"Ah," Lady Elise sighed as she gently laid herself down onto the grass, stretched her arms out, and made herself comfortable. "What a nice day." While she was definitely famous for her boundless amount of energy, even she had to admit that she couldn't keep that up all the time. Sometimes, even the energetic Elise needed some time to just sit back and relax, or in this case, lay down and relax.
Ananias peered down at her from where he stood. "You enjoying yourself down there?" he asked. It had taken a while, but Elise did eventually get him to break the habit of being too overly formal with her, to the point where he was comfortable enough to talk to her like he would anybody else who wasn't a royal, but he wasn't stupid. Out of all three of Elise's retainers, he was the most likely to switch back to formalities when any of the other royals were around, not that Elise couldn't understand why he did that. It was simply common sense.
Elise replied by smiling and nodding her head. "Yep!" She yawned. "I could just lay down here forever."
Ananias nodded understandingly. "Yeah." He then thought about it for a moment before asking, "Do you want to?"
Elise shrugged as she placed her hands gently onto her stomach. "Well, I definitely wouldn't mind!"
"Well, okay then," Ananias said. "You go right ahead and go to sleep, and I'll see to it that nothing happens to you and that I'll wake you up if I need to."
Elise's eyes widened in surprise. "Really?" she asked. "You'd do that for me?"
Ananias nonchalantly shrugged. "Sure, why not? I mean, we're friends, aren't we? And besides, as a retainer, shouldn't your overall well-being be important to me?"
Elise laughed. "Yeah, I guess you've got a point there!" She again made sure to make herself comfortable. "Thanks, Ananias!" she said, before closing her eyes and going to sleep.
Ananias watched her for a moment and smiled before straightening himself up at attention and standing guard of her. For a moment, all was well, but eventually, it was particularly obvious that the princess was stirring in her sleep. Ananias looked down and whispered, "Having trouble sleeping?"
Elise frowned and nodded her head sadly. "Yeah." A frustrated pout appeared onto her face. "Phooey. And I was really looking forward to it too!" She was silent for a moment before turning to Ananias and asking, "Ananias, can you sing a lullaby for me?"
Ananias' eyes widened in surprise. "Excuse me?"
Elise nodded innocently. "You know, a lullaby. One of those songs parents sing to their children to get them to fall asleep?"
"I know what a lullaby is," Ananias said defensively. "By why are you asking me?"
"Because," Elise whined, "you're standing right there."
Ananias sighed. "Why don't I just tell you a bedtime story instead? So even if it fails, I'll still retain some form of dignity."
Elise giggled. "Okay, sure!" Ananias say himself besides her. "Considering all of the places you've been, I bet you know a lot of them!"
Ananias shook his head. "Not really. I outgrew them a long time ago, you know? And since I can't exactly remember the ones I was told when I was a kid, I guess I'm just going to have to make one up on the spot."
"Oh! That sounds like a lot of fun! After you're done, can I go next?"
"What?" Ananias said incredulously. "But I thought you wanted to fall asleep?"
"But it sounds like so much fun!" Elise argued, quickly sitting up as she did.
Ananias sighed wearily. "Fine. I guess we'll see who can make the other person fall asleep first then."
Elise laughed heartily. "Yeah! You're going down!"
After taking a moment to think his story through, Ananias said, "Okay. Well, there once was a taguel named Yarne of Ylisse -"
Elise quickly raised her hand. "Um, what's a taguel?"
Ananias' eyes widened upon realizing that he brought up something from a completely different world, but considering that the damage had already been done, he decided to just go along with it. And besides, he didn't necessarily have the same baggage the others had. "A taguel is a half human half gigantic bunny sort of thing," he disinterestedly explained.
Elise's eyes lit up excitedly. "Aw, that's so cute!" She then gasped. "Do taguel actually exist somewhere?!"
Ananias stared at her for a moment as he carefully considered his options before nodding his head and saying, "Yeah."
Elise gasped. "So does that mean that Ylisse exists somewhere out there too?"
"... Y-Yes."
Elise gasped and excitedly bobbed up and down. "Oh my gosh! After the war is over, can you take me there to see them? Please? Pretty please?"
"Well, that depends," Ananias answered slowly. "Do you want to just see them, or do you actually want to go and pet them?"
"Can I do both?"
Ananias shook his head. "I'm afraid not. They don't exactly like to be petted. They're a pretty proud race, all things considered."
"Aw," Elise said, her shoulders drooping in disappointment for a moment before her face lit up once more. "Oh well, at least I'll be able to see all of the cute bunny people!"
"Well..."
"Aw, what now? Are you saying they aren't that cute?"
Ananias shook his head. "It's not that, it's just that... their kind is pretty close to extinction."
Elise let out a horrified gasp. "T-That's horrible! Why is that?"
Ananias nonchalantly shrugged. "They got hunted," he simply answered.
"Why would anyone do that?"
"I don't know, for their fur?"
"Well, they shouldn't have!" Elise cried. "That's a terrible reason to hunt someone! Especially when they're half human too!"
"Well, the two remaining ones are doing pretty well, so from what I can tell, the species should be just fine."
Elise let out a horrified gasp. "There's only two of them left?!"
Ananias sighed as he wearily rubbed the side of his temple. "This was a mistake," he muttered.
Author's Note #1: Remember guys, the only ones eligible for Revelations Supports are Rinkah, Setsuna, and Subaki. That's the format for the game, so that's how I'll do it here. Sorry.
Author's Note #2: The advantage to not having any undercover baggage: the references are allowed to be free and flourish.
Author's Note #3: The current supports order seems to be (after Elise) Soliel, Peri, Felicia, Jakob, Lana, Kaze, Nyx, Charlotte, Niles, Effie, and Female Corrin. Have anyone else you really wish to see Ananias support with? Request it! It's a first come, first serve basis, so the earlier you request, the quicker we can get to it! Remember, all Nohr first generation characters, Soliel, Ophelia, Anna, Kanna, Rinkah, Subaki, and Setsuna are allowed to support with him, so if a character you want him to support with that is on this list has not been requested yet, take the initiative and request them yourself. See you next time!
