corona: (‣ i didn't used to swear this much!)
rapunzel of corona ([personal profile] corona) wrote in [community profile] estoria 2016-02-14 04:34 am (UTC)

[ Well, she promised. They'll need light, she supposes, and so stops regardless of whether he does just as the water reaches her neck. She's never been diving before. Or swimming. She's never even been in this much water this deep or wide before now. Her singing begins without preamble: ]

Flower gleam and glow
make your power shine
make the clock reverse
bring back what once was mine.


[ And just like that, without any of her idiosyncratic agonising, anxiety, or fear, her secret is out there for Zero to see, touch, and use as a flashlight. The only thing she was truly worried about was whether or not the magic would still work if her heart weren't in it. (Her own mother, obviously, should've been a perfect example of why the answer has always been a resounding "yes!")

But apparently the answer is a resounding "yes!"

Rapunzel's hair lights up from roots to tips like an extraordinarily long organic torch, flaring and sparking the colour of sunlight and fire. She frees it from her ponytail and allows it to fall into the water ahead of them, lighting up rocks and shadows, crevices, fish, and creatures of varying sizes. There's also something a little further down, but it's difficult to see through the water... ]


Ready.

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