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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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( it was a struggle, but Belle had managed to clamber up the length of the first wall she'd located and eventually, she stumbled against the bedroom door. she took some time to work the knob opened, but stumbled free from the haze filled room once she did — except that opening the door only led to the smoke following her as she tripped out and began to fill the store's main lobby properly.

it was time to halt being a lady for a moment and let a curse slip by her lips. catching herself on the railing of the stairs, she began to cough anew )

Rumplestiltskin! ( she would call the name of the person attempting to help her, but unfortunately for Belle, she didn't know it )

[Naoto as quickly as she could made her way over.]

This way, quickly before we lose complete sight of the door.

( giving a sharp nod, belle stumbled up to her feet and with the other's help, made her way down the stairs )

I can't believe that all came from such a tiny bottle

It is rather unusual. [Was it really a tiny bottle cause that much hassle. She had to wonder how that worked logically.] Though I can't say I could easily explain it.

( reaching the outside, she glanced back to the store )

Magic, of course. ( matter-of-factly said, it was a potion after all! )

Magic? [She looked rather confused, sure magic wasn't all that common apart from those party tricks one might see and what her Persona could do, but that was about it.] I knew of magic in these worlds, but never really thought much about it.

( for a time she was frowning at the storefront. all that smoke and surely the missing potion wouldn't go unnoticed. mentally, she braced herself for a temper tantrum from rumple before it was even happening. finally, she turned to look at the person who'd helped and gave a warm, knowing smile )

Magic is everywhere. One just has to know the proper way to use it and have the means to manipulate it. ( or so, that's what she gathered from all the stories she'd heard as a small child. and living with the dark one certainly helped ) I cannot use it myself, but. Mm, that was one of his potions and I imagine he'll be terribly upset that I broke it — so, yes. Magic!

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