[Closed] This isn't even my final form

[justice_is_blond]

WHO: Anders and close CR
WHAT: Detlef makes his last appearance for some goodbyes in case, Anders gives some warnings, and basically he tries to prepare.
WHEN: Around this time, a little backdated for the ride, but generally 24th-ish
WHERE: Ride back from EDL and in Skyhold
NOTES: Anders.

[ooc: This is various starters for Detlef's end and Anders warning some friends and admitting things to another. If you'd like a starter, ping me at Nadat on plurk and I'll put one together!]

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"Ser," Nathaniel says suddenly, coming forward to take Anders' shoulder, "Anders is coming clean because it's the right thing to do. I know how that sounds, but we're Wardens. We all of us know a man can change."

He squeezes Anders' shoulder and watches Herc, eyes pleading. They have, all of them, changed. Some for the better, some simply diverting their blood-thirst in an acceptable direction like Velanna or Kaisa. But they were all given that chance, except for Anders.

[twelvelabours]

It's lucky Nate steps in. Not so much because Herc was in danger of decking Anders (as much as he might want to in this present second), but it helps draw focus. Helps remind him of who he is, what they all are.

(All right, maybe it does help him not lay into Anders more, because that comment about being gone was obnoxious, at best. Self-righteous mongrel.)

"That we do," he replies, tightly. He saw his brother change for the worst, or heard of it at least, of his brother abandoning men in battle. Wetting his lips, Herc bites down on his tongue and looks between the two men. One he trusts with his life, and the other he trusts to make a really satisfying thud sound when Herc throws him over the bloody ramparts. (He wont, but it's a tempting thought.)

"And this isn't a decision just for me. If this is about how a man can change," and he gives Nate a significant don't you make me regret this look, "then the others should have a chance to hear you out, and to speak up. Whatever the decision, we're doing right by the Wardens."

But he really, really doesn't want to give Anders the satisfaction of being a martyr, as much as he's sure plenty of people here would find equal satisfaction in taking off his head. "We're going to have to announce this to the Inquisition."

What a blast that'll be.

[justice_is_blond]

He looks over at Nate at the squeeze and relents a little. The man's protecting him, and Anders shouldn't make his job harder than it already is. Not like he thinks Nate has a chance. But the effort is welcome.

"I don't really know what there is to say. But if the others have questions, I'll answer them." He's an abomination who murdered a great many people. What is there to hear out? All the same, there's the smallest portion of hope threatening to bloom in his chest. He'd been resigned, figured it all out, but Herc is somehow listening to Nathaniel. There might be a chance. ...Which means maybe Anders should stop being an ass. That's not exactly the easiest thing, but he looks down anyway.

And doesn't mention how his changes have been going, of late, if Justice is taken into account. Later, when he has time alone with Nate.

[twelvelabours]

A curt nod, and Herc's pulling away, taking a moment to look up at the sky and the Frostbacks stretching out as he grabs his sending crystal from his pocket.

"All right, then. I'll get the word out. We'll see where it goes from there. Suffice to say, if you run now, I'll come after your head myself."

Herc nods to both of them, and moves further along the ramparts to record the message, leaning forward against the stone and tapping his crustal against it for long moments before he starts. What a mess.