thecapitol | Panem? More like Painem

Who| Elsa & Rose then Elsa & Anna
What| Rose and Elsa meet at the start of the mini arena/Elsa and Anna have bonding time after the arena
Where| Outside of the lounge/Anna's room
When| Backdated to the start of the mini arena/Right after the mini arena
Warnings/Notes| Mentions of dead parents and general angst warnings

[Closed to Rose Lalonde-o]

From the second she found out Anna was picked and she wasn't, Elsa knew it would be a painful experience, but she couldn't imagine just how upsetting it would actually be. Elsa can feel her chest instantly tighten up when the footage begins and she sees the ship. At once, she's transported back to the day her parents left on their trip, and she found out that their ship never made it to it's intended destination.

And now Anna is on a ship. The panic and sickness set in before Elsa can even try and get a hold over it. Shepard's techniques are useful and have helped her immensely, but when it's so sudden and so strong, Elsa can't even begin to get a handle on it. Breathing doesn't come easily, she's on the verge of hyperventilating and she can feel tears prickling in her eyes. She doesn't want to have this breakdown in front of people, though. The last thing she needs is people to see her like this.

When she moves to head out of the lounge, her movements resemble someone either tipsy or half asleep. Her legs are a conflicting combination of jelly and lead as she stumbles her way out of the lounge. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't have the greatest depth perception right now, or the best attention span. Through the tears threatening to spill over, Elsa bumps right into someone, and nearly goes crashing to the floor as a result.

[Closed to Anna]

Elsa is at Anna's door immediately following the mini arena, entering it as soon as she's sure Anna is there and can be seen. The mini arena had been particularly devastating to Elsa, even as a witness, because of how close to home it hit, she can only imagine how it must have felt to actually be there. Anna was there for Elsa through the Hans thing, she's going to be there for Anna through this, even if she herself is still shaken up emotionally from it.

She's wrapping Anna in a tight hug the second she enters the room. Supportive Sister mode is engaged and she isn't wasting any time doing her best to help Anna. Elsa is having a hard time keeping her emotions reigned in for Anna, the whole conceal/don't feel thing failing her as she pulls Anna close to her and clings like she's going to lose her at any moment. But still, she's trying to be calm for her, as best she can.

"Oh, Anna..." she whispers, her voice a little shaky. "Are you alright?" It's deja vu, just like after Anna's first arena. This time, though? She knows Anna isn't really, but she can't stop herself from asking anyway. If Elsa herself isn't alright, then she can't imagine how Anna must feel. "When I saw the ship, I... I..."

She can't get the words out, but she thought of their parents. Felt so much fear. Anna can probably figure out all of the things that Elsa can't bring herself to say.

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"To say the least," she murmurs, unsure if she wants to tell Rose the full extent of it. When Rose mentions Dave, it dawns on her. "Oh!" she says. "You must be his mother." She knows he has a brother, but the rest of his relatives are a mystery.

It's funny how that revelation is enough to make her feel like she can open up to Rose more. She trusts Dave absolutely, so of course she can trust this relative of his. "To answer your question, I... my parents were going to a wedding," she says quietly, pain in her voice. Thankfully she's keeping a good control of her emotions now that she's gotten a handle on them. "On a ship. And... t-they never came back."

Mother. Mother. Rose's feelings on Elsa's comments are pretty obvious, from the way she freezes, the way her face blanches. "No," she finally manages to say, voice a little distant. "Sister, actually. It's just... time things, you understand?"

Note to self she needs to check her hair tonight. Maybe talk Jolie into doing it for her. It can be hard spotting grey when you're already this light a blonde.

But right now Rose tries to put it and the freak out aside, tries to focus on the girl opening up to her. And it makes sense, even before Elsa finishes what she's say and Rose's face softens, her voice gentle. "I'm sorry. It's always difficult to lose a family member, and then when we're faced with another being in a similar situation... It's difficult, I understand." And she squeezes Elsa's forearm gently, trying to be reassuring.

Elsa has no way of knowing the depths in which she's rattled Rose by her little statement. It's not her fault that her mind jumped to the most obvious thing- the family resemblance is uncanny and Rose is old enough to be his mother, so that's just what Elsa's assumed. She would feel bad to know she's so far off and that it's made Rose the way she has.

As it is, she only feels a little embarrassed by Rose's response. "Oh- oh, I see." She doesn't understand entirely, but she gets the general gist of it, considering she's at a different point than Anna and Hans are. She tries not to think of how strange and confusing time tends to be in relation to other people arriving here- the idea that Anna from the distant future could arrive here is jarring, so she just doesn't want to even consider it.

When Rose squeezes her forearm, she can't help but lean against her. She can't help it- she's starting to find Rose even more comforting, knowing she's related to Dave. "It's... yeah," she says, at a loss for words. There's really no better way to express how she feels than that. "I don't know what to do- I- I wish I could just. Take her place."

She can tell Elsa meant no harm in the words, which is why Rose doesn't bring it up. She knows, rationally, her age is right enough, just like she knows in some other timeline that never came to be she was a mother. Of a kid around Dave's age even. With what limited information the other blonde head, it only makes logical sense.

Still she forces her vanity down, lip curled slightly in a polite smile as she waves it off. "It's fine, it doesn't matter anyway." Her voice comes out easy, well practiced in hiding her real thoughts when she's prepared. "Not right now at least."

It's strange being comforting to someone, unpracticed as she is in ways that don't involve a few mental games here and there to try and treat it as something less important. But she tries, gently laying her hand over Elsa's, pausing her glance around to find a seat to look at Elsa more directly. "I have a feeling Anna would say the same if it was you there. Which I suppose, makes for some of the entertainment factor they crave."

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