Zk | fc23-braiding

Shark

• Rex
• They/them
• Shy
• Gotta get floor time when overwhelmed
• Why are they on land?
• Incredibly successful wizard

Goat

• Little Jerry
• He/him
• Not shy but runs out of energy
• Sleeps - falls asleep on the spot
• Why is he talking with a large predator?!?!?!?!??!

• Narcolepsy diagnosis

• goals and agenda:

  • Rex:
    • Respect from back home under the sea
    • Saving money from wizarding business to buy a beachfront property
  • Li’l Jerry
    • Wants a fulfilling life in interpretive dance, but falling asleep is getting in the way
    • Get narcolepsy diagnosis

• the last thing I need is love

  • Rex:
    • Building that respect is more important than love
  • Jerry:
    • Maintaining a life is hard enough
• Meet cute:
  • the first appointment:
    • Jerry is easily impressed
    • Rex is feeling like this will be really easy
    • Contrivance: Rex needs to study just in case this is a curse
• That’s the last thing I need
  • Rex:
    • Maintain that professional wizard/patient relationship
  • Lil Jerry:
    • Gotta get this fixed before dating
    • Also boy that’s a lot of teetth
• No way #1
  • Jerry:
    • Thinking about Rex leads to narcoleptic episode, so no way!
  • Rex:
    • News of some other wizard violating WIPAA
• There’s a little bit of trouble:
  • Second appointment
  • the potion doesn’t work - maybe it’s not narcolepsy…!
• Stuck together:
  • The curse is transmissable!
  • Jerry shouldn’t go out and pass on the curse
  • Now Rex is snoozing, doesn’t want to pass that on to clients
  • Rex says “sleep on the office bed”
• No way #2:
  • Catching feelings + sleepiness
  • Rex:
    • Gotta focus on success
    • What if it’s a symptom?
    • (also they’re probably already dating)
  • Lil Jerry:
    • They’d have to find another wizard
    • They’re so close to fixing this…!
• Bone town:
  • Rex has a floor cry, Jerry has to take care of them (y’know, spritz with water, off chum)
• Seeds of doubt:
  • Wallow #1:
    • both of them fell asleep (was it cozy? was it the curse? Oh no!!!!!)
  • Retreat
    • Rex:
      • goes home
      • How do I explain falling in love with a fainting goat
      • And also I have narcolepsy???
      • Mom is smug
    • Lil Jerry:
      • Stuck in office
      • Slamming Chimera Energy Drinks
      • Obsessively preparing for recital
  • Choose fear:
    • Lil Jerry:
      • I’m leaving
      • Maybe if I’m no here, Rex won’t have the curse
    • Rex:
      • Mom may be right after all
      • Still stuck with curse
  • Wallow #2:
    • Rex:
      • Abandon business
      • Not going back to land
      • Seal break
    • Lil Jerry:
      • caffeine crash, falls, hurts his shoulder
      • Wallow, giving floor cry a go
• Choose love:
  • Rex:
    • Rex’s dad talks them through a breakdown
    • The speech is really touching, he went to the surface once and biggest regret is coming back, don’t listen to your mom, she has no power over you
  • Li’l Jerry:
    • finds Rex’s notes searching for spell
    • They wrote: “This spell won’t work and now Jerry’s never gonna talk to me again :c :c :c </3 [curled up shark with Xs for eyes]”
• Plan and take risks:
  • Jerry:
    • I’m gonna fix this, imagine how happy Rex will be <3 <3 <3
    • Now Jerry is planning!!!!!
  • Rex:
    • they have to sneak out
    • Fuck it, plans haven’t worked, I’m yeeting on land with nothing waiting for me, but hopefully Jerry
• Grand gesture:
  • Rex throws the door wide
  • Jerry is treating others with the same curse (maybe even those same doctors who refused…!)
  • the spell that fixes this is a dance, and Rex falls into a swoon, then they do the dance together
• Epilogue/hope:
  • They’re working on the grand new field of magical dance
  • Of course they get married (it’s a magical girl transformation)
  • Opens the world to movement based spells