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Magic in the Quad

Character(s): Merlin and Rapunzel
Location: The Quad
Rating: G
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed.
Summary: After talking to Rapunzel on the BBS, Merlin comes to the quad to meet her in person (and maybe, see some of her magic).

Merlin entered into the Quad, looking around to try and find the girl he'd talked to on the 'bbs'. The girl with magic, who'd had to hide in a tower because of it. The girl who it had been all to easy for Merlin to emphasize with.

Although the tricky thing was, Merlin didn't have a clue what Rapunzel actually looked like. She'd said that her magic would be obvious to anyone who saw her, but Merlin didn't know what that actually meant. He should have asked her what to look for, back when he was still at the library and reading all of the writings come up like magic on the computer.

"Rapunzel?" he called out, hoping that she was here somewhere.

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"I did see a lot! The snuggly duckling pub, Corona...." she paused, biting her lip a little. "I know I don't have to go back. I'm....still deciding, I guess. What to do." a hand running through her hair as she frowns. Leaving and not returning would upset Mother Gothel. But what Rapunzel had seen of the world was not all that bad as Gothel had painted it to be with her lies and stories and preying on Rapunzel's fears.

"...The snuggly duckling pub?" Merlin repeated, looking at Rapunzel with a bemused and incredulous expression (and possibly just a bit of repressed snigger).

"Whatever you do, it should be your choice," he said, turning more serious. "Not your mother's."

"Yes! The guys in there....looked a little scary, but they're really quite nice once you get to know them! We didn't have time to have any of their food though." Because, you know, her guide being a thief with the palace guards after him made travelling a bit crazy.

"....I know. I just...don't want to upset her." she thought back to her last meeting with Gothel. Given back the satchel, she had been both terrified of whether Eugene really would leave, and that Gothel knew she had gone, somehow.

"...You thought the people in a place called 'The Snuggly Duckling' were scary?" Merlin said, still resisting the urge to laugh. He couldn't imagine anyone scary going to a place with that name.

"If your mother cared about you, she'd want you to be happy," Merlin said, feeling guilty even as he said it. Because the more he talked to Rapunzel, the more he thought that maybe her mother didn't care at all.

"Well...they looked like ruffians! And thugs! The kind mother had warned me about. And they wanted to find a guard to hand Flynn over!" And with him as her guide, Rapunzel couldn't let that happen! But....initially at least, the men really had looked scary to Rapunzel. Even Flynn did at first.

"I didn't really mind being in the tower and all. I'm just....still deciding, not sure if I could go back after all that's happened." she was quiet, an arm across her stomach as she clutches at her other one at her side. Hadn't Gothel bought her all kinds of things to occupy herself with to make up for the loneliness? She had clothed, bathed, and fed her her whole life up till the time Rapunzel left nearing her eighteenth birthday, after all. Maybe Merlin was right. Gothel was just really worried and a bit paranoid after Rapunzel had apparently almost been kidnapped before.

"...Didn't you say that Flynn is a thief?" Merlin asked. If he was someone on the other side of the law...well, wanting to hand him over made a lot of sense, really. "Not surprising they weren't that bad though. I don't think that anyone who was truly evil could ever go to a tavern with that name."

"I never minded living in Ealdor too," Merlin added. "But I don't think I could live there again either. Not after being in Camelot."

"Yes, that's why they wanted to hand him over and get the reward money! But luckily I managed to talk to them and they helped us escape through a tunnel." Rapunzel exclaimed, proud whenever she remembers how well she had managed to handle the situation by asking about their dreams. "It was....okay. I do like ducks!"

She quieted at Merlin's added comment, still so indecisive and torn. Leaving would really break Gothel's heart, but at the same time, being outside and experiencing all of this made Rapunzel yearn for more.

"Lucky," Merlin agreed, although not knowing this Flynn at all he had no idea whether him not getting turned in was a good or a bad thing.

He had the feeling that right now, it wouldn't to any good to keep talking about Rapunzel's mother. "Thanks for showing me your magic," he said instead. "It really is amazing."

"Yeah. Without him I would have gotten really lost trying to find my way to Corona and all." Rapunzel exclaimed gratefull, relieved they had managed to get away all right.

"Oh! Yes. Yours was amazing too! I've never been able to--or seen anything like that before!"

Merlin beamed. He didn't think he could ever tire of people appreciating his magic.

"I should probably go - but I should see you around. It's not like this place is very big, is it?" Merlin said, grinning.

"It's not too big, I'm sure we'll run into each other. Oh, and depending on classes we might be studying together too." Rapunzel reassured him eagerly, just as keen to see the other again sometime.

"Right, classes," Merlin said. (He still found this whole thing odd. Things like tutoring and fancy education was what nobles had. Normal people just had apprenticeships.)

"Take care, will you?" Merlin said, getting up.

"Yup! I probably don't know too much more than you, I haven't been here too long myself and all, but if you need help, let me know!" Rapunzel exclaimed, always eager to lend a hand.

"You too. Let me know if anyone from home shows up. That way we can be extra careful!"

"Same goes to you," Merlin said, smiling. "Maybe I don't know this place very well yet, but I am useful for some things."

"I will - and I'll see you later!" Merlin said, before waving and heading off.

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