Varric Tethras (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sayhitobianca) wrote2011-07-25 12:48 am
sayhitobianca) wrote2011-07-25 12:48 am
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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.
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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Not being a warrior isn't a bad thing, Birdie. Sometimes it's the smartest choice.
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...Where I'm from, there is no choice at all.
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[Is he going to tell her Bianca's a crossbow? Nah.]
No choice in a 'some people are born to be warriors and some aren't' kind of way, or in a 'people are forced to be warriors or not be warriors in spite of their personal preference'?
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No one is forced. It is an honor and a privilege for those who choose to fight and to defend our clan. It is simply something females may not partake in. Most do not live longer than their twentieth year.
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[He sounds only mildly curious, though inside he's wincing a little bit. That whole thing just sounds like a mess of complications, and he's definitely glad Aveline isn't here to hear that bit about female warriors. Wouldn't want to hear her response to that.]
There's plenty of female warriors where I'm from. The captain of the guard is a woman.
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Oh? Is she here as well? [Definite interest and curiosity in her voice, there.]
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[Except not really. He suspects this is something Aveline couldn't do anything about, and Maker knows he wouldn't want to be stuck in a keep with an Aveline who was feeling useless.]
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I take it you are not fond of finding yourself in an unknown place?
[Much the same as she. She yearned to stretch her wings and fly.]
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[But at least, with any luck, it'll be a little less unknown before long.]
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Guess the best we can do right now is try to learn as much as we can.
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[And, well. Learn about the staff, this crazy nobleman, potential ways out, but that part he's not saying over a journal.]
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It'd make getting to know this place go a whole lot faster if we work together. If you learn anything of interest about our new home, let me know about it?
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Is there anything in particular?
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[He doesn't want to say he's looking to know more about who runs it, why they do, how they were brought here, and how they're all going to get out of here. Not on this thing, anyway. Varric's mostly hoping she'll understand without him having to specifically explain it.]
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Do you have a map? Of this place?
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Not yet. Haven't been here long, though. Well. Haven't been here awake long.
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Hmm. I may be able to help with that, then.
...Do you believe we were here and asleep for a while before we woke?
[Audio] AARA. Why so adorable.
You're very kind, Birdie. But you'll get it anyway, because it's deserved.
I'm not sure what I think. A friend of mine says he's been here awhile, but I saw him right before I woke up here.
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Hmm. That is a bit concerning.
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Maybe it just goes along with however he got us all here in the first place.
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