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? Twelve years.

2. What is the most dramatic thing that has ever happened to Riftwatch? The time when Captain Flint defeated his bitterest rival - Commodore Iron - in a duel at sunset on the ramparts. He slew him by that red light, and a single tear ran down his cheek. I think Commodore Iron was his brother.

3. What is Riftwatch's greatest triumph? The rescue and care of seven wretched elven orphans. Septuplets. They were to be killed by Tevinter forces, but we swooped in on griffons and brought them back here, where we discovered that they were astonishingly talented musical prodigies. They'll go on tour next year.

4. What should be the play’s genre? *Erotic farce.

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? *Benedict Artemaeus, I think, because he has quite a remarkable story - He's the son of a king from a continent beyond the Waking Sea, but was raised as a hostage in Tevinter. Someday soon, I will reveal his true lineage to him, but the time has not yet come.

6. Who is the villain? Why, the Tevinter magisters who kidnapped young Benedict, of course!

7. How about comic relief? There shall be no comic relief. That's for weak audiences who cannot handle the drama.

8. Any other notable characters among the people you know or have known? We have a gladiator here now. A real gladiator! His abdominal muscles could be used to grate cheese. And not soft Orlesian cheese, either - something hard and Fereldan.

9. Have there been any great romances in Riftwatch? *Oh, Maker, so many! There's Bastien and Barrow, of course. Yseult and Commander Flint. The most romantic one by far, I think, is Kostos, who's been pining painfully after our Benedict Artemaeus for years - He's so shy about it, and so he nips at Benedict's ankles like a little terrier. It's cute. Ask him about it.

10. Great tragedies? The food.

11. If an actor should portray you in the production, what is most important for them to get right? He should be the most handsome one on stage.

12. If one person in Riftwatch were to have a cameo in the play who should it be? Yseult. She's the only one with any professionalism.

13. Do you have any great song ideas? Yes. You should let me write them for you.

14. How do you think the story should end? A dance number.

15. Any other comments? Don't forget pyrotechnics!

[ With a voice hushed by the Drama™ of it, reverent that he — he! — is being trusted with such sensitive information: ]

But Monsieur Rutyer, how is it that you came to know of Monsieur Artemaeus' secret heritage?

Why, because I hail from that country as well. I was the king's seneschal.

[ Soft gasp. The plot thickens. ]

You followed after him?

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

Thibault Gérin

yes hello Thibault Gérin speaking :)

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