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( for once, Belle isn’t cleaning so much as she is poking around in things that she probably shouldn’t be touching at while Rumplestiltskin isn’t in his room to keep her from his things. it isn’t all that often that she ventures into his room (save for cleaning it) so it’s safe to say her curiosity has likely gotten the best of her; and at the moment, she’s not aware she’s being recorded by her little trinket that was likely left behind in here when she was cleaning up )

Just what are you up to lately, hm…? ( she’s walking her fingers along the various oblong shaped bottles that hold a variety of potions within their confinements, tilting her head at some, narrowing her eyes to others to better see the contents — but never does she pick one up ) I wonder what this—

( her subconscious gets the better of her, though and imagining a noise (or possibly truly hearing one) Belle jerks to stand upright again. veering her body rather quickly to look at the door, she’s startled to see that no one is there but even moreso at the noise of shattering glass — she’d knocked a vial over )

Oh no!

( she’s about to kneel and grab the pieces when from the ground where the bottle shattered, a vast, thick purple colored fog erupts and covers the whole of the room, causing the device to lose Belle’s form as she’s engulfed by it. although it can’t be seen anymore, Belle stumbles through the ‘cloud’ to the window in the hopes that opening it will cause the mess to disperse but it fails and soon she’s coughing from the thick smoke-like substance )

Rumple—! ( alas, he’s not home after all, so crying out to him won’t work! ) —help me!

( the coughing continues, as do the calls for help, but otherwise the purple vastness is all that remains to be seen on the camera )

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[this will probably sting, so he starts talking to distract her while he cleans her injuries.]

You're welcome. You're not a bother. It could have happened to anyone. Who was interested in what's in some mysterious bottles that weren't theirs and accidentally knocked one over. But that could happen to a lot of people.

[he spares a quick glance over his shoulder.]

Hopefully not long. That stuff, whatever it is, can't be good.

( she cringes, both in a twitch of pain and at his words. oops. ah, so her curiosity got the better of her, it was bound to happen and loads of other people were just as curious about other dangerous things... right? )

I was just... deciding how to proceed with cleaning in his room next is all.

( she blushes rather sheepishly )

H, Hopefully not. If he comes home to see it... ( that'll be a fine mess indeed )

I never doubted you weren't.

[he glances up from his work, smirking faintly. if it had been him, he would have done the same. he begins to wrap the bandages around her hands.]

He wouldn't be very happy. But it's just a stupid potion.

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( she gives a soft smile, still a bit embarrassed but at least she doesn't feel like he's chastising her for her actions. that's a bonus! )

Well, I suppose so. That could have been worse, I don't know what kinds of potions he has in there after all.

( but given his title as 'the Dark One' she can only imagine the types of things that could have happened. watching him wrap her hands, she gives him an appreciative smile )

I'll work out how to clean it up soon.

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure I'd want to know.

[he is a little curious, but it was a little too soon to risk it. he smiles back, finishing up.]

Maybe we can find a way to trap the smoke into something.

Mm. ( that brings a frown to her face, Rumplestiltskin does have a vast array of potions that could have ended badly, of that she's certain ) It... could have been worse, that's all that needs be said.

( Belle really hates to think of Rumple as a bad person, after all )

That's a clever idea... ( glancing over her shoulder toward his room, she tilts her head in thought ) I wonder if it could be rebottled somehow?

Yeah. It's just good that it wasn't.

[He smiles, dropping the subject.]

Maybe if we ran around with the bottle, it would go back in! Or...if we could condense it first, somehow...

Very good. ( she gives a nod, relieved )

I'm not certain it would work that way, maybe if I'm lucky, it will just disperse itself somehow?

Do you have any idea what might... gather up smoke otherwise?

Maybe. I mean, it can't just stay there forever. Can it?

I'm not sure...maybe a magic bottle. Maybe he has some empty ones!

Well, perhaps it would naturally disperse...

Magic bottles? ( tilting her head, she raised a brow ) I wonder if he has some of those...

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