scene 49: sixteen candles (in my heart will glow).

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[Sarah is humming under her breath as she approaches the TARDIS, and there is a bounce in her step that could only be accounted for as the anticipation of something magical. It was her birthday, and after all, you only turned sixteen once. She hadn't quite believed the disclaimer that this dinner just happened to be on her birthday, that it was

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[Kaye couldn't help but grin in amusement of the whole surprise, especially at Sarah's reaction. It was such a typical surprise birthday party, but at the same time, so nice. It was relaxing in contrast with the otherwise surprising and sometimes terrifying pace of the City.

Whenever Kaye got a moment to catch Sarah when she wasn't flocked with people she runs up behind her and tags her on the shoulder, mischievously hoping to startle her a bit.]

Boo!

[In her other hand, though, she's holding a small parcel wrapped in what appears to be newspaper comics. What? It was recycling. And Kaye thought it was cute.]

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[And Sarah does jump - although one would think the previous surprise would have prepared her - because she is easily startled. Whirling around, she sees her dear friend and grins. Not to be outdone, she holds her hands up to her expressively horrified face, her exaggerated gestures mimicking the silent film stars.]

Eek!

[Smiling, she hugs Kaye.]

I'm so glad you came!

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[Kaye is quite pleased with her reaction. She giggles impishly and after she is hugged, before she says anything else, she thrusts the wrapped gift toward her.]

Happy birthday! I wouldn't have missed it, even with the stupid curse and Corny wanting us to stay inside.

[Inside the parcel is a cloak - a red cloak, to be exact, and hooded. It appears old and vintage, not new and machine-made from a costume store.]

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[Sarah's expression clouds for only a second - there was a stupid curse? But she doesn't get a chance to ask, as she is immediately distracted. Oooh, present. She giggles at the wrapping, which is so perfect and so very Kaye, tearing into it impatiently, wondering within herself what it could possibly be, when finally she pulls out of the parcel...

...the most beautiful red cloak she's seen outside the pages of the Brothers Grimm.

She's quite literally stunned for a few moments before looking up at Kaye, her eyes aglow.]

Where did you - how could you find - Kaye, this is gorgeous!

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[Kaye waited with the most eager grin on her face as Sarah opened it before she started to explain.]

I wanted to get you a book, but I couldn't think of anything you would like that you didn't already have.

[She indicates at the cloak.] I saw this at a thrift store by chance and it reminded me of you. [Kaye says that without the slightest bit of embarrassment or shame at admitting to buy a birthday present at a thrift store. Unlike others who might have thought it classless, she never minded second-hand clothing and always thought some of the greatest clothing could be found amongst hand-me-downs. Such as her purple catsuit she had back home.]

I think it's home-made, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was left behind by a real version of Little Red Riding hood somewhere, knowing the City.

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[Sarah believes Kaye fully - after all, it's a distinct possibility that Red Riding Hood could have been here, all things considered - and the fact that it came from a thrift store doesn't faze her at all. You could find some really nice pieces when you knew how to look for them, and she visited them herself sometimes when putting together her homemade costumes. Besides, Red Riding Hood's cape wouldn't be repackaged and sold in a department store, now would it?]

Kaye, I just can't believe it, this is perfect!

[She wraps it around herself, over her huge, fluffy dress, twirling so that the cloak flares out around her]

You got me Little Red Riding Hood's cloak!

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[Kaye knew Sarah would like it, but she was pleasantly surprised at how much Sarah seemed to love it. Then again, she shouldn't have expected anything less. She laughs and grins as Sarah twirls around in it.]

If anyone should of have it, it should be you. Hopefully it won't attract any wolves.

[The last thing was meant as a joke, but again, knowing the City, you never knew...]

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[She stops twirling to take the cloak off, folding it oh so very carefully]

I love it. So, so much.

[Sarah looks up at those next words, flushed by the compliment, her cheeks pleasantly pink.]

I met him, you know. Here in the City, of course.

[Dear Bigby. He was probably happily tucked away back home, with his wife and cubs. At least, that was what Sarah hoped.]

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[Kaye was pleased with the gift she had given Sarah - she didn't even steal anything or use any magic. Thrift stores were magical themselves, almost. Especially the one in the City. Considering its unusual population, it was so easy to find so many different, unexpected things - medieval gowns, futuristic shiny clothing, t-shirts with band names she doubted existed in her world, and outfits she would have expected to find in a costume shop.

She doesn't even look that surprised when Sarah mentions meeting the Big bad wolf, only interested.]

Really? What was he like?

((ooc: I just have to point out how wonderfully appropriate my playlist has been being tonight. It played "Dance magic, dance" from the Labyrinth soundtrack when I responded to you, "No more flowers for you" and some Emilie Autumn when I was RPing Persephone somewhere else, and now it just played Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" ♥))

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[At some point in the very near future, they absolutely had to visit the thirft store in the City. Sarah wanted to say this out loud, but made a mental note to ask Kaye to take her later, focusing on her question first.]

The real live Big Bad Wolf is big, but he really isn't bad. It's funny how the stories add things sometimes - or leave things out, depending on which character and which story it is.

He's a great guy. It's not only the princes who rescue the maidens and save the day. Sometimes help can come from the place you least expect.

[Of course, the opposite is true, too...]

Sometimes the prince doesn't always act very charming, anyway.

[ooc: Oh, that is wonderfully appropriate. :D!! Eeee, I love it: Sarah and Kaye have shiny magical playlist powers! ♥ ♥ ♥

...ooh, you play Persephone? :D?]

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[When Kaye listens to Sarah explain who the big bad wolf is, she isn't too surprised. She's read enough about fairytales to realize that there are so many different interpretations of them. It amuses her to think of the big bad wolf as a gentle character, though, and she smiles.]

I like that. It's more realistic.. not that fairy tales should be completely realistic, but. Sometimes the handsome prince types can be real jerks. [She is vaguely reminded of Kenny, although he was no prince.] But what am I saying? Of course it's realistic. Everyone is real here.

((ooc: I'm waiting for more ironic songs, but now that I've noticed it I think it's stopped. D:

Yes. :X If you are familiar at all with Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the setting is like that. I RP Persephone and a faerie named Pipp there.))

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[Sarah nods as she listens to Kaye's words. They're very true. Sometimes you could miss out on the most important aspects when you were too busy expecting fairy tales to be a certain way.]

You would have liked him.

[She smiles again.]

Have you met Prince Charming yet, Kaye?

[She's serious, and watches Kaye closely to see if she believes her. He's not a metaphor, at least not here.]

[ooc: We'll just conveniently forget and see if it starts up again. ^_~

I haven't read American Gods, but that sounds very cool indeed.]

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[At Sarah's question, Kaye looks thoughtful, as if it takes real effort to remember someone like Prince Charming. In all actuality, it was because she hadn't really met him, but she was certain she knew of him in the City.]

Wasn't he the warden here before?

((ooc: Yes. Forgetting now!

I ask because I would totally recommend the RPG to you if you have. But even if you hadn't, it's still great. The concept is that the gods from all these different mythologies exist all at the same time, and they thrive on human belief - as in, without it, they're dead. With it, they're powerful. And they travel where human belief is, thus they are all in America right now. Poor Persephone is in the metal and concrete jungle of New york. D: And Pipp is trying desperately to get his human (he's a companion faerie) to believe in him again. [/rambles]))

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[At that, Sarah nods]

Yes, he was...oh, goodness, if only you had been here that one day! There was a curse - I think it was before you arrived - where we all acted out fairy tales.

[Just remembering the way her day had played out then is enough to make Sarah blush, though she represses the urge to start laughing.

[ooc: Totally. What are we talking about?

That game sounds amazing! I want to hear all about it - if I weren't going out of the country in two days, I would so have to go out and hunt American Gods down!]

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[At the mention of the fairy tale curse, not a single spark of recognition shows itself in Kaye's face, although she does look curious when she seems to notice Sarah's blush.]

No, I wasn't there for that. That kind of sucks. It sounds like one of the fun curses - and what were you?

[She has to ask. Sarah is the most fairy-tale loving person she knows, so she's curious.]

((ooc: Alas, my Kaye app didn't get accepted until a few days after that curse, I think. I so wanted to make her like Rumplestilskein, offering to sew gold from hay in exchange for shinies, and saying people have to guess her true name.. only she doesn't even know her true faerie name. Or, or, a fairy-godmother. She would make a great fairy god-mother to a rockstar.

And it is! I can give you links if you want. I also forgot to mention, but in American Gods there are also the new gods - things like Television, Internet, Oil, Tobacco, etc., things that Americans worship. The main plot of the book is a war between the old gods and new gods. ♥ And there's always later

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Oh, God.

[She holds her hand up to her forehead in the Sarah equivalent of a facepalm, still very much blushing, thanks for noticing.]

I was Snow White. And yes, the Huntsman came to take my heart, but Bigby rescued me in the forest, and I ran off straight into Prince Charming, who proposed right then and there. So I was very happily planning the royal wedding until my stepmother gave me something she called a wishing apple. Then...then I was kissed and woke up. The end.

[She says it all almost in one breath: one long, run-on sentence, purposefully leaving out the fact that she wasn't awakened by the person she thought would awaken her.]

[ooc: Aww, bummer, that would have been so awesome!! I can totally see Kaye as Rumplestilskein - or a rock star's fairy godmother, that'd be equally great. That curse needs to come around again sometime.

Yes, do! You're awfully nice to lend your stuff out all at the same time. ♥ ]