"Luau!" Grim turns around, a lei around his neck and grass skirt on his waist. "If you're hungry for a hunk of fat and juicy meat- AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

***

You don't have a long time frame, and know it. You practically dive through the window Grim had scouted yesterday, rolling onto the floor with a thud. You make eye contact with a guard.

"Hey!" She yells, grabbing her spear and charging. You scan the room and grab the first item you see (which is a vase) and take off running. You ignore her yells and race up the stairs to the bridge. You need to time this perfectly.

You look down and see Ruggie's cart rolling into the courtyard. You clutch the vase tighter and jump over the side.

Smush.

You smell like a banana. The vase smells like bananas. Your backpack smells like bananas. Everything smells like bananas. Hopefully the Queen won't be too mad about her ruined fruit.

Ruggie whirls round. "What are you-?"

"THIEF!" The guards yell.

"What did you do?"

"Sorry about this Ruggie." You grunt, ditching the vase and scooping a handful of squashed bananas into your now free hands.

Ruggie freezes. There's something wet and slimy in his hair, a lump dripping from his head onto his lap. He opens his mouth, but nothing comes out.
"Sorry."

"RUGGIE!" Grim wails.

"Grim, into the bananas!" You yell and start to climb out, trying not to slip on a banana peel.

"What is going on?" Ruggie manages to ask you hysterically as you climb out. Grim jumps in, slamming his paws onto the pot.

The guards run up to the cart as you duck around the other side. You scamper away, knowing you only have a moment of time. Ruggie pales as the guards arrive.

"Fellas, wait." He frantically waves his hands to get them to back up. "Let's just hold on here for a minute-"

The hyena pats the spot next to him where he put the scroll as the smell of bananas overwhelms his senses.

Where is it?

Ruggie looks down and pales.

It's gone.

***

You feel a little bad for using Ruggie, but you know he'll be deemed as innocent (and you had sworn revenge.) Grim would take the blame for the vase and you had taken the most incriminating evidence when you had dumped the banana on his head, so the most he'll be getting is a light heart attack.

You run below Leona's balcony, thankful that the area is devoid of any guards. Grim has done his job.

You stuff the scrolls into your bag and take out the shawl. You wrap it around the platform's pole, hoping that Mulan's story didn't have creative liberties or whatever was making all these stories different at this particular part. You put your foot on the beam and pull yourself up.

"Herbivore?" You look up with a grunt, huffing and puffing from the effort. He probably heard you dying climbing up the pole- that's embarrassing. You should probably start working out more.

You put both ends of the cloth in one hand and reach up.

"Pull me up!"

Leona blinks as you owlishly before taking your hand. He lifts you up with ease and carefully pulls you over the rail. "What are ya doin' Herbivore? And why do you smell like a fruit bowl?"

You watch as the dots connect in his head. He leans past you to look at where the guards are congregated, and his eyes widen with fear.

"Shit."

"It's fine," you assure him and take a step back. You pull out the scroll and noisemaker from your hand and hold it up for him to see. "I've got it right here."

Leona's eyes lock onto the paper and he visibly relaxes. A smirk spreads across his face. "Huh, you're actually good for somethin'. Who'd have thought?"

"Oh, I'm very good." You grin, grabbing the noisemaker with your other hand. "Remember this?"

His face falls in disbelief. "No."

"Oh, yes." You smile cheerfully and hold the scroll over the rail. "One wrong move and I'll blow this horn loud enough to alert the whole palace."
Leona's face drops.

"I'll drop the scroll too. There's no way you'll be able to get to it before, oh I don't know... the twelve or so guards down there reach it?" You grin. "Checkmate!"

Leona stares at you for a moment as if your words are sinking in. To your surprise, his face breaks out into the most genuine smile you've seen him make. It isn't his usual cocky smirk or smug grin- no, this is a real smile of pure elation. He begins to laugh, wild and unrestrained. His shoulders shake from the force of it.

You tense up, unsure whether he is breaking into madness. Should you make a run for it? But when you meet his eyes, they hold a glint of pride. He looks at you with pure admiration.

"Well done." He congratulates you, at utter ease with his defeat. "So let me guess? We exchange the scroll for the beads- but how do you plan to get out of here, little Herbivore?"

You glance in the direction of the cart- the guards, Grim, and Ruggie have all disappeared. Leona hasn't noticed yet.

You stare him directly in the eye and push your shoulders back to fake confidence.

"Let's exchange, and then you'll find out."

Leona: Oh Herbivore, do lighten up.
Leona: Sing something with a little... bounce in it.
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