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[coronae]

09/28 network video

[ there is a teenage girl with just. way, way too much hair. way too much hair. she looks nervously excited, and waves at the communicator once. so does the chameleon on her shoulder. ]

Um, hi! I'm new? I mean, that's not a question, I'm new, and! I was wondering if anyone is really good at braiding hair? I kinda can't do it all on my own. Or not...quickly? And it's, um, there are so many little passages and stuff around here it's kind of a pain to just leave it down soooooooo. I can cook you something in exchange?

[ a beat. ]

Oh! I forgot. I'm Rapunzel? That's. Also not a question oh my gosh I can't do this anyway even if you can't braid I'm in the kitchen? Making cake and cookies? If you want any? It's kiiiiiind of a holiday for me. A little bit. It's my birthday! So. If you want to drop by that'd be great! If not, that's. Also great? Yeah!! So I should just. Turn...this off now.

[ she needs to work on her awkward levels but she. tried. ]

09/28 base kitchen

[ like she said, rapunzel can pretty much be found in the kitchen all day, just. reorganizing stuff (no one seems to mind? it should be okay?) and chopping and drying the spices magnus chase found like in the tdm and also just. baking cake. lots of cake. and cookies. they have eggs and she can make a ton of shit from scratch okay she's got this even if it's mostly fruit flavored cakes but hey we have cocoa so. she can do chocolate stuff?

she's also probably singing or humming to herself and she'll jump just, super high whenever anyone comes in. ]

Oh! Oh, uh, sorry, you scared me! Not that you're scary. I mean, unless you want to be scary? I'm not sure why someone would want to be scary - er, anyway, hi! Did you want something to eat? I have...lots.

09/27 | locked to korra

[ the last thing she remembers is the ugly duckling and the tunnels underneath, and rapunzel can't recall when she fell asleep. but she must have, because she wakes up on a...mountain. so. that's a thing. she also has to spend some time negotiating with the birdogs who tried to make a nest of her hair, but luckily her disney princess powers make her super great with animals. so that's not actually that difficult.

the mountain climbing is also...well, it's more difficult than befriending birdogs, but they kind of lead her down and so she follows along, all her hair bundled up in her arms, although she's probably getting cuts on her feet and legs and yeah this is just. all around a dumb thing.

she has no idea where she is. at all. but she's tired and confused and no one is there to stop her when rapunzel huffs and flops to the ground, her hair spilling out of her arms. ]

Oooooh. I don't know if we should keep wandering around, Pascal. Maybe we should wait for night time? I could at least get us oriented from the stars, then. But...that's pretty far away?

[ help her??????? help her. korra, you're her only hope. she's talking to her chameleon who has no ideas, either. ]

But I didn't see anything familiar from up there - how's that possible?

[ she's mumbling again. ]

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[superseding]

Oh, no, it's not too much trouble! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply that. I just wanted to tell you there's probably a better teacher.

[ She smiles to show her genuine good will, but she dims when she hears what Rapunzel says next. ]

Oh, I've never had a big birthday party myself... [ Because you need to have friends for those. ] It was just my father and me, but um, when he was around, he would try to do what he could for me.

[coronae]

You haven't either? Well...maybe we can start! I mean, when your birthday is? I can go to a party for it! In return for...well, this.

[ a Present she did not Ask For. ]

It was always just my mother and I, too.

[superseding]

Do you really think I should have a party for it?

[ That's something she never really considered: trying to have a birthday party again. It's a surreal idea. ]

But you don't need to do anything in return for the flower. I didn't give it to receive anything. Is your mother not good at cooking?

[ Is that why Rapunzel has to do all the cooking for herself? ]

[coronae]

You definitely should! I could help make decorations! And the cake?

[ as to mother, uh. ]

Oh, no, she does fine! It's just...one of my chores?

[superseding]

If things aren't too busy when my birthday comes around, I'll ask for your help.

[ Always in the back of Hotaru's mind is her being possessed and the three pressing dangers that lurk in or beyond the waters. She doesn't want to make any promises she doesn't know she can keep, and there's no good in frightening Rapunzel right off the bat either. ]

Everything you've made here does look delicious, so it looks like you're really good at it. They look like I could buy them from a store.