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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.

Comments

[wolfehawke]

[Give him a moment, he never expected the Divine to ask about his love life. Not that he doesn't enjoy talking about his love life because he really does.]

Not for lack of wanting to on my part but in Kirkwall before the rebellion I was nobility so our relationship, though not exactly private, wasn't really considered... I don't know, valid? by the rest of the aristocracy considering we're both men and therefore can't produce a child. And pissing off the nobles at that point would have just pissed off Meredith - though frankly I think she was just pissed off in general and I should have said hang it all, but there were issues with, y'know, Anders being the Darktown Healer being the worst kept secret in the city and finding a Sister to do the ceremony would have required our arrest afterwards, and a whole mess of other problems like Anders not technically having said yes even though I've asked him several times and then going on the run and well.

[He's just going to gloss over the Anders not technically answering him part. He hasn't said no, and in fact said he wants to, but it's just never been a good time and Hawke had told him he would always be ready, so the ball was in the healer's court and has been for some time.]

The short answer is no, we're not. I even told Varric to write it into the book actually but he wouldn't.

[nugqueen]

[Tsk Tsk, Wolfe. This is Leliana. She always butts in when it comes to love. At least she hasn't told you she goes snooping through your stuff to find out all your dirty secrets? That would be worse.]

Ah. I thought... perhaps here it might seem more of an option? And regardless of the Chantry's rules... if you're together in the ways that it counts, that's enough.

[wolfehawke]

Nothing would really change if we did exchange vows. Nothing for me anyway. I don't know about Anders, he's more devout than I am and maybe he believes there's just something... wrong with us in the eyes of Andraste. I don't know, and if he does then frankly I think that's hogwash. No offense meant, of course.

[He ads the last quickly, waving his hands briefly as if that negates any offense she might have taken to him calling Andraste's opinion hogwash.]

I know there's none of the pressures here anymore, but he hasn't brought it up again and I swore to him I wouldn't either unless he brought it up first. I'm not going to break that no matter how much I may want to.

[Or maybe should. Maybe Anders has just forgotten? But if he has than Wolfe might... be a little put out...]

[nugqueen]

I apologize if I was pushing too hard. It's just... It'd be nice to have something to celebrate now and again, no? The two of you are in love and I suppose your continued devotion to one another is celebration enough.

[She smiles faintly, understanding what he is trying to say.]

It doesn't have to be the religious part that's important. It should be the two of you that is.

[wolfehawke]

No, no, not at all, I'm just trying to reconcile it.

[He gives a wan smile, more unhappy than he lets on that Anders hasn't said a word on it after years. They'd almost come close to talking about it the night Anders had been freed of Justice, but he'd balked at bringing it up. Anders was entirely too drunk for anything he said to be taken to heart anyway. In not asking, he'd saved both their feelings. At least, that's what he tells himself.

That wan smile is quickly replaced with something more jovial.]

Besides! Not everyone is here. It'd be a shame to marry without the rest of our family in attendance.

[Varric, Aveline, Merrill... Carver. He'd always wanted Carver as his best man, though he'd never said as much considering how Carver had treated Anders with such surly distaste. Even still, Carver is his brother, and he loves him dearly, whatever his (enormous and obvious) faults.

Maker's balls he misses Carver so badly. It's like missing a limb.]

[nugqueen]

Ah, yes... we're missing quite a few important members of your group.

[It would be nice to see Varric again, she'll admit. She liked the dwarf - he was a mite more agreeable than Oghren (when the dwarf was drunk, at least... which was all the damn time). Varric and she got on quite nicely.]

[wolfehawke]

I don't know if I could find them all even if I wasn't in an entire separate world, but... yes. It won't be the same, when it does happen.

[He smiles gently, a covering smile meant to focus on positive instead of the heavy realization that none of his blood relations will be at his wedding when and if it does happen. Anders wouldn't have anyone either. Except...]

Riona would be there for Anders though, I think he'd want that. She's incredibly important to him, as I'm sure you know.

[nugqueen]

It might not be the same, but I'm sure you could make the most of it, no? This place... I feel as if there's such an opportunity to bring us together, even while many are still scattered.

[A perfect example of that was Riona's birthday. She had tried so hard to make it special. She'd do the same for Wolfe and Anders, if she could.]

Riona has always had that effect on people. She managed to keep us together when we traveled to conquer the Blight. I... really cherish those times, even if the circumstances were bad.

[wolfehawke]

Of course! Of course. I'm not trying to make excuses, obviously.

[Not that he actually has to explain himself to Leliana, but she has this aura about her that makes him feel like he does.]

And I can see that. It's easy to see how she became so beloved of Ferelden too as its queen. She's a singular, special person.