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inquisitor's path 1: well, shit

Who: Jove Lavellan
Broadcast: fleetwide video
Action: the marsiva
When: right now!!

Well.

[It's half breathless, half amused, and said with something of a strained grin. Why does weird shit keep happening to her. At least this time when she's waking up there's no chains around her wrists or incredibly intimidating women shouting questions at her. Her hand aches dimly, but it's nowhere near as bad as she's used to. She must be very far from home if she can't feel any rifts nearby.]

Could someone tell me what year it is? One moment you're jumping through a magical mirror and now here I am in... whatever this is.

I'm fairly certain it's not the Fade and I don't feel particularly dead.

[And then, more quietly,]

Cassandra is going to kill me.

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It's a different world. It's all different.

Even different worlds can have things that are similar. For example, if I tell you it's 9:41 Dragon and you look at me like I've gone insane...

[She's waiting for the reaction to the date before she finishes that up, but it's not too difficult to guess he's probably not from the same world she's from.]

...sorry. Sounds like nonsense to me. [ A little apologetically. ]

[She smiles and shakes her head to show it's entirely fine. To an outsider, it would seem like a strange date format.]

And that's how I know our worlds probably have nothing at all in common.

[She did know even before waking up here that that was a possibility, that there were countless other worlds out there, some still connected to a crossroads and some lost forever. It only makes sense she'd end up somewhere strange after a trip through what was basically a portal in time and space.]

Has it been very difficult to adjust to this place?

There's magical mirrors.

...I'll let you know. I haven't yet.

Yes, they're called Eluvians. They're something of a lost artifact for my people.

[She is sorry to hear he's having a hard time, but offering her sympathies is either something that will go over well or sound entirely patronizing considering she'd just gotten here herself.]

Perhaps we'll be able to rely on each other to adjust to being here.

Maybe.

[ Offers a wan smile. ]

On Saturday, whoever's in control will assign you to a ship.

Did you find that things became easier after you were assigned?

It's only been a few days.

A few days on the ship, or a few days here in general?

Both.

[Her lips purse, because things like this are usually supposed to go a little more smoothly. She has no doubt that if Cullen were here in charge of assignments this man would be much more at ease, assured of his place and his duties with the knowledge that someone was there to fall back on.

But as far as she's aware, this isn't an army. Perhaps treating it like one isn't the best idea anyway.]

Have you been given any duties? Sometimes it can help to focus on simple tasks until things begin to make sense again.

[She feels a little foolish offering this kind of advice, but she can't just say nothing.]

I'm not a warrior.

[ He sounds a little frustrated, when he says this. He's never been expected to follow orders or do this kind of work before. ]

But I am figuring out how the ship works.

It isn't only warriors who are given duties. [But this is hardly the way to make friends, so-] If I've offended I apologize, it wasn't my intention.

You don't have to worry about offending me. If you do, I'll say so.

And warriors are the ones given duties, where I come from.

[She's glad to hear that, that he'll let her know if she's done something she needs to make right. You couldn't always tell, and the last thing she wants is to alienate anyone unjustly.]

Would you tell me more about your world, if it isn't too invasive? It sounds quite fascinating.

It's not the whole world. It's just the Spinward Islands.

The Spinward Islands? What an interesting name.

[It definitely conjures up images of how the islands might be arranged, to earn such a name.]

Were you born there?

They're from the main continent in the direction the sun spins.

[ But the second question gets a pause. ]

I - no, I wasn't.

Was that going too far? I apologize, I tend to get a little too carried away when it comes to things like this. If you'd rather not, we don't have to speak of this.

You didn't know.

There aren't any male children born on Spinward.

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