[OPEN] Kindness is a light in Kirkwall

[killedwithlove]

WHO: Cole; anyone who needs him
WHAT: Cole's been convinced to come to Kirkwall to help people so he is going to help the hell out of them.
WHEN: Covering the month of Bloomingtide
WHERE: Anywhere BUT the Gallows
NOTES: Will probably end up dealing with lots of the awful from the Gallows. PM this journal or jemisard for an individual starter

Cole never wanted to come here. He wanted to leave, to go elsewhere, but he was convinced that here he is most needed and thus, here he is.

Kirkwall scares him. Deeply scares him, so much that he barely goes into the city at first, but he slowly starts picking out the individuals among the screaming horror of the city, the people who he can help, who still be touched and brought back.

Comments

[killedwithlove]

"I want to. I'm not sure I can make that much change, but maybe... if one person I help can help another..."

Maybe. And it's a surprisingly forward thinking bit of calculation from a spirit, realising how to inspire more of itself.

[justice_is_blond]

"Then it spreads." His voice is warm and encouraging. It's ridiculously nice to be able to give hope to someone when he's always found it in short supply for himself. Now if he could find a way to give himself hope... but at least his situation is far from as bad as it was last time he was in Kirkwall.

[killedwithlove]

"It spreads," Cole agrees.

He can't give Anders hope, but he's given him a sense of a betterment for Kirkwall in general, in the long term. That's a start. "We keep doing what we do and slowly... it will get better."