mother knows best

[powershines]

Rapunzel doesn't sleep well, and she does wind up wrapped up in her hair overnight like a golden-cocooned butterfly. She's still dozing fitfully when the sun comes up.

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[hisowninvention]

It's a few minutes before he's recovered enough to say, "Do - do you want a hug?"

[powershines]

"Y-yeah."

[hisowninvention]

He scoots closer and hugs her. He is still sniffly and teary, but not crying as hard as before.

[powershines]

Rapunzel hugs him tight.

"Th-the one who's not dead, I could fix him."

[hisowninvention]

"You can, yeah," murmurs Rolan. "But when he wakes up he's just gonna try to kill me again. I guess we could tie him up first. If they were planning to kidnap you they probably have things to do that."

[powershines]

"Unless they were just going to tie me up in my own hair."

[hisowninvention]

"Could be. Want me to check?"

[powershines]

"Y-yeah. If you would?"

[hisowninvention]

"Okay."

A little bit more hug - he is currently of the opinion that you can never have too much hug - and then he goes and searches the brothers' belongings for things with which to tie someone up.

[alicornucopia]

They had some rope.

[hisowninvention]

"There's rope," he says. "We could tie him up and you could fix him. If you want."

[powershines]

"...why wouldn't I want to?"

[hisowninvention]

"I don't know. Some people wouldn't. Because he was trying to kidnap you. ...Do you know you can't fix them both?"

[powershines]

"I don't think I can fix the dead one. But - no, I don't know."

[hisowninvention]

"Do you want to try?"

[powershines]

"Is there enough rope for both of them?"

[hisowninvention]

"Yeah."

[powershines]

"Then - yeah. I'll do them both if you'll tie them up."

[hisowninvention]

"Okay."

He works quickly - in case whether or not she can fix dead people has to do with how recent they are, there's no reason to waste any more time than they already have. And he takes their clubs. And: "There."

[powershines]

Rapunzel puts her hair over relatively less bloody parts of the brothers.

She sings.



One of them wakes up.

[hisowninvention]

Rolan hugs her. He is... still pretty weepy.

[alicornucopia]

"What the hell?" says the one who woke up.

[powershines]

Rapunzel jerks her hair away from both men.

"Let's - let's just go," she murmurs to Rolan. "We can tell somebody where to find them later?"

[hisowninvention]

"Yeah. Let's. I'll get your crown."

He fetches his bag. It only takes a quick scramble down the little slope and back up.

[alicornucopia]

"What the hell?!" exclaims the live one, thrashing in his ropes but not making much progress.