shut up and dance with me ;;

[chainlightning]

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

[the_effect_she_has]

Little sparking fists ... all right now I just want to see this happen. Even if it's just a puppet show.


[Because how about that for cheering everyone up.]

[chainlightning]

Oh, I bet the children would love that!

[ And some of the adults, for that matter. ]

We could make all sorts of puppets -- like griffons!

[the_effect_she_has]

... Okay, wait, no. I am not doing a puppet show. I meant, I would like to see it. But not, you know, do it.

[There was absolutely no way in the name of the Creators, the Maker, or Andraste's sacred ass.]

[chainlightning]

Not even making the puppets?

[ what about the Stone or the Qun? ]

[the_effect_she_has]

Oh come on, you want me to make puppets now?

[Amusement touched her lips, as she looked over at Merrill.]

[chainlightning]

I'll do the enchanting, of course.

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss gave Barkley a scratch between the ears as she gave Merrill the most dead-pan expression in her facial quiver.]

I didn't know you wanted horrifying hand puppets that will scare small children, Merrill.

[chainlightning]

Well, we'll need one like that for Corypheus, at least.

[ This is said just as seriously, at least until Merrill ends it with a laugh. ]

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss looks up at her for a long, long moment, before her mouth twists.]

I should have known you were putting me on.

[chainlightning]

I do think it's a good idea.

[the_effect_she_has]

...Well, I'm not sure it's an idea that works. [Katniss stated wryly.] But why not?

[chainlightning]

Only one way to find out!

[ As chipper as can be, of course, and Merrill beams. ]

[the_effect_she_has]

...Merrill I don't think anyone is going to let us attack Corypheus with hand puppets. I am fairly certain someone will have a problem with that.

[chainlightning]

Oh! Oh, no, I meant the show, not- actually attacking Corypheus with puppets.

Though if we don't have any other ideas...

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss exhaled a sigh of relief.]

Good, because there is no way I am attacking that thing with a puppet. Unless it is a puppet made out of the Fade that can send that thing back to ... wherever it came from in pieces.

[She thought about it.] But ... I guess we could. The children would love it. It might lift spirits. We'd need a story though.

[chainlightning]

Do you think spirits would possess puppets? Because that would probably be the closest we could come.

[ Merrill no. ]

Maybe- we could talk about the Inquisition slaying the dragons in the Emprise? Everyone loves a good dragon fight!