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[misconceived]

WHO Chris Halliwell
BROADCAST Network unfiltered video.
ACTION The SS Huntress.
WHEN Shortly after the Shuffle.

Again?

[ This is a young man circling around as he's transported to his new ship, the SS Huntress. He's mostly talking to his new crewmates but there's that unknowing broadcast going out, too. ]

Moved around twice in twenty-four hours, and this one is not nearly as nice as the first one. We're supposed to stay here while we play this stupid game? [ Psht. ] Which, by the way, I didn't sign up for. Did anyone? Because I was in the middle of something, you know, important.

Comments

[merchantprince]

Right. Different worlds, different rules.

[We might have a mage in the form of Sandal, but Varric hasn't personally thought of that.]

It's a place, like another world on top of ours. Or something. Most people only see it when they sleep, I'm pretty sure, but screwing around with magic can knock you into the Fade too.

[misconceived]

Exactly.

[ Yeah, this is definitely interesting and most of the snark has completely disappeared by now. Learning about magic is always fascinating. ]

That sounds like a dream plane. It might be the combined powers of untapped dreams and thoughts manifest into demons and magic and people with a higher sensitivity to it can get into that power while awake. That's what you said, right? Mages are closer to the Fade?

[merchantprince]

[Varric's about as magical as a fucking stick. He doesn't claim to be an expert.]

That... sounds about right. You seem pretty interested in this stuff. Something similar where you're from?

[misconceived]

Sort of. More like I'm drawing parallels to the same things that work differently.

[ He tilts his head, considers. ]

Demons are more or less the same anywhere you go, though. Everything else sounds a little... wilder.