Reaching towards adulthood?

[issala]

WHO: Kas & You!
WHAT: Catch-all for the month
WHEN: All through Justinian
WHERE: Skyhold (mostly)
NOTES: Feel free to hit me up on draiol for any specific starters!

I. Healer Tents

Since the trip to the Fade, the strange headache had returned. Now it was always there, nagging him, but at times it grew to something less tolerable and more 'knife in his brain'. Kas tried to ignore it, but eventually he had to drag himself to a healer again to get a potion or something until it calmed down.

Opening the healing tent flap after a little knock to a pole, he makes a grumbling sound as a greeting, not sure if it was a healer or another patient in the room.

II. Archery Range

The archery training was going well for the teen, and he found himself always feeling better after he had gone through his training for the day. It cleared his head better than any other things he had attempted, and came with the added bonus of actually improving something. With the hip quiver making pulling out an arrow much easier and less entangled, he was also increasing his speed.

After nailing another shot at the dummy, Kas takes a quick break to grab his water skin and wipe some sweat from his forehead. Concentrating was heavy work.

III. Herald's Rest

Better days meant better ways to entertain himself, and Kas often found himself at the Tavern playing games with other patrons. Wicked Grace, Diamondback, Checkers. Other times, he just liked listening to people talk (and maybe shyly look at girls). He didn't drink, though, which annoyed the staff a bit.

(Good thing the cook thought he was cute.)

Writing letters to his old kith had been sparse lately, the more he realized how bad it had really been there compared to the families he heard about from people like Gorse and Korrin. Still, he felt obligated to let them know he was alive now and then, and could be found scribbling on paper in the tavern when not losing his money to cards.

...it usually ended with him doodling instead.

IV. Wildcard!

Comments

[issala]

"I haven't checked, really, but one of the other scouts whined that we only have plans for one kind of runes once. Maybe there's more now?" It was magic stuff AND smithing stuff so it was not his area at all, but he welcomed the idea.

It would make the nightmares a little easier. He couldn't exactly bring a horde of puppies to bed.

Korrin's mention of the mage council makes him a little surprised, and he rubs a little between his horns. "So, like... it's for mages but I could learn like... the basics? On how to tell them to fuck off?"

[gatheringstorm]

"Yeah, fire runes. Which are great on most things, not so much if you're fighting a rage demon." Fucking blobs of fire, Korrin tries to freeze them on sight but she's not so skilled at Winter magic that she can do so on a large case.

She nods to his question, seeing no reason a non-mage couldn't sit in just in case this Fade shit happened again. After all, plenty of non-mages were pulled in during the fiasco at the Western Approach. "On how to recognize their tricks for what they are, how to counter them, yeah. Once you know their patterns, it becomes easier to deal with."

[issala]

"I... think I would like to sit in on that and listen, yeah." Kas gently runs his hand over the sleeping puppy's warm tummy, and it helps to take the edge off again.

Shit, he really needed something like this. Maybe he should look up getting a dog or something. He had been pretty happy with the rat, but would probably be traumatic to have another one.

Eating your pet was a problematic thing.

"I'm learning a lotta rogue stuff from Zevran, and my archery is going well. I'll be okay next time, Korrin."