LET NO SOUL HUNGER FOR JUSTICE: SONG FOR THE SOUL

[fleurdesel]

WHO: Anders, Bethany, Nathaniel, Leliana, Kallian, Sina, Beleth
WHAT: The First Ritual
WHEN: 1st of Bloomingtide (May 1st)
WHERE: half an hour outside Skyhold
NOTES: plotting thread.

The clearing is not all that far from Skyhold- only half an hour's ride. They don't anticipate anything going wrong in this particular ritual but familiarity with the location and a fear that something might go wrong in the future is more than enough to give it a solid once over before they begin. On it's own the ritual is absurd- but there'd been notes enough to make it seem, if not entirely credible, worth a shot. After all it will work or it will not.

Won't it?

Comments

[arlathvhen]

Really?

[ Beleth looks genuinely surprised by the appraisal, turning to look curiously at Leliana. ]

The only advantage I have on her is that I am a resident of this world. But as far as natural knowledge goes? Up until I came to Skyhold, I'd been isolated enough that she could easily make up the difference if she set her mind to learning.

[fightingale]

If you are determined to be defeated, by all means.

( The gesture she means with her hands could be a please, after you sort of thing if given to someone else at a doorway. The tone is not unkind, and yet the point of one of her eyebrows ticks upward. )

Defeat is always a possibility. It is your responsibility to do all that you can to counter it, not accept it and grant it a place at your table.

[arlathvhen]

I'm being realistic.

[ But she murmurs it quietly, almost sullenly, feeling like a scolded child. She's not trying to be defeatist, she's not even upset with Araceli about it. She's just accepting the facts of the situation at hand. Araceli is the better bard, and Beleth won't do herself any favors pretending that things are any different.

That's what she tells herself, at least. ]

I'm not giving up, and I'm going to try to keep improving. I know I can do better. I just know--Araceli is already better.

[fleurdesel]

[ She twists and snaps, the Dispel flaring, clearing out the remnants of the power from the ritual, removing the barrier in it's entirety and... ]

Yes? Merede- no.

[ Still singing. ]

[justice_is_blond]

[He offers a hand for hers if she would like.]

There's... definitely still a danger. And when Corypheus is dealt with there will be intense scrutiny. The Inquisition will lose the treat it has united against, and will have to decide if it's been forged together enough to stand or if it will pick another target. I want the former. I fear the latter. But we've time to find a way to protect our peoples.

[eolasemah]

[Unused to such gestures, Sina nonetheless takes his hand, offering a small smile of pleasant surprise.]

I admit I know little about the Inquisition itself. ...its goals. [She looks aside, a bit bashfully.] My reasons for coming here are selfish, and my reasons for staying are as well.