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justice_is_blond) wrote2016-01-15 11:45 am
justice_is_blond) wrote2016-01-15 11:45 am
Inbox for Fade Rift
[Please leave a message after the beep that doesn't actually exist.]
Not as bad...
[He squinted his eyes at him.]
She threatened to kill me, held a sodding knife to me, and tried to cut off my blasted beard. And she's not that bad?
[Seriously?]
[He squinted his eyes at him.]
She threatened to kill me, held a sodding knife to me, and tried to cut off my blasted beard. And she's not that bad?
[Seriously?]
[ There are two problems at play here: A crisis of public image, and the potential for lives lost down the line. Both need to be handled. Both are her intimate concern.
Wren doesn't like Anders. She doesn't trust him. But she trusts him to act according to his nature, and she trusts his word to carry more weight than hers among the Inquisition's radical set. A warning he gives will be heeded, and if he does so quietly? If he can be convinced to not cry this small disaster from Kirkwall's rooftops? So much the better.
The true danger to their image here isn't in alienating the Inquisition's staunch libertarians (if they're here, they're here because they believe in the cause or they've made the risky calculation to claim the legitimacy it offers), but in driving off those in the middle, those who might yet be convinced of compromise. It's in appearing to be another storm brewing before the eyes of the Viscount.
She can handle the moderates. The Inquisition can handle its landlord. In the mean time, better that no one be hurt — whatever their politics — for trusting to the wrong man's sense of objectivity. ]
Thank you. For what little it is worth...
[ She tries. For like, a whole second. But — Nope. Still can't do it. Still can't apologize to this fucker. ]
...I will keep you updated, on what Harriman chooses.
Wren doesn't like Anders. She doesn't trust him. But she trusts him to act according to his nature, and she trusts his word to carry more weight than hers among the Inquisition's radical set. A warning he gives will be heeded, and if he does so quietly? If he can be convinced to not cry this small disaster from Kirkwall's rooftops? So much the better.
The true danger to their image here isn't in alienating the Inquisition's staunch libertarians (if they're here, they're here because they believe in the cause or they've made the risky calculation to claim the legitimacy it offers), but in driving off those in the middle, those who might yet be convinced of compromise. It's in appearing to be another storm brewing before the eyes of the Viscount.
She can handle the moderates. The Inquisition can handle its landlord. In the mean time, better that no one be hurt — whatever their politics — for trusting to the wrong man's sense of objectivity. ]
Thank you. For what little it is worth...
[ She tries. For like, a whole second. But — Nope. Still can't do it. Still can't apologize to this fucker. ]
...I will keep you updated, on what Harriman chooses.
Edited (typos) 2017-06-30 20:51 (UTC)
I... missed that.
[Was he present for it? He can't recall, and he feels a little bad if he was and didn't say anything.]
All right. Maybe the two of you don't exactly have a... working relationship. I can see how your personalities would clash. But you yourself are admitting it was stupid what you did to get on her bad side, in this letter.
[Was he present for it? He can't recall, and he feels a little bad if he was and didn't say anything.]
All right. Maybe the two of you don't exactly have a... working relationship. I can see how your personalities would clash. But you yourself are admitting it was stupid what you did to get on her bad side, in this letter.
[Quiet is not Anders' forte. His protests during his first time in Kirkwall were loud, with letters written to every group that should have helped, talking to anyone who couldn't escape his voice, and it hadn't made a difference. So this news will spread, that they have one of the Seekers among them who had been there, had deliberately turned a blind eye and helped cause the disaster, and will still turn blind eyes to Templar abuses, but the news will spread quietly.]
I'd thank you, but I already know what he'll choose. Who would leave the order that protects them every time they attack someone? People change when they've reason to. He's no reason at all, and he'll continue to have no reason.
The Templars will protect the abusive as they always have, because so long as they lie to themselves and believe Kirkwall was entirely my fault, they've no reason to change either.
Do let me know how predictable the results wind up being, thank you.
I'd thank you, but I already know what he'll choose. Who would leave the order that protects them every time they attack someone? People change when they've reason to. He's no reason at all, and he'll continue to have no reason.
The Templars will protect the abusive as they always have, because so long as they lie to themselves and believe Kirkwall was entirely my fault, they've no reason to change either.
Do let me know how predictable the results wind up being, thank you.
What's that got to do with the fact that she gets on mine too? I know I'm a sodding nightmare but she is too.
[He gave a grumble then waved his hand.]
You ready for more?
[He gave a grumble then waved his hand.]
You ready for more?
Not for patrons in the Blooming Rose.
[He sounds proud of his joke.]
But as I'm assuming you're not attempting to hire me for that, yes.
[He sounds proud of his joke.]
But as I'm assuming you're not attempting to hire me for that, yes.
Heh. They got some nice ladies there.
But nah. I was wondering something. You knew that Bethany girl before right?
But nah. I was wondering something. You knew that Bethany girl before right?
Nice ladies (and men) that I've cured of oh so many things.
Yes, though. I knew her for a while. Why?
Yes, though. I knew her for a while. Why?
Wouldn't be my first weird something or other from a lady.
[Alright. Serious business time.]
Has she always been touched in the head? She seems dumber than I am and that's hard to do.
[Alright. Serious business time.]
Has she always been touched in the head? She seems dumber than I am and that's hard to do.
[There's a long, long silence from Anders.]
There have recently been... matters where I question her judgment of late. I don't know what's going on. A mage was being assaulted by a Templar and she stood back and watched and apparently didn't mind her husband simply standing back and watching either, for instance.
It's... I don't know if I should speculate, but there's a chance she's simply missing her family and so desperate for her new family that she's sacrificing who she was.
There have recently been... matters where I question her judgment of late. I don't know what's going on. A mage was being assaulted by a Templar and she stood back and watched and apparently didn't mind her husband simply standing back and watching either, for instance.
It's... I don't know if I should speculate, but there's a chance she's simply missing her family and so desperate for her new family that she's sacrificing who she was.
She and her husband did what? I didn't like her already after the crazy kid talk but that's just wrong.
[He's really not big on people getting hurt and others watching.]
Sod it all, a want for family or not she needs to get herself in line. And I'm the one saying that.
[He's really not big on people getting hurt and others watching.]
Sod it all, a want for family or not she needs to get herself in line. And I'm the one saying that.
[He doesn't know what the crazy kid talk is, but he figures he should offer up his gossip first.]
It seems Aleron was one of the Seekers who came to Kirkwall to see if Meredith truly was going too far... and he was one of the ones who decided she was entirely fine.
[His voice is utterly disapproving. This is one of the huge factors in why things went the way they did, but no one cares and no one will care. It's safer and less scary to assume it was all one mad mage.]
A mage came up and slapped him, one of the ones he'd helped bring over from Starkhaven. She survived the slaughter of her friends at Templar hands by pure luck; almost all of those mages died horribly. The mad Templar apparently tackled her and pinned her painfully. For a slap. And then, after she'd been questioned, left in pain while pinned, he threw her. None of the three present, the mad Templar Cade, Aleron, or Bethany, did anything to help her or anything to lessen her pain.
I'm not surprised that a Templar and a Seeker would be fine with the abuse of a mage, still not surprised that they're fine with harm being done to one who had previously suffered. I am, however, disappointed in Bethany. I don't understand how she could do that.
Now what's the crazy kid talk?
It seems Aleron was one of the Seekers who came to Kirkwall to see if Meredith truly was going too far... and he was one of the ones who decided she was entirely fine.
[His voice is utterly disapproving. This is one of the huge factors in why things went the way they did, but no one cares and no one will care. It's safer and less scary to assume it was all one mad mage.]
A mage came up and slapped him, one of the ones he'd helped bring over from Starkhaven. She survived the slaughter of her friends at Templar hands by pure luck; almost all of those mages died horribly. The mad Templar apparently tackled her and pinned her painfully. For a slap. And then, after she'd been questioned, left in pain while pinned, he threw her. None of the three present, the mad Templar Cade, Aleron, or Bethany, did anything to help her or anything to lessen her pain.
I'm not surprised that a Templar and a Seeker would be fine with the abuse of a mage, still not surprised that they're fine with harm being done to one who had previously suffered. I am, however, disappointed in Bethany. I don't understand how she could do that.
Now what's the crazy kid talk?
[He's grumbling a lot over this. It's wrong. He doesn't like it...]
She was helping me pick out things for my boy in the market. We got to talking about why she was buying for other people's little ones and I figured she was compensating since she can't have any now. Got to feel sorry for those Wardens that want to have children after they get the blood in them.
Well I told her she could adopt. That way she'd be able to handle it and she's of mothering age. Then she told me that sometimes Wardens can have children like some sort of woman mad on hope. Figured I should let her know what the sodding reality is and she got all up in arms with me for farting on her slice of nug pie.
Now she's telling people she wants to find her sister who has been missing for ages but told everyone she won't listen to rumor or what others might have heard. She only wants people to talk to her if they have seen the Hawke.
She's bloody mad and I can't say I like her at all between that and what you told me.
She was helping me pick out things for my boy in the market. We got to talking about why she was buying for other people's little ones and I figured she was compensating since she can't have any now. Got to feel sorry for those Wardens that want to have children after they get the blood in them.
Well I told her she could adopt. That way she'd be able to handle it and she's of mothering age. Then she told me that sometimes Wardens can have children like some sort of woman mad on hope. Figured I should let her know what the sodding reality is and she got all up in arms with me for farting on her slice of nug pie.
Now she's telling people she wants to find her sister who has been missing for ages but told everyone she won't listen to rumor or what others might have heard. She only wants people to talk to her if they have seen the Hawke.
She's bloody mad and I can't say I like her at all between that and what you told me.
There's one Warden who has born a child. One. And given all else that happened with her I'm fairly convinced that blood magic was involved. For Bethany to think herself capable... Maybe something's happened recently, she's struck her head or, I don't know. It's delusional, though, and I'm a little worried.
Especially worried about the delusion it takes to think someone with a crystal is going to have a non-rumor lead on where Marion's gone. My network has rumors, but Hawke is missing. As in, all we've got are rumors, nothing solid.
I don't know what's going on. Maybe I should speak with her.
Especially worried about the delusion it takes to think someone with a crystal is going to have a non-rumor lead on where Marion's gone. My network has rumors, but Hawke is missing. As in, all we've got are rumors, nothing solid.
I don't know what's going on. Maybe I should speak with her.
Wait a sodding minute. What Warden had a child? I don't know about this.
It's not common knowledge. It's only something I've found out as I've been digging into trying to cure the Blight, and that's not a name I can give you, I'm sorry.
Especially when I've just offhandedly accused someone of blood magic. It's nothing against you, simply that it was a secret shared with myself, Bethany, and Merrill and I don't feel comfortable giving the name to anyone.
If she's decided to hope because one warden in all of recorded Warden history has safely delivered a child, she's far less intelligent than I thought.
Especially when I've just offhandedly accused someone of blood magic. It's nothing against you, simply that it was a secret shared with myself, Bethany, and Merrill and I don't feel comfortable giving the name to anyone.
If she's decided to hope because one warden in all of recorded Warden history has safely delivered a child, she's far less intelligent than I thought.
That's fine. Sometimes you have to keep your word no matter what. Not a good place to be in but it happens.
Still, the girl is losing it, Anders. Thinking she can just have a child without dangerous works that might hurt others, letting mages get hurt, refusing information while asking for it...
I'm going to let you know now that I'm not going to have a good time working with her from now on.
Still, the girl is losing it, Anders. Thinking she can just have a child without dangerous works that might hurt others, letting mages get hurt, refusing information while asking for it...
I'm going to let you know now that I'm not going to have a good time working with her from now on.
I understand.
[He sighs heavily.]
I'll speak with her and see if I can find out what's going on.
[If it's the Blight getting to her already, for instance. It's not like he can tell Nate that one of his choices for promotion is already doing the opposite of inspiring confidence, not when Anders had been as upset as he was about his lack of promotion.]
Try to work with her if you can? I'm not asking for her sake, but for Nate's. I'm... biased there.
[He sighs heavily.]
I'll speak with her and see if I can find out what's going on.
[If it's the Blight getting to her already, for instance. It's not like he can tell Nate that one of his choices for promotion is already doing the opposite of inspiring confidence, not when Anders had been as upset as he was about his lack of promotion.]
Try to work with her if you can? I'm not asking for her sake, but for Nate's. I'm... biased there.
[He gives a bit of a growl then a huff.]
I'm not promising anything other than I'll try. And if you tell anyone you convinced me to do that much I'll knock you in the stones so hard your ancestors will sing.
I'm not promising anything other than I'll try. And if you tell anyone you convinced me to do that much I'll knock you in the stones so hard your ancestors will sing.
[ this is why she doesn't take vacations. there are forests,
evenly: ]
I would beat about the bush, but what purpose, when they spring up overnight? [ he won't be involved. he's not quite that bloody stupid — she. she hopes. ] Your take on this, Warden?
evenly: ]
I would beat about the bush, but what purpose, when they spring up overnight? [ he won't be involved. he's not quite that bloody stupid — she. she hopes. ] Your take on this, Warden?
[Despite his best efforts, he snorts. Situational jokes are a weakness.]
I can tell you it's not Darkspawn doing. Beyond that? My take is that it's a visual improvement but people want to hold on to scars of the past so it will continue to go over poorly. And then I'd suggest looking in a Dalish direction, because I've seen what they can do with plants and it's astounding. And almost entirely beneficial, I'll note, before you decide to take some Templar friends over to question them.
I can tell you it's not Darkspawn doing. Beyond that? My take is that it's a visual improvement but people want to hold on to scars of the past so it will continue to go over poorly. And then I'd suggest looking in a Dalish direction, because I've seen what they can do with plants and it's astounding. And almost entirely beneficial, I'll note, before you decide to take some Templar friends over to question them.
Edited 2017-07-28 04:19 (UTC)
[He breathes out a sigh of relief.]
My lips are sealed. Thank you.
[Things that make Nate's life easier by definition also make his life easier. Though he'll have to go and do the hard work now and dig to figure out what's actually going on with Bethany. A healer's job is never done.]
Is there anything else? Not that I'm currently busy; the opposite, really.
My lips are sealed. Thank you.
[Things that make Nate's life easier by definition also make his life easier. Though he'll have to go and do the hard work now and dig to figure out what's actually going on with Bethany. A healer's job is never done.]
Is there anything else? Not that I'm currently busy; the opposite, really.
[Anders snickers and shakes his head before then nodding it.]
Of course. She can be difficult too, and yes, I'm ready.
Of course. She can be difficult too, and yes, I'm ready.
[ she has a few words about beneficial, but there's no point to airing them. she's speaking with anders. dead templars are absolutely in his benefits column. ]
Were I to redecorate your clinic without warning, I am certain that you would be similarly joyed.
It is best for everyone that this is handled quietly and amicably — but you recognize that it must be handled, yes? This cannot happen again. The Dalish need the Inquisition, and the Inquisition needs peace in the streets.
Were I to redecorate your clinic without warning, I am certain that you would be similarly joyed.
It is best for everyone that this is handled quietly and amicably — but you recognize that it must be handled, yes? This cannot happen again. The Dalish need the Inquisition, and the Inquisition needs peace in the streets.
Edited 2017-07-28 04:43 (UTC)
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