people wherever they go.

And, unfortunately, most are cowardly and small-minded.

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[tangledintower]

I...well, I guess I try to think better of people.

[But she's a terrible judge of character, dontchaknow.]

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[worldofourown]

An attitude this City ought to replicate, my dear.

[No. No, it is not.]

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[tangledintower]

They'll come around.

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[worldofourown]

Yes.

[All the smiles.]

One way or another~

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[tangledintower]

[Creepy implications: totally lost on Punzie.]