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[villieldr]

WHO: Lakshmi, Magni & Tofa
WHAT: return to the Gallows and totally fine not awkward intros
WHEN: a day or two before the event
WHERE: Gallows courtyard
NOTES: none foreseen

Magni alerted Lakshmi that they were approaching the Gallows. Very different from her other arrivals here, when she had no one waiting for her. Marcoulf was a dear friend, but it was different with him. They were not the sorts to wait on one another, when each had work to do. It was more likely that they'd find each other eventually with a bottle of something potent. And, as much as she loves Marcoulf, she has never longed to see him the way she longs to see her Marnikarnika now. She stands at the front of the boat, and the moment they are in reach, a little before they dock, she jumps across to alight at the Gallows. Never has she been so excited to be back in this place, this bustling, miserable city with slaves immortalised against the cliffs.

An owl flaps across after her, and lands on her shoulder, before she looks back to her sister and tilts her head. Excited, eager, come on, Tofa.

From there, to the courtyard. Magni, injuries finally healed, able to move as freely and easily as she had before the Battle of Ghislain, looking around for Lakshmi. Where is she?

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[kyrr]

Tofa does not know what to expect from the Inquisition, but the Gallows isn't it.

She looks around at the scale of the city, not letting her eyes get too wide but frowning instead, watching with an intensity that cannot be hidden. This is the world her sister had chosen to become a part of, one that she had chosen to follow her to, and it is so grand and enclosed. She immediately misses the open space of the mountains, the comfort of home and the familiarity of the Hold, but it will pass. She will learn and grow and be stronger for this and will return to her people better, just as Magni will.

Perhaps their people will come, if the Inquisition has need.

Magni's look earns her something of a fond smile, a just-there curl of her lips before she gets out and follows with as quick a pace as she can muster. Her sister is excited and it makes her happy to see it, head tilting this way and that as she waits for this elusive woman to appear and meet them.