The Rider's Tangled Journey

Chapter 04; The Snuggly Duckling

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"Now, I know it's around here somewhere." Flynn says as he guides the tower girl, her bodyguard and his dog through the forest for about 10-15 minutes. "Ah, there it is, The Snuggly Duckling."

Then, they turn their attention to either a restaurant or a pub that has a sign hanging out front with a small duck on it and below said duck reads, "The Snuggly Duckling" as Rider pointed out a moment ago.

"Really? The Snuggly Duckling?" Jonah scoffs in disbelief of what he just heard.

"Well, I think it sounds cute." Rapunzel defends. This causes her bodyguard to roll his eyes.

"Don't worry, blondie, This is a very quaint place. Perfect for you." Rider reassures. "Don't wanna be scaring and giving up this whole endeavor now, do we?"

"Well, I do like ducklings." Rapunzel says with a smile.

"Yay!" The thief cheers happily before Samson barked in excitement.

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A moment later, Flynn opened the door before announcing, "Garçon, your finest table, please!"

Then, Rapunzel lets out a sharp gasp of horror upon realizing that the Snuggly Duckling is actually a joint for a variety of ruffians and thugs while Jonah glares at them with contempt.

One of the patrons, who's surrounded by rats, smiles a creepy smile full of razor-sharp teeth. The bartender glares at the newcomers as he cleans something until he pulls it out, revealing his vicious hook for a left hand.

"Stay behind me and stay close, sunshine." Jonah ordered just as he got in front of Rapunzel to defend her before she pointed her frying pan out in front of herself. Flynn leads them through the establishment while Samson growls at the patrons as Pascal holds on to his collar.

"You guys smell that? Take a deep breath in through the nose. [SNIFF!] Really let that seep in." Rider says referring to the smell of the joint. "What's everyone getting? Because to me, that's part man-smell, and that other part is really bad man-smell. I dunno why, but overall it just smells like the color brown. Your thoughts?"

Rapunzel gasps when her hair was pulled back a little before she turns to see one of the thugs holding and looking at it.

"That's a lot of hair." he states as the girl pulls her hair back length by length. Jonah assists on that.

"She's growing it out." Rider jokes. "Is that blood in your mustache?" he continues as he points at the man's mustache. "Guys, look at this! Look at all the blood in his mustache! Good sir, that's a lot of blood!

Rapunzel backs up until she accidently bumps into another one of the patrons sitting in the counter, causing him to look at her over his shoulder as he growls.

Noticing this, Jonah steps in between them before telling the thug, "Growl at someone else, gruesome!"

As Samson growls at the man, Jonah turns to Rider and expressly states, "You better have a damn good excuse for this, Rider."

Ignoring the rider's comment, the thief walks toward the scared girl before as he notices the expression on her face.

"You don't look so good, blondie." Rider acknowledges with fake concern. Jonah rolls his eyes in annoyance at this before Flynn continues, "Maybe we should get you home and call it a day. Probably better off, this is a five-star joint, after all."