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Who: Rapunzel (

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What: Catchall for general introdution/settling in and event stuff!
When: Early November
Where: Disaster House + All over

Content Warnings: None for now, will update if necessary

[A; 7 AM, The Usual Morning Lineup... (Closed to Disaster House residents)]

[When Rapunzel starts feeling anxious, she falls back into old habits.

Nothing too bad, but in the past few months, she's taken to really diving into things that just keep her moving and busy for hours on end. In the tower, it was her chores and hobbies that kept her from falling too deep into the dull monotony of a confined life. In the palace, it was painting. She'd painted over and redone her entire room to keep herself from thinking about the severity of her parents' missing memories and the threat of Cassandra looming over her. And... it helped, really. Painting each new scene and each new bit of creative flair helped her focus, to keep thinking about the good rather than the bad.

It didn't work all the time. She still thinks of that big, blank spot on her ceiling a lot. The missing piece.

But the point is, Rapunzel doesn't like wallowing forever. So it takes only a few hours after Varian brings her home with him for her to be up and about; she'd been attempting to clean, but the sheer amount of stuff in the Disaster House keeps on distracting her. One moment she might be outside, marveling at the gorgeous collection of plants and flowers in the garden. The next, she might be in one of the many reading nooks, her eyes practically glowing as she skims so many titles of so many books she's never heard of. Or maybe, perhaps, she's in the music room! She's very good at both the guitar and piano, and will probably lose quite a bit of time alternating between both.

... She notices the grave out back, too. But she doesn't want to dwell on that.

So... yeah! You've all got a new roomie, the fabled princess from Varian's world. No time like the present to start bonding, yeah?]

[B; So Many Roads I've Yet to Travel, So Many Friends I Haven't Met... (OTA Everywhere)]

[Even in a dark, ominous city like Trench, it's hard to really snuff out the excitement and curiosity that often overtakes Rapunzel. This is somewhere new, somewhere different, and though there were definitely times where the hairs at the back of her neck stood on end as she explored, for the most part, she just... wants to dive into anything she can find.

Throughout all the districts and all the shops, the golden-haired princess can be found. Trying on clothes - the clothes too dark and warm to fit with her usual attire, but she still wants to fit in!!! - in one store, examining various trinkets or baubles in another. She'll definitely be found rooting through a bookstore, almost overwhelmed with the vast amount of information in front of her. A whole new world, with brand new stories! What's not to love here????

The one time she seems to mellow out is when she passes by one of the statues of the Pthumerians. She's not... unsettled, exactly, though that feeling at the back of her neck prickles. It's more like she seems to be reminded of something, a wary hint of familiarity glinting in those emerald green eyes. The statues are beautifully carved but...

The Great Tree. Janus Point. Gorgeous altars to old magic, heavy with secrets just as ancient....

... Yeah. It's. Certainly a look.

But she tries not to dwell on it for long! Rapunzel's on a mission to learn everything about this new world, and nothing can stop her. Especially not the person she accidentally just walked into-]

Oof- oh, sorry!! I just- [She laughs.] This is all a lot to take in, isn't it? I've never seen anything like it before!

[C; Mushabooming (OTA Everywhere)]

[Rapunzel had a goal today: try and make herself useful for her new friends. She'd already done her best to organize and clean up bits of the house the other day, but she knows she needs to do more for these people who have been taking such good care of Varian. She'd noticed the way mushrooms have been popping up like weeds, so maybe... some kind of soup? Soup's always a perfect ward against the chill of the cooling weather. And she's made her fair share of mushroom soups just from what Gothel would gather, so this is something she could definitely do on her own!

... Of course, she wasn't prepared for the strange fungi popping up. She's already gotten a few good handfuls of portabellos and buttons stuffed in her bag when she comes across one of the weepers. It's... bizarre, to say the least, and Rapunzel can't help but crouch down to examine it more closely.]

Strange...

[She's not stupid, though. After nearly a year on the road, she knows better than to just pick strange plants - especially fungi without knowing what they are. So instead of doing that, she'll plop down there, right on the side of the road, and pull out her sketchbook. It's not her journal - not the one her mother gave her, so stuffed with memories of her adventures thus far - but it's a new one that's already seen some use. She turns to a fresh page, pulls out a pencil, and begins sketching.]

Looking like that, I bet you must have some pretty interesting properties, huh, little guy? Either that, or you're.... really dangerous.

[A pause, and then she shuffles a foot away. She probably shouldn't take any chances, huh?]

But you're still fascinating to look at!

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[ ahiru is used to getting up early. ballet always starts in the morning after all, and even though ahiru is a bit ditzy and tends to oversleep or get distracted, she still rouses herself in the dim hours of the morning. first, of course, she leaves a bowl of birdseed by the window so she can make new friends.

but the siren call of music has her tip-toeing closer, spinning a little on her toes with a faint smile. ]

[After eating, sleeping, and video games, shopping was Usagi's fourth favorite hobby! Currently, she was trying out some new hair pins and examining herself in the mirror making a soft noise and adding it to either the "no" pile (which was very small) or the "yes" pile (which was... somewhat ridiculously large).

She reaches out for another hair bauble, this one a pretty little wing clip, when her hand bumped into someone else's.]

Oh! Sorry about that! You have it, you grabbed it first! [She looked up.

AH! RAPUNZEL?! Her eyes widened.]

[So just when they get a new addition to their home, it turns out they have yet ANOTHER new on in the house, one that will find Luz, already very familiar with the home, mopping the living room, her hair held back by a bandanna (well, not held back, she just wore that because her mom did when she cleaned). Upon hearing the patter of feet coming downstairs, she looked up and saw Rapunzel, giving her a smile].

Rapunzel, right? Welcome to our happy home! Are you finding things all right?

[Drat, cleaning plans foiled! Well... maybe not foiled entirely, but she was hoping to give everyone one less thing to do for a while, as thanks for taking her in.]

Yeah, it's all been great! [Well, as great as can be when you wake up in a strange other world.] Y'know, even after living in a castle with so many people for a while now, nothing felt quite this... lived in. It's nice.

[She loves her home, truly, but the castle is so... big. It makes for some good exploring, but geez, it sure can be a hassle when you're trying to find someone.]

I'm really glad Varian has people like you here with him. It's good to see he's making a lot of friends.

[Rapunzel's always had an affinity to anything relating to birds. The colors of their plumage was always such an incredible inspiration for her art, and the symbolism of their ability to fly, the sense of utter freedom such a thing could bring... it speaks to her. A lot. It's why she's always so taken by all sorts of little trinkets and baubles featuring bird or bird imagery - and with the flowers that were once braided through her hair long gone when she arrived in Trench, she needs to find some sort of replacement for them! So perhaps-

... Well, perhaps it wasn't meant to be, because someone else was interested.]

Whoops- sorry! I didn't mean to-

[When she looks up, there's a brief pause; Rapunzel's brows furrow ever so slightly as she looks at Usagi, something tugging at the back of her head. It's the same sense of deja vu that she had when she first woke up on the beach... weird.]

... Huh. Have we met before?

[Rapunzel has always been a woman filled with light and life, and the way she plays music reflects that; she clearly prefers bright, happy music, the perfect sort to dance to. It seems like she's not the only one who thinks so, either. She looks up from the piano as Ahiru enters, still playing the same song, and smiles.]

You know how to dance?

[Rapunzel's seen professional dancers before, so just one look at how the girl twirls so gracefully is enough to clue her in.]

[ oh no she's been caught. ]

Yes, but I mean no, and I mean not really well, even though I got to ballet class, I can't really dance like everyone else and I never got my toe shoes, but I really like dancing and I hope you don't mind me interrupting with my bad dancing!

[Luz has been cleaning since living in the house because she'd actually felt the exact same way, and she knew that Ahiru was similarly trying to be useful through chores too. Now Luz did them because she was compelled to try and keep order in the house, but people attempting to help in that quest would make things SO much easier].

Right, you are a princess! I forgot that! This place is no castle, but it is really nice here, and all of the housemates really make it a great place to live!

[Even Reaper].

Varian and Fern were the ones kind enough to let me live here! It was just the four of us at first, and then we met Luca, and now we somehow have even more people living here! It's honestly pretty great!

[Never mind Luz considered Varian the closest thing she had to an older brother: she'd find that out pretty soon].

We all sort of have our own quirks too!

[Varian and Fern took in people like a crazy cat lady took in cats, and all of them had seemed to get younger and younger. Then Rapunzel had shown up, and Reaper had ghosted the hell out of there because that was a lot of hair and sunshine. His own room almost always had the door closed, but unlike the rest of Disaster House, it was painfully neat, sparse of personal items and downright dark thanks to the dark gray paint.

Of course, he knew who she was. After all, he had seen her corpse on the beach not that long ago with everyone else of Varian's regretful past. She was very, very vibrant in life, and he knew it was going to give him a tooth ache.

Still, after that whole scene with Lance and everyone being up in arms about that, Reaper had decided to bake because he actually did that. They wouldn't last long with the children in the house, so he decided to actually make some sort of small effort with the one who might be more adult than the rest.

He approached when she was playing the piano, a plate with some black cupcakes on it held in one hand. He supposed that he should establish some kind of reputation in the house again, and besides, she probably had embarrassing stories of Varian that he would definitely use against the guy in future.]

Are you self-taught? [His voice was naturally growly from old scarring to his throat.]

[ oof— falco stumbles back just a few steps, too absorbed an assorted flip of pages and pictures of mushrooms that were safe for the picking (and the ones that weren't so safe). when the young looks up and starts already— he can't bring the words to reply. not with the voice, not with the hair, the face, those wondering emerald eyes. falco's mouth drops and his eyes remain shocked, dipping just short of her neck where he's come to know a scar. it wasn't there.

for one, if she had recognized him, she would've said so. recognition wasn't there either, only one-sided. ]

—Right, that's, [ he swallows. ] I-It's okay.

[It's still taking Varian time to truly accept that Rapunzel is here. That this isn't just another twisted game of this world- just a hallucination that will inevitably fade away again. But she is here, she's not going away- even if he does surprised little starts every time he catches sight of her. It'll pass, eventually.

He finds her in a reading nook, a little smile crossing his face as he moves to sit across from her. it's honestly nice to see her distracted and happy with something. He knows Cassandra is one hell of a weight by herself, without adding everything else to the mix.]

Hey. Are you settling in okay?

[ How come this is the second blonde that's run into her in just as many days?!

That's the initial thought that goes through Ange's mind, though she's thankfully not as frustrated as she was the other day, so it doesn't give rise to an instinctive need to snap back at the other person for bumping into her. Instead she just lets out a sigh - a deep one, like her very soul is leaving her body.

Like she truly is suffering this bumper-inside-of-a-pinball-machine fate. ]

Ah. [ When Ange speaks up, her voice is flat, almost devoid of emotion. It matches her pokerface, really. ] You must be new here.

[ Judging by what Rapunzel is saying, anyway. ]

.. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad kind of 'a lot', honestly. [ It could be either, considering what Trench is like. ]

[Luca comes across Rapunzel while she's marveling at some books. Does he have any idea who she is? Nope. But he figures she's either a friend of one of his housemates, or maybe she's living here now. After all, this place is huge, and it wouldn't be the first time a new resident was introduced. He's not really too concerned about details like that at the moment, anyway. Right now, he's more interested in the way she's looking at those books.]

I know, it's amazing how many books they have here, right? I was amazed when I first got here, and then I found out the Archives, and they...oh, mother of pearl. You really have to see the Archives sometime. They're amazing.

[The hair is what sticks out like a sore thumb; while Rapunzel in Santa Rosita had short-cropped brown hair, her golden-blonde hair here is long. Long enough to nearly touch the ground, and that's after it's clearly been carefully braided and tied up.

There's not even a glint of recognition in her eyes, but everything else about her is the same. From the way she carries herself to that warm, gentle smile as she patiently waits for him to stutter out his response.]

Still. I should've watched where I was going. Are you okay?

[See, the good thing about meeting Reaper for the first time? It's... not as bad as it could have been. The sight of a tall, looming shadow of a man suddenly entering the room is startling, of course, and Rapunzel's fingers slip on the keys of the piano - but it's surprise rather than fear. After all, most of Rapunzel's friends are what some people might consider frightening. But she knew them, knew that despite the scars and hooks and studded leather armor, they were some of the sweetest men she's ever met.

She knows not to judge someone by their appearances. So after shaking off that surprise, the princess smiles and gives an enthusiastic nod.]

Yeah, I am! I mean... I used to read books about music, so I kinda learned some things out of them? But I didn't have anyone to practice with.

[Aside from Pascal, that is. But he's a friend, not a teacher.]

So I mostly just figured things out as I went along! Neat, right?

[She tilted her head and bit her lip.]

Um... yeah... but it's okay! [She put out her hands, to assure Rapunzel it was okay, blushing a bit.]

It was only for a little bit. My name is Usagi Tsukino. But I know... you. It's hard to forget you. [She was way too pretty to forget. Plus, she was Rapunzel, Varian's Rapunzel. She knew so much about her by reputation alone.] Rapunzel, yeah? Or um, well, Princess Rapunzel, if you rather have the title?

[Erwin is off wandering, trying to get a sense for this new place, when he hears a familiar voice. A few quick steps along the trail, and she comes into view.]

Rapunzel.

[He didn't know Rapunzel as well as he knew Cass--they didn't live together, after all, and Archer would unceremoniously toss Erwin out or bother him until he left whenever he was over at Rapunzel's house--but she's still a familiar face in a new location.]

Are you taking notes on our new surroundings?

Mhm.

[ he’s trying not to word now, because the more she speaks like a stranger, the more falco’s eyes begin to sting dangerously close to tears. the boy brings his eyes to a downcast and attempts to fit his lips tightly together— hazel is still being surrounded by redness, one that he hopes can’t be seen if he’s looking at his feet. ]

Your hair’s— really pretty. [ —god, now he’s just thinking about the cookies and sign language, and sucks in breath to keep himself from breathing for a few seconds. he’s inches away from a sniff, is why. ] I’ll get going—

[Rapunzel's learned a lot, these past few months since she returned to Corona. She's learned that not addressing problems is a problem in itself, and can lead to more problems ten times worse. She knows that bottling up emotions will only cause them to fester, and can wind up hurting you and others when they're finally aired out.

She doesn't want to slide back into old habits again, but... she's still having a hard time processing everything. It's why she's trying to lose herself in the book she's currently curled up with, and why there's just a hint of tiredness in her smile when she looks up at Varian.]

I think so, yeah! It's... a lot to take in. [Understatement of the century, there.] But I think I'm doing okay. It helps that your house is absolutely fascinating!

[She sets her book aside, turning fully to face him as her hands clasp together.]

Did you collect all of this stuff all on your own??? Did you make any of it?

[Rapunzel's head perks up at the sound of her own name. It doesn't seem strange for someone to call out to her - after all, she's a princess back in Corona, and her story is a rather famous one. She's tried her best to at least be friendly with all the citizens and merchants she meets, so most people know of her, at the very least.

Even in Trench, there's Varian. He's been here for some time, and he has plenty of friends. They could know about her through him. So really, it's not strange to hear an unknown man calling out to her. She just smiles and waves, setting her pencil down but leaving the book open.]

Kind of! [She's not hiding it, so if Erwin leans over to look, he'll see the half-finished sketches on the open pages.] I've never seen mushrooms like this before, so I had to make some sketches of them. They're pretty neat, right?

[Rapunzel is someone who feeds off the energy of others very easily. If someone is happy, she's happy! If they're excited, she feels the buzz under her skin. So as Luca.]

Archives? You mean like a big library?? Or something even bigger?

[Blondes just tend to be excitable and eager to explore, it seems. Nothing wrong with that.

Oh boy, that sigh... Rapunzel's heard that sigh before. It's the sigh Cassandra often gave in the early days of their friendship, when Rapunzel did something that inevitably made the handmaiden's job harder than it had to be. She looks a little sheepish, then, awkwardly scratching at her arm, as she smiles apologetically.]

Is it that obvious? [... It really is, Raps.] To be honest... I'm not sure either. I mean - everything is beautiful, of course! It's not the style of art or architecture I'm used to, but... it has that kind of otherworldly beauty, doesn't it?

[Always trying to see the positives, even in the dark. That's Rapunzel, all right.]

But at the same time... it's all more than a bit ominous, too.

[The person she walked into happens to be particularly tall and sturdy! It's a scorpion woman who waves off her apology with a hearty laugh.]

Oh trust me, I know. I've been there. Still am there, kinda. It's been a few months, and - yep, still taking this all in! But hey, I'll do everything I can to help you figure this place out!

[Klee was getting used to this place. The people were okay, but not as nice as the people of Mondstat or the nights. But she managed to find what she was looking for in the market, crayons. She honestly had been too busy cheerfully thinking of the things that she planned to draw when she bumped into someone's legs. Oof. Usually, she knows how to weave in and out of crowd and not get bumped into

Looking up, she see a tall lady with long hair. Klee's never seen such long hair.]

Um, it's okay! Klee should have been looking to. I found crayons and wasn't paying attention. Sorry!

A huge library! There's so many books in there...I've never found the end of it it's so big. I honestly think it might have infinite books it's so big. Varian and I are going to try reading all of them!

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