Hello there! This is your RCIJ Secret Santa! I’m super pumped about your prompt. It sounds like ever so much fun and I already have a few ideas floating around. Just a question: Do you prefer a complete AU or a Rumbelle semi-canon with magic type thing (e.g. Rumple takes Belle to see the world!). I can go either way so I want to tailor it toward what you like!

Ooooh yay, hello *waves*

I’m glad you like the prompt 🙂 Now I don’t want to box you in, I want you to write whatever you feel inspired to write and above all have as much fun as possible. So please, feel free to ignore anything I say.

With that being said. I was imagining a complete AU. I had in mind that movie Fools Gold. Not for the plot really, just the visuals because sweet merlin that yacht was amazing looking. It was huge, it had staff quarters for crying out loud and jacuzzi’s and those jet ski things. It was the best looking boat ever and I have two copies of this movie, one for at home and one for when I lived away because it is just so shiny.

I was sort of picturing Gold as the rich guy who owns the yacht and Belle as someone working on his boat, who loves books and history and reads about this treasure and he has a crush on her and so they go treasure hunting. Obviously because it’s a treasure hunt, there’s some competition for it and they fall in love because it’s Rumbelle and I don’t know, something like that.

Basically, though honestly do whatever you would like. You said you have ideas and I love that. I want you to have fun. Fun is definitely the main goal here.

I hope that this is an acceptable response. I’ve not done any event like this ever before. RCIJ and prompts and everything is all new to me so I don’t want to do it wrong.

Have a great day! 🙂

P.S. I will be tagging my replies to you – RCIJ Santa Reply.