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[faciliheir]

Who: Freddie OR Marnie
What: Doing Stuff
Where: Various Locales
When: Wednesday

A. BIBBIDI BOBBIDI BOUTIQUE

[forget the murder game. forget the traumatic deaths. being forced to return to retail is easily the worst thing that has happened to her this year.

to her slightest credit, she manages to give two whole clients their proper princess-y looks. after that, the makeup starts to look a little... darker. was a smoky eye and purple lip gloss even an available option? why does this small Cinderella have what definitely appears to be sugar skull makeup?

she's also decided to make herself more at home and put up a sign at the entrance, reading STORE HOURS: WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT. and considering she is visibly right inside the shop playing concentration with a pack of cards she got from who fucking knows, she does not feel like it. this is probably for the best.]

B. ARIEL'S GROTTO

[sometime after that, Freddie is... sitting on the fence at the entrance to the grotto, still in her uniform, seeming to carefully watch each and every person that's entering. kids? pass. families? pass. elderly? pass. a single person roughly of the age from late teens to early 20s? well...]

Sorry, show's closed. Further notice. [and with her most charming smile she politely but incessantly leads the offending person way before returning to her perch to start again.]

C. PARK

[obviously Marnie's first priority, upon being given even the slightest bit of magical power, is to test it all out! it's what all the responsible adults would want, right, for her to practice? and also it sounds really cool and she misses having a sword in general? mom wouldn't let grandma make her sword.

she presses the first card against the magicband-- a sword suddenly appears out of thin air and lands on the ground. she presses the second card, and slowly the sword raises up and comes to life, hovering in front of her as it awaits her command.]

Okay, now... Go attack those rose bushes!

[the sword zooms away on its mission-- so you, uh. probably should get out of its way-- and she cheerfully follows it.]

D. ICE CREAM SPEAKEASY

[later on, to celebrate her return to life as a feral child an Unaccompanied Minor, she has decided that dinner today will be dessert. specifically, a massive ice cream sundae and a Neapolitan trio of milkshakes. it's like dogs without horses out here folks.]

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[marryapanther]

[The sword lands true, impaling the rose bush effortlessly. And a loud, startled yowl rings out. Bagheera is dead nah, don't worry. He just happened to be napping near that bush, and he wasn't really expecting a sharp point-y thing to skewer the flowers a few feet from his face. He slinks out from behind the bushes, a thoroughly unimpressed look on his face.] Watch where you stab, child.

[hallotween]

Whoops! [which is. certainly not an apology at all.] Why are you sleeping in the bushes? We all have apartments.

[marryapanther]

I'm afraid they're too claustrophobic for me. I prefer to remain outside in my element, thank you. [Bagheera is... definitely taking note of that non-apology and is barely restraining himself from Nagging Adult Figure Mode.] What on earth are you doing that requires you to fling that thing around?

[hallotween]

Oh, right, 'cause you're a... [thinks...] ... panther? Yeah, definitely panther.

[she wonders if everyone's gonna get on his case for not wearing pants, or if that's just reserved for the two-legged talking animals.]

Magic! If these cards are gonna be the only magic I can do, I want to be an expert at them.

[marryapanther]

Panther, yes. Leopard is also an accurate term for me. [So far no one's gotten mad about the pants yet , though a few ppl's bracket text's have mentioned he's naked. To which I say, die] I suppose that's... valiant, in a way. [This whole magic thing is a little confusing, but Bagheera's already decided that it must be some human creation, like street lamps. That sort of justification has made it much easier to swallow.] So far all I've managed to do is freeze a... I think it was called a "Trash can".

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[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[Eclipsa is just stacking scoop after scoop of chocolate onto her cone, she is living.]

I see you're enjoying yourself as well.

[hallotween]

I forgot how awesome not having rules is! Being your own person is definitely more fun than having to do what others tell you. [and none of her responsible adult figures made the transition so]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Rules, I've found, tend to be.... a damper on things.

Like, a really big damper.

[hallotween]

Exactly! [man, this lady has the best takes...]

... Are you a bad guy? [not said with any sort of accusing tone, just sort of curiously.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

...Well, that really depends on how you look at it. People have certainly called me evil, yes.

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[notasingleword]

[Ariel is relieved when it's time for a break; who knew so many people would want to meet her? This job wasn't quite what she thought it was going to be, but she does enjoy it even if wearing a tail feels odd.

She changes into something more practical before heading out of the Grotto and is surprised to see her finacée.]

Oh hi Freddie! What're you doing here?

[faciliheir]

Nothing much! [LEAPS CASUALLY OFF THE FENCE] You wanna go get lunch or something on your break?

["your" break. because she's just skipping work.]

[notasingleword]

[Yeah she's not gonna question it cause she's too happy to see her gf.]

I'd love to! Ooo let's get burgers!

[Ariel takes her hand and leads the way. She's been eating burgers almost every day since she arrived here. They're just so good?? Plus eating seafood feels weird to her, so she's been sticking to other things.]

[faciliheir]

Sure! [and she just allows herself to be dragged along.]

So, how's the job going? Nobody's giving you a hard time or anything, right?

[notasingleword]

Oh no not at all! It's been a lot of fun actually! I'm surprised so many people want to meet me.

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[greatwidesomewhere]

[On her off-hours from the book store, Belle makes it her immediate mission to explore every inch of the city she can. Which includes, of course, poking her head into every shop at least once.

The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique catches her attention in particular, mainly because she spies a little girl coming out of it with some...rather interesting face paint. She absolutely has to get to the bottom of that. When she sees the girl inside, working on another 'princess' with a bored look on her face, she cocks her head to the side.]

Are these girls going to some sort of...masquerade ball?

[faciliheir]

[without looking up] A ball? Nah, it's more like...

[and then she does look up.

and it was. weird. being locked up with pre-happy ending King Beast for those few weeks. but he had also never spoken more than five words to her, so she'd been able to put it off and never deal with it.]

Uh, like... Do they paint children's faces for festivals where you're from? It's kinda like that.

[greatwidesomewhere]

[Belle cocks her head this way and that.]

I'm certain they do, but not in a village as small as mine...At any rate, you seem to be very good at it.

[faciliheir]

Please, makeup here is super easy. You don't even need to make your own brushes or anything.

[just sorta. taps the child on the head to dismiss her.] Go get 'em, tiger.

[greatwidesomewhere]

I...I wouldn't know.

[She watches the girl flounce off with a face full of paint.]

I've never worn any. Maquillage isn't something a poor farm girl has much use for.

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[lusito]

[Hey, here's... a customer...?]

Excuse me: I was wanting to get your expert opinion on something, if you'd care to indulge me for a moment?

[faciliheir]

[looks. somewhat dubious.]

Okay. Shoot.

[lusito]

What kind of makeup would you recommend for someone who might want to wear an outfit like this?

[The outfit in question is a very rough sketch of something like this...]

[faciliheir]

[shrugs] I'm not really much of a fashionista or anything; you'd wanna hit up Evie for something like that. I can put together a nice outfit, but that's basically it.

[lusito]

Hmm, I see... I need to find a seamstress that can make this for me, but I was curious to see what someone might think of accessories or make-up that would look good too.