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Who| Elsa and whoever might be up fairly late
What| Elsa goes up to the roof to admire the Capitol
Where| On the roof of the living suites
When| Present day, sometime after midnight
Warnings/Notes| N/A

The weeks following her time in the arena have truly been the hardest that Elsa had ever experienced in her entire life. Not even losing her parents had been as painful as the knowledge that she had killed Anna. All of her life, she had avoided her sister in order to keep her safe and yet when she finally felt like she could be around Anna without hurting her. She had been wrong- her powers had returned and everything had gone horribly wrong.

Ever since then, she'd done exactly as she had her entire life; shut herself in her room and keep everyone out. It was painful and lonely, but she knew it was what she deserved for hurting Anna.

But even those who felt like they were monsters grew restless sometimes and as the days ticked by, Elsa found herself wanting to get out and explore a little. This world was new and foreign and her brief glimpses of it before had been intriguing. The technology was confusing but fascinating all at once.

Finally, the curiosity got the better of her. Late one night, after the noise outside died down and it seemed like everyone had retired for the night, Elsa made her way out of her room. It was too late for her to want to leave the building entirely, so she opted instead to go somewhere she thought she could get a small taste of what she wanted.

So eventually, she made it to the roof. It was the first breath of fresh air she'd had in weeks as she stepped out into the cool night air. Elsa stepped forward until she was near the edge of the building. The view was absolutely breathtaking, she could hardly believe what she was seeing. It was so different from Arendelle, with it's lights and large buildings- to be honest, it was a little overwhelming on top of beautiful.

Suddenly Elsa felt really small and alone. She wrapped her arms around herself and let out a small sigh, closing her eyes. There was no sense in missing Arendelle. She didn't belong there now- if they knew she had killed Anna, then they would shun her- or worse. In her opinion, now she belonged here. With the murderers and the monsters, because that was exactly what she was. If anyone deserved to go back to Arendelle, it was Anna.

Elsa continued to stare out at the twinkling, colorful lights of the Capitol, arms folded over her chest. As horrible as she'd started to feel, she didn't have any particular urge to go back to her room at the moment. So she allowed herself to zone out, imagining what each of the buildings might have in them. So lost in her thoughts, anyone could come upon her and she wouldn't notice.

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It was with a little hesitation that Elsa closed her eyes and give him a nod. "Yes," she said quietly. "I have ice powers, but the difference between the two of us is that I haven't ever been able to control mine."

"I didn't start off being able to control them." Danny had to point out. "They nearly froze me to death when they started coming in. I just knew a giant ghost yeti who was able to teach me how to handle them."

He furrowed his brow, trying to figure out a way to help her. "One more thing to hate about this whole no powers thing. I can't help you get control over it the way I did. I learned by a little instruction and a ton of practice."

A giant ghost yeti...? The idea was completely ridiculous to Elsa, but who was she to judge? Obviously he came from a place where this was the norm. Maybe she would have benefited from a giant ghost yeti to teach her how to control her powers.

"You mean the cold could harm you?" she asked, a bit of surprise in her tone. "It doesn't bother me at all."

But she considered it fortunate that she couldn't use her powers. "I think it's for the best," she said. "If I had them here? The whole city would be under several feet of snow right now."

Danny shook his head "It can't anymore, but...my ice powers come from this sort of cold core, and it was freezing me from the inside out."

He looked at her pointedly. "They brought them back for the arena though. And chances are, now that the these guys know that it's a weakness? It's only a matter of time until it comes up again. We're gonna need to figure out something."

Elsa really didn't like the implications there. Would they really use that against her? It seemed unnecessarily cruel, when she was already powerless to stop anyone from hurting her- or to stop herself from hurting anyone if she had access to her powers.

"I... No. That won't be an issue," she said quickly. "I can just make sure I'm taken out as quickly as possible. I won't hurt anyone else with my powers."

He stood up and glared. Not having control was one thing, but actively avoiding learning it was another.

"Look, if you haven't been paying attention? They have the power to bring Tributes back. Which means they can decide not to. And willfully getting yourself taken out as quickly as possible is a really great way of making them choose that."

Even though he was only 15, there was something older in his glare, like he'd seen and survived things no teenager should have had to. "And even if you manage to keep surviving and we all go home some day? The ice will still be there, even you manage to shove it back down so it won't just explode. You need control, otherwise you're just going to end up killing someone. Again."

The way he suddenly stood up and glared at her made her go rigid. He was much younger than her, but she still felt a little threatened, not to mention a little offended that he would stand up to her so harshly. She stood straighter, her expression hardening just a little as she listened to him speak.

In the end, she really didn't like what she heard- especially the last part. Perhaps she would have been alright, if it wasn't for the fact he had decided to throw in that last part. She didn't need a reminder of what happened, every time she closed her eyes she saw it, again and again.

"I realize that my royalty means nothing here," she said, her tone full of authority, "but Queen or not, I will not be spoken to like this. It isn't your place to tell me what to do. You may be trying to help, but reminding me of what happened isn't helping.." The last couple of words were a hiss, her expression turning pained.

"You might have had issues with control," she continued, "But it's nothing compared to what happens when I lose control! My entire kingdom was frozen over, I had no power to stop it! When I lose control, nothing can stop me- no one can stop me. I've tried everything I can to control it and nothing works, if you helped me you would meet the same fate as my sister- or Prince Hans!" She took a step back, only to realize she was about to step right off the edge of the building. She wobbled a little, but regained her footing. "So don't you dare treat me like I'm taking this lightly, because I'm not."

The near fall made Danny pull back, and he attempted to push the anger down.

"Look-" his voice was still grinding, so he took a deep, calming breath, and tried his hardest to channel his sister. "look. That was uncalled for. I'm sorry. And I didn't mean to make it sound like I thought you were taking it lightly. But you're taking it so seriously that you're actually refusing help because you're afraid you might hurt the person who's trying to do it."

"And as for me getting hurt?" he added, "In the event we get them back? One of my powers is turning intangible. You wouldn't be able to touch me with yours even if you wanted to."

Edited 2014-03-17 23:27 (UTC)

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Icon is because he's trying to channel Jazz, fyi