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[nugqueen]

Who: Leliana
Broadcast: Yes
Action: aboard the Blue Fish
When: now

[Have a redhead nun/rogue on your feed, fleeters. Someone took a bit of a nap this week and now has new memories? And also questions.]

I apologize if my absence was noticed by my crew or those I speak to in the Interfaith Center. It seems Atroma enjoys putting me to sleep for long periods of time - though the question is "How long?" I suppose. Should I expect any ill effects from repeated instances like these?

[Though she was a bit groggy waking up.]

It seems time passed much more quickly while I was asleep. It felt as if I had returned home again and time had passed there as it normally does here. Two years passed there while it feels as if no time has passed here at all.

[Private message to Riona]

It seems the Inquisitor saw fit to elect me as Divine in Justinia's place, since you and I last spoke.

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[ofkirkwall]

He's what?

[ Did she just say - Varric? Viscount of Kirkwall?

Hawke.exe has stopped working, please contact VARRIC TETHRAS or AVELINE VALLEN for further help in resolving the issue. ]

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[nugqueen]

[Hey, she asked.]

A lot can happen in two years.

[Have you tried turning it off and back on again.]

[ofkirkwall]

Well... [ It takes her a moment to recover from the news, the image of Varric running Kirkwall bouncing around in her head. ] I suppose he is the best choice if anyone were to become Viscount.

[ Still... two years, wow. ]

I am glad to hear someone's taking care of it.

[nugqueen]

It's just so, really. Someone has to do the job. He was a large part of the rebuilding efforts and I don't see that as an unsatisfactory reward.

[A beat]

He might not see it that way, however.

[Varric liked a quieter life, she's gathered.]

[ofkirkwall]

[ She laughs, head tilted slightly to the side. ]

I'm positive he doesn't.

[ Absently she fingers the chain around her neck, fingers finding the signet ring. She'll have to tease him about it if he comes back - when he comes back. ]

Anything else happened? I take it the world hasn't become a slimy pit of demons and spiders?

[nugqueen]

Not so much spiders, but the Breach in the sky being closed is a great improvement, no?

[The only problem with that is now she has all this political power and it's a bit surreal even two years later. Her methods aren't always clean but she does good work, at least. Hawke can be assured of that.]

I've played a large hand in sweeping reform, as you can imagine.

[ofkirkwall]

Oh! Good, I was truthfully worried that we'd be stuck with that unsightly green hole in the sky for the rest of time. It looked terrible, you know? Color clashed with the sky.

[ She had no doubt that Jove would have managed it eventually, a strong elf that one. Hawke can only hope the cost of closing it, of fixing Hawke's mistakes, was not too high. ]

Did you now?

[nugqueen]

Mostly for the Mage/Templar conflict, but yes. I finished what Justinia tried to accomplish before the Breach appeared.

[So... Mage rights are a thing. Wolfe practically tripped over himself when she told him.]

[ofkirkwall]

[ Marian doesn't trip over herself at the news, she looks surprised, certainly, but she manages to keep herself quite upright. She blinks a few times as the pieces start to fit together in her head. ]

In order to do something so drastic as that, you'd have to be the Divine...

[nugqueen]

[SEE. SHE KNOWS THAT LOOK. That's the same look Riona gave her, darn it. But then she let it go and started calling her Most Holy. :|]

Yes, well, that seems to be the case. As her Left Hand I was certainly an ideal replacement.

[Not confirming or denying.... mostly confirming, though.]

[ofkirkwall]

[ Click... ]

Andraste's flaming nickers! You were named the Divine?

[ Well shit. Does she call her Most Holy now? Or Her Most Divine? Or Lady 'Please Don't Call an Exalted March Upon Me'? Shit, shit, how does a woman like her talk to the freaking Divine? ]

[nugqueen]

Actually...

[Wow there's no getting around this one, huh.]

Yes, I was. I suppose it helps when the Inquisitor puts their good word in after saving the world.

[Hey, she did also help. Twice. ]

Just - please call me Leliana. We're friends, no? There's no need for formalities - it's not as if I call you the Champion of Kirkwall every time we speak, you know.

[ofkirkwall]

[ Okay but Leliana is now the Divine, that is... Maker's balls that is a lot to process. She struggles with it a little judging by the rapid way her expression flicks between emotions, uncertainty reigning high on the list of things she is experiencing.

Normally when she pictures the Divine she thinks of a lovely lady with a gentle smile or something, not someone who could literally slit her throat as she slept. Nor someone she considered incredibly attractive at one point or another. Shit, shit, shit.

After a moment she exhales, shaking her head, and gathers herself again - albeit shakily. ]

You've got a point there. As long as I don't get struck for being insolent, I am handle just Leliana.

[nugqueen]

Oh, Maker no. The Chantry has no jurisdiction here either way so it'd be pointless to chastise you or anyone else if I did choose to worry about the title.

[She really isn't worrying about it. Is this how Riona felt whenever one of the others tried to address her as Queen?]

[ofkirkwall]

[ PHEW, LOOKS LIKE WE DODGE A BULLET THERE CAPTAIN.

Maybe Hawke shouldn't look as relieved as she does. ]

Well, that's a relief. I'm not fond of being chastise, it gets tiresome.

[nugqueen]

I'm not Aveline, Hawke. I think you'll be safe from reprimand from me.

[So much teasing.]