rapunzel ♫ 02

[flowergleam]

Who: flowergleam, forged_anew, and crazy not!zombies
Where: edges of the residential district
Style: I'll follow you!
Status: closed

[It's been a quiet day, mostly uneventful around the edges of Lake Meridian despite the strange snarls and growls of the  that can be heard at night. Rapunzel's returning from a trip into the main part of the city to get more paint, a bag in

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[forged_anew]

Zuko actually came to the lake often to train, a reason he'd mentioned to Rapunzel when they first met that he'd seen her cottage before. He'd been there since morning today as well, but actually had not encountered any of the possessed beings yet. In fact, so far, he'd remained perfectly unaware of them.

Rapunzel was easy to spot from a distance, what with that ridiculously long golden hair. Zuko had just been about to head back to his own apartment when he paused, shirt in one hand, lifting the other to wave-- and then dropping the shirt he'd just been about to put on, frowning suddenly as those shapes seemed to come out of nowhere. And whatever that girl had in her had--was that a cooking pan?--was hardly going to deter them, in Zuko's opinion.

Swearing softly under his breath, he was already running in her direction, closing the distance between them quickly. He hadn't brought his swords today, but he didn't need them.

"Rapunzel!"

[flowergleam]

Rapunzel turned at the sound of her name, dropping her attention from the figures that just weren't quite people to look at Zuko approaching. She called his name back in surprise, but that brief moment looking away was all it took for the things to make their move. She let out an eep as a backhand knocked her forwards, causing her to stumble.

"Hey!!"

She raised the frying pan, glancing once more to Zuko before being forced to keep her attention on the attacking beings, holding the pan in front of her face. "Stop it, why are you attacking?"

She wanted to see if they'd talk to her before she started hitting back; but if it came to it she wasn't going to hold back a few sound whacks over the head. Still, that was assuming she'd be able to land and sound whacks; they were driving her slowly backwards, step by step, even though it was only fists they were using-for the moment.

[forged_anew]

"Rapunzel!" Zuko yelled again, this time in warning-- but it was too late and his expression darkened when he saw her struck, suddenly extremely angry. He wasn't going to wait for answers; if their method was 'attack first, ask later,' his could easily be as well.

"Run," he suggested firmly, much closer now and already summoning fire to his hands, willing it into the shape of two curved swords. For now, because they looked like people, he wouldn't aim to kill, but he did swipe at the legs of the two moving to stop him so he could get to the ones closest to the girl. The fire vanished as quickly as it had appeared once he was closer, so as not to accidentally hurt Rapunzel, and he swung a solid punch at one of her attackers.

[flowergleam]

That frying pan was put to good defensive use as Rapunzel tried to recover from the initial surprise of the attack. Busy protecting herself, she missed the fire that sprang briefly into Zuko's hands, but she did turn to look directly at him as his punch connected with one of the attacking creatures.

"I'm not running away, not unless you're with me!" she told him firmly, eyes narrowed as though offended he might suggest she leave him behind.

He'd succeeded in knocking one back, but there were others to come, turning away from Rapunzel for a moment to focus on the newcomer. As they turned their backs on her, she brought the pan down again and again with a few ringing gongs as it connected-"Leave-him-alone!"