driftfleet | I've done my sentence but committed no crime

Who: Adalwolfe Hawke and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Iskaulit
When: Nowish

Broadcast

[The video pops up with Adalwolfe's face centered in the camera, but with the background moving behind him, clearly showing the familiar corridors of the Iskaulit. He's making his way to his new job at Málum as bartender.]

So I noticed on the list of scheduled lectures posted a bit ago that there are several on magic, not to mention several people I've spoken with having positive or relaxed reactions to its use. It's incredibly strange to me that everyone is so open and accepting of this, considering the doctrine regarding magic in my home of Thedas, so it begs the following question and I hope at least someone from outside of Thedas will indulge me:

What is magic like on your world? Is it regulated? Does everyone have the ability to use it, or only a small number of people? Are there prejudices that go along with that.

Ah, well, I suppose that's more than one question. Still, if you're willing to talk about it, please feel free to respond to this post and I'll get back to you when I'm finished with work. Thank you!

[The video clicks off.]

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It's only a short walk from the hanger to the bar, but Adalwolfe takes his time since he can't watch where he's going very well as he's recording on his device. Which could lead to all kinds of problems. He seems to be avoiding walls okay, but if a person, say, came out of a corridor nearby or happened to step in front of him at just the right time before he put down the little screen, he might just bowl right into them, or walk right past without noticing a mischievous foot out for him to trip over. Honestly, he's an open target. Or at least seems like it...

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[He doesn't jump so much as stay completely still, even as he hears his communicator pop on in his pocket. It's a strange echo effect, hearing the voice through transmission and vaguely through the air at once in dissonant concert.]

Are you a spirit?

[Of course opening with 'I'm not a monster' makes Adalwolfe consider that he might be speaking with a demon, but who even knows. He's not going to count anything out in a place as strange as space.]

[And here he was expecting 'SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING A MONSTER WOULD SAY' because he hangs out with a bunch of sarcastic jerks. Just like himself. Still, Adalwolfe's reaction gets some amusement: a low hmph.]

Sort of. I'm a wind seraph.

Well that explains why I can't see you.

[He smirks as if that's some kind of joke.]

I've never heard of a spirit having to do with a particular natural element, just embodiments of concepts. Were you pulled here the same as everyone else or did you come through the Fade?

[An important question for Hawke's curiosity. He hasn't dreamed since he arrived. Slept, yes, but even if he's no Fade walker he does tend to remember dreaming and have them regularly and yet in the Fleet he hasn't had any. It's made him wonder if the Fade is even connected to this place, or if it's a strictly Thedosian area. Or even another, separate world that Thedas just happens to touch. It's all very confusing.]

[A joke that is true is often the best kind of joke.]

Seraphim have lived alongside humans for ages. We live and die, just like you do. Some even have families.

[Not Dezel, though.]

I woke up here just like you did. What's the Fade?

Something unique to Thedas, apparently. It's where everyone but Dwarves go when they dream, at least in their minds, but also the realm of the spirits and where people go when they die. I'd thought it was connected to everywhere in that if there are Humans from other worlds they go there to dream as well, but that doesn't seem to be the case, especially if you're a spirit - or something like a spirit - and didn't come from there.

[At least that's his understanding of the Fade.]

[... yeah, they don't have dwarves, either.]

Nope. Humans dream but they don't go anywhere to do it. [Hmm.] Seraphim can sleep, they just don't need to.

[If a spirit lives in a dream world, they probably don't have a choice.]

You new around here?

[Interesting. So the Fade really is just something Thedosian. Maybe he should write this stuff down, get it published if he's ever returned to Thedas... and get ridiculed for being a complete crazy talking about other worlds with ships that float through space. Yup, sounds like a plan.]

Relatively. It's been almost a month. How long have you been here.

[Always the best plan.]

Four months.

So some time, then.

[Hmm...]

In that time, has Atroma made any direct contact with anyone in the fleet?

[Totally not his initial thoughts when he'd made his broadcast a moment ago, wondering about the different magics of different worlds, but the question just popped into his head and he decided to go with that instead for now. He can come back to magic later.]

No. I've heard that the "hosts" talk to us sometimes. I haven't seen it personally. They went silent before I arrived.

I bet there's some stuff in the archives if you know how to look.

Went silent? That's ominous.

If I wasn't on my way to work, I would go through them now but I'll have to wait until later.

[Speaking of, he might be late if he keeps this up, but you don't just bail on a spirit. There could be consequences.]

I guess. Apparently they weren't very informative before.

[A pause.]

You have a job here? [He can't imagine there's a whole lot to do. The ship is very, very large... and mostly empty.]

Considering the information I have already is next to none, I'll take what I can get.

[He shrugs.]

Yes, at Malum. The owner needed some help so I offered. Considering everyone uses private communication devices mostly, there isn't a lot I need to do on the First Breath unless something happens, so I thought I would help out.

[He pays in credits and alcohol. It was too good to pass up.]

I've done my sentence but committed no crime

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