Varric Tethras - 4/4sayhitobiancaJuly 21 2011, 07:58:53 UTC
13. Writing sample - Third Person Prose:
“-and then-”
Varric paused a moment, for the suspense, of course. And also a tiny bit to bask in the wide-eyed looks of the people gathered around him (though, granted, some of those wide-eyes were also glazed over and might be attributed more towards Corff’s whiskey, which seemed particularly dangerous tonight, than anything Varric himself said). Still, a little suspense building never hurt a story, provided you knew how to time it exactly right.
And provided the subject of your current story didn’t ruin all the hard work you’d put into that building by showing up in the middle of it.
But, fortunately, Hawke was nowhere in sight at the moment. And, even more importantly, Aveline was nowhere in sight. Hawke he could deal with (shit, Hawke showing up might even be a bonus for this particular story), but the last thing he needed was Aveline hearing him tell the story of how Hawke (and Varric himself, of course) had helped her and Donnic obtain their happily ever after. The woman was scary in the best of times, and his story probably wasn’t something she would consider ‘the best of times.’
It might not have been along the lines of Isabella’s “friend fiction,” but Varric doubted Aveline would appreciate the difference. The fact that Aveline would undoubtedly hear about this at some point was of little concern to him. There were all sorts of rumors circulating about their little group, and not all of them came from Varric’s stories. A fair number of them, sure, but not all. And that made for plausible deniability. As long as she didn’t actually catch him in the act, he was golden.
Besides. If this particular version of the story ever got around to her, she should be thanking him. (Not that she would, but she should be). He’d significantly down-played her inability to do anything that resembled proper flirting. And completely left out her idea of goats and a sheaf of wheat, and that one had been painful not to include.
Of course, there was a very good possibility she was still angry at him for his comment about drawing Donnic a picture of where she wanted to touch him. She shouldn’t have been, considering it was a long time ago and, in Varric’s opinion, was probably what had pushed Donnic into finally making a move, but Aveline could be harsh about things like that.
And scary. Did he mention scary?
Maybe it was time to bring this story to a close.
14. Writing sample - First Person:
Well, this is a particular brand of crazy I haven’t seen before. It’s almost refreshing, really.
Through mysterious and mystical forces, your world never has and never will exist. But fear not, a tremendously kind lord is taking care of everything, because he has nothing better to do with his time than recreate the world. Add in some shadowy staff, an obvious ulterior motive, some attractive heroes, a couple of twists and betrayals, a suspicious request for record keeping, and I can work with this. If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s record keeping.
Of course I prefer to do my record keeping in the comfort of the Hanged Man and not in a random room of a keep run by an insane nobleman who writes strange letters on his prisoners while they’re unconscious.
What have you gotten yourself into this time, Varric?
I’m sure this is Hawke’s fault. It always is. Well, aside from all the times it was Rivaini’s. And Blondie’s. Or the elf-
Andraste’s dimpled buttcheeks. I’ve got to get myself some better friends.
15. Tattoo: In a ring around the back of his left hand, between his thumb and index finger, and across his palm
16. Room Preference: He’d say by Hawke or Anders, but he’s not sure he wants to be near the trouble they cause.
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“-and then-”
Varric paused a moment, for the suspense, of course. And also a tiny bit to bask in the wide-eyed looks of the people gathered around him (though, granted, some of those wide-eyes were also glazed over and might be attributed more towards Corff’s whiskey, which seemed particularly dangerous tonight, than anything Varric himself said). Still, a little suspense building never hurt a story, provided you knew how to time it exactly right.
And provided the subject of your current story didn’t ruin all the hard work you’d put into that building by showing up in the middle of it.
But, fortunately, Hawke was nowhere in sight at the moment. And, even more importantly, Aveline was nowhere in sight. Hawke he could deal with (shit, Hawke showing up might even be a bonus for this particular story), but the last thing he needed was Aveline hearing him tell the story of how Hawke (and Varric himself, of course) had helped her and Donnic obtain their happily ever after. The woman was scary in the best of times, and his story probably wasn’t something she would consider ‘the best of times.’
It might not have been along the lines of Isabella’s “friend fiction,” but Varric doubted Aveline would appreciate the difference. The fact that Aveline would undoubtedly hear about this at some point was of little concern to him. There were all sorts of rumors circulating about their little group, and not all of them came from Varric’s stories. A fair number of them, sure, but not all. And that made for plausible deniability. As long as she didn’t actually catch him in the act, he was golden.
Besides. If this particular version of the story ever got around to her, she should be thanking him. (Not that she would, but she should be). He’d significantly down-played her inability to do anything that resembled proper flirting. And completely left out her idea of goats and a sheaf of wheat, and that one had been painful not to include.
Of course, there was a very good possibility she was still angry at him for his comment about drawing Donnic a picture of where she wanted to touch him. She shouldn’t have been, considering it was a long time ago and, in Varric’s opinion, was probably what had pushed Donnic into finally making a move, but Aveline could be harsh about things like that.
And scary. Did he mention scary?
Maybe it was time to bring this story to a close.
14. Writing sample - First Person:
Well, this is a particular brand of crazy I haven’t seen before. It’s almost refreshing, really.
Through mysterious and mystical forces, your world never has and never will exist. But fear not, a tremendously kind lord is taking care of everything, because he has nothing better to do with his time than recreate the world. Add in some shadowy staff, an obvious ulterior motive, some attractive heroes, a couple of twists and betrayals, a suspicious request for record keeping, and I can work with this. If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s record keeping.
Of course I prefer to do my record keeping in the comfort of the Hanged Man and not in a random room of a keep run by an insane nobleman who writes strange letters on his prisoners while they’re unconscious.
What have you gotten yourself into this time, Varric?
I’m sure this is Hawke’s fault. It always is. Well, aside from all the times it was Rivaini’s. And Blondie’s. Or the elf-
Andraste’s dimpled buttcheeks. I’ve got to get myself some better friends.
15. Tattoo: In a ring around the back of his left hand, between his thumb and index finger, and across his palm
16. Room Preference: He’d say by Hawke or Anders, but he’s not sure he wants to be near the trouble they cause.
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