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[isdronning]

This is Queen Elsa of Arendelle.

[ She appears on the network calm and composed, no smile or anything, but she hesitates after speaking. She feels a bit awkward about addressing everyone on the ship so soon after her arrival, but it's important. It's an important step in her plan to keep herself at a distance from others, to keep them all safe from her. So here she is, likely to sound like a horribly rude person, but it needs to be done. ]

...I suppose titles have no meaning here anymore. No matter. This is Elsa, and I would simply like to request that those of you on the same deck as me avoid my room. Consider it off limits. I-- I have a certain need for privacy and don't like to be disturbed.

That said, now for those that I work with: please keep your distance from me while we work together. I...wouldn't want anything to happen. By that, I mean I... I have an aversion to touch. It makes me uncomfortable and I wouldn't want to make anyone else uncomfortable, either.

I realize these may seem like odd requests, but they are what I require. Thank you for taking them into consideration and thank you for your time.

[ There's a curt nod, and the video feed cuts off. ]

Comments

[earthandpine]

It's no wonder you wanted to be left alone. [There's no way Elsa reached this age without an accident or two. She'd almost certainly have destroyed property by now, and probably hurt if not outright killed someone. Of course she worries about accidents.]

My magic is very different from yours, but I have a few ideas if you're willing to try them. [There's no way of knowing how different their magics are, not without more experience of Elsa's power. She helped train Tris, of course, but Rosethorn has never even heard of the country Elsa said she was queen of, and there are enough strange things here... First off is seeing whether her wards will even hold Elsa's power. The room will have to be warded if she's going to encourage the girl to do anything over the course of however long they spend here. No one wants her power freezing half the ship.]

[isdronning]

[ Elsa doesn't even question the fact that Rosethorn apparently is capable of magic as well. Her focus is solely on the fact that she has some ideas to help, which she's more than willing to try. Any other time, she'd be happy to find another magic-user, but right now... Well, there's a situation going on. ]

Yes, of course! I'm willing to try anything.

[ With her response comes a pained expression and another glance around their room. It's not so much a snowstorm happening as it is an anxious flurry, but it's certainly beginning to pile up on the floor and the beds and everything...

Turning back to Rosethorn, there's a pleading in he voice and her face as she continues; ]

Please just...help me if you can.

[earthandpine]

First, I'm going to set up what's called a ward. It's a barrier, not a prison. You can cross the line any time you want, but you'll break it and I'll have to set up another. It isn't supposed to contain you. Only your magic. We can do this every night, if it works.

[There are different kinds of wards, but Rosethorn wants to be very clear that this isn't a punishment for Elsa. She has no intention of trying to keep the girl locked up, and she's very deliberately only blocking magical power.

She takes the appropriate jar from her mage kit, opening it. She uses its contents to draw a line around the edges of a good portion of the room (Elsa included.) Rosethorn leaves enough space to move one of the mattresses onto the floor for herself if Elsa's more comfortable sleeping in the wards on her own.

And then she closes the circle, feeling the magic snap into place and sending up a silent prayer that Elsa's magic stops at the barrier between them. It should. At least the difference will be easy to see, with all this snow falling.]

[isdronning]

O-oh, all right...

[ Elsa nods in understanding and watches quietly as the other woman gets to work. It's a strange process to her, but she finds herself hoping that it will work. If it does... Well, that's one less thing for her to be worried about, at least when it comes to the roommates situation.

Once the ward is sealed, the change is immediate. Instead of snowing in the whole bedroom, the snow is contained to the inside of the ward, and the temperature on Rosethorn's side returns to normal. Honestly, Elsa's shocked that it worked, but pleased. A relieved smile crosses her face, and the snow on her side of the ward lightens again as her anxiety begins to ease. ]

It worked. [ She glances around the inside of the ward, and then back at Rosethorn. ] I can't believe it worked. I've never found anything that stopped my magic before.

[earthandpine]

[Rosethorn tries to keep any surprise or satisfaction from being too obvious. After all, this is exactly what she said her wards were supposed to do, and she was hoping to keep the possibility of failure from making Elsa more anxious. For all she knew, Elsa's magic was different enough from hers that her own wards wouldn't recognize it.

But that smile, the sheer, giddy relief written across Elsa's face as the snow starts to ease... it's nice to see.]

It's good, that your magic's close enough to what I'm used to for my wards to recognize it. I can try training you the same way I've trained every other student I've had. There's a good chance it will help, and I certainly don't think it would do you any harm.