[CLOSED] PLAYER PLOT: The Ashes Underneath His Nails

[amygdalae]

WHO: Jim Kirk, Hermione Granger, Adelaide Leblanc, Herian Amsel, Anders, Inessa Serra, Raylan Gibbs, Ciri
WHAT: The Inquisition sends a group of agents to uncover the truth behind a string of mysterious disappearances.
WHEN: Kingsway 1st - 8th
WHERE: Emprise du Lion
NOTES: Plotting post is here - feel free to post in there still for queries and concerns and further stuff where needed. Warnings for blood, violence, talks about death, experimentation horror, abomination-related stuff etc and eventual on-screen child death. ALSO no tag order - just respond when you feel like you should and I'll try to hit it back if it feels appropriate!!

QUICK JUMP LINKS TRAVELLING TO FROMAGE & FROMAGE GENERAL THREAD ROUTE INVESTIGATION SEEKRIT CAVE ENTRANCE INTO THE SEEKRIT CAVE CAVE INVESTIGATION - LEFT TEAM CAVE INVESTIGATION - RIGHT TEAM KID ABOMINATION THREAD BACK TO SKYHOLD

(—he remembers the chill of the frost and snow biting at bare skin, its usual pure white now tinged a horrid pink from the blood on his hands. He's far away from them now, the danger and the pain and everything else, but the blood will forever be on his hands no matter how much he tries to wash it away. His father had been right all along. He truly was a monster of the greatest kind.)

QUEST: THE ASHES UNDERNEATH HIS NAILS (PART I) The message had come swiftly, the letter itself hastily written with a shaky hand. The request itself was simple; a plea for help from a village at the outskirts of Emprise du Lion, whose people have been mysteriously disappearing over the last few weeks. Considering the ongoing civil unrest that's still transpiring in Orlais the Inquisition made its decision to send out a team of agents to look into this message and see exactly what was going on. The eight agents tasked with the mission were given enough time to prepare for the trip ahead. They would all meet up first at the Inquisition camp set within the Emprise and from there travel for about a day until they reached where their destination was - Fromage, a quaint little village that rested at the outskirts of the area. From that point on, it was up to the agents of the Inquisition to solve this ongoing mystery. The mission: to discover the truth behind these disappearances - and to stop it, if possible.

Comments

[universal_charm]

"It's hard," he agreed, giving his shoulder another squeeze. "And if you ever want to talk about it, we can. Cousins are good for that, you know."

[justice_is_blond]

He nods his head. "Thank you. Not... Not right now. But another time, I may take you up on that offer."

They have enough resting on their shoulders right now. "No one wants someone else's sorrows when they've more than enough hanging over the group already. I appreciate it, though." Every person who has given him a chance he appreciates, and the list is longer than he'd expected, even if it wasn't always as long as he'd wish.

[universal_charm]

"I always have room to help shoulder the ones of my friends, and especially my family," he assured him. "When you're ready, come talk to me. There's no reason you need to carry it all yourself, after all."

He couldn't help falling into something of his captain mode. It came naturally by now, the desire to help those around him deal with the hard burdens, keep their heads up. He was used to being strong, so that others did not have to be - ship or no ship, now was not an exception.

"Hopefully we reach Skyhold soon, though. I desperately need a dip in the springs."

[justice_is_blond]

Family is new yet. He's only had people willing to call themselves that for a couple of months - little sister, daughter - and after years of feeling alone it still takes him by surprise when someone's wanting to join it. Takes him by surprise... and fills him with gratitude.

"The hot springs sound magnificent, sinking into the steam and forgetting the world for a few moments. Nate's meeting us a little outside Skyhold; you could always call Sam and see if he'd do the same for you." A beat, and then he gives Kirk the smallest mischievous smile ever. "Or just ask him to bring your cat, whom you miss horribly."

[universal_charm]

"A double hot spring date, huh?" he grinned. "Doesn't sound like such a bad idea." It would be nice, and he was missing Sam right about now. With everything that had happened, he wanted nothing so much than to lean against him, listen to his heartbeat. He didn't need to so much talk about things as he did to simply know that someone was there.

At the cat comment, though, he pursed his lips and mock glared at the other.

"Just wait. I'll find an animal to saddle you with, and hit will not be a cat."

[justice_is_blond]

He managed a snort. "Please. Nate's got a mini-mabari and I've a cat. We can't take care of more animals so it'd be wasted on us. You may have to get creative rather than copy me."

While still not sure if it's proper or not to joke around, at least he feels a little better. "But let's go to the hot springs first, before contemplation of revenge, if you don't mind."

[universal_charm]

Those blue eyes glinted - and it was a dangerous glint, Anders. You might have just awakened a monster you are not prepared to deal with. "I'll keep that advice in mind."

Did you feel a chill, Anders?

"Agreed on the hot springs," he chuckled. "I'll be able to think up a proper revenge once the stream has cleared my head, too."

[justice_is_blond]

It's an interesting glint, too. It's been a while, a very, very long while, since he's been involved in any sort of prank war, and this could be that.

"Then onward to the steam and our men, hm?"

[universal_charm]

"Best plan I've heard in a long while," he agreed, not bothering to fight the 'our men' comment. The thought of the springs was just to nice.