mingle a little Mor tonight

[catamite]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Sure!
Action: The wonderful world of Mor, nearby way-stations, and ships!
When: The first week or so of arrival

[this is it-- Atroma's surprise vacation stay for you all! it's time to explore, speculate, relax, and totally behave yourselves. right?

how are you all dealing with the ever-so-educational volcano? have you played around with the visual toggle on those collars yet? aren't they cool? aren't these peasant clothes rad? if you haven't had a decent meal since Abeo, maybe you could afford some of that authentic farm-raised meat they have here. historical!

I bet you're all excited and completely thrilled to be here! who wouldn't be? ...so, make some discoveries, make some friends, and have fun!]

Comments

Network: Fleet Wide | Action; around the city

[wolfuncaged]

Network

Merrill has left. [Just those three words. No emotion, just a statement of fact. ]

Around the city

[Fenris can be seen all around Dirkwall. The name and feel of the place should make him happy, to finally have some familiarity again after so long. It doesn't, though. The people, forced to live in blissful servitude, for the entertainment of others, simply because they don't know any better gets right under his skin.

So, he's been taking jobs, to earn enough money to buy a sword and fix the mess this planet is. People might catch him murdering a next of spiders, or running off to get a flower with red petals and blue thorns. Questing! ]

[hellofist]

[When Cass comes across Fenris, it's not exactly straightforward. She'd been after the spiders too, because spiders are fine to beat to a pulp but she had issues with willingly hurting the wolves or other sentient creatures.

But spiders are easy, even when they're huge, just about as big as she is. So, their first in person interaction is going to be when she bursts out of the woods tangled up with one of the spiders, it's legs kicking and fangs trying to bite at her as she wrestles it to the ground. She's got some spider gunk on her, her fists are bloody and there may or may not be some webbing in her hair, but despite appearances she seems quite fine. When she spots him, she takes a break from her punching and grins at him.]

Hi.

[wolfuncaged]

[As far as Fenris is concerned, this is a perfectly acceptable first meeting in person. He smiles a little, nodding his head in response. ]

Hello to you, also.

I'd ask if you need help, but it seems you are doing fine alone.

[He catches one of the following spiders, lyrium glowing as his hand passes through, tearing what he assumes is an important innard out. It curls up and dies, anyway, so that's always good. ]

[hellofist]

Nope, I'm good.

[And with one last sickening crunch, her spider is no more. When she stands, she wipes her hands off on her pants and comes over to where he is.]

Are you magic?

[wolfuncaged]

[He grimaces at that comment.]

No. Magic was done to me, it's different.

[hellofist]

[She frowns faintly, looking him over and getting a better feel for him, an entirely separate layer she hadn't thought to look for until this moment. Many people don't have what she's seeing in him now and the thought that he's like looking in a mirror comes back in force.

She really hadn't expected them to have even that in common.]

I'm sorry. My abilities... were done to me too.

[wolfuncaged]

[That...surprises him. He's not used to hearing of people in similar situations as him. The last one was Vanadi, and that was a long time ago. He shifts his stance, curious. ]

...They were?

[hellofist]

[She nods.]

Was bred to kill. Raised from birth... learning to cause pain. I only knew fighting, that was... my only language. Talking is new. Still can't read.

[wolfuncaged]

[Oh. Well. That is...horribly familiar. Fenris is silent, for a while, before exhaling. ]

My markings, they were done to me to turn me into a living weapon, for my master. The process took away my memory. [Danarius did it, purposefully, but he is still blissfully unaware of that.] For a long time, all I knew was to serve him. To kill for him.

I've had...friends. They have been teaching me to read.

[hellofist]

That's good. That you had friends. They're important.

[For people like them, she means. Friends, connections, those are the things that keep them living just a little longer. That make being alive worth it.]

You ran away?

[wolfuncaged]

Yes, they are.

[Friends. He has so few, but the ones he does have, he cherishes more than anything. They're an anchor for him, in a world that's cold and heartless. Without them...he'd probably be nothing more than a shadow. ]

I had to. I needed to be free.

[hellofist]

[She wants to reach out and touch his hand, his arm, his shoulder, anywhere. She wants to tell him he did well and that he's strong, because running can be terrifying. It is terrifying, even when it's the only choice.]

You are now. [The next bit is more difficult for her and she's obviously struggling to get the words out clearly.] Nothing will ever change that.

[wolfuncaged]

I know. I will not be caged again. Not ever.

[And, because he knows that tone so well... ]

What about you?

[hellofist]

[She hesitates a little, but it's only fair when he's been honest with her. Scrubbing her hands a little more on her pants, she nods.]

It was the same, sort of. Ran away, because it was... wrong, what I was doing. I didn't know, until it was done. I was eight.

[wolfuncaged]

I can understand that. It took...getting a little freedom to realise how wrong my life had been.

action

[timewalking]

[Kirian is still saving up for a proper weapon, out killing whatever he can manage to kill. It's slow going, he was never skilled at offensive magic.

Today, however, he's off collecting herbs again. He's muttering under his breath about humans when he looks up and spies another herb bush a few yards away, quickly gathered by someone else.

Fenris, you totally just stole his node. Rude.

He clears his throat. Congrats, you're being given a withering glance by an elf with Fade green eyes.]

I dare say it will be more efficient if one of us were to relocate to a different field. Just an idea.

[In other words, shoo, because he ain't going anywhere.]

[wolfuncaged]

[Sorry, you snooze, you lose. Fenris wrinkles his nose in distaste, because seriously, what's up with you and why are your eyes glowing like that. ]

If you wish to leave, do not allow me to stop you.

[He isn't moving, this is a prime fetch quest spot, get lost. ]

[timewalking]

[Kirian bristles slightly, and then he sighs. Maybe he could just get rid of him elsewise.]

What are you doing out here? Which of these insipid quests do they have you chasing after?

[Maybe it was the same quest. fucking daily quests]

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris picks up another herb. Doop doop.]

A woman wishes herbs to make a medicine. Or a poison. I wasn't paying attention.

[timewalking]

Hopefully poison. They can send it right up to whoever runs this place.

[Kirian steps over, only a slight oddness on his gait that can't be attributed to the uneven ground.]

Here.

[He holds out a stack handful of herbs.]

The quicker you finish, the quicker you can move along and I can be done with these tiresome quests, myself.

[wolfuncaged]

I couldn't agree more with that statement.

[Fenris stares at the offered herbs. ]

You would start from the beginning, are you so foolish?

[timewalking]

Just take them. Be on your way- you get done faster, and I will have this field to myself.

Don't mistake this for altruism.

[He was being helpful, he's just in intense denial.]

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris shrugs, taking the things.]

Fine. As you like. I'll leave you to your task.

[timewalking]

[Kirian nods and shuffles away, returning to where he had been gathering. Congrats they both survived the random encounter.]

[wolfuncaged]

[No one died, hooray! ]