[1st orb]

[70ftandcounting]

[ It...took Rapunzel some time to figure out how to work the orb; her hands were trembling so much that she'd dropped it several times before she'd even managed to get a good look at it.

When her message comes through, her voice is shaky and her eyes are narrowed in frustration and a bit of fear. What a way to start her birthday… ]

I--I need to know where I really am, what's going on. Please. It's...it's really important that I go home right away. [ A deep breath. ]

F-Flynn? Are you here?

...

Oh my gosh, Mother really is going to kill me...

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

[[Seriously. Those beds are heavy.]]

It's no trouble! These things are far too heavy to carry on your own! [[especially for normal, skinny humans like them]]

Ready for that cake now?

[[Because he could eat a whole one himself right about now. Physical exertion + Magic = hungry Bakura! ... well, to be fair, with how he ate...]]

[70ftandcounting]

Yes, please.

[ Rapunzel is right there WOTH him - she could eat an entire one right about now. ]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Hey, it's her birthday, she's totally allowed~

And he all but hops back up on his feet.]] Let's go! I can show you all the shops on the way too! Oh! And the best part, since we're the heroes here, most shops will just put anything you want on the king's tab! So you don't need to worry about money or anything like that. Though most people are pretty good about exchanging favors too. [[A pause]] Ne, did they tell you what class you were?

[[With that hair... he was gonna guess princess. Because wow, that hair.]]

[70ftandcounting]

Oh! Sure!

[ shopping? Yes please she's never been shopping ]

Um, princess. I'm not really one, though...

[shiromadoushi]

I don't think most people are what people here say they were before they came here. They just like everyone to fit a part of a story, so they make one when you arrive.

[70ftandcounting]

That's...so strange.

[ kind of...neat, though. ]

[shiromadoushi]

A lot of things about this place are. Really, it's almost like being in a storybook, or a world that's trying really hard to be one!

[70ftandcounting]

You know, I haven't read many storybooks. Mostly...instruction manuels...

[shiromadoushi]

Eh? [[he pauses to blink at her]] Instruction manuals...?

[[That's just... weird.]]

[70ftandcounting]

Mhm!

....And biology books. And...cookbooks.

[shiromadoushi]

But no stories....?

[[There's an expression that's a mix between pity and something that resembles horror. For someone who's fondest childhood memories involved his mother and fantasy books, someone now ever having had such books was just... tragic.]]

[70ftandcounting]

Not really, no.

[ she fidgets. ]

I had, um. Books on the stars? Those were my favorites. I even charted them!

[shiromadoushi]

[[Well that at least was better! He nods with a warm smile]] So you still had something that had wonder in it, ne?

[70ftandcounting]

Oh, yes! I learned ballet, too! And other things...

Just -- no stories like that.

[shiromadoushi]

Well, I haven't really found any good storybooks here... [[or really, any good books here...]] But if you'd like, I know plenty of stories I can tell you!

[70ftandcounting]

Oh, that would be wonderful!

[ SCOOCHING CLOSER, and resting her chin in her hands. ]

Tell me everything.

[shiromadoushi]

[[And for the next... however long she's willing to listen, Bakura will tell her stories ranging from The Hobbit to Shinto legend to embellished tales from the City.]]