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exsilium2012-07-12 10:08 pm
ladyspitfire) wrote in exsilium2012-07-12 10:08 pm
video;
[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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[Oh. Oh no, they did not take his cat.]
They did what? [Elissa looks furious.] That was a gift, Maker damn them. He wasn't theirs to bloody take.
[What in Andraste's name has happened to the Wardens since she's been gone? She's always been fair to all of them, hoping that through camaraderie and kinship that they would work together and protect one another. It worked for her group during the Blight and even when they faced the Architect and the Mother. So why has all of this happened so quickly?]
As you always shall be, even if you spend the rest of your life away from the order. [She tries to smile.] I don't believe anyone should fault or degrade you for what you've done. I'm only sorry I was not there when all of this happened.
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I did get Pounce back, after Kirkwall. Went back to Amaranthine to fetch him. He's with me here.
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[She pinches the bridge of her nose in frustration, taking a few moments to calm herself. She finally looks back at him with something less than anger, though there is a note of bitterness in her tone.]
I wish I knew what it was I had been doing...though I'm glad you got him back. [Faintly, she smiles.] I'll keep my dog away from him, I promise.