[Closed] In which everyone but Rapunzel has a tail.

[healingincantation]

Who: Rapunzel, Dust, Dewey, and Kuja
What: They're Lost!
Where: Anastara
When: July, some point after the bodyswap event.
Warning: None anticipated, will update if needed.


She hadn't been able to figure out what the event that day in Anastara was, but it was sure making traveling through difficult. She'd just wanted to pick up some new school supplies; replenish her stock after midterms, and had headed out with a few friends to do just that...

And now she just wished she'd bought a map, although she imagined she'd have needed a highly detailed one to navigate these narrow, winding alleys. She'd thought about unbraiding her hair to and using it to keep track of where they'd been, but she was hoping it wouldn't come to that.

But she did, at least, have to draw attention to problem at hand, so they could set to solving it. She turned to her nearest companion with a sheepish smile.

"I think we're lost, unless you know where we are?"

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[healingincantation]

"I'm not sure. I mean, you're right, we can't just stay in one place. That won't help..." She sighed, and shook her head. "I wish I'd brought Hayley with me today. She's in her four-headed phase now, and she can fly when she's like that."

Not that Hayley enjoyed it, given she had to whirl her head about to get airborne, but this was an emergency situation. But it didn't matter, because Hayley wasn't here.

"There at least has to be some way we can create a light source."

[treno_nobleman]

The name didn't ring a bell, but he thought it might have been Rapunzel's familiar - they all seemed to have one. For once, he wished for his own. Not that the Oh leopard could magically get them out of their predicament in one swoop, but he could command her to become a crow and allow her to fly above or ahead in a different direction, cover more ground at once to better know what way to go.

She would be worrying over him right now, he knew, that it was so late and he was still not home. There would be quite a fuss.

But light, he could manage. He hummed, inclining his head with a smile, and stepped briefly aside to collect two small fallen branches, one for himself and one for her. "Just a moment. We will not be without that."

It took a few words and a point of his wand and the tips of each of their makeshift torches lit with soft flame. It wouldn't be permanent, and the wood would eventually peter out, but he could douse them and find new ones if they needed.

[healingincantation]

"Thank you, Kuja," Rapunzel said as the branches were lit. She took the one for her - carefully. "This will help."

Holding the magical torch out in front of her, she started walking once again, until they came to another split in the path. "Which way do you think?"

[treno_nobleman]

At least the night was cool enough and devoid of much of the humidity that had been bothering them of late. If the weather turned terrible in the next few days, he would be glad enough to be in his dorm by then, even with the others who shared it with him, but for now he could enjoy the stroll. Classes for him would not continue in the morning, and it was the only reason he had agreed to this outing.

Hers, on the other hand... He really wasn't sure, but he left it to Rapunzel to decide what she would do. For now, there was the fork in the road to consider. The trees as they passed looked only somewhat familiar to him, and though he didn't know this trail by heart, he felt...

"I'm not confident in either, since you asked. We may fair better traveling the left, but it is all the same. If we don't reach the academy soon, we can retrace our steps and try again."