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Who: Anyone who wants in on the aftermath of a sort-of-murder*.
Broadcast: Maybe some!
Action: It varies!
When: After a couple people had a Very Bad Day.

[so, on the Station, there was a bit of a fight involving a couple of elves and a demi-god, and someone got their heart crushed (quite literally).

the audience loved it! ratings skyrocketed! and there's probably some good gossip to be had.

if anyone wants to catch the participants after it's all over, or wants a place to hold their own conversations or interactions related in any way to the aftermath, this is the place to do it.]


[[OOC: said murder is here (contains mild gore and the cheery topic of slavery/owning people, just as a warning).]]

Comments

[yourdistraction]

He might have perhaps torn somebody's heart out, and then left them there. In public. There's no need to go saying that, however! But Varric found a body, and...Fenris does that sort of thing to people who deserve it.

It would be beneficial to find him before somebody else does.

[wilder]

-- What?!

[GIVE HIM A MOMENT HERE]

He might have- What?!

[yourdistraction]

I don't know why it happened! Varric says his name is Robin? Do you know him, and why Fenris might have done so?

[wilder]

Robin?! Yeah, that's my friend's captain!

I can't think of any reason why he'd deserve to have his heart ripped out though! [IF HE SOUNDS A LITTLE FREAKED, ITS PROBABLY BECAUSE THIS IS INSANE]

[yourdistraction]

Please don't panic! I'm sure Fenris has an explanation. That's why I'm trying to find him.

[ And to make sure someone else doesn't like come after him or whatever, but...she's still so lost?! W o w. ]

[wilder]

[He cups his mouth and nose with his hands, taking in a deep breath that sounds like a groan]

Sweet goddess Martel...

[Yep. This is so fucked up he's resorting to religious terms. Good job. But okay jeez, right...it's not like he hasn't killed anyone before himself. Maybe not that...brutally but still!]

[Goddess he hopes he doesn't have to be the one to tell Robin's crew.]

What reasons does Fenris usually kill people over?

[yourdistraction]

Well, you already know how he feels about magic, especially blood magic and abominations. What else?

[ THE SUPER GLARING OBVIOUS ONE to anybody from Hawke's gutter gang. ]

Slavery. Elves being mistreated. Likely any Magister or somebody like one would rile him up. He would also of, course, do it in self-defense.

[ There's a chance Fenris was attacked! ]

[wilder]

...Well, we can probably rule out Magister, at least...

[As for the rest...he has no idea. He reaches up and rubs his forehead. Was it too much to hope for that he drifted off and this is some freaky dream?]

I got nothing. I don't know Robin well, but he seemed like a personable enough guy.

[yourdistraction]

I'm sorry for your friend... I just hope Fenris is all right.

[wilder]

...Yeah.

Hope you find him. Tell me if he tells you anything, alright?

[He meanwhile is so...gonna, you know, lock up the ship's entrance in case Fenris has really just lost it and decides to come take out the mages and demons on this ship]

[yourdistraction]

All right. Will you please contact me or Varric if you see him?

[ TRAITOR BUT ALSO NOT A BAD IDEA. ]

[wilder]

Don't worry. You two will be the first to know.

[Because if he breaks through the ship, you two are his last hope for talking a crazy elf out of murdering everyone. I MEAN- yes. right. Keep an eye out...]

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[yourdistraction]

I found him! You asked me to let you know if he said anything?

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[wilder]

You did?

Great...I think! What happened?

[yourdistraction]

Robin was keeping a slave.

[wilder]

WHAT

[THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE]

[yourdistraction]

That's what he said. I'm afraid I don't know much else, but at least we know Fenris had cause.

[wilder]

I take it he really hates slave owners.

[Not that he can blame him, but goddess. This whole thing is a mess.]

[yourdistraction]

[ Merrill is reluctant to share too much, but...it's quite relevant at the moment. ]

He was a slave. He suffered many things. They even perverted the idea of the vallaslin by using lyrium instead of blood, against his will. He said it caused him such agony.

[wilder]

[Welp there it is. That explains pretty much everything]

...Yeah. I'd imagine that'd make you hate slave owners enough alright.

Vallaslin. Those...fancy tattoos you guys got, you mean? What's lyrium?

[yourdistraction]

They're Dalish tattoos, or they're meant to be. They're a rite of adulthood.

Lyrium is a unique source of power. A great enhancer of magic. It's mined as any ore can be, but one mustn't touch it unless they're a dwarf. It's quite...deadly to mages, and can harm any human or elf, mentally or physically.

[wilder]

[Great. So...like an ore version of exspheres.]

Ghastly. And some guy thought hey, let's tattoo a slave with this stuff. See what happens. That's not horrific or evil at all.

[People sure did suck sometimes]

So I take it that means Robin mentioned owning slaves and...Fenris understandably flipped.

[yourdistraction]

I suppose! I didn't ask for many details beyond that.

[ That is quite a touchy subject, understandably. ]