001 // too much time

[serpentis]

Who: DORIAN THE EXPLORIAN (Dorian Pavus)
Broadcast: Video, fleet-wide
Action: The Marsiva~
When: 1/21

[Dorian spends a fair deal of time poking around the ship before deciding to try out sending a broadcast. He's not entirely certain how he knows how to use the device, only that he does, and that almost unnerves him.

Still, his voice is pleasant, almost chipper.]

Well, if this isn't a curious little jaunt that I didn't exactly expect to take this afternoon. I do hope someone might be able to enlighten me as to where, exactly, I am...and when, for that matter. ...and where one might find passable reading material would also be appreciated.

Comments

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[yourdistraction]

Ummm... Well, Earth, a planet very different from the one nearby, but it's more of a when than where. It wasn't always there.

But we also had to live upon it's moon for a time, in a construct like these ships.

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[serpentis]

Interesting! Do you just make a habit of traipsing about different worlds?

Are you a mage, by chance?

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[yourdistraction]

They're merely different realms, like the Fade!

[ Should she answer that? Merrill has no shame in being a mage, but she knows it can be stupid to paint a target on oneself, when this is like standing in the middle of a crowd!

Then again, many people saw her use magic already, and nobody seems to care. Much like Exsilium. ]

I was First to the Keeper of my clan. [ Sooooo yes! ] Is it so obvious?

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[serpentis]

I was wondering if, perchance, your magic brought you to different worlds. I haven't heard of the magic being theorized before, but...I thought it might be theoretically possible.

[He smiles a little.]

I am a mage, as well. An Altus, from Tevinter.

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[yourdistraction]

No, no! Nothing like that. It was technology, something I would be happy to show you more of once you're off that ship.

What's an Altus?

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[serpentis]

A kind of mage, from Tevinter. We Altus are the upper-class, trace our lineage from the Dreamers. If I wasn't an Altus, I would be Laetan but...unfortunately, I have the dubious honor of being the result of generations of careful breeding, you see.

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[yourdistraction]

Upper-class? All magisters come from highborn families, don't they?

[ She thinks she remembers Fenris saying that, but she could have so easily misunderstood. Human customs! ]

Does that make you like a prince?

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[serpentis]

[He chuckles softly. What a charming woman she was. So innocent, it was endearing.]

It makes me more like a horse than a prince, I'm afraid, or any other piece of well-bred livestock.

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[yourdistraction]

A horse! You most certainly don't look like a horse. I hope I didn't offend.

[ Mutter, because Merrill is always forgetting to filter her words, ] Livestock, I never did like that word.

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[serpentis]

[Dorian smiled softly.]

Not in the least. I have no illusions about Tevinter, unlike many who call the Imperium their home.

[He almost has a comment for the last bit but...best to leave it be, for now.]