OPEN - Give me mercy for my dreams

[mythalenaste]

WHO: Pel and YOU
WHAT: Open
WHEN: Late Kingsway
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Ten billion starters inside for Pel's close CR + coworkers.

Closed - Starters Below

Having returned from the mission in Antiva, it is time for her to have a talk with a number of people. People who either deserve to know, or who she wants to know. It will be difficult to hide very soon, and they don't deserve to be surprised.

Open - Around Skyhold

Pel spends most of her time in the library these days, but goes to bed earlier. Her time outside is spent sewing. A piece of linen tape is pinned to the garment she is working on, with the other end of the tape tied to a post by where she sits, so she can hold the garment well up and sew without hunching.

Comments

Knitting Buddies

[sunshinethroughgrey]

"Well hello there, Pel." Bethany came up with the satchel filled with her yarn, where the young woman was sitting as she sewed. She looked curiously at what Pel was stitching, but she patted her satchel, "I am getting back into a bit of knitting for the winter -- and I was wondering if you might have any yarn left to sell? I am trying to get everyone something warm before winter sets in again."

[mythalenaste]

"I do!" Pel's face lights up and she sorts through her inventory, pulling out skeins she has not reserved for the baby. "I'm knitting baby clothes. I'm having a baby!"

She figures Bethany is a human, therefore privileged, therefore perfectly capable of being happy for her without reservation.

[sunshinethroughgrey]

"Oh, thank you ever so much!" Bethany reaches into her small coin purse, pulling out a few silvers, before she blinks at the other woman. Then, without any sort of reservation, her smile bursts out like sunshine.

"Pel, that's wonderful! Even in times like this, life finds a way ... how many months until you are due? Do you need help with the baby clothes?"

[mythalenaste]

"Always!" See, this is what she always hoped for. Pregnancy and joy. And for the most part, it has been there, behind all the complication that is being outclan and unwed. People are there for her. People are happy for her. "And it's to be spring. Early Bloomingtide. I don't know if I'm hoping for boy or girl, but I've a feeling it's a boy."

[sunshinethroughgrey]

"Well then, I am paying you double today and I don't want to hear about it. I want to make sure that if you ever go back to making yarn, you'll remember me after you take time for you and the baby." She dimpled again, making sure to put twice the silver in her hand. "Oh, what a wonderful time to be born ... please, let me know whatever I can do to help. I absolutely love babies. Well, children in general."

[mythalenaste]

"Then knit with me," she says as she closes her hand around the silver, "and help me think of baby names. Or whatever it is women are supposed to do when a baby is coming."

Bethany is somehow one of the most precious people she knows. She makes her heart swell just by being around.

[sunshinethroughgrey]

"Oh Maker, absolutely. I think I'll knit your baby something in green - that way it will work if it is a boy or a girl. I have always hated the pink for girls, blue for boys nonsense anyways."

She dropped herself down right there and then, giving Pel a smile. Pel was such a good soul - smart, serious, warm. She was going to make a wonderful mother. "Now ... I take it we are thinking of Dalish names, correct?"

[mythalenaste]

She tucks the silver away and picks her work back up.

"Really? Colors for sexes?" There's a laugh in her voice as she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear. "Green is always good, though. All the underthings are white, so a bit of color would be lovely."

A bit of a shrug. "My name isn't elven, you know. So long as it's a good name, I think it'll do."

[sunshinethroughgrey]

"It's just something silly that humans do. Don't mind us - we get the oddest ideas in our heads about what is correct and 'just so'." Bethany dimpled again, as she took out her needles and started out with her knitting.

"Let's see ... good names in general. I've always liked the thought of naming people after dear relatives and friends. Like my son will be named Nathaniel Anders, or Carver Varric. Or both, if I have two sons. I would name one after Fenris but ... well. He rather dislikes his name."

[mythalenaste]

That sounds like a lot of names. Pel smiles.

"I like that thought. And I can think of a few people I might want to name a baby after. Something simple that it won't have a hard time pronouncing when it's little. Like Sina, for a girl."

[sunshinethroughgrey]

Well, she wanted a lot of different options. She also had a lot of beloved people in her life.

"Sina ... oh, that's pretty." She dimpled at the thought, thinking, "What about a boy?"

[mythalenaste]

"I'm...not sure, for a boy. I have men who are close to me, but I can't imagine calling my child any of their names."

[sunshinethroughgrey]

Bethany pursed her lips thoughtfully, before her gaze brightened a little, "Why not name him after a famous hero of your people? Like Shartan. You know, someone whose legend you want to carry forward."