Second Floor Common Room, Saturday night

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Popcorn. Nuts. Cookies. Pretzels. Chips. A liter of Diet Coke. And one of those Barry Plodder movies on TV.

Hello, Denial, Kenzi's old friend. Nom nom nom noooom.

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"Oh! This is coke, right?" She was pretty sure she recognized it from the way it fizzed.

Rapunzel grinned as she took the mug. Except that that left her with a bowl of snacks in one hand, and a mug in the other, and no way to actually get the chip that Kenzi had suggested.

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Kenzi grinned and took the bowl, putting it down on the couch. "The other thing about snacks; they go wherever. Easy clean-up. And yeah, that's Coke." She pulled her own liter up from where it was on the floor, and took a long draft from it. "Ahhhhh."

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"Oh, thank you!" Rapunzel should have thought of that. But now her hand was free and she could claim a chip and take a careful bite of it. "Oh, it's sort of similar, but also different!" Salty, and crunchy, but in a different way.

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"Yup," Kenzi said placidly. "Snacks. For when you want food but don't want a whole big deal." She bit into another pretzel, then swallowed. "Oh, I was gonna ask you. Would you want to help with the winter talent thing in town?"

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Rapunzel sipped from her mug, then looked up with a surprised blink.

"Winter talent thing?"

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"At the theater. They're putting on this show, with people doing winter songs and dances and readings. And I'm helping paint the sets and backdrops. It's a big job, though, I could use some help." She gave Rapunzel a hopeful look. "You love that stuff, right?"

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"Painting!?"

Yes, please!

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Kenzi grinned at her, and bounced, pleased with herself. "Yup. Tomorrow or Wednesday, whatever's good for you. Winter scenes, me and Jonothan were talking about maybe some mountains, maybe some trees, snow... You got any good ideas?"

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"Stars!"

Rapunzel really liked stars.

And they were one of those few things she really knew how to paint.

"Er... if they fit."

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"They should, seriously, the scenery's huge," Kenzi said. "Stars are good! We can have a night scene, that'll work. Maybe some little snow-covered houses. I was going to talk to my roomie and a couple other people about this."

Hey, nothing she could do about worlds ending. Time to have fun.

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A thought struck Rapunzel. "And I wouldn't be in the way?" Kenzi was sure?

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"Positive," Kenzi promised. "You can meet Jonothan and Troy and Billy and ask them! They said I could recruit anyone I needed, though."

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"Well, if you're sure..." Kenzi's offer was totally being rewarded with an impossibly huge grin.

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"Hey, you're helping me. I'll never get this stuff done all by myself," Kenzi pointed out. "So thanks in advance. You get paid in donuts."

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"Oh, donuts!" Rapunzel had had those! They were very sweet!

She got to paint. And she got donuts!

Which meant that Kenzi? Was totally getting an enthusiastic hug.

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"Whoa!" Kenzi laughed, surprised, then hugged her back. "You're welcome!"

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And in case that hug wasn't clear enough: "You're the best!" Squeeeeezy hug!

Of course Rapunzel was kind of tiny, so she couldn't squeeze all that hard. But she was enthusiastic!