- Rapunzel -

So...I've been thinking about this for a little while now...and even though I'm not really sure exactly how this is going to work...I think I'm gonna do it. Yeah, I'm gonna do this!

So, Mr. Stark told me that I should sell those pies that I made a while back...so I thought about it, and I decided that I'm going to open a bakery here!

I mean, I don't really know how to run a business, or how to get a place to sell things here...so maybe this isn't the best idea, but...well, I'd like to maybe try to become more independent, show people that I can do things on my own and that I'm not a kid anymore...

[Well, the one person she really wants to show that she's a mature, responsible adult who can take care of herself isn't here, but that's besides the point.]

...I think I'll probably need help, though...Oh, maybe I should've thought this through more...I don't even have a bakery name yet...

Hello, everybody!

Um, I need some help...it's not with anything bad, but I can't really do all this by myself...see, this weekend, I made pie!

A...a lot of pie. I wanted to try out new fruits and things I'd never used before. I only ever really made apple and pumpkin before. They were really the only ingredients Mother could get her hands on...I did get to make blueberry pie once! But the point is, I made pies...

I've got starfruit here...and cranberry pie, and pecan pie...strawberry pie, ground cherry pie...I didn't even know cherries could grow in the ground! They sort of look like tomatoes to me, though...but I'm sure they taste okay!

I've got a few more here that might not have worked out so good...cucumber pie, chocolate and rhubarb pie, and elderberry pie. That last one might not have cooked thoroughly, and I think the rhubarb got a bit burned...

...I think I went a bit out of control...

Eugene is here!! He's actually been here for a few days now, but he's still getting used to this place...I think he's taking all of this worse than I did! He's staying next door to me, which is nice.

[A small, quiet sigh can be heard.]

It's odd...I only made him be my guide because I wanted to see the floating lights...but there aren't any here, are they? And they only showed up on my birthday, anyway...and it's winter here. So I guess they won't show up again for...6 months, I think. But they probably won't show up here.

I was really excited about finally being able to see them...I guess I can wait, but...I guess it'll be different, when I go back.

Eugene, even though we can't go see the lights here, you'll still be my friend, right? I know we were only supposed to be on the road for 3 days, but...well, unexpected change of plans, I guess.

...I tried making a new pie today. But I had that problem again...without my cookbook I keep using the wrong amounts of ingredients, so I ended up having enough filling to make 4 pies! Banana cream, to be exact! I'd never tried making it before, because for some reason, Mother really doesn't like bananas...I don't know why. Maybe it's because they're yellow.

So, once again, I have leftovers, only this time it's pie! Is it weird that I keep doing that? Probably...but once I get a cookbook or something this probably won't happen again maybe!

...and a chessboard. It'd be nice to play chess again...I didn't realize how many things in my tower I would actually miss if I was gone, even for a day...and it's odd. I don't really miss Mother anymore either...