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WHO: Carver and whoever wants to bug him
WHAT: Junior's back in Kirkwall
WHEN: Today through the rest of the month
WHERE: Various locations through the city
NOTES: He's got an old mabari in tow

[Kirkwall never really became home for Carver. Not in the way it had for his oldest sibling, who made her name here. Rather, it was a brief phase of his life before fate took him elsewhere, far away from the city that he had only visited a handful of times since then.

Still, despite his outward scowl, there's a part of him that's relieved to still see the city standing and, apparently, recovering well enough. A long mission near the Anderfels kept him completely out of the loop for months. Coming back to the surface, and to reality, left him feeling adrift briefly until he finally decided to say "screw you" to Weisshaupt and do what the cool Wardens are doing and up and went to join the Inquisition in some sort of capacity. Imagine his surprise when he learned the Inquisition moved to Kirkwall.

Of course, coming back here was for more than just to join up. He hadn't spoken to either of his sisters for months, and when he heard the oldest was still missing, he knew he needed to find Bethany and see what needed to be done. (And yes, he's worried about big sis. A lot. Where does she get off on disappearing without a word anyway?) So, despite his checkered history with Kirkwall, he knew he'd be coming back to stay for awhile.

When he arrives, he's not sure where to start. Inquisition people pointed him to the Gallows, but the thought made his skin crawl. He can't imagine Beth - or any of the others - staying there anyway, not after what happened. So, he takes off into the city, in search of those he knows.

In Hightown, he sticks out like a sore thumb, in his very dirty Warden armor and equally dirty mabari. Dog's older now, gray around the muzzle and slower than he used to be, but he keeps up well enough as Carver looks around. They stop outside the old Amell estate. Locked and boarded up, as they discover. There's something close to regret in the way Carver looks up at it.

In Lowtown, he feels strangely more comfortable. Still out of place but at least not so inconspicuous. Here he's more prone to browse the stalls, taking in the sights he's more familiar with, though they seem a distant memory now. In fact, one might even be lucky enough to find him in the Hanged Man, getting a drink for old times' sake.

And he can be found nearly anywhere else save the Gallows and Darktown. He might even visit that new magic tree that's sprung up oh so mysteriously, although it'll be mostly to side-eye the hell out of it.]

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He squints his eyes a bit at her. He's not buying that act for a minute, even if she could pull it off without looking like she's about to bust out laughing. "Well, he's bitterness wrapped up into an elf, so that's a good an explanation as any." Though he's not entirely unconvinced Bethany didn't do it just to needle him.

"I wouldn't say all. I know of one or two I think I'd rather gag myself than call attractive." Sorry Anders. "But wait, they shoved a bunch of us into a camp, away from the main fort?" Well that's just several levels of shitty. "Don't suppose it has something to do with what happened with Weisshaupt, or with Clarel?" He says that as if he doesn't already strongly suspect the answer.

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"We've only talked a few times, so I guess I wouldn't know?" He seemed nice enough, but all of their conversations had been fairly...tame, all considered. Certainly, she hadn't tried to bring up a good marriage date.

That might have gone poorly.

"No, surprisingly. I mean--Weisshaupt may have contributed to it, but we didn't get officially booted until after Anders showed up." She offers Carver a shrug along with it. Surprise, it's all Anders' fault. Except that probably isn't surprising, either. It was kinda bullshit, but also understandable. Anders was, after. Anders.

"We told the Inquisition that Anders was ours, and they couldn't go throwing him to an angry mob. They agreed, but I guess that made us outstay our welcome at the fortress. Honestly--It sucked, but it might've been a good thing, in the long run. There was a lot of vitriol in the air after that, and it was nice to have a place where no one was giving us shifty looks all the time."

Pause. "Wish they'd picked a warmer spot, though."

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Oh, she'll know in time, if she keeps talking to him. Carver will let her learn all about Fenris on her own. Though who knows, maybe the elf will find her a little more pleasant. To be fair, he's gotten better about his attitude from when Carver first met him.

Carver makes a face when Anders is mentioned. Oh, of course it was because of Anders. And he's not sure if he should be annoyed with the mage, or with the Inquisition. Fuck it, he'll be pissed at them both. Because yes, it's Anders and he did a shit thing and deserves to be smacked over the head. A lot. But that was also years ago and the Inquisition is openly letting mages assist and even run things, so what in Thedas were they so pissy about? "More like a punishment for taking in Thedas's most wanted. While I don't condone anything about what he did, Wardens are known to take in criminals and fugitives. What did they expect?" There's a darkspawn magister running amok. The Wardens weren't going to turn away a spirit healer. Or anyone, for that matter.