[Closed] Some things you do just to see how bad they'll make you feel

[overharrowed]

WHO: Julius, Marisol, Nell, Vandelin
WHAT: Negotiation coffee breaks
WHEN: Scenes from the relatively early stages of phylactery negotiations
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Starter threads below, warnings to be added if necessary

Comments

[overharrowed]

"It does seem a bit ironic. I was mostly in Antiva City, though I moved around. I was largely doing scribe work -- copying, that sort of thing, so there was more call to be in cities." He smiles, crooked and absently charming more out of habit than a desire to charm her specifically in the moment. "I doubt I saw the best it had to offer, but it was farther out of Ferelden than I ever expected to get."

[champions]

"Mm, I never considered—" A little tilt of her head, before she sips more wine. "To be trapped in a Circle would be one thing, but to be trapped in a Circle in Ferelden?"

Oof. Her smile, however, is conspiratorial. "I've surprised you didn't get all the way to Rivain."

[overharrowed]

"I would protest there are parts of Ferelden that are quite lovely, but I suppose I should accurately use the singular and the past tense." Lightly.

"And," of Rivain, "who says I didn't?"

[champions]

Another sip of wine, during which she makes a quiet sound of acknowledge. "Yes, of course. The parts that lead out of Ferelden are lovely."

A grin, and she sets down the glass. "How far north did you get?"

[overharrowed]

He's long been canny about exactly where he was, in the years before he joined the Inquisition. But here and now, in the midst of negotiating with templars face-to-face, he has to think it doesn't really matter anymore.

"Llomerryn. Not so far, I suppose, but it left an impression."