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( there’s a clunk of a book falling to a table, which hits her device and causes it to start recording. )

Bother, I’ll get that in a moment… ( she mutters to herself and for a time it goes unnoticed to the housekeeper that the trinket is recording at all, as she’s still busying herself with dusting the shelf the book fell from. clearly it’s been far too long since this place had a proper and complete cleaning, she’s been trying, but the whole building needed a one over and it’s been taking a lot of time.

still!

Belle finally settles down to a chair in the front room of Rumpel’s shop, fanning herself with the collar of her dress as she tosses the rag to the table. ) So much work to do here, this is almost worse than Dark Castle was.

( it’s then that she finally notices the device and smiling to it, leans to grasp it. )

Well, well… I don’t suppose anyone wants to lend a hand with a bit of clean-up? ( she chuckles, considering it’s not really what one would normally call a ‘bit’ of a clean-up. ) I suppose I might as well serve this as a public announcement: anyone with severe dust allergens might want to avoid Rumpelstiltskin’s store — at least for another hour or two before I’ve finished with it.

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( laughing with him, she shakes her head and gives a look over the kitchen area. )

A large number of Heartless? ( sheepish shrug. ) Well, I can take care of most of the things back here since it won't hold up the store. ( she smiles though ) But, I'm not entirely fond of mopping, if you'd like to do that one?

A large number of Heartless with swords, flying on a dragon that shoots lasers. I love mopping! [the excuse to splash around water, using the utensil like some sort of weapon? realizing that might sound weird, he tries to tone it down.]

I mean, that sounds fine.

( tilting her head at his add-on to the Heartless, she laughs and can only ask one thing: ) What's a laser?

( giving a laugh, she just nods to him ) Mopping it is, let me get you a bucket. ( and so she moves to do so for him )

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Beams of light that can cut through stuff.

[he walks around in circles, careful not to ruin any of her hard work.] Thanks.

I didn't know light could be so dangerous.

( and she returns from the kitchen a short time later with a bucket full of sudsy water, offering him a mop to use ) Mm, no — thank you. Mopping is the worst, all that leaning over really doesn't make my back feel good.

Anything can be dangerous.

[he takes the mop and dunks it into the bucket, causing some of the water to spill at his feet. He stirs it a little before wringing it out and getting started.] I'd be happy to do it whenever. You already work really hard. I could use the practice for swordfighting.

That's a very good point.

( with him taking over the mopping duties, Belle returns to her own bucket of water and setting it to a table, begins to wash down the bookshelves she's finally managed to rid of a thick layer of dust. ) Swordfighting? Mopping?

In fact, I don't think light is all that great to begin with. Where I come from, it usually involves death.

[he pauses while mopping the floor, holding it up with one hand.] Well it's...kind of like a sword. You hold it. And they have nothing else in common.

Light involves death? ( she raises brows, never heard of that one. ) Can you explain that?

( she laughs at his comparison. ) I suppose it's got the same length as a sword, yes.

When someone dies on my world, these little floating lights fly around them called pyreflies. And a lot of the worst attacks involved light in some way. Then again, so did Yuna's healing...so I guess it's not all bad.

It's a lot more soapy though. [he grins, splashing the mop down.]

( she frowns. it sounds beautiful but sad, and now she doesn't want to think about it. death isn't the best of topics, really ) Just goes to show you that light isn't exactly all goodness and joy as people might have you believe.

( again she's laughing ) Perhaps the suds are some form of sword-majicks.

I guess so. [He quietly drops the subject, noticing her frown.]

It must be a new spell. [he swings the mop around a little, being careful not to get anything but the floor (and himself) wet.] I'll clean my enemies until they're defeated!

Just as Darkness isn't always so terrible, either. If it weren't for dark, the night wouldn't come, and then people couldn't see the stars' beauty. Right? ( time to play cheer up a bit. )

That must be why people say— ( annnd here she thrusts her arm as though she has a sword in it. ) 'Take that you scum!'

( since, you know, you clean scum.

she's so clever. ~~not~~ haaaaa. )

Right. [there's a ghost of a smile.] And then the sky would be pretty boring.

[he blinks at her a few times, before he bursts out laughing. yeah, he might be overdoing it, but he needed that. he manages to talk once it dies down.] Must be. That phrase makes a lot more sense now.

I suppose it would be.

Hey! ( but she's laughing with him, and eventually stops as well, chuckling gently in favor. ) I thought it was rather sharp of me!

Oh yeah, it was. [he nods quickly, trying to appear serious.] If I was some sort of Heartless or other enemy, I would have been half-defeated.

Half? ( Belle sort of gives a bit of a smug grin here. ) I suppose I am mightier than I appear. I shall take my mop and defeat all the Heartless in one fell soapy swoop of my weapon.

I don't doubt it. Against us both, those Heartless won't stand a chance. Mainly against your soap.

Thus we're the perfect team for taking down all the Heartless. They don't stand a chance! ( she giggles gently )

[He swings the mop, water hitting himself in the face.] It would certainly be an adventure.

( she laughs at the water making contact with him. ) We'll have to make an expedition of it.

Why don't we, sometime?

Explore? ( she perks up somewhat, a smile tugging her lips ) You mean, outside of Traverse Town?

Sure. [he smiles, briefly putting the mop down.] There are lots of other worlds, so why not?

I've always wanted to travel! ( all her excite )

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