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[sayhitobianca]

Well, this is a particular brand of crazy I haven’t seen before. It’s almost refreshing, really.

Through mysterious and mystical forces, your world never has and never will exist. But fear not, a tremendously kind lord is taking care of everything, because he has nothing better to do with his time than recreate the world. Add in some shadowy staff, an obvious ulterior motive, some attractive heroes, a couple of twists and betrayals, a suspicious request for record keeping, and I can work with this. If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s record keeping.

Of course I prefer to do my record keeping in the comfort of the Hanged Man and not in a random room of a keep run by an insane nobleman who writes strange letters on his prisoners while they’re unconscious.

What have you gotten yourself into this time, Varric?

I’m sure this is Hawke’s fault. It always is. Well, aside from all the times it was Rivaini’s. And Blondie’s. Or the elf-

Andraste’s dimpled buttcheeks. I’ve got to get myself some better friends.

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[3wayforjustice]

...

Varric?

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[sayhitobianca]

No, Blondie, you're just hallucinating. Looks like we all know who you really dream about now.

This guy got you too?

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[3wayforjustice]

I... just can't believe I'm hearing your voice.

Yes. And Hawke -- except... he's gone missing.

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[sayhitobianca]

First time I've ever heard that. Most times people only comment when they're not hearing it.

Of course he has. We get taken captive, and Hawke manages to go missing before I even wake up.

Any idea how long it's been?

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[3wayforjustice]

He's been missing for weeks now... No one knows where he was, last. I've been looking, but... I've found nothing.

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[sayhitobianca]

....weeks? Unless Hawke's got a twin I don't know about - please say he doesn't have a twin, Maker knows one of Hawke's more than enough - he can't have been missing that long.

You feeling okay, Blondie?

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[3wayforjustice]

He doesn't. He's been here with me for... a long time now. And then he went missing.

Fine. Rather harried, but fine.

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[sayhitobianca]

You picked a strange time to like really bad practical jokes.

I just saw you two, not a few hours before I woke up here. And I can't have been out for weeks.

I'd be a lot hungrier, for one.

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[3wayforjustice]

Varric, I swear to you on my magic... I have been here for weeks. With Hawke.

I can't explain to you how it happened, or why, but that is the truth.

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[angha-firebird.livejournal.com]

[And... Aara still hasn't figured out how to turn the audio off, and is no longer really trying to figure it out.]

Then... are we prisoners here? [That bit about the world ceasing to exist captured Aara's attention, and her eyes are blurred with tears so it's hard for her to have read everything he wrote.]

How can this all be at the fault of one bird? [Did her voice crack there a little? Yes, yes it did.]

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[sayhitobianca]

[Huh. Strange voice. Varric wasn't expecting that. All right, one point to you, magic journal.]

Generally, when I wake up in a place I don't recognize and didn't go to under my own violation, I figure prisoner is a good bet. Or I had a really great night, but I don't think I'm that lucky.

[There's a chuckle.]

Hawke's a name, milady, not a bird. [And then, because she sounds like she's crying and Varric can't stand it when humans cry, his voices gentles ever so slightly.] Did you just awaken here?

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[angha-firebird.livejournal.com]

[She listens to Varric's distinctive voice, a bit uneasy about the prisoner part, and blushing lightly at his words about being lucky.]

...!

[A stifled gasp might have been heard after the milady part. Certainly none from the clan ever called her that before. Her blush deepens at such an honor.]

I did... ...my lord.

[For she didn't know what else to say.]

[Audio] - XD It may be ahead by one, but he'll make a come back!

[sayhitobianca]

[He takes that 'milady' back, if she's going to be 'my lord'ing at him. No milady for you, Aara.]

Oh, Maker, no. I'm nobody's lord. Too complicated. People'd start asking me for more things than they already do.

Varric will do.

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[angha-firebird.livejournal.com]

[She cuts off a bit of a laugh at that, unsure whether he's serious or not.]

Okay. Varric, then.

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[sayhitobianca]

[He hears that. It's a definite improvement over tears and a cracking voice.]

Where were you before you found yourself here?

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[angha-firebird.livejournal.com]

...What do you mean?

[Was that a hesitation in her voice? Yep. She is definitely hedging.]

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[sayhitobianca]

[Yeah, he catches that hesitation. And it gets a headshake. Nice dodge.]

I’m immensely curious about people’s locations. I always like to know if people were in the kitchen, in their bed rooms, maybe in the bath...

I don’t care if you’re on the run from the templars or hiding from the Carta, I just want to know what city you were in.

He wants to know how far this insane lord is going to capture his prisoner; if it’s only in Kirkwall or if he’s got prisoners from farther out. There’s a pause, then he adds.]

If you want to dodge answering, Birdie, there’s much better ways than asking for clarification to a reasonably straightforward question.

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[heroinwait.livejournal.com]

[Riku almost can't tell from the guy's ramblings whether he actually believes all of this or not. His -words- say that he does, but the tone? Not so much.]

If this is a prison, it's at least a decently accommodating one.

[Not that it makes things much better.]

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[sayhitobianca]

Is it now? And what are these fine accommodations that I have to look forward to?

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[heroinwait.livejournal.com]

[...yup. He knows your type, now.]

You've got a friend here, at least. Many people here can't say the same.

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[sayhitobianca]

[What type? Varric has no type. He's one of a kind.]

How wonderfully accommodating of our dear lord, to imprison one of my friends, as well as myself.

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[heroinwait.livejournal.com]

[If that helps you sleep better at night, Varric!]

And here I thought you couldn't voice sarcasm through writing.

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[sayhitobianca]

[He's grinning at that. No one will ever convince him that wasn't a compliment.]

Oh, it's nothing, really. If you put enough sarcasm into something, it'll come across through any medium.

Well. That, and I happen to have a natural talent for that sort of thing.

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[heroinwait.livejournal.com]

Good to see that waking up here hasn't shaken you enough to rob you of that ability.

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[sayhitobianca]

That's me. Have to roll with the punches. If I let a little thing like an insane nobleman with unknown dark magic rob me of it, I'd have stopped functioning years ago.

You seem remarkably calm for a prisoner.