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[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Huh, that looks like a smile gracing Cass's face.]

Ooh, a Joan of Arc fan? [Just like her- cough cough.] Well, I'm not going to have you commanding armies for a start, but maybe later...

[Hm? She looks at both Anna and the dummy with a quizzical eye.]

Missing something? Like what?

[She knows it's not the best looking dummy. It's tough sometimes, working with what you have.]

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Are you kidding? She's kind of my idol.

[shared interests!! wow this is what friendship is like huh—]

Liiiiike...! [Anna dashes back into the castle and comes back out with a giant red felt-tip marker. She prances over to the dummy almost gleefully, and when she pulls back it has a crop of red hair, thick red scribbly sideburns, and a face that's just >:( ]

That! Much better, don't you think? It looks wayyy more punchable.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Is this.... friendship???]

I'll admit, I look up to her too. [hehe] But now can we...

[Oh. Oh, uh... you're leaving???

Cassandra stands there, confused in a quiet way, as Anna dashes away, but thankfully returns with an idea clearly in her mind. As she works on the dummy, Cassandra walks up, watching quietly behind her.]

...Huh. [A face she doesn't recognize! She nods.] Well, that does look like a face I'd love to punch. Someone you know?

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[Anna laughs, tucking the magic marker away in the pocket of her skirt and crossing her arms in triumph.]

Hah, yeah. Some jerk from back home. We'll call him...Sideburns McButtface.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Huh. Sideburns McButtface.

[Sizing him up, Cassandra nods, and turns to Anna. Looking all triumphant like that was starting a similar fire in her. This is going to be exciting!]

Alright. I like it! Now, let's get down to business! We'll start with something simple.[At least one lesson before the swords come out, she figures. Cassandra jerks a thumb to Sideburns.] You see this guy? I want you to hit him, as hard as you can. Show me what you got, Anna!

finally i get to use this icon

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Good! Let's get started!

[Anna hops back and forth from foot to foot, getting ready to Fight. It's pretty obvious she's at least played at this before.]

Alright....wa-bam!!

[She strikes the dummy so hard his head snaps back, limply hanging to one side, and turns to Cassandra, grinning as she shakes the pain out of her knuckles.]

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Alright, so you may want to-

[Her form is a bit silly, but if she has some time to train, maybe

And then Anna punches Sideburns' head off.

Anna turns back to find Cassandra looking pretty surprised, which gives way to pleased.]

Wow. That was... great!

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Yeah?

[Anna laughs, tossing her grassy braids behind her shoulders.]

It probably helps that I've done it in real life before.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Cass's dokis slow down for a sec.]

What? Okay, hold on. Are you saying you've punched someone's head off?

[Because that's no less impressive.... or doki-inspiring.]

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[Anna laughs, shaking her head.]

No, no, no. Not off. But I did punch a guy off the deck of a ship! I just punched the dummy as hard as I punched him.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Alright. Explain.

[She peers a bit closer at Anna, honestly intrigued.]

Does this have anything to do with Sideburns over there?

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Um—yeah, actually.

[Anna chuckles, toying with a strand of her hair.]

It was him. But he was a huge jerk, he definitely deserved it.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[It's hard to say what Cassandra is more impressed by: the punch, or the girl who just admitted to punching a guy so hard his head may as well have come off. On the outside, she holds her interest in her gaze, brow raised, eyes inquisitive.]

Honestly? He could have done nothing and I'd say he probably deserved it.

[she marches over to the dummy, reaching over to pick up the head, just barely dangling off the dummy.]

But what did Sideburns here do to deserve a haymaker like that one?

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Yeah?

[Anna chuckles, and then sits down in the grass. This is a story that requires a little time, so she might as well make herself comfortable. As she goes on, she threads her fingers through the grass, not tugging but almost petting it. Grass has a softer voice than other plants, she's found, but a soothing one.]

Well, it's kind of a long story. But if you have the time to listen...well, it might explain some things about Elsa and I.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

You and Elsa?

[Cass watches Anna take a seat in the grass and, after some consideration, she joins her, cross-legged in front of her. She can't hear the grass, but it does make a good seat.]

Well, it's not exactly how I thought your first training day was going to go... but I've got time to listen if you do. I'm actually really curious.

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'Course! It's not like I'm training for a gladiator fight or anything, after all.

[Anna's gratified that someone seems to want to hear her story. The story of her, and Elsa, and Hans, and Kristoff, and Olaf...

Gods, she misses Olaf.

So she tells Cassandra everything. The whole story, which is hard because she sounds kinda stupid for a lot of it. But by the time she's finished, she's got a fond grin on her face.]

And then I punched him so hard in the face he went sprawling into the fjord!

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Oh, Anna. Don't give Cassandra any ideas. She's going to have to tell you about the Challenge of the Brave someday.

But, right now, she sits back, and quietly listens to Anna's story about... everything. The coronation day, meeting Hans, Elsa's escape, Olaf.

What is with princess and magical creatures?

Cassandra listens thoughtfully, making note of some of the things Anna says. By the end, she's transfixed, and lets out a laugh at the punch.]

Ha! That'll show him for trying to mess with both of you! What happened to him after that?

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[By the end of it, Anna's just glad that Cassandra is laughing at Hans, and not at her. She grins, and shrugs her shoulders.]

He was arrested, and sent back to the Southern Isles for his family to deal with. But I like to imagine he's somewhere shoveling manure all day, personally. He'd hate that.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Look, Cass can laugh at a lot of things; she'll laugh at Sven and Kristoff, and at some of the more clumsy antics Anna gets up to, but she will absolutely laugh at a loser like Hans.]

Stuck up guy like that? He'd wish he was just thrown in jail after a few rounds of stable duty. [The thought brought her some joy, honestly.] Seriously, I'm sorry, but guys are the worst.

[She's not very sorry.]

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Ha, you're probably right. He really was, just...

[Anna laughs, because Cass has just voiced her exact opinion.]

The worst! Exactly! It's like...they're almost not worth bothering with.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Trust me, they're not. More often than not, they're just bad news, and using you for something.

[...Snrk. She had to snicker, as a thought slipped into her mind.]

Like this guy I was "dating." Hubert. He was a piece of work, that's for sure.

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Hubert? Everyone in your world has the worst names!

[Like you're anyone to talk, with your Olafs and your Svens and your Gerdas, Anna.]

...Except you, and Rapunzel. Those are both nice names, actually. But what did he do that was so awful?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Hey.

[That's Rapunzel erasure. But then....]

...Fair enough. [She sits back, looking at the dummy again. Boy, if that didn't seem familiar before.] Well, if you want to know, I guess it's okay. Considering everything you just told me...

[And she tells her, everything; the book of Herz Der Sonne, the festival of hearts, how Andrew walked into her life, how Rapunzel fell into the tale, and finally the fight in a hot air balloon.

It's a gripping tale, if shorter than Annas, bit less than half an hour to tell, with no breaks.]

...So I got a medal for my hard work, and that loser Hubert got put behind bars. The end.

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[Anna is listening raptly to every detail; she loves stories, and this is a true one! When Cassandra finally finishes, Anna's got her chin propped in both hands, completely captured by the story.]

Wow, you weren't kidding! He was a loser. I hope he stayed there, too!

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Yeah, here's hoping. I didn't put months of work behind that to let him get out on good behavior.

[Several months of acting straight took it right out of her.]

But it feels kind of good knowing that's not the only time that sort of thing's happened.