The 16th Sundrop [Video] [Contains Tangled Spoilers]

[tangledintower]

[A young woman with short brown hair, a chameleon on her shoulder, and a crown on her head is wandering around the fountain, looking a bit confused. It's funny, really, because she looks a lot like Rapunzel, even with the short brown hair...maybe it's the chameleon...

She sighs, frustrated, before sitting down on the edge of the fountain and looking at the chameleon.]

Well, we're definitely lost, Pascal. I told you we shouldn't have taken that shortcut of yours! Oh, Mother and Daddy are gonna be so worried...

[The chameleon goes red and squeaks in irritation, causing the girl (Who is clearly Rapunzel), to sigh again.]

Yes, I know it was my idea to give the guards the slip. But you know they worry way too much about me, I can't have fun or be myself when I go out with them! And you think so too.

[Pascal goes green again and nods.]

Besides, they scare off all the people. If I want to be a good ruler someday, I have to learn everything I can about the kingdom and its people! And the only way I can do that is going out and being with them! Besides, everybody in the city is nice, I like spending time with them...

[She sighs and frowns some more, slumping. Her crown slips a little bit.]

Well...I don't know where we are. Nothing looks familiar. I have no idea how we get back to the city, let alone the palace...I guess we should just wait...but that's booring...

[ooc: The Years That Never Were
What if Rapunzel had never been kidnapped by Gothel, or, if she had, what if she was found and brought back at a young age? What if she grew up with her real parents and was raised in the ways of royalty?

Rapunzel's personality and interests are exactly the same, she acts a little more...royalish. Pascal is still her best friend and companion. She's a little less naieve, a little more worldly, and apparently, her parents never quite got over that kidnapping attempt, so she's usually trailed by guards (which she hates).

Oh, and her hair got cut when she was younger, so its not magic. It can grow back to a normal length, but Princess Rapunzel likes her hair short.

She will not remember any of this come tomorrow.

I wish I had more icons so I could use all of Brunette!Rapunzel's expressions.]

Comments

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

I don' need your help!

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

You need somebody's help!!

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

I don't, I don't! I'm fine on my own, other people just leave if you make friends with 'em, I don' need anybody!

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

That's not true! There are lots of people who stay loyal to their friends no matter what! I know that, because...well, I don't have any real human friends. They all think I'm odd, but you know what? I've got Pascal and he sticks by me even if I am weird!

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

Then go play with your dumb frog an' leave me 'lone! They jus' think you're weird, you're not a freak or a demon so you don' get it.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I do too get it!

When I was a kid...I had magic hair that glowed. And my parents didn't find out until some old lady tried to kidnap me, and everybody knew and they tried to make me do all sorts of things until I just...got sick of it and cut it all off.

People think I'm weird because they think the magic made my brain bad.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

[Red stops, staring at her. Is that... If that's really true then...] Magic hair? Seriously?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That glowed.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

No way.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Yeah way. It was freaky.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

. . . . .

[He stares at her a moment, trying to decide whether or not to believe her. Magic hair sounds absolutely ridiculous, but then again so does evil red demon hand. After a few minutes internal debate he reaches with his right arm to pull the left out of his pocket, as it doesn't move on it's own. The arm is red and gnarled and veiny, with a cross carved into the back of his hand. Everything about it looks completely gross and wrong.]

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[She blinks. Hooo boy, that is some nasty work. Now she sort of regrets not having the magic hair anymore.]

I hope that carving isn't infected...it doesn't look broken, though...which is good.

[Worldly Rapunzel doesn't freak out about this. She runs off to the slums to learn about the dark side of her kingdom all the time.]

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

S'not an injury. I was born like this, s'all the way up my arm. This's why people call me Red.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh. I was gonna ask, actually, but I wasn't sure if that would be rude or not.

[She just blinks.]

What is it, anyway?

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

It's jus'... Jus' my arm, I dunno. [Tucking the hand back into his pocket] It doesn' move, or do anythin'. S'just how it's always been.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[She shrugs. But she's not really too scared. Her hair glowed, remember?]

Well, at least it's not hurt...though, I'm worried about all those bruises and cuts you got. Have you been fighting?

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

[People not freaking out about my arm is WEIRD, you don't even know. But at the mention of his bruises he gets defensive again, hissing like a cat that's been splashed with water]

Shut up!

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Hey, what did I said about infections? You leave those alone and you could get sick, okay? Not good. Relax, I'm not gonna hurt you.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

I never got sick before, it don't matter. Why do you care?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Because it wouldn't be right to not care! Besides, I think I like you.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

[I. I have no idea how to respond to this. THIS CONFLICTS WITH MY PESSIMISTIC TSUNDERE WORLD VIEW SO MUCH.]

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[I KNOW BUT RAPUNZEL, EVEN ALWAYS-A-PRINCESS RAPUNZEL, IS AN OPTIMIST.]

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

[UWAAAAH HAPPY SPARKLY SWEET PRINCESS IS SO NICE. PEOPLE ARE NICE WHAT IS THIS??? Eventually the staring at her in stunned silence act stops, Red turns his head away pouting (and is that a blush?).] ....Fine.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[She nods and smiles.]

Thank you. I promise, it'll just be bandages, that's it.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

[Nods back, following her along to a place where there are bandages. Kind of quiet and embarrassed and not sure how to handle this non-brutal human interaction.]