grimm cmo

[vigilantics]

for all of your post-grimm shenanigans! 💕🔪
notes: she went back to gotham with hikage and belph, can world hop, got the leggy back

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[vigilantics]

[ i'm not writing out a proper toplevel. for reasons, steph, sandalphon, and ion are all at disney world. how did they get sandy here? who knows. mauyn says arietta. anyway, the point is, they're all at disney world and they're all wearing normal people clothes because steph was not prepared to try to convince disney staff to let someone wearing full armor into an amusement park. ]

Welcome to the happiest place on Earth!

[melancoffeea]

[Couldn't she have been prepared? Anyway, there are way too many people here. Crossing his arms, Sandalphon grouses.]

The two of you can choose to go anywhere . . . but why am I here?

[fonlines]

[ By this point he's probably lived in New York long enough that he doesn't mind the crowd as much as Sandy, nevermind that Daath wasn't exactly a small city itself.

He's also frowning mildly, though it's mostly curious as he glances around. ]

... Admittedly, she did not entirely inform me of what plans she had before I was sent to pick you up, either.

Is it really the happiest place here? What makes it such?

[vigilantics]

They have giant turkey legs?

[ wait, sandalphon doesn't eat. hm. steph just gestures wildly, not pointing at anything in particular. ]

It's an amusement park! The most famous one. It's fun. The word "amusement" is in the name, so, super fun.

[melancoffeea]

[Such glamor, such liveliness from the boisterous crowd! Certainly, this place must be full of amusement for its patrons. Sandalphon uncrosses his arms.

Then he turns around.]

What nonsense. Hey. [That's to Ion.] Take me back to the Sky Realm.

[fonlines]

Nonsense. [ He parrots, almost(?) cheerfully(??????). ] It might be absurd and trivial, but I see little harm in sticking around to see whatever idea it is Miss Stephanie has.

Unless you had pressing duties in the Sky Realm to attend to?

[ But you didn't when he asked earlier, so don't even front. ]

[vigilantics]

[ stephanie has seen what sandy does in the sky realm and she somehow highly doubts he has any urgent business to attend to. ]

Plus, you never know, you might even have fun! [ ... ] Or something.

[ it'll more likely be the "or something" ]

[melancoffeea]

[Don't any of you start when you saw nothing—]

I thought this would be important. If you don't need help, the Sky Realm requires my attention.

[He wants to go home, Mom.]

[fonlines]

[ An airy sigh, but his eyes do sharpen a fraction. ]

Must it always be business with you? Do you never tire, or require a respite to return to your duties refreshed and better able to perform properly?

I doubt she means any harm. Why don't we simply play along with it before I bring you back none the worse for wear?

[ Shhh, they'll go home ... later. ]

[vigilantics]

And it's good to try new things. Expand your horizons and all of that, right?

[ she will sink low enough as to try to bribe him with coffee if she has to, but hopefully it won't have to reach that point. ]

It'll be fine. I'll get you guys Mickey ears.

[melancoffeea]

[Is that how you excuse your laziness? Sandalphon has never felt refreshed in his life, ever.

And what is Mickey?]

There isn't, no. [Harm, that is.] But we don't know for sure how differently time flows between worlds. I can't afford to dawdle here.

[fonlines]

[ ... yeah, what is Mickey? ]

The Seventh Fonon is the fonon of memory. I'm sure I could find a way to try to minimize the difference...

That said, I would have to make more than one jump in quick succession were I to bring you back now, and I'm afraid I'm not quite capable of that much at the moment.

[ Is that a lie? Who knows. He's certainly smiling, slightly apologetically, but it's also a very easy expression on him. ]

[vigilantics]

[ varian and rapunzel's overlord, that's who. ]

Right. You guys should stay here long enough for Ion to rest up. However long that takes.

[ her smile is definitely less apologetic on all fronts. ]

[melancoffeea]

[He glowers at their smiles. Playing all innocent . . . Won't excitement keep Ion from resting if they were to amuse themselves? He hates this.]

Fine. Start leading the way already.

[fonlines]

Please don't worry too much about it. I'll do my best to bring you back to where we left.

[ Should he really be saying that as serenely and breezily as he is... Anyway, do they start walking? They probably start walking. ]

By the way, what are Mickey ears?

[vigilantics]

I'll show you.

[ she immediately turn into the very first gift shop that she sees, which happens fairly quickly because disney is goddamn filled with them. after making sure that they're actually following behind her, she heads to the collection of hats and mickey ears. ]

These! Mickey Mouse is pretty iconic, so it's kind of necessary for you guys to get some.

[melancoffeea]

[Sandalphon knows better than to stay behind and lose the only people he recognizes. While Ion is curious, he stares at the collection with a furrowed brow. What is this? No comment.]

[fonlines]

... he is a character in children's tales, correct? [ like. katz? the three kowz? ]

Is he really that well known?

[ is this all necessary. ]

[vigilantics]

This entire park was build on Mickey's shoulders.

[ she points at a small herd of children nearby, all trying on ears. ]

You could probably go to any part of the world and they'd recognize him.

[melancoffeea]

[None of this is necessary. Also, he is not a child, so he won't be going anywhere near those, thank you. He looks at a picture of Mickey along the walls.

No matter which way one looks at it, that mascot is just an overgrown mouse with strangely human characteristics.]

[fonlines]

[ he sort of gets it. he also sort of doesn't. he's eyeing a pair of ears with a mildly confused expression. is this just a weird earth cultural thing. do they just really like mice.

maybe they're revered like cheagles? ]

... I see.

Well, while we're here... what is it that we should do first?

[vigilantics]

[ honestly, this is just depressing.

she plucks three sets of the ears off a stand before pointing around at the building. ]

You can look around to see if anything catches your fancy? I'm paying for everything, obviously, so.

[melancoffeea]

[A door that'll take him back to the Sky Realm would be nice. At the very least, Sandalphon looks around the store from where he stands, though he makes no move of exploring every aisle it has to offer. Firstly, he's not interested in souvenirs; secondly, he's not interested in spending Stephanie's money.]

I'll pass.

[fonlines]

[ Ion, from where he's starting to meander around between the accessories and themed scarves in vague intrigue, pipes up: ] Oh, I do have money. I don't really know how much would be appropriate quite yet, but it seems rude to make you pay for everything...

[ Is $35 for a Jack Skellington scarf a lot or not please help. Some of the pendants and necklaces are also surprisingly tasteful, though of course this being Disney World the prices for those range from like, twenty bucks into the triple digits. Is he even carrying around an appropriate amount of money. (Read: will he get mugged if he shows it off too openly.)

Also, he might be looking back and forth between Sandy('s head) and the tiaras with a vaguely amused look. Please stop him. He's still new to this whole shopping thing. ]

[vigilantics]

[ stephanie would never stop him unless he tries to reach for something that is too much $$$$, in which case she will dive across the aisles while shrieking about how he shouldn't mimic fitzgerald's lifestyle. ]

I'm sure there's probably coffee somewhere for you. I can buy you that.

[ is.... coffee an acceptable souvenir. it is now. ]