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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

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[ofkirkwall]

[ Misery certainly loves company, doesn't it? At the very least she isn't alone in her suffering, for what little consolation it brings. She tilts her head slightly to look at him, smiling though it is near impossible for him to see. ]

Because exploring is fun. [ That... is certainly not the correct explanation. ]

[wolfuncaged]

Oh, right. Forgive me. Woo-hoo.

[That is quite possibly the flattest woo-hoo ever uttered by anyone ever. Fenris glances around them, trying to get his bearings. He's a city elf at heart, and no throwing in into wilderness is ever going to change that. All the trees look the same to him. ]

Something tells me we will not make it back to our ships before nightfall.

[ofkirkwall]

[ Hawke at the very least should have the advantage of having grown up in village rather than a city, but well if her sense of direction wasn't so tragically abysmal as it sometimes happens to be maybe she would. But as it stands? She's about as useless as he is. ]

Doesn't look that way, does it? [ She starts picking at the bark beneath her, almost as if the tree itself is at fault for this. ] We might even have to camp out for the night. In the smog and mud and creepy looking trees.

[ She's totally excited, completely. ]

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris grimaces at their general surroundings. He's slept in worse places but it doesn't mean he relishes this sort of place to sleep. Plus there are probably weird aliens here that will try to eat them.

He turns to her and gives a soft huff of laughter. ]

I forgot how skilled you were at showing me a good time. I feel spoiled.

[ofkirkwall]

[ Monstrous tentacled creatures that could be hiding around any corner ready to strike! Not that she is scared of anything, she is a veteran to monstrous blood magic creatures and abominations alike.

Still doesn't make the thought of camping any easier to stomach but it is better than wandering around in the dark and possibly falling into dangerous holes.

Her grin reaches her eyes and she laughs. ]

It's only the best for you, Fenris. I tried to find some dirty slavers or some no good gang we could beat up, but they seem to be short on them.

[wolfuncaged]

It is the thought that counts.

[At least he'll be in good company, thank the Maker for small mercies. He moves from his leaning position to a standing one. ]

I suppose we should get whatever suffices as firewood here, and hope it doesn't burn up in the air here in the process.

[ofkirkwall]

A good thing there is plenty of trees about─ [ She makes a motion towards their surroundings. ] ─and we don't have to worry about trying to start it.

[ The benefits of being a mage, and an attractive one at that.

Stretching out her limbs Hawke jumps up from her position to stand, attention focused on the sky above them. ]

Does it look like it might rain? I think it looks like it might rain. We should find a cave as well, the rain here could be acidic. Or worse.

[wolfuncaged]

[He makes a soft grunt at that. Magic. Ugh. Still, it'll keep them from freezing to death, even he knows what battles to fight when it comes to this subject. He squints up at the sky. ]

I honestly have no idea, but you have a point. The rain would likely make everything miserable for us. Caves are more likely to have whatever constitutes as spiders and deepstalkers here, but I suppose we will have to make do.

[ofkirkwall]

[ She glances at him then, eyebrow raised every so slightly. Magic right, still a touchy subject it seems though not to the point of vocal objection - little victories. ]

Creepy crawlies and alien monsters I can deal with, being wet and possibly burning? Not so much. [ Mostly because the thought of being stuck in a jumpsuit makes her cringe. ] I think I saw a entrance a little ways back, near that large patch of stinky mud.

[wolfuncaged]

[It's a great victory, really. So much less open bitching about it these days. ]

Ah yes, the stinky mud. I suppose it is better than being wet and burning. Those things do not belong together.

[Let's go on a cave quest. Woooo! Also this sucks in bare feet, just so you know. ]

[ofkirkwall]

[ Bless the Maker for her boots that will certainly be quiet dirty by the end of their little adventure but that doesn't matter! Spares her the hell of walking through all this without shoes entirely. Silly elves. ]

Not at all, not to mention it'd ruin my clothes. I worked hard for them you know, had to fight a dragon and everything.

[ For once Hawke decides not to take the lead, following just a little behind in hopes that Fenris' sense of direction is slightly better than her own. ]

How are those feet doing? Regretting your lack of shoes yet?

[wolfuncaged]

Yes, I do remember the dragon, Hawke. That was not exactly a fun time for any of us.

[That dragon was the WORST. All dragons are the worst. He huffs softly, trudging through the mud and really not enjoying the squelchy feeling between his toes.]

I will live. I have walked through worse.

[Like the Deep Roads. ]

[ofkirkwall]

Come now, Fenris, you had to have been having a little bit of a fun. I know I was.

[ But Hawke likes dragons, she still really wants to be a dragon. ]

Might need a bath when we get out of here.

[wolfuncaged]

[GRUNT. ]

It was a job. It is a lot less pleasant fighting a dragon when you have to be close enough for it to drool fire on you. I did not enjoy that part.

[Ah, not this is something he can get behind, and a smile crosses his face. A bath, please, so he can be clean and WARM.]

Maker, yes. Now that is something I would enjoy.

[ofkirkwall]

I am not sure what you're complaining about, you're not the one who almost got eaten. If anything I should be complaining.

[ It's hard for her lips not to press into a grin, she fights it as best she can though it is of little use. She grins like a stupid kid about to make a lewd suggestion, one that would make her mother faint should she ever hear it. ]

More than my irreplaceable company?

[wolfuncaged]

You were the one who told us to fight the dragon, if I recall.

[Okay so the douchey guy version of her that he knows but whatever. His point remains. That grin is enough to make him clear his throat awkwardly, but his smile remains. ]

There is little I enjoy more than that, Hawke.

[ofkirkwall]

I would attempt to deny that but I'd be lying.

[ Something things don't change no matter what, Hawke's decisions to do such things as fight dragons or go digging through filth being one of them.

If anything clearing his throat only makes her grin wide, brighter, edging perhaps too close to the side of smug. ]

You say that but a hot bath is pretty enjoyable. You're going to have to convince me.

[wolfuncaged]

[Ah, there's that smug grin. The one that convinces him that it's okay to loosen up a little. A minuscule amount, true, but for Fenris it's an awful lot. Not for the first time since she arrived on the Fleet, he realises how much he's missed her. The smallest of smirks plays across hi lips, mirroring hers. ]

Oh? And how do you propose I do that?

[ofkirkwall]

[ Her laugh is sharp, bright, bounces off the entrance as they close in on it. Dark, dank, pieces of an old mining operation still present, generally unpleasant but good enough for a temporary shelter. ]

It'd be cheating if I helped you, Fenris. [ The Champion all but skips inside and scoops up a few bits of burnable old wood. ] Maybe lean on past experience, I'm confident you can think of some way to convince me.

[wolfuncaged]

[He follows her with a leggy amble, chuckling deep in his throat. It's all too easy to fall back into their old banter.]

That does give me quite a few options, Hawke.

[ofkirkwall]

[ Hawke shrugs, lips pressed together in a obviously pleased grin as she goes about clearing space for a fire with her foot. Never one to make certain things simple, this one. ]

Does it? That is a shame, maybe try a few you never know what could work.

[wolfuncaged]

[She doesn't, and it's infuriating. He wants to just... he doesn't know, do something. Pick up where they left off. He knows she cares about him, and there's that niggly feeling in the back of his head that he's technically cuckolding himself. Still, he wants to. So much. ]

That could take all night.

[ofkirkwall]

[ They could, really, Hawke isn't against it but she doesn't make the towards it. Knows better than that, so all she does is grin at him, providing Fenris the opportunity to moves as he wishes. ]

Don't think we're going anywhere until morning, do you?

[wolfuncaged]

That is a very good point.

[He steps closer, shifting his pile of tinderwood to the crook of one arm. He's close enough to touch her, almost does, but hesitates. Always second guessing himself, even now. ]

I- we never talked about how we parted. In Exsilium.

[ofkirkwall]

[ That gives her a moment of pause, a sharp inhalation of breath. That, yes right, she remembers that keenly it was one of the first things to comes rushing back when she arrived on the fleet. ]

You never mentioned it. [ And she wasn't going to push. ]