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[ex_frolics736]

Who: Merrill.
Broadcast: Fleet-wide.
Action: SS First Breath, whenever.
When: APR 12 - 18.

Oh. Oh dear.

[ Is it a Welsh pixie? It certainly sounds like one. Pointed ears, short black hair, intricate tattoos across the angular plains of her face. But no, despite the accent, Merrill is neither Welsh, nor pixie.

Currently she's balancing on one bare foot, trying to shake something brown and sloppy off the other. It would be easy to jump to the wrong conclusion at first, but everyone gets a dessert when they arrive, so closer examination will make it clear that she's only stepped in chocolate cream.

Though really, how she's managed that is anyone's guess. ]

I am... so sorry. It wasn't something important, was it? Eugh, it's all slimy.

[ Given she took a while to get used to Kirkwall, a couple of days prowling about the Marsiva and her brand new augment really aren't adequate preparation for the sleek metal and digital displays of a spaceship.

Though later, she might be found in Engineering, trying to work out how she knows anything at all about this strange contraption, but also delighting in the fact that she has all this new knowledge, and more right there to learn about. Merrill isn't very good with people, but she loves magic, and to her view all of this technology isn't too different.

Or you can always call her once she's washed off her feet. ]

Comments

[ex_frolics736]

Well!

[ Unusually for Merrill, she sounds incredibly put out. ]

That's. I suppose someone was bound to. Eventually. Good for... Morrigan, or whoever.

[killedwithlove]

[Cole fails to pick up this social cue. He's not good at reading people unless he's actually with them.]

She's a mage. The Witch of the Wilds. I don't know much else about her. Solas doesn't like her, really.

[ex_frolics736]

Asha'belannar? But she's not even an elf! Please tell me Solas went with you.

[killedwithlove]

The Solas I knew did... I haven't asked this Solas if he's the same Solas. I think he is...

I don't really understand a lot about magic items. I know about magic from the Fade, but not magic in real things.

[ex_frolics736]

I don't know a lot about magic items... mostly just the eluvian, though I never actually managed to fix mine. I do read a lot, though. So I know of a lot of items, even if I've never seen them!

[killedwithlove]

I don't know if Morrigan fixed one or just found one.

Dorian and Solas read a lot. So did Rhys. I like when Cassandra reads to me. Do you only read books about magic, or do you read fiction too? Have you read Hard in Hightown?

[ex_frolics736]

I've read all of Varric's stories! There's a girl named Maisy in Hard in Hightown that I think might be me...

[killedwithlove]

Cassandra likes to read me 'Swords and Shields', so I like listening to that one best, because she enjoys it most.

He was starting a new one and Madam de Fer was going to be the bad guy. She was very excited about it.

[ex_frolics736]

Oh, I think everyone gets excited when Varric wants to put them in a book. Except maybe Aveline. The guard captain.

[killedwithlove]

From Swords and Shields?

Cassandra loves that one most, because of the romance! And the smutty bits.

[ex_frolics736]

They're not even that dirty! There's too many candles and fireplaces. You should hear some of Isabella's stories, they're so naughty.

[killedwithlove]

I think she likes the candles and fireplaces and flowers. It's romantic.

I don't know Isabella. And I've seen lots of sex, it's not that interesting.

[ex_frolics736]

What do you mean you've seen sex? Where?

[ lthat is a very odd thing to say. ]

[killedwithlove]

In White Spire. And in towns I've gone through. And Skyhold.

[People didn't notice Cole, and he'd been curious. It wasn't very interesting though.]

[ex_frolics736]

Have you been peeping!

[ SCANDALIZED. ]

[killedwithlove]

I don't understand.

[He cants his head, face still guileless, innocent.]

[ex_frolics736]

Looking in, on other people having sex? That's private!

[killedwithlove]

They weren't in private. They were in the hall. And outside. In the stable. They weren't in private places.

[ex_frolics736]

Oh, my. That's very. Bold. Of them!

I... It's still private, I think. Like needing the toilet. Only not exactly the same, obviously, because you're — is it hot in here?

[killedwithlove]

The Templars checked their rooms, but not the halls of the lower levels.

When I was first on my own, I watched people bathe to learn how to do it.

And I don't know. I'm not there with you. It might be.

[ex_frolics736]

[ Suddenly a little softer. ]

You didn't have anyone to show you how to bathe?

[killedwithlove]

[As if realising he's said too much, Cole goes quiet and ducks his head, hiding behind the brim of his hat.]

Um... no? Yes?

No. Is that wrong?

[ex_frolics736]

No, it's not wrong! A bit unusual, maybe, and a little lonely. Did you... did you not have parents?

[killedwithlove]

[Again, Cole shrinks in a bit, playing with his fingers and plucking at the wraps on his hand.]

No. Cole did, but I didn't.

[ex_frolics736]

I'm sorry, I don't understand. Did I miss something important?