Ripples Along The Shore

[Yosuke]

The truth was Yosuke was pretty sure that he knew the older sister's name. After all, he was friends with Jack Frost, who talked about her. He only mentioned little things like how she talked and showed true grace (and beauty) but Yosuke decided not to mention any of that just yet. "Arendelle huh?" he said thinking for a moment, he had never heard of it.

"It sounds a lot better than Inaba, the little town is noisy and kind of dusty." He shook his head before mentally slapping himself. "I'm sorry I forgot to ask your name."

He gave a tiny smile. "Kind of important to know that kind of stuff since we are in the same circle you know?"

[Elsa]

"Of course. I'm Elsa... Princess Elsa, of Arendelle," Elsa said at length. She would have curtsied, but sitting in her chair as she was made doing so rather awkward. So, the crown princess decided to stay put and merely bowed her head as politely as she could to accompany her proper introduction. ...Huh. Come to think of it, she realized, that had been the first time she'd addressed herself as one of the princesses of Arendelle. Usually she had dropped her title and just went with her name. Casually, however, Elsa decided to shrug it off. It probably meant nothing in the long run and she'd likely just decided to inform Yosuke of her title.

"I'm sure your town is lovely. If I ever get the chance, and if things don't turn out badly in school here, I wouldn't mind seeing it. ...But only if things work out here," Elsa said. She didn't want to get anyone's hopes up, nor did she want to make it sound like she intended on leaving Arendelle frequently if they made it out alive. Elsa knew better than to get Anna's hopes up and she insisted in remaining as firm about that decision as she could. There was no way she would be traveling anywhere if they escaped the school unless her powers were more controlled and she felt safer in knowing she wouldn't hurt anyone. It was lucky she hadn't done that already. However, she knew it would only be a matter of time before something slipped. She'd just have to keep herself as controlled as she could until then...

[Yosuke]

"It's pretty boring compared to the big cities. But we do have some nice things. Like our town delicacy is grilled steak. It's pretty good." He said with a smile. He decided not to mention that Chie, one of his best friends ate that steak almost every day. So, she obviously knew how good it was. "But its a good town, nice people. Not too much excitement except for what happened a few months back."

He decided not to mention the incident unless they asked. It was still pretty confusing and he was pretty sure that the two girls wouldn't believe him about the tv world or about personas. "But, if you do happen to stop by sometime. I can be a tour guide for you two"

[Anna]

Anna had opened her mouth to answer Yosuke's question about where they came from, but to her surprise, Elsa actually beat her to it. The younger princess looked vaguely taken-aback for a moment, then decided just to let the two of them speak. She had been the intruder on the conversation, anyway, so she wasn't too concerned about being left out. Turning so that she was sideways-on to Elsa's seat rather than with her back against it, Anna was able to look up at the other girl more comfortably from this position. It was odd, seeing Elsa actually being fairly talkative nowadays - then again, it was odd seeing Elsa at all, but Anna figured she could get used to both these changes.

It was when Yosuke mentioned visiting his town themselves that Anna could no longer contain herself. "Oh, yes, that sounds great, doesn't it Elsa?" she gushed, grabbing her sister's arm. "I mean, I like our home, but it would be so amazing to see more of the world. And then you could come back to Norway and see Arendelle with us... Elsa, do you think our parents would let him stay in the castle with us?" Anna was aware she was getting far too far ahead of herself with plans - they didn't really know Yosuke that well yet - but the red-haired princess could hardly help it; the idea of seeing someone else's hometown, and showing him theirs in turn, was a prospect she was quite excited about.

[Yosuke]

Yosuke couldn't help but smile at Anna's enthusiam. It reminded him quite a bit of Chie whenever he mentioned steak. He wouldn't mind staying in a castle but he decided against saying that he would love it because the eldest sister had not expressed her desires about it. In fact, Yosuke could see that she was kind of uncomfortable. Maybe the eldest was not used to company?

[Elsa]

"Him? Staying in the castle?"

Elsa could barely comprehend the idea, truthfully speaking. After shutting the gates for so long and keeping herself isolated purposefully, Elsa found it difficult to even imagine letting someone in the castle. Their parents had been rather specific, after all. The only ones who really left with great frequency had been Kai, Gerda, and whomever else had been hired as service around their home. The idea left Elsa a little frozen for a second as she even tried to register the idea. At length, the older princess blinked a couple of times and tried to rid herself of the discomfort provided by that idea.

"I don't know, Anna. Our parents haven't just let someone waltz in to the castle in a long time. They might need some convincing," Elsa said at length. It was more like she would need some convincing, though. Elsa was the one who was kind of uncomfortable with the idea, after all. True though it was that she had just said she'd love to see where it was Yosuke came from, having someone from outside Arendelle coming into the castle gave her some cause for concern. It was just too much of a risk while her powers were still not in check.

[Yosuke]

Yosuke knew everything about parents being strict. But these parents not letting anyone in? Did something happen? He thought castles and kings always opened up the gates to meet the people. "Hey, I don't mind staying in a stable." he said jokingly. "I mean staying in a castle is cool and all but man those stables. I bet the horses would love me!"

His eyes sparkled, he hoped that his jokes would at least get a smile out of them. That's what he was good at, making awkward situations little bit more enjoyable.

[Anna]

Oh, yeah. Anna looked a little abashed as she released Elsa's arm from her grip. In her excitement, she'd forgotten for a moment that it was their parents who would have the final word on whether anyone would be allowed to stay in the castle or not; though to be perfectly honest, Anna couldn't see the harm. "He is only one guy, though," she pointed out. "And there's plenty of space in the castle, it's not like he'd be in anyone's way." And besides which, if Elsa decided to retreat into herself again when they did get home, Anna figured she could definitely use the company; though hopeful that maybe wouldn't happen now, she held her tongue on that point.

She couldn't help but chuckle as Yosuke spoke again, however, successfully diffusing the tension that had been threatening to grow. "Even if you're not allowed in the castle, there's plenty of better places to stay in Arendelle than a stable," she returned good-naturedly. "Gotta be more sanitary to find an inn, even if the horses would miss you."

It was safe to say that Anna was beginning to like this guy. He may not exactly be a handsome prince, but he was by no means bad-looking either, and she found his easy-going sense of humour endearing.