dominance | ( eudio cuddlr )

[ Elsa isn't easily flustered in any other domain, but romance (or arguments) tend to fill her phone screen with frost and she hastily wipes it away with her thumb. ]

I was not merely testing it so I could move onto someone else! I realized that I'd responded to your post about holding hands and such without making good on my offer. Of course, it wasn't really an offer, as I'd merely responded.

We did have a nice conversation anyway. I certainly enjoyed it.

In any case, I did want to offer my hand if you need any assistance in fulfilling your end of the contract.

You know how I said my friends would say I used to be an asshole? I was being a dick offering to hold people's hands. I didn't understand this place. I still don't. But I figured the easiest way to get answers was to ... be an asshole.

[ and then all the people who had responded to him had kind of shown him that he was wrong about them, just as he had been about wells and clarke when they first landed on earth. elsa had been a part of that. the fact that she had been so open and had even spoken to him about the greeks — it's hard to be hateful and rude when people humanise themselves. ]

[ still, bellamy feels slightly awkward. this city reminds him of the ark sometimes, but it isn't as serious or intense as it had been when he'd been isolated from any opportunities he had due to where he sat on the food chain. ]

You don't have to do that.

You were being a dick?

[ Slang she isn't acquainted with yet. Anyway. ]

I can see you don't often find yourself in many diplomatic situations. :)

[ Of course, as queen, she makes many demands of her own, but that attitude isn't used much in Eudio. She feels she has no clout and is on the same level as everyone else, and that's fine. ]

Well, I would like to do it.

Mean. An ass. Mocking. Maybe like that bitter prince of yours. It's all being a dick.

[ he thinks to say being me, but queen elsa hadn't known the bellamy blake who had declared anarchy would be better than anything else. she hadn't known the bellamy blake who had become slightly wrapped up within the pack mentality of the delinquents and had kicked the hair out from murphy's feet. she hadn't known the selfish bellamy blake who had fucked over three hundred of his own people when they'd been on the ark. being a dick isn't even close to how he'd properly describe himself. ]

[ he's found himself in diplomatic situations, but clarke either deals with them or the diplomacy is expressed through warfare. he doesn't really know what the council does, but his perception on them isn't a kind one. ]

Yeah? I guess I'm good at holding hands. Great, even. It's how I choose to deal with my diplomatic situations. ;)

[ Elsa's indiscretions don't go that far back, but not many people know about how she accidentally almost killed her sister. Twice. And nearly ruined her entire kingdom on the day of her coronation.

Silly banter is preferable. ]

Now, you're just trying to be cute!

Trust me, I'm not ... trying.

[ he's not cute. cute is his word or line to try and push someone away who's gotten a little too close. it's often what he says to raven when she's acting all friendly and bantery. he postures so much as a rough and tough and untouchable guy that when raven had tried to sneak up on him and had successfully scared him, it's become the word he relies upon to try and push someone off from their throne of pride at besting bellamy at his own game and destroying his own persona for a few seconds. ]

[ flirting with people isn't something he's done lately. a part of him feels like he's forgotten how to. ]

[ She will repectfully disagree, at least on a very superficial level. There is only so much a text message can convey, after all, and there is so little that she knows about him, having spoken mostly about herself. (It happens. The ice powers conversation happens.) ]

But you sent a winky face! That automatically deems a message as cute.

In my book, at least.

[ In her very short book about flirting, anyway. ]

I thought that was meant to convey joking.

[ bellamy doesn't really know anything so he'll take her lead and lessons on this. ]

What if I said "Ice sucks. ;)" Would you still think that message is cute?

Well, no. It's hardly flirtatious either!

I've just seen the ;) used flirtatiously.

[ bellamy's smiling. usually when he wants to flirt, he's a little less spelling it out, but he thinks maybe this is the best response he can give her. ]

Are you flirting with me?

[ Well, now she's flustered all over again. ]

Well, that is what you do on Cuddlr sometimes! I think!

I haven't entirely deciphered how this all works on phones. As you can imagine, it's quite different, where I'm from. The courtship, I mean.

I would just be yourself. I think that's usually the first step to courting. Since you want to court me. I thought we were having a nice conversation before you tried to flirt with me and now you want to court me. Next you'll want a cuddle.

[ this whole teasing thing is kind of fun. ]

I am being myself!

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. I was merely expressing my interest. We haven't gotten to hand holding yet!

So, you know when you want to court someone from holding their hand? That sounds really serious.

And conversation!

I think I've lost sight of where this conversation was meant to go.

It's shown me not all the people here just want to cuddle.

[ as he had originally thought so, confessing as much to her. but bellamy makes an effort not to revert to being a dick. it's kind of easy not to. teasing people had been something he'd done on and off on the ground, octavia his most favoured victim, but now ... it's not really the worst thing in the world, letting himself have a little fun in spite of his own concerns about this place. ]

I'm starting to think being a queen is very serious business. You make it look easy.

It is serious! Though I make it a point to have more fun nowadays, while I can.

[ Sure, there is always the constant worry that they'll take Anna – either Anna – away from her, but it all seems rather secure from where she stands. There has always been a fun, spirited side to Elsa that had been long dormant until a few years ago. May as well let it show more often. ]

And what does a queen of ice and snow do for fun?

[ he'd say do you wanna build a snowman but bellamy and keeping up with the times ... but for someone who isn't normal and boring like him, he's genuinely curious. ]

[ Of course, Elsa knows what she likes, but when asked about it, it's as if her mind goes blank and she takes a moment to respond. ]

Well, I have an ice cream parlor to run with my sister. We love creating new flavors and sundaes! I also like shopping, learning new things about how this world works — I've discovered Netflix and movies on demand. I also have a dog and, now, a pig thanks to Anna, so they keep me busy.

Oh, and I still love reading.

[ half of this goes way over bellamy's head. netflix, movies on demand — he's tempted to tell her to steer clear of adam sandler, all because of what jem said. ]

A queen who owns an ice cream parlour and a pig. Didn't picture that. But I'm not really surprised — you're the queen of winter.

What's the pig's name?

Arild. Anna named him after the zoo breakout.

You should come by and have ice cream!

[ That was Anna's idea too, actually. Better than crafting some elaborate scheme to meet him. Or threatening young men on the network in her honor. ]

[ bellamy's first instinct is to say no, don't worry, but it's not like he's got a lot of friends and his schedule is packed with things to do. he doesn't have grounders to think of, if he lets himself not think of them at all for the first time in what feels like an age. ]

Okay.

I'll see if my sister wants to come. I don't know if she's had ice cream yet, but I'm sure she'd like it. If I can tear her away from the beach first.

Marvelous! I will be here until closing. :)

You may encounter a few small snowmen upon entrance, just as a fair warning. They're mostly harmless, the snowgies.

What do snowmen/snowgies do that I should be aware of?

[ it's a better question than asking what the hell is that?, right? ]

Let's say you packed some snow between your hands and formed a ball. They're about that size with little feet, eyes, mouths.

They are always up to no good! Tying shoelaces together, knocking things down. I think the few that have remained from my cold are quite taken with Eudio.

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