The Assassin and the Queen {york & Kitty}

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While Leuan was gone, Elsa changed into her new disguise, putting a new wig on to top it off. After she was finished, she stepped into the hallway and waited for the man to return. The queen knew that dealing with this man was going to be a pain later because now she owe him for helping her out, but at least she would only have to deal with one man and not a whole crowd. So at least this situation wasn't all bad.

"Thanks," Elsa replied, taking the wig from him. "Now I must return to the ballroom so that the other men can have a shot at finding me." Not that Elsa really wanted them to find her, but she had to keep her promise to Anna and stay down there. "I know this might be too much to ask of you, but if you'd keep some of the others off my trail I'd really appreciate it," she told him. She didn't want to owe the man any more than she already did, but since she already did owe him and Leuan knew it was her, Elsa didn't see the harm in seeking more of his help.
 
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Leuan nodded, he felt a bit embarassed, but, he nodded, all he could hope for was nothing too problematic would happen that would make his mission too difficuly, he nodded at what she said despite not entirely wanting that, though what she'd suggested made him not again, this time looking more sincere about it. Despite her not knowing it, they both had the same interests, for different reasons though, he decided to follow behind her for now as they headed towards the ballroom. He started looking around, keeping a few bachelors approaching off her trail by starting to speak with them in a low tone, pointing over to one of the random maids standing around, trying his best to draw their attention elsewhere. Repeating the same process the moment he saw a few others approaching, he really hoped, they wouldn't catch on that he was misleading them, after a while, they stopped approaching thankfully, and Leuan acted as if he was approaching another maid, but instead, he started to inch a bit closer to Elsa, trying to be very subtle about it.
 
@york //ooc: Sorry for the late reply. I'm sure you already know the reason why, but I did explain it in my blog on here. XD

After Leuan nodded in agreement with Elsa, she double checked to make sure her outfit was properly adjusted on her body before exiting the room entirely. She walked ahead of the young man, feeling slightly uncomfortable. It was if she could feel his eyes looking at her back, and for some reason that made her nervous. Surprisingly, once the two of them arrived back in the ballroom, Leuan did a pretty good job of keeping the other suitors away from her. Elsa fiddled with her wig and occasionally tried to look look busy--as if she were doing the work of a maid. Eventually, her focus fell off Leuan and she felt a little more comfortable in the room. She turned to walk toward a refreshment table, not realizing Leuan was inching closer to her, walking quite fast. She walked so quick that she couldn't stop herself from running right into him. Elsa actually lost her balance and started to fall afterwards--her feet tangling up with his. The confusion was likely more than enough to bring Leuan tumbling to the floor with her. Elsa's face turned red with embarrassment. "O-Oh, I-I... I'm so sorry," she said, closing her eyes so she wouldn't have to look at him. All these constant incidents with this man were making her quite mortified!
 
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Leuan seemed calm on the outside, however, on the inside, he was starting to wish they weren't in such a crowded room, though, as he was thinking, he didn't see Elsa walk towards him until she practically ran right into him, making him tumble to the floor in a heap with Elsa. Attempting to make eye contact her turned out to be a bad decision as he blushed, averting eye contact after a that, he eventually got himself up a bit awkwardly and reached out a hand offering it out to Elsa "Erm... That was my bad... I was a bit lost in thought." he said. This wasn't just because he wanted to win his heart either, strangely enough here, he was being honest about what had happened, a new development of his, but, perhaps not so bad, or at least not as bad as he'd first thought things like these would be. Right now, he actually felt quite bad for zoning out like this allowing for Elsa to run into him like that, it was something neither of them could have planned no matter how hard they could have tried, though come to think of it; things like that seemed to be happening alot today. Was it just his bad, or even good luck? Or was there something more to this entire situation than he saw right now?
 
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After her brief eye contact with Leuan, Elsa was glad she had shut her eyes. She could have swore she saw him blush, however, which caused her to blush also. She quickly scrambled to get off the man, taking his hand for him to help her stand up without even thinking about it. The blush had not left her face, even after having stood up. "No, it wasn't entirely your fault," the young queen replied, nervously fiddling with her wig. "I wasn't paying attention either." She had, however, paid attention to those radiant looking eyes of his, even if she wouldn't admit it.

Before Elsa could say much else, their awkward moment was actually interrupted. Although the queen hadn't realized it, after she fell, her wig was messed up. Locks of her platinum blonde hair stuck out in different directions from under the wig, drawing the attention of every male in the room to her like moths to a flame.

"It's the queen!" one man cried, drawing the attention of all the others as well. Suddenly all the men began talking loudly, approaching Elsa. Every bit of color left the woman's face. Well that didn't go as planned.
 
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Leuan found himself making eye contact with Elsa for another brief moment before something dawned upon him; her wig was loose, and unfortunately because of this, all the other bachelors had realized who Elsa was, at first, he panicked a little, then he closed his eyes, thinking quickly. His eyes darted around, finding a hallway to dart down, quickly grabbing Elsa's hand as he pulled her along on instinct, not really taking much time to think instead, he looked for any places to hide, dashing past room after room desperately trying to find some place, any place to hide. Soon enough, he spotted a door, it seemed to stand out to him from the others despite it not looking very much different from the others scattered around the castle. Quickly yanking it open and rushing inside, pulling Elsa inside with him before quietly shutting the door, he leaned against it, obviously a little out of breath from his mostly instinct fueled exertion as he had tried to escape those bachelors, bringing Elsa along without being aware of it. Blushing a little thinking about that, he wondered if that was actually just because he wanted to fullfill the task he was assigned, not thinking about this for now, he pressed an ear to the door instead, listening carefully.
 
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Elsa's head was spinning. As the males approached her, she began to feel more dizzy and nervous then ever before. The queen almost felt as if she were going to faint in front of all those men. That worry, however, thankfully didn't become a reality. The queen took in a deep breath and felt Leuan suddenly grab her hand. The young man whisked her away before she could even blink, leading Elsa out of the room and down a hallway. Before she knew it, the two of them were in a room alone together. She was relieved to be away from all the other men, but also slightly embarrassed Leuan had helped her yet again. Elsa slid on the floor and pulled her knees up to her chest, taking a few deep breathes. "I appreciate your help, sir, but I will have to face them eventually whether I want to or not. My sister will be quite displeased if I continue running away," she said with a sigh.
 
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Leuan looked a bit confused, but, nodded "We should wait a bit though..." he added, looking out the door, he could hear footsteps every now and then as people rushed to and fro, probably looking for Elsa, he sighed, not too enthusiastic about going outside either. At the same time, he knew it wouldn't benefit his mission much if they stayed here, but, going outside right now would just complicate things as everyone was still hot on her trail, he closed his eyes for a moment as he blushed, thinking about what he had done back there, he wasn't really sure how much thought he'd put into that. Nonetheless, he eventually moved away from the door, deciding to take a worthy risk "If you want... We could head back into the ballroom again, but, let's not use the front entrance." he suggested, seeming to have regained his composure by now.
 
@york //I'm going to start replying to this again now that Murder V is almost over. :)

Elsa waited as Leuan suggested, but with every passing minute she felt herself grow more anxious to return to the ballroom. She didn't want to go in order to visit with the suitors, of course, but simply to go for Anna and do what she wanted. She queen tried to look at Leaun as little as possible until he spoke again. "Perhaps that would be best," she said, agreeing with his suggestion to use the back entrance of the ballroom. "That way, we won't be swamped upon our arrival. Still, they're going to end up approaching me after I get inside. Perhaps it would be best if I simply grew used to these things. I suppose as a queen I can't... be introverted all my life, can I?" she said, slowly returning to her feet to walk over to the door with Leuan.
 
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Leuan nodded "I guess so." he said before he fell silent, walking along with Elsa towards the door, he wasn't sure what else to say at the moment with the little he knew about matters like this, can a queen be introverted all her life? Even if that was the case, since when was he thinking about this stuff... Perhaps he was taking his mission too seriously or something, but, right now, they had bigger things to worry about, like how to make a more subtle entrance into that ballroom. He turned to Elsa for a moment, forcing himself to make eye contact with her, he wasn't sure why it was so hard to do so "You ready?" he asked her, he really hadn't expected words like that to come out of his mouth, but, hey, whatever works... Though the question was; why was he like this all of a sudden?
 
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When the two of them exited the room and began to walk along the hallway, Elsa remained quiet. She still couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that her affairs had become tangled up with this stranger and has become part of his problems too. Even so, it didn't really seem as if he minded. She knew Leuan was here go court her just like the other males. But at least he wasn't as grabby as the others. When they arrived at the door, Elsa nodded to her escort. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be. Let's go."

When Elsa stepped inside, all eyes on the room darted to her. Thankfully, however, nobody immediatly recognized her thanks to the new disguise she was wearing. She sighed, unsure how to proceed. "Leuan, if you were a girl how would you decide which men where the top ten best in this group?" she asked, wishing she had a way to sort these men out.
 
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Leuan nodded, he stepped inside too feeling a bit nervous when Elsa asked him what he would thing of those men if he was a girl "Uh....." he said, well mubmled more like it, blinking a little as he thought about this. As embarrassing as it was, maybe he could pick a few favorites out of all the men around, even if it would impede his mission a little. It took him a while, but, eventually he pointed out 10 distinct guys, each one looked fairly decent and polite, but, still grabby like the others, he looked a little uncertain, but, that expression quickly vanished from his face as he tried to maintain a confident look.

At least his competition wasn't too bad really, was it? He wasn't sure if she'd pick him at all, and, the stranger thing was, he wasn't just worried about that because he wanted to complete his mission, he just felt as if he wanted to court her, but... Why? It baffled him why he'd be thinking about such things in times like these, was it all some sort of dream?
 
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Instead of giving her a straight reply, Leuan answered with an awkward, "Uh..." Elsa honestly couldn't blame him for that either. It was a weird question to ask another guy, not that she could help that she had asked it. After all, it wasn't as if she had anyone else she could go to for advice right now. If she were to ask her sister Anna for advice she knew the outgoing girl would suggest something social like dancing with each man and talking to them each for a few minutes. But those ideas were out of the question for Elsa. She honestly didn't care to learn more about these men. She figured, even the top ten men she chose would be the same as all of the rest.

"Sorry, bad question," Elsa finally replied to Leuan. She needed a way to narrow the men down, and it appeared as if she were going to need to discover it on her own. That's when she remembered an idea from a book she read. "Maybe a contest? Since I don't really care to speak with any of them, that might be my best bet," she mused out loud. "How good are you at archery?" she asked Leuan.
 
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Leuan laughed softly "It's alright... I guess we have to decide somehow, right?" he said, there was a thoughtfull expression on his face as he tried to figure this all out, why was he doing this? He really had no idea, but, he was too absorbed in thought to really think about this too much, or even stop for that matter.

However, Elsa broke him free hof his own thoughts just in time, when she mentioned archery, he perked up "Very good actually... You thinking of setting up an archery contest?" he asked, it seemed he was a bit enthusiastic about this idea. During his years as an assassin, he'd developed quite amazing accuracy as an archer so he was confident that he would win a competition like that. Though despite this, he still felt a bit stressed out as he might not even be picked to take part in the competition, though he hoped it wouldn't come to that... After all, it was his mission, but, he had to ask himself one question once more; Was it just because of his mission?
 
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When Leuan perked up at her suggestion, Elsa could tell he was good at archery before he even replied saying he was. "That's exactly what I was thinking," Elsa began. "I got the idea from one of my favorite books as a girl: Brave. It's a story about an unruly princess who came of age to be married. She didn't like any of her suitors and wasn't sure how to pick the best one. So she decided to hold an archery contest. The winner would have her hand," Elsa said with a nod before smiling. "Although, in the book the girl actually joins the contest herself and plays for her own hand. However, I don't intend to do that myself. I'll hold the contest fair and square. The top five or so will be the victors and I'll invite them to stay in the castle," she explained. "Do you think that sounds like a decent enough idea? I'm honestly running out of options and it's the only thing I can think of."

//ooc: I totally ripped off the movie Brave for Elsa's book plot, but I thought it was fitting. :) haha.
 
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Leuan nodded, frowning a little, as strange as it was, he faintly remembered reading a book like that when he was younger, but, he had no idea when or where that happened, but, it did sound like an interesting story... Maybe he could read it sometime. He shook his head a little, snapping himself out of that little train of thought "Yeah... I think it'll help narrow down the options." he said, flashing yet another encouraging smile, he didn't really think about it too much when he did it. The way it happened, he really did feel like that sort of thing came naturally for once, but, he could never really figure out why that was; he had seriously never behaved like this before in his life, at least not that he could remember anyways... Was this even supposed to be happening to him?
 
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Even though it was encouragement from a stranger, Leuan's positive reaction meant a lot to Elsa for some reason. It gave her enough confidence to want to go through with her plan knowing that someone else was okay with it and actually thought it was a good idea. "Very well, I'm going to go make the preparations then," Elsa told him with a polite bow of her head before walking off. She wandered through the crowd and quickly found Princess Anna, explaining her plan to her younger sister.

"Honestly, I think it would just be better if you talked to the men to get to know them, but if this is the only idea you're interested in I guess we could do it," Anna replied with a shrug. "I'll make the preparations."

Elsa nodded and unconsciously went back to where she was standing before, right next to Leuan. "Well, it's going to happen," Elsa said to him. "Although, if I'm supposed to be judging the archery contest, maybe I shouldn't be wearing this disguise anymore," she said with a frown, looking down at her outfit.
 
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Leuan nodded at what Elsa said, though he was inclined to bow in return, but, he was unable to do so before Elsa left... Why had he felt like he needed to bow or something? Was it just him? Or perhaps he was actually starting to respect Elsa. He shook his head soon enough, he figured he'd think more about this later, for now, he decided to wait for Elsa, leaning against a nearby pillar as he tapped his foot, passing the time until Elsa would return, the conversation she was having with her younger sister shouldn't be all that hard, right?

When Elsa finally came back, telling him that her plan had been approved of, Leuan nodded once more "I'll try to keep the crowd at bay." he added, motioning towards the rather large crowd of suitors still hanging around the ballroom. Things may get complicated indeed if they all tried to rush Elsa or something, though, hopefully they had at least the decency not to; even being an assasin, he himself had enough sense on him to behave in a sensible manner, even if he did find that a little odd, even for him...
 
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The queen went quiet for a moment, thinking about what kind of outfit she would need to change into if she were to abandon her disguise. She was shaken from her thoughts by Leuan when he stated he would keep the crowd at bay. "Thank you," she told him with a polite nod in his direction before moving to leave the room. She would leave it to Anna to set things up while she changed into more suitable clothes to wear while judging the contest.

While Elsa was gone, Anna did indeed set up the contest. She explained to the men that they would each have three shots with their arrows. The men who ended up with the highest scores in the end would be the winners. There would be five of them in total. The five men who won would be allowed to stay at the castle for a few days and gain a chance to spend more time with the queen. Princess Anna had the men line up while some of the castle's servants passed out bow and arrows to each man. One of the men gave Leuan a pat on the back. "Good luck," he said with a grin.

After changing into something more formal for the occasion--and less like a disguise--Elsa returned to the ball room. Absently, she wondered if Leuan would make it into the top five or not. For some reason, she hoped he would. She wasn't sure why either. Perhaps it was simply because he had spoken with her more than the others, and he would be a bit easier to talk to than most of them, a bit, but not much.

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Leuan nodded in response before he gathered with the rest of the suitors as he waited for the competition to begin, he looked at the targets for a moment before looking at the bows they were given, they looked quite high quality actually, as one would expect from castle equipment. In fact, he was fairly certain he could hit his mark really well with what he was provided, he'd just need to adjust to the slightly smaller size than he was used to, shouldn't be that hard, right?

He was abruptly snapped out of his thoughts though when someone patted him on the back, he turned around, surprised that it was actually one of the suitors, but, realizing he'd blow his cover if he didn't respond, he smiled back, trying not to make it look forced, nodding a little and even giving him a cheesy looking thumbs up. Then, he turned back to the targets, looking them over a few more times to assess the distance they'd been shooting, that would contribute to how much he though he would need to draw back his arrow before he shot it.

Just then, he noticed Else returning to the ball room, and with a new gown on too, strangely enough, he couldn't take his eyes off of it for some reason, and this both worried him and confused him. He hadn't ever had a problem quite like this before, and he wasn't even sure if it was the gown itself, Else seemed to look almost angelic in it, which is an odd thing for him to think about anyone really. He quickly shrugged it off, trying to focus his attention on the competition again, he'd need all the details he could figure out if he were to be confident that he'd win this.
 
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