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Eighth Flake [Fourth Wall][Video/Action for Olivine CIty]

[It's snowing in Olivine City! Or, well. In an area of the beach a bit away from the city, that is. DETAILS. While not an odd sight if you're training a pokemon, the snow isn't coming from a pokemon; it's coming from the fair-haired young lady standing in the midst of the snowfall, arms sweeping back and forth as the flurries blow this way and that.

Most of her pokemon look on passively, having seen this display once before, months ago. But still they play! The ones who weren't around for the last show of Elsa's power are jumping about much more eagerly, rolling about in the drifts or happily snapping or swatting at the falling flakes.

Elsa herself, on the other hand, simply laughs and watches, flicking bits of snow at her companions every so often. She doesn't even seem to mind that Frigga grabbed her gear and is filming all of this right now.]

Perfect timing, isn't it? With how warm it's been, I'm glad I could help all of you cool off for a bit!

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[Elsa takes a step back in surprise, but the shock is quickly replaced with an amused laugh.]

Teleportation? Now that's something I've never heard much about in stories!

Stories in general, or stories about my kind in particular?

[She knows humans have stories about unicorns, and sometimes she finds it interesting to check and see how accurate they are. This is one of those times.]

In general. Your kind... from most of the stories I've heard, the fact that your kind is made of magic is a story in and of itself. Though I do remember tales from lands far south of mine, where a winged horse was once the partner of a great hero.

[... And was born from the blood of a decapitated monster woman, but let's not get into that now....]

That would be a pegasus. We're relatives, and sometimes pegasi can be born from unicorns or vice-versa, but we differ in many ways. Of course, an Alicorn combines the traits of both and those of earth ponies, but unless you encounter one of the Princesses you won't meet one of them.

Which is a pity. I think you and Princess Celestia would get along quite swimmingly. Probably Princess Luna too, and I don't think anyone could dislike Cadence.

[Huh. This is all quite fascinating, really. Elsa holds herself back from asking more, though... she's not sure how to ask "tell me more about your magical species!" without coming off as... very awkward. Or kind of uncomfortable. So she focuses on the other things Twilight says for now.]

Oh? What makes you think I'd get along with them?

Primarily the fact that I can't think of any reason you wouldn't. Besides, if nothing else, you have two important things in common with all of them, as a ruler and as a sister.

I suppose those are things one could easily bond with others over...

[Elsa laughs a little nervously, rubbing at her neck.] Though, to be honest, I haven't had much experience talking to other royals. I was only queen for a few months before I was brought here.

Well, it might be a good place to start, particularly as you wouldn't really have any negotiations riding on it... I'm surprised your parents didn't ensure you had some practice at the art of diplomacy, though. Surely they must have realized you'd eventually need it.

Oh, they planned to teach me, of course. We were rather... closed off from others for quite so time, but they knew that had to change eventually.

... However, they died before they could begin helping me with all of the little details of interacting with other nobles and ambassadors.

Ah. Yes, I... suppose I expected something like that on some level. You wouldn't be Queen at your age otherwise after all.

Still, I did hope I was wrong...

[Elsa shakes her head.] Don't worry about it. It's.... I think that's one thing in my life I've actually been able to cope with.

And it was just an accident, not something... worse. [Like what almost happened with her and Anna.] A ship they were traveling on was lost at sea.

Accidental or more sinister, a loss is a loss. But if you say so. I don't think I'd cope quite as well.

[Then again, she'd have her friends, and Shining... Cadence, the Princesses, all in all maybe she'd be okay, even if it's not something she wants to think about.]

The ocean has always been treacherous. Equestria doesn't usually send oversea delegations unless we have a great deal of Pegasi to spare.

[Elsa's conveniently leaving out the fact that it took a few years to be able to cope with what happened....]

I see... and does that make traveling overseas easier or safer? I imagine so, unless the ambassadors encountered a storm.

Much safer. Pegasi can control the weather in groups, at least to an extent. Reversing air currents and changing the ambient temperature is a bit much, but they can at least keep the sky clear so long as there's enough of them to deal with any incoming clouds.

And of course, in sufficient numbers they can even go a step further, but typically speaking that would take all the pegasi in a town, or even a city.

Wow, that's amazing!

[Says the one who can manipulate weather all on her own.]

So is that method of travel any faster than travel by sea? I've never left Arendelle, but I know it can take weeks to reach other kingdoms by sea, in some cases...

Oh yes. You know the saying that a shortest distance between two points is a straight line? Well that form of travel allows for the use of that shortest route without any trouble. Of course, it's not without its own difficulties. Pegasi don't have infinite stamina, for one thing.

Oh, of course. But that's a drawback that can easily be remedied with establishing rest stops along travel routes, yes? That might be a bit difficult with sea travel, though, unless there are suitable islands along your route...

Typically for sea voyages they take a ship, but bring along a contigent of pegasi to keep the sky clear. It doesn't solve the problems of ocean currents, but usually without a storm those aren't dangerous enough to be a threat. At worst they might get pushed off course.

That's... that's good. That you're able to avoid dangers at sea like that, even if you have no way of directly controlling the water.

[Elsa doesn't even notice the way her smile fades a bit as she speaks. If controlling the weather could help smooth out the ocean... what if....]

[Despite the change in her species, Twilight's still surprisingly easy to read. Her ears droop and the curve of her neck slopes down a bit as she sees the look in Elsa's eyes.]

The worlds might be a little better if things like that were more commonplace.

[Elsa nods.]

Infinitely better. I'm sure accidents like that might still happen, but... the chances will be so much lower.

One would hope, anyway. But, well, if wishes were gold we'd all be rich, as the saying goes.

Though if we had that much gold then the value of gold itself would plummet, rendering it useless as currency.

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Eighth Flake [Fourth Wall][Video/Action for Olivine CIty]

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