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[horrible_penny]

[Penny is in the Welcome Center looking positively overjoyed. The Center looks nice, too; it seems like someone has gotten a head start on decorating for the holidays. There's brightly lit tree, garlands, cut-out snowflakes, a menorah or two...]Hey, everyone! It's so great to see the City full like this! If any visitors can find the Welcome

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[cushylife]

Penny?

[horrible_penny]

Chase?

...With a haircut?

[cushylife]

The cut was a while ago but, yup.

Sorry, it takes a while for things to come back to me when I show up here. You must be memorable.

[horrible_penny]

It looks good.

Hey, don't worry. You had me at 'memorable.'

[action]

[fearmyfryingpan]

[Mother had been right. She never should have left the tower. One moment she was in the forest she had always dreamed of exploring, and the next she was in a strange place filled with so many buildings and more people than she had ever seen in her entire life! And Flynn was nowhere to be found! And it was cold!

Fortunately, she at least had her hair, which she had wrapped around herself as an awkward kind of coat. It made her look absolutely ridiculous, she knew, and she could hear her mother scolding her for her stupid, impulsive behavior.

She wandered the streets, torn between the impulse to look around and marvel at the sights around her and the desire to hide her head and pretend that nobody could see her.

She saw the sign for the Welcome Center, and glanced at Pascal, whose poor little body was freezing on her shoulder.]

...it's worth a shot, right? I mean, it is a Welcome Center.

[Cautiously, clutching both her hair and her frying pan, she stepped inside.]

[action]

[horrible_penny]

[Penny has seen far odder people than the girl who walks in, but none of them have been wearing hair-scarfs. ...And is that a lizard with her? But that's not a problem! Everyone's welcome, of course.]

Hey! [Her smile fades when she notices how miserably cold the girl--and her lizard--look.] Are you okay? Can I get you a blanket or hot chocolate or something?

[action]

[fearmyfryingpan]

[Rapunzel carefully takes Pascal off her shoulder and puts him in front of the fireplace.]

Some hot chocolate would be great.

[action]

[horrible_penny]

Gotcha. Just give me a moment here...

[There is much clattering in the kitchenette. Who knew that finding a packet of cocoa mix could be so loud? Clatter aside, it doesn't take long for Penny to hand the girl a cup of hot chocolate.]

There you go. Do you want to sit down? You can move a chair closer to the fire if you want... just make yourself at home.

voice;

[horrible_phd]

Penny. I. H-hi.

voice;

[horrible_penny]

Billy! You're in the City!

[paaause]

You're the right Billy, right? My Billy? Because I've scared other Billys on accident before.

voice;

[horrible_phd]

Um, yes? I think I'm the right one.

voice;

[horrible_penny]

You don't know? Do you remember being here? I still wear that heart you gave me, you know.

Where are you?

[rockstar_otouto]

Penny-chan~

[horrible_penny]

Jun! Oh my gosh, I missed you! What're you up to? How's home treating you?

[rockstar_otouto]

It's been nice! I'm finishing up high school now.

[horrible_penny]

Congrats! Are you a worldwide rock legend yet?

1/I don't even know, just wait for it

[and_immortality]

[This is the sound of rumbling in the distance.]

[and_immortality]

[Rumbling and...something else.]

[and_immortality]

[It's getting louder.]

[and_immortality]

[Kind of like a motorcycle engine, actually...]