002; action;

[theirinurpants]

Who: Alistair and anyone who wants to get shitfaced.
Broadcast: Nope.
Action: Varric's bar on the Iskaulit.
When: Tonight. All night. PONY UP.
WARNING: Depending on how conversations go, drunk!Alistair may make vague references to child neglect/abuse, or possibly dubiously consensual sex. Other topics might include violence and extreme daddy issues. Let me know if you want me to specifically avoid any of that!

[ For all intents and purposes, Alistair feels utterly alone. Sure, there are several people in the fleet who know him, but he doesn't seem to know any of them, and so it's weird. And if he's being honest with himself, he was feeling pretty lonely well before he got here. All of the friends he made during the Blight, when they were all on the road together, pretty much left after it ended, after his coronation. Even Amell ran off somewhere with Leliana, leaving him to the tender mercies of his uncle, his late brother's widow, and the rest of the Fereldan nobility.

He's been keeping up a cheerful face - he doesn't really know how to do anything else - but what with being here, learning about things he probably shouldn't have learned about, and having a little bit of money from - somewhere, he's finally just. Showed up to the bar. Varric's is the closest thing to familiar he can find, so he's drinking whatever ale his money can buy. And he's not stopping until the money runs out or he is insensible on the floor. ]

Another. Please.

Comments

[thezerothlaw]

It's all right.

[Daneel is not fooled. But he'll let it slide.]

Regardless, you should have water. I understand strong caffeinated drinks are also popular.

[theirinurpants]

Strong what?

[ Yeah, he doesn't know what caffeine is, either. Medieval guys, right? ]

[thezerothlaw]

[Huh, and here he thought these things were universal!]

Tea or coffee, typically, though there are other compounds that contain it. A drug that makes the imbiber more alert. It won't truly make you sober, of course, but I understand many find it good at a time like this.

[theirinurpants]

Oh. No, I don't want either of those. Water, if you insist. But really, I plan to forget this whole night even happened.

[thezerothlaw]

[Water is easily found, and Daneel returns with a glass of it.]

I take it things are difficult for you at present, if you wish to forget an entire evening.

[theirinurpants]

Oh, well, you know, showing up in a new place where a bunch of people seem to know you but you don't know any of them, which means they probably have expectations, and really, I've had enough of those for one lifetime.

[ At this point, he's just rambling at whoever will listen. ]

[thezerothlaw]

[Daneel takes this seriously; he's a very good listener, and he sits down nearby. Not because he needs to rest, but most humans find it easier if he sits down while they're talking.]

That does sound difficult to deal with. I'm sorry.

[His sympathy is genuine, for what it's worth, even if it's delivered very seriously.]

Are they from your future, or do they merely know you by reputation?

[theirinurpants]

Some of them are definitely from my future, but I don't know about all of them.

[ So, maybe both? Honestly, at this point, he's a little afraid to ask. ]