AUDIENCE: ELSA

[retellers]

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[showyourself]

[and here's elsa, holding out a thermosful of hot choccy, wherever they end up at.]

Well... I just wanted to check in on you. And... give you this.

[retellers]

[ no swan just teleported to them no one got teleported elsewhere. this is a planetarium life ]

Oh! Thank you.

[ they take it happily ]

But I'm fine. Are you?

[showyourself]

I... I don't know. Yes, I suppose I am.

[...]

I suppose I have to be.

[retellers]

It's okay if you're not. Even if it's just for today. [ they take a sip of hot chocolate ] We have to keep going, but that doesn't mean we have to just-- ignore it all happened.

[showyourself]

[...]

Shuuya didn't want me to watch. I don't think he wanted any of us to watch. So I didn't.

And I want to be fine, because if I'm not, then why did he die? It's... wasteful.

[retellers]

Death is wasteful.

[ they sip at their hot choco again ]

There's nothing wasteful about mourning people.

[showyourself]

Mourning is for the living. For us to cope and overcome our own emotions. If I moped around feeling terrible, Shuuya would certainly feel worse. [she shakes her head.] And honoring his wishes is my own form of mourning.

[...]

How is it?

[retellers]

Well... The hot chocolate is good.

[ they don't want to argue about mourning methods but are clearly awkward now ]

[showyourself]

Good.

[...]

I think everyone would like it if I quizzed you on various questions about this... whole thing. Am I allowed to?

[retellers]

Oh! Sure. That's what we're here for. I'll do my best to answer.

[showyourself]

...What happens to the people who get... removed? I know that they've... passed on.

What about their bodies? Does anything stay behind?

[retellers]

Anything... like what? Their stuff?

[showyourself]

No! I meant... their... souls.

[retellers]

Oh. I... don't know? Do souls go somewhere special?

[showyourself]

I don't know. [???] Heaven, maybe?

[retellers]

Uh...

[ ... yeah they don't know ]

[showyourself]

[...]

So that's it.

[she deflates a little.]

[retellers]

[ aaah ]

I'm sorry! I wish I could help.

[showyourself]

It's fine.

It's enough that you're willing to try and help as much as you can.

[...]

...So, what do you think about your fellow leaders? Are you getting along with them?

[retellers]

For the most part. Tiger and Wolf are jerks, so there's not much to do there, but we can still work together.

[ so dismissive. so unaware of who elsa's leader is ]

[showyourself]

[...she giggles.]

What about the other people here? Your team?

Are you getting along with them?

[retellers]

Sure! My team's fine.

[ there's just the slightest hesitation before that sure but it's fine they are smiling ]

Most people here are alright, too. Obviously there's some people who hate us by default, but...

[showyourself]

[her eyebrows raise minutely, but she doesn't comment on it. hm.]

...They see you as the enemy. Or jailkeepers. [she's spoken with a few of them.] It's hard for some people to get around it, I think.

[retellers]

I can't blame them. I'd be just as mad if I was on the other side of this. [ a beat ] But it's still annoying.

[showyourself]

Hmm. [it's a hum of agreement] Got any of your memories back, yet?