Week 4

[pleasureislanders]

[Well that was a fun trial, wasn't it? An innocent man got brutally killed by everyone, and while you found out more about the person responsible of all this all it really amounts to is "The Genie is insistent that you don't want to meet him".

And yet you took this warning from a powerful being to go "yeah we can take them!". Y'all oughta be ashamed of yourselves.

On the bright side though, when you wake up you will find out that more of the island has opened up! It's not much but at least you can wash your clothes.

... There is a nonzero chance that the Genie quickly built that as an apology for all that blood. Whoops.]

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[prodigalhairess]

Corn? Oooh, I've never tried that before. Sounds good.

[She's in the middle of chopping up a huge head of lettuce, and there's a few large carrots next to her, so some extra corn doesn't seem like it'll clash too much...]

I can check to see if we have a few ears in the... fridge. Right? [Electric boxes! Still pretty new to her.] Think you can help chop up some of this while I go searching?

[As she says this, the smile on her face falters, ever so slightly. In her head, as clear as if the woman was standing right behind her, she hears the sarcastic drawl of Gothel calling out to her. Really, you silly girl, asking such a tiny thing to help you? How ridiculous!

... Yeah, those voices still aren't leaving her alone.]

[bottlerockets]

[It's fine, Chicken Little is also having a disapproving parent in his ear telling him that he shouldn't be getting involved in the kitchen, because what if he messes it up somehow? What if he somehow sets fire to the salad or some other chaotic reaction as most things go in his life.

But, he manages to ignore it and go--]

Yeah, I can--I can do that.

[It's just chopping vegetables. What's the worst that could happen?]

[prodigalhairess]

[The very worst kind of parent. Rapunzel's gotten pretty good at not considering Gothel her mother - Arianna has been so wonderful that there's no way she sees anyone other than her as her mom now - but... her words still sting. The things she's taught Rapunzel are still being unlearned.]

Great! Oh- wait, hold on. [She sets the knife she'd been using aside, reaching towards the block instead to grab a much smaller knife. The sort used for paring, probably, but it'll fit much better in his hands than the larger knife she'd been using.] Here. Think that'll help a bit better, Ace?

[See! She remembered his real name!]

[bottlerockets]

Oh! Thanks, that helps a lot!

[He actually smiles at that for a moment...

Do you remember the last time someone other than me called you that, son?

... and then he awkwardly coughs to hide the frown that springs to his face.]

Right, so... I'll do my best.

[prodigalhairess]

[Ah, that pause....]

... Is everything okay?

[She doesn't really need to ask. Everyone's been suffering today, after all. But she doesn't want to make Ace talk, so she'll give him a chance to back out.]

[bottlerockets]

Y--yeah, I'm okay, it's just... you know...

[He makes a hand gesture up toward his head here, referencing the voices we are now hearing.]

[prodigalhairess]

[Yeeeeah....]

Do you wanna talk about it? I don't mind, you know.

[bottlerockets]

[There's a long pause, and then...]

I keep hearing what sounds like my dad talking to me. Saying stuff that... I kind of already thought about myself or expect him to say about me anyway, but... it's more distracting than it usually is. At least before it was quieter.

[prodigalhairess]

... Oh.

[Oh no... this poor kid.]

Your dad... really says the kind of stuff we're hearing? Why?

[bottlerockets]

Because... because he's disappointed in me. Because I'm always causing some kind of trouble that makes him look bad.

[Chicken Little has begun chopping the vegetables in front of him while still speaking. He's been bottling these feelings for a long time, but it's easy to say it when its anyone other than the one person he should be talking to about how much they are hurting him with this.]

... And he doesn't even have to say it, I can just tell he thinks that by looking at him. Like... like he's embarrassed to be seen with me. S-s-so he's always telling me that I should just lay low and keep my head down and not stand out... because everyone in town was saying that I was crazy and he doesn't want me doing anything else to make them mad.

[prodigalhairess]

... But you're a kid. It's okay to mess things up sometimes. You're not making trouble for anyone.

[This is.... hm. This doesn't even feel like what she went through with Gothel, and that really freaks Rapunzel out. She knows there are terrible parents out there, parents who will use their children or toss them aside or try and sweet-talk them into being compliant and meek, but this...]

Why didn't he try to help you? Or stick up for you?

[bottlerockets]

I... I don't know. I think... he just didn't believe me about what happened that caused everyone in town to start hating me or making fun of me.

[Has Rapunzel read the bios here by any chance?]