3rd Quest ♔ [ Commentlog ]
[He hadn't known what to think, when he'd found the pumpkins with such familiar faces upon them. In a way, he'd been happy: he'd met nothing but strangers since finding himself here, and seeing such familiar faces had been almost comforting. On the other hand, actually seeing them reminded him of how far away they were ... and some far further than others.
[Duncan, as serious as always. Goldanna, as he'd seen her while within the Fade. Cailan, before the darkspawn reached him. His fellow Warden, powerful and confident as ever.
[He'd taken them off of their stakes. It hadn't seemed right to leave them up there - Cailan especially. So, he'd taken them down, and had set them all aside to look at later.
[In the morning, he'd woken to their dying screams.
[They were only pumpkins. He knew that. He really did. But it had shaken him nonetheless - far more than he would have liked to admit. And so, he'd kept to himself until he could be sure he was composed.
[The whispers and voices hadn't helped with that in the least.
[What he would have given for someone to tell him what to do. To give him an order to carry out.
[Eventually, he orders himself.
[Alistair has seen other pumpkins around the Keep. Faces of those he's met within its walls. And so, he's begun the hunt for his own face. To what end? Even he's not entirely sure.]
[Duncan, as serious as always. Goldanna, as he'd seen her while within the Fade. Cailan, before the darkspawn reached him. His fellow Warden, powerful and confident as ever.
[He'd taken them off of their stakes. It hadn't seemed right to leave them up there - Cailan especially. So, he'd taken them down, and had set them all aside to look at later.
[In the morning, he'd woken to their dying screams.
[They were only pumpkins. He knew that. He really did. But it had shaken him nonetheless - far more than he would have liked to admit. And so, he'd kept to himself until he could be sure he was composed.
[The whispers and voices hadn't helped with that in the least.
[What he would have given for someone to tell him what to do. To give him an order to carry out.
[Eventually, he orders himself.
[Alistair has seen other pumpkins around the Keep. Faces of those he's met within its walls. And so, he's begun the hunt for his own face. To what end? Even he's not entirely sure.]