#tts willow

19. Sail

“Isn’t there a way off this thing?” groans Frederic, trying not to look at the waves.

“Too late for that,” cackles Willow. “Besides, you want to impress Arianna, right?”

“Don’t I have to still be alive to do that?”

20. Protective

“You really should have thought twice about coming back,” says the scary-looking girl riding the equally scary giant wolf monster. “We’re the only people around here who get to mess with V.”

Andrew gulps.

21. Thirsty

“Do you have any lemonade?”

It’s amazing. Even when he’d actually physically attacked her parents and stolen the Sundrop, Varian’s pretty sure the look of utter betrayal on Rapunzel’s face wasn’t ever hot enough to fry bacon.

22. Husband

“Should we be worried, Your Majesty?” asks Quirin, watching his wife explain to the Queen about an alchemical reaction that would let a person breathe underwater while Arianna listens to Ulla with utmost fascination.

“Officially, of course not,” says Frederic. “Unofficially...I’ll make sure the ships around the port know to look out for them.”

But it does his wife good to smile, all the same.

23. Interrogation

“I’m sensing a teeny tiny bit of hypocrisy here,” says Varian from his chair.

“Sorry about this,” whispers Catalina. “She’s just really excited to try out the techniques.”

“Alright, you low-lying maggot,” snarls Angry, waving a stick three inches from his face, “we can do this the easy way or the hard way. What did you do with my comb?”

Eugene, thinks Varian miserably, you’d better be next in line for this.

24. Makeup

“Um, no,” says Catalina firmly, “this is war paint, thank you.”

25. Movement

Eugene and Rapunzel can dance the night away. Lance and Catalina can wow any crowd. Varian and Angry, the spares paired for everyone else’s safety, both have an unofficial tally of who steps on whose toes more often.

26. Distinct

“You got married?” says Eugene in disbelief.

“You got married?” squeals Rapunzel.

Brock blushes. Stalyan smirks.

“What can I say? I’ve got a type.”

27. Warrant

Eugene and Quaid have been arguing for hours about what counts as the precise intercity boundary and at what point local authorities should be informed of criminal activity, and it’s turning her brain to curds.

“Right,” groans Angry, pushing her way out of the Sheriff’s office. “That’s it. This is punishment for something, right? But what did I actually do—you know, recently?”

“I think this calls for a break,” agrees the local Deputy—Vex, right? “Wanna go fight some thugs?”

“And here I thought Vardaros was going to be boring.”

28. Routine

Quirin likes predictability, Ulla likes accuracy. Neither are particularly good at doing the same thing every day.

(Luckily, or maybe unluckily, Varian isn’t either.)

29. Address

“Presenting His Royal Highness Prince Horace of the Dark Kingdom!” calls out one of the guards as he stamps into the throne room.

“Don’t think I won’t hurt you,” growls Eugene at Nigel, who just smirks.

30. Horizon

If she’s lucky, thinks Cassandra to herself with a smile, the world will just keep going on forever.