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

[justice_is_blond]

It was probably a five-week program, intensively focused on giving them Looks, the way she tried and failed to teach me to use a sword. ...At least he was likely a better student, and appreciated any incentives she may have offered. I'm still fairly certain she's disappointed I didn't stab myself.

[sunshinethroughgrey]

Well, he was always better at calming her down than we ever were. Probably because she liked his smile better than ours.

[She bumped him slightly.] Aveline never would have wanted you dead.

[justice_is_blond]

[The amusement fades, and he looks at her with a heavier expression.]

You weren't there, after I blew up the Chantry. She did. Marian asked for input; Fenris, Aveline, and Sebastian wanted me dead. Varric was too tired to vote, and Merrill and Isabela voted for life. I'll never know why Hawke didn't go with the majority.

[sunshinethroughgrey]

...Because I was there. [Bethany said quietly, her hands folding in front of her.] I don't know if you saw me - you were lost in your own world then. But I came up behind the group, and she saw me and ...

[She sighed, folding her arms over her chest.] Marian wanted you to atone for all those deaths, Anders. You know, and I know, that she was never going to let you die when you had to make amends. That's not the person Marian was, even in her most sarcastic times.

[justice_is_blond]

[He'd missed her arrival, clearly. But he'd been a mess around then. It's not surprising.]

And yet she asked for a vote.

[It still hurts when it shouldn't, when he has no right to be hurt by it. She hadn't cared enough one way or the other to make the call herself. He hadn't mattered enough for her full fury or her outright compassion.]

But we were speaking of Aveline, who definitely wanted me dead.

[sunshinethroughgrey]

[She looked back at him. before she put her hand over his.]

Well, I don't. And Nate doesn't. I don't honestly think Aveline wanted you dead - but I think she wanted you imprisoned for your crimes.

[justice_is_blond]

[He doesn't agree, but there's truly no point in arguing it with Bethany. He doesn't even want to argue with her - he likes her. Anders nods, looking down at their hands.]

I do know I've plenty of people here who don't want me dead. And I'm glad of that.

[sunshinethroughgrey]

[She can see that edge to him fade a little, and she smiled because of it. He really did not like to fight with her about such things, and she respected it.]

I'm gad for you as well.