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[merchantprince]

Who: Varric and open
Broadcast: Video, and open!
Action: The Marsiva.
When: Thursday afternoon

[video;]

[The feed opens with a glorious shot of a gold-embroidered scarlet tunic-- a nice, slow pan across the gently furred planes of a man's chest, the brassy necklace resting across his collarbone, the dip of his throat--

-- and then he punches the camera upward.]

Ha ha, all right, you've had your fill. Stubborn metal piece of shit. [Varric looks none-too-amused.] Just tell me who took all my wine and maybe, maybe I won't tear the walls down.

[He leans back and rubs at his face. While he's usually pretty sharp and charismatic, right now there's a glimpse of how tired he is.]

Something tells me I'm gonna need it after you all tell me what happened while I was--

[A pause. He glances offscreen, takes in the sight of the stars and the hospitality deck of the Marsiva. Kidnapped three times? Really? What the hell is his life?]

-- somewhere else.

Comments

[video]

[merchantprince]

[Oh no, Cole is still adorable. He chuckles a bit at the rush of words; he's able to catch it all, but he still chides the boy-spirit very softly:]

Whoa there. Don't forget to breathe every once in a while.

Who's Elize? A new friend of yours?

[video]

[killedwithlove]

But Varric, if I forget to breathe, my body does it anyway!

[Clearly, this is exciting and needs informing.]

Elize is a mage, from another world, and she's Cullen's foster daughter, and Jove's, who was your inquisitor, Varric?

[video]

[merchantprince]

[Okay, that proclamation is enough to get Varric to laugh. Even if it's just a little, it's a sign things are improving.]

I never thought I'd hear Cullen, mage, and foster daughter in the same sentence. That's... impressive.

[He blinks once, twice.]

Not sure actually. I haven't met the Inquisitor yet. As far as I'm concerned, I just took another nap.

[video]

[killedwithlove]

Oh! You're the same Varric! That's even better! I'm so glad, I'm sure I'd like any Varric, but having the same Varric is even better!

[There's no actual way of telling over the video who anyone is. If they're the same, or different, or the same but changed.]

I like when Jove and Elize and Cullen are together. It feels like I think family should. Elize reminds me of Bunny. Except not scared. Or dead.

[video]

[merchantprince]

[It's true. Varric just tries to guess most of the time.]

Thanks, Kid. I'm sure someday I'll remember you properly, but you know, I don't think it makes a difference. Feels like I already know you.

[A small headtilt.]

There's a few different kinds of family. I'm glad they're the functional kind.

... Do I wanna know what Bunny was?

[video]

[killedwithlove]

It's okay if you don't. You just build new memories and a new idea, new threads and strings.

Bunny was my sister. Cole's sister. The Cole before me, that I have the memories of. Our sister. She would've been Elize's age, I think. I don't know. I'm not good at faces and sizes and ages.