The Whole Town's Talking About It {Open to Humans, Lefou}

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The large, burly man suddenly appeared laying on the ground face down, wearing a cape underneath the quiver of arrows strapped on his back. His eyes were closed and his medium length hair was tousled and wet over his face. Suddenly, his back rose when he drew in a deep breath and exhaled. Get up! His subconscious was demanding that he get up in the similar way that he demanded of the beast to get up and fight when he was kicking him around. His father would have told him as much. 

That last memory of falling from perilous heights after stabbing the beast jostled Gaston enough to finally able to process that his golden yellow gauntlets were touching hard pavement as he lifted his burly body into a push up position. His blue eyes that suddenly opened initially squinted at the sudden burst of light at first, not being used to light after the last thing he recalled was fighting the beast in the dark. The town hunter adjusted quickly to the light as he instantly rose to his feet in a hearty pose when he realized that other small people were walking, slicking his raven hair back as if nothing had happened earlier. There was nothing to think about. It was obviously the townspeople congratulating him. 

Gaston's broad grin faltered in confusion when the hunter suddenly realized his surroundings. Why, this was nowhere near that Beast's castle! It was if it had suddenly disappeared! He did give it a good second's worth of thought in regards to how he found himself in this place or whether or not he was dead; Yet he cared not about any of that witchcraft magic anyways and he felt alive enough to be on his way! There was only one thing he cared about right now and it wasn't asking for directions - real men don't ask for directions! The greatest hunter was bound to find his way back to town eventually! "Belle?!" Gaston's loud, booming voice called out to the one he had set his determination to find after killing the beast. With that Beast out of the way, Belle would be his! 

The tall hunter was suddenly distracted when he caught his reflection in what appeared to be a place where the walls were like mirrors! Gaston stood in front of the wall of the store made of glass and examined his features with an approving smile, though it faded upon noting his hair was disheveled from battle. He was sure it must've fallen in his quiver. Pulling his quiver strap over to the side, he was able to hold the quiver of arrows and shove his hand in there to retrieve his red tie. Upon finding it with a triumphant grin, he pulled his hair back together and tied it in his red hair tie. Gazing at the mirror again, he was absolutely flawless again considering he just killed off a beast. 

"You! I'm looking for a girl named Belle, who's as beautiful as me! Have you seen her?!" Gaston chose a person randomly to begin asking for Belle, being so confident that she was here and not comprehending that he was in a completely different world. That was too much beyond his comprehension. 

(I'll let it be anyone human. He wouldn't have convos with animals sorry xD) 

[Moana]

Every place of this park had it's own feel, and Moana positively loved it! And exploring it all even this long in. Even the more land-locked ones. As ever, she glanced to make sure Pua and HeiHei were keeping up. Her ever faithful companions, and about as good of ones as anyone ever needed.

"Well, and what do you two want to do today?", Moana asked both, next taking in their answers from gestures and nuances that most wouldn't.

In fact she noticed the newcomer first off Pua telling her, in a sense, as he paused and inclined his nose that way, sniffing. Moana followed her pig's gaze and found a park guest quickly walking away from a very confident but confused looking man.

Oh! Another one of those! She just somehow knew. A lost Special Guest.

Well, this was going to go way better than Mia, Moana was determined, and it being all of her fault, she felt, for botching that one a bit in how she explained. Moana rushed over, eager to help. "Aloha! You were asking about someone you knew?". She could have gone on to explain from here, but didn't want to overload the situation and waited to get past this one point of confusion before getting to the rest of it.

Pua walked over to sniff the man's boots and then decided he didn't like him and darted back behind Moana. HeiHei continued to obliviously peck the concrete ground.

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Gaston was met with nothing but giggling so far, which was fine since he was used to the women being coy around him, but right now the man with the one-track mind was determined to find Belle! Though he wasn't satisfied that he couldn't end up having the Beast's head mounted on his wall, he'll settle for having Belle as a wife in the end! 

"Aloha!"

Suddenly, the brawny hunter heard a word being called at him, which ended in ha! He wasn't sure what that word was, but it was like someone was making fun of him! "No one makes fun of Gaston!" His voice boomed as the tall man turned around and raised his thick raven eyebrow over his blue eyes when he realized it was a young, dark skinned girl. She appeared to be a native that they traded fur with. He was smart enough to understand her language, of course. "Hello there. Why, I'm looking for Belle! The most beautiful girl in town! Have you seen her?" The man's deep voice was friendly as he grinned down at her with high hopes of finding Belle, before lifting an eyebrow at the pig and the chicken next to her. "I've never seen natives trade for farm animals before!" The hunter observed the chicken's severe lack of shape, something he'd never care to hunt for - though the pig was a possibility - but he did not care to know who she traded it from considering it was a bad trade she was given. These natives should stick to fur trading!  

[Moana]

"No one makes fun of Gaston!"

Moana blinked and stepped back as the man turned to her. "I'm...sorry...?", she said. Not the kind he would probably think...just unsure what exactly she had done to make him think she was mocking him. Anyway he dropped it as soon as he saw her, or seemed to. So all a misunderstanding. Moana smiled again, glad she hadn't offended him.

Why was this helping Special Guests thing so hard? She'd had no problems leading back home...well few...

"Hello there. Why, I'm looking for Belle! The most beautiful girl in town! Have you seen her?"

Moana giggled, just because it was either cute in a sweet way if this girl was his significant other (she could hear her father saying the same about her mother...though not in quite the same tone) or if he hadn't even spoken to her, it was funny. Probably the first, Moana realized, and a friend from his world.

"I'm sorry I haven't met Belle", she began, before catching the rest of what he said.

"I've never seen natives trade for farm animals before!"

"A native what?", Moana asked. "Oh and they're not farm animals...well some pigs and chickens back home were...stock...but, these are my friends, this is Pua and HeiHei", Moana introduced with a smile. "Say hi guys". They of course didn't. "And I'm Moana", she smiled.

"Um, but returning to Belle...I'm afraid you may have had happen to you what a lot of us have, and...ended up here in Walt Disney World, away from your home, but don't worry, sometimes friends show up here, I recently reunited the sweetest little girl I watch with another member of her Ohana so...".

But he wouldn't care about that, just his situation. "If I meet Belle, I'll be sure to tell her you're here Mister...", she tried for a name.

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"I'm...sorry...?",

"I know!" Gaston said confidently, lowering his eyelids half way over his blue eyes with an appeased grin. The townspeople, including Lefou, would apologize all the time to him. He knew they were sorry. It was never his fault. 

"I'm sorry I haven't met Belle",

Gaston frowned with bemusement upon hearing that someone did not know one of the most popular people in town, but then shrugged. She was a native, of course, what did he expect? 

"A native what?"

The large muscular man raised both eyebrows over his blue eyes upon hearing her ask such a thing. "You know.. a native!" Gaston explained so painfully plain and obvious. The brawny man shrugged, not thinking that he would have to define it. "You should know what you are by now!"  He waved it off with a large hand. This native not knowing her identity was strange for Gaston. They usually knew who they were and their place when it came to their trading relations with them. He never had to define it before, and he wasn't keen on starting now. Upon hearing this native girl say that she did have farm animals that she called friends, he raised an eyebrow at her. It almost sounded like Belle saying that the Beast was her friend. He would have said as much, except he knew that Belle had chickens that she was taking care of like pets. "Poo and Hey Hey?! Ha Ha Ha Ha! Now, those are the strangest names I've ever heard!" Gaston couldn't help but laugh in his deep toned voice upon hearing such funny names of animals. These natives and their strange names!  

"Say hi guys"

"Whoa! It's not right to talk to animals like that!" Gaston instantly halted that nonsense to prevent that from happening again. He wasn't going to call her crazy because he spoke to the Beast as well while he was just fighting him off, but he wasn't about to make that known out in the public for good reason. He wouldn't want anyone to think that he was crazy. "The whole town will start talking about it!" He explained with utmost importance, knowing that it could ruin reputations. Why, he had seen it first hand with Maurice and Belle even after he had warned them in his own way. 

"And I'm Moana",

Gaston logged that information away in the remote regions of his mind. He cared enough to know the names of people, if only for them to know him. He raised an expectant eyebrow at her, almost as if he found that strange that she was not asking him for his name. That never happened before! Just before he decided to speak up about his name, Moana mentioned Belle again, and he decided to pay attention... which was a mistake because she soon fed him with a lot of convoluted information that he wasn't expecting to receive. The wheels in his head indeed threatened to turn after she explained his situation:

"Um, but returning to Belle...I'm afraid you may have had happen to you what a lot of us have, and...ended up here in Walt Disney World, away from your home, but don't worry, sometimes friends show up here, I recently reunited the sweetest little girl I watch with another member of her Ohana so...".

He puzzled, and puzzled... until his puzzler was sore.

In the end, Gaston didn't understand what Walt Disney World was, regarding it being a different world than his, nor could he understand how he got here, but he grasped being away from home and meeting friends. He knew that he was in another town already! "Oh, I know! Don't worry, I can track my own way home!"  The overconfident hunter exclaimed with a grin.  
 
"If I meet Belle, I'll be sure to tell her you're here Mister..."

"Why, thank you, Moana!" It greatly appealed to Gaston to hear that she would let Belle know that he was here. It made him grin all the more contently to know that even the natives were as helpful as they were good at trading. He never thought to be friends with a native before, but now he didn't mind. "My name is Gaston!" Gaston introduced himself with a proud grin. "You see, I'm supposed to be married to Belle by now!"  He revealed that this was the part when he was supposed to have his happy ending! With the Beast gone, they were supposed to marry! How can he have his happy ending without Belle?! "As soon as I find her, I'll be sure to invite you to the wedding!" Gaston invited her with a wink, grinning contently at the thought of having his wedding day planned out as soon as he would find her again! 

[Moana]

"I'm...sorry...?"
"I know!"

Moana blinked. Something wasn't adding up here, it was like he had commented to an entirely different conversation! To quell the risk of making it more confusing, Moana just let it go. He frowned, perhaps thoughtfully, as she said she didn't know Belle.

"You know.. a native! You should know what you are by now!"

This was the first indication she should maybe be insulted, but...he was new...and maybe it was all part of that giant misunderstanding again. Still Moana was proud of her island and heritage. "I'm...from Motunui. Chief in training", she just supplied for further information, but didn't argue it.

"Poo and Hey Hey?! Ha Ha Ha Ha! Now, those are the strangest names I've ever heard!"

Eh...close enough...

"Whoa! It's not right to talk to animals like that!"

This wasn't a fully new thought, just put a bit more bluntly than others would. Then again one of her people had asked about cooking HeiHei in the rooster's hearing! Moana was about to explain, ever patiently, as she did, about how there was a lot more to them than people supposed, when he went on.

"The whole town will start talking about it!"

She supposed the parks could fit for a town, and if they looked similar maybe he didn't quite know he had moved locations yet, not until she explained.

"Oh, I know! Don't worry, I can track my own way home!"

Moana actually understood this line of thought. She'd once thought she could just sail back to where she'd been before. How to tell him that wasn't possible...

"I'm sure you're very skilled, but...I'm afraid it's not that easy, there's a barrier...", she tried to explain, and not to insult his skills, but it was beyond any of them.

Why was this conversation quickly reminding her of talking to Maui sometimes and in the beginning especially...

"Why, thank you, Moana! My name is Gaston!"

"Nice to meet you", was just polite

"You see, I'm supposed to be married to Belle by now! As soon as I find her, I'll be sure to invite you to the wedding!"

That wink...oh no...he was just like Maui had been. Moana's smile got a bit more tired. "Thank-you...well, if you're sure you don't need any further help...", she could let this one go, he seemed about as good as he would be. Moana started to turn away then paused herself. She literally heard her father's voice in her head tell her that a Leader Helped All; and her grandmother reminded her she had put up with Maui...

Smiling the same kind of smile, she turned back, "Sorry...I shouldn't assume you're good, do you need help finding a place to stay here?". She didn't return to their being trapped as he had brushed past it before.

<<I'd say Lefou is good to come in any point after?>>

[Lefou]

<<I agree>>

Lefou trudged down the path, hands in his pockets, scowling at the pavement. Who did that guy think he was, anyway? Lefou had just been sitting on a bench, minding his own business, when some big lug sat on him! 'I didn't see you there,' had been the excuse.

What did a guy have to do to get some attention around here?

LeFou kicked at a pebble, missed, and stumbled. He caught the snickers from a passing tourist (for so he'd learned they were) and felt even lower.

As soon as I find her, I'll be sure to invite you to the wedding!

The voice boomed out over the general babble of the crowd. No, it couldn't be, could it?

LeFou looked up and caught sight of a tall head towering above the rest.

"Gaston!"

The short man broke into a run, not caring whether or not he bowled over the farm animals that suddenly appeared in his path, stopping only when he stood before those familiar boots.

"I'm here!" he shouted, though it came out more like a squeal, spreading his arms in a 'ta-daa' manner before Gaston.

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"I'm...from Motunui. Chief in training"

“A woman training to be a chief?!" Gaston repeated in shock at the most absurd thing he had ever heard with a narrowing of his eyebrows, but then he instantly bellowed a low laugh. "Ha ha ha ha! Only the natives would come up with these crazy ideas!” What did he care about the ways of the natives? It's not as if it any status of hers meant anything to everyone else! Out here, he was still better than anyone else! Or so he thought. 

"I'm sure you're very skilled, but...I'm afraid it's not that easy, there's a barrier...",

A barrier? Gaston lifted a thick, raven eyebrow quizzically upon hearing that there was a barrier, not really understanding the concept of a town being quarantined in the manner that she was saying, before he shrugged without a thought and waved it off with his hand. “Then it's your lucky day, Moana! With biceps like these, no barrier will stand in my way!” The brawny man in red boasted, even puffing up his muscular chest and flexing his muscular arms to demonstrate with a gleeful grin. Just as he did before with the townspeople breaking down the door with the tree, he could easily gather up several capable men and help them hoist the tree up to break down any barrier that he would come across! It seemed to Gaston that he came to this town just in time to help out with this barrier business!  

"Thank-you...well, if you're sure you don't need any further help..."

"No problem, Moana!" The town hero grinned upon hearing the little native girl thank him, for what he thought, was for his service of assisting with this barrier nonsense. He didn't really take sarcasm to consideration, or much else for that matter. Gaston shrugged when she began moving away, then turned to see if he should ask someone else about Belle. That was when the young native girl came back to him - the way most girls tended to do to him, of course! He couldn't help how handsome he looked!

"Sorry...I shouldn't assume you're good, do you need help finding a place to stay here?"

Gaston wasn't accustomed to asking for help, but the entire idea of him needing a place to stay here struck him as odd. "A place to stay here, hm?" Gaston grabbed his clefted chin with a gloved hand with a smile sliding over his lips, trying to interpret what that could mean in regards to whether this young woman was just trying to flirt with him in a certain way or not. Why would he need to stay here when he was breaking a barrier to get back home? Breaking a barrier didn't take that long. He clearly wasn't understanding all of this that well. Then again, he did need to still find Belle.. and with the crowd of people being larger than what he was used to, he did start to dangerously think if perhaps he should find a place to stay until he finds Belle...

"Gaston!" 

His name was always something that the narcissistic man loved to hear! A grin spread over his angular features as the tall man turned his neck to find that it was Lefou! “Lefou?!" With a large hand, he instantly grabbed for him to pick the small man up to his tall height. "I knew you wouldn't be far behind!” He grinned egotistically as he lifted him easily with two hands, as if he knew all along that Lefou would always be trailing behind him. Seeing Lefou in this new town seemed to cause the wheels to turn as to what Moana had told him about people appearing in this town. He neared the small man closer to his face as he spoke about his thoughts lowly, which can only be heard by Moana and him since they were close by, not wanting other people to hear that he was thinking. "Hm..Lefou, I'm afraid I've been thinking on what this girl, Moana, has told me about this town! That magic of that castle must be what caused us to appear here!" He carelessly dropped Lefou down on the floor as he widened his arms to gesture to this entire new town that they were in. He spoke as if that was obviously the explanation. "They seem to be in need of help with a barrier in order to head to the next town.. and no one breaks down barriers like Gaston!" He narrowed his eyes with a overconfident grin. "But I promised myself I'd be married to Belle, and this means she's not far behind! We can't leave without her!" Gaston was not going anywhere passed any barrier until he was able to have Belle with them. He was determined to find her! 

[Moana]

“A woman training to be a chief?! Ha ha ha ha! Only the natives would come up with these crazy ideas!”

Ok...it was getting really hard to excuse away his behavior by simple cultural misunderstanding or his being new.

Even Maui wasn't this bad!

“Then it's your lucky day, Moana! With biceps like these, no barrier will stand in my way!”

Though the all but headache was familiar...

At any rate! She'd attempted to provide aid, and was done! Until she wasn't and turned back, to be a good leader.

If she'd known his thought process, and that he could in any way interpret her helping him in a hotel search as flirting, she'd have probably laughed in his face. For quite a bit. Manners forgotten.

Thankfully...perhaps, the conversation was directed as a smaller man came rushing over. Almost bowling over Pua and HeiHei! Moana scooped the animals up out of his path quickly and stepped back as the man pronounced that he was here, verses said Hi if he knew Gaston.

Gaston all but hefted his small friend up. Moana just watched, a bit bemused. Maui had lifted her off the ground in a few hugs, just by sheer mass, as seemed to be the case with Gaston, though his was showing off more as well.

"Hm..Lefou, I'm afraid I've been thinking on what this girl, Moana, has told me about this town! That magic of that castle must be what caused us to appear here! They seem to be in need of help with a barrier in order to head to the next town.. and no one breaks down barriers like Gaston!"

She had to try again...just so she didn't feel, herself, that she had left either of them under false impressions, since they were new and all. "It's...not that kind of barrier...". She sighed, "I can show you if you want". The barrier could actually be hard to find, given the portals in certain places that just transported you to another park, but Maui had encountered it in flight, and Moana out on the Tokyo Sea. "And we can look for your friend on the way".

[Lefou]

LeFou was overjoyed to find his meal ticket friend here. The only time in his life he'd ever amounted to anything, at least in his own mind, was while standing in Gaston's shadow. And now he was here! Good-bye, obscurity, hello, respect!

Before the short man could say anything by way of explaining this place, Gaston launched into his own analysis of the problem of being trapped here.

They seem to be in need of help with a barrier in order to head to the next town..

"I guess so, but you should know it's..."

That was as far as LeFou got before he was cut off, as usual.

But I promised myself I'd be married to Belle, and this means she's not far behind! We can't leave without her!

"Oh, yeah, I saw Belle here. It was a week ago, but she's definitely here!" LeFou was pleased to be able to impart some useful information. "Only, I'm not sure where she is just now..."

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Despite hearing about something about the barrier from Moana, the brawny man unfortunately had a one-track mind when it came to his poor choice of priorities. In this case, it all went to the one thing that he cared most about this world - aside from him: Belle.

"Oh, yeah, I saw Belle here. It was a week ago, but she's definitely here!"

"You've seen Belle?! Here?!" Gaston definitely shot a quick glance around to make sure he didn't miss seeing Belle anywhere, rudely interrupting Moana's suggestion to go see the barrier. He was sadly far more interested in Belle than anything else at the moment. Lefou having the answers was exactly the reason why he had him around! Or perhaps it was simply for his ego-boost. "Why of course she's here! After I killed that beast, I broke the spell that lead us here!" He grinned proudly at a job well done of breaking the spell. He was the town hero after all! 

"Only, I'm not sure where she is just now..."

"Where did you see her, LeFou?!" With a narrowing of his raven eyebrows over his blue eyes, the tall man bellowed in his deep voice as he picked up Lefou by his shirt collar again, appearing to have lost his patience with LeFou when he didn't know where Belle was at the moment. It filled him with exasperation that he was so close to her after battling that beast, and yet still so far away! "Then you're going to show us the way to the last place you saw her!" He demanded in his deep voice as he dropped LeFou carelessly onto the ground again, crossing his muscular arms over his chest with a scowl that demanded that LeFou needed to lead him to the last place that Belle was or else LeFou was in for a punch in the face. For Gaston, this was much like hunting deer, always finding the last place where there were nesting grounds and finding the trail. He was sure to find Belle in the same manner. 

"Your barrier can wait, Moana!" Gaston concluded unapologetically with a wave of his large hand. The town hero had priorities that went above breaking barriers at the moment, priorities mainly centering around Belle. "We'll be in search of the nearest inn and be on our way! Let's go!" Moana will help them find an inn before they go on the hunt to find Belle. It shouldn't take that long! Sadly, Gaston was used to his little town that was nowhere near the size as this world, but that wouldn't stop his relentless quest to be with Belle! 

[Lefou]

After I killed that beast, I broke the spell that lead us here!

LeFou had no idea what had happened between Gaston and the Beast, as he was running for his life at the time. In fact, he never even laid eyes on the Beast. He wasn't even sure there was such a thing as the Beast.

But it wouldn't do to mention any of this to Gaston.

Where did you see her, LeFou?!

The fact that he was suddenly grabbed in a choke-hold made any answer to that question impossible.

Then you're going to show us the way to the last place you saw her!

Dropped back onto the ground, the little Frenchman picked himself up, rubbing various body parts according to their injuries. He had to find Belle if he wanted to avoid more of the same. But how? He hadn't seen her since that day, didn't know where she lived or anything.

We'll be in search of the nearest inn and be on our way! Let's go!

At least now he had a little time. They'd have to get a room at the inn, maybe have something to eat, and by then Gaston might just forget about being mad at him.

Maybe.

[Moana]

News of this Belle Gaston was seeking took over a lot of things.

"Your barrier can wait, Moana!"

Moana was tempted to be insulted at the way he waved his hand! But then she thought on the whole of the situation. If he had found this other friend of his and...no longer needed her help. She was ashamed at how much she wanted to use this excuse but...

She nodded, next blinking stunned as Gaston hauled his friend up ruthlessly before dropping him in a similar manner! Not even Maui would be so careless with HeiHei! Ok...maybe...

They were an odd pair of friends, but Moana was about to leave them to their own business (as Gaston rambled something about a Beast) when she was pulled once more into the conversation.

"We'll be in search of the nearest inn and be on our way! Let's go!"

It was clear he meant for her to lead the way, or tell them where one was. She could always just do the latter...but no, Moana would not be remiss in her duty just because he was being...

She nodded and followed along beside them, thinking back to dealing with Maui and considering if she should just say nothing. It had never been her way. "You know...", she began, thinking over her words, but going with them as she'd originally thought, "Things...might go easier for you if you...were to ask such things nicely", she threw out in helpful comment. Sure her smile was a bit tight.

But place to drop--er, help them find? Moana scanned as they walked. She couldn't recall if there was one here or not. It was still a walk, but yes! There was one nearby she realized. "But yes there is a Resort, um Inn, nearby, we can go over here and take a Shuttle Bus". Moana was no more familiar with the term than they should be, except she had by now seen what was meant by the land transportation.

<<the thing I found said 8 miles, something tells me Gaston will complain if he walks 8 miles >>

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At least Lefou didn't say anything more on the matter, not like some of the other times when LeFou would open his mouth and spit out those sarcastic commentaries where he was practically asking for it. With the man's one-track mind, the tromping town hero did not take any time to admire the world that they were in. No, Gaston's wandering gaze wouldn't last longer than a few seconds, his blue eyes only scanning for Belle within the crowd before moving his attention onward. Much like the way he ignored the triplets when his eyes were set on Belle, he didn't care about anything else. In fact, he almost didn't hear Moana at first until she spoke up again and smiled up at him, not at all understanding that it was a feigned plastered smile of hers. Gaston simply took it that he was easily admired by all in this manner, just like the townpeople that always smiled at him whenever he was around.

"Things...might go easier for you if you...were to ask such things nicely"

Gaston's knitted eyebrows rose quizzically down at Moana after hearing that suggestion of hers that almost reminded him of something Belle would say with her many "suggestions," like using your imagination instead of reading with pictures. "Nonsense! Everything goes easy for me because NO ONE's as nice looking as Gaston!" He boasted with a confident smile, knowing that he was admired by everyone in town! He didn't think about the fact that he mixed that all up, but Gaston just cared about compliments. If thinking were allowed, Gaston would have reflected on how he phrased how he asked, though he was not used to thinking of such things since he was always used to just getting what he wanted. No one ever corrected him before.

Gaston didn't have to think to "know" what this was all about though, at least in his mind. "I can tell how much this means to you, Moana!" He nodded with an expression of understanding. It was almost as if he completely understood where she was coming from with this. "But I can't ask you to marry me when I'm set on marrying Belle!" Gaston explained with a hand on his chest, almost as if he had said this already before, which he had to the triplets - various times. It didn't pain him to say it either. Belle was easily his top choice above anyone else. It just wouldn't work out.

The bulky man in red lifted an eyebrow in confusion upon hearing a strange new word uttered by Moana after talking about an inn. "Shuttle Bus, hm?" He repeated in bemusement. Just like Belle, he seemed to be learning new words with this Moana girl, though since it was two words instead of one big long word, Gaston wasn't entirely sure if perhaps Moana was speaking in native language because he had no idea what this meant. "And what does taking a "shuttle bus" have to do with searching for an inn?" He asked with a smirk, almost as if he were treating her like she was crazy like Maurice when he first spoke of the beast, wondering what this had to do with anything. After all, he always found an inn without one!

[Lefou]

Things...might go easier for you if you...were to ask such things nicely

LeFou leaned closer to the island girl and said, "Gaston? He's about as nice as a wild bull!" He really should know better than to make those kinds of remarks about Gaston, at least when the big man was nearby, but Lefou always seemed to forget himself.

But I can't ask you to marry me when I'm set on marrying Belle!

"Yeah, if only she'd have him," he couldn't resist snickering. "Belle picked an ugly beast over Gaston!" Really, it was a funny story, and the short Frenchman never missed a chance to tell a funny story. It made him feel popular.

The mention of a shuttle bus made LeFou forget about joking for the time being. Here was something he knew more about than Gaston.

"I've seen 'em since I've been here. A shuttle bus is like a big enclosed wagon without any horses. You get inside, and it takes you where you want to go."

[Moana]

Moana had almost told herself not to try, and in fact would have saved the breath she expended in her statement, she realized with Gaston’s answer. It took everything she had not to smile at Lefou’s remark.

Well at least he recognized that his...friend...was a bit delusional as well.

As he went on to prove...

”I can tell how much this means to you, Moana!"

After sort of just scanning the crowd, and for this bus station she’d mentioned, Gaston spoke this, and Moana blinked hopefully. Maybe there was an ounce of...

”But I can't ask you to marry me when I'm set on marrying Belle!"

She just stood there stunned a moment or two more as the words registered. He had thought...

She could have sighed or rolled her eyes again.

”Oh...”, instead Moana’s cheeks puffed a bit with restrained laughter! Ok, Maui would get an apology if she ever called him the most egotistical. Lefou’s add in threatened to make it worse, though she looked bemused by the Beast throw in. It was obvious there was some deep story here she didn’t have time to ask about.

Fact that it would fit into their shuttle bus ride waiting and time hit her like cold water!

Well...if it wasn’t just all about Gaston again.

”Well, I shall just have to survive somehow”, Moana shrugged and smiled. And if he wasn’t even going to catch that she joked, why not let herself say a few Non-Chief jokes at his expense?

Lefou commented that he had once seen a shuttle bus, while Gaston seemed to still ponder what it could be. That Moana wouldn’t hold against him, though; and hadn’t known either before coming here.

”I've seen 'em since I've been here. A shuttle bus is like a big enclosed wagon without any horses. You get inside, and it takes you where you want to go."

”Exactly!”, Moana grinned, smiling over to Lefou. Ok, so the friend was a few steps above Gaston. ”Very good description, Lefou!”, she praised.

As they got closer to the stop, she spotted one even! ”There that! Oh come on or we’ll miss it!”. And then she’d have to hear Gaston comment on it! This thought seemed to spur extra speed to Moana as she dashed for the bus, though just pulling in, they maybe had time. She left Lefou and Gaston to run on their own and follow her of course.

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It didn't seem like it would be easy for Moana, but the brawny Frenchman knew that she'd have to try to get over him. It might be difficult, he knew. No woman could resist him, to be sure. Still, Belle was to be his wife, and that was the end of that. It wasn't a hard decision for him to make, really. 

Gaston narrowed his eyebrows with a scowl upon hearing Lefou compare him to a wild bull. He wasn't comparable to a wild bull, he was better than a beast like that! "Don't pay any mind to Lefou!" He shoved him away vehemently, butting himself in next to Moana. "What he means to say is that I'm a lot stronger than a wild bull! You might say I've even hunted a few and turned them into my trophies!" To demonstrate his strength, the French hunter flexed his large muscular arms with a broad overconfident grin.    

"Yeah, if only she'd have him. Belle picked an ugly beast over Gaston!"

Gaston's raven eyebrows knit together with a mash of his white teeth before he balled up his large fist and bopped Lefou downwards on the top of his head. "I will have Belle for my wife! That Beast is now good and dead thanks to me, so that makes Belle no longer under his spell!"  Yes, that is what the delusional Gaston has convinced himself of while he was battling that Beast to have Belle. "Now she could focus on more important things - like me!" Gaston grinned at the thought of finally having the opportunity to marry Belle!  

When Lefou and Moana explained what this shuttle bus was, Gaston raised an eyebrow at Lefou incredulously. "A wagon without any horses?! Hahahaha! Impossible! If I didn't know better, Lefou, I'd say you were raving like that Crazy Old Maurice!" Moana seemed to suddenly take off running for this wagon without any horses, as if it would leave without them! Leave with what?! It's not like it would be able to go anywhere! Still, Gaston took a moment to blink in amazement. Native or not, never had he seen a woman run that fast. "Come on, Lefou!" Gaston grabbed Lefou by the collar and took off running as fast as he could in the direction that Moana went to. Gaston didn't believe in this horseless wagon, but he didn't want Moana to think that she could outrun them! No one outruns Gaston! 

Gaston stopped and dropped Lefou though right in front of the horseless wagon that they were talking about - this "shuttle bus." His eyebrows rose in surprise before they knit together in confusion over his blue eyes. Maurice had smoke coming out of his crazy inventions, but he never thought they'd amount to anything! Glancing down over at the other people stepping in to take a seat, Gaston lifted his boots and stepped into the seats. It was what everyone else seemed to do, and he was one to copy the societal norms.  

[Lefou]

LeFou's remark to Moana came out a little too loud, and he got shoved to the ground for his trouble. He pulled out from under himself a dropped trading pin that he'd managed to land on. Ouch! That hurt!

The little man picked himself up in time to make another snide comment to the native girl. This one earned him a knock on the noggin.

Just like home.

Gaston sneered at LeFou's explanation of the shuttle bus, but then LeFou heard something that made his eyes widen with shock:

Very good description, Lefou!

She was...complimenting him...? He scratched his head, trying to figure out why. What good would it do her? She must have some ulterior motive, but LeFou just couldn't see it. Well, it was something to think about later; right now, he just followed Gaston onto the bus.

[Moana]

It wasn't too hard to feel sorry for poor Lefou, and with the way his 'friend' hit and shoved him about, especially as the man had shown at least a bit more sense than Gaston was.

"What he means to say is that I'm a lot stronger than a wild bull! You might say I've even hunted a few and turned them into my trophies!"

They were apparently still going with the trying to impress her angle, even with his words that she 'couldn't have him'. After shoving Lefou away, Gaston stood near her and flexed again, much like Maui would. Moana gave much the same half amused smile that she would have to her friend to tell him he was being childish, but toned down, since she both recognized that he wouldn't respond and know what her look meant anyway, and...he was scaring Pua with that last one. The pig was at least smart enough to catch what this odd guest of their said about being a hunter and hid further near Moana's legs unsure. HeiHei pecked the ground oblivious as always, but also kept up in that odd talent of his.

Moana scooped both of her companions up, for good measure, in her dash, and because she knew she couldn't trust HeiHei to keep up through that. She grinned triumphantly as she made it up the steps, then it fell...not so much because she recalled she had guests with her, but...well she just remembered to make sure they made it too. "Good day, Mahalo, wait for those two please", she smiled to the driver.

<<Hehe, yeah I had her beat him ^^>>

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The hunter with the over-inflated ego was far too delusional when he thought that Moana had gotten there at the same time as he did, for when he turned his head, there she was sitting down. That's the way women ought to be: you turn your head, and they are right where you need them to be. He couldn't last seconds in sitting down, unfortunately; these seats were far from comfortable for the tall, burly man's legs. "How can you sit here?!" He immediately stood up again, causing the driver to notice that someone was standing when everyone should remain seated and be keeping their arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times. Gaston was recognizable by the driver though, so the driver didn't take any offense by the hunter's complaints. Unfortunately, Gaston was not used to his knees touching the seat in front of him. He didn't like his legs being trapped between things. In fact, whenever there was a table in front of him, he just put his feet up! Which was exactly what compelled him to do the very same thing to the seat in front of him. 

"'Scues me! Let me put my feet here!" Contrary to what Moana thought, Gaston was nice enough to inform the crowds that he was moving through them, so he was nice enough to inform the person sitting in the seat in front of him at least. Unfortunately, he didn't wait for the person's response as to whether the man minded having Gaston's two dirty boots being hung over his seat. Gaston just put his feet up on the seat anyway under the assumption that it was okay. It was always okay back where he came from, at least. "Why thank you! Ah, that's more like it!" Gaston remarked, even remembering his thank yous when it was convenient for him, as he leaned back and folded his muscular arms to put his hands behind his head. Soon, the carriage moved. His blue eyes glimpsed over to the side with a raise of an eyebrow, only mildly curious how this worked without horses, before his mind settled on that being too much thinking and he closed his eyes with a smile, simply going along with it the way he did with the magic mirror. 

As far as what the driver said loudly, Gaston wasn't listening, except for when his name was being uttered. "That's right!" He boomed his response with a confident grin. He didn't know what the man said, but who cares? Something about his name on a parking lot, but he couldn't be bothered with what that was or anything. "A hôtel?! What kind of hôtel is he talking about?" The Frenchman did catch that, which caused him much confusion as he turned to Lefou with an inquisitive raise of an eyebrow over his blue eyes. "You said we were going to an inn, Moana!" In France, the word hôtel, where the word originated from, used to mean any public place for guests and not an inn to sleep at, such as: the Hôtel de Ville being a town tall, the Hôtel-Dieu being a hospital or a Hôtel des Invalides being for the war wounded. Unless of course, they were referring to a hôtel particulier, which was a private townhouse like his! But a private home was still not a place for guests to sleep! 

(I'll leave it up to either of you to have them make it to the hotel, Gaston wouldn't know when to get off anyway lol) 

[Lefou]

LeFou ran to catch up with the bus, trailing the other two, of course, due to his short legs and general rotundity. As he made to step onto the vehicle, the doors closed on his foot.

"Yeow!" he cried, then pounded on the door and called, "Open up!" Even the bus driver gave him no respect.

The Frenchman climbed aboard and looked around. He really wanted a window seat, as the views in this place were endlessly fascinating. But as he plopped himself down in a convenient spot, a large woman glared at him, saying that seat was hers. Grumbling a little, LeFou moved to another vacant place, only to be ousted by a grouchy man. Eventually he was forced to return to the seat next to Gaston.

What kind of hôtel is he talking about? You said we were going to an inn, Moana

"It is an inn," interjected LeFou. "They call them hotels here, for some reason."

[Moana]

Whether or not Gaston knew she had technically beat him to the bus was, thankfully, not important to Moana...since he did not...

She hadn't been making it a race though. She noticed how they almost lost LeFou! But sighed, relieved that he had been able to make it also. After some shuffling, both sat, though Gaston was instantly complaining about the seats! Moana pulled in her Leader's Patience yet again, especially as his complaining only stopped when he next put his feet up on someone, with only minimal warning and no real request.

"You...you can't...!", Moana sighed again. He'd said thank-you at least...

Moana had a feeling the mention of Gaston in connection with a place around here was not really anything of his doing, and thusly nothing to be proud of, exactly, yet he seemed so. She just shook her head.

LeFou jumped in on the Inn question, explaining it was just what they called them around here. Moana nodded, "Yes. We didn't even have them back on Motunui, of course we hardly had visitors to the island and past the reef and if we did, they'd just stay with one of us they knew best". She had the distinct impression neither of her current guests probably cared about this little tidbit of her own life, but gave it anyway.

It was then she noticed a tiny head peeking over the seat in front of the one with the unfortunate man suffering near Gaston's boots. A small girl was peeking at her. Moana waved. The girl giggled, ducked down, and was then back. Next came even more familiar and after a word with her mother she came over and held out a little book. "Can I get an auta'graph? You're the last princess I don't have". She asked sweetly. "Of course!", Moana smiled and took the book, and wouldn't make a thing of the Princess distinction with a child, she took the book across Gaston no less, though she didn't intend such, and expected the girl to next ask for his if he was one of those people around here knew.

She didn't though, just smiled once Moana handed the book back, thanked her again and skipped back over to her mother.

<<I'll pause hotel arriving a bit more, and couldn't resist! I was going to leave room for Gaston to misunderstand and sign instead of Moana, and he still can, but letting her blatantly ignore him for her also seemed fun, though I don't know if he cares if children ignore him. >>

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Lefou's answer of these townspeople calling inns "hotels" for some reason was a sufficient enough of an answer for the French hunter. He really wasn't much for deep rooted analysis. Moana agreed with a yes, and that was enough of a confirmation for Gaston. He couldn't guarantee that he heard the rest of her native nonsense though. He'll accept long answers, like a song, as long as it was about him. To Gaston's ears, she might as well had said:

"Yes. Blah Blah Blah Native things that have nothing to do with a handsome man like me."

It was a good thing that his stout friend, Lefou, was on the short side, for his large brawny biceps jutting out at the sides from placing both his hands behind his head would have bothered anyone. Well, even if it did, Gaston still would have done it.

What could Gaston be doing if he wasn't listening to the girl and Moana? The only thing that would be allowed to captivate Gaston's normally empty mind, the only thing he ever would dare to plan in that head of his aside from hunting: Planning out what he'd say or do when he'd see Belle again of course! Unfortunately, a nudge against his belt caused him to break away from this dangerous past-time to look down at a book that a girl was handing over to him. Actually, it was meant for Moana, but Gaston was curious enough to grab the book enough to look through them to see what captured Belle's interests so much about it.

"A book, hm?" The French hunter raised a thick raven eyebrow as he peered through it. "And how are you supposed to read this?! I don't see any pictures!" The Frenchman complained as he skimmed through the pages. "This is a lot like something Belle would have!" Belle was always reading books without pictures for some reason. "Did Belle give this to you?!" Gaston had to ask the little girl in his deep baritone voice. Giving a book to a young lady. Only HIS Belle would do something like that! There were some smiles and snickering that Gaston couldn't be bothered with figuring out. He was skimming through the pages of the book. A lot less words were on the pages, thankfully.

Then, the Town Hero saw it. It was a rarity for any word to cause a man like Gaston to abruptly stop in his skimming of a book, but this one did. Belle's signature was on a page! He recognized that name written anywhere within the slew of words he skimmed through. Do you know how many times he tried to write her Valentine cards? It was the one word he cared to get the spelling right, anyway. 

"She's here, Lefou! See?! Her name is written on the page!" There was excitement on the Frenchman's grinning expression. It was the confirmation that he needed that HIS Belle was close by! Still the same as always with her books and giving them to children, but one day they'll go about the town arm in arm! "Then it's only right that I sign my name.." He took the pen away from the girl and signed his name on there. "..right above her name!" Well, obviously, if there was no space to write his name next to her name, then he certainly wasn't going to just write it underneath! There was no fancy cursive writing on his part, naturally. He just wrote a very large capital G and regular letters a-s-t-o-n beside it with an underline underneath for good measure! "There you go!" Gaston completed his signature with a grin, then passed it along to Moana to give back to the girl for him, not paying attention to Moana signing a page as well. What good was a native girl's name on a book? He could care less though. With a shrug, he rested his head on his hands behind his head again and closed his eyes. Hm. He wasn't really interested in this book thing, but having his name in one was certainly an ego boost that he liked. Motivated by Belle's name on the book, the brawny Frenchman in red continued to think about when he'd see Belle again while they were on their way to an inn. 

[Lefou]

LeFou settled in for the ride, ducking under the arm Gaston intruded into his personal space. He tried to work out in his mind what Gaston would do when he saw the inn and how it would affect himself.

Suddenly, a little girl interrupted his meditations by asking for Moana's signature.

"I'd be glad to sign your book, kid," blurted out LeFou. He stretched for the book, but Gaston, with his longer reach, got his hands on it first.

She's here, Lefou! See?! Her name is written on the page!

"Well, yeah, I told you I'd seen her," mumbled the little Frenchman.

As the hunter finished his autograph, LeFou tried again, "I'll sign it, too. I'm his best friend." But the book was handed past him to the girl, and LeFou was left clutching at the air.

[Moana]

The book's path over towards Moana was interrupted as Gaston intercepted it. Both sort of blinked at him, stunned, as he then proceeded to flip through it. Moana mostly watched the girl for how upset this made her, which would dictate her actions.

This girl was not one of her own island's children, but still, as a good leader, they came first and it was up to Moana to champion for them if need be. Any children.

The girl pouted, but didn't start crying or anything.

"Did Belle give this to you?!"

"Well, I got her name, but...", the girl began to try to explain, when Gaston exclaimed out!

"She's here, Lefou! See?! Her name is written on the page!"

Moana even peered over to see what he was talking about, as Lefou muttered something about having told him that and Gaston not listening.

Gaston then signed the book and handed it back to the girl, obviously expecting her to thank him, which she did, but still, Moana caught the unsure nature of her "uh, thanks...". She hid in her own smile as she then took the book and signed on a new page. Especially as this, and what she had come over for in the first place, made the girl grin. Moana then handed the book back.

Moana was sure Gaston took her happier chirped "Thankyou!" as aimed at him too...

Poor Lefou was ignored completely, but thankfully they were then near the hotel. "This one's our stop!", Moana informed Gaston and Lefou as she stood. She had to wait for Gaston to decide to move to get out, but then continued with showing the way.