Sweater Weather

PERIWINKLE LISANNA FROSTBRITTLE

You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down You, you enchant me even when you're not around If there are boundaries, I will try to knock them down I'm latching on, now I know what I have found

sommer-girl​:

Anna shook her head. Yes, she had wanted to talk about the good things, but as the conversation went on, she realized that this was more important. There were a lot of good things about Arendelle. But part of loving where she came from meant being willing to call it out when something was unjust.

“This stuff is important. And it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who, like, deeply cares about what goes down in Arendelle. I think it has so much potential. It can be such an amazing place. But things have got to change,” Anna said, her tone strong with conviction. “I’ll do whatever I can. I’m done letting this stuff happen while I stand on the sidelines.”

That was it wasn’t it. Sometimes you had to take a stand not just when it was convenient to you. Peri felt right with this decision. She knew that she had the skills to back it up when 5 years ago she wouldn’t have.

She wouldn’t run anymore. And that. Well it felt good.

sommer-girl​:

“Oh– okay!” Anna hadn’t realized Peri was serious about it. It was a big decision to make, moving back to Norway, even temporarily. And it was a big decision to make so suddenly. But Anna kind of admired it, too. When you cared enough about something, the logistics didn’t matter as much.

Wasn’t that the logic Anna had followed when she’d come to Swynlake for Elsa? Peri’s family was in Norway, even if they weren’t technically related to her. They were her community. And that was enough.

“I think that’s really cool of you. I’m sure they could use the help. Do you think you could let me know, when you get there, if there’s anything I can do here? I can’t leave school right now, but I really want to help. It’s important to me.”

Peri wasn’t sure she was making the right decision. Maybe she was just talking the talk and tomorrow morning she wouldn’t be able to go through with it.

But it felt like the right decision as well.

Something to take control of.

sommer-girl​:

“I mean… I think about that too, sometimes. Not that I’m a fairy or anything, but I was so oblivious to this stuff for so long, and, like, considering it’s my dad in office…” Anna made a face. “I feel like I have a responsibility to the people of my city. But I still have a year left of school, and same with you, you’ve got Pixie’s and Sunburst and all your friends.”

Was Peri really thinking of dropping everything and going there to help? It made Anna feel guilty. She didn’t want to leave Swynlake. But if the fairies in Arendelle were in danger, Anna didn’t want to sit by while things got worse. The way she always had in the past.

“But… if you’re thinking about it, there are a couple of organizations I can put you in touch with. Maybe we could organize a fundraiser here or something.” That was a thought– maybe they could help without leaving Swynlake!

Peri nodded, she did have responsibilities here. Swynlake is where she was the happiest. There was no doubt in her mind this was her home. But she had a responsibility to the fairies there as well.

“It’s not your responsibility Anna.” Peri reassured gently, she was sure Anna could help but she needed to take care of herself first.

sommer-girl​:

Anna hesitated. So this wasn’t going to be the fun gossip fest about Arendelle she had thought it might be– but, honestly, she knew deep down that this was way more important to talk about. Peri deserved to have the truth, even if it was uncomfortable. And Anna knew the value of facing hard stuff head-on. It was always better to know. 

“Uh… okay, yeah,” Anna said with a sigh. “Basically… there’s talk of a lot of fairies leaving Arendelle. Trying to find somewhere else to rebuild the Hollow. They’ve been petitioning to get protected land for it, but it’s expensive, and the current administration–” My dad, Anna thought guiltily– “Isn’t really helping. And now with some new laws getting introduced about what kinds of jobs fairies can do, and– yeah, it’s just looking grim. Things are going backwards. I’m trying not to lose hope about it, and there are a lot of great organizations that are protesting and trying to change things, but…” 

Anna grimaced. “I’m sorry. I wish I had better news for you.”

That was... horrible.

For everything that the fairies did to take care of the environment, and help the surrounding towns. For them to turn their back on them. “I knew a lot of them stayed back to help rebuild or stay in Hollows near by. I didn’t think it was going to be much of an issue though.” Peri expected it to be easy. She had gotten used to Swynlake.

sommer-girl​:

Anna’s visit home was… surprisingly nice. She hadn’t been able to stay long, with tech week coming up so soon, and so it seemed like her dad cared more about preserving the peace than grilling her about what she was up to in Swynlake (or what Elsa was up to). And, honestly, Anna felt the same. Though she did… snoop a little bit in his study when he wasn’t looking.

Mostly, Anna realized how much she missed Norway. She missed speaking Norwegian all the time, which had always felt more comfortable for her than English. She missed lapskaus and kjøttkaker and rømmegrøt, and Gerta’s sweet skolebrød. She missed how the sun never went down in the summer, even if she also missed Swynlake sunsets. And while she didn’t really want to move back in with her dad– she did wonder. Would she ever be back in Norway again?

It was all of this that made her more than happy to talk to Peri about home when Peri reached out. Even if it was kind of a sad topic.

“I… don’t know. I’ve heard things, though…” she said, thinking back to what she saw in her father’s office, and what she was seeing on social media. “Things are getting kind of… worse for fairies in Arendelle. I don’t know how much you’ve heard about it, but I can tell you what I’ve heard.”

[outfit]

Peri shook her head. “These days I’ve been so separated from them. The whole magic drain too I’ve been so focused on the fairies here.” Which spoke volumes since she never really did that for the fairies of her own Hollow.

Peri hadn’t expected hearing that Anna went home to stir up feelings of want and guilt. Feelings that Peri hadn’t entertained since she lost her Hollow in the first place.

But lately as things changed in Swynlake she found herself wanting to know more about her home, who was left and how it was going.

Thankfully Anna was more than willing when Peri reached out.

“Okay wait- they are thinking of relocating again?”

sonotthedrama​:

“That’s very kind of you, thank you,” Kim said, smiling at the other woman’s offer. She might take the blonde up on her offer one day, because she’d be stupid not to, given that the blonde knew more about tattoos than she did.

“Oh, no. Thank you for all the help, and my name is Kim.” She smiled again at the blonde, “Never got a chance to introduce myself in the excitement of talking about tattoos.”

**

“No worries, I’m Peri and I obviously work at Sunburst as one of the artists and at Pixie’s so you can find me at either place easily.” Peri mused with a grin.

“It was a pleasure to meet you Kim.”

sonotthedrama​:

Kim admired this woman because she was daring with her tattoos and the fact that she let her coworkers work on her was gutsy. Kim was brave, but she didn’t think she’d be that brave enough to let anyone tattoo anything on her.

“That’s good to know, thank you,” Kim thought about it for a minute or two, “Shoulder it is then.”

**

“You’re more than welcomed to come to me too, or if you want colour shifting I would suggest Pascal but swing by the shop at any point and you can check out my portfolio.” Peri had to get to the club to help start setting up for an event and she assumed she had helped the girl.

“Did you have any other ideas or questions?”

perry-flynn​:

Heartbreak was a funny thing. Perry was pretty articulate, could describe most of his emotions even if he couldn’t name them. Heartbreak seemed to work the other way around; naming the thing was easy, but understanding the how and why of the feeling was harder. Perhaps that too was a problem with lack of experience. 

He gave a nod of understanding at Peri’s explanation, his smile sympathetic. “I could try getting in touch with a few old contacts who still work in that sort of arena, but I’ll be honest right away and admit there’s very little they could do, even if they did want to help.” Perry couldn’t fight the law, as much as he’d been trying. “I’m… I’m sorry, Peri. If he got all his paperwork and affairs in order do you think he’d have a shot?”

Peri shook her head, she didn’t have much hope when it came down to everything. If he had got everything straightened out everything would have been fine but she could only imagine the tangled mess that lay at his feet.

sonotthedrama​:

Kim paid attention to the blonde; she sounded like a tattoo veteran, so Kim had asked the right person for advice. “That sounds like it would hurt. How many do you have?” She was curious and figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask; either the woman would tell her or she wouldn’t.

“You know, I never really planned that far ahead. I was more concerned with the designs than with where I wanted them to go,” she chuckled. “Perhaps my thigh or my shoulder.”

**

“Only 6 right now but some of them are big pieces. I really only get them when I feel like the moment is right. My coworkers are always itching to work on each other so I know I’ll be ending up with a lot more pieces.” Peri mused with a grin. She had one been a practice session for one person but they had all let her practice on them.

“Both are good, pain wise so really up to you then. Whichever means the most to you.”