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[nugqueen]

Who: Leliana
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: now!

[It took some fiddling, but Leliana managed to make the video broadcast work. For a moment, she doesn't speak, not realizing it was on. When it dawns on her, the surprise is there before her expression relaxes.]

My apologies, the technologies of this place are lost on me. I suppose this is the best course of action if I want information, no? I am looking for comrades of mine - Cullen, Josephine, and Inquisitor Trevelyn. I do not know if they are here but it is my understanding from what I have managed to glean from this... device - that they could very well be newly arrived, the same as I.

[Which is something that troubles her. They were all very much needed back home in Thedas not here - wherever here was.]

Those wishing to aid me in finding my people may address me as Sister Nightingale. I thank you very much in advance.

[With that, she ends the video feed. A polite and succinct post, yes, but internally she was already assessing her situation, analyzing the threat she might very well be under.]

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[bryces_pup]

[It's purely by chance that Riona checks the network. Curled up on her bed, she idly pokes her proverbial head into the network. She pages through, nothing catching her-

....

....

...Atroma you sack of shit.

Riona freezes, unbelieving as to what she's seeing. Her best friend. Here, and... older. Definitely older. And asking after people she knows nothing of.

She's a huge mix of emotions. Surprise, joy, dread... because she knows that this Leliana won't know her. It'll be just like when Alistair came. But this time she's prepared. This time she won't be foolish enough to hope.

Despite her dreading this conversation and dealing with yet another companion not knowing her, she can't ignore Leliana any more than she could Alistair.

Maker help her.]

If they have arrived with you, Sister, than they will be on the ship with you. Otherwise, you have been brought alone.

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[nugqueen]

[Oh. Wow she hadn't expected this familiar and wonderful face. Last she'd heard in correspondence had been her journey searching for a way to stop the Calling from taking her and the rest of the Wardens, thanks to Corypheus.]

Strange, to not hear you call me just 'Leliana'. Is it part of a game or are you just teasing me for trying to be discreet?

[She gives Riona a warm smile, resting her chin in one of her hands.]

Oh~ I suppose I should call you 'Your Grace', no? Just your first name would be rude, I suppose but it is so good to see you are well.

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[bryces_pup]

[She braces herself, jaw clenched and mind walling itself against the blow she's waiting for.

But it doesn't come. It's like getting a kiss where a slap was expected.

Her eyes widen enormously. For a long, long moment she simply stares at Leliana.

No. No way. Atroma wouldn't be this nice. They - it has to be some cruel joke...]

...Leli? Do you... you recognize me? You know who I am?

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[nugqueen]

Unless it's common for people to forget things then yes, I remember you perfectly.

[Now that she's looking at her - she looks the same as she had when they'd traveled together. Leliana herself had changed. She'd become older, aged by time and by her grief for Justinia.]

Does it surprise you? Oh! I know, I could pinch you so that you know you aren't in a dream.

[Can she just come hug you, Riona because why do you look so sad to her?]

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[monolike]

Oh- I know the name Cullen, but I don't think he's here anymore, I'm sorry. Do you know Cole?

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[nugqueen]

Perhaps, if he also knows me. I've been told people here sometimes forget others.

[Or well just Riona, really. Someone hasn't made the connection that there are possibly multiple Inquisitors here yet.]

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[monolike]

Ah, I'm sorry. I don't know very much. But! Cole is extremely friendly, and he won't have a problem telling you what you'd like to know. He's very kind. I could tell him you're looking for him, if you like?

[dirth]

Sister Nightingale. [ It comes with a small, thin smile, very careful. ] Welcome.

[nugqueen]

Solas.

[There is an acknowledgement, a kind smile. She has no idea you're Fen'Harel bro.]

Who else from the Inquisition's forces is here?

holy shit i thought i replied to this im so sorry

[dirth]

Cole and Lavellan are both here.

[ Though it might not be the one that she knows. ]

Dorian was among us, once, but he has long since departed.

[nextlineis]

I guess you know by now that Cullen's gone, huh? But I've heard there are plenty of other people from where you're from around here.

[nugqueen]

I hadn't realized the Commander would acquire such a following.

[She smiles a bit mischievously, knowing full well he's capable of attracting more than just a following - more like a slew of besotted girls chasing him too. Inquisitor Trevelyn and she still liked to laugh about it.]

And you are?

[nextlineis]

Joseph Joestar, but everyone calls me Jojo. I don't know if I'd call it a following, though I guess he probably was popular with the audience.

[Adopting a little girl and everything.]

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[theirinurpants]

What, not even a word about me?

...[ Wait a minute. ]

...you do know me, right? [ Maker's breath, if she doesn't even know him... ]

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[nugqueen]

I do, but I expected you to be sitting comfortably at home ruling your Kingdom.

[And it's with a sad smile she greets him, the light of it not quite reaching her eyes. He did not remember Riona as his wife, but he knew her. It was a bitter sweet thing.]

It has been some time, for me, since we last spoke.

[Sure she handled some diplomacy here and there between the kingdom and their cause. Many of her little birds, her spies for the Inquisition, flitted about Redcliffe, keeping a watchful eye for enemies on his doorstep.]

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[theirinurpants]

Oh, good. I mean - this place is weird enough with the different worlds and -

You're from the future, aren't you?

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[princessia]

[ Elize knows Cullen. He took care of her during his stay on the fleet. A Cullen, who was a soldier in Jove's world. She knows of a Inquisitor Lavellan and Cole had mentioned a Cadash. She's just going to let the Thedosians handle the explanation of multiple Inquisitors, hopefully. ]

Umm... Cullen... he went back home a few months ago. I'm sorry.

[ The voice that comes across the feed sounds rather young, about eleven, twelve or so. ]

I don't recognize the other names you mentioned, but there are others here from Thedas.

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[nugqueen]

Months? I don't recall him ever leaving to begin with.

[They would have definitely noticed if their Commander had just up and disappeared. The Inquisitor would have turned over every rock trying to find him.]

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[princessia]

It's-... well...

[ A pause. She's stumbling and stammering over her words. Normally she's not the first to do the explanation on how time here works or talking a lot. ]

You... wouldn't notice if he did leave. Time works differently while you're here. When you return home, you pick up where you left off. It's like time is frozen back home.

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[wolfuncaged]

[Oh, she's back. Older this time, he notes, and clearly not remembering this place at all. Probably for the best. Still, he met her briefly in Kirkwall, so he can work with that. ]

Welcome to the Fleet, Sister Nightingale. You will find a few members of the Inquisition here, though I am afraid the Inquisitor you will find here is not the one you are used to. It is a...complicated matter I will explain the best I can if I so wish.

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[nugqueen]

[Ah, it's that elf she recalls hearing stories about from Varric. She'd met him briefly before, in her attempt to spare Elthina from her fate in Kirkwall at Justinia's behest, but it had been for naught. If memory serves, he'd been in a relationship with Hawke but had been spending his time helping protect slaves while Hawke had gone to Weisshaup. She had been adamant about him not joining her, should something happen.]

Fenris, wasn't it? How much can you tell me? I have heard pieces from The Hero of Ferelden and others who knew Cullen during his stay here, but that is all.

[It didn't matter if he was repeating information others had given. It was best having it confirmed by multiple sources.]

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[wolfuncaged]

That's right.

[This is never an easy thing to explain to anyone, but he learned it the hard way and wouldn't wish this on anyone. Well, except maybe Anders. Fuck Anders. ]

The best information I can give you is on duplicates in our world. I have only seen it affect the Hero of Ferleden, Hawke and the Inquisitor, but it's important all the same. There are different...versions, I suppose of them. For example, the Hawke I know from home is a man and a rogue, the one here is a woman and a mage. You asked about Inquisitor Trevelyn, the one here has the last name of Lavellan.

They still know us as...well, us, but some aspects of our lives are different in these other versions of Thedas.

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[ofkirkwall]

[ That is a pleasant face to see, regardless of how short their interactions have been over the years. Her smile comes easy, as it always does, doing it's best to smother what little caution sits just underneath. ]

Fancy seeing you again, Nightingale.

[ Last time she had spied the woman was after Adamant, after they had emerged battered and broken and missing their Warden companion. Hawke hadn't lingered long after that, couldn't bring herself too. ]

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[nugqueen]

And Hawke as well! It's becoming quite the party, no?

[Which honestly was refreshing. She had no idea what Hawke knew or didn't know, but at least she knew her at all. That was a good thing at least. It was becoming exactly as Fenris had said. The Hero of Ferelden and the Inquisitor might differ but somehow she could count on Hawke being the same as she recalled.]

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[ofkirkwall]

Still missing a few fun figures, like that Qunari friend of the Inquisitor's. Though my stay in Skyhold was short I very much enjoyed his company.

[ No, she does not have a thing about Qunari what are you talking about?

And frankly it is good to be remembered, makes her feel all warm and fuzzy in her chest, like she drank a bottle of good ale she was supposed to be saving for a special occasion. ]