[voice]

[shawnariffic]

[Aah, morning. The sounds of city streets in the background, and an American idiot in the foreground. What could be sweeter to the ears?]

Hellooooo, City residents! Love your shoes, by the way. Now, correct me if I'm wrong - and I rarely am - but this whole 'super-powers' thing. You're actually meant to... know what they are, right

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[video]

[paints_lanterns]

[Rapunzel is sitting on her windowsill combing a section of her massive hair.]

What's a psychic detective?

[video]

[shawnariffic]

It's a detective who happens to be psychic. Clear?

[video] Nobody saw that.

[paints_lanterns]

...No. [And now she looks embarrassed. She's sheltered, okay?!]

...What's a psychic?

[video] I didn't, but now I'm intrigued!

[shawnariffic]

Well, that's a long, detailed, convoluted, boring explanation. But if you want the short version, it's something like this.

There are a bunch of awesome dead guys - and women, I'm equal opportunity - who hang around me and tell me stuff. Sometimes I get visions. And I'm not talking little 'the phone's about to ring' visions, no way. I'm talking full-out 'possessed by the spirits of the restless dead, bringing justice to their murderer' type visions, sometimes with a backing orchestra and what is up with your hair?

[video] Shouldn't the fake psychic see everything?

[paints_lanterns]

You can talk to ghosts...?

[Well, that was pretty impressive. And scary too. And then she gathered up some of her hair at his question, looking startled.]

W-what do you mean?

[video] The spirits do not tell everything, my child...

[shawnariffic]

Yep. Better yet, they talk back.

It's, uh. [A vague, semi-flaily motion at the screen.] Long. Seriously, you're like Rapunzel or something. How much shampoo do you use?

[video] Total cop-out.

[paints_lanterns]

Well, uhm. My name is Rapunzel...

[She looks at her piles of hair and just shrugs.]

A lot?

[video] We don't use the 'cop' word in these parts.

[shawnariffic]

All right. This place is just getting seriously weird. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess your parents didn't just decide to name you after a fairytale?

[video] Nice subject change there.

[paints_lanterns]

I...don't know why Mother named me that. And I never knew my father.

So...no? I don't think I'm the same as the story Giselle was telling me about though...

[video] Thank you! I try.

[shawnariffic]

Are you a princess?

[video] A clever use of misdirection, but still a terrible psychic.

[paints_lanterns]

No! Good lord. I'm not a princess!

[Well, okay, she is, but she doesn't know that yet.]

[video] THE SPIRITS PREDICT A TERRIBLE FATE FOR YOU.

[shawnariffic]

What, really? Man, I was totally holding out for the princess thing. Fine, different Rapunzel. The hair's still suspicious, though. You should ask your mother about that. She usually let you reply to strange men at your age?

[video] Oh no! And is there a dark stranger involved?

[paints_lanterns]

Mother isn't here. But no...she doesn't let me talk to anyone. I had to sneak away just to get out of our tower for two days.

But she wasn't brought here the way I was.

[video] ... Yes. And an ancient curse.

[shawnariffic]

[Hey, have some more staring. Because this is getting stupid.]

... A tower?

Did you ever... let your hair down it?

[video] ... I'm doomed! But as a fake psychic, I assume you have a solution?

[paints_lanterns]

...Well, occasionally. Mother uses it to get in and out of the tower...

...

How did you know that?

[video] Beg the spirits for mercy. BEG. 8|

[shawnariffic]

Psychic. But don't be afraid! I only use my powers for good. And fun. They're usually the same thing.