faderift | player plot: we'll put on a show (part 1?)

WHO: Everyone (EVERYONE)
WHAT: interviews for the dramatic rendition of Riftwatch’s glorious tale
WHEN: late Wintermarch/early Guardian
WHERE: The Gallows
NOTES: A follow-up to this post. (big ups to Cass & Lana for helping me come up with questions)

On one auspicious day, in the very early morning, the first ferry brings to Riftwatch four tablet-and-charcoal bearing scribes in the unmistakably gaudy finery marking them as employees of Val Royeaux’s foremost playwright, André L’Euilled Ouebbre. They set about their task at once, leaving no stone unturned and no member of Riftwatch un-interviewed, even if this means following them into the baths, standing outside the lavatory, shouting at an office door, or trotting up many flights of stairs.

They can, of course, be forcibly removed under the right circumstances, but the repercussions of doing this may be undesirable. Who can say.

[While filling out the following questionnaire, please place an asterisk beside any answers on which you would like to elaborate further, in which case you will be assigned a scribe to tag out the resulting conversation.

In the subject line, you can either select one of the following or say ‘random’ to be assigned someone via RNG:

Jean Evain, a middle-aged Orlesian who carries snacks with him to entice his subjects to stop and chat longer; however, they will find that these snacks are way too spicy,

Eileen Marrow, a serious and hard-boiled war reporter who seems rather incongruously matched with this set, but is nonetheless here to get the facts at any cost,

Thibault Gérin, a straight-faced young fellow who takes copious notes in magnificent penmanship, who listens with rapt intent but somehow seems incapable of taking away the correct message,

and

Louis Boucher, a fast-talking and bright-eyed man with an avid interest in his subjects and a talent for twisting their words into whatever he finds more interesting in the moment.

All data will be taken into account, and there will be a follow-up post/announcement/plot sometime in the future after the play is written and the PR reckoning is at hand.

And now, without further ado, the questionnaire (please answer as though your character is being interviewed in person):

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1. How long have you been with Riftwatch? A couple of years. Three, maybe?

2. What is the most dramatic thing that has ever happened to Riftwatch? Dramatic things happen to Riftwatch all the time, really. I mean, if you're planning to stay longer than a weekend, no doubt you'll witness it yourself. Though, one time, there was a rather bad vermin infestation and everyone had to sleep in the dining hall. Not me, though, I live elsewhere. But I understand it was quite severe.

3. What is Riftwatch's greatest triumph? I'd check back in when the war is done.

4. What should be the play’s genre? Farce, absolutely.

5. If you had to pick a protagonist, or main character, from Riftwatch’s ranks, who would it be? (You can nominate yourself, or someone who isn’t here anymore.) Why? I mean, it could really be anyone, but I think it ought to be a rifter. You can get in a lot of silly cultural mistakes and whatnot, as well as some pathos around being away from home. I'd suggest someone who's charming and good looking, battle-capable for fight scenes and the like, has been here for a few years at least so you can gather material—

6. Who is the villain? Oh. Uhm. Corypheus, I should think.

7. How about comic relief? The ferryman. The grouchiest one.

8. Any other notable characters among the people you know or have known? Derrica. Actually—I mean, it depends on the story, and you really shouldn't tell her I said this, but to be quite honest, she'd make a most fascinating protagonist. There's also the leaders, I suppose. Gwenaëlle Baudin, I reckon, deserves a mention, and she's a writer. And there was a rifter here, Richard, he disappeared some time ago, but he was the head healer for a bit. It would, of course, be reasonable to include some mention of the departed.

9. Have there been any great romances in Riftwatch? [ Huge breath out. ] Probably.

10. Great tragedies? Someone'll have mentioned the Granitefell business, I'm sure. That'd be a wonderful inclusion. A terrible tragedy and a happy ending.

* 11. If an actor should portray you in the production, what is most important for them to get right? That I'm not truly a qunari, I'd think. No, I know, I look like a qunari, but in my world, I'm what's called a tiefling, and—

12. If one person in Riftwatch were to have a cameo in the play who should it be? Right. Uh. Oh, like, actually doing acting? I mean, I wouldn't say no.

13. Do you have any great song ideas? Gods no.

14. How do you think the story should end? Happily!

15. Any other comments? Is there going to be singing?

[Here, Evain pauses taking his notes. He carefully tucks his writing board with its pinned papers under one arm, tucks his pencil behind his ear, and rustles around in the pocket of his large coat.]

Is there a powerful difference between a tiefling and a qunari? Cinammon heart?

[Oh look, a packet of waxed paper! He flicks it open and offers Loxley one of the crystallized red lump candies there.]

Oh!

[ A don't mind if I do finger waggle before one of the candies is taken. ]

Cheers. And yes, every difference. The only thing we've in common are the horns.

[ And the candy goes in his mouth. ]

[Because it's only fair, Evain helps himself to one of the candies as well. It's promptly pocketed against a cheek, and the wax paper packet tucked back into his coat as he continues—]

That must be strange. The being in a body that isn't yours for three years. Does it still strike you as off, or have you come around on it?

player plot: we'll put on a show (part 1?)

random! and ota.

this is your pal jean evain speaking, question 11

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