The 6th Sundrop [Accidental Video]

[tangledintower]

[Rapunzel is sitting on the edge of her bed, looking at the floor, a look of embarrassment, shame, and sadness on her face.

Almost as if she's being yelled at by somebody...but nobody seems to be there, at least nobody anybody else can see.

Rapunzel tries to interject a few times, cut down by the invisible speaker.]

Mother, I--

...I told you I would be back...no, I haven't given it back yet, I...no, it's not--Mother, stop! I still trust him, you're wrong!

[After that, she winces and stares at the floor even more, like she's being yelled at louder.

She sighs quietly.]

...I'm sorry, Mother. I didn't mean to upset you...I just wanted to see the lights...

[She bites her lip, as the mother she believes to be there continues to scold and yell at her.]

...I promise, I won't leave again. I just...just one more day, please...

...okay.

[She looks sad as she looks up to face her invisible mother.]

...I love you more.

['I love you most. Now, come here, sweetheart, Mumsy needs a touch up, it's been sooo long since I've heard your pretty voice. Don't keep me waaiiting~!'

Okay, Mother. Let me go get the brush.

[She steps off the bed, forcing a look of cheer on, but that aura of melancholy remains as she grabs her brush, starts brushing, and singing.]

Flower, gleam and glow...

[The video cuts off just after she begins singing, just as her hair starts to glow, just as she lets that cheerful mask melt away again.

[ooc: Ghost World
Citizens are haunted by the ghost(s) of someone(s) from their home world, someone who is not in the City. They can be alive or dead, someone said citizen wants to see, or... not. Ghosts are visible only to the affected.]

Comments

[doctor-tangent.livejournal.com]

Who are you talking to?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Mother...She's not happy with me.

[doctor-tangent.livejournal.com]

Mother? There's nobody else there with you.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Nobody...? But she's right here....

...Am I the only one who can see her? Oh, no, I really am going crazy...

Sorry, Mother! I didn't mean to mumble!!

[doctor-tangent.livejournal.com]

You're alone. Unless your male friend is there with you. But don't see him, so doubt it.

Could be a curse. Not sure. Strange day. Many different things happening.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

No, Eu--Flynn isn't here, but I wish he was...maybe he could make Mother stop worrying...

A curse day...? So...she's not really here?

[doctor-tangent.livejournal.com]

Most likely. We should have seen her if she was really here.

[axeofoath]

Ah...Rapunzel, i-is everything all right?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

...Oh, yes, everything's fine. Mother is a bit angry with me, that's all.

[She hasn't realized nobody else can see her mother.]

[axeofoath]

[He's a little confused, not entirely certain how to broach that glaringly obvious problem...]

I-I...would imagine she's simply concerned for you, but...

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

['Rapuuunzel~! Mummy isn't getting any younger over here! Who are you talking to?']

I'm just talking to one of my friends, Mother!

['Rapunzel, how many times do I have to tell you, the furniture isn't alive and it doesn't talk?']

No, Mother, I'm not...it's sort of complicated, but I can talk to people through this little box, see?

['Rapunzel, dear, this is exactly why you can't go outside! You believe everything you hear, no matter how stupid it sounds. Now, come here, dear.]

...sorry, Mother, I'm coming. Sorry, Gremio...

['What did I tell you about the mumbling, Rapunzel!'

Sorry, sorry...

[axeofoath]

R-Rapunzel, you-

[This is worrisome, seeing her have a one-sided conversation. One that obviously leaves her unhappy.]

Please, don't apologize, Rapunzel. You haven't done anything wrong.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[She speaks quietly. Better to have her mother get angry about the mumbling than about...well, all the other things she's angry about.]

Mother...is angry that I left, and that I didn't go back with her, and that I'm here instead of in the tower like I'm supposed to be...but she's happy because at least she can keep an eye on me now and make sure I don't go out again...

...I'm not, Mother!

...I have to go, I'm sorry.

[She doesn't want to leave, though, and she just conveniently forgets to turn off the device.]

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Rapunzel? You okay? Um.....your hair's sort of....glowin'. .......you still sick or sommat?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

...Oh, no no no...nobody is supposed to see...

I promise, I didn't tell anybody, Mother!! I don't know...[Oh lord, this is bad.]

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

....I'll....alright, I'll jus'....pretend I didn't see or sommat. I jus' thought it might 'ave t'do with... [Her being seriously ridiculous sick. And he doesn't want to call her a nutter...] I can't exactly see who you're talkin' to. Or hear 'em.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

It...was a trick of the light, okay?

...I guess I'm the only one who can see Mother here today...

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Wilco. Trick of th' light. Won't say no more about it. [This coming from a guy who, with his best mate, has called nearly every embarrassing curse he has "the flu" and stayed at home.]

I s'pose so... She scoldin' you? You gonna be alright?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Thank you...

...yeah, she's mad at me. She was mad at me at home too, and it's the same here. She's really angry I left the tower...

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[brokemysmolder.livejournal.com]

[Eugene's just taking it easy, trolling around the network. Slowly but surely he's getting the hang of it, and he's got to admit it's pretty neat. He switches on the video recording to comment on Rapunzel's latest post...and then he sees it]

What.... Rapunzel!

[The chair clatters as he jumps up]

[action]

[brokemysmolder.livejournal.com]

[WHAT IS SHE DOING? And what's this about her mother being here? But more importantly, WHAT IS SHE DOING, LETTING EVERYONE SEE --

He pounds on her door]

Rapunzel! Rapunzel, open up!

[action]

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Wha, huh?

[She didn't know it'd been recording...after a few minutes, in which she and the spectre of her mother argue about getting the door, she gets it.]

Oh, hello Eugene.

[action]

[brokemysmolder.livejournal.com]

What are you doing? Do you want this whole place to know about your hair?

[Yeah, okay, he's panicking. This place may have found a cure for death, but they didn't have a cure for aging! Eugene had terrible visions of everyone in the City going after her. Where would they hide? How could they possible compete against their superior technology? There was only so much a frying pan could do!]

[action]

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Ah...Mother wanted me to sing for her...I didn't realize anybody could see.

[She winces slightly, as somebody unseen and unheard yells for her to come back in and tell that good for nothing thief to go away..]

...Mother, please...

...sorry, Eugene...she wants you to leave...[She looks sad now.]

[action]

[brokemysmolder.livejournal.com]

[Eugene takes a few deep breaths to calm himself. It would be all right. The only thing they saw was glowing hair. They couldn't know about its healing properties.

That worry assuaged, he's finally free to concentrate on the strangest part of the conversation.]

What do you mean, she wants me to leave?