defyingfrigidity | [ryslig IC Inbox]

[ryslig IC Inbox]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, QUEENOFICEOLATION. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 013.11.221.20 * QUEENOFICEOLATION has joined 013.11.221.20 <QUEENOFICEOLATION> I think I've finally gotten the hang of these devices. <QUEENOFICEOLATION> So! <QUEENOFICEOLATION> There's no harm in setting up one of these, yes? <QUEENOFICEOLATION>** (Thanks to those of you who helped me do so and I'm sorry if I frustrated anyone)

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

It was extremely satisfying to execute, too.

I'm glad for that. I'm sure you had your doubts about him at first, considering, you know, the whole reindeer thing, but he really is a good man. He care so much.

I almost wish I had a chance to do the same.
You deserved every bit of it, and I'm glad you were able to vent it out like that.
But sometimes I still feel so... angry over what he did.

... Anna, I created a talking snowman who we've treated as a member of our family since he came into existence.
A man having conversations with a reindeer is far from the strangest thing that's come through our front door.
The first thing I really knew about him was that her charged down a mountain just to make sure you got to safety.
How could I not trust him?

I know. Me too.
But I also think of it as a necessary part of our journey, you know? It's too bad it happened, but we also got each other out of it! So I can't be too upset.
He tried to rip us apart, but really he just did the opposite!

You make a very good point. He's a really good egg. I hope he finds someone who's ACTUALLY perfect for him.

Hey, so

Does it everything going on in your life ever just hit you all at once, all of a sudden?

Sometimes. I remember those couple of days Anna and I fell asleep and dreamed of the three years since my coronation quite vividly.
The things that happen in this world and some things people say make me think so much about what's happened in the past.

[There's a worried knot tying itself up in her chest. It's an innocent enough question sometimes, but with everything Cass has suffered through...]

Are you... okay, Cass?

Yeah, you're right.
I really don't want to sound like I'm giving him any sort of credit at all, but... sometimes I think about how if he didn't do what he did, our lives might be completely different.
That one argument we had changed everything.

I know he will.
Someone with a heart like his? There's no way he won't find love.
... Besides, you did point out a while back that he bonded very well with Ryder, so who knows where that might lead!

You and me both. When I fell asleep and woke up back home, and leaned about… the things I’d done. I still think about how I plan to make it up to everyone, once we get out of Ryslig.

Yeah. I think I’m okay.

It’s just that

When I said everything going on in my life, I meant more along the lines of… you and me.

Oh.

Oh!

[Right. Them. Things have been going so well in so many ways for them, but she still worried, that something else had been on Cass's mind...]

Sometimes I can't believe it.
In a good way!
But that feeling hits me almost every day, when I wake up and see the ring on my finger.
Your ring.
It's... so much to take in, whenever I look at it.

It's so much, but in a good way, you know?

Would it be kind of silly to admit that I've been staring at your ring for oh, I don't know, an hour?
Just... thinking about it all. About how lucky I am.

Goodness, Cass.
Slacking off of work for that?

... I've been thinking a lot about that too.
For a long time now.
Cass, I never thought I'd be this lucky. This happy. For thirteen years... I fully believed that what we have now, what we're going to have soon, was something I'd never be allowed to have. I was resigned to being alone, or tied to someone I don't love.

Sometimes... I think I'm dreaming, still.

Ah.

Sometimes... I feel like I never deserved to have any of this either. No matter how hard I tried to earn it, it was always just out of reach, and it never felt right. Not until I met Raps... and then I met you.

But I promise you, Elsa. You're not dreaming. I'll tell you you're not however many times I need to.

You, of all people, deserve this sort of happiness. Whether it be with me, or Rapunzel, or anyone else in this or any other world.
I'm so sorry that you felt like you had to fight for something like this...

[... Hm. It seems like an abrupt moment to change the conversation, but. With the way things keep going, Elsa wants to do this face to face. Not just over text.]

... Hey, have you had lunch yet?

And I'm sorry that you felt like you weren't allowed to have this happiness in your life. Nobody should ever be denied that, not you or me, or anyone.

[It's an interesting conversation, born of happiness, but dredging up painful memories.

...ah.]

No. I've been busy... and also distracted.

[Thinking about her fiance.]

Edited 2021-08-30 01:50 (UTC)

Hold that thought, then. I'll be there soon.

[And then the conversation cuts off, before Cass can protest!]

[Oh. Well, there's no arguing this, even if she wanted to. Which she doesn't.]

Okay. See you soon.

[It takes a little while, to throw together everything she needed and get proper coverage at the cafe before she crossed town to Cass's office. But soon enough, Cass will smell the delicious scent of Elsa's cooking wafting in from down the hall, just moments before there's a knock on her door.]

Hope you're not busy, now!

Everything happens for a reason!!!

I totally think they're gonna end up together. No other human beings love reindeer THAT much.

[That's just enough time for Cassandra to square away a few things. Compile notes for later. Good thing, too. Because the moment Elsa's cooking hits her nose, it becomes a sharp and loud reminder that she hasn't eaten today. But then she would've missed out on lunch with her fiance, so everything works out!]

For you? Never. [She rises to meet Elsa at the door, with a smile and a fleeting kiss on the lips.] My mouth's already starting to water.

[The kiss is interrupted by a giggle from Elsa as she playfully pokes Cass in the gut.]

Should I be worried that you didn't eat breakfast today? Your stomach seems to be trying to figure out a way to growl louder than you can.

[Nudging Cass's hip with her own, Elsa enters the office and sets the containers in her hands out on Cass's desk. Inside are a couple of those fancy dip sandwiches; hot, thinly sliced meat (it's beef, not... anything else) with little covered cups of au jus gravy on the side of each of them. And of course another container is filled with fresh pastries - a few danishes, still warm, with honey drizzled all over them.

It's nothing extravagant, but it's certainly MORE than appealing to a hungry bear.]

I know it's just lunch, but... you deserved something a little special, with all the hard work you've been doing.

[A light chuckle passes Elsa as Cass does.]

Hey, I ate breakfast! How could I possibly pass up your cooking?

[Following Elsa back to her desk, Cass snatches up a couple leftover folders and stuffs them down a drawer. Better to have as little mess as possible.

But speaking of growling, once the food is being set out... Well, there can't be any doubt that Elsa's girlfriend is a bear. Just the fancy sandwiches were enough to salivate (which... she was, a little) but the PASTRIES? She was lucky it was only the two of them in the quiet office; none of her employees needed to hear her stomach growl in approval like that.]

I, uh, I appreciate it. A lot. [cough cough] Elsa, this... it's almost too much.

[Elsa laughs again; she doesn't even need to look at Cass to tell that she's nearly hypnotized by the food. It's a testament to how well they know each other that she can predict all of her fiance's little mannerisms without needing to see her.]

That's because I made enough for the two of us. [It's then that she turns around, a soft smile on her face.] With what we were talking about before... I thought it'd be nice to have some time to ourselves. To help get you out of your head.

[It... had gotten a little heavy in those last few messages, after all.]

Very true!!
Gosh, it's nice being able to hear that kind of thing and not dread it.
... It's still a bit annoying when some of the people here say that, when they're trying to excuse the transformations and the actions of the gods and such.
But that's easy enough to tune out, for the most part.

The Northuldra will have the most spoiled reindeer herds in the whole continent!

[What a tangled life Cassandra has lead, to come all the way to this: being so easily read by her fiance from a growling stomach and a few mannerisms alone. Had she really turned into an open book after all this time?]

You're the best, you know that? [There isn't a drop of sarcasm in her voice. Cass is fully honest, and fully in love as she takes a seat.] Just remember that we're not trying to get only me out of my head. So, if there's anything you want to get off your chest...?

Hm. You've said that once or twice.

[And it never fails to fluster her each time. It's so... odd, but in a good way, to be so affectionate with someone. Elsa's not sure she'll ever really get used to it.

She sits down at the desk opposite Cass, taking her portion of the food out of the containers and setting it all out on some paper plates she brought with her. It's not really a picnic indoors, but... it's nice. A little reprive from the daily grind.]

I'm okay, I think. It's just... one of those moments where you don't realize you have those thoughts lurking in your head, until something happens that draw them to the surface.

I should say it more often.

[Being so openly affectionate and loving towards another person is still so new to Cassandra. Sometimes, she wonders if she'll ever really grow accustomed to the butterflies in her chest. Maybe never. Imagine that.

She quietly watches Elsa set the plates, not touching her food yet. But that's not going to last.]

Tell me about it. Looks like we both still have a few things to think about... Like starting to accept how happy we are.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Page 18 of 20

[ryslig IC Inbox]

<summerbloom>

<queenoficeolation>

<summerbloom>

<ranger>; idk sometime post event, mid-week

<queenoficeolation>

<queenoficeolation>

<ranger>

<queenoficeolation>

<ranger>

<queenoficeolation>

<ranger>

<queenoficeolation>

<ranger>

<queenoficeolation>

<ranger>

<queenoficeolation> -> Action

<summerbloom>

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

<queenoficeolation>

no subject

no subject

no subject