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exsilium2012-07-12 10:08 pm
ladyspitfire) wrote in exsilium2012-07-12 10:08 pm
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[There's a certain dog snuffling at the communicator when it turns on. In fact, his nose actually turns the device off and onto audio for several moments, the sound of his heavy breathing filling the microphone.]
Off, you lush. I need that.
[The mic is covered by something - fabric, actually, in an attempt to clean off the device - and then it switches back to video. A woman with red hair can be seen looking over the communicator critically, looking for scratches and cracks. The dog is gone and she settles back. It's easy from this angle to see the Warden-Commander's crest on her armor, even if it's partly covered by a curtain of hair.]
I wish to speak to whomever's in charge of bringing recruits here. They have no authority to conscript a Warden in any way, not without first making an appeal to Weisshaupt. If I cannot have an audience with the leader of this outpost - [or whatever it is] - then I would speak with anyone else who carries a position of authority.
[She knows her stuff, clearly. She frowns into the camera, tapping it once. She sighs, glancing at her dog. The commanding aura nearly vanishes, replaced by exasperation.]
...I'm speaking to myself, aren't I?
[Elissa glances back to the device, fussing with it once more. It turns off.]
Off, you lush. I need that.
[The mic is covered by something - fabric, actually, in an attempt to clean off the device - and then it switches back to video. A woman with red hair can be seen looking over the communicator critically, looking for scratches and cracks. The dog is gone and she settles back. It's easy from this angle to see the Warden-Commander's crest on her armor, even if it's partly covered by a curtain of hair.]
I wish to speak to whomever's in charge of bringing recruits here. They have no authority to conscript a Warden in any way, not without first making an appeal to Weisshaupt. If I cannot have an audience with the leader of this outpost - [or whatever it is] - then I would speak with anyone else who carries a position of authority.
[She knows her stuff, clearly. She frowns into the camera, tapping it once. She sighs, glancing at her dog. The commanding aura nearly vanishes, replaced by exasperation.]
...I'm speaking to myself, aren't I?
[Elissa glances back to the device, fussing with it once more. It turns off.]
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Elissa, it's just -- I don't think that it's a good idea to dwell on things that aren't going to matter here.
[And Alistair hadn't ever really dealt emotionally with her death, so there's that too.]
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You're not making any sense. What happened to me? Nathaniel's been telling me things about mage uprisings and riots throughout Thedas...
[And now she's even more concerned that letting Morrigan go was a bad idea.]
What is going on?
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As it turns out, a good number of the people here from Thedas are from a future point in our timeline. You'd have to ask them for details on that much.
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[Since everyone's content to be so cryptic to her.]
What year was it for you when you were brought here?
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[Damn, okay, now he has to admit to her what's happened, at least vaguely. He crosses his arms over his chest and manages a small smile.]
After the Blight ended.
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[Strangely, she doesn't seem very concerned about this at all.]
You've just begun your kingship, then. Things won't be too rough, I promise.
[Guess who doesn't know about him and Anora yet.]
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[He rubs his neck. Well, might as well get this out of the way now.]
It's not me that I'm worried about, it's my significantly-more-cunning-and-dangerous half.
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[...Oh. Wow. She stares for a long time in dumbfounded silence.]
You... When did you marry?
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When he speaks next he sounds hurt despite himself.]
Some time after you informed me you'd negotiated my marriage.
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What are you--
No. I didn't negotiate any sort of marriage. Your love life isn't...
[She bites her lower lip briefly.]
Your love life isn't any of my business, Alistair. I made you king, yes, but your new queen has always been your decision. You weren't married when I left.
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Right, I must've hit my head while we were going through Brazil.
[She lives where she's from. That's all that really matters, when it comes down to it.]
Let's -- just talk about something else. Did you choose a weapon when you arrived here?
[He's not really 100% sure that she'll take this change of subject. In fact, if she's anything like his Elissa, she won't take it for even a few seconds.]
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But that doesn't mean he's getting out of this interrogation.]
Who is she, Alistair.
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The only person who would help strengthen by position. Anora.
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And I did this. I had you marry her?
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You did. You told me she'd be a valuable asset when ruling, and that if I waited around long enough, she might turn into a sovereign-producing nug.
[Welp, this will surely help the situation]
...all right, I may have made that last bit up.
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Oh, if only.
[Then she might at least have some justification.]
Believe me when I say that I wouldn't have done such a thing. I'd rather you rule alone, prepared to face the world, than to give you to someone you don't care about.
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I can only tell you what has happened.
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[No matter what's happened between them, he's still important to her.]
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Elissa, you don't need to be sorry.
[And he's reaching a hand out to touch her arm, gently enough it's as if he's afraid she might disappear if he's too rough.]
...I mean, unless you've been the one putting nugs in my bed.
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And she can't help it. She smiles and laughs once, faintly.]
No, that's not me. You should get that checked out, though.
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[Y e p okay, so they're clear to stop talking about this now, right? Because even if this is going to be completely awkward, he's glad to have Elissa here now.]
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[Boy, this is awkward. She sighs, setting her hand on his arm in turn.]
...Come on. You said you had some explanations for me about this place, right?
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Thanks for that image, though. I'll be having nightmares for weeks.
[He doesn't flinch away from the touch.]
It might not be what you want to hear. The people running this place seem to be dimmer than a templar under a lust-demon's thrall.
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[Elissa shrugs, tugging him along so they can walk.]
I'll take my chances. I need to know what I can do to help. The sooner we can take care of this...this mess, the sooner we can go home.
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[Admittedly, he's been a little -- distracted.]
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