Tell all the neighbors to start knocking down walls (Catchall)

[youwonscience]

WHO: Cosima Niehaus, Wren Coupe, Anders, TBA?
WHAT: Catchall for Bloomingtide
WHEN: Throughout the month
WHERE: Various in Kirkwall
NOTES: While this isn't technically an open post as such, please don't be shy about grabbing me on DM/plurk/discord if you want to hash out a starter.

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[youwonscience]

Cosima rubs the back of her neck, idle and thoughtful. "You're not wrong. But I also think ... I don't know. I think it still matters. Even if we knew, for sure, we could never reach universal peace, I think it's worth trying to get closer. Even here -- shit, we don't have to hit 'utopia' to manage 'better than the future I saw,' you know?"

She's not muted, exactly. Cosima's got a determination to her that's easy to miss, under the mellow friendliness. But it's a serious subject all the same.

"Where I come from, there's still a lot of prejudice and hatred. But we also had centuries of institutionalized, open slavery that has since been largely wiped out. I think that matters. I think even if we fail, it matters that we try."

[justice_is_blond]

Even if we fail, it matters that we try. It's a lot of what keeps him going, and he gives her a small smile.

"Failure is still terrifying. The thought of gaining all that we have when there's a chance we could go right back to how it was, that everything we do could be for nothing..." Anders exhales. "But that doesn't mean we should or even can stop. You're right. If a fear of losing everything holds us back, we lose anyway."

He takes another breath.

"And it's the future generations of mages and the future rifters that benefit from establishing things that protect them now, that promote freedom and equality, too." Groundwork is a valid, important cause.

[youwonscience]

"See? That's totally the spirit. That's why I'm a scientists and not a politician, anyway. I like concrete progress." Let's ignore all the mirky philosophical issues her very existence creates, although she supposes if anyone native to Thedas could sympathize, it would be a mage.

"Everyone deserves a high-five moment now and then. Wait," almost immediately, "has another rifter taught you about high-fives yet?"