Who:Death deathiskind & Elsa afrozenqueen What Formal Meeting Where: Some where? When: After Death takes care of the frozen creatures, May 5th Warnings/Rating: Mentions of death, Death, etc Status: Completed GDoc
Death was confused. She didn’t understand what was keeping her here. She didn’t understand what these things were, either and that was more pressing than anything else right now. They were violating the laws of nature. Once someone was dead, they stayed dead. That was how her job worked. She took the souls onwards to their final destination. She figured out, already, they didn’t have the souls of the dead in them. They were… other. It was an abomination.
And it was making her angry. Death was hard to anger. She was of a slow burn anger. She simmered and let things sit. She didn’t like being angry. It felt weird. She rarely felt it and it was not a favorite among her emotions. But she was getting angry here. The dead stayed dead. They did not rise and become something other.
So she offered to take care of the ones Elsa had frozen. Her dark hair piled itself up into a bun out of the way, knotting itself gently on the back of her head. Death returned them to their peace. And stood dripping with gore for a minute, her eyes hard before she sighed softly and muttered something over the bodies. Then she looked for Elsa shaking the mess from her hands, she had a smear on a cheek she missed though. “I apologize for it taking so long to get here.” she said, rather formally.
Death was finding that putting up a formal barrier kept her from feeling too human. She wondered if it would last. It seemed to come down easier and easier now that she had been here some time. These people grew on her. She liked them. Elsa had been kind to her. She taught her to ice skate and Death had laughed, really honestly laughed. It had been a lovely day.
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Elsa looked away while Death attended to the monsters that were once human. She hadn’t had the heart to make the ice shatter like she could have as these beings were once like her. Elsa didn’t think to ask if they still had their souls, or any of their memories even but honestly? She didn’t want to know the answers to those questions.
She swallowed hard, finally looking back over at Death with a shake of her head. “No, it’s alright. I wasn’t concerned with my own safety.” Elsa knew that she could freeze them, or surround herself with a shield of ice and she would be just fine. She’d honestly been more concerned about other people, and wondering if they were still human or not.
She hoped they were at peace now, wherever that may be, but Elsa knew that peace was not likely to come to any of them for a little while at least. Reaching into the sleeve of her dress, Elsa removed a handkerchief, and held it out to Death. “Here, you missed a spot.” She pointed at her own face, offering her a soft smile. “What are those things?” Her brows furrowed, a line appearing between them as she dared to look down at the mess.
Her stomach lurched, so she quickly looked away, and cleared her throat. “I know they were once human, but did it have something to do with the structure in the city?”
~*~
Death took the offered handkerchief and cleaned up what she had missed. She balled it up in her fingers then returned it to Elsa clean as could be. She smiled a bit. “I am glad you are alright, though.” she canted her head. She hadn’t really made friends yet. But Elsa had been one of the first and she would like her to be alive and well.
Death had made sure they were at peace. Death was efficient even if killing wasn’t her actual domain. One cannot watch people die for eternity and not learn a few tricks. “I’m not really sure. They are unlike anything I have seen. Or at least that I can remember immediately. If they existed before now I am sure to have seen them.” she pursed her lips and shook her head.
“They are abominations that is for certain.” she had an edge to her voice that softened when she looked back to Elsa. “I would assume so. I cannot be sure but I do not believe in coincidences. They appeared only after that thing arrived. There is little to make me think it is not responsible.” Death extended a hand out and the remains vanished. At least her powers still worked. It was nice.
“There they are gone.” she looked up again. She shook her head gently. “Do not fret. Their souls already moved on.” she added softly, a smile curling her lips. “Trust me. This is my domain.” then the edge was back. “This thing has dared stir the natural order of things, I will rob it of it’s puppets.” she let out a low sigh and rubbed her head. “I swear, crazy things always try to avoid my touch and it never works. Will they ever learn?” ~*~
Taking the handkerchief back, Elsa tucked it back up into her sleeve for safe keeping. “And I am glad that you were here.” She replied with a nod, sincerely grateful for Death’s presence in this place as she considered the other woman to be her friend in some sense of the word.
“I don’t believe in it either.” Elsa admitted honestly, just like she didn’t believe in love at first sight, or any of that other stuff. Things happened for a reason and that thing out there had some hand in all of this. “The only question that remains is why, but I sincerely doubt that anyone will have the answer to that as evident by the warning that went across the mobile device earlier.” Elsa had only wanted to look, she’d been foolish in thinking that she might be able to get away without encountering any of the creatures, but again, she didn’t fear for her own safety where they were concerned.
Men, people concerned her more than monsters these days. She worried that one day people would come knocking at her door with pitchforks and ill intentions.
Elsa let out a sigh of relief, “That’s good to know. I was worried. I don’t think I could ever --” She swallowed hard and shook her head. There’d only been one person she’d ever come close to killing, and Anna had meant more to her than her own life. She was grateful that the curse had been broken, but she would’ve never been able to forgive herself had it not been.
Shaking her head, Elsa gave Death a look. “I doubt it. People, beings will always try to escape Death even if, in the end, it won’t work.” She looked around to make sure the coast was clear, or at least none of them were headed their way. “We can continue onward to see if anyone else is in need of help. I will freeze them, if you’ll do the rest.”
~*~ “My pleasure, Elsa. You have been kind to me so I am inclined to help when I can.” she smiled a bit before folding her hands in front of her. She was still a little stiff but that was okay. She’d be less formal in a bit.
“I doubt we’ll get that answer, you’re right. It does not seem that answers are forthcoming here. At least not very well or very many.” she shook her head a bit and smiled. “That warning was pretty pathetic, honestly.” Death didn’t like it much but there was nothing she could do about it. Her abilities seemed a bit limited in some degrees here. It was disconcerting.
“It is the nature of things.” she shrugged a bit. “Are you sure you want to do this?” she asked before she would step away to let Elsa out with her. She had no problem moving onwards and returning those who were creatures to their end. Death would do her job here, just as well as anywhere else. “That would be most helpful and most kind. They will not feel it that way.”
She pulled her hair up into a knot and put her game face on. She did not enjoy this, but it was necessary and they needed to keep the place as safe as possible. Things weren’t perfect here but it was home for the moment. ~*~*
Elsa believed in being kind to everyone until she deemed them unworthy of her friendship, or trust. There had only been a few people that Elsa didn’t trust, or didn’t like for that matter. Some here, however, she was unsure of but she was still inclined to extend the hand of friendship to all of them.
Shaking her head, Elsa let out a long sigh. “It was. They could’ve let us know something sooner so we could’ve been better prepared.” Everyone had seemed to be on edge since the arrival of the structure, and they had been doing what they could for whatever might’ve been coming their way but she didn’t think anyone had expected this.
Was she sure about this? No, not really, but it was something that needed to be done.
Elsa would’ve done the same if something like this had happened in her kingdom, because it would’ve been the best option. Here she had no subjects, here she wasn’t a queen of a kingdom but another person trapped inside a city where there were more question than answers.
Taking in a deep breath, Elsa looked over at Death. “No, I’m not sure, but it does need to be done. If I can help people, save them from these things and help these people that were turned into these things feel no pain? Then it’s worth it.”
Elsa did truly believe that it was worth it. Tossing her braid over her shoulder, Elsa gave Death a smile. “Let’s go do what we can to help.”
~*~ Death smiled a bit. “I doubt that is how it will work here.I have a gut feeling that we’ll be caught off guard more than not.” she shook her head and sighed. “Not a happy thought but realistic I’m afraid.” Death was not keen on the idea. It meant she often had to work harder.
She waited while Elsa thought it over for a moment. She could understand the need - this was not something most people were faced with every day. This was not something people were expecting to have to deal with, ever. She could not begrudge the woman the necessary time to think it over before acting.
But she also expected her to be focused on helping. And she was not let down. “Thank you. It is not easy and I understand but it’s for the best of the people here. We need to remain safe, and not cowed by this.” she smiled firmly. “Let’s go send some souls where they belong, and lay them to rest.”
Death started off - it was nice having someone at her side instead of her doing it all. There was help. It was nice. “Thank you for helping. I appreciate it.”