[Week 2, Friday: Rapunzel]

[doublecrows]

[Akechi is quiet]

[it's not unusual for him to be lost in thought, but there's something more somber about the way he carries himself to day. the news of Natsuo's death weights heavily on his back for reasons he understands but can't explain, reasons he gets but can't accept]

[so he shuffles to the kitchen to make himself a gd pot of coffee]

[it should be pretty easy to find him. what say you, Rapunzel?]

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[hairbrain]

Yeah, well. [ she has mixed feelings on gothel. it's hard for rapunzel to hate her, despite everything. ] I'm... kind of going through something similar with my dad right now. My, um, real dad. He's putting the whole kingdom at risk, and lying about it, and...

[ she twists her hair nervously. ]

Anyway, the point is. I can understand it, a little -- the way you feel. And Eichi, too.

[doublecrows]

[because Rapunzel is a better person than Asketchi]

[he looks away, drumming his fingers against the counter]

If there's anything I've learned, Rapunzel-san. . . it's that family means absolutely nothing.

[hairbrain]

I don't know if I'd say that. [ ..... ]

You could.... make your own family. A better one. Eugene is my family too --- um, Eugene being my boyfriend.

[ is she suggesting he marry eichi.... ]

[doublecrows]

[IS SHE???]

No. I don't really have much of a desire to do that. I'm not here to make friends.

[hairbrain]

[ is this akechi. ]

But it's happening anyway, isn't it?