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justiceis_hard

5 - 25% Gone (Backdated to the 4th)

Jul 05, 2011 12:18

Is this intended to be our captors' version of tranquility? To make us think we were always their mindless pets?

[Anders, you sound a little angry there. Better calm down -- oh wait, your passenger is still MIA, you're good ( Read more... )

!event, can't technology like a bas, furious manifesto-ing, here justice where justice, !action, dammit anders, mages mages mages, some anger management issues, scream! tranquility

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75%, sob wantasammich July 6 2011, 02:44:13 UTC

Don't be silly, Anders! We're all happy here, aren't we? What's there to fight?

and then Anders cried a manly tear justiceis_hard July 6 2011, 02:47:54 UTC

... Oh no.

Hawke. Don't tell me they've gotten to you...

cheer up emo abomination wantasammich July 6 2011, 02:51:18 UTC

What are you on about? No one's 'gotten to me,' as far as I can tell. Are you all right?

--And why are you calling me that? [Though 'Hawke' does sound awfully familiar...] My name is Marian, you know that.

No B( justiceis_hard July 6 2011, 02:56:52 UTC

They have -- our captors! Hawke, you can't... you have to fight them. Remember Kirkwall. The Qunari invasion... saving the city.

[Because that seems like all that's holding the brainwashing at bay, from his perspective.]

... Yes. Marian Hawke. That's your name, no matter what this place would have you believe.

yes do it X( wantasammich July 6 2011, 03:05:29 UTC

Marian Tethras. Maker's blood, Anders, what's gotten into you? And the rest of the town, for that matter! Everyone's gone mad...

[She trails off uneasily. His words seem to have struck a chord within her. Kirkwall... That name feels like it should be important to her, and she can't quite shake it off. No, Mayfield is her home, not the City of Chains.]

Nooooo :( justiceis_hard July 6 2011, 03:11:21 UTC

Varric is your friend, Hawke. And mine. Not anyone's husband.

[Of all people, he never really expected Hawke to fall victim to what these people were capable of. It rattles him a little, and he sounds a bit more desperate.]

Please. You must remember something...

wantasammich July 6 2011, 22:20:37 UTC

Varric is my husband. We have two beautiful children, we...

[No, she's Marian Hawke, the Champion of Kirkwall. Unmarried, no children, just her merry little band of misfits and a mabari. But the memories are fleeting, no matter how hard she tries to hold onto them.]

I remember some things, but-- [A sigh.] I feel like I'm going mad.

justiceis_hard July 7 2011, 00:39:49 UTC

Varric is not your husband. He's not even human. He's a dwarf, Hawke.

[Oh yes! That's progress!]

You're not mad. They're trying to make you feel that way. You're my friend... a woman of incredible strength. You can beat them, Hawke.

wantasammich July 7 2011, 01:07:11 UTC

[A dwarf? That sounds ridiculous, and yet it seems perfectly natural to imagine Varric as one...]

I keep having... flashes, but I can't-- [She's just a simple housewife, she's lived in Mayfield all her life, and all of this business about Kirkwall and mages and templars is just silly.]

I can't let you get away without trying some of this pie, Anders. Family recipe, you know!

justiceis_hard July 7 2011, 01:58:35 UTC

Hold on to those. They're not flashes -- they're your memories. They're everything this town wants you to forget...

[Silence. This can't be happening.]

No... Hawke. Please.

wantasammich July 7 2011, 02:31:41 UTC

They're just... very strange dreams, Anders. [So why does she want to hold onto them so badly?] Nothing worth worrying about.

Oh, but you should come watch the fireworks with Meredith and me -- ah, we could have a picnic. It'll be fun!

justiceis_hard July 7 2011, 03:27:49 UTC

They aren't dreams, they're your life. You must remember... Remember the Qunari, the templars overtaking the city... the Chantry.

... With Meredith? The Knight-Commander? You... you have gone mad.

wantasammich July 7 2011, 03:50:48 UTC

Yes, with Meredith. She and I have been neighbors for years. She's one of my dearest friends! [She still can't figure out why being buddies with Meredith feels so wrong...

--Wait. What did he say?]

The... Chantry.

[Now that brings up a wholly unpleasant memory. It makes her stomach churn, and for some reason she really wants to hit you right now, Anders. B|]

justiceis_hard July 7 2011, 04:43:37 UTC

... Andraste's knickers, that had better be the town talking.

[Right now, Anders will take that. Wanting to hit him is better than having him picnic with the templar commander.]

Yes. The Chantry. What do you remember about the Chantry?

wantasammich July 8 2011, 01:04:24 UTC

Chaos. Lots of chaos. But I think that's a rather fitting descriptor for the past decade or so, don't you?

There was... an explosion. A big one. I think I helped with that. And... I had to make a choice, but don't I always...? [She pauses, breathing heavily.] This is giving me a headache.

justiceis_hard July 8 2011, 01:12:00 UTC

Yes... yes it is. Very much so. Chaos and choices abound, where you're concerned, Hawke.

[He pauses, listening.] Yes. That's better -- don't forget. Please.

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