faderift | [Open] Time for some enjoyment

WHO: Iskandar and OPEN
WHAT: Iskandar is here to have a good time. Join him?
WHEN: Throughout Drakonis
WHERE: Skyhold and other fun places
NOTES: Probably lots of cute times. Maybe some sad times depending on the threads. But mostly a lot of cute and loud affection. Because Iskandar.

A. It's a new dog!

He'd been wanting one since first seeing the mabari. Now he had one of his own. A fine pup who tended to spend much of his time tripping over his own feet but was ever eager to be with and please the large man. Really he'd been told that an older dog would be recommended but they'd laid eyes on each other and that had been that. After all, once that bond was formed there simply was no going back.

And so one could find him with a puppy in one of the more open areas. They were training and it seemed that the puppy was at least rather intelligent at picking up on things! So long as Iskandar used his native tongue for the commands, something he'd decided to do just to solidify their bond further.

"Heh. What a clever boy you are, my Achilles Alexander!" The pup gave a bark and then happily ate up the piece of meat that he was given. And yes, Iskandar sure had named this dog after himself.

B. Training is important

The best way to perfect how one used their adjusted powers was to, well, use them. So he was around the training grounds to work with the couple of them that he felt could safely be done here. Name the teleportation and invisibility ones. So it was easy enough to spot him standing in one location only to reappear in another. At times he frowned and rubbed his beard as he considered what he'd been doing before trying again.

One could feel free to interrupt him though. He wasn't needing the concentration to do this really.

C. Memories rise to the surface

There were times when even Iskandar needed a moment to reflect, to think on the sadder days. Though he never regretted any of them that hardly meant they didn't weight on his heart. Many had been lost under his command or had given up much to follow him. Then there were times when he remembered Hephaestion and how perhaps he would never see him again. Or that his son would be someone he'd never lay eyes on.

So he was in the gardens with a kitten and a mabari pup curled up together on his lap. Both were sound asleep as if they'd been playing hard until that moment. He smiled down at them fondly, stroked their soft ears as he admired their pure innocence.

"It has been long since I had your purity, little ones."

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"How-" had he not considered that? How in the world was it a thing or normal that you were related to an ox? ~~Maybe that wasn't that far of a stretch considering Iskandar was built like one.~~

But seriously, Sam's mind is broken now, only managing to open and close his mouth with no words. Eventually- "This Earth sounds like a really weird place."

"Does it? I wouldn't say it's too different from this one honestly." He looked around a bit. "Save for the fact that in the era I was pulled from magic is more hidden than it is here."

He stroked his beard a few times then gave a shrug. "The technology is more advanced too. It's impressive compared to what it was when I was alive two thousand years ago."

"I've heard us being deemed 'medieval' or 'primal' before in comparison." Yeah, he's heard that their technology is behind compared to those who have come from Earth. "And from what Kirk says, magic is not even a thing in his time." So it had died off in some way? How the Chantry would just love to hear how to make that happen.

"Just this whole... related to the gods, flying sibling oxen, dead for two thousand years, and then stuff about ships the size of cities flying out of the sky... still a lot to take in."

"In the time when I was alive I would actually say all of this is more advanced. However, in the time when I was summoned, this would be more medieval I suppose. Still, there is something to be said for the advances made here in magic compared to technology so I wouldn't say it's that far behind."

He gave pause at the mention of a ship in the sky. "...Did I ever mention Archer's ship to you? I don't remember doing that."

What other ship was he talking about?

"Archer?" He's not exactly sure who that is, but apparently Iskandar knew someone with a flying ship? So those were pretty common?

"No, you didn't. Jim did. He says he's the captain of a ship that can sail the stars."

"Ah I see. Well Archer has a large ship that he can fly through the sky." A pause and then he laughed.

"Archer is his class though. His true name is Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes. He is an interesting man and I like him a great deal!" And he was honored that he would be the man to take his life when he returned to his world too.

"Sounds like there are a lot of flying objects in this Earth. And a lot of 'kings' as well..." Another pause. "What does 'class' mean?" Didn't sound like something with students. Was it a caste system like the Dwarves?

"There were three Kings summoned to the Grail War. The King of Conquerors, the King of Heroes, and the King of Knights. As for class, we are all summoned into a class depending on what we are known for in our histories. The common classes are Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Assassin, Caster, Berserker." He jabbed a thumb at his own chest with pride. "I am a Rider."

"Because you... ride flying oxen?" A complete guess, but that seemed reasonable? "What is the Grail War... and what's the difference between the Kings and Classes?"

"Indeed! My chariot is likely why I was summoned to the Rider class even though there were other classes I could have been summoned to!" He laughed, pleased at the understanding.

"A Grail War is a war to win the Grail. Simple as that. I think you misunderstand with Kings and classes though. They do not have anything to do with each other. Some of us who were summoned simply happened to be Kings and it just so happened it was three of us."

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