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[songofvalor]

[ And heeeere's Leliana, back from her super secret hiatus mission. She looks a little worse for wear -- a few scratches here, a few scars there -- but she is delighted and cleaned up. (She wouldn't even dream of showing her face in the network without make-up.) ]

I'm back from my super, secret mission. Oh, and it was delightful! Action! Drama! Suspense!

[ She giggles, and it ends with a contented sigh. ]

Oh, I'm so sorry I didn't tell any of you. To be fair, I thought it was only going to take a few days but... not a month.

I have missed a lot of stuff, yes? Could someone care to fill me in? Nothing too exciting was happening while I was gone, I hope.

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[bloodyantivan]

Leliana, my gorgeous Orlesian bard-friend, you have left out the most important detail of your mission.

Did you get to go shoe shopping?

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[songofvalor]

I didn't want to. Their shoes were formless and bland! Yuck.

[ Wait. Was Zevran here last time? ...No, no, he wasn't. Shocked gasp! ]

Zevran! When did you get here? I missed you terribly.

[bloodyantivan]

I believe it has been about two weeks.

[Leaning forward.] Tell me more about how much you missed me.

[songofvalor]

[ Leaning away. ]

Hm. Maybe not "terribly".

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[latkje]

If you told, it wouldn't be a secret, would it?

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[songofvalor]

It wouldn't. But I never really specified, did I?

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[ladyspitfire]

[Relief is evident on her face.]

I had been wondering where you'd disappeared to. I'm glad you're safe.

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[ofthegrey]

First an Antivan, now an Orlesian. It's almost starting to feel like home around here.

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[songofvalor]

[ Ooh. More people who know Orlesian? Leliana talks back in the same language. ]

Make no mistake. I am a true, blue Fereldan who only happened to grow up in Orlais.

But if you're ever homesick, me and my friend Zevran - the Antivan you spoke of, yes? - could buy you a drink. [ She smiles good-naturedly. She'd have to talk him into it, but still. ]

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[songofvalor]

Thank you, Elissa. It's a wonderful feeling to come back and be missed. All is well, I hope?

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[latkje]

The way I was listening, you didn't say much of anything.

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[songofvalor]

Well, there we go. It is still mostly a secret.

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[ladyspitfire]

Why wouldn't you be missed?

[She shrugs lightly.]

...You missed drinking night, though that might have been for the best. It wasn't pretty.

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[songofvalor]

Oh, I didn't mean that. I just meant it has been far too long when it happened. In the cloister, when I returned from being away, nobody ever greeted me.

Really? That's a shame! Not pretty things, as you would imagine, make the best stories.

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[latkje]

[He shakes his head.] You don't have to prove it.

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[theguideless]

[mission?]

Is it still secret? Where you went, I mean...

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[songofvalor]

Thank you.

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[songofvalor]

Still a secret until I decide to spill, I'm afraid.

[theguideless]

Oh... [he looks a little disappointed.] Well, that's alright, I suppose.

[songofvalor]

[ She notices. ]

Don't worry. I am a story teller! It won't remain a secret for long.

[theguideless]

[eyebrows lift.] Storyteller?

[songofvalor]

Yes. A bard, to be more specific.

For most of my adult life, I traveled to all sorts of courts, ballrooms and stages to sing, play instruments and tell stories. It was a wonderful lifestyle, full of glitter and glamor. [ She chuckles. ] I miss it, sometimes.

[theguideless]

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he can't really even imagine it, so it just sounds like SHINY.]

People...I mean, you sang for people? Everywhere?

[songofvalor]

I did! There is something so... remarkably fulfilling about standing in the middle of the crowd and playing them one of your favorite songs.

Do you like music?

[theguideless]

Oh, I– [blinkblink. uhh...] I...guess so? I haven't heard much, so...