Tw: there might be spelling errors i didn't notice!!! I hope there's less of that this time :']
"I don't always see him everyday, but sometimes, that little bot of curiosity gets to me, driving me to his garden. Who am i to reject an inner invite?" These thoughts tend to get to him, even tho he is hesitant that his feelings are actually love, considering what he is
Lawries POV
Knowing that, Lawrie always catches themselves looking at that small view of the garden that hides behind other attractions, this view brings him peace and restlessness at times, but he has to reject a little longer, the park is swarming with customers after all, he is required to Stand there even if his mind Wanders constantly.
Larry gives out tickets, he gives out maps to some customers...if he wants to, Of course
"Thank you for visiting The Starr Park! Enjoy your stay!" His brother expressed gleefully, giving out many tickets muh as possible, 290 customers left, how great, but who cares, just go in and take ur map.
The line went pretty smoothly, minus the few grumpy and smart mouths, it wasn't hard to say he was losing his Patience for the first time in customer service like this......ok its not exactly the first time, probably and definitely.
"Just get in!" Lawrie shoves a map in the last few customers face and sighs heavily.
"tch, talk about the million dollar park with shitty sevice!" A man in mid ages scoffs under his breath as he walks in with his friend.
Who does he think HE is??? I'LL SHOW Y-
"Okay okay, ease yourself now, brother! Look on the good and amazing side! We conquered around 400 customers in one sitting!" Larry poked him with his elbow, stiffing up, Lawries arm shoves larry back and so does Larry, they push and shove each other until Lawrie snorts and shoves Larry's head away, crossing his arms
"Oh buzz off!"
"Ha! Gotcha! There's my brother!"
Lawrie scoffs "Fuck off!"
Larry rolls his eyes and raises an eyebrow "Language is appreciated, do you ever learn that rule?" The younger brother stands up and puts his hand on his hips, looking at the older one curiously, The older one scoffs.
"Its from Vol 2: Rule 20,310 right?"
"You've been studying!"
"Nope, data shortcuts"
"I- C'mon Lawrie i swear its6common interesting and necessary!"
"Sureeeeee!"
Larry's stance turns into a cross arm, just so then, Lawrie snorts and looks away but immediately pausing as his fixation locks into that garden again.
Noticing this, Larry clears his throat "Sooo....you wanna-" Lawrie immediately looks at Larry again, his tone failed to hide his embarrassed defensiveness "None of your Bussiness!- hey! Dont laugh at me!" His tone gets louder and he points a loud finger at Larry, making him raise his both hands in surrender, and laughter of victory.
"Okay okay! I surrender!"
"Your so childish if you THINK I'm that stupidly fixated!"
"you were fixated?"
"i- SHUT UP, SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!!"
As they start to bicker, the Garden's doors slowly open...and inside, there's always a new point of view
Marpho's POV
It feels good to go out again when the sun is out, i always like it.
Today didn't start yet but im hopeful of it, the garden looked more vibrant then usual, i have no internal issues either, maybe I could go out of a coffee when i have time, I'm not entirely sure of my plans, Rosa said i should update it enough to help me breath more, there's that.
I rub the bottom of my mug as i look outside, we made lemonade, i personally didn't like it so i just added some sugar, its not much, really, but its enough to keep my taste buds satisfied-
"Marpho! Helloo!!!!"
???
Oh, someone's calling, i turn around but see no one but look forward to see thouse 2 twins, one is fastly waving his hand and the other is too, but his hand was lower, his stance was too tidy.
I stare at them. Then wave back long after, one of them calls out again.
"What??" ..what did he say?? Good morning? How are you???
To my surprise, he sais it again, but louder.
"HOW ARE YOU!!!!!" he jumped as he said it, the other one seemed embarrassed and started scolding the other one, i couldn't hear it clearly but ut was sure scolding.
"I'm Okay!" I hesitantly say back and take a slow, small sips of my sugary lemonade, my eyes wanders around as i sip even slower, it was crowded today again, that didn't surprise me, but it's sure many people regardless.
But this time, when i look back at thouse two, i see one of them approaching me, its Lawrie, he seemed calm, despite this, i jump slightly and almost drop my mug, my antennas rise up as i manage to win the battle against my buttery fingers and look up again, he is right front of me this time...we both stayed silent, i was too distracted by a detail on his face, i dont know, maybe it can be me zoning out, but something about his face makes my eyes stay locked, specifically on his nose,for some reason
"Hey"
The voice sound...calm but spiced with awkwardness, my eyes look up at him slowly and i give him a equally awkward answer
" 'Sup?"
"All is well."
"That's, that's pretty amazing"
Another pause is made between us. But honestly, this is...secretly my favorite thing about him, the excuse of awkwardness gives me more time to look at his...face. there's just so much to look at on his face, i dont find that weird, honestly, I'm just looking after all.
"So, would you mind if i come in? For a quick inspection?" His hand slides up to take out his badge and turn it, its basically like an ID i guess.
"Sure, we just opened tho" i warn him, just in case, but i see no light up or realization in his eyes "Don't worry, i won't interrupt the flow, will just look around." He calms my worries, putting his badge back into place, but it looked..
Off-center.
This bugs me so much that i forget to ask and lean my hand forward and adjust his badge and relax my hand back to my mug "Alright then, dont judge me if its horrific" cracking jokes won't hurt i hope, after all, i guess were sorta friend's.
Turning around, we walk in slowly, his eyes wanders and takes mental notes around the place, his arms are crossed but i see him sometimes caress his badge.
I stop near a table and settle my mug gently, picking up a pot with dirt in it and searching for seeds, to clear my small task, i turn my head to him "I need to do something small, you wouldn't mind that right?" His head slowly turned to me and stopped walking, eyes looking away a bit before focusing back on mine again "Would i?" His expression was neutural, so i guess it was somewhat sarcastic,
Snorting under my breath, i 'catch' the noise by covering my mouth with my glove who i forgot was covered in dirt from me digging a small hole while listing to him, that hole was for the seed i couldn't find yet, i murmur something before spitting a little and look for a napkin, but at last, i remembered that it was probably not here
"Excuse me for a sec-" i let out a surprised noise as i felt...his hand on my chin, tilting my head to his direction, he was...close. "Hold still, i got this"
Reaching to his belt, he takes out a...map that he rips a little with his teeth and puts the rest back to his belt all the while he looks back at me and then my eyes started to...wonder again. I don't know what he did but i felt his thumb rubbing my mouth and then him trying to wipe a little dirt off with the ripped map in his hand.
His expression turned thoughtful...looking around quickly, his hand on my chin slowly trails to hold my arm, walking me somewhere among the many plants in the garden, yet my eyes were still glued to him strictly, i dont know why but my eyes just couldn't get enough of his face.
My trance breaks when he holds my face again, i felt my hand going up to hold his wrist unconsciously, i see him holding a napkin, his yellow eyes locks back onto mine, i couldn't tell what his expression was, but he spoke to me
"This should take the dirt off, close your mouth" shortly after, his hand closes my mouth for me, i felt my eye contact falter as he wiles my mouth with the tissue, fixating the way his hands move
"There, its all clean"
"H-huh, wha?"
I shake my head and blink a few times, my eyes find his face fastly again, tho, i see him..smile at me slightly and even chuckle "Are you listening to me, Marpho?" His tough persona dissolved slowly, giving me the personality he always puts on near me, cheeky, silent and more friendly, which is more bearable to deal with then the times we were in public, i wish be was open like this more "I got... distracted, my mistake." He smiles at me again
I felt comfortable at the lack of tenseness in his tone, my thumb caresses his wrist, drawing small circles and crack a quick smile at him, which he takes for encouragement to caress my chin, his other hand puts the tissue on his belt, using his now free hand to fix my hair and lean to put a gentle kiss around my forehead
I felt my eyes... growing heavy, closing, he lands another kiss on my forehead...and another...and another...admit some point, i squeeze his wrist gently in response and just feel what i lacked this morning, it was Lawrie
Maybe i should add this to my schedule soon. I think to myself as my eyes open to lock into his, i loved ut when his yellow eyes were so close to me,
It gave me a view more then any galaxy, star or even a beautiful plant can afford: Affection
Idk how to tag the Trigger warnings but uhh yuh!!! Tell me if i missed something cuz its 2 am as im making this and i cant process, sorry if i spelled anything wrong..........
Tw: Abuse, Child labour, mentions of dark magic, mild gore explanations
Might be a stretch but there's a lot of similarities!
"In the tale of Rapunzel, she was taken from her family by a witch to a tower long inside the forest, away from everyone, her whole life, she only knew her mother and spent her days alone at the tower, unless her mother came."
Now...The reason Marissa doesn't quite match with the vibe of juju's shop, is intentional(it wasnt but now it is..shhh), Marissa isn't really alive, nor she is dead, she was given to Juju after juju made deals with a certain spirit/demon(didn't determine which is it yet-) as a sacrifice, Juju will get powers in exchange if she took care of It, who is Marissa.
If you guys missed, Marissa is basically a Wendigo like creature but her form is protected and kept by this...doll form, i actually wanted to make her a porcelain doll but it... doesn't add up- ANYWAYS.
Through the years, she was basically...well nothing, she just served and cleaned for Juju, she never truly had an age nor any sort of personality, just blind excitement. Juju never minded having a bond with her, it started giving her a lot of opportunities.
Marissa is like a child you will let loose to a daycare, she wouldn't know she is doing anything wrong unless you confront her, so...when she newly had a job at the cafe, things were rough, since she didn't know a lot of things from rules to labels to basically any human concept.
So she ended up getting in trouble with Larry and Lawrie after beating up a customer for messing up the cake she delivered to their table.
Confrontation comes with discipline, which she got a LOT from the twins, she was charged, but never really banned from the park, unless she did it more.
With a ticket in her hand and a lot in her mind, she went home. Around like 1 am and talk to her mother Juju;
"In the tale of Rapunzel, after Rapunzel fell for the prince, her Mother confronts her to come back to her old life in the tower."
JuJu panicked at the thought of her "Daughter"- or rather maid at that point of the story interacting the law enforcement of the park and ACTUALLY taking them seriously other then following her orders broke the pride of her having control of Marissa's life.
Marissa was basically nothing to Juju, A shell, a maid, a burden and someone who does the dirty work by stalking and gathering information from brawlers forcefully, a shell of nothing, nobody, until
She started to...gain a personality, she was extremely shy and she didn't know how to start conversations. Ever, the only person she knew was the twins, but she barely saw them after the confrontation...so she slowly turned to her co-workers for answers, they normally don't interact with her from how weird she was but now seeing her..change, they give her a chance.
Her co-workers advised books, observation even had conversations about her troubled vision's, she..started feeling something. She started to feel, despite being an empty shell.
Her mother noticed, tho, so it didn't take long;
"In the (original) tale of rapunzel, Her mother cut her long hair to fool the prince, only to drop him down the spiky flower bushes that lied around the tower, blinding him"
Juju was bittersweet about her puppet actually having sentience, whih one day, spiked a extremely heated fight, which ended with Marissa losing her eye completely, she stayed in the oddities shop until she was The no one Juju always raised around her, finnaly letting her out like nothing ever happened.
She still had a relationship with her co-workers, since they considered her a friend after her efforts, it made her feel better at least a little, but her social skills were 0 again for a long time
Until THEY showed up at the cafe again. It felt really weird and awkward, they somewhat remembered her but not a lot, all they knew was that she was charged only 1 time by them.
The service was a success For L&L and R-t! So unexpectedly for Marissa, she started seeing them at least once a week, they clearly loved the service and the foods and how nice the waiters were, the cafe became the Hub's favorite place to crash at at their lunch breaks or any breaks in general.
Larry's attention slowly started to target Marissa, He never quite saw trouble makers try to redeem themselves this hard, so he tried to be her friend, it took time, cause of their work schedules and Marissa's poor social skills;
"After getting her hair cut and being banished from the tower, rapunzel waited for her prince to find her again."
And then..she decided to talk to her mother Juju again, it sure wasnt a bright idea, but she tried to make her mother a load of gift's like table of food, gifts, etc just so at least she'll listen by any sort of chance,
it surprisingly worked
The talk was extremely awkward, she didn't jave a plan, she just wanted to talk and wash her mother with gifts just so she'll stay a little more longer, the amount of thought she gave to everything touched Juju's heart, which resulted with guilt that started eating her up slowly, Marissa didn't stop with gifts only for that talk;
She gave her mother gifts almost everyday, apologizing severely when she cant some days.
Overwhelmed by everything, Juju took her daughter to a corner to speak, it was sure awkward but juju really wanted to redeem herself even if she cant believe she is doing this to a Shell of nothing that she had to consider a daughter for decades, yt it felt like she finnaly grew a heart under that shell, a beating heart that cries and laughs, her heart, Marissa's heart
"And eventually, Her blind prince found her after searching restlessly for years, recognizing Rapunzel's touch and the warmth feeling of her now destroyed beautiful hair."
The lift off the tension in her home life felt...great for her, she was still an awkward person but at least she was extroverted, she felt like she...had a voice, a personality, a heart, even friends that talked to her.
Her effort even made her the employee of the week sometimes! She felt complete in her current life until... Larry wanted to be close too
It took him a while to get the courage to talk with her, but instantly, he knew she had a lot in common with him, so he went for it!...it was a hard process to befriend her since he is literally the law enforcement(and her mother's panick from the said law) which made her nervous and dismissive,
But of course Delightful rules wouldn't be a thing, isnt it? The new reasons she is really oblivious is:
She genuinely has no idea of the concept of love is, she can observe and study, but she cant understand her herself, she will basically say she loves everyone and nothing else, so how do u expect her to know about these kinda things
I scrapped the ideas of her having a love life before Larry cause it didn't add up
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So uhh yeah!!! Feel free to tell me what you liked about her lore!!!! I spent a lotta time writing this...pls tell me opinions, I'm hungry for them💞
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