( t e x t ; open to both courts)

[sundroplet]

how many people does it take to braid hair?

assuming there is a lot of it?

think before you answer this is REALLY important!

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[sundroplet]

A yarn ball.

and perhaps a bit more.

[ LOOK IT'S ERIK'S STUPID METAPHOR NOW SHE THINKS IT'S A LEGIT TOOL TO MEASURE HAIR. ]

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[scinlae]

[ ....... that is not a correct way to measure hair. ]

I take it you mean the length of a yarn ball.

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[sundroplet]

sort...of?

it's never actually really ever been measured before.

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[scinlae]

[ okay, there is literally only one reason (that morgana can think of) to why someone would have THAT MUCH HAIR. so she's just going to come right out and ask it. ]

Is your hair magic?

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[sundroplet]

is yours?

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[scinlae]

[ girl don't play this game with her. ]

You are in a land where magic is celebrated and not condemned, if it is there is no reason to fear persecution.

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[sundroplet]

[ .... ]

you do have magic!!! otherwise you wouldn't have said that!

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[scinlae]

I never said I didn't.

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[sundroplet]

real magic!

ha!

what sort of magic? did you always have it? were you afraid of people taking it away? what's your name?

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[scinlae]

[ uh-uh, you are not turning this around to be about her. ]

Aren't we supposed to be talking about your hair?

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[sundroplet]

but you have magic!

real magic!

I've never met anyone with magic before.

well I've never really been with people before. ever. but!

your name? I'll tell you mine. I'm Rapunzel! ha!

Now you.

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[scinlae]

[ face. in. hands. she regrets many things right now, most of all indulging her curiosity. ]

Gwen, my name is Gwen.

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[sundroplet]

Gwen.

That's a pretty name. It's very nice to meet you.

It's not really magic. I mean, not in the traditional sense.

It's hard to explain but you said before I don't need to be afraid.

Is it true? someone can try and cut it off and take it to themselves. it sorta happened once before.

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[scinlae]

[ gwen. she regrets the name as soon as she writes it, but what else was she to say? anything to get the subject off herself. ]

It is. Why would anyone try to cut off your hair?

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[sundroplet]

They tried it before.

It's hard to explain. You -- REALLY sort of have to see it.

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[scinlae]

Then show me.

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[sundroplet]

ok but.

it has to stay a SECRET. ok? it's really really important.

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[scinlae]

I swear it will remain a secret.

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[sundroplet]

[ she takes a deep breath and switches to video option. so here you go morgana, a girl with green eyes and freckles and a pink dress and what seems to be a roomful of hair with no end in sight. ]

-- See what I mean when I say long?

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[scinlae]

[ that... yeah, that is a lot of hair. it takes her by surprise, stunning her into momentary silence. ]

Yes, I do.

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[sundroplet]

But that's -- not really the secret. People tried to take it which is why Mother and I never left the tower. ever. to protect me and my secret.

[ she bites her lip ]

it's sort of magic.

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[scinlae]

[ rapunzel please. ]

Something cannot be 'sort of' magic. [ silly girl. morgana tilts her head. ]

How is it magic?

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[sundroplet]

It's um.

[ she takes a deep breath that's more like a long suffering sigh. ]

ok. but you promised.

[ she had cut her arm the last time she tried to climb down the window. it is no longer bleeding but still evident. she clears her throat and carefully wraps the ends of her hair around the cut.

and then she sings.

as she sings (flower gleam and glow, let your power shine -heal what has been hurt, change the fate's design - ). it would only stop glowing wen the song will come to an end (save what has been lost, bring back what once was mine ).

when she slips the hair from her arm, there is not even a scar to the cut which once was there. ]

--- see?

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[scinlae]

[ her surprise returns briefly before she settles for something more neutral. that she did not expect, though it answers the most glaring of questions. many would covet her hair if they knew of her power, they would hunt her down like a dog to stake their claim on it. ]

Yes, I do. [ no wonder she wants to hide. morgana cants her head to the right. ]

It is quite beautiful.

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[sundroplet]

It is!

[ she brightens for a moment before sighing again ]

but people have tried to take it for their own use. The only trouble is if you cut it -

[ she moves her hair to show a single shorter strand colored chocolate brown ]

It loses its powers. That's why I must keep it safe, you know?