re_alignment | first snowflake ❄ action/video ❄ life's too short

Anna?

[ The first few moments are blurry and dark, barely any light peeking in. The moment Elsa opens her eyes a little wider, fear envelops her. Monsters. Metal monsters, whispering and buzzing, looking at her like she was some sort of alien. She almost screams, crawling off of the berth she'd been placed, the metal and concrete already beginning to hiss with cold and frost. There was a solid, plastic object in her hand, and she gripped it subconsciously. The cold crawled up the walls with her fear of the strange creatures. No one had a chance to tell her anything, not before she scrambled away from them, making a break for the door. The ice that followed her really deterred any pursuers at that point; each footstep she left grew a thin layer of crystals underneath it.

Once outside, out of the grasp of those nightmarish giants, she looked up.

What had she done?

Of course, that's instantly her fear; that she'd frozen over the kingdom, and there was no heat to be found at all. She steps back in awe, small flakes of ice brushing off on her skirt and onto the rocky ground. Pebbles grew little coats of crystals as she shrunk towards a wall, and her question was answered. No, the dark sky was not her doing, this was nothing like home. The pillow of frost grows around her, encasing the surrounding pebbles in ice. Getting a gold of herself, Elsa backs away, trying to stop herself from freezing anything else, but goodness, she was so scared. Where was she? ]

Anna?! Olaf...?

[ She looks around nervously--- ]

Anyone? [ She grips the object in her hand tighter. Elsa steps back, looking for anything, anyone to identify as familiar. ]

Okay, okay. We can do this---I can do this. Conceal. Don't feel, conceal.

[ Conceal, and only then, could she ask someone for help. This could be a while. Finally, a rational thought surfaces. What was this device, this plastic, shiny thing? A crackling and a click of a button ends up turning the feed on, then a sudden crack. It's almost static like, but there's a voice in the distance. She can hear things, voices, people, coming from the strange instrument. Turns out she's dropped it in fear of freezing it solid. What if it was a mirror, a magic one, like in the stories she's read? Monsters and magic, clearly a talking mirror wasn't too far out there to believe. ]

Hello?

Hello, is someone there?

Please, I---if there is, just tell me where I am. What this place is. Has anyone seen my sister?

Please----[ The voice sounds rather upset, regretful, almost. Another few clicks and there's a video, but it's jagged and blocky. Is that ice? ]

No, oh no, is it working? Please, she's only about as tall as me, with reddish blonde hair, in braids. She's loud, and clumsy---please, I need to find her. Her name is Anna.

[ A nervous hand nudges the device, attempting to scrape off some of the ice. She's successful for a moment, just long enough to show her face, before the feed dies. Yep. She froze it. So there she will stand, nervous and alone, looking around defensively to avoid the company of any more giants. ]

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Then someone kidnapped you and brought you here too?

[ She shakes her head slightly, confused. ]

That's...that's a strange name.

Pretty much.

[He grunts, but it's more amused than annoyed.]

Hey, it suits me. I can't complain none.

H-How many people are here? Do you know?

[ RUDE, ELSA. ]

Oh, I---I'm Elsa. By the way. I'm sorry, I---[ She shakes her head, and clears her throat. ]

Sorry.

Hn. I wanna say "a lot", but that isn't a real solid number... and I don't think I can give one of those.

[If he had eyebrows to raise, he would.]

Nothin' to be sorry about. I've heard worse. From worse.

I see.

[ She sounds resigned. Nope, there wouldn't be any way around this one. ]

Well. Ironhide.

Thank you.

But----I have to find someone. Anyone. Or someplace that isn't here to stay.

If you can get a ride with someone, you could head over to the Hub thing.

I think they got room to spare, and they aren't in any temple.

The...Hub?

[ Well---wait, no. ]

No, I--I couldn't. I'll find somewhere. Somewhere not close to anyone or anything.

Somewhere ...?

Uh. I'm not sure that's a great idea 'round here.

Trust me, anything's better than keeping me somewhere near people.

[ Is she confident of this fact? N o p e. ]

Why's that?

It just---

It just is. I don't want to hurt anyone, not while I'm here.

Kid. Have you seen the bots around here?

I'm not a child.

[ She purses her lips, sounding harsher than she intended. ]

I'd rather not.

... When you're my age, everybody's a kid.

It's more dangerous out here on your own than with somebody else.

Perhaps for someone else.

The only thing I've been told from others so far is don't go to the Badlands. So I won't. I'll find someplace else.

You got a cannon hidden in your arm or somethin'?

Badlands, Megatronus' lands, some parts of Solus' area... there's kinda a big list.

Not exactly. It's---colder.

Oh. Well. That's---that's more informative than 'badlands'.

We talking nitro glycerin?

I try. But uh... there's a lot of scrap wanting to squash organics out there. Is what I'm trying to say.

What? No, no it's---it's ice. And snow.

I'm sure there are worse things.

[ Like armies and soldiers and mobs. ]

That's... it? It's not explosive?

[GURL...]

Well, depends on who starts rampaging, I guess.

[ DLJRGNWRI THAT'S IT? ]

Ice can be explosive.

[ This is not a fact she is proud of, so she is quiet about it. ]

Exactly. I wouldn't---I have a hard enough time already.

It's not really that effective when you're dealing with Decepticons...

[Trying to break it to her gently...!]

Seriously, kid. It'd be a lot safer not to go off alone.

Then what, take someone with me, and get them killed too?

[ She's about heard the last of anyone telling her that now. ]

We're pretty hard to kill, kid.

Still, I'm not looking for volunteers to prove it.

[ She can't help but ask though--- ]

Why are you so worried, anyways?

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