Third Strand * Action

[paintsthewalls]

[Perched on a swing at the playground, Rapunzel is about as forlorn as a girl can get. She has spent the day trying not to think of her mother

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[refinedmaestro]

[Passing the playground on his daily walk in the woods, Frederic sees the young girl sitting on her swing and walks up to her. Obviously even he can see she has such sadness about her, so he tries to see if he can help her.]

Excuse me young miss, is it all right if I sit with you? By the expression upon your face, I thought you might need someone to speak with.

[paintsthewalls]

Oh? To show me? What is it?

[refinedmaestro]

Are you familiar with magic, Miss Rapunzel?

[paintsthewalls]

[Oh, she IS; but Rapunzel does not want to reveal this right now.]

[refinedmaestro]

Not exactly what I had in mind, I meant magic as in sorcery.

[paintsthewalls]

[Scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaary.]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhm no?

[refinedmaestro]

[Frederic takes out his conductor's baton.]

Would you like to see it at work?

[paintsthewalls]

Sure! I mean--if it's not much trouble? [And it's not too dangerous or scary?]

[refinedmaestro]

Of course it isn't. [He sees a nearby small tree and raises his baton into the air. He then does this and that tree will turn into dust.]

[paintsthewalls]

[The result is...well, SCARY, but Rapunzel also is pretty impressed.]

Wow! That's just---you can do that whenever you want? Just by using that stick?