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re_alignment_logs2014-04-28 08:22 pm
fractalize) wrote in re_alignment_logs2014-04-28 08:22 pm
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β thin air (closed/backdated)
WHO: Elsa & Axel
WHERE: Outside Prima's Temple, Megatronus' Arena following.
WHEN: Following their conversation after Elsa's arrival (backdated)
WHAT: Axel offered Elsa some help with her powers, Elsa, with no other ideas on how to keep herself contained in this new and quite frightening environment, agrees to practicing with them. Who better than with Axel, anyways?
WARNINGS: Elsa's typical self-defeating thought processes. Otherwise, none.
Elsa stepped out into the open rather sheepishly, the clack of her ice heels on the gravel rather intimidating in the quiet that was outside. She shrinks behind what she can; still rather insistent on avoiding the acolytes.
Despite what everyone else had said, she didn't want to get on their bad side. In fact, sticking with people her size for now would be preferred; given she had to speak to anyone at all.
Sure, she'd buttoned herself up for the party. That was fine. Then when all hell broke loose, she left, and let it all out. She'd let herself be free, and oh if it wasn't the best feeling in the world. Could she actually do that here?
But now, she wasn't simply up the mountain away from home. There were strangers, aliens, creatures and beasts, all terrifying. The queen was....confident, that she could've held her own against any one of them, but still, that didn't mean that she would or should.
She'd only been here an hour or two and things were already too complicated. She wished she could go back home, and sit in her study, and read. Maybe even wished to hear Anna's knocking on the door, just to know that she was....well, that she was okay.
Pursing her lips, she held onto the thought of controlling her powers. If she could, with the help of this---total stranger---Axel, then she could go home, and fix everything.
Holding onto that thought was difficult though, the little pinpricks of 'What if he's lying?' 'What if you hurt him?' 'What if everyone in Arendelle is gone when you return?' 'What if Anna is dead, because of you?' began to tear her hopes down.
Standing outside of the temple in the silence was turning out to be a little battle all in itself, and as she held her arms close to her, nervously, waiting like a scared little cat; Elsa kind of hoped he'd be there sooner than later.
WHERE: Outside Prima's Temple, Megatronus' Arena following.
WHEN: Following their conversation after Elsa's arrival (backdated)
WHAT: Axel offered Elsa some help with her powers, Elsa, with no other ideas on how to keep herself contained in this new and quite frightening environment, agrees to practicing with them. Who better than with Axel, anyways?
WARNINGS: Elsa's typical self-defeating thought processes. Otherwise, none.
Elsa stepped out into the open rather sheepishly, the clack of her ice heels on the gravel rather intimidating in the quiet that was outside. She shrinks behind what she can; still rather insistent on avoiding the acolytes.
Despite what everyone else had said, she didn't want to get on their bad side. In fact, sticking with people her size for now would be preferred; given she had to speak to anyone at all.
Sure, she'd buttoned herself up for the party. That was fine. Then when all hell broke loose, she left, and let it all out. She'd let herself be free, and oh if it wasn't the best feeling in the world. Could she actually do that here?
But now, she wasn't simply up the mountain away from home. There were strangers, aliens, creatures and beasts, all terrifying. The queen was....confident, that she could've held her own against any one of them, but still, that didn't mean that she would or should.
She'd only been here an hour or two and things were already too complicated. She wished she could go back home, and sit in her study, and read. Maybe even wished to hear Anna's knocking on the door, just to know that she was....well, that she was okay.
Pursing her lips, she held onto the thought of controlling her powers. If she could, with the help of this---total stranger---Axel, then she could go home, and fix everything.
Holding onto that thought was difficult though, the little pinpricks of 'What if he's lying?' 'What if you hurt him?' 'What if everyone in Arendelle is gone when you return?' 'What if Anna is dead, because of you?' began to tear her hopes down.
Standing outside of the temple in the silence was turning out to be a little battle all in itself, and as she held her arms close to her, nervously, waiting like a scared little cat; Elsa kind of hoped he'd be there sooner than later.
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Regardless, though, Axel was touched. He smiled slightly and nodded. "You might not be so sure about me if you knew some of the things I've done." Incinerating Vexen while he begged for mercy came immediately to mind. "But that's a story for another time."
"And as for believing in you," he said, "I'd say the feeling is mutual here. I mean, I know how crazy and hard to accept a lot of it is. There's parts of it I don't understand myself. But you're right. I might not be complete yet, but it's always nice to know there's people out there who don't think of me as a Nobody." This place was good for that kind of acceptance in general, but this was the first time he'd heard it summed up quite so succinctly.
"Getting back to why we actually started this discussion though," Axel said, "are you willing to come through the Dark Corridor with me? Contrary to popular belief, I know exactly what I'm doing; it might not be the most inviting way to travel, but it won't hurt either one of us to use it to get to the arena and back."
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"But now knowing what you are, I could hardly find it in myself to blame you." After all, a heart is a big thing.
"Yes. I'll go. It's hard not to trust someone who's just told you their life story. Especially only after knowing them for a day."
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"For now, though, places to go, magic to practice," he said, opening the Dark Corridor again. Once satisfied that it was stable, he turned back to Elsa, holding out a hand to her. "You'll wanna hold onto me til we're clear through. It's a short trip, but not one you want to risk getting separated on, trust me."
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Elsa takes a cautious step forward---aaaand yeah this could be difficult. She worked herself up to it, and now all that courage is gone.
She purses her lips. It's fine. It's going to be fine.
No longer conceal, don't feel. It's going to be fine.
So, she works herself up again, and takes his hand.
"How long does it take? Not long?"
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He smiled slightly, nodding as he closed his hand over hers in a grip that was fairly secure, but not so tight that she couldn't pull away if needed. "Not long," he said. "Just keep walking, and we'll be through in less than a minute."
Together, they stepped up to the threshold of the Dark Corridor. "Ready?", Axel asked, waiting for Elsa to indicate she was. When she had, they stepped through the portal together. What followed was a sensation similar to passing through a thick curtain, if that curtain was made of somewhat unpleasantly clingy smoke and static electricity.
Once through the initial portal, Elsa would find herself in an environment that was more alien than any she had ever imagined. Everywhere were swirling, chaotic colors. There were no boundaries, no visible sky or ground, yet there was definitely something flat and solid under their feet. If not for their footsteps and the soft sound the portal itself made- rather like the sound of a light wind blowing over one's ears-, the place would also be completely silent. And speaking of their footsteps, they echoed with an oddly hollow sound, creating even more of an eerie atmosphere.
Axel walked forward confidently, however, and when he gestured ahead of them with his free hand, there appeared a second portal. Here, on the opposite side of it, it showed up glowing white, with only an outer rim of darkness showing what it really was. Another brief sensation of clingy smoke and static... and they were stepping out onto the rocky ground just outside Megatronus' temple. "And here we are," he said. "Safe and sound."
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Stepping into the threshold is a little strange for her. She's worked herself up, and then it all suddenly disappeared. She couldn't see what she was standing on. She couldn't actually grip the surreal environment.
She clung to him suddenly, the rush of---literal dark, frightened her. She's afraid to look up, for fear of seeing something she doesn't wanna see. Elsa went from holding his hand, to holding his arm. Focusing really really hard on keeping it internal, ice only covers the tips of her fingers to her knuckles.
And in a moment, it was all over. Wow. That wasn't hard at all. Back on visible ground, she looks up---shocked. Hazarding a look back into the portal, she looks incredulous.
Well, he made it sound worse than it was.
"Oh."
YES, 'Oh'. Maybe she should be more trusting.
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Axel chuckled slightly at her expression and the soft 'oh'. "See?", he said. "Told you you'd be fine. Just don't go jumping through any Dark Corridors without me, and you'll be good." He closed the portal behind them without really looking with a casual gesture of his free hand.
"Think you may have accidentally frozen yourself to my arm, though," he said, indicating her ice-covered fingertips and the equally icy black fabric of his coat sleeve just around them. "Hang on a sec..." Heat began to radiate from his arm, not nearly enough to burn, but enough to make it feel like gripping a just filled hot water bottle, causing both the ice on Axel's coat and Elsa's fingers to begin to melt away.
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It's more than just a little embarrassing though, to freeze yourself to somebody's clothes. She bites down the frantic, and it doesn't stay in, frosting the pebbles by her feet.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't---" Once her hands are free, she's quick to shrink back into herself, holding her arms around her. Warm was weird---it burned, but not painfully. Just differently than cold did.
She takes the break in her embarrassment to look around the stadium. Huge. Not that she couldn't freeze this place over if she didn't want to...but huge.
"Wooow."
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He then turned to look at the arena with her, smirking in amusement at her reaction. "I know, right?", he said. "Say what you want about these First Forged guys, but they're definitely no slouches when it comes to building. Though given how big they are, they kinda have to build to match. They put most of the other robots around here to shame."