deal 005 ❖ [video]

[intogold]

[Rumpelstiltskin is smiling. This in and of itself is probably not at all surprising. In fact, it's genuinely par for the course.

The video shows that he's not in his shop for once, instead out and about and in motion. And even more surprising, perhaps, is what he decides to ask about.]

Where I'm from, love is a very powerful magic. Well, the right kind of love is.

So tell me, dearies, what is your experience with love? Have you been in love? Does love conquer all where you're from? Has it ever saved someone you know?

I can't help my curiosity, after all. [Here he giggles, high pitched, the sound sudden and then ending just as abruptly.] So perhaps you wouldn't mind indulging an old man's wondering.

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Right! [Usagi and her boyfriend were proof of that in her mind as she smiled at the thought.] Love can fight through problems, as long as you have each other.

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[intogold]

[Rumpelstiltskin grins at that.] It can. Of course, it can also create them. Especially love denied -- nothing more poisonous exists.

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

How could someone deny the joys of love?!

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[intogold]

People deny everything, deary. But I'm more speaking of those times where for some reason or another, lovers are kept from one another. Duty. Death. Deception. So many options.

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Well, she can understand that. She puts her duty before it, kinda sucks but it's a must to protect the things you care about.]

Usually it's for a good reason, right?

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[intogold]

Sometimes the reason is good. Sometimes it's simply the way fate works. Other times other things triumph over love, even if perhaps they should not.

[Fear, for example. That's what defeated his love. He's a coward.]

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Just be glad Minako doesn't know that]

Fated to be without love. It's a sad thing to behold.

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[intogold]

Quite tragic, yes. But life is often full of tragedy.

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[She understands this all too well.]

And sometimes only just that.

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[intogold]

Sometimes, yes. Often enough. But we must enjoy the bits we can, musn't we, deary? And always fight for our own happiness.

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[She nods slightly, agree whole heartily, people do fight for it and it sometimes works.]

Enjoy it while it lasts...

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[intogold]

Exactly, deary.

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Then I'll do exactly that.