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70ftandcountingSince...my hair is gone, Kloe mentioned teaching me some First Aid...I was wondering if there's more people out there that can help me with that, too.
Kloe...do you think maybe we could start tonight?
Kloe...do you think maybe we could start tonight?
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Date: 2012-06-12 04:05 am (UTC)[She scrambles.]
I remembered the picture we painted, and thought...you might like something to match.
[8D? It's a cover for his bed that matches -- and somehow doesn't look incredibly tacky. That's talent.]
mushy scene incoming
Date: 2012-06-12 04:36 am (UTC)[Give him a second, because his heart pretty much just stopped. Someone actually took time out of their life to make him something personal. How long has Rapunzel known him - three weeks, maybe? And she...? She has to have some hidden agenda. She has to. But what if she doesn't?
Don't cry.
The Once-ler reaches out and takes the cover in his hands. This is definitely a thing that exists.]
How long did this take to make?
[He doesn't even take his eyes off it.]
/squishes
Date: 2012-06-12 04:38 am (UTC)Since...right after we painted your mural. I decided that you needed something else nice, too. To match, and maybe remind you of something that made you happy.
[Because as free as she is here, there is darkness that clouds some part of her, because of the keep. If she can help make others happy, then maybe it isn't really so bad.]
aaaaafklsjfdl
Date: 2012-06-12 05:26 am (UTC)[Three weeks, she spent three weeks making this. For him.
Back home, the Once-ler has everything he could possibly want, literally everything. You name it and he probably has one in every color, plus metallic shades. But the Once-ler does not, and has never, had something as personal as this. Ever.
Don't cry.]
I, uh...
[He doesn't know what to say, so he puts down the cover and hugs Rapunzel. Tightly. And doesn't let go. He stoops down to her height and everything, which is quite the feat, considering he's more than a foot taller than her. This is a Real Hug, man. A Real Hug.]
8D?
Date: 2012-06-12 02:32 pm (UTC)I just thought -- maybe -- that it'd be nice -- since I didn't -- oh.
[Then hes hugging her, and, well -- it's okay. Isn't it? He's pleased, she's happy, and so she just hugs him back and ignores the traces of tobacco.
It's not so bad, clinging to his clothes like that, after all...]
8D!!!!!
Date: 2012-06-12 08:57 pm (UTC)[It comes out quietly, nearly a whisper. I've said it before and I'll say it again: deep, heartfelt thanks from the Once-ler is a rare occurrence these days, and he really doesn't know how to express it. So - a hug. And a whisper. He'll be sure to think of something better later on when he's not incapacitated by emotion.
Okay, just...
Just a little longer...
Alright, the Once-ler releases Rapunzel before the hug gets a little too awkward. He has a big dumb smile on his face, bigger and dumber than he's had in a long time.]
Nobody's ever done anything like this for me. Ever.
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Date: 2012-06-12 09:20 pm (UTC)Toeing the ground shyly, she clasps her hands.]
Well...they should have.
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Date: 2012-06-12 11:43 pm (UTC)You - I really don't think you understand how much this means to me. Not even close.
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Date: 2012-06-12 11:55 pm (UTC)Blushing, she gestures to her room, indicating he sit.]
...Tell me?
[She'd like to understand.]
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Date: 2012-06-13 01:29 am (UTC)Um, well... growing up, I didn't have a lot of friends, and my family was kind of... distant? I guess? So, heartfelt junk was pretty rare.
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Date: 2012-06-13 01:59 am (UTC)Me, too. To -- all of it, really. [Friends? She had a chameleon. Family? A 'mother' who kidnapped her at birth and used her her whole life.
Yeah. It's safe to say she gets it.]
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Date: 2012-06-13 02:18 am (UTC)[All of that? True.]
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Date: 2012-06-13 02:36 am (UTC)'Rich and famous'? [She acts like she's not quite sure what that means...though she has a clue.]
That's -- wrong. It's not...what's on the outside that counts. It's what's inside. [She presses her palm to her chest.]
In here. And I know that's -- naive. [Everyone is really happy with calling her a little girl, even if she's almost nineteen.]
But that's what should matter, and it's what matters to me.
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Date: 2012-06-13 03:04 am (UTC)[Let's leave it at that.
What's inside, huh. The Once-ler is pretty rotten through and through, but Rapunzel doesn't need to know that.]
Probably the nicest thing anybody's ever said to me.
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Date: 2012-06-13 03:05 am (UTC)[Welp. So is she, actually -- but. The way he'd reacted to her hair? She's not really volunteering that info.
She does, however, look as though there's something she's not quite mentioning.]
It's the truth. You're very kind.
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Date: 2012-06-13 03:56 am (UTC)The Once-ler? Kind? Haha! That's a - Wait, she isn't joking?]
Really?
WRONG ICON
Date: 2012-06-13 03:57 am (UTC)Well, yes. [A pause.] A little rough around the edges sometimes, but --
You're nice. I like you.
DONT WORRY I DIDNT SEE
Date: 2012-06-13 06:12 am (UTC)Okay.
[then pauses.]
... Thanks?
IT WAS PORN
Date: 2012-06-14 02:00 am (UTC)Um. You're welcome.
SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT YOU KNOW ITS GONNA HAPPEN SOME DAY~~~~~~
Date: 2012-06-14 02:35 am (UTC)[This is awkward. All this deep, personal talk really has him feeling uncomfortable and, um, vulnerable. Feeling vulnerable is a Bad Thing. The Once-ler is just going to stand up now.]
But yeah. The cover? Really amazing. I'm gonna go to great lengths to make sure I don't get any tobacco smell in it.
OHOHOHO
Date: 2012-06-14 02:38 am (UTC)I'm really glad that you like it. [And that makes her smile wider.]
Good.
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He glances down at Rapunzel and sflgkjfdlg she's smiling. The smile he returns is very, very real. Rapunzel can get him to do all sorts of real things, can't she?]
I won't forget this. Ever.
[... Which is business slang for "I will repay you tenfold." And trust me, he will.]
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Date: 2012-06-14 03:05 am (UTC)[She doesn't have any idea that's what he's thinking. She doesn't ever expect to be 'paid back' for anything.
She just likes to make others as happy as possible, when she can.]
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Date: 2012-06-14 07:53 am (UTC)[Sad, but true. The Once-ler backs out of her room, hugging the cover to his chest. He might never let it go. Is that pathetic? That's pathetic. Just a little.]
You're... [Adorable. Generous. Perfect?] ... You're a really good, um. Friend.
[Friend. Friend is such a weird word, isn't it?]
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Date: 2012-06-14 03:27 pm (UTC)So are you, Once-ler. I'm glad I met you.
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