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

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, mums can get a bit...cross over things like that, but you're 18, yeah? S'about time you went an' did things for yourself, only mums'd rather you didn't, a lot of the time....

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

...she told me I couldn't ever leave the tower...ever. And...I shouldn't ask her anymore either.

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Which is...just why you 'ad t'go off on your own. S'unreasonable, that. I reckon...I reckon she were jus' scared of you bein' hurt.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I...yes, that must be it. Mother just wants to keep me safe, I know it.

...I wish she could be a little less protective sometimes, though...

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

S'alright, luv. Me mum's....well, she din't ever tell me I couldn't leave 'ome but she's bl--right protective, like. Drove me mad, growin' up. Still does, sometimes. She didn't want me joinin' up as a copper, even, cos it weren't safe. But I joined up anyway, and it was fine, an' I'm a detective now, so....I dunno. S'pose y'just shouldn't always listen to your mum.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I know...Mother loves me, and she wants to protect me. She's always telling me about all the awful things outside the tower, and I know just staying in would be safest...

...I just wanted to leave once. I asked her first. Twice! And she said no!

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Well, it'd be safest, but you'd never do anythin', yeah? I'm sayin' it's prob'ly best you left, and y'shouldn't worry about your mum. She'll be okay, and so will you be.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I mean, it's not like I wasn't going to go back...

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Yeah, see? Weren't nothin' wrong with what you did.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Well, Mother thinks there is...


I wish she was really here. You could talk to her...maybe having somebody back me up with make her less upset.

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Um....I dunno if it works like that. But it might do.... If she ever shows up, tell me, an' I'll do my best, I s'pose.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Chris...I just think she'd listen more if it wasn't just me telling her I won't get killed the instant I go outside the tower.

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Might do. Anyway, only way t' prove it is t'go on not bein' killed outside th' tower. An' you're doin' that, aren't you?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Uh huh!

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

So maybe if your real mum ever comes 'ere it'll be okay, cos you'll 'ave proof you're doin' okay.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Yeah! If she can see I'm okay on my own, she'll worry less!!