Tenth Flake [video]

[defyingfrigidity]

[When the video flocks on, it shows Elsa, looking... a bit thoughtful. Not in a moody way like she was in her last post, judging by the lack of any trouble on her face, but.... it takes a moment for her to realize the recording started before she speaks.]

I checked the date today, and I only just realized something. Today is the one year anniversary of my arrival in Johto. [There's a pause, and she laughs, looking a bit embarrassed.] I promise this won't be as messy as the last time I talked about an "anniversary". That... got a little bit out of hand.

[A shake of the head, and with a sigh, her embarrassment fades.]

I've just... been thinking a lot today. The things I've done here, the people I've met.... they changed me. In ways I don't think I would've been able to change back home. I've learned a lot about the world and other people, and even discovered some things about myself I didn't know before. All thanks to the people here.

I suppose I should thank all of the people I've talked to here. Even if we've only spoken once, you've done much to help me, and for that, I'm forever grateful.

She smiles, then, a bright and brilliant thing.]

From the bottom of my heart, thank you all.

Comments

[defyingfrigidity]

Yeah... that's one of the things I'm grateful to the people of this land for. I don't think I ever would have realized that was really something that happened, let alone....

[Let alone it applying to her.]

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, I figure there's nothing wrong with it at all, since love is love and it's not really something you can help or deal with!

But I'm glad it did! I'm just, um, not really sure how I should go about saying something. I know I don't really have any reason to be too nervous, but...

[defyingfrigidity]

[Boy, does she know about being confused about feelings like this. It's been a recurring problem for Elsa for months now. But while she's unsure of how to help herself, she'll do whatever she can to help her sister.]

If whoever this girl is cares as much as a friend should care, then there's no reason to be too nervous, is there? I kn-- [WAIT NO NOT ABOUT HER] I'm sure that it's difficult to muster up the courage to confess such feelings.... but at the very least, you shouldn't be worried about letting them know about this part of yourself.

As a friend, they already love you for who you are. Something like this shouldn't change that.

[loveisanopendoor]

Yeah, I know that! I mean, she's definitely not the type who would be upset with me or stop being my friend if she found out! I don't think it'd make things too awkward even if she didn't feel the same way back! Nonon's cool like tha--

[Her hand darts to her own mouth to cover it up when she catches herself..!]

A-ah, darn it, I just let it slip!

[defyingfrigidity]

... Nonon, hmm~?

[Elsa raises an eyebrow, but her smile is still there. GOOD SIGN.]

Well, I shouldn't be surprised. She is one of the people you've known here the longest, correct?

[loveisanopendoor]

A-ah, stooop...

[ Her face is almost as red as her hair now, hearing Elsa start to tease her like that, this is so embarrassing... ]

I mean, she's really great and all...she was one of my first friends here, b-but...

[defyingfrigidity]

Buuuut?

[It's less teasing now, more encouraging. COME ON ANNA, YOU DESERVE TO GUSH]

[loveisanopendoor]

L-look, I'm just saying, she's got this awesome attitude! Like, she comes into a place and she's just like bam, y'know?!

[She's still red, but her hands are going a little crazy as she rambles..]

She knows just what to say and just the way to say it in and she'll always tell you things like they are no matter what, so you know she's super-honest and trustworthy! But she's sweet as heck, too, like, if you ever have a problem she's gonna be right there with you and ready to help, too, and she's really nice, too, even if she's a little rough around the edges, and she has really good taste in sweets and in music and in clothes and, um, she's just...r-really cute...

[defyingfrigidity]

... Wow, Anna. You sound completely smitten.

[Again, there's no teasing in her voice! She's rather charmed by her sister's rambling, actually... and it warms her heart a bit knowing that Anna's crush on Nonon isn't over some silly superficial reasons.

Her sister deserves someone nice. Someone who will be good to her. Someone tough who will look out for her when Elsa can't. And though she doesn't know Nonon as well as she could, from Anna's rambling and what little she's seen, she definitely seems like she could be that person.]

[loveisanopendoor]

I-I am not! ...I-I mean, maybe a little, but... She's just, I mean, uh...

[She looks a little bit sheepish now that that's all out there and off her chest, a far cry from the energy that came from the nervous high of spilling everything to her sister. She's okay for now, after a couple of deep breaths, but still just a little bit embarrassed.]

Well, like I said, I have a crush, is all! ...But what about you, huh?

[defyingfrigidity]

... What about me?

[WHO'S DEFLECTING ELSA'S NOT DEFLECTING]

Anna... you don't have to avoid the subject with me, okay? I'll love and support you no matter what you do or who you want to spend my time with, so... if you ever need to get something off your chest, please don't hesitate to come to me.

[loveisanopendoor]

I'm not avoiding anything anymore! But you just said you'd be a hypocrite if you told me liking girls was a bad thing, didn't you?

[defyingfrigidity]

T-There's not much to say other than that, is there?

[IF SHE CAN'T COMPLETELY AVOID THE SUBJECT, SHE CAN AT LEAST STILL BE DODGY ABOUT SOME THINGS.]

When I mentioned that there were some things that this place helped me discover about myself... that was one of them. That... [She reaches up to rub the back of her neck. Geez, she's never outright said this before...] That I'm attracted to other women.

... Only other women.

[loveisanopendoor]

Elsa...

[ How to break it to her that she sort of figured that was the case...even so, though, Anna's still all smiles as she wraps her arms around her sister again. ]

That's so cute! I'll be honest, I never really could picture you being with a guy anyway. But you have to understand, don't think I'm gonna go easy on whoever ends up being your girlfriend one day just because they're a girl! If she so much as looks at you funny, she's gonna get it!

[ Is she joking...... ]

[defyingfrigidity]

C-Cute?

[Elsa doesn't mind Anna hugging her, but she doesn't hug back just yet. SHE'S JUST... SURPRISED THIS IS GOING SO WELL...]

Well, you'll be waiting to use the protective little sister card for a while. The chances of me finding a... g-girlfriend... are relatively low.

[loveisanopendoor]

Don't say that! I'll be the best wing-girl you could ever ask for, you just wait and see! The girls will be all over you!

[defyingfrigidity]

Wing... what?

[loveisanopendoor]

It's, um, just a fancy word for a girl who helps put in the good word for you with the person you like...

[defyingfrigidity]

... Such strange phrases in this land...

B-But you don't have to worry about that. Since there's nobody here I'm interested in, you don't need to put in a word to anyone.

[loveisanopendoor]

I know, right?! I don't even know what some of this stuff means. Like, what the heck do you think a "bae" is? It's not, like, the water kind, either!

If you say so, though...

[defyingfrigidity]

A... "bae"? [She tries to think of that, then shakes her head.] I have no clue.

[She lets out a huff.]

And I do say so. So end of subject, yes?

[loveisanopendoor]

Me either! I'll have to look into it a bit...

[ Sure, Elsa. ]

Fiiine, fine...but if you do find one, you'll let me know, right?

[defyingfrigidity]

[R U D E????]

... Of course I will.

[People she knows she has absolutely no chance with don't count.]

[loveisanopendoor]

You prooomise?

[defyingfrigidity]

You're really doubting my word, Anna?

[SHHH SHE'S TOTALLY NOT DODGING THE QUESTION]