[open] we sit and grow our roots into the floor

[onlyhymns]

WHO: Cade and his many friends and admirers
WHAT: a dumb sulky baby got hurt at the Winter Palace because he was dumb and now he is sulking about it
WHEN: post-Halamshiral, simultaneous with red lyrium plot hell
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Injury stuff, nothing ridiculous



The Healing Tents

For the umpteenth time in the span of two years, Cade is under supervision. But this time it's not because he was violent-- well... it was, but indirectly-- it's because he got a couple spikes of red lyrium through the thigh after flipping out and battling Red Templars completely unarmored in the Winter Palace.
He ingested red lyrium once before, and from what anyone can tell it caused him to smack an elf. This is a lot more of the stuff, and Cade is notoriously unstable, so he's being watched to make sure it doesn't alter his personality.

He's the first to reassure the healers that lyrium doesn't work like that, you have to take it daily and it slowly builds up in you and so forth, but, you know, caution is caution. He respects it. But he hates being fussed over, so periodically he'll sneak off a small ways just to have a bit of solitude.


Near the Healing Tents, Being a Renegade

Usually this means sitting up on the ramparts and watching people, reading, anything that gets him a little peace and quiet. For someone who seems to thrive on being told what to do, no one can tell Cade what to do and he will be stubborn for as long as it takes for him to be deemed Safe again.

This is pointless.


Choose Your Own Adventure

Whatever else! Hit me up if you want a specific scene, or just start one here and I will accede to your whims.

Comments

[conqueredhearts]

Odd.

Getting to his feet, he easily caught up with him and even went to sweep the man up into his arms. Really as long as someone didn't struggle it would be easy enough. He was a foot taller and had enough muscle to lift two of Cade. "You are injured, my friend. I know I frighten you for some reason but you could at least get help going back. Especially if running from me might actually truly break you. Besides, you forgot your book."

[onlyhymns]

That... really, really doesn't help. It does the opposite of help. The moment Cade perceives that he is not only being touched, but removed from the ground, and now restrained by someone easily twice his size, the mindless panic begins. He struggles at first, but only for a few seconds, until he realizes there's no hope of escape. Then he just... goes away. His body is still here, of course, and it's begun to shiver, but his eyes are distant and his face pained, tired. Few have ever looked so desolate as Cade does now. He seems caught in a flinch, waiting for something.

[conqueredhearts]

"I'm not really sure about what is wrong with you, my friend, but I will return you to the tents now so you may rest. Hopefully your soul will find its way back to you that way." He didn't put him down and instead continued on his way with his new Princess Cade in his arms. Finding an empty space at the tents, he set him down and put his book on his lap then went to see about a blanket to wrap around his shoulders. Smiling warmly at him, even after all that, he gave his head a rub. "There you go. Perhaps I should leave you now so you can recover. Hopefully I won't scare you so badly next time!"

[onlyhymns]

At the very least, this has officially put Cade off ever leaving the healing tents again.
He has gradually curled inward as Iskandar carries him, and doesn't struggle at all when he's set back down. Instead he just lies there, hands over his face and fingers digging into his hair, waiting for it to be over.
He remains like this for a while after Iskandar has left.

[conqueredhearts]

Well he wasn't going to be getting anything more out of him. So he walked away, waving to people as he went. Might as well go see if he could find those other books in that series so he could read them for himself! It had seemed terrible but it might be entertaining all the same.