Put on your gloves and your black pumps

[unbrokenoath]

WHO: Warden Kaisan Daesun and YOU
WHAT: Another Warden arrives and is very noisy about it.
WHEN: Current
WHERE: Places around Skyhold
NOTES: Some mild swearing probably.

The Gate

She'd been hoping that Skyhold had those huge wooden doors some fortresses had, so she could shove them open dramatically and cruise in while everyone was staring. Now, that would be pretty damn awesome. Unfortunately, Skyhold had the extremely practical iron metal gate, that you couldn't throw open dramatically. What's worse, is that before she even got close, she was greeted by scouts who politely tried to figure out why there was a tall armed woman stalking up the path to Skyhold. Exasperated as she was, she told them who she was, and gave them a list of names of Wardens who would verify her identity. Being dragged in by some very angry scouts would be indeed dramatic, but Kaisa was not in the mood to provoke quite that feeling on her entrance.

Still, Kaisa was a Warden, and she was used to working with limited resources. So she buckled up, straighted her back, and after speaking to the scouts, strode up through the gate of Skyhold, with as much swagger and confidence as if she were a reigning monarch stepping into her personal hold. She made sure that her strides were long enough that she was in front of the scouts who had come to question her. After all, this was her introduction to Skyhold, it was far more appropriate for her to be first. Her hound trailed after her, marring the cool, collected look just slightly, as he sniffed around, wagging his little stub of a tail like mad.

Once inside, she paused, hands on her hips, looking around at the courtyard, yellow eyes sharp and scrutinizing. The scouts had already dissipated, off to update necessary people that another Warden had arrived. Yes, while this wasn't quite the entrance that she had favored, she had done a good job. Now she just had to stand there looking cool and intimidating and everything.

The dog, meanwhile, flopped down, and had to be stepped around by the Warden, lest he drool on her boots.

The Herald's Rest

Well, at least this door was closed. It wasn't quite as cool as the door to a fortress, but you couldn't be picky. So, once again, she straightened up and put a knowing little smile on her face, then proceeded to throw open the door. Yes.

For a few moments, she stood there, standing in the doorway, looking around the tavern. Then she turned on her heel, swaggering on over to the bar and plopping down, grinning at the bartender (who didn't look nearly as amused as he ought to, really). She placed her order and sat back against the bar, eyeing the tavern. In her opinion, gathering spots like this were vital to picking up the atmosphere of the place, and even if she hadn't managed to impress a bunch of people and look really cool, at the least, she could try to get a feel for just what kind of place this Inquisition was.

If she was going to be working with them until this whole Warden mess got sorted out, it would be important to know how the people here felt.

Battlements

No need for cool entrances at this point. Having settled in for the long haul, Kaisa decided to take in Skyhold as a whole, and leisurely made her way around the battlements. Every so often she'd stop, observing the comings and goings within the hold, or eyeballing the mountains outside of it. She wasn't much for grand plans and strategies of large battles, so she couldn't make any expert assessment on Skyhold's fortifications. But she knew enough, she was pretty sure. At the least, she'd been to enough fortresses that she had some idea of what was a good one, and what wasn't.

Judging from what she's seen, and how long this has been standing, it strikes her as pretty good.

As she wanders, she hums to herself, mind not focused on who might be listening. Other Wardens might recognize the tune, but those who have never heard the Calling will only hear an eerie jingle, something unlike any music composed by a person.

Comments

[el_tybs]

Considering he's seen Qunari, golems, a bog unicorn, bears and has been to Emprise du Lion and the Fallow Mire, Sam has a pretty decent range on 'cool' and 'intimidating'. Sorry, Kaisa.

"Hey," he repeats back, lips curling up into his own smile at the rather cheerful greeting and giving a short confirmation that she had indeed found the Inquisition. Course it figured she wanted to talk to the higher-ups, a lot of the new faces often wanted to do that.

Humming lightly as he wrapped the towel around the back of his neck, Sam moves up closer and then points to where the troops were training. "Commander Rutherford can be found there training the troops, or up in his tower right there most of the time." There's a pause before he turns again and points to the keep. "Nightingale can be found with her reports up in the rookery, and Lady Montilyet can be found in her office."

[unbrokenoath]

What if she gives you a noogie huh Sam what then.

But she does not, in fact, give Sam a noogie. Rather, she listens to him explain, looking where he points, and nodding. The troops, the information, and the face. She's not quite sure where Grey Wardens fit into that scheme--Probably with Cullen? They were mostly a fighting order, after all. But were they going to be fighting for the Inquisition? Montilyet handled diplomats, that might be more accurate...

She sighed, rubbing her forehead. "Thank you. I'm just not sure who would know--Well." She turned to look at him again, rubbing the back of her neck. "There are Wardens here, right? Grey Wardens? Do you know where they are, by chance?" She'd like to ask him for the Warden with the highest seniority, but even if he knows, the ranks are a bit...gelatinous right now. Once she finds them, she'll figure out who to report to.

[el_tybs]

You are certainly welcome to try, but he's not just going to bend his head and let you do it.

At the mention of Wardens, Sam raises his brows and tilts his head slightly, listening to her talk before giving out any answers. "There are actually a number of Wardens - is there anything other than Grey? - here within our walls. I'm not quite sure where they've all put themselves, but it shouldn't be too hard to find them." They'd probably be easy enough to hail on the crystals or they could find Zevran since Sam knew how to find him easier than a Warden.

[unbrokenoath]

"There's the Order of the Rainbow Wardens, but we don't talk about them much. Kind of embarrassing, really." Kaisa replied with good humor, a smile on her face. Now, that would be something. She's going to petition for that, once everything with the Calling and the dying and the evil darkspawn Magisters are all taken care of.

She wrinkles her nose after Sam confirms there are Wardens here, but...that's about all he does. She rubs her neck, then tilts it so it cracks, sighing to herself. "Maker's ass. I should have guessed. We're never easy to find, are we. Well, I've searched this long for them, I can handle poking around a hold." She's about to take off, when she stops, and looks at Sam, remembering her manners.

"The name's Warden Kaisa Daesun." And she stuck a hand out, giving him a smile. "Thank you for giving me the lay of the land."

[el_tybs]

Order of the Rainbow... Wardens. That has Sam raising his brows and trying his best not to laugh, though a wide grin does find its way to his face at the obvious joke. "Sorry I can't be of more help," he offers, giving a small shrug at her obvious displeasure that he didn't know exactly 'where' the Wardens were.

At the offered hand, Sam raises his own and gives her a tight grip and firm shake, returning the smile. "Welcome to Skyhold, Kaisa. I'm Samouel Gareth. Just don't try and get lost."

[unbrokenoath]

"Nice to meet you, Samouel." She gives a polite nod, glad he didn't bother trying to give her a weenie handshake. "Thanks for your help. I hope I see you around once I get settled in here." If she gets settled in here. But all signs pointed to this being where she was going to set up for the long haul, until the mess with the Wardens got straightened out.

She gave him a friendly pat on the arm, and with one more nod, headed on off to try to locate the people she needed to see. Her dog took a few moments to realize she'd left, then rolled onto his feet, wagging his tail as he trailed after her.