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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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[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.

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

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?

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.

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".

Ooh, ice magic! [man, she never got elsa to teach her that... hm. that gives her an idea.] Do you happen to have the cards on you right now? You don't have, you know. Pockets.

I do.

[He turns back to the bushes, and comes back with two cards in his teeth. He places them on the ground.]

I've been carrying them around with me- I don't know if there's really any point to it, but they seem important enough. Still, very cumbersome to keep up with.

[Bagheera's a little suspicious of what she's planning, but. Not suspicious enough, yet.]

Can I borrow them? Just for a little bit! After all, I might get those in the future and it's better if I know how to use them right off.

[eyes gleaming]

Mm.

[Dont trust like that.png]

If I am here to watch you, and you do not run off with them to do heaven knows what, then maybe.

[The good thing about Bagheera from the 2016 movie is that he's learned to be a little more lax and to not nag as much. You have Mowgli to thank for this helpful character development, Marnie, now don't waste it immediately.]

I'm not a thief or anything. [thats the first two options

she scoops up the cards, examining them closely... now, just what to use them on...

she whistles loudly, the sword returning to her side after its thorough destruction of the rose bush.] I need a target. Go away about... twenty paces, then stop until I say otherwise. [the sword follows her directions promptly.]

That way I don't kill anymore of Rod's dumb flowers. [she grins and picks out ice blast, pressing it to the band. the force of it knocks her back a little, but she keeps her balance. the icy blast shoots forth and hits the sword, freezing it solid and sending it crashing to the ground. is it okay. probably not.]

I have gotten way better at aiming stuff!

[ The sword is dead.

Really, Bagheera's just glad she didn't turn the blast on him.]

Good shot. [He sounds genuinely approving! Though he's still a little cautious, especially since he's now, you know. Given potentially dangerous weaponry to a young child- and a human child at that. Bagheera doesn't always make smart decisions.]

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

I see you're enjoying yourself as well.

[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?

[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?

[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?

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.]

[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.

[looks. somewhat dubious.]

Okay. Shoot.

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...]

[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.

I like ice powers. They're not fire. [duh

she claps her hands and whistles again.] C'mere, boy! [the sword violently shakes the ice off of itself and flies back to her side.]

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]

Well, yes, clearly. Though as a human, I'm sure you know how to wield "fire" quite well. [He's still getting used to calling it that, instead of "red flower."]

How long do you think you'll remain out here practicing?

I don't really like fire all that much, actually.

[shrugs] I mean, if I want to get really good, I should practice a lot every day...

... Or, I could go get french fries.

Fair- I'm far from being a fan of fire, myself.

You should practice. Especially since I will be taking my cards back after this, thank you.

... What are french fries?

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