paixaorpg | Reunion [Closed/Complete]

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Reunion [Closed/Complete]

Character(s): Rapunzel and Flynn Rider
Content: The thief and the girl with way too much hair finally find each other in the city.
Setting: Starting out outside Actua Are near Joutenheim Gate.
Time: Late afternoon, backdated to week 27
Warnings: Tangled spoilers possible, I believe.

Rapunzel practically swung out the front door of the hotel. She had to stop herself from throwing her hair over one of the high railings and riding it down from the upper floor she was on. The other hotel guests probably wouldn't have really liked her doing that. But really, she was just incredibly excited to see Eugene here, and all in one piece. It eased a lot of her anxiety over having come to Paixao, knowing he was all right.

Her bare feet slapped on the ground as she finally jogged outside, looking this way and that. It would probably take him a little while still to arrive, but she could wait. Gathering her hair up in her arms so no one tripped on it who was entering and leaving the hotel, she found a place to stand. With a little elp from the wall, she balanced on her tip toes to look over the crowd for him.

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Flynn took his time to walk from the gate he'd come through to the hotel. Not that he really had much of a choice, the hotel was pretty far away. There were plenty of sights in this city to take in as he made his way through the crowds, so he was more than happy to look around and really get a feel for the place on his way there.

The buildings were stunning, not to mention the extraordinary number of gems and precious metals that were just sitting there in plain sight. If he had a way to go home, he could buy his island and his castle and live out the rest of his days surrounded by everything he'd ever wanted to buy. Which, of course...would probably leave him wanting more, but he could worry about that part when he got to it.

The sea of people finally gave way to a structure that was definitely a hotel, and he scanned for Rapunzel's tell-tale gold locks. He figured it wouldn't be hard to find her, but then...everyone in this city was blond. How did they even do that? Were there really enough blond people in the world to have a whole city full of them?

Well, if nothing else, at least he stood out, so she could find him...

It wasn't like Rapunzel wasn't used to waiting. She stood for a while, watching over the rest of the blond city residents for a head of brunette hair. She knew she could spot Flynn easily if she kept looking, but she had to get off her toes eventually, so she leaned against the wall and kept on waiting. Running around with bare feet had worked well enoug so far, but eventually her toes would begin to ache. Every now and then she'd peak over the crowd again and turn her head this way and that to get a good look around.

Finally, quite a while later, Rapunzel hopped up in time to see the exact person she was looking for. Seeing him in person was very different from hearing his voice over the journal, and the relief that flooded her chest was immense. Pushing off the wall, she made her way through the crowd, having to dodge and weave around people as she went.

"Eu-" She caught herself, even though she much preferred his real name, "Flynn!" when she was finally close enough, she threw herself at him, wrapping her arms around him in a tight hug.

Flynn almost dropped the frying pan when he suddenly had two skinny arms wrapped around him. But when he saw that field of hair as he looked down, he smiled.

"Hey there, Blondie. You look pretty happy to see me." He'd expected her to be, well...okay yeah, she should be happy, but he definitely hadn't been expecting her to be quite...this happy. "I take it you missed me," he said in the deeper voice he always used when he was acting cocky and self-absorbed.

"Been here long?"

"Of course I'm happy! I didn't think I'd see you again!" Rapunzel had her forehead pressed against Flynn's chest. Still not aware of the time difference between them, she thought he might still be in prison. Here he was, her new dream, standing right here in front of her. To say she was 'happy' didn't even really touch the tip of the iceberg for her.

Finally looking up at him, her large green eyes open even wider with her excitement, she considered his question for a moment. "I really haven't been here long at all. What about you? When did you arrive?"

Rapunzel removed her arms from around Flynn finally, but still stood incredibly close to him.

Flynn took a step back now that he was free of the enthusiastic grip, and took a second to look her over, blinking when her eyes started boring into his soul. He shook his head to one side.

"Not too long myself, actually. Met anyone interesting yet?" Of course, the first person he'd seen when he got inside the gate was Craig, who put quite a few of the people Flynn had ever met to shame...and that was saying something, with the guys at the Snuggly Duckling.

"Yes, I've met at least one very nice boy named Link. He showed me around when I first arrived," Rapunzel answered, motioning back behind her where her hair trailed and towards the rest of the city. "This place is so large, but he managed to give me a good idea of the layout. Otherwise, I talked to one or two people over these journal machines."

She reached into her pocket then, producing her purple-pink communication journal. "I really like this, it's so fun!"

"Link? Weird name." Flynn couldn't say much for his own, but at least he took his name from a literary hero...well, sort of a literary hero.

He grinned when she pulled out her journal. It was a bit girly. "Bet you wouldn't have minded being stuck in that tower so long if you had one of these things while you were up there, right?" He pulled out his, the same sort of blue as his vest, and shrugged.

"They're pretty handy though. Never seen anything like them in the Kingdom." Even though he'd been in so many of the Kingdom's vaults.

"I like it." Of course she would.

The little journal was now suffering the wrath of Rapunzel's grip on it. "She nodded a bit, smiling brightly. "It definitely would have made things less lonely... but I'm still glad I left. Nothing compares to actually being outside."

"Me neither. Not even in any books. And I've read a lot of books, right Pascal?" At the mention of his name, the little chameleon poked his head out from Rapunzel's hair, taking his usual spot on her shoulder.

"He came along too?" Flynn chuckled. Not that it was really too surprising, Rapunzel took the little lizard with her everywhere. He'd never seen her without it. She'd probably freak out if she lost it, or they got separated or something.

"And you should be glad you left. Nothing beats the great outdoors, right? Way better than some stuffy old tower. Although..." He looked around the domed city, glistening and sparkling everywhere the eye could se.. "I think this place might be an exception."

"Of course. Well, at first I thought he had been left behind, but it turned out he was just sleeping in my pocket." Pascal had been a comfort to her until she had heard from Flynn. Even if it hadn't taken too long, Pascal had had to sit through a couple hours of Rapunzel fluttering frantically around her hotel room.

Rapunzel followed Flynn's eyes upward, taking in the same glittering sights he was. "I take it you like this place, hm?" And why wouldn't he?

"What's not to like?" Flynn put his hands on his hips and grinned. "Everything's made of gold or crystal, I can take all of it I want, and everyone who doesn't like me? Stuck back home in the Kingdom, safe and sound. ...And away from me."

"So, is the hotel nice?" He looked the building up and down. If it was anything on the inside like what it was on the outside, the answer to that question was definitely "yes."

"I guess that would leave you pretty happy," she laughed a little. "And here you won't get in trouble for.... your profession." She was teasing, really. She'd never really minded the fact that he was a thief, but she'd rather he keep himself out of prison.

"It's beautiful. And so comfortable." He bed was huge and fluffy, she could get food delivered right to her room and not have to make it herself, and the rooms were so elegant. "You can stay here with me... if you want."

Flynn blinked. Did she just...invite him into her room? Was there something he was missing here? Sure, they were just in a cave almost drowning together, but that couldn't have been enough for her to fall in love with him or anything, right?

"Well...if you want me to, I guess it couldn't hurt..." His tone was a little suggestive and flirty.

Rapunzel raised an eyebrow at the flirty tone. He knew it didn't work on her, didn't he? She was far more impressed when he was sincere, like he had been with her in front of the campfire, or when they'd been on the boat. She put her hands on her hips, turning away and motioning towards the castle. "There's plenty of rooms, and the one right next to mine is open."

Oh yeah. She liked him quite a bit. But he still would have to stay in his own room for now. What did you think was going to happen, man?

Flynn deflated. Right...should've known that wasn't going to work. A room near her wouldn't be bad, if it was as nice as she said it was. And she didn't seem like the type to lie, so it was probably safe to assume that was true.

"Of course, that's what I meant." He was trying to cover for the blunder, though they really were rare enough that he wasn't good at doing that. ...At all.

An idea came to him, and he sidled up beside her. "You've never really seen anything like these buildings before, right?"

"Of course," she repeated, though the edges of her lips were tugging into a very, very amused sort of smile. He had really met his match when he had met Rapunzel, now hadn't he?

Removing her hands form her hips and folding her arms, she glanced around and shook her head at his question. "No, nothing. These don't even look like the buildings they had in the Kingdom. And I've never seen them in any of my books either. The architecture is amazing!" She threw one hand up towards the domes.

"And the paintings! They're beautiful."

"Well, I haven't seen anything like it either, so why don't we get me checked into that hotel, go get something to eat, and then go take a look around the city?" He put an arm around his shoulder as he talked, switching the frying pan into his other hand, and urged her forward to walk with him with a gentle push. He used the frying pan to gesture toward the hotel, and then to make a sweep of the city behind them.

"Can't know too much about a place you're stuck in, right?" It only took him a second to catch the blunder. "Unless you're stuck there too long, anyway."

She let him lead her forward, following where he gestured the frying pan. "That sounds like a great idea. I'm fairly sure you can request any room you want, so just ask for the one next to mine. It should be room 303," she said, placing her index finger against her cheek as she thought. "Yes, that's right." Pascal nodded in agreement to confirm. "Then we can decide what to eat."

Giving a small smile, Rapunzel brushed off what he had said by mistake. "Hm, you have a point. There's a lot more to take in around here than in my tower. I could never cover all these walls with paintings." It'd take her forever.

"Then it's decided! We can leave as soon as I've seen my room."

The foyer of the hotel was just as impressive as the outside was, and it was making Flynn very nervous to be around so many expensive objects that would be very easy for a guy holding a frying pan to break on accident while walking around with a girl whose hair stretched far enough that it could probably wrap around one side of the building. ...Not that paying for it would be difficult.

He left Rapunzel standing by herself to talk to the clerk at the desk and get his room, then flipped the key in the air as he walked back to her. "Shall we?"

While Flynn went to get his room key and get signed in, Rapunzel took to gathering her hair through the door. It kept getting hooked on things, but she was more than expert enough to get it loose and keep reeling it in. Eventually all the golden locks were wound up and looped several, several times around her arm so she could keep a better hold of it.

Once he was done, she looked up and nodded. "Sure. I'll show you where the stairs are." They had to round a corner to find the huge sweeping staircase up to the right floor. It didn't take long to get to the right room, but it didn't help that there was tons to look at along the way.

Finally finding the correct place, Rapunzel ushered him towards the door. "Okay, go take a look inside!"

"Actually Rapunzel, I think I'm gonna get a few winks." Flynn yawned and stretched. "It's been a really long day, and I still haven't gotten a chance to just...take it all in, you know? I'll knock on your door when I wake up."

Even though she had a slight twinge of disappointment at that, she understood completely why the man needed rest. Smiling gently and nodding in agreement, she answered, "Sure. Go get some rest. I might do the same, and we'll meet up when you're ready."

Rapunzel gave his arm a gentle squeeze, "Good night." And then she headed for her room, giving one last wave before heading inside.

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