driftfleet | first dream ☼ video + action. { another op'nin, another show }

Who: Rapunzel and YOU!
Broadcast: Everybody! Everybody!
Action: SS Marsiva
When: Wednesday evening

[ video broadcast/action option ]

[ rapunzel wakes up slowly, like rising from a pleasant mid-afternoon nap that caught her by surprise. but as always, her thoughts quickly catch up with her, and all too quickly it becomes clear that something is very, very wrong. she isn't napping in her bed in her tower - she had left to go see the lanterns! if anything, she should be lying in soft grass - oh, grass, she loved the feeling of grass and this certainly wasn't it. that hadn't all been a dream hadn't? no, no, it couldn't be. it was too wonderful to be a dream!

then her eyes snap open, and a sinking sense of dread chills her to the bone. oh no, this wasn't right. this wasn't right at all.

rapunzel bolts up right, positively leaping off of the cot she's found herself in. her long, golden hair trails behind her as she breaks into a run, away from the cots and through multiple rooms. where was she? what had happened? where were eugene and pascal? maximus? where was she? ]

Eugene! EUGENE! Hello? Anybody? Oh no, oh no, please...

[ then she ends up in the large view bay, in front of a massive window that reveals her location. or at least, what surrounds her location.

she was in the stars. ]

That's - this isn't possible! I'm just dreaming! This isn't -

[ she looks out the window again, eyes wide and unblinking, stepping closer to the glass - only to trip over her own hair. startled, she yelps and folds to the ground, gathering her hair around herself like a protective cocoon. she just keeps staring out the window, her features a mix of fear, confusion, and wonderment. ]

[ yet later video ]

[ after learning a few things about this place - including that it was not, in fact, a dream - rapunzel rallies herself to address the screen that would apparently help her find out if any of her friends were here. she'd never seen anything like this in her life before, but somehow, she knows how to use it. she was glad for that.

however, that doesn't help her know what to say once the broadcast begins. so she clears her throat. once, twice. then coughs, threading her hands through a strand of hair. no, that wouldn't do! you can do this, she tells herself. she straightens her shoulders and faces the screen head-on. ]

HELLO! [ oh dear, that was kind of loud. ] Ahem - sorry. Um...hi. I'm wondering - you see, I was on my way to see these lanterns, and I think there might have been some kind of mistake. I should be at at the castle town right about now, but instead, I'm in the stars...wow, I can't believe I'm in the stars! UM - I'm looking for someone named Eug - Flynn. Flynn Rider. Please, if you've seen him...

[ then, her hand flutters to her mouth. ] Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry! What was I thinking? My name is Rapunzel. It's a pleasure to meet you. Please let me know if you've seen him. Oooor if anyone's even hearing this. Okay. Um...thank you. Bye.

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[ don't mind her, just...getting really close to the screen and pressing her fingers against the glass. why, it's flat! a person was in there, but it was flat! ]

U-um - of course! My name is Rapunzel. It's nice to meet you! [ and it certainly is, but this is all very bizarre and she looks VERY dismayed. ] Do you...are you - I mean - how'd you get in there?

[He can't deny that her reaction is amusing. Cullen tries to cover his chuckle with a small cough.]

I'm on another ship, not in the... device. I suppose the easiest way is to imagine these as mirrors, save that instead of seeing yourself, you can see others. And they can see you.

[ in spite of what he says, she glances down at herself just to make sure she hasn't transformed into a man. magic she can get. all this other stuff? it's alllll very new, alarming and interesting. ]

So it's like a mirror...into a different place? That's...that's AMAZING! You said you're sailing on a ship?

Err--the vessels in space here, they're called ships. You're likely on the Marsiva. That's where new people stay until they're put onto other ships in the fleet.

[ she tries to picture it in her head - a group of ships, floating in stars instead of water. how did that work? ]

But there's no water! And no sails! [ that she could see, anyway. she didn't know much about sailing but she at least knew you needed water and sails! ]

That's right. It's... very different. I'm not too well versed on how it all works.

You aren't? Pardon me, but then...who's sailing these star-ships?

My expertise is security. The ships do have their captains, but they're on a set course.

Ah! Sooo you make sure things are secure!

[ ooor that's what one assumes, anyway. ]

The people and the ships, yes. You're right.

I see! [ ssssort of. not really. only on the basic level. ] But...why? I mean - what is all of this? Why am I here?

... entertainment, unfortunately.

[ entertainment... ]

You mean, we're here to sound fun? [ what was unfortunate about that?? FUN IS GREAT. ]

[He almost winces.]

Not quite. People... are watching us. Our every day lives.

Watching us? Watching us, how?

I'm not exactly sure. But they can see what we do, and... we get rewarded for it.

Rewarded? You mean, we get presents?

Monetary rewards.

Oh! You mean, like gold! [ this is something she has...very little experience in. ] But then, what do we do with the rewards?