Frozen Beyond [gxg]

Voyage

The ship that King Eirik procured for them was three times the size of the one they sailed here in. Elsa stepped onto the large deck, eyeing the men that worked to get them ready to set sail. Nervousness gnawed at her stomach and she wrung her hands together.

Her nerves stopped when a small child zipped past her. Blinking wildly, she followed the shriek and watched as Jarrah and Keahi ran across the deck with a yellow dress.

"Pips get back here!" Keahi heaved, resting an elbow on the railing. Jarrah leaned on her, laughing.

He tapped her lazily on the side, leaning way too hard on Keahi and nearly causing her to slouch forward from his weight. He tapped Keahi's stomach, chortling. "All that domestication got you soft. Too much laying on your back — oomph."

Keahi popped him right in the gut as he doubled over, somehow timing Pips whizzing by them and Keahi grabbed her, putting her under her arm like a small sack of potatoes. The girl was giggling uncontrollably.

Elsa covered her hand over her mouth before going over. "What...is going on?"

"She decided she didn't want to wear a dress." Keahi set the nude child down.

Pips puffed up her cheeks. "I want pants. Like you." She signed promptly, pointing first to Keahi and then to Elsa. "I hate that dress."

Elsa gave a questioning look to Keahi who just made a face at Pips, who in turn, made the same face back before Keahi looked at Elsa and hitched a thumb. "She apparently doesn't like dresses."

"Then let's give her some pants? She can't run around naked." Elsa arched a brow and waved a hand, blue frost starting around the girls' feet and covered her body.

Short leather midnight blue boots, periwinkle thin cotton breeches and a tunic similar to Keahi's appeared on the girl. Frost symbols glittered on her boots and and a slightly too big belt clasped over the tunic at her waist, dangling lopsided.

"Ah, there you go!" Keahi crouched down and offered her hand for a high-five. Pips gave a toothy grin and smacked her hand to Keahi's. "Now let's not get naked anymore?" Keahi asked as Pips ran across the deck to practically leap on Olaf who's laughter drifted over the deck.

"We however, can get naked anytime." Keahi waggled her eyebrows as she prowled around Elsa.

She scowled and pushed Ki's cheek away as the woman made kissing noises. "Is that all you think about?" Elsa jokingly huffed.

"I have the libido of an eighteen-year-old boy I can't help it." She complained, "It's been so loooong." She jokingly whined, taking Elsa by the hand and swinging her around the deck.

Elsa rolled her eyes, but lowered her voice with a soft blush. "It's only been since this morning."

"Too long." Keahi quickly retorted with a wolfish grin.

"You two are gross." Saphire huffed as she walked by, rolling her eyes and setting down a small crate of supplies.

Elsa and Keahi exchanged a look before both of them chuckled. "So, what are we going to do with the kid?" Keahi finally asked.

Elsa watched her playing with Olaf. It looked like they were playing tag. "I haven't figured that out yet."

"You guys named the puppy so you have to keep it." Jarrah announced, coming over to them both.

"You aren't actually calling her Pips?" Elsa asked slowly.

Keahi gave a dumbfounded look, "Well she comes to it and she seems to like it."

"See? Puppy." Jarrah chimed.

Elsa gawked at the two, "She's a child and you can't possibly name her Pips."