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[viran]

Who: Mahna Lavellan
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action: Marsiva, if you'd like
When: Pre-shuffle

[By the time he's sorted out that he's no longer in Thedas, Mahna's patience has all but run out. The silence had woken him and the continued lack of birds chattering or insects buzzing unsettles him far more than he expects. Instead, inane music plays under his strained voice.]

I am Lord Inquisitor Lavellan and it would serve you well to return my companions to me.

[He hates titles, hates formality, but if it gets his comrades back, he'll throw them around as much as necessary. Nevermind that he's in a foreign place where 'Lord Inquisitor' might just as easily put a target on his back. If Corypheus is behind this, he won't run and hide.]

I was traveling with three others and a ram: Dorian of House Pavus, Lady Mai Bhalsych of Korse, The Iron Bull of the Bull's Chargers, and Lord Woolsley of Redcliffe. If any harm has come to them, I can assure you it will be repaid in kind.

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[viran]

[Those are some... interesting errr tattoos there, stranger.]

[His voice softens a measure or two at the sight; he knows the stories.] And who are the Atroma?

[wolfuncaged]

[The stories are all true, and probably worse. Varric softens the blow, sometimes.]

They are the people running all of this. We never see them, just hear from their representatives on occasion.

[viran]

[Unfortunately, Varric didn't write the Dalish versions.]

None have seen them? But there are at least a dozen others here.

[wolfuncaged]

[A sad tale for all.]

They aren't on the ships we are. They could be anywhere.

[viran]

[A+ detective skills Fenris.]

Then how do they have any hold on us? [Y'know, short of being gods.]

[wolfuncaged]

[He is the best at it. ]

Well, if you find a way back to Thedas from space, please do let the rest of us know.

[viran]

I would not leave any behind. You have my word. [He's honest, if still a bit naive still.]

[wolfuncaged]

And what if some of us do not wish to leave?

[It's the first time he's voiced it, but it's true. He has nothing, back in Thedas, here, he has everything. ]

i sure do like the word 'still'

[viran]

[Ah. That is a sentiment Mahna didn't know he was familiar with until recently. Best tread carefully.]

Are you and the others safe here? ['Tread carefully' means stepping all over that sentiment, right?]

it's a good word

[wolfuncaged]

[Darn right it does. ]

Aside from an attack last month, which we fought off, yes. It's safer than Thedas is, at any rate.

[viran]

An attack? [Mahna's lacking some sharp stuff to protect his friends with, which he doesn't like one bit.]

[wolfuncaged]

Hmm. Other ships. They have since vanished. I wouldn't be surprised to see them again, however.

[viran]

Were we prepared? [This is the most important question, in Mahna's mind. Haven still plays behind his eyelids at night.]

[wolfuncaged]

Not even slightly. Most of the ships sustained a lot of damage. Almost no one here has experience of battling in space.

[viran]

[Ouch. Mahna winces.] But the people, were they alright?

[wolfuncaged]

There were a few minor injuries, but nothing lasting.

[viran]

That's good. People are far less replaceable than metal.

[wolfuncaged]

Hmm, only too true.

I am not sure if we will be attacked again. It has been quiet, thus far.

[viran]

[Yeah, Mahna totally agrees that quiet does not always indicate peace or safety.] Quiet usually means something bigger is coming.

[wolfuncaged]

That is what I've gathered from my time in such places, yes.

[viran]

[Mahna nods, brow knitted, before he realizes something.] I don't believe I've asked for your name yet. My manners elude me. I am Mahna.

[wolfuncaged]

I'm Fenris.

[Such friendliness, such helpfulness. ]

[viran]

[Fenris. Mahna can't help how his jaw tightens, though he tries not to think of charming Fenris.]

Nice to meet you. Have you been here long? [Read: long enough to form opinions but not long enough to truly charm a certain mage, right? Riiiiight? ]

[wolfuncaged]

[He is clearly the most charming man ever. ]

Likewise. I have been here for five months.

[Sooooo yep. ]

[viran]

[Mahna does some quick mental math, comes up with 2+2 = 22, and decides not to give up hope yet. Perhaps this Fenris is just a friend of Dorian's.]

Five months. [He can't imagine spending that much time in these metal containers floating through space.] Have others been kind to you?

[Because he sees those markings, he knows the stories, and he's been called knife-ear more than once himself, heard the Inquisition mocked for electing an elf to its head.]