yourdistraction: (and i'm the only one)
Merrill ([personal profile] yourdistraction) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-01-14 11:54 am

one ; he's a transponster!

Who: Merrill & Fenris
Broadcast: {video} Fleet-Wide
Action: Anywhere on the Marsiva (they may split up we'll see).
When: January 14th

{VIDEO} ;

[ The video switches on to reveal— well okay it's an arm, covered in leather, chainmail and white fur, but only because the communicator's taking a moment to get pulled back, and only because there's more than one person trying to use it.

Or more than one elf, with pointed ears and both faces intricately covered in tattoos as the biggest clue. Merrill's markings are as dark as her short, braided hair and Fenris's are as light as his (there might even be a glow). Contrarily, perhaps, she looks much more cheerful in her greeting, but there is still a level of heightened stress to her tone. ]


Yes, hello! It seems we landed in the wrong time. World, actually! Now you promised, since the war's over. Can we speak to somebody in the Initiative? Where are our— Um—

[Merrill doesn't get to finish her sentence, as Fenris wrests control of the communicator from her. He looks decidedly less friendly, in fact, he looks just about ready to punch someone in the face. Hard.]

Our weapons. They are missing. [He jabs an annoyed thumb in Merrill's direction, whose irritated sigh can be heard off-camera.] I understand she likely disrupted the transporter. Just open up another one and send us back to Kirkwall. Now. I have no intention of staying on your blighted moon again. [A pause, a disdainful look around.] Or wherever this is...

[Actually, this looks distinctly non-Initiative. And it's definitely not United Earth, either, he remembers their holding pens, and this is not them. Where the heck ARE they? He doesn't have long to ponder or even let someone answer before there's another sound from Merrill off-camera; a gasp.]

There's something on you! Hold still.

What? What is- NO! Don't you touch me. [He may tolerate you existing in his life now, Merrill, but that doesn't mean you're allowed to touch him with your magey hands. He turns around a couple of times, trying to find...whatever it is on him, his hands tapping around his back until...oh he has a thing on his neck. WHY DOES HE HAVE A THING ON HIS NECK??

His fingers close on it, and he tries to yank it off. If you ever wondered what would happen if you tried to take your Augment off, wonder no more. Fenris gives a pained, frightened yelp, then curls into a horrible, shuddering ball on the floor, muttering horribly in Tevene. He's somewhere in the horrible recesses of his own broken mind right now, don't mind him.

Off-camera: ]


All right, I won't touch you.
wolfuncaged: ([Brood] So awkward)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh hey, it's Varric. Either that or this thing in his neck finally broke what was left of his sanity and now he's hearing voices. Could be that. Fenris takes a calming breath and sits up a little.]

I am...fine. [Probably. He winces and rubs a hand on his head, avoiding that...whatever it is.] It was brief, at least.

[He pinches the bridge of his nose, before focusing on the camera again. Yep. Definitely Varric. Can't mistake that chest hair anywhere.]

What are you doing here, Dwarf? You were not pulled in by the Initiative.
ino: (Yes well ...)

[personal profile] ino 2015-01-14 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sighs; she can't remember if he was one of those people like arthur who was afraid of magic ... ]

A doctor, then.
wolfuncaged: ([Disgust] Like a prison)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is a long pause here.]

I suppose it would be better than trying to find a piece of string.

[Seriously, Merrill, Kirkwall isn't even that big a city.]
merchantprince: (♪ find where the heat's unbearable)

[personal profile] merchantprince 2015-01-14 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Don't look so sad to see him, Fenris.]

Well, now you know. Don't pull on the neck-thing. You might die.

[Now that he's sure Fenris isn't about to keel over and basically get Hawke to kill him, he straightens the chair and fwumps down in it.]

Hold on, what's the Initiative? This is ran by 'Atroma', whatever that is.
ino: (Bored/talking.)

video;

[personal profile] ino 2015-01-14 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That has some important information in it took, but the augment helps you understand other languages and how to use the controls in the ship.
wolfuncaged: ([Anger] Mages in glass houses)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Totally is. Magic is eeeviiil.]

I will see a doctor. If I should ever need to.
merchantprince: (♪ where the fire burns hot and bright)

[personal profile] merchantprince 2015-01-14 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He rubs his face.]

I'm on one of the smaller ships, Daisy. But it's good to see you, too.
wolfuncaged: ([Brood] Ran for so long)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. I worked that one out, thank you.

[He really has missed you, you jackass.]

Atroma? I have...not heard of them. Merrill and I have been held captive by a group called the Initiative for some months, forced to fight in a war. It had been won, though. We were supposed to go home.
merchantprince: (♪ some things you do for money)

[personal profile] merchantprince 2015-01-14 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He missed you too, you broody asshole.] Maker's breath! You both disappeared? [And Varric didn't notice?] Now that-- that's something I would've heard about. This just isn't adding up.

[He rubs at his temple.]

This isn't home. Obviously. This is... the world's longest, most boring play, except we're the actors and we can't spit on the audience. Someone told me it's like "TV"-- whatever that is.
merchantprince: (♪ will come back to you one by one)

[personal profile] merchantprince 2015-01-14 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Two and a half years? Sorry about not sending you a letter recently, by the way. Something big came up.
devilsinthedetails: (♗ you took my heart)

[personal profile] devilsinthedetails 2015-01-14 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[He could dignify Fenris with an answer orrrr go back to ignoring him and he decides to go with the latter and ignore him for now.]

Most demons do, but I'm not most demons. I've dealt with worse than the angry glowstick over there. He hasn't even tried to vanquish me yet.

[Cole is definitely dangerous, but only to people who are evil and not so much towards the good guys. And since he's squeezed the fun out of Belthazor, he shifts back to his human form without missing a beat.]

That's exactly what I'm saying. We get assigned to different ships, live on them and do whatever. All for the amusement of some group of people out there. Long distance theatre without the fun part of it ending after a couple of hours.
wolfuncaged: (Default)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently, time stood still, back home. [His tone is dismissive, it was all too close to MAGIC for his liking.] I did not know if that was true or not.

...Oh.

We had television on Exsilium...that was the Initiative's...base, I suppose. It...was not pleasant. The description is apt.

[Then, because this is more important:] Are you somewhere safe? [Practicalities first, sentimentality after.]
wolfuncaged: ([Brood] Results are all the same)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Merrill he needs that.]

I have a better sense of direction than you.

[Still, he'll tap the not-tablet a little and shrug.] It is not too different from the tablets the Initiative gave us. I will be fine.
blindoptimism: (surprised ♛ no hell below us)

[personal profile] blindoptimism 2015-01-14 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, ah... yes. It's a good idea not to disturb those. [referring to the implants. She remembers the discomfort those can cause]

And I'm afraid that I've never heard of any "Initiative". Were you trapped in another strange place before this?
wolfuncaged: ([Lyrium] The darkest side of me?)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fenris puts his arm out to prevent Merrill from going further. He may not like her, but they were still, technically, on the same side, and as the warrior, it was his job to remain on the front line. Plus, he really doesn't want her to get possessed. He'd have to kill her and then Hawke would bitch and wine forever.]

If you would like me to do so, I will have no problem with that.

[His tattoos glow brighter, and he steps closer, his eyes only narrowing as Cole switches forms. ]

So you have already possessed someone. Wonderful. I have seen enough.

[He hasn't paid any attention to what Cole has said, and now he's just lurching forward. He doesn't know how much damage he can do to a demon with just his lyrium, but he is very okay with learning.]
wilder: (...my plan has hit a wall of my idiocy)

[personal profile] wilder 2015-01-14 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow Fenris he asked you to fill out paperwork and then he gave you candy. No one even died. geez.]

Uh...entertainment? Apparently we're all being watched.
wolfuncaged: ([Brood] Ran for so long)

[personal profile] wolfuncaged 2015-01-14 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[They COULD have.]

...Watched? By whom?

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