Let's get down to business to defeat the Hu... uh, demons.

[issala]

WHO: Kas & OPEN
WHAT: Kas returns to Skyhold with a scout team.
WHEN: Today
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Proud teen cockiness all over the place.

1.

He may have mud in places he didn't even know he had, but the qunari teen holds his head high when he passes the massive gates to Skyhold with the rest of his team, easily picked out by the bumps in his hood where his horns were. New, still shiny knives on his back and a well-cared bow and quiver joining them as well made him look even more official. (He might be muddy, but those weapons were flawless.)

He had made it; he had survived, and he had carried out his mission... and he was so utterly proud of it. Kas felt like he had made a difference, no matter how small, and it gave him more determination to continue. He was worth something. He wasn't just a pickpocket and rogue on the streets, desperate to live.

It wasn't a surprise, then, how the boy walked cockily off to the barracks like he was king of the castle. Never mind that he slipped in the stairs. Nobody saw that, right?

"Mud fucking sucks," he mutters, brushing off the leathers with a sigh.

Qunari

One of the first things he had to do when he returned was to check on the other qunari and make sure they were all alive and not murdered by Ben-Hassrath or fallen out in that swamp... mire... thing.

"Gorse...? Korrin?"

2.

Later that day, the teen is out of his scout uniform and back in the somewhat over-sized clothing, carefully mended and cleaned. Hanging out by the stables, he was drinking hot tea and just enjoying life without shame and guilt - maybe for the first time in his life since he left the kith.

It hadn't been easy, but he had already seen a lot of bad things in his life. This was not so different.

One of the horses in the stables snorted near one of his pointed ears, and Kas reaches up to pet the soft muzzle. "I made it," he confesses softly to the animal with an unguarded smile on his face. "They won't kick me out now, right?"

Comments

[issala]

It had been frightening and he might have panicked a bit, but it was his first kill of a bad person while fighting for the Inquisition and his amount of pride just couldn't be measured.

"Got him with my bow! Right in the chest!" Kas had missed every single other shot, though. Hitting moving targets was far more difficult than a dummy, after all.

[el_tybs]

"Sounds like all that practice paid off. Still teaching yourself?"

[issala]

He shakes his head at that, rubbing the back of his head.

"Nah, I go to scout training, now. But it helped, I wasn't the worst in the class!" Some poor human was, and... well, there were many of them and few qunari. It evened out easier.

[el_tybs]

"Scout training, huh?" Sam smiles at that, glad to hear that Kas is doing things with the other scouts rather then trying to do everything on his own.

"Maybe when I get back you can show me some of the things you've learned."

[issala]

The teen looks a bit excited at that, nodding. Sam had been so nice to him when he was first trying to do the archery thing, so it would be good to show just how much he had improved.

That he was moving forward.

"Sure! I bet you'll be impressed."

[el_tybs]

"I'm sure I will be. Maybe by that time you'll be able to show me how to do it." Not that he ever planned on using a bow, but ever since getting out of the Circle he's been interested in learning as many things as he could.

[issala]

He straightens a bit at that, smiling proudly at Sam. Kas isn't sure if he'd be a good instructor of anything, having the patience of a hungry wolf, but it was nice to hear that the man had such faith in him.

"I bet I could!"

[el_tybs]

"I'll be holding you to that, Kas." With a grin Sam puts a hand on his shoulder and gives it a pat. "I need to finish packing. Keep an eye on Skyhold while we're gone, yeah?"

[issala]

Kas looks at Sam and then nods, proudly. "I will... and you... come back, okay?"

Embarrassed, the teen gives the human a friendly shove back before he runs off towards the ramparts.

[el_tybs]

At the shove, Sam gives an amused snort, watching as Kas runs off. Shaking his head a bit at the reaction he heads back towards the armory to get the rest of his things.