{ OPEN } May there always be angels to watch over you

[aceso]

WHO: Christine Delacroix and OPEN!
WHAT: She's getting used to being a Spirit Healer and having a friend on the other side.
WHEN: any time after Drakonis 17th until month's end.
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Christine has a spirit of Faith in communication with her. It will be observing the world around her and asking her questions. If your character is having a crisis of faith, doubts, etc. Faith may nudge Christine towards your character to see if she can be of help, but she won't know what exactly is the matter without your character telling her. Also, Faith will just be really curious in general. Have your character dance a jig, lose at cards, mend a shirt, whatever, and Faith will be wanting to know more.

{ anywhere }
When she thinks back on it, Christine knows that the reason the spirit of Faith approached her in the Fade is because Christine had visited the chapel before her test, trying to erase her doubts. But it was having doubt that caught Faith's attention and cemented their relationship. It's hard for a perfectionist like her to admit that there are times when she isn't sure of herself because it's admitting to weakness. Yet already Faith is changing her perceptions. There can be no faith without doubt. If Christine was perfect in every way, she wouldn't need a spirit to help with her ability to heal. Faith is needed, because doubt is inevitable. Questioning things, missteps, complications -- Faith is drawn to it all, and as Christine sticks to her daily routine around Skyhold, she often feels the gentle nudge of her spirit companion against her mind, sending her towards a person.

Of course, Faith doesn't always use words and simply say why it's guiding Christine towards a person. Is it because they no longer believe in the Maker, or because Faith wants to know what they're doing with that rope, tankard, and a duck?

{ kitchens }
With the soiree over, Christine can head back into the kitchens to practice her cooking once more without Skyhold's cooking staff at their wit's end trying to get all the food prepared in time. Some days she makes bread, others she makes pie. Others still it's something completely different, but if anyone comes in looking for a snack, she invites them to be her taste tester.

{ healers' tents }
Just because she's now a Spirit Healer doesn't mean Christine is going to request the help of Faith for every little scrape and cut. The point is to use the spirit's power for much more complicated wounds, to save the healer's mana. So there are no glowing blue eyes to be found as Christine sees to patients. When the rifters arrive, she's available to use healing magic to lessen the ache in their hands until they get used to the shard, and is happy to fill them in on the world they've been dropped into. For anyone else, she's there to heal them with magic or bandages; whichever they'd prefer.

Comments

[el_tybs]

Sam chuckles at that. "Fortitude just doesn't want you to think it isn't a very strong spirit just because it doesn't go seeking people to fix is all." There had been no pride about it, simply a matter-of-fact statement.

"Have you been experiencing any of the changes, like sleeping or eating more, when you started having Faith help you with healing?" He himself had to sleep for longer periods during the first two or three weeks.

[aceso]

"Very well. If Fortitude will forgive me my presumptions, I will think him very strong indeed." It's always best to stay on a spirit's good side.

"No, not yet. But I have not asked Faith for much help yet. I don't need the extra power when healing a little cut, and I haven't come across an injury so great that I would need the boost."

[el_tybs]

"All is forgiven." Not that Fortitude was paying it much mind, but better make it clear that everything was good.

"Even if it's small things I'd suggest having it help so that you get it out of the way - I had Fortitude help me with barriers in practice. Better to get used to it now while we don't have anything pressing."

[aceso]

"Hmm, for practice?" To her, it had seemed too frivolous to turn to Faith for every little thing, but if this will result in a change to how she eats and sleeps, perhaps it is better to start now. "Very well."

[el_tybs]

He had thought of it like that as well, but after a lot of thought it made sense to know how to work with his spirit when there wasn't pressing matters, then having to learn on the go and something possibly going wrong. Course being extra hungry or tired on a mission wouldn't help.

"You'll have to let me know how it affects you. You know, just to sate curiosity."

[aceso]

"Is that so?" she asks, a little suspicious. "Are you sure it's not so you can tease me?"

[el_tybs]

"Well unless you end up sleeping in a tree, or eating a whole pig, or start having an affinity to do cartwheels because of this... No." Christine has been asking him questions about his own experiences, it seemed reasonable to be asking the same. Course Christine if you do end up in a tree he's going to question that.

[aceso]

"Very well," she answers, expression shifting into a smirk. "I will resist the urge to start devouring an entire buffet table's worth of food."

[el_tybs]

"If you managed to do that I might be impressed - I don't think anyone here could. Except maybe Sera... or Church." Sera was just full of surprises and would do something crazy. Church... was really excited about food.

[aceso]

"I do not doubt that," she says, shaking her head. The man was like a bear about to go to sleep for the winter months. "I am unsure if I should call it impressive or mad."

[el_tybs]

"Probably a bit of both." He has a pretty big appetite himself, but that was certainly a feat. Course that was when they had the feast and great food, possibly not so much with the regular stuff they had. "He was... certainly a character, that Church."

[aceso]

"At least I found him before he devoured all the food, or made some sort of social faux pas that could have ruined the Inquisition." Really, it was a bit of a chore to baby-sit him sometimes.

[el_tybs]

"I don't know if he could ruin the Inquisition... he'd certainly cause an uproar though." He chuckles lightly as he remembers their conversation by the food table. "Did you enjoy having him as 'arm candy'?"

[aceso]

"He was a fine escort," she replies, giving the barest shrug of her shoulders. She isn't one to gossip about boys, so she says no more about him.

[el_tybs]

Hey, those were Church's words exactly not his. Was this gossip? Either way Christine's response has Sam sighing a bit - of course she would act minimally to that. "Did you get to dance at all during the soiree?" After all after their talk Christine had seemed frantic about finding the Rifter.

[aceso]

"I did, with several people. I'll admit, I do love to dance and so all the other headaches were worth it for the opportunity." Such chances feel rare for her. There doesn't seem to be much reason to break into dance with everything that's been going on around them, but it's a form of expression she adores.

[el_tybs]

"I'll admit I probably still am not very good with dancing, but it was fun the little bit I did do. Korrin was a great partner." He would certainly have to get some more practice in before the next one. Honestly if he had been taught a bit more before the soiree he might've been better. "Maybe next time I'll be able to ask you to dance."

[aceso]

She assumes he means it was Korrin's companionship that made her a great partner, or else the mercenary had some hidden dance talents that Christine had no idea about.

"I would enjoy that, Sam. I would trust you not to step on my feet."

[el_tybs]

More like Korrin could withstand his sub-par dancing skills and was bigger than him and could easily twirl him around.

"... Ah, well, perhaps after getting someone to give me lessons and actually knowing the dances first... then I could probably ask you. And not step on your feet."

[aceso]

"Or you could simply ask me to teach you," she offers. Taking dance lessons was the only part of the Game she enjoyed learning in the Circle, and it's stuck with her.

[el_tybs]

"You would be willing to teach me?" he asks back with a soft smile. Even if she's suggesting that he ask doesn't mean she was going to say 'yes' - just to mess with him more than likely.

[aceso]

"I love to dance," she answers, "And you are my friend. I would be happy to show you how, especially since I would not want you to embarrass me later with your atrocious dance skills taught by an unknown person." She gives him a teasing look. "If I teach you, you will be good. There is no question."

[el_tybs]

"If you teach me, I will be good? I'm going to hold you to that, just so you know. Or, you know, you'll be embarrassed by me with my atrocious dance skills taught by you." He's teasing right back, but the smile is genuine.

"I would really appreciate it if you did teach me, Christine."

[aceso]

"Impossible," she scoffs, waving it away as not a concern. "You will be good. I can promise you that." And it will be nice to spend time with Sam that has nothing to do with healing. Of course, he comes across her baking, but this will be a welcome addition to their time spent together.

"Shall we start tomorrow?"

[el_tybs]

"So soon? You are eager." As much fun as spending time with Christine at lessons or when they were working together was, it would indeed be nice to do something other. Also if Christine enjoyed dancing as much as she said she did, it would be nice to see her doing something she liked.

"About what time? After our morning lessons?"