re: wonderland event at paradisa

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Okay, even though nothing makes sense, it's kind of fun being the Mad Hatter. Actually, I think it's kind of fun because nothing makes sense.

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[ftssusstgsetfwe]

You'd do that? Really?

[wintershepherd]

[ He seems surprised that she's surprised by the offer. ]

Of course! Wouldn't anyone?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

I don't know. I mean, I don't know many people, but getting Eugene to help me wasn't very easy.

[wintershepherd]

Then I'll help enough for two people, or more if that's what it takes. No one should ever feel like they can't reach their dreams.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

That's so sweet...

Well, if you're really sure, it's... These lanterns, that float in the sky each year on my birthday. I need to see them.

[wintershepherd]

That sounds pretty straightforward...

[ Drop the other shoe on him, Rapunzel. ]

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

It would be!

Except... I've never left my home before.

[wintershepherd]

Ever?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Well, I left with Eugene, on the day before my eighteenth birthday, but then my mun took me to the castle.

Before that, though? I had never left the tower.

[wintershepherd]

Well that's... limiting...

[ He can't really think of how else to describe it, but he seems to recover a moment later. ]

But, no time like the present. So, lights in the sky, shouldn't be too hard to find.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

I guess it is.

[She gives an awkward little shrug... But once he's back on track, she smiles.]

We're really going to find them?

[wintershepherd]

Of course! I'd never break my word.

How far away are these lights?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Oh, I feel the same way about my promises!

From here? It's hard to say, exactly. I mean, I've only seen them from my tower, anyway...

[wintershepherd]

Then we'll pack and make a trip of it!

Well, I'll help you pack, I don't really have anything to bring.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Wow, this is starting to sound really exciting! And we can just go! I don't have anything to bring, either-- Oh! Except Pascal, of course!

[wintershepherd]

Pascal? I'm assuming that's not a type of suitcase.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

No, he's my best friend!

[And a lizard, but hey, small detail.]

[wintershepherd]

[ Jack brightens ]

Then he definitely has to come! What good is seeing your dream if your friends aren't there to share it with you?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Exactly! And really, he'll be so happy to get out of the tower.

[wintershepherd]

Then we're ready to go whenever you are, unless you need to tell anyone that you're going.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Well... Honestly? My mother doesn't know I'm going. She's away for a few days, and... She won't let me leave.

[wintershepherd]

[ Rapunzel, wat are you getting him into. ]

Well... normally that's not the way I'd suggest doing things, but I think I can trust that you've given this a lot of thought.

You should still leave a note though, even if you don't tell her where you're going. She'll probably worry otherwise.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

No, she... She shouldn't know about it. We'll be back before she is, anyway, and I just... I need to do this. It feels like those lanterns... They're part of who I am.

If my mother found out I'd left, though, it would break her heart.

[wintershepherd]

Well... if you're sure.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Absolutely!