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WHO Chris Halliwell / YOU
BROADCAST Accidental video on the SS Huntress / closed thread to Cole.
ACTION Kitchen of the SS Huntress / on to the SS Wonderduck
WHEN January 19th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COLE♪.

huntress / open broadcast.
[ Whatever's going on, Chris is pretty intent on it. He's mucking about in the kitchen working with the meager supplies and there is definitely the smell of chocolate protein stuffs everywhere. He started on it the night before but now that he's messing with it in earnest it smells... fantastic, actually. There's semi-solid chocolate, gel chocolate, gel peanut butter, all getting mixed up real well and chilled inside the mini-fridge.

Is he making brownies?! ]

call to Cole Turner.
So... I know, I know. Don't remind me. But can I shimmer over today? I want to see you. In person.

[ Beat. Maybe he needs to up the ante. ]

I figured out how to make brownies.

wonderduck.
[ No matter how Chris gets there, he's on the Wonderduck again with some of his makeshift brownies and something else kind of clunky-looking in a bag. Feel free to assault him for being new or unknown or carrying chocolatey perfection. He's not going to be handing it out on his own, you know! ]

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Yeah? [ Chris reaches to take one himself. After a bite, he chews on it, head tilts from side to side. Not bad, but he can do better. Getting this far just means he can get that much farther. ] Yeah, okay.

Look, it never hurts to consider something. I'm not going to forget about our situation just because it might be dangerous.

[He washes it down with a cup of tea this time. Weak shit. But it's something.]

I'm not saying you need to forget about it. But for the sake of everyone else around you, let us know before you do anything stupid.

Besides, someone might want to come with you.

Oh, that? Yeah, sure, I can do that. [ Chris isn't one to oppose having back up. It's everyone else who tends to blow him off when he tries to get them to come along. Or did. He's still a bit wrapped up between his family before they knew who he was, and his family now that they're adjusting. ] You like getting into trouble, Doc?

Really? I had you pegged as the lone wolf type. I'm surprised.

[He smirks at that last part.]

Let me tell you, I spent the past ten years tagging along with someone who was like a magnet for trouble. Made for some great novel material.

I know better than to do something that big on my own.

[ He grins a bit, takes another bite of a brownie and shakes his head. ]

Thinking of making something based on all this? Bet the fans would eat it up.

Edited 2015-01-29 15:42 (UTC)

Thank the Maker. I'm too short to punch you in the face.

[He grins lopsidedly.]

They say you'll never know the end of your own story. Might as well let someone else tell it. Might as well be me.

My kneecaps, maybe.

I'd hate to see what you'd make out of me in that thing. Somehow I doubt your stories are very biographical.

Hey, I'm not that short. I could definitely make sure you don't have children.

[That gets a chuckle.]

Prickly, I've seen some crazy shit. But a few embellishments on a hero never hurt anyone.

Hey, leave my future kids out of this.

[ Considering his life... that is not an unreasonable request at all. ]

Yeah? So who's your hero this time?

Fine, fine.

[He sips his tea.]

I'm still working that out. Sometimes when you have a bunch of characters, the hero doesn't stick out immediately.

So it's like an ensemble cast. [ Shut up Chris reads okay. He knows some of his shit. ]

Any interesting stories so far? Like, if you were to try writing it, who'd show up the most?

Exactly.

[He likes that, and he likes that Chris is even mildly interested. He smiles a bit.]

I haven't heard anything interesting just yet. I've got an idea of who would go on the cover, though.

[ At the idea of a cover, Chris looks wary. ]

Yeah?

[He arches his eyebrows.]

Long, slightly curly red hair. Violet eyes. The kind of dashing hero you'd expect would sweep you off your feet.

I've got plans.

[ There's a pause, he's running over all the possible candidates and then... ]

What, seriously? Him?

What? Are you mad I wouldn't put you on the cover?

I could pencil you in, probably. You're about the same height, so fitting you in his arms might be tricky.

No! Ew!

[ Just no. After a moment, he has to shake his head quick and violent to get that image to permanently disappear. ]

That is not what I meant. Do you realize he's the kind that watches people die in coliseum fights for entertainment? Or—comes from a place where they do and that's normal?

[That gets a laugh. "EW". WHAT A TODDLER RESPONSE.

Buuuuuuut then the laugh dies down.]

Actually, no, I didn't. [He sips his tea again.] That's messed up, but there's people who do worse. What, you've never met someone who'll kill for money? Never seen a prisoner abused by the guards? Never seen someone stabbed over a game of cards? Not everyone is fair and righteous, Prickly. It sucks, but that's how it is. You can't judge someone by the place they were born.

Besides, your world probably did something like that before you had television.

I've met mercenaries before, dealt with demons who do worse every day. [ His father was one of the most famous demonic soldiers of fortune in recent history. Of course he knows how messed up the world is, whether because of that or through his own life experiences. Especially through his own life experiences as a demon who's gone undercover in the Underworld more than once, really. ]

It did. But then we got better. Just... not exactly the best romantic depiction to go on your novel is what I meant.

I'd make plenty of details different. Change the name, for starters. Maybe put him down in the arena instead of watching. [He scratches his stubbly chin.] But you have to admit he's pretty good-looking.

Anyway, not every world's had the opportunity to 'get better'. Where there's light, there's always someone willing to shank someone else... or... something.

[ Chris looks away a bit, shrugs, but it's obvious he's seeing sense in what Varric's saying. ]

Yeah. Is that always how you do it? Change it like that even if it wasn't anywhere near it in the actual story?