[open] peel the scars from off my back

[onlyhymns]

WHO: Cade and you!
WHAT: Just hangin' around, livin' life, bein' weird
WHEN: Cloudreach
WHERE: The Gallows and Lowtown, mostly
NOTES: All the usual warnings that come with Cade. If you'd like a specific prompt, hit me up or just throw one in the comments.

I. Out and about in the Gallows (recommended for our new Templar friends)

Cade has not been to collect his lyrium dosage since before all the Templars were ravaged by their mysterious illness, but he still arrives every morning looking fit as a fiddle (comparatively) to start his workday with Enchanter Shivana. Being that he's a reclusive and fairly off-putting person by virtue of his... well, him-ness, Cade has never been part of any group that hasn't had its share of rumors about what he's about. But lately he's become more of a cautionary tale, a there-but-by-the-grace-of-the-Maker-go-I when he slinks by any on-duty Templar and avoids their gaze.
Despite being kicked out of the Templars, and not collecting his lyrium, he's not having withdrawals. He also works under at least one elf (two if Beleth counts), practices archery on the regular, and almost, if you squint, seems to be starting to live a normal life.
That bastard's hiding something.

II. Lowtown

Now that the weather has gotten warmer, Cade stays out later in his little hiding places where he reads or writes or just watches the sea. He can often be found in the evening with his back to a wall and his gaze beyond the people walking by, finding solitude where there's really none to be found.

Periodically someone tries to mug him and comes away disappointed, or gets a coin or two. It's an occupational hazard of living by the docks.

III. The Chantry Garden

Regardless of weather, every day at dawn Cade can be found at the newly-carved Andraste shine in the center of what remains of the forest, saying his morning prayers before he continues uptown to the Gallows. It's not nice to disturb him, but inevitably someone does on occasion.

IV. Misc!

Choose Your Own Adventure

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[onlyhymns]

Yet another long look, but this one directed at Nari. Cade considers, then nods, shifting into a tighter curl so he can rest his cheek on the arm of the couch, fatigue beginning to overwhelm his worry. There will be more to talk about later, but between the rain and the ache in his back and the exhaustion from spilling all his emotions, suddenly sleep seems like all he's capable of.
His eyelids drift downward, though he fights it. Maybe they're not done talking.

[nadasharillen]

He doesn't reply, so Nari looks back over and catches the beginnings of Cade's slip into sleep. Not having much else to say, she doesn't interrupt it, although there will be the soft noise of her unfolding from her position on the other side of the couch to retrieve the blanket she'd brought, and the the settle of it over him that follows.

There are other little sounds, although now mostly drowned out by rain; cloth wiping leather, tick of wood as a box closes, Nari readjusting herself in the other corner in a scout's slight lean. She'll be awake for a while yet, as she's wont to be, but there will be little to disturb the man curled at the other end.