Chapter 23: Stolen Painting

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As Stan and Pete stood guard as Giovanni walked up. "Pete look alive. This must be the guy. Look at him." Stan said. "Mister, uh, The Giovanni. The John-vanni.. Johnny-Johnny. Johnny welcome!" Stan said opening the door for him.

"Coran is happy to have you." He said. "Yeah, well, at least someone is happy." Giovanni said walking past them. "Now, where's Princess come si chiama?" She'll be here shortly."
Pete informs him. "The Giovanni, he don't like to wait." He said. "Now leave me here." He dismisses them. "Ah. Maybe The Giovanni he learn something.. by studding how not to paint." They shut the door behind them.

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Eugene pulls on his new uniform. Happy and pleased with himself. Valor had stuck around afterworlds. Part of her wanted see if Eugene would truly cut it or not.

Soon Eugene confidently strode into the room. "Hey! Nice!" He said walking towards the Captain. "Reporting for duty Cap." Eugene salutes. "What do you got, huh?" He asked with a chuckle. "Bad guys to be nabbed? Mysteries to be solved? I'm ready for anything." Eugene said. Captain gave a smirk as an idea pops into his head.

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"Dungeon duty. Great." Eugene said. As he and the Captain stood in the dungeon. Valor tagged along. "This your post. That main entrance is to remain locked at all times. You are to patrol this entire block every five minutes. Do you understand?"

"Well looks like you one prisoner. So it should be easy." Valor notes. "What! Really Cap, only one prisoner?" Eugene said. "Do you understand?" The Captain repeats.

"Yeah, but I just thought, you know, given my skill set, it would make more sense for me to be running and jumping." "You're not being paid to think, Rider. Every five minutes." Captain turns to leave. "Well, good luck Eugene. You'll need it." "Wait your not staying?" "No, I'm wanna to  see what's up withRapunzel before heading back to Old Corona." With that she waved goodbye to Eugene and leaves.

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"So, he's a famous painter?" Valor asks. "Yeah, Royal has had their portrait done by him, expressing what makes each queen or king unique." Rapunzel explains. "I see, what explains the mess. Though, it looks like you made up your mind." "Yes. And you don't have to come with me." Valor shrugs. "I kind of want to see what he can do for myself."

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Giovanni stood at a easel, as Rapunzel and Valor walks into the room. "Hey, it's about time!" He said. "Sorry, The Giovanni, I was, um.." "The Giovanni, he doesn't care! Now, how you wanna look?" He asks Rapunzel. Valor steps to the side.

"Oh, um. I thought that I would keep it simple." Rapunzel states. "Huh? She gonna pose with nothing?" Then he said something in Italian and hits his forehead. Before shouting. "Don't blame The Giovanni when the painting, she's no good." He said. 'What with him?'

"Oh. Okay." Rapunzel said. "I definitely won't." She promised. But before The Giovanni could start. The door slams open. "The Giovanni. Can I call you The? You're the best." Eugene said entering the room. "Hey, Blondie, I see you went with the simple choice of beautiful." Eugene said.

"Aw! Thank you." Rapunzel said. "At least someone thinks so. Wait. What are you doing here?" Rapunzel quickly ask him. "Valor and Cass said you had dungeon duty." She asked him. "Oh, I do. The Cap told me to walk the block once every five minutes, but it, just seemed like a waste standing there. So, I walked it twice in a row, and now I can take a 10-minute break. Math." He taps his head.

"Yeah, uh, I don't think that's right." Rapunzel said. "Oh, no, no, trust me, Blondie. I worked it out in the old brainium." "No, you need to redo that math calculation. Because that's not how you do it." "Huh? I'm sure I'm right. I did go to school." "Yeah, three days!"

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