closed | we could do revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge

[coquettish_trees]

WHO: Anders, Byerly, Colin, Lexie
WHAT: Planning the downfall of one trash-heap Templar
WHEN: Nowish (before we all start spouting the opposite of nonsense and Anders leaves to be tragically murdered rifp)
WHERE: The balcony of the apartments, where all the best vengeance plotting happens
NOTES: cw: probable discussion of sexual assault, suicide attempt may come up, maybe some links later?

The weather is not fine, on the whole, but it is fine for this manner of gathering: the sound of light rain, the droplets themselves hardly visible in the light haze of mist that is the remnant of the ambitious heavy fog that covers the city below that has made it all the way up to Hightown, and mild enough to sit out on the covered balcony of Alexandrie and Colin's apartments. It is mid-afternoon, but even so, candles had been set out along with luncheon to combat the particular shade of dour grey seemingly unique to Kirkwall. Alexandrie's staff sets a fine table, even in the relative informality of the balcony setting, and while the purpose of the gathering is hardly the meal, Alexandrie primly insists on conversation about lighter matters until the last plate has been cleared and replaced by a cut-crystal decanter of brandy set out on a tray with four small matching glasses.

"So. The matter of Balfour," she begins, taking up the decanter and raising it slightly along with her eyebrows—anyone? The man is denied both given name and title; not a small mark of disrespect from the mouth of the ever-solicitous Alexandrie. "I assume we are all in agreement that he is well deserving of what recompense we can deliver."

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[justice_is_blond]

"There is no grounds for humiliation or shame," Anders says quietly. It's not exactly agreement. He knows what's going to be stirred up, and he knows Colin knows. There's no reason to make Colin feel it all over again right now.

"If there's some other sort of blackmail that can be put on the Knights-Corporal, if some of them are doing something underhanded to obtain lyrium, perhaps?" It might be cruel to use their addiction against them, but if they hadn't turned a deliberate blind eye to cruelty and suffering it wouldn't come up. "Divide them so they've reason to condemn this one."