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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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( giving quick, little shakes of her head, belle continued to pick up the broken glass she'd caused to happen )

No, they're fine, it's fine. I'm sorry. ( wait, why isn't he mad? frowning, she lifts her head to look at him ) You're not upset that I dropped your potion?

( pressing her lips to form a thin line, she blinked ) Wings would be interesting.

I'll be more upset if you bleed on the carpet. Blood's much trickier to get out. Or so I've heard. Now let me see your hands.

[Really. He's watching her, head canted to the side.] It's just a potion. Not a difficult one to replace. And luckily, not one that released havoc upon the town.

[...sorry now he's laughing, a sharp trilling chuckle.] Interesting. Would they?

Aaah, what I do find interesting is what had you about my potions in the first place. Were they dusty?

I'll bleed on my dress. ( she could always get a new one of those! )

Certainly glad nothing too terrible came from that. ( glancing to her hands, setting glass in her lap, she shakes her head lightly ) H... here then. ( she lifts them up for him to look at )

Well, it's not every day that a caretaker sprouts wings.

( coughing, she glanced away fro him at his question ) Dusty? Yes, very much. ( absolutely had nothing to do with her curiosity )

Or we could do a little patching up, and spare all the staining.

[But he's quick to reach down to take her hands in his, looking over them carefully. There's a bit of a magic trick here, one he doesn't often use -- one he hasn't much considered using since Bae disappeared. There's a faint somewhat strange greenish glow, and when he let's go of her hands, she'll find her cute healed completely.]

I think I prefer you without them.

[Because flying opens the door to a whole new world of ways she could injure herself.]

I see... dust must be the answer! [He lifts a finger in a flourish.] Because it certainly can't just be errant curiosity...

Yes, well. I leave that up to you, I suppose.

( a shiver crawls along her spine, tingling sensation causing goosebumps along her skin at the little wave of magic he uses on her palms ) Thank you.

If you prefer it then I highly doubt it will happen. ( aww, come on rumple. it could be amazing to see her flying around ~~and hitting into things, falling, breaking her wings...~~ )

Erk—! ( flushing, a cough escapes her lips. crap, how dare he be able to completely read her like a book? turning her head to look away, she occupies herself with collecting the broken glass once more, giving a nod ) Mmhmm, dust. Very dusty. It would be very unprofessional of me otherwise, completely covered in dust. I should probably clean in here more often.

I am good at getting my way, [He admits cheerfully enough. ...not amusing. It would somehow give him an ulcer.

Things were easier when he didn't care about anyone. He grins his wide little grin at that.]

Yes, I expect you should if it had that much dust on it. I'd hate to think you were getting lax in your housekeeping.

[Yeah he's not buying a word of this, but he'll let her have the illusion of it anyway.]

Just do be more careful. If you'd knocked over the one beside it, you might be a newt right now -- and undoubtedly, the prettiest of all newts, but you're much lovelier like this.

Trust me, this I know. ( so worth the ulcer, okok )

I um, certainly wouldn't want to get fired or anything of the sort, after all. ( yeah, she's more than well aware that he's completely not buying this at all, but is extremely grateful that he's letting her pretend otherwise )

A newt? ( she scrunches her nose but then laughs lightly ) What, you have a potion for that? Can't you just snap your fingers to change someone into a newt? ( and she's totally blushing at that pretty comment, too )

[Well if anyone would be, it would be Belle. But for now he laughs a sharp, sudden laugh.] I certainly wouldn't want to fire you. Where else would I find someone so easy to coexist with? I find so many other's to be tedious company.

[Useful tools, but yeah, there are few he truly enjoys spending time with. But there are some. Even in this place.

A grin here.] I can yes, but not everyone can! And perhaps someone would want that sort of spell, don't you think? Especially for the little shadow creatures that prowl the worlds here.

( ever heard of that 'wrapped around her pinky' saying, rumple? she gives a playful smirk to him, though ) Oh, I don't know. You could look into a cat, maybe? Or a ficus plant...

Oh, I suppose that would be one method to get rid of them. They could be used as pets that way. ( joking, joking! she promises not to bring home a heartless turned newt ~~maybe~~ )

[...did she just suggest that his best company option would be a plant? Well she may have a point.]

Ah... not the most pleasant of pets. If you feel like a companion of that sort, please opt for a cat.

[No bringing home heartless!newts, all right? That's just asking for trouble. Really.]

( then again, he would forget to water it... )

Ahh, so you're saying I can have a kitten then.

( have a wry smirk )

[...he'd cast a spell on it to make it not need water. Problem solved.]

...is that what I said? Well, if you like. I don't mind cats, in theory.

[He walked straight into that. But he smirks right back, yes.]

( but then it would die of loneliness, plants need company rumple )

Well, it would be a kitten. Kittens are more needy than cats. And maybe I could get two so the one wouldn't be lonely...

( okay really, she's ~~mostly~~ just teasing )

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