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He's been living in a pure illusion, you guys.

Player Name: Emily
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Character Name: Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
Character Fandom: Tangled

[Flynn Rider, the dashing, debonair gentleman thief, the criminal with the heart of gold who always gets the girl, has a couple of problems:

First, he's dead. He died in the best way possible, though, which makes his wounded pride feel a bit better about the whole affair. Even with a knife in his side, he'd still managed to defeat the evil witch and save Rapunzel before expiring heroically in her arms. Flynnigan Rider himself couldn't have done it better if he'd tried.

Second, he has wings. Eugene can't help stealing a look behind him. They're tiny little things, utterly useless, but considering that he only has two ideas of what heaven is like and one of them involves fat, naked babies with harps, it makes a weird kind of sense.

Third, it's raining. And kind of cold.]

Voice: So...do we get shirts in heaven or is that not a thing here?

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[ Oh, now that is a voice that she hasn't heard in a very, very long time.

She sounds uncertain, because she doesn't want to be disappointed, but: ] ...Eugene? Is that you?

...Rapunzel?

[Wait. If he's dead and this is heaven...oh no.]

Rapunzel, are you okay?

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[ It was him. It was him, and he knew who she was and everything -

She practically falls out of her chair. ]

EUGENE! Yes - yes! I'm fine! More than fine - where are you? I-I can come find you!

[ ... ]

And bring you... a shirt?

[For right now, just the sound of her voice (even if it's coming from a book but he's starting to compartmentalize the weirdness into small, manageable chunks) is comfort enough. He'll confront the whole "dead" thing later, after she finds him and he sees for himself that she really is all right.]

Well, it's...wet. And there are trees. And is the wing thing new? Because I've got to say, it's not my best look.

...A shirt would be great. Thank you.

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[ THAT IS

...not terribly descriptive. Luceti has many trees. Well, she's heading out the door with journal in hand, anyway, en route to the clothing shop first. She doesn't exactly have anything on hand that would fit him.

And yes, she is still barefoot. ]

Oh - what color are yours? The wings, I mean! [ THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. ]

Blue. Uh, why?

[The exact blue of his jerkin, as a matter of fact. That hasn't quite dawned on him yet, but it will when he's not sitting in an unfamiliar forest, half naked and soaking wet and waiting for the girl of his (new) dreams to come rescue him. Totally suave master of the criminal underworld right here, folks.]

So...taking a leap here, but I'm guessing we're not in the Kingdom anymore.

Blue! [ Blue. That sounds perfect for him. ] That's wonderful!

[ Aaand she's now skipping to the shop. ]

That's right. This is a place called Luceti.

How so? They're wings. Do you have wings?

[He can tell you're skipping, Blondie, because of they way your voice bounces. It makes him smile.]

And we're here because...

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I do! They're light blue!

[ Isn't that just great? ]

We're here because we're kidnapped! [ Oookay, that sounded way too cheery. ] Um...but it's not all that bad, really! Do you see buildings anywhere nearby?

You seem a little too happy about that, Blondie.

A few. Looks like a bunch of houses up ahead.

[It's raining even harder now, but at least he can't get any wetter than he already is. He can dimly make out what looks like a village and makes his way towards that.]

Good! Good. Excellent. Head that way. Hopefully I'll meet you halfway.

[He almost doesn't recognize her without the hair; he'd only gotten a couple of minutes to get used to it being short and brown before lights out. But here she is. His new dream.]

Rapunzel!

[He runs up to her and twirls her around. There had been something he'd wanted to say, before he died, but hadn't been able to.

So he'll say it now.]

Have I ever told you I have a thing for brunettes?

[ Her stomach does a flip when she sees him and he lifts her up in the air. Gosh, it's been so long since she's seen him, and now that he's here...

Well, there would be a lot to figure out later. But for now, she hugs him around his shoulders. ]

You do? [ Her heart races a little. ] Eugene...it's so good to see you.

Oh yeah. Definitely got a thing for the brown hair. Not that I didn't like you as a blonde or anything, but it's a good look.

[He runs his fingers through her now much-shorter hair for emphasis.]

It was you, right? You brought me back?

[ She grins, blushing slightly - before her look gives way to one of confusion. ]

Brought you back? What do you mean?

[ To Luceti? He had been here before, but not since she had been. But he hadn't seemed to remember this place. ]

To...

[He trails off. He's not quite ready to come to terms with what happened. He waves vaguely at his still-shirtless side, where the wound had been.]

I mean, you healed me, right?

[ She seems to realize then that oh, right, no shirt and she holds out the shirt she brought for him, blinking in slight embarrassment, even as her confusion persisted. ]

No, I...I never...

[ Then a terrible realization dawned on her. What if they weren't from the same point in time? She knew that happened around here, even if it had never happened to her. ]

Can't say I'd be impressed with any version of heaven that involves this much rain.

[Fortunately, Zelos is standing with an umbrella. Because cool guys have umbrellas and Zelos is extremely cool. Unlike Flynn, who is wet and shirtless.]

You...might have a point.

Wanna help a guy out or are you just going to stand there?

Sorry, but I usually don't waste my time with guys. [But he gives an exaggerated sigh.] Still. Looks like I don't have much of a choice.

[Charming. ~~And Eugene's also a little bit annoyed because he sees a bit of Flynn Rider in the obnoxious stranger he will now call Red. That's supposed to be his schitck!~~]

Well, just as long as I'm not inconveniencing you or anything...

[He shrugs.]

Well, it will make me late to see my favorite hunnies. But that's the price you pay for being such a nice guy.

[He'll just offer a hand up. Or an umbrella. Or whatever it is that will make Flynn feel like he's been appropriately rescued from the rain.]

You're a paragon of humanity, my friend. [Eugene doesn't actually roll his eyes even though he really wants to, but the sarcasm is there.]

[He'll share the umbrella, but that's really about it. He'll head to the village, at least. Casually. Fabulously. He knows Flynn is probably trying not to roll his eyes and he can appreciate that. Most of his friends don't bother to suppress that urge.]

I can't deny that. I am the great Zelos Wilder, after all.

[Yes, his name is that cool. And he didn't even have to make it up.]

[An eloquent eyebrow is raised.]

Great at what?

[He offers Zelos a hand anyway.]

Flynn Rider. The Flynn Rider. I know, I know, the wanted posters don't do me any justice. They just can't seem to get my nose right.

[He looks at the nose and can't imagine why it needs any special details. So he shrugs.]

Many things, my shirtless bud. But it sounds like you're wanted by the wrong kind of people. I'm great because I'm wanted my every woman in two worlds.

[Eugene whistles, fake impressed. He isn't even subtle about the eye-rolling this time.]

Two worlds, huh?

I'm not too bad with the ladies myself. The thief gig really helps. The girls love a bad boy.

[Zelos just fixes Flynn with a look as it to say do you really believe that while also simultaneously touching the hilt of his sword as if to say if you try to rob me I might have to kill you.]

[Both messages come loud and through. Eugene shoots him a look that says seriously, you think I'd do that? and starts to walk off in the same direction as Zelos.]

[Zelos frowns, then shoots back a look that is meant to say I'm a crooked man that has had assassins after him his entire laugh, I expect anything but instead says absolutely nothing at all, because his eyes are not nearly so talkative. So he just speaks up instead.]

Women dig the thief thing, huh? Maybe I should try that for myself. Does it matter what kind of things you steal?

Large ticket items, mostly. Gold, silver, jewels...and nothing violent. Stick to petty larceny and grand theft only; no assaults or murders.

Not bad, not bad. Things like that do have a way of impressing the ladies. Sometimes I show them around my mansion just for that reason.

Don't you know? Heaven comes with the flowing gowns! But... I mean, this isn't it!

[Dryly.] Y'don't say.

I'm just saying! This isn't really the kind of thing you should joke about. You're just in another dimension.

Since I have no idea what that even means, I'm sticking with the heaven theory.

Then you're sticking with a wrong theory! Wronger, wronger... Pants on fire?

...Uh.

[Sorry, Kurt, he's not even going to dignify that one with a response.]

...Never mind! If you're so dead, try giving yourself a pinch! It shouldn't hurt.

[He's is so sure he's dead, though. Knife in the side tends to do that. But then, karmicly, he steps on a particularly sharp rock and swears under his breath.]

Okay, fine. Maybe you're right.

So how does it feel to be alive, man?

A whole lot better than being stabbed in the side by your girlfriend's psychotic mother.

This isn't paradise, I'm afraid. It is a land known as Luceti.

Right. I'm beginning to put that together, thanks.

That still doesn't explain the wings, though. And where does a guy go to get some food around here, anyway?

You are quite welcome. I am relatively new here myself. The wings have been added by the rulers of this place. Within the village there are a variety of places to get food, if you know someone here they can also help with that.

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