Ninth Flake [text]

[defyingfrigidity]

[This is new: a post from Elsa not in video. Normally she tries to use it as often as she can, since it helps her with talking to people without the intimidation of being face-to-face in person. But she's feeling kind of... not quite upset, but not like herself today. She'd rather not let that bleed into the video and audio, so for now, text it is.]

I just noticed the anniversary of a very important event in my life is almost here. The thing itself wasn't so bad - it was certainly something to celebrate at least - but the events that happened during and after it... they were more than a bit terrible.

[Yeah she's being kind of vague here. But only because she hasn't really told anyone about the whole "Eternal Winter" thing. And she's.... still somewhat afraid to. People know about what happened with Anna, yes, but if they knew she'd almost sentenced her entire kingdom to an eternal winter of suffering... would they act different towards her then?]

Even so, I... look back somewhat fondly on those days, despite the bad things that happened. Because even though bad things happened, a lot of good came out of it in the end.

Still... is that odd?

Comments

[adai]

I see. That's a valid fear and I think that's an understandable reaction. You didn't have a plan in place for what would happen to your kingdom though, did you?

[It's still not accusing despite the blunt words.]

[defyingfrigidity]

Not... a plan, per se. But I have a younger sister, who can be quite capable with anything she puts her mind to. The council that aids the royal family is quite willing to help as well, though they could have a bit of a firm hand sometimes.

I was panicking and not thinking straight, yes, but I didn't think Arendelle would have floundered if I never came back.

[After all, the council more or less ran Arendelle in her stead in the three years since her parents' deaths and her coronation. Things were going well for that long, so there's no doubt they could have kept things running in the time it took to help Anna prepare to take the role that Elsa had so carelessly abandoned...]

[adai]

That makes sense. A council has always made more sense to me than relying on one person as a ruler.

That doesn't sound all that bad though. It sounds like there was a system in place that could help if you did leave. Did something else happen?

[defyingfrigidity]

I'm not sure what it's like for other kingdoms, but yes, I'm much less of a solo ruler than some. It's true that a lot of final decisions are made by me alone, but I usually come to those decisions with help from them. They also took care of things in my place after the deaths of my parents, but before I was of age to take the throne.

[She's joked about the people on her council, but really, she doesn't know what she'd do without them.]

As for something happening... I ran because I was afraid. I let it slip that I had magical abilities, and I was... worried about how my people would act. Magic isn't a common thing in my world, you see.

I was also worried about accidentally hurting them, as well...