twocomplex: (or humor)
Nocta Oren ([personal profile] twocomplex) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-04-07 07:56 pm

Waystation Mingle Log!

Who: GAME-WIDE MINGLE aka everyone
Broadcast: If you want
Action: The Stations!
When: From 04/05 through the month of April.

[Well, that all sure happened. But at least you have the waystations! Whether you want to stock up on supplies, work, trade, or visit the very fancy Virtual Reality Dome, it's bound to be a nice break from the attacks of the 5th.

Make your own prompts, set up your own Virtual Realities, etc! For reference, the OOC post with info is over here!]
killedwithlove: (Wistful)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-14 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I never had a home. I suppose Cole did. He didn't think of it as home. Not after Mother and Bunny died.

[He comes up closer, sitting by the throne and looking out at the empty hall.]

Dalish don't live in a single place, do they?
dawnwillcome: (We held together)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-15 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once Cole is sitting she reaches out to lay a gentle hand on his shoulder, giving it a supportive squeeze. This can't have been easy for him, any of it, but she's proud that he's doing his best. She wants him to have a home, whether it's Skyhold or wherever Solas might happen to be, even the fleet if he can find a way to be comfortable here, to like it here.]

Not usually. Sometimes we'll stop if we know we're in a place humans won't visit, but even then it wasn't common for us to stay more than a month or two.
killedwithlove: (Default)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-16 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He keeps petting the plant softly.]

Why?
dawnwillcome: (with great strides)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-16 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
Well, we hunt for our food for one thing. If there's nothing nearby for us to hunt, we have to move to find food.

[But that isn't the only reason, and keeping things from Cole is both pointless and not something she wants to do, so after a moment Jove sighs softly.]

And... well, you must hear what people think of elves. We try to keep away from them whenever we can.
killedwithlove: (Wistful)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-16 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[He was about to open his mouth and protest but then Jove continues.]

I'm lucky. They can't see what I am, so long as I don't tell them.

[It was a revolutionary idea for him when he'd first had it. He didn't have to tell people he was a spirit. And if he didn't say it, they wouldn't know.]

dawnwillcome: (and his home is far)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-16 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
And my ears and vallaslin tend to give me away. Still, the more time I spend with shemlen who aren't what our elders taught us to fear, it's easier to see we might have gotten some things wrong.
killedwithlove: (Explain to me)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-16 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Did the vallaslin hurt? I sat with the Chargers once and they put ink in their skin and it hurt.

What does shemlen mean to you?
dawnwillcome: (I am the one)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-16 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
It does hurt, but we can't show it. If we cry out, the Keeper will stop. It means we aren't ready for the tasks of an adult yet.

[And that... is a very odd question. It should be straightforward, but this is Cole. Things are very rarely straightforward with him.]

It's our word for a human. Have you never heard it before?
killedwithlove: (Explain to me)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-16 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
I don't understand. Feeling pain means you're alive, a person, feeling and full and...

What does being an adult have to do with feeling pain? Adults feel pain.

[He nods.]

I know what it means. I've heard it before. But what does it mean to you?
dawnwillcome: (Who can recount)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-17 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
The way my Keeper explained it, it was less about being made to feel pain and more about being ready to accept that living as an adult is something not to be taken lightly. There are rituals we undertake to prepare our bodies and minds for the process, so it's not something we decide on a whim one day.

[She's still not entirely sure what Cole is after with his insistence she define the word, but instead of losing patience she just thinks harder about it. What does the word mean, to her?]

I suppose... it's just a comfort, for me. I miss my people. I miss my home, and slipping a Dalish word in here and there, it lets me feel a little more connected to what I've lost. What we've all lost, as elves. Does that make sense?
killedwithlove: (Conversational)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-17 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
I still don't understand.

[Maybe he can't. It's something cultural, to mortals, the idea of becoming an adult and he just doesn't understand it. Maybe because Other-Cole was never a child in the ways that mattered.]

I think that makes sense. It reminds you of your clan. But here, everyone is lost and has lost. But in different ways.

You have Solas.
dawnwillcome: (The shepherd's lost)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-17 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
[To her credit, she doesn't blush. That doesn't mean there isn't warmth spreading through her chest when Cole says that, a peaceful kind of calm that comes with knowing Solas is there on her side, there to help her unravel what she doesn't know about her own past.]

I do have Solas. Maybe he can help explain the vallaslin, there's a lot I can't answer because of how much has been lost over time.
killedwithlove: (Wistful)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-17 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Cole closes his eyes and relaxes with the warmth.] It's good that he makes you feel like that. It's a good feeling.

I might ask him. I more wanted to know about if it hurt. And how they did it. Cultural things... I don't understand.
dawnwillcome: (We held together)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-18 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
It really isn't that hard for him to make me happy. My people have lost so much and even though he doesn't think that highly of them, he still takes the time to tell me everything he knows about the Dalish. It's a comfort to know everything isn't lost as long as Solas is with me.

[There's... more, there, but it's so small and buried under guilt and doubt, but it's impossible not to think of Solas' hand in hers, his gentle smile. Yes, she's glad he's there to teach her, but it's more than that.

She may be in trouble.]


I can tell you my experiences with the vallaslin if you like. It may not help make it clear, though.
killedwithlove: (Conversational)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-18 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
He doesn't like the way the Dalish cling to things without knowing what they are or how they fit in. He wants to teach them all the things he knows, so they can grow and become more.

[Cole touches the back of her hand, fingertips callused.]

He wants to be with you. She smells like home and my chest feels less hollow, the gaping holes softened. Spending time with you makes life ache less.
dawnwillcome: (for one day soon the dawn will come)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-19 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[By the time Cole finishes, Jove is certain the tips of her ears have gone just slightly pink. His chest is less hollow? She's concerned of course, doesn't like that Cole can pick up feelings of Solas having so much sorrow in him, but primarily her faint blush is caused by the knowledge that she eases that.]

That's... I'm not sure that's something he'd want you to tell me, Cole. I'm glad I make him feel better, though.
killedwithlove: (Conversational)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-20 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Cole hums and shrugs slightly.] But it's not a secret. I don't share secrets. And it makes you feel better, lighter, fuller.
dawnwillcome: will come (the dawn)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-20 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
I can't really argue that. When it was just Dorian and I here it was nice, but now that so many of you have joined us this place is feeling more and more like home.

[She turns her hand and catches Cole's fingers, threads hers through his to hold his hand and squeezes it lightly.]

You're part of why I feel better and lighter and fuller, Cole. You know that, right?
killedwithlove: (Not looking)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-20 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Being touched startles him briefly, head snapping to look at their fingers, woven together.

He doesn't answer with words, just hums softly.]


I'm sorry I'm not the Cole you knew.
dawnwillcome: (the dawn will come)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-20 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm starting to find that doesn't matter as much as I thought did, honestly. The things I love about the Cole I did know are the same ones that you have, so a shared memory of it only matters a little. I'm glad that I got to meet you.
killedwithlove: (Default)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-20 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
You're not like Cadash... but you are. I think it must be much less confusing for me than you.
dawnwillcome: (Stand your ground)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-22 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty used to confusing, though. There isn't a lot about what we've done that makes sense, you learn to just go with it.

[But Cadash is a name she's never heard before, when it came to Inquisitors. Arhen had been of clan Lavellan just like she had, but this is entirely new.]

Would you mind telling me about the Inquisitor you know? I have to admit I'm very curious.
killedwithlove: (Wistful)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-22 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
All right.

She... wore her tattoos as proudly as you do. They meant something very different, but she was proud of them. She flirted with everyone, even Vivienne, because it annoyed her.

She shaved the sides of her head, like Dorian and Cremisius, but the rest grew long. She pinched Cullen's bottom at Halamshiral and blamed one of the nobles nearby.

She sent Varric after me when I was going to kill the templar who murdered me. He told me that being a person doesn't get easier, but they made it a bit easier. Solas looked at me like I was one of the shemlen who killed his friend.

[Which might go some way to explaining his uncertainty with Solas when he first arrived.]

She was so angry at Bianca for betraying Varric. For not seeing how lucky she was to have him. But she flirted with Dorian and Cullen over chess instead.
dawnwillcome: (I feel sun)

[personal profile] dawnwillcome 2015-04-26 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Jove smiles sadly as she listens to Cole, unable to deny she definitely does see how she is and isn't like the Inquisitor Cole knows. Perhaps that's why he took to her so well, but it's more likely that Cole is just that way, able to connect quickly to people thanks to his abilities.]

You must miss her.
killedwithlove: (Not looking)

[personal profile] killedwithlove 2015-04-26 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Cole looks down at his hands and nods a little.]

But there are other people and they're not the same, but it stops me noticing that she's not here as much.

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