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Deal 002 ❖ [Video]

[And onto the video screen comes a grinning face, looking just a bit excited. But then, he has something in his conniving little head. He can't quite seem to help it.

Or maybe he can. Half of his actions are a carefully kept facade. But either way, here's the grin and the video feed fidgets just a bit as he sets it down on a table.]

Good afternoon to everyone! I... am looking for something.

I think I'm getting the general lay of this place. Yesyes, it's starting to make sense. Fascinating as it is. Strange as it is. But I've yet to find a certain something I would rather like to acquire.

So tell my, dearies, can anyone tell me where I might find a spinning wheel?

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[He straightens up when he sees her and shakes her head.] Not at all! It's a lovely day out, light and all! But I haven't run out of my patience just yet. So you are in luck.

[And here he puffs out his chest a bit and very properly holds out an arm to her.] Shaaaall we?

Lucky me, it seems. ( she chuckles )

Ah, ever the gentleman, mm? ( with a light bow, she takes his arm and smiles warmly ) You've been here longer than myself, so, lead the way.

Oh yes, deary. Lucky, lucky you! [But well, yes. He is a gentleman! Just a vaguely sinister, violent one. Ahem.]

This way to start with! There are multiple worlds to explore, after all. We'll have to decide which will suit a shop best.

Though, a new friend has offered some space in his abode. I thought it might be a bit too close quartered though. [He's quite sure Belle will want her space where he is concerned.]

We're going to go to the other worlds? Are you aware of how to go about it yet? You mentioned ships, before, but... ( had he found said ships?

Belle had to smile. Rumpelstiltskin making friends? apparently he had changed in the time she hadn't been with him, if that were the case ) A friend? Who might that be?

...they're odd ships. I'm not fond of them. But I've figured them out, yes!

[Bizarre things. But well, here he just grins. That's right. A friend! Of course said friend is a demon who's out for souls, so Belle shouldn't get too excited.] His name is Sebastian. He runs a bakery around her... somewhere. [Little wave of his hand.]

If you find them odd, I'd hate to see what I'm going to think of them...

( she raises her brows ) Sebastian Michaelis? ( her lips tug into a warm smile ) I met him the day I arrived, he was kind enough to offer me a room then as well, actually.

[That earns a thoroughly amused laugh.] I wonder that myself!

[He nods.] Yes, that is him. He's quite charming, really. [They have that in common, of course, lots of charm. Right? RIGHT?]

So soon you'll see, I suppose. ( she chuckles )

Very charming indeed, yes. ( she agrees with a nod of her own. he can charm the bloomers right off of her ~~waitno~~ )

That I will.

[...wait a minute now. How is involved in Belle's bloomers and this charming? He has opinions about this.]

I didn't know you often made friends. ( she side-glances to him with a small smile, clearly happy that he's even using the word 'friend' — although she assumes it's with the loosest definition of the term.

he gets no opinions, none. )

I don't make a habit of it, but sometimes one comes across a kindred sort of spirit. [...he found a partner in crime, Belle. It's probably going to end poorly for many people.]

Then again, back home I had something of... [A manic little giggle interrupts here.] ...a reputation.

( kindred spirit? She could only imagine what he might mean. she had met Sebastian, shared tea with him and politely decline the offer to stay with him. she couldn't fathom why Rumpelstiltskin would think him 'kindred' — considering all the imp does is tell her how bad he is and Sebastian certain didn't seem bad ~~but she's terrible at judgement anyway, now, isn't she?~~

damn it. don't you dare try all the bad things. )

Oh goodness, ( she shakes her head ) yes and that reputation wasn't really all that exact, if I have anything to say about it. ( which she does, clearly. )

[...yeah figure that one out, Belle. It doesn't bode well. But he finds himself surprised all over again by her continued defense of him.]

Well, I expect you may have some credibility in that, putting up with me and my mess as long as you did.

It wasn't all that terribly messy. ( so modest, this one. ) And it wasn't so much as 'put up with' as it was enjoying your company, you know.

[He reaches a hand over, finding and toying with a single auburn curl, twisting it around his almost-clawed fingers.] Was it really? Such a strange girl.

( her eyes follow his hand as it comes near and for a brief moment, she forgets to breathe. ) Yes... ( the word isn't so much as said as it is breathed from her lips when she recalls to do so. ) I... Suppose I am.

[He notices that change in her voice, and it is interesting, isn't it? His fingers linger, toying with that lock of hair before he lets it fall and offers her a grin.] You are. But it's a good thing. In your case at least, you're too interesting not to be a little strange, deary.

( recomposing herself once he's let go of her hair, that goosebumping sensation lost with his drop of his arm, she flushes red and smiles. ) I'm going to take that as an interesting form of compliment, I think.

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Good! That was how it was meant, of course. [A little laugh here.] After all, one must be truthful!

Ah, truthful. Really? ( him? truthful? really? him? truthful? she's trying to process that one, actually. give her a moment. )

Really! [....yeah he can't not laugh at that either.] Though you do wound me, deary. I have always kept my word, my end of my bargains. I've only ever broken one deal in my life. [And that one informs every decision he's ever made, drives him, to try to make up for it.]

( she shakes her head ) Your deals and bargains are one thing, but you've remained more than mysterious on mostly every other aspect of your life. ( although, she had to admit that getting him to talk about himself even a little was something she was proud of and she did hope that it was all in truth. actually, he hadn't given her reason to think it was not and she had never thought it might not be. she still assumes it was all truth.

but she slows her pace, surprised. ) You... broke a deal?

I'm just enigmatic by nature, Belle. [A little giggle, and perhaps he's about to brush it off. But at her question he's quiet.

If anyone deserves answers, it's Belle. He knows that. Maybe he should explain the reason behind his fear of losing his powers, the vow he made that he can't break, the mistake he has to undo.] I did. Only once. The most important deal I ever made I broke.

I think you're just hiding. ( it's said nonchalantly, but there's a deeper meaning to her words that she's certain he can grasp. there's a reason he hides behind his powers, she just doesn't know what it might be.

honestly, she's surprised at his response to her question. she expected him to brush it off, joke about a deal with her for some answers. that he tells her so easily is interesting. a frown knits on her brow, though. ) The most important one? What deal did... ( she trails off, almost too worried to ask. )

Perhaps that too. [He admits with a bit of a giggle.

He's ready to deflect, let the matter drop, make some off handed comment about heaven only knows what. But well.. instead he nods.] Do you remember when you asked me about the boy's clothes in my manor?

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