shut up and dance with me ;;

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WHO: Merrill & OPEN
WHAT: Open log
WHEN: 29 Guardian - 18 Drakonis; can do earlier but then ignore the dragon bits c:
WHERE: Emprise du Lion, the way back to Skyhold, and Skyhold itself
NOTES: probably adorable

[ Victory, for Merrill, has always meant that the people they were meant to help and defend were safe, whether they were refugees or mages or her group of friends. As long as no one has been too seriously hurt, all of them have tasted sweet. This latest, though, is particularly good: the three dragons that had caused so much harm and scared so many in the Emprise have been defeated, and Merrill was able to help in the takedown of one.

She'd had ideas, good ideas. She'd been listened to. Magic and blades and mabari teeth had all flashed and sang and the dragon had fallen, and where Merrill isn't exactly known to make a ruckus, it makes her happy enough that she can be found celebrating -- at the tavern, because it had been insisted upon, but there's also some delighted humming and skipping through camp. This continues as Merrill starts on her journey back to Skyhold, ready for an adventure of a different sort; she's more than happy to chat with others on the road, or help if they need help.

In Skyhold itself, she can be seen with a little mongrel pup following at her heels. She is, if anything, a bit more subdued in the fortress; when she manages to navigate the twisting halls, she tends to be found in the library, trying to find anything and anything related to her people and to magic. It's a slow process, not in the least helped by her abysmal sense of direction or her willingness to be distracted by her dog, the weather, particularly nice stone work, and anyone who looks interesting. ]

Comments

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She certainly knows an awful lot of people, doesn't she? Did you know she names her birds after some of them?

[ Merrill adores those birds. ]

Oh! Yes, that sounds familiar. From the south and east parts of Ferelden, right?

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I was unaware as far as the birds though I know she has named a few of her more recent nug acquisitions after those she knows. Of a fashion.

[Herself and Alistair included, Leliana why are you like this, Morrigan has a reputation to maintain.]

The Korcari Wilds are as southern as most maps chart, or as far as most civilised folk would dare to tread, since we have so many Wardens numbering amongst us, I am glad to have kept so many of the seeds with me over the years.

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Oh, she has nugs, too? How cute! They won't eat the seeds, will they?

[ As if Morrigan would leave them out for nugs to find, but that's not the point. ]

My clan was in the Brecilian Forest, before we had to leave Ferelden -- there were several bunches of those flowers there, too. I wonder if perhaps we could add some of the flowers and herbs we know to help to Skyhold's gardens?