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[gleamed]

Who: Rapunzel & YOU
Broadcast: Video
Action: Y for Three Twins
When: Thursday, October 8

[ VIDEO ]

[ rapunzel appears on the video feed looking very DETERMINED. she has that look in her eye, that there is work to be done, and she is going to make sure it happens! she means business.

business pertaining to only the most serious and essential of matters, of course. ]

Good afternoon, everyone! If I may have your attention please. Do you have a musical talent that you have been YEARNING to stretch for months? Or maybe you are itching to learn how to play or sing and express yourself through the undeniable power of song!

[ she emphasizes this with a dramatic flourish of her arms. ] So! I was wondering if anyone out there in the fleet would be interested in joining a musical group with me and Steven! You don't have to have an instrument. You don't even need to know how to play! You just need a desire to create a song from the heart. We could even use spare parts from our ships to make new instruments! Doesn't that sound fun?

[ it sounds fun. you know it does. ]

Aside from that...I've also been wondering about starting a garden. I know it probably sounds silly, because - space! But I've always wanted to start one, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to see if anyone had any ideas.

Thank you, and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

[ yes, even you! rapunzel waves cheerily at the camera before the feed ends. ]

[ ACTION ]

[ for those aboard the s.s. three twins, or those visiting, rapunzel can be found in the kitchen, singing while she cooks. she's feeling particularly adventurous today, trying out new and unusual combinations of pastes and dried food and other strange spices she picked up on the moon.

taste-testing guinea pigs welcome! ]

Comments

( video )

[mucked]

A garden? [ hmm. ] Would that truly work, you think?

[ she's curious. ]

( video )

[gleamed]

I'm nooooot sure myself, but someone suggested using a lamp that could simulate sunlight. If there IS such a thing. Then we'd just need soil and water...

[ not exactly the most plentiful resources in space, no. ]

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[reconstitution]

[ Oh, Rapunzel. You sweet darling. ]

I think someone on another ship has started a collection of plants.

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[gleamed]

Then they might have some idea how to cultivate them! Do you know who it is?

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[ino]

[ Peering over your shoulder, Rapunzel!! Sorry if she startles you, but that smell is weird and not something she recognizes ... ]

What are you making?

action;

[gleamed]

[ oh! rapunzel does start, but smiles at ino in the same breath. ]

I'm not exactly sure, actually! I'm trying some new combinations to spice things up a bit. Literally!

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[dancingmd]

[Well! Plants and music! Beverly's kind of girl!]

Hello! We haven't met yet, but I'm Dr. Crusher, on the Blue Fish. Ino and I were actually planning to start a community garden on the Iskaulit, if you wanted to take part! Not that you can't start your own garden, of course, the more plants the better, I'd say. Either way, I would be happy to help you get started.

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[gleamed]

Oh, truly? That's fantastic! I'd love to be a part of that. [ she doesn't have to lay all the groundwork, and she gets to work with other people! it's a win-win situation. ]

I haven't collected much in the way of plants, yet, but now I'll be sure to!

audio;

[feathery]

Are you guys gonna actually perform. Or is this like a learning exercise.

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[gleamed]

Oh nooo, we'll definitely perform! Half the fun comes from sharing your music with others!

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[pain_train]

I want to try! I love singing. [Alarm bells should be going off just about now.] I know all the different cadences from the Proles Army. Um. And a bunch of drinking songs!

Oh, and if you like plants... you should talk to Vision. He grows seaweed.

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[gleamed]

Wonderful! I would love to have you join us! Can you tell me more about the cadences? And the drinking songs?

[ they need a library of music to work with, after all! and she assumes drinking songs are just songs about drinking, like, water... ]

Seaweed! Wonderful. [ she has no idea what that is, but she wants it, so. ] I'll be sure to seek him out.

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

[Repunzel didn't need to ask for a taste tester. Vash sat himself right away in the kitchen when she started cooking.] That's a nice tune. A song from home?

[Action]

[gleamed]

[ she is currently trying to thicken up the paste to see if she can make it...less pasty and a little more like solid food. it's certainly a trial-an-error situation. ]

Something like that! It's actually a song I made up for when I was doing my chores back home to make the time pass quicker. Do you like to sing, Vash?

[video]

[pirasea]

I may stop by if you do.

I would certainly enjoy seeing a sweet thing like you stretch your talents.

[video]

[gleamed]

[ aw, what a kind thing to say! ]

That's so thoughtful of you! I'll be sure to let everyone know when we are ready to perform.

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[cpt_ressentiment]

I can play the guitar! ... Well, I mean, I had one back home. And I played a little bit, just kinda taught myself. I was gonna try to get better at it, but I seriously didn't have any time. You know? Heh, guess I've got plenty of time now, huh?

[ He cracks a half-hearted grin. ]

I seriously doubt I could make a guitar, though. Think there's one somewhere in the fleet? Or, uh, on some planet out here?

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[gleamed]

I play the guitar, too! [ though she know is in a similar bind - the desire to play, but no instrument to play with! and they weren't exactly easy to make... ]

Or maybe if our group got enough fans, we might get a musical sponsor who will send us a HUNDRED guitars!

[ one hundred sounds like a satisfactory number of guitars, yes. ]

[ audio ]

[electrostatics]

I can play the guitar. I prefer electric, though.

[ Going through responses.. ]

Looks like you're having trouble with the supply. If your band wants guitars, though, they might be in luck. [ He never forgets a schematic. ] But...it's not going to be easy. [ Or cheap. ]

[ audio ]

[gleamed]

[ what is electric guitar, though.

but she's too excited by his second statement to ask about it! ] Oh, really? That'd be wonderful! What do you have in mind?

[ she will do WHATEVER IT TAKES for her fledgling group of troubadours... ]

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[survives]

W-wait, wait, a garden?! [Oh boy, oh boy, you've got her attention.] What kind of plants would you grow in it?

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[gleamed]

Oh - well, I'm not exactly sure! [ she hadn't really thought about what kind of plants she'd want to grow. she was too excited at the simple prospect of growing any plants at all. ] I suppose edible ones would be most practical. But I'd love to grow some flowers...

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[incousinswithyou]

[this is...significantly less dramatic than she had imagined, what with the interdimensional space kidnappings and all. If people here are bored enough to start their own band, then perhaps she ought to revise her expectations of what will happen here.]

If you need instruments, I've found a few basic ones in my room. [nobody gets to touch the violin except for her, but she'd be happy to loan out the other things.

Apparently, somebody decided that the fleet needed a music/art therapist.]

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[gleamed]

[ ahh! rapunzel positively beams at that piece of information. ]

Oh, really? That's wonderful! It's been almost impossible to find them around here! What instruments do you have?

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[recopy]

[Oh no she's so earnest though...THIS IS CUTE.....]

Well, I don't really know anything about playing music, but maybe I could help with instruments? I'm an engineer here, so with enough materials I could probably help build a few!

Although, I've never actually built an instrument before... (;＾▽＾) Still, I wouldn't mind learning! I could work with instructions or maybe schematics, if you have any?

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[gleamed]

That would be amazing! I don't have any schematics I could give you, but I could draw them in great detail! Would that possibly work?

late???

[catamite]

[he'd heard the broadcast but hadn't answered-- just quietly imagining what a fleet with actual music might be like. it isn't until later that he decides to track her down and ask about it, and by then, she's buzzing around the kitchen.

he's still rubbing his eyes and yawning over his latest nap when he finally wanders in.]

Hey, were you asking about music stuff earlier? Do you really think--

[and then he pauses as he actually observes what she's doing.]

...What's all this?

i'm later!!

[gleamed]

Hi, Nel! [ rapunzel greets him as cheerily as ever - maybe even more so, as she often seems her brightest in the kitchen. there's just something about putting her cookery creativity to the test that makes her feel as light as air! ]

I'm experimenting! ...It's not as scary as it sounds, I promise!

[ it's as scary as it sounds. ]