Of Fatherhood, Candy and Runaway Carts [Open]

[rogerrabbit]

It really wasn’t that big of a surprise that Roger had his sights on Yoshi’s. Sure, in his heart of hearts, he was a Toon. He would always go back to making cartoons, but the fact was that being off in Hollywood was not the best for his family was right now. His family. Oh sure, he and Snow had always been a family in a way, but now…now they were gonna have a baby. That made the family thing permanent. Roger spent most of his childhood without it, unless you counted that farm, and the prospect of being able to be right there for his son or his daughter…how could he say no to that? I mean, don’t get him wrong, he was never upset with Bugs or his mom for not really being around when he was growing…he just knew that he wanted to give his kid something better than that.

Which all boiled down to this; having a job was advisable. Sure, the mother of his child was a princess, which pretty much meant he or she was set for life, but it just didn’t seem right to be mooching off of her royal wealth. And sure, Roger had plenty of cash leftover from several, several, several years of cartoons, and he still got royalties…it just felt like he should be working, because that’s just what dads did. They worked, they brought home the bacon. And if the mom wanted to bring home some ham along with it, well goody! But Roger was going to contribute, one way or another….because chances were he was still going to manage a Mr. Mom thing whenever he was at home. ‘Cause that was just how he rolled.

Because the truth was, part of the reason why he wanted a job at Yoshi’s in the first place was because…well, had you seen the place! It was a candy store! That basically meant that it was sweet, sweet, sweet heaven on earth! Plus, with the discount he could probably get his kid as much candy as he wanted year round! How great would that be? Combined with Snow’s genes and Roger’s tooniness, it probably wouldn’t even cause permanent damage to eat all that candy. He’d just swell up for a second, deflate somehow, and he’d be allll good if he were to gain that much weight.

…y’know, all this talk about eating a load of candy was making him hungry, maybe he’d make a purchase before applying…and so began a joyful almost dance down the aisles as he started gathering up some sugary goodness. And hey, Easter was coming up...although he was avoiding the chocolate bunnies. That was just a little too close to cannibalism for his tastes. But to make up for it, he grabbed a bag of jellybeans that was almost the size of half his body and, not without difficulty (the thing nearly squished him like a pancake, who knew that jellybeans could be so heavy?), he managed to get it into the cart...

Problem was the cart started rolling away from him pretty quickly then. His eyes bugged out before he called out, "Hey, wait for me!" and started chasing after it!

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The sweet shop really was the most wonderful place - admittedly, she thought everywhere in Trenale was the most wonderful place, because it was all so new and exciting - it was just a riot of colour and interest and delicious treats that she'd never even heard of before. She'd become rather fond of a lot of them,
so she was here to stock up on supplies and maybe get a few other things to try.

She was just perusing some interestingly flavoured chocolates, and wondering if perhaps there was a way she could send some back for Jacque and Gus to try, when a shopping cart suddenly bumped into her side and sent her stumbling into a display of marshmallows.
It was a soft landing, so she was uninjured (apart from a couple of spots that felt like they were going to bruise from where the cart hit them), but there were now bags of marshmallows scattered across the floor.

"I stopped your cart..." She said awkwardly as the young man came running after it, still sat where she fell amongst the sweets.

[rogerrabbit]

Even though Roger was looking rather panicked about the whole situation, the truth was that he was mentally taking a note of how funny this whole thing was. I mean, really? A cart speeding off all by itself because of an impossibly heavy bag of jellybeans? It was gold! Oooh, maybe Goofy would want to be in that…gosh, if Goofy were in a cartoon that was partially his idea? It’d on the list of his dreams come true! The only thing better would be actually starring with him…

Wait a sec, focus Roger, or you’re gonna lose those jellybeans! he soon realized. Thank goodness, the cart had stopped and Roger was able to catch up with it. Unfortunately, there was some bad news in the form of a very pretty blonde girl who had fallen into all the candy. She didn’t seem hurt or anything, but as far as Roger could tell, she was very much not a Toon, and she could’ve been hurt and he would’ve just felt awful if she had! He knew that some of his fellow Toons just thought it was all a joke, mostly because they didn’t know what that was like, but that just wasn’t Roger’s style at all.

“Oh gosh!” he exclaimed, pulling away the cart enough so he could help the poor thing up. “Are you okay? Sheesh, who’d’ve thought that a bag of jellybeans would cause this much trouble!” Then he caught a glimpse of the mess that was made of the candy and his eyes bugged out. “Well that’ll never do! Hold that thought, would ya?” he asked the girl, even though it didn’t seem like they were conversing all that much to begin with, and in a whirlwind of movement that would’ve only worked with cartoon physics, Roger had the knocked down candy cleaned up at breakneck speed, and all he had to do once it was all done was wipe a single drop of sweat off his brow.

“That’s better…I hope the managers saw that, that’ll get me hired for sure!” he muttered, then grinned at the girl he had accidentally knocked down. “Anyways, where were we? I apologized, right?”

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It seemed to Cinderella that she'd been helped to her feet by a small tornado of some kind, the way he moved and spoke, even before he tidied up at breakneck speed, and she found herself quite breathless when he finally seemed to come to a standstill and speak to her again - although there was something about him that suggested he was practically vibrating with energy, even while standing relatively still.

"I..." She began dazedly, then realised she couldn't recall if he had actually apologised... but then he clearly acknowledged an apology was in order, and he had helped her up and tidied the mess, so he was clearly a nice person, and nice people apologised, so she beamed at him and nodded, finally feeling back on normal footing.

"I'm sure you did. Is everything in your cart quite alright?" She asked worriedly, looking over at it.

[rogerrabbit]

Most people would have been panting, and even Roger probably would have been if he was thinking about how funny that would’ve been. Although at the moment, what he was focusing on was the very pretty little blonde that he had inadvertently knocked down, so he just stood there looking at her expectantly. Admittedly, that was a bit funny in of itself, but again, not the time. Surprisingly enough, he did realize there was a time and a place for gags. It just so happened that the times and places where they weren’t appropriate only happened about five percent of the time in Rogerville (which would make a great title for a cartoon, he was gonna have to write that down….no, FOCUS, Rabbit!).

Thankfully, the girl was smiling soon enough, and Roger returned the favor. He definitely liked the fact that she was smiling even though she had been knocked down, because that meant she was an easygoing person and not a sourpuss at all. Generally? That meant that you were very much okay in Roger’s book. He brushed off her concern, “Aww, it’s fine, I’m just glad you are.” Still grinning, he stuck out his hand, being his typical friendly self. “The name’s Roger, Roger Rabbit,” he stated, shaking her hand quite heartily before letting it go and letting his hands fall behind his back. “What’s yours?”

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"Cinderella." She smiled sweetly, not at all concerned by his slightly odd behaviour. After all, people came here from all sorts of places, and it would be a very dull world indeed if everybody acted exactly the same all the time, wouldn't it?
The handshaking was far more vigorous than she was used to, since she wasn't used to anybody shaking her hand at all, but she took it in her stride and tried not to get too off-balanced.

After introductions had been made, however, she wasn't sure what to do - she didn't want to make excuses and leave the encounter there, that would be leaving the chance to make a new friend, and she would so hate to miss out on a new friend.
"This is a very nice place, isn't it?" She finally said politely.

[rogerrabbit]

Naturally, Roger knew all about the Cinderella story. Come on, who hadn't heard of Cinderella, especially when you considered the fact that your girlfriend was another classic fairy tale princess. Naturally, Roger's eyes lit up just a bit. "The Cinderella, huh?" He didn't bother waiting for much of an answer, because really, how many Cinderella's could there be out there? "Gosh, well, it's even more awesome to meetcha!" Of course Roger wasn't going to make too big of a deal out of it. Number one, he was happily not-quite-yet-but-soon-maybe? engaged to his own princess, and number two, while he was hardly as famous as Cindy over here, he knew that he didn't wanna be fawned over. He just wanted to make people laugh! That was the important part.

And luckily for Cinderella, he was more than happy to start going on and on about the candy store. "Oh is it ever! Some of the best candy I've ever tasted....y'know, I don't think I ate all that much candy over at Toon Town, I was always so busy working, but boy, I must've been missing out. I'm actually thinking of getting a job here, 'cause I'm taking a break from making cartoons." He nodded eagerly, and then got a great idea! Really, it was like someone turned on a lightbulb over his head.

"Hey! How about I buy ya something? Seems like the least I can do after that whole cart thing, and besides, it's just a nice thing to do," he offered, having gone back to his cart, all but jumping and awaiting her reaction.

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"Well, yes, I suppose so." Cinderella agreed, blushing faintly at how surprised and pleased he seemed to hear her name. Then she realised he must have read one of the stories about her, and she got surprised and pleased all over again. Just because she'd found out the stories existed didn't mean she expected people to have actually read them.

She didn't understand much of what he said, all the talk of Toon Town went right over her head, but she nodded politely and tried to make sense of what she did understand so that she could give a proper response.

"Oh I think a job here would be wonderful, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!" She beamed. Being new to the world of employment (other than her enforced labour back home) she wasn't aware there was anything to getting a job other than just, well, going and doing it. Applications and interviews were currently a foreign concept to her.

"Buy something? For me? Oh! You don't have to do that!"

[rogerrabbit]

Roger had to admit, if he was ever going to meet Cinderella, he had expected that she would have been as positive as the lovely blonde before he seemed. It just made him grin, knowing that he was absolutely right in thinking that. You know, he was going to have to think about introducing her to his Snowflake. He was so sure that they'd be such good friends, especially if Cindy was going to support him.

"Well gee, thanks! I could definitely use that vote of confidence, 'specially since I've never worked anywhere like this before, and I've just got to do well. I’m gonna have a baby to feed soon!” As expected, that just kind of burst out, like most of Roger’s thoughts. Apart from hilarity, he rarely had much reason to think before he spoke. Sure, some people would pull the baby card for attention, but not Roger. It just so happened to be the only thing on his mind right now, well, among all sorts of other things, but they sort of created a big alien galaxy around the fact he was going to be a daddy.

But just because he had a future baby to feed didn’t mean he didn’t want to offer his new friend something. “Uh uh, I insist,” he assured her, motioning around with a huge grin.

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"A baby!?" Cinderella gasped, clapping her hands together with delight "Oh well that's just wonderful!"
Cinderella would never be the sort of person to think someone was attention seeking, or to think they had any sort of ulterior motive at all, so she only read Roger's genuine excitement as exactly that.
"I'm sure you're very excited! Babies are just the sweetest thing, little bundles of joy, as they say!"
Typically, of course, Cinderella had nothing but nice things to say about children, even though she'd never really known any first hand.

Since he was insisting, she didn't want to be rude and turn down his very kind offer, so she nodded.
"Well thank you, thank you very much," she beamed, looking around the store to try and decide on something small.