rediscover | ryslig

Heh! I guess so....he's good once he gets going, y'know? It's just getting to the good parts that's so hard.

[Anna goes ahead and nestles just a little closer. Her days of holding her sister at a cautious arm's length are long over; it's like an instinctive need to moor herself with Elsa's presence.

The mention of the undead attack has Anna's eyebrows disappearing up into her leafy bangs.]

...Uhh, I don't have another ex-wife, do I?

What I mean is, the fog that went through and gave us all of these strange, new monster parts?
But if there's any other major things happening, just let me know.

[If Anna's presence wasn't enough to calm Elsa's jittery nerves, than her sudden question is definitely enough to break that line of tension. Poor Elsa makes a rather unflattering, almost squawking sound, a mix of confusion and surprise, before she quickly shakes her head.]

Wh--no!! Of course not! I promise, Lorna is the only one.

[............. That she knows of, at least. Who knows what Anna got up to before Elsa arrived those few years ago....]

It's... something about me. Something it took a while for me to come to terms with. But you... you helped me with it.

[As she speaks, Elsa's hands fidget. So much of her emotions were centered around her hands; the way she'd clench them when she was nervous or frustrated, the constant tap-tap-tap on a table or desk if she was bored, or the way they twisted and curled around each other like she was trying to tie them into knots when she was nervous. Right now, it's very much the latter.]

I realized, during my time in this land... I think I have a preference for women. Only women. [A pause, and the tips of her ears turn a darker shade of green with a blush.] In, um. In a romantic sense, I mean.

oh yeah! of course we'd mention it
i mean...i remember exactly as much as you do
but elsa would!

Right. You're right, of course.
...Sorry, I'm just

I'm not sure how to handle getting even more changes.

Ha! Oh, good.

[It's good to see Elsa laugh, relax a little. If Anna had said that a year ago, it might have triggered an anxiety spiral. But this...this is a marked improvement. Even the wringing of her hands is less worry-making than usual. Anna supposes that when you're a monster who eats people, there's not much worse to worry about.

Her eyebrows raise, but Anna merely gestures for Elsa to go on. She can tell it's getting to the juicy part, after all! And as Elsa does go on, her eyes go wide with delight, and without a word, Anna throws her arms around Elsa and hugs her.]

Elsa! That's amazing! ...it's not just me!

it's ok! i'm right there with you, remember?
and hey, look at it this way
we've got to be just about done by now, right?

Here's hoping.
If I start growing gills that are also covered in fur, I might just have to take a razor to... everything.

Edited 2019-09-28 04:42 (UTC)

[It's part the monster thing, and part just... being surrounded by people willing to help her. Anna was a huge help back home, of course, as were Kai and Gerda... but for as much as those two feel like an uncle and aunt at times, they were still her servants. There's only so much they can do for her. But here, Elsa has friends, people she wants to be better for... in a way, Ryslig has been good for her.

But it's also been bad. Even more guilt, even more trauma... it's only because Elsa's gotten so good at burying her fear and self-loathing that she seems okay with her life here. But this- what they're talking about now! There's nothing to fear with this. Worry, yes, because it could cause problems back home... but not fear. So when Anna hugs her, the nerves melt away, and a smile spreads across Elsa's face as she leans against her sister.]

It's thanks in part to you, you know! From, ah... from before, that is. [Okay, maybe there are some nerves to be had with this whole reveal. But she just doesn't want to make Anna feel awkward now...] Seeing you with another girl... it helped, when I finally started questioning myself, and my feelings for others. I didn't even give a second thought to the possibility of liking women... just how it would affect me.

ha! now THAT's a weird image
i'd offer to help but uhhh...that might be even weirder, honestly.

[Anna can feel herself blushing, feel the tendrils and leaves near her face curl a little bit in response, and she sits back on the bed, laughing softly.]

Wow, geez...I'm happy I could help, apparently!

[Her brow wrinkles, a little, at that last part. Something isn't quite clicking in her head.]

What do you mean, 'how it would affect you'?

[Why is her sister so damn cute??? Maybe it's a good thing Anna is a nymph, not a nephilim, or else she'd probably be shining like the sun right now. Elsa's about to reach up to pinch her sister's cheeks, but that question... ah. It makes Elsa's own smile fade just a bit, and her gaze drop to the floor.]

It, ah... [Don't conceal it, Elsa. You promised not to hide things from Anna, even if they're difficult...] It's... a bit at odds, to certain duties of mine as queen.

Don't worry, I'm not going to ask you for any haircuts in the future. I can do that myself if I have to.

[Anna's brow furrows, and she regards Elsa with a raised eyebrow. As usual, she's not quite getting the point.]

What? Liking girls doesn't make you any less good at ruling a country. What a silly idea!

[The look of confusion on Anna's face is mirrored on Elsa's for a moment, before realization sets in. Ah, Anna didn't get it...]

Oh! No, I didn't mean it would affect how I would rule, just...

[It's sort of... nice, talking about it like this, instead of during an anxiety spiral when she confessed her feeling about Lup to Marco. Not that it doesn't make her nervous, and the desire to clam up rather than talk about her issues and her insecurities is a strong one. But in a relatively calmer state of mind, without spilling all of her secrets out all at once... it doesn't make her as scared to talk.]

You know I have certain... expectations put upon me as queen. To marry a man, have children... [She reaches up, nervously scratching at the back of her neck.] My attraction to women complicates that, just a bit.

[Inwardly, Cassandra steels herself, preparing for, at worst, some harsh words, at the least, maybe a confused look. Not that she had any reason to think either of those would happen, but if they did than would she want to appear caught off-guard? No!

....Well, unfortunately, she's still caught off-guard. The earnest way Anna replies, happy even.... it's a far cry from the talk she'd had with Anna's sister, but no less welcome.]

...Yeah. [She releases a breath she didn't know she was holding in, like a tensed spring uncoiling.] Me too. It's... something I'm still getting the hang of. Your sister already knows.

but what about hair STYLES??? i bet you'd look cute in a braid crown!!!

[Oh. Ohhhhh. Anna's cheeks burn; she'd be the first to admit that she was having a bit of a ditzy moment. She laughs nervously, rubs the back of her neck.]

...Right! Of course, ha. I knew that. But, hey.

[Anna shrugs, trying to lighten the mood a little.] You're the queen! You could just...change the law, right?

Well, hey. [She gives Cass a comforting smile.] I might not be much help, but you can always talk stuff through with me!

Eh, I like my bob the way it is.
Braid crown sounds interesting though.
Tell you what, if I ever grow out my hair, you get to pick a style for it. Deal?

awww that's so nice! DEAL.

[Marco had asked her the same thing. It sounds sensible, and harmless, but... this is Elsa. Poor Elsa who overthinks everything and refuses to think about herself unless other people force her to, no matter how much she may be hurting herself in the process.]

I don't want to be selfish. Changing hundreds of years of tradition for my sake... it doesn't feel right.

[Anna hums pensively for a moment, and after a moment she begins to reply, slowly.]

Well...what if it wasn't just for your sake? What if, by changing the law, you were helping a bunch of other people who have the same problem. Just...on a different scale, probably.

[As the months pass, so do the seasons. The days get shorter, and the weather gets colder, and Elsa can already feel herself begin to tire more easily. It's not a bone-deep sort of tired, like when she'd overexert herself trying to contain her magic back home, or the weariness that comes with all the heavy things Ryslig piles on top of the poor monsters trapped here... no, it's more just. A drowsiness that's hard to shake. The desire to stay inside more and more, in the warmth of the castle or the cafe, rather than outside in the chill that Elsa's still surprised she can feel.

Having toughed out the previous winter, Elsa knows by now that it's just some strange side-effect of her new form. Plants don't do very well in extreme cold, and since she's more plant than person now... that explains her lethargy, right? Right! But she'd been the only one here in the castle through those harsh months last year... now she has Anna. Anna the nymph who hasn't experienced this sort of feeling yet.

So, being the good sister Elsa is trying her best to be again, she's been doing preparations; the first of which is gathering some of the extra blankets from her room and a few of the spare rooms, and carrying them over to Anna's. Shuffling the pile in her arms, she manages to free one of her hand enough so that she can knock on her sister's door.]

Anna? Are you there?

[It certainly seems like Elsa's thinking along the right lines, because even though Anna's felt some darn cold conditions in her life, especially in the past couple of years, it's nothing compared to this. Even though there's a fireplace in her bedroom that's big enough to sleep in, Anna hasn't lit a fire, because she's terrified she'll catch herself aflame. So instead, when Elsa knocks, she'll hear a muffled "c'min!" because her sister has chosen to bury herself under the covers at the very foot of her bed, with the pillows all piled atop her for extra warmth.]

'm in here!

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