The Deck [Friday afternoon]

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It was nice enough out that Rapunzel couldn't bear to be indoors any longer (could you blame her, all things considered?) and had decided to pad down to the outside-sitting-area she'd spotted. She spent awhile brushing her hair before she did so, and set it in a gleaming pile around her as she perched in a chair on the deck with her sketchbook.

Since she'd arrived, she'd been doodling little drawings of things she'd seen around town -- some of the people she'd met, a few of the more interesting foodstuffs (carefully labeled so she wouldn't forget their names), and she really wanted to spend some time out in the park with those pink birds, at some point, since they seemed to hold still long enough that she'd be able to get something nice down on paper.

For right now, though, she pulled her knees up and set her sketchbook on them, and carefully began drawing a much more familiar bird in a nearby tree -- a robin. She'd seen them before, of course, up on her windowsill in her tower, but it was refreshing to do it outside, still.

She'd probably be here for awhile, sketching that robin as long as he held still, along with any doodles that struck her interest.

[open deck is open, omg!]

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[kenselvren]

"I don't know," Jalian answered honestly. "In my time, there are other clans, and some large animals when you go into the forests. I haven't been there now, though. And I don't know Corona," she added, "but I didn't even know California until I found a map! Do you have a map for Corona?"

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"I wish," Rapunzel sighed. "The other girl, from our neighboring kingdom? She said she couldn't find it in the library at all, so I doubt I'll be able to find Corona, if she couldn't find Arendelle." She shook her head doubtfully, plying a lock of her hair absently. "Other clans, huh? And animals? That's...wow, that sounds really scary. I'd probably have to climb a tree or something. I wouldn't know what to with a knife if someone showed up trying to hurt me. I'd probably hurt myself by accident."

...aaand that was when she decided it was time to hand the knife back, yes.

[kenselvren]

"Climbing trees is a good idea, if you can't fight," Jalian said. She took the knife back from Rapunzel, then offered, "I could teach you knifework, if you like." Honestly, did no people in this time learn the basics?