[ 1st ✿ ] Video

[worthit]

( Forward Dated to 9am, March 1st )

[ I'm sorry. Brace for incoming ridiculousness. Some of you might recognize the young woman sitting in frame, though there are definitely some new features, namely the addition of a pair of golden dragon wings tucked to her back and just barely visible in frame, but also there's some matching scales growing alongside the back of her arm and hand whenever her hand pops into the frame to gesticulate. ]

HEY, Lunatia. So stop me if you've heard this one before.

[ There is no way that they've heard this specific one before Rapunze-- okay never mind go off.

Yep. Yep. She's in rare form today, for anyone who's never seen her worked up, which. Y'know. At this point of her stay is like. All but two people. There are about fifteen better ways she could have done this, but right now she's all up in these Sanguis-Dragon Day One feels and it's making her even more daring than usual. And also a little impatient. ]

You've been shopping for a new place to live with a friend from home, something for just the two of you! You've been looking for a few weeks. There are a LOT of really great places to live here in the city, especially here on level two, right? And YEAH, it's true you've only lived in one place and with one person for most of your stay. So of course it's going to take some time for you to adjust, but don't you think that you'd still know yourself well enough to know when you've found the right place and were ready to commit to signing a lease? But no matter how many times you tell them that, your friend just keeps asking if you're sure the whole time, and that's very SWEET, but it's like they think you don't know yourself well enough to be sure that you're sure that you know what you know!

[ Uh. She's getting pretty worked up, her eyes might be taking on a bit of a feral glint. Is this really about an apartm-- ]

So what's a NICE way to tell your friend that they're overthinking it too much, and they should just cosign the stupid lease with you already so you can get on with being happy in your new place together?!

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[satanslash]

"You're overthinkin' it, sign the damn lease already."

[Sorry, did you say "nice" way?

This is the nicest way Rin knows.]

[worthit]

[After she's had a few minutes to breathe.]

... Really? [SHE HAS SOME CONCERNS.] That doesn't really sound any different than what I already have, and I thought THAT was too... I don't know, but. Not that.

[A beat.]

... Do you really think that would work?

[She just wants to stop dancing around this bush that is the topic of dating!]

video; un: entrapta

[enginehairing]

You lost me at "shopping for a new place" I think. Maybe a little before that.

[ She's working something overhead, loose wiring hanging near her. Not that it's stopping her from paying attention. ]

Maybe I should have stopped you. What was the cosign thingy again?

•||• un: dropofsunshine

[worthit]

[Entrapta being confused is confusing Rapunzel in turn. This is just going to be SUCH a fun cycle between two princesses with way too much hair and perkiness to go around, isn't it?]

Wait, you mean the lease?

[bluer]

This sounds... Intense, for a friend.

[Guess who has no real experience with Sanguis feelings... Yet.]

Icon seemed appropriate

[worthit]

Well I happen to like his- everything a lot! So my feelings are pretty intense! Especially right now when I just want to go out and PUNCH something!

[doesactivities]

I, uh.

[Is there a polite way to ask "how dumb is your friend?" Maybe, but there's no way that won't be angering, so he starts again.]

Do not do ANYTHING. Anything else, at all, ever, for all time, till death do you part.

[if this friend has even the vestigial traces of a brain, then that message should have been received...]

[worthit]

I... don't think I can do that. Or... NOT do that? Not do anything? [Just this face, Sokka.]

Would you do the same thing if it was you, with a girl or a guy you really liked? Just... give up trying and hope for the best?

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[hyperjammer]

Forge their signature.

[worthit]

But that's a CRIME! Won't that just make it worse when he finds out??

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[anotheroldfashioned]

[Don doesn't mean to hit video. Trying to text with bear claws however has downsides so when it clicks on there's a guy walking down the street but is it a guy because he's at least 6'8 and built like a line backer and covered with dark brown fur and the mildest snout.

If anyone had ever seen a wookie he looks something like that apart from patches of brown and light brown scales across parts of the fur.]

Just tell them that and then refuse to discuss it further. You want respect go out there and get it.

[He snarls at somebody walking by before he glares and growls.]

1/2

[worthit]

[... Yeah she doesn't even know what she's looking at.

I mean, far be it for her to let THAT stop her but???]

2/2

[worthit]

[Her surprise doesn't last long, that glare and growl pushing buttons she didn't normally have, making her nonexistent hackles raise up with a visible sort of ripple that travels from the base of her spine to the tip at the base of her neck.

Rapunzel draws up her shoulders and purses her lips a bit, not sure if he meant to direct that at HER or not.]

First of all, thank you for the advice! I really appreciate it!

[Despite the aggressive tone she actually means that. Might not be coming across the best right now with all that... Sanguis influence.]

But it's not just respect. It's... complicated.

action??? prob, stop screaming in the living room

[tensasai]

I can beat him up for you, if you want.

[Mostly joking. Mostly. Sanguis was always a touchy time but maybe she'd get away with the joke and not end up with a fire breathing princess on a rampage.]

Or! How to twist his arm. Literally. I know a lot of holds, maybe he'd stop trying to make decisions for you and make one himself if you pinned him down for awhile.

[It is kind of sweet though, in a really roundabout sort of way. But there was a not so fine line between respecting boundaries and over respecting them and Punz hadn't exactly been subtle with her intentions.

Chop chop, Eugene.]

[worthit]

[Despite the thunderous rush of blood in her ears pushing her patience to its limits, Rapunzel already regrets posting this on some level buried beneath all the Sanguis aggression.

This whiplash between her Sanguis traits and her new dragon traits is really messing with her head, but one thing she's sure of whenever the haze clears: This isn't her, to go from zero to one hundred so quickly. Part of her wants to take the post back and apologize for wasting everyone's time, but she doesn't think about it too hard since thinking about it right now at all is definitely making her feel like doubling down on her stance in the video.

She feels like an idiot, and much worse, she feels that guilt gnawing at her insides when she realizes Eugene himself might see this. THAT thought is like a bucket of ice water to the face. MAYBE some part of her wanted him to see it!! Let him in on how frustrated she was!!! But not the rest of the city!

What was I thinking??

Tenten's offer hasn't gone over her head, but clarity's a bitch. FOR THE MOMENT the more aggressive traits have made room for the calm. Um. In a manner of speaking.

So, you know, don't mind it if Rapunzel's response is not what was expected. At first she offers Tenten a touched smile, strained as heck, but touched. It's actually really sweet that she's offering to help and siding with her, but then she just a very loud groan and dropping her head into her hands where she sits.]

You don't think I'm overreacting...? I just- woke up this morning and thinking about it all just made me so angry all of a sudden, and I don't even know why! I shouldn't have put our business out there for everyone to see like that! And what if Eugene sees?!

video | un: springtime

[hopticulture]

So is this a friend or a boyfriend? Because this sounds like a couple's issue.

un: dropofsunshine

[worthit]

He's a friend who is also a guy I happen to like, a lot!

[Okay but why is she saying it so aggressively? SANGUIS IS THE WORST.]

But it can't be a couple's issue because we aren't a couple!

[And that's the problem. Thisisafuckingmess. I'm sorry anyone is having to deal with this post.]

[Video]

[triggerhappytraitor]

Sometimes, the nicest way you can say something is to be as direct and to the point as possible.

If he knows you well enough, he should realize that if you're this frustrated, that it's important to you.

[worthit]

So... you think if he isn't getting it, I should just be more direct?

[Doubling down is honestly pretty easy right now, because even with those brief moments of clarity between the red haze of the Sanguis moon there's still some genuine frustration here.

If only this were actually just about an apartment. BUT HEY the advice still applies. It's just going to have very different results.]

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[industryplant]

[As someone who chose to live alone at sixteen, Angela has Opinions on this. Staring down at the camera, her shoulder is on the table, nestling her cheek against a palm.]

Look, I'm gonna be the blunt one here. Are you sure your "friend" is ready to move in with you?

[worthit]

I--

[THAT question stops her in her tracks. Maybe SHE'S being the dense one here? Maybe Eugene HAS changed his mind about them but just... doesn't know how to let her down easy? Maybe things are too different here?]

... I mean... I WAS sure, but-

[isntitsad]

It sounds a little bit like they've got some worries they're not telling you about to be polite. Maybe they're worried that the lights are too high up or there are too many stairs?

[worthit]

[The first reply today to earn some amusement!! Even if that amusement is mostly in the form of a short puff of air and a rueful smile.]

Well that does sound like something he'd complain about...

[If this were any other time she'd probably be focused on how cute it is that this person thinks that the concerns are apartment related. It's honestly still kind of sweet when she thinks about the actual heart of the issue.

Unless this is also a metaphor for their relationship: Maybe there are problems between them that he's too polite to mention.]

Maybe you're right, and I'm just being too pushy about it.

Text | un: notthatrider

[princeadjacent]

[ oh boy, this sure is...something. It's something bad, full of many vocal opinions, and he feels like an absolute fool. He tried so hard to not pressure her into anything because of their time difference that he ended up...in a different extreme.

He doesn't care all that much about the rest of Lunatia knowing of his foolishness, it's nothing new. He's pretty sure everyone he knows has seen him beef it pretty hard at some point. But the last thing he wants is to hurt Rapunzel. Ever. ]

I'm sure he had his reasons. Maybe you should talk about it? You know, in person.

And soon.

Text; un: dropofsunshine

[worthit]

[Squinting. That user name...

He wouldn't, right? Or would he?

Honestly she's probably just overreacting. A Lot. Sanguis is proving to be an ADJUSTMENT and she hasn't even gotten close to navigating her way through the emotional whiplash that comes with her new exalted traits on top of that. Ping ponging between having her emotions cranked up to thirteen and back to that tranquil state of being is pretty overwhelming, but even as she reads the text (not realizing who it's from at first) she wishes she'd just talked to him first.

And still, even now she's still warring between the calm, rational response she knows is right, or doubling down on her stance and stubbornly refusing to admit fault.]

That's what I MEANT to do, but I just woke up so ANGRY.

[Also Sanguis talking there. Little miss Glass Half Full is learning some things about herself today.]

If I talk to him like this I might make it worse. Or...

[Rapunzel bites her lip, anger ebbing away the more she thinks about it, because if this IS Eugene, he's being awfully patient about the fact she just went off on him to a bunch of strangers. She's not so deep in that Sanuis temper that it's not a little difficult to stay angry when he's being so understanding- even if there's a part of her that wants to push him to just get angry with her.

But maybe this isn't him after all?

She hesitates between messages before finally hitting send for the rest.]

... What if he sees this before I get to talk to him?

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[curriculum_fictae]

[ Martin ... squints at his end of the video. That's strange, she looks dimly familiar, but he really can't place her? The dragon wings help break that sense of familiarity, at least.

And so does the rest of her video. ]

I - I might be that friend. Actually.

[worthit]

[Oh, wait. Nope, yeah she definitely does not recognize this face, so she's not sure if he means that literally, she assumes not?? But probably better to ask and be sure.]

... You mean in your own situation?

[whateternityis]

He's overthinking it and should sign the lease.

Alternately, if you don't have to make up your mind now, wait until you're both not having moon problems and talk it through.

[worthit]

That... second part might be a good idea actually.

[She mumbles, half embarrassed, still half irritable. It's not his fault, nor directed at him, of course!]

I think I probably just made it worse by posting this.

[Audio] Hope you don't mind late tags

[pishirogane]

It's likely they have their reasons.

From the sound of it, you've been living together already, but is there possibly something about the space they're concerned about either inside or around the location? A lease is a binding contract and if something is wrong, ending it early would result in a fine.

Could it be a matter of any new changes in their Moon Cycle or yours? It's possible they're embarrassed about mentioning it.

It's difficult to determine a solution with one side of the argument.

[At least, for Naoto it is... Also, goodie, she's a Sanguis on the other end so this might be the most rational post made.]