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Who: Cyril Lavellan
Broadcast: Fleetwide (accidentally)
Action: Wonderduck
When: After the Shuffle

[WONDERDUCK]

Cyril's welcome to the Fleet was wrought with the despair of losing a planet and the people left on it. He can tell that things are tense even though he's new. This means that he needs to deal with the sudden appearance of information in his mind while also navigating the grief of others. It's a very strange welcome for many reasons.

He isn't sure what he thinks of this place. There's so much he has to take in right away. He has to deal with learning about space travel, different worlds, and technology so far outside of anything that could be found on Thedas. He's impossibly curious about it all, but because of the lingering feeling around the Fleet he isn't sure if now is the time to ask questions.

Instead, he focuses on getting settled. When he was brought here he had on the clothes he wore around High Town, a nice tunic and pants - as well as a prosthetic that was a hand carved out of polished wood rather than any of his functioning ones. He'd have to see about rebuilding something that would be of use when he was piloting. The fake hand was very well crafted and designed to put people at ease, but it didn't let him grip anything easily. However, that could come later - along with all of his questions.

[VIDEO]

[Cyril doesn't seem to realize that he's accidentally started a broadcast. He is closed up in his new room and he had meant to try to get his Sending Crystal to work, but instead it is useless in his hand. The Fleet, however, seems to think that this means he's okay with his message being brought to people here instead. After all, the person he's trying to contact is one of them - even if not in the way that Cyril thinks.]

I don't think this is working, but just in case -- [He turns the crystal over in his hand, examining it as if he can will it to start working. He's alone in this room so he has removed the fake arm, comfortable without the weight of it when he thinks he doesn't have people around to gawk at him for missing a limb.] Just in case you can hear me...

I'm well. I'm in one piece - well, excepting the part we already knew was missing. [It's a joke, and he manages to make his voice casual and even smile a bit as he says it.] Please don't worry, my friend. I'll find a way back home.

I'm surrounded by friendly people. Including.... an enchanted clock? I wish you were here. It would be fun to disparage the character of a mage who puts a man's consciousness into a clock.

[Another joke, and another pause.] Please don't leave Tevinter. What you are Maevaris are doing is vital. If you can hear me, get a message to Leliana instead and know that I'm well and working on returning...

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Don't worry, you're not the first one to accidentally broadcast, and you will not be the last. [Naturally, she's curious as to what he was talking about earlier, especially since it involves Tevinter. But even though he seems to brush off his embarrassment, Riona won't add to it by prying.]

It won't work here, more than likely. Still, it's something from home, so cherish it.

[Those are rare on the ground.]

You'll have plenty of new faces to talk to here. It seems our captors are picking on Thedas again, since you're the... fifth one from there to show up in the span of a few weeks. [It seems like Atroma suddenly realized there was only three of them left at one point, and thus decided to send more in en masse.] Riona Cousland. Nice to meet you...?

I am Cyril Lavellan.

[ His eyes narrow just a bit at the sound of her name, specifically her last name, but he doesn't comment on it for now. ]

Who else arrived recently, if you don't mind me asking?

[His earns a lift of the brow from her. Lavellan's a name she's heard before.]

Well met, Inquisitor. [Maybe could and should have kept that to herself, but, she thinks it better just to get the whole thing over with and let him know what's what.] Let's see. A Champion of Kirkwall, two Wardens [She's very much not saying names, especially for those two.] and someone you might know. A Tevinter who says he's part of the Inquisition.

[Riona just became one of Cyril's favorite new faces. Not having to explain his position is such a relief. The Champion of Kirkwall bit peeks his interest too.]

Hawke is here? I'd love to reach out to him.

If the Tevinter in question is Dorian of House Pavus, then yes. He is a member of the Inquisition. One of the Inner Circle in fact. His input was invaluable as we faced the Venatori and uncovered Corypheus' history.

Your name sounds very familiar. I apologize for not placing it exactly... My ambassador would be terribly embarrassed if I happened to have forgotten a noble house.

Oh yes, he's here. And she's here, too.

[Ah yes. Parallel universes. She can't wait to have to explain them. Again.]

That's the one. Charming fellow, even for a Tevinter.

[Her smile falls a little, though, when he mentions her name sounding familiar.]

Fergus Cousland is my brother. Teyrn of Highever, in Ferelden.

[Yes. Well, that tells him what he needs to know about her family and his eyes widen in a bit as he puts together what happened to the family during the Blight and why he doesn't remember interacting with an entire family.

However, just coming out and saying 'oh right, your entire family was massacred by Rendon Howe' is tasteless, even for him.]

He and she? I thought all of the lady Hawkes had... [Died. Yes, see there's that tastelessness again.]

I'm sorry I'm still getting used to all of this.

[She's happier to focus on this, rather than the subject of her family. Even ten years out, it's still not easy to talk about what happened.]

So, this is where things get strange. They're both the Champion of Kirkwall. Essentially, they're the same person, but from a different version of Thedas. [Why does it always fall on her to explain this crap.] It's because of a little phenomenon called parallel universes, and they're a bitch to wrap your head around.

A male and female version of the same person?

That makes me want to meet the female version of me. I'm sure she's gorgeous.

[Making a joke is easier than trying to process this.]

[Riona laughs.]

She likely is. But yes, that's essentially the gist of it. Think of Thedas and its history being contained in a book. There are multiple copies of that book. But each copy is a bit different. Some details have been changed.

So what is unique about your Thedas? We should compare notes.

Well, it's hard to say what's unique without knowing what's the same. For starters, I take it I'm not the Hero of Ferelden in your Thedas?

[His brow raises at that, and he appears apologetic for not giving her a bit more respect now.] Oh. No. I'm sorry, Warden. It's an honor to meet you in that case.

I'm afraid mine is a Dalish elf. Perhaps my version of Thedas likes tossing us at big problems. She's married to Divine Victoria, the woman you know as Leliana.

Thank you, but I didn't mean it like that. I ask about the Hero of Ferelden because they seem to be different from Thedas to Thedas, so it was more of a starting point. I'm not surprised you didn't recognize me. [A woman named Trevelyan became Inquisitor in her Thedas. She would have been flummoxed if this Lavellan knew her. Then again, Wolfe knew her but his Inquisitor was a Lavellan, too...]

Another Dalish elf. That's not the first- [Wait, did he say married?] Wh... hold on. Married? With Leli as Divine? I thought that was a no-no in the Chantry.

[He can't help but chuckle at that.] Yes, a few people said the same.

Leliana insists that love is the Maker's gift and refused to give up her lady love. It was all very romantic and dramatic. You wonder if they were more offended by that or by her allowing all races to join the priesthood.

[Okay, Riona's now laughing. Oh, Leli. You amazing person.]

The Chantry is not going to be the same when she's through. Wow. Anyone can join the priesthood? That's... going to make things interesting.

It is pretty glorious, yes. She's going to be able to change so much.

Leliana, when she was here, told me she became Divine in my Thedas as well. Oh, Maker, that's going to be entertaining. [If she lives long enough to see it...]

Leliana was here?

She was. [It still hurts. Riona misses her best friend.] She was here for several months before she left. Just a couple months back, in fact. You just missed her.

That's a shame. I can't imagine how he feels about star travel.

She took it well, but Leli's always been the adaptable sort.

That's why she makes a good spymaster as well as an excellent Divine.

It's still strange to think of her as the Divine. I still remember her as the lay sister that had a dream and thought joining up with two Junior Wardens was a good idea.

Was saving the world from a Blight a bad idea?

Well, no, but let's be honest: the odds weren't with us at the time. A Chantry sister has little business galavanting off with two young Wardens, a dog, an apostate, and a Qunari convicted of murder. But she did, because she had a dream. Literally.