Blue Fish Mingle!

[save_the_souls]

Who: The Crew of the Blue Fish and Visitors
Broadcast: Perhaps!
Action: Blue Fish!
When: Month of August!

[Welcome back to the Blue Fish! Now that the fleet is on the move again, it's crew of the Blue Fish have plenty of time to interact! The freezers are full of meat (mostly dinosaur), there's a new personnel officer, a popcorn machine in the kitchen and they have several more pets aboard! Their spymaster Leliana has decided to take a long nap, and Beverly....where is Beverly anyway? Huh. And what's this about being bugged? ]

[Oh well. Mingle away Blue Fish! ]

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[save_the_souls]

[Luckily for Allen, he can get that tone right away since he gets this question ALL THE TIME. So while he's starting up a ship]

Teacher. Exorcists call the one who trained them Master.

[bryces_pup]

Ah. [OKAY GOOD she worried there for a second.] A useful thing to leave for a student. How long is a would-be Exorcist under the tutelage of a Master?

[save_the_souls]

Ah, I don't really know if there's a set amount of time, it's usually when the Master decides their apprentice is ready for the title of Exorcist.

It took me about four years.

[bryces_pup]

A considerable apprenticeship. Was there a final test or task you had to complete to attain the title?

1/2

[save_the_souls]

[....Sigh, you just had to ask Riona]

Well...Traditionally the Master, or the Exorcist General, brings their apprentice to the Black Order headquarters and presents them to the commanders. From there, they are assessed by Helvaska about their value and future. After that, their apprenticeship ends and they begin their duties as an Exorcist.

[save_the_souls]

[And then shortly following, with bitter rage]

But my Master didn't want to go back to headquarters! He hated headquarters! So instead one day he told me to go to Headquarters myself and knocked me out with a hammer so he could escape before I could make him go!

And my Master didn't even tell me the secret location of the Headquarters, so I ended up traveling three bloody months across two continents until I found the place! And then once I got there, I almost got disemboweled because the supervisor had forgotten to read the letter that said I was coming!

[#$%$]

[bryces_pup]

[....


Well


Okay then.]

Your master sounds like a piece of work. [That's putting it very mildly.] I hope you repaid him in kind for the hammer to your head. [Which speaking of: HOW DOES ONE SURVIVE A HAMMER TO THE FACE?]

[save_the_souls]

[ANIME LOGIC. THAT'S HOW]

[And yeah he was about to go on about how YES, HIS MASTER IS A PIECE OF WORK HE'S THE WORST- but then Riona said that last part and suddenly he looks very...uncomfortable. There's a pause and he clears his throat.]

Actually, um well, about...a year after I became an Exorcist? He was at Headquarters to speak with me and um...

Well, someone...broke into his room and attacked him. And no one's seen him since but from the looks of the scene, well...someone...did hit him in the head with something.

[A w k w a r d.]

[bryces_pup]

[.....ah fuck. WAY TO STICK YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH, COUSLAND.]

Oh, I'm - Maker, please forgive me Allen. I never meant anything - I was just joking. If I had any idea...

[UGH UGH UGH]

I meant no offense. I hope your Master is all right.

[save_the_souls]

[He shakes his head and offers a sympathetic smile]

It's fine, really. You had no way of knowing about it.

Honestly before that happened, I would've agreed with you.

[bryces_pup]

I should be more careful with my words.

[Sob. She hates foot in mouth syndrome, even if it's forgiven.]

So, we don't have exorcists in Thedas. I heard you talking a little of it here and there. You... purify spirits?

[save_the_souls]

It's okay.

[And he shrug]

Ah...well, yes, but it's not as passive as it sounds. Fighting the undead, is probably more fitting.

[bryces_pup]

Oh! I've fought them, too. Mostly just walking corpses, though, and a few Revenants here and there.

[save_the_souls]

A Revenant?

That's one I haven't heard of before! [INTEREST PINGED!!] What is it?

[bryces_pup]

It is a powerful creature. The ones I have come across were sealed away, and with good reason. They are tall wraiths with a sword and shield. They also wield some kind of power. Often I would find my companions, who were attacking from a distance, suddenly physically drawn towards it.

[save_the_souls]

Fascinating. [And he genuinely sounds so, because that's him] I wonder if the power was gravitational based, or maybe some kind of thrall?

Do you know where they came from? How they got sealed?

[bryces_pup]

I barely know much about them. From what I remember, they were powerful demons possessing corpses that got sealed in vials via magic. [She shrugs.] All I know is that they are very powerful and know how to ruin a good mood very quickly.