I find myself rather in the mood for something from the fluffy-romance department. Would any kind author!anon be able to help?
I'd like a story where Orana, terribly shy and uncertain after a lifetime of slavery, meets Merrill pottering around in Hawke's garden, and assumes that she's another of Hawke's servants. Reassured to meet an 'equal' (and completely unaware of the whole 'blood mage' thing), Orana tentatively begins a conversation, and things develop from there...
"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 5.1
anonymous
October 29 2012, 13:58:41 UTC
A!A here. I still haven't finished this chapter but I wanted to post something rather than just leaving it till I was done. Hoping to get the rest done really soon, at least before NaNo begins
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 1.1/?
anonymous
September 4 2012, 22:29:57 UTC
Not sure if the OP is still around but, here's a fill anyway.
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Master Hawke was very strange. Between insisting on paying her, giving her her own room and taking her shopping - shopping, the only shopping slaves were meant to do was for their Masters - Orana doesn't know what to make of the man.
It's been days since she turned up on the doorstep of the Hawke estate after being told to go there. Kirkwall is big and it very nearly overwhelms her. The streets look the same to her, the people mostly ignore her when she tries to ask for directions and what few that do answer her, only wrinkle their nose and mutter something about Hawke being 'unconventional'. She eventually finds the house, after hours of wandering the streets and finally coming upon a guard who could direct her to it.
She's greeted by a dwarf who doesn't know just what to do, but allows her to stay there at the mention of Master Hawke. He'll be able to tell them what's going on. The dwarf seems to be another servant, he prepares a meal for her, insists on
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 1.2/?
anonymous
September 4 2012, 22:34:36 UTC
She glances to the front door of the estate, her duties are mostly done for the day. She's cleaned the house, made some food for Mistress Hawke and fed the dog, there's nothing else for her to do, not until Hawke returns
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 1.3/?
anonymous
September 4 2012, 22:39:53 UTC
They head back into main hall of the house where Bodahn is already there. He nods in greeting to her. "Ah, I thought I saw you outside. Messere Hawke is out at the moment, nothing the matter is there?" Bodahn says
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 2.1/?
anonymous
September 6 2012, 11:41:40 UTC
It's another few weeks before she meets Merrill again. Once more it's in Hightown when she's returning from doing some shopping for Mistress Hawke. Merrill is standing in the middle of the street, looking around her and chews on her lip as she spins around then starts to walk one way. She halts, turns back and returns to where she was a moment before. There she stays for the time being, dodging passers by while they go about their business to and from the market.
Orana holds back, debating whether to approach or not. Despite that she has been growing more confident now that she's getting used to how everything works in the Hawke estate, she still feels a churning in her stomach. Should she be so bold as to approach Merrill? Was that the done thing here, for servants to start up a conversation with friends of their masters?
She feels her heart pound faster as she considers the idea, Merrill does look lost and perhaps she can help out somehow. She's spared however when Merrill spots her, gives her a friendly wave and trots
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 2.2/?
anonymous
September 6 2012, 12:05:34 UTC
“I don’t mind. No one really took the time to talk to me much before, besides my Papa. And the Magister when she was telling us what to do.” Orana shrugs slightly. “I like listening to others talking, it breaks the quiet in the mansion
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 2.3/?
anonymous
September 6 2012, 12:07:32 UTC
"Oh Orana, come in. Sit, don't just stand at the door. You'll get cold, there's a terrible draft coming in from underneath, never could fix it. Every bit of cloth I put at it ends up stolen," Merrill tells her. She is busy at one end of the room, rifling through a box until she produces a red ball of twine
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 3.1/?
anonymous
September 13 2012, 11:22:55 UTC
For a while, it seems as if Merrill is at Master Hawke's estate almost every other day. Master Anders seems to take most umbrage with this as he grumbles about it over dinner and complains to Master Hawke about it. Master Hawke on the other hand simply seems pensive over the matter, saying little to Master Ander's complaints and only insisting that Merrill is not what she seems. Orana can't help but wonder just what he means there
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"The Dalish and the Halla" Orana/Merrill 5.1/?
anonymous
October 29 2012, 14:07:08 UTC
A!A here. I still haven't finished this chapter but I wanted to post something rather than just leaving it till I was done. Hoping to get the rest done really soon, at least before NaNo begins
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I'd like a story where Orana, terribly shy and uncertain after a lifetime of slavery, meets Merrill pottering around in Hawke's garden, and assumes that she's another of Hawke's servants. Reassured to meet an 'equal' (and completely unaware of the whole 'blood mage' thing), Orana tentatively begins a conversation, and things develop from there...
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Master Hawke was very strange. Between insisting on paying her, giving her her own room and taking her shopping - shopping, the only shopping slaves were meant to do was for their Masters - Orana doesn't know what to make of the man.
It's been days since she turned up on the doorstep of the Hawke estate after being told to go there. Kirkwall is big and it very nearly overwhelms her. The streets look the same to her, the people mostly ignore her when she tries to ask for directions and what few that do answer her, only wrinkle their nose and mutter something about Hawke being 'unconventional'. She eventually finds the house, after hours of wandering the streets and finally coming upon a guard who could direct her to it.
She's greeted by a dwarf who doesn't know just what to do, but allows her to stay there at the mention of Master Hawke. He'll be able to tell them what's going on.
The dwarf seems to be another servant, he prepares a meal for her, insists on ( ... )
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Orana holds back, debating whether to approach or not. Despite that she has been growing more confident now that she's getting used to how everything works in the Hawke estate, she still feels a churning in her stomach. Should she be so bold as to approach Merrill? Was that the done thing here, for servants to start up a conversation with friends of their masters?
She feels her heart pound faster as she considers the idea, Merrill does look lost and perhaps she can help out somehow. She's spared however when Merrill spots her, gives her a friendly wave and trots ( ... )
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