Life in Camp Shady Fuckers

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WHO: Everyone living in or visiting the Warden camp
WHAT: Just some low-key action-spammy stuff for a bunch of sketchy losers who got tossed into the camp for sketchy losers. And the people who come to hang out because sketchy losers are the coolest losers.
WHEN: Vaguely stretching around Cloudreach?? Nothing is set in stone, time is an illusion
WHERE: Camp Shady Fuckers The Warden camp
NOTES: Just throw whatever warnings necessary in the heads of your threads

Just throw opens or whatever up this is a low-key general mingly kinda thing for hanging out and shouting at each other. Feel free to interrupt other threads or whatever and idk man this is basically like a network post but in real life.

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arrival

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Have you ever seen those videos where a dog reunites with their owner after the owner has been away for a long time? Kaisa's reaction to Herc's appearance bore more than a small amount of resemblance to that. When she sees the man, her face splits into a wide grin and she races at him--stopping and skidding to a halt in front of him, because even Kaisa can see that he is not in the shape to be tackled. She does grab his shoulders, bouncing on the balls of her feet.

"Hercules! Ser! You're alright!! You're alive and you're alright--well I mean. Not great, but. You got all your limbs, if I counted right."

She looks him over again, then throws her arms around him, giving him a hug that was gentle, despite the fact that she looked like she might vibrate right out of her skin with excitement to see him.

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Even with the exhaustion and the pain, he'd be hard pressed not to crack a slight smile at that. Not as generous or easy as his usual, but a smile all the same. "What are you on about? I lost my third arm, didn't I?" His functioning arm (cautiously) pats the opposite ribs, as if to indicate the missing arm, before he shakes his head a little.

"It's good to see you, Kaisa. How've you been?"

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She laughs at that, shaking her head, and pulling away from him, giving him a firm pat on the back. She's still clearly excited, and there's a bounce in her step, as she starts trying to shoo Herc towards the camp proper so she can get--or make others get--food and whatnot for him.

"I've been great as ever, you know how it is. Kinda sucks that we have to stay here, but it's not so bad, really. The Inquisition got to look like they're big and important, booting us outta Skyhold, but I mean. There's a lot more elbow room here. Give it some time, it'll be a proper camp. And we got access to the river, which is nice. Like, honestly, if they really wanted to punish us, they'd make us stay with the nobles or something like that." She chattered away calmly.

"Are you okay? Do you want food? A blanket? We can get a tent set up for you quick-like."

[twelvelabours]

He has a few thoughts on what punishment looks like, what bad things are and what they do to you, after a month jammed into a cell and feeling his body work against him with wounds left to fester and muscles wasting. None of them are things he really wants to bring down on Kaisa, no matter how dark and grim his mood might be. If the Inquisition needed them out of Skyhold, then the Inquisition was holding up their duty and their role in all this, the same way Wardens had to.

The jokes and the chatter are well meant, and so he lets them wash over him without paying them too much mind, focus set on other things, sudden sounds or familiar voices, and the way the mountain air bites into his skin when he's still so used to the heat.

"I'm okay," he echoes, though his voice is a little distant and he's looking about to try and gauge things. "Blanket'd be good." A frown, and then, "How long has it been? Since I've been gone."

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"Ah...a month or so? Maybe more. I'm terrible with dates, but it felt like forever. Here, get over to the fire, and just a second--" After Kaisa attempts to herd him towards one of the central fires in the camp, she disappears into a tent for a moment, reappearing with a blanket. It smells like dog, but everyone about Kaisa smells like dog. Or, alternatively: Smells like Fereldan.

Either way, the blanket is presented to Herc, and afterwards she hovers around him, looking fretful. "Is there anything else you need? Any food or anything? Any other questions you have? I'll answer what I can." She wants to be helpful, she couldn't do anything when he got captured, she wasn't there--but they're both here now, and she's going to do what she can.