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Fountains! Or not. [ Open ]

After being escorted to a suitable lodge at the Crew Quarters, Rapunzel wasted not a minute nor second at the opportunity to explore the city portion on the ship. It had quickly become her favorite haven and almost everything was a new discovery waiting to be touched, awed, and then quickly replaced for something better. It wasn't long until she set her sights on something that was so incredible and unheard of that there were no words to explain her emotions upon seeing it.

The public restroom.

Whatever this room of fountains and rivers was, it was fascinating. The running water, the bathroom stalls, and just the fact that everything seemed to be running off some strange source was a mysterious yet puzzling mystery. How anyone managed to figure a way to make water appear with just a turn of a nozzle was either a phenomenal magician or a crafty handyman. Unfortunately, she didn't seem to recognize the signs that may or may not have stated which one was men and women, so anyone that was currently inside the male's side had the unfortunate surprise of witnessing someone burst into bathroom to to play with all the working gadgets, faucets, and toilets. A plumber she was not.

"A river in a bowl! Who thought of this?!" She exclaimed, turning the water on and off ecstatically. "Whoever did must be a genius with water! I wish Pascal could see this!" Rapunzel bubbled while splashing a bit of water into the air from the sink. No, nobody bothered to tell her just what the bathroom were actually used for. An explanation just wasn't needed for someone who had never seen one before. All that mattered was that someone had created a magical room of water. And there were only a few words to describe such a discovery.

"I can't believe all of this is here! What if I get in trouble?This is too incredible!!" It was at that moment she realized that being on board a foreign ship wasn't so bad after all. At least for now.

ooc; lmfao... forgive her. *sobs*

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Just coming off of patrol, Shoutarou parked his motorcycle outside, and headed into the restroom, as it was closer than the agency. Not that this was an emergency stop by any means, but still.

...however, stepping into the men's room showed him a woman (and a lot of hair) playing in the water.

"GAHHHH! What the hell are you doing?! This is the men's room!"

"Oh, hi there!" Rapunzel exclaimed, not at all nervous at the presence of yet another stranger in her midst. It was starting to become a little bit of a norm now that she was surrounded by so many refugees all from worlds not her own. With a smile and a vigorous wave in greeting, she gave a slight shrug before sliding back to the faucet. "I didn't see you there. Sorry for hogging up the fun! Did you come to see the fountains, too?"

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Shoutarou just stared at the girl for several moments with a gobsmacked expression before he finally got ahold of himself. Running a hand down his face, he shook his head. "Fountains? This is a bathroom, miss."

"Bathroom?" She echoed back, giving him a bit of an odd look at the use of a word she never heard of before. "What's a bathroom?"

Cue another staring session. "A bathroom. Water closet. Restroom. Lavatory. Where you go to do your...erm..." Shoutarou gestured to the general waist area of himself. "Your 'business'."

None of that was making much sense to her. A bunch of words with little meaning. Well, at least the water closet made vague sense. "My business? Why would I want to conduct business in a closet with water?"

"Not that business!" Shoutarou sighed, rubbing his face a bit. "The business that comes a while after you eat or drink - y'know, when you gotta go, that business."

"Uhm, painting?" It was what she always did after she finished eating. Right before reading and a little after playing her guitar. Just a number of things to keep her active in the tower. "Oh! You mean cleaning! Why didn't you just say that, silly?"

"No, no..." Shoutarou leaned on the wall, bopping his head against it a bit.

Why couldn't he bring himself to just blurt it out?

"Are you alright?" Rapunzel asked, showing a little concern for the male who appeared exasperated. It didn't quite click that it was because of her, but there was still concern for him.

"Is it a headache? Maybe you should drink some water!" And there was plenty of that.

"Fine, fine...just..." Shoutarou sighed, wiping his face again, and waving a hand to dismiss the suggestion of water. "I'm just bad at explaining things."

"It can't be all that bad!" She replied with a soft smile. "Hey, what's your name anyway?

...oh, right, he hadn't introduced himself. Whoops.

"I'm Shoutarou Hidari, miss..."

"Shoutarou ... Hidari?" For a moment she wanted to immediately comment on the name, but for some reason she knew better when her own name was often criticized for its strangeness. Perhaps other worlds catered to other names, ones she had no capability of pronouncing correctly. "It's nice to meet you ... Shou. I hope I didn't interrupt you from doing anything!"

"Likewise, miss, though..."

Hey, detective. This is your bladder. I AM VERY MUCH FULL RIGHT NOW AND I NEED SOME RELIEF SO GET THIS KID OUT OF HERE.

...yeah, he kind of forgot about that in the midst of the discussion. "I really need to pee, so could I bother you to step outside so that I might do that?"

"Oh. OH! Oh..." Oh. And after a bit of awkward standing and a sheepish kind of smile, Rapunzel made a quiet 'oops' before exiting the room so he could do ... that. Not that she understood why he would use a room with so much water for that.

Plumbing. How does it work?

It would take a minute or so before all of her hair was out completely and privacy was given to the male. "Okay! All clear!" she shouted from the other end.

Ahhh, finally it gets through to her!

And then it takes what feels like an eternity for her to get her and her hair out of the room, but once that's done, he relieves himself.

Several minutes, a flush and the sound of water running from the sink later, Shoutarou exits with a sigh.

"So ... you're better now?" She asked awkwardly, not quite sure how to make conversation with someone who just ... well. Went.

"Ah, yeah. And now you know what I was meaning earlier, I do hope." Shou's just as awkward, if not a bit more. Yeeeeah.

Topic shift time!

"...so, um. You ever consider a backpack or something for all the, erm, hair?"

"A backpack?" Her brow raised, mostly because the change of topic. On the other hand, it didn't really surprise her much that it was once more in regards to her hair. "Why ... why would I do that?" She laughed nervously, gathering a few feet of her own hair into her arms. "It's perfectly fine!"

"Well, it's quite nice hair, but doesn't it get really dirty being drug around on the ground and/or floor like that?" It was a logical question, really. "Plus if you carried it on your back, that's less strain on your neck and head," he added, pointing to his own neck for emphasis.

"It can get a little dirty, but not by much. Besides, I clean my hair as often as possible! It's easy to tend to when your schedule is completely free!" She answered.

"Aha..." Shoutarou nods, adjusting his hat. Well, this was certainly awkward.

M'gann had taken her time beginning to explore the ship, venturing out in small bursts to drink in a little more of her new environment one step at a time. Some strength and confidence had reemerged in her since the first nerve-wracking day of her arrival and now she held her shape much more solidly, head up and eyes bright as she floated around the city level.

She unfurled a few tendrils of thought from the tight sheild she'd woven together, for the first time in the last few days picking up the errant thoughts of other minds. It took some getting used to the mental noise again but as she drifted things began to ring back clearly.

The sense of excitement from the mind off to her right was hard to miss and pulled at her curiosity but when following it brought her to a public bathroom she lifted a brow, confused.

"Wait... really?"

Poking her head around into the ladies room she found a young woman with tremendously long and lovely hair staring into any empty sink with awe and delight sparkling in her eyes.

"Uhm, excuse me? What are you looking at?" she asked, giving the girl a curious smile when she lifted her head.

Rapunzel jumped slightly, startled by the new voice and yet pleasantly surprised to discovery it was yet another female. "Whoops! Sorry, I guess I got a little... ahead of myself! Did you come to see the fountains, too?" She asked excitedly, leaving several faucets purposely running just to hear the sound of the water echo across the bathroom walls.

"Isn't it beautiful? And look, I think if you push that handle inside, it makes a bit of a whirlwind!"

"This place is dank, yo," Punchy says, zipping up the many layers of his costume as he exits a stall...and runs face to face into a real, live female.

"Hey, shawty, uh...you lost?"

"Ah... shawty?" That was a new word. She paused whatever it was she was doing in the sink water and gave him a bit of a look. "Who are you?"

"I'm Punchy," he says, rinsing his hands like someone who's been raised around sinks all his life would. "What's your detail, honey?"

"I ... I don't know what my detail is." She responded, giving him a questioning look. "Normal, I guess?"

"No, not that. Your handle. Your word. Your name. What it be, unless you just want me calling you shawty?"

"Uhm. Rapunzel?" She only hoped she got that right if that was what he was asking.

"Dope name, Rapunzel. I'm Punchy." He holds out his left hand to shake - the other hand's carrying a hand puppet.

Rapunzel peered at the right hand, then the left. While she wanted to question him about the puppet, she smiled nervously and extended her own hand to shake with the stranger now known as Punchy. "Dope...?" His lingo, however, was a bit ... well, peculiar.

"Means cool. Sick. Bombin'." Geez, has no one here ever listened to The Chronic?

"Oh. Oh, I think I get it! Am I sick? No, I'm not sick. Perfectly health!" Stands in full height to demonstrate this with a full-blown smile.

Punchy looks a bit sad and sighs. He's really not looking forward to having to change up the way he talks - he'd rather be teased again by everyone than have to use plainspeak just to be understood.

"Wonder if these translator chips are messed," he says to himself, then to her. "Nah. It means, uh, aces. The shit. Sweet. I was trying to say I like your name. It's a compliment."

You now have reason number three (out of several hundred) why Punchy doesn't have much success with the ladies, by the way.

For someone as smoulder-proof as Rapunzel, the idea of anyone complimenting her through such strange words was baffling. What was it about men and their oddities? That was probably the only thing she'd never truly understand completely.

"Uh, thanks. I ... I think." She replied, giving her best smile. "You have a really interesting vocabulary. Where are you from?"

Oh hey, a smile! This is miles better than his usual interactions with females! And he's not even trying to hit on her that much.

"The streets, you know? How about you? You sound like you ain't peeped a G in your whole life."

"Well I... guess I've never ran across many G's in my life." She's going to resist the urge to ask what a G is other than a letter. Can only assume it's a lingo thing.

"What have you run across?" He takes a look at her outfit. Granted, his outfit's weird, but hers just looks plain dated, or like a little girl dressed up as a princess.

Mei had heard the girl come in, of course, and she'd listened for a few extra moments before exiting the stall and quickly washing her hands. While it was different from the bathrooms at home, Mei would never have expected anyone to be entirely unfamiliar with things. Such an innocent child! Mei would just have to show her the ropes.

Well, that was the plan, at least, but Mei had to spare a moment or two to blink in wonder at all the hair. Her own hair was her pride and joy, of course, thick and red all the way down to her ankles, but she would never have imagined anyone with even longer hair than that. It was only a moment, though, before she realized the girl was playing and it filled her with warmth. So she was sheltered, and perhaps a little misguided, but sweet. Finally she spoke up. "Having fun?"

Rapunzel jumped lightly when she heard a voice address her, yet another one either confused by her antics or surprised by her presence. "Hi!" She quickly responded, her posture erect and wet hands hidden behind her back. "I was ... just ... " And finally she slumped and gave a sheepish look. How could she deny the truth? "Yeah, I guess I got a little carried away!"

Mei laughed lightly, thoroughly amused at the girl's response. "Don't be ashamed. Everyone has the urge to explore new things."

She didn't blame the girl at all, because water was something close to her heart and the bathroom was indeed impressive. Mei felt a pang of pity though, wondering about how horrible conditions must be where the girl was from for her not to recognize anything at all. But while she was thinking about it, she couldn't just keep calling her 'the girl.' Introductions were in order! Mei extended one hand, still smiling. "I'm Mei. It's a pleasure to meet you."

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Fountains! Or not. [ Open ]

Because I'll take any excuse to make this poor guy freak out...

LMAO oh god.

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