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[thunderproof]

WHO: Adalia and a bunch of other people
WHAT: Closed and open threads both backdated and current
WHEN: Throughout both Cloudreach and Bloomingtide
WHERE: All about Kirkwall
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[thunderproof]

I'll be waiting, ❰ adalia says, bright and cheery and more than a little pleased with herself. it's always gratifying to give a good gift, she's always thought so, and this seems to be the best gift. surely no one could give solas a better one. she's the best.

...a bit self-aggrandizing, and entirely unnecessary, even if it's true.

while waiting for solas, adalia picks up the orb to look it over herself, holding it carefully in front of her and looking for... something. she doesn't know what she's looking for, really, and without knowing the purpose of the orb she can't try to backwards engineer a way to make it work, but hey, it's something to do while solas makes his way to the office. ❱

[dirth]

[ It does not take Solas long to come and find Adalia. There's an edge of careful desperation about him as he goes, quick-footed and sure, moving through the Gallows and up and through the quiet groups of people until he makes his way to her properly. There's no denying his excitement, the nerves that twist in his stomach, and when he steps into the room he does his best to mask the flood of emotion curling through him.

It's startling, he thinks, to see her standing there holding the Orb as if it is meaningless. Without someone to unlock its power, of course, the orb means very little - and with Corypheus holding his own orb there is no one strong enough, as far as he is aware, to awaken this one. Still, he strides to Adalia, tilting his head and placing his things down to one side. ]

I would suggest caution. We are still not certain about the nature of this artefact.

[thunderproof]

❰ as soon as solas appears, adalia holds the orb out for him to take, but when he suggests caution she looks between him and it, unsure. after a moment she motions to set it on the desk, raising an eyebrow at solas as if to say "would this be better?" ❱

I'm sure you have thoughts, though, don't you? Ideas?

❰ perhaps adalia is too confident of solas' knowledge. it doesn't feel like it, though — she has always, always known he was smarter than most of the people in the inquisition, and more than that that he is hiding more than most, too. he's an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in the humblest of guises, and she's fairly certain her faith in him is not misplaced. solas knows what the orb is and what it can do, or at least has a good idea. ❱

[dirth]

[ The Orb isn't going to do too much to her in its current state, but it's better to be safe than not as far as Solas is concerned. He steps over to look at it, his eyes drinking it in, the urge to reach out and touch it incredibly strong. He knows that it's not going to respond to him or do anything for him, just as his own Foci did, but the hope is still there, bubbling under his chest. ]

I always have thoughts.

[ Reaching out, Solas lets his fingers brush over the Orb gently. Nothing happens. Of course it doesn't. Breathing out, he shakes his head, letting his eyes close for a brief moment before he speaks. ]

This is an orb just like the one Corypheus has. Were someone powerful enough to unlock it... The strength they would have would be great indeed.