We couldn't close the dark Rift there, and the Calling that is emanating from it is overwhelming. There's something cognizant on the other side of that, Vance, and it's terrible.
[ Adrasteia, for her part, still wears her crystal as she goes about her morning routine, truncated a bit so as to not have the conversation in 'public'. No singing and water for washing up was already in her room, so it's just the soft sounds of water lapping and Adrasteia combing through her hair for a while. ]
But the rest of the Old Gods aren't.
[ Thus the disagreement at Adamant. ]
There are other temples, certainly. What could be done with multiple tears in the Fade, directly connected to a Calling?
S'pose I wonder what it's connected to. The prisons - I mean, those are rock and bone. An archdemon, you know, that's flesh.
[ souls travel through stone, gangue does; a rot at the heart of the world. but the fade is as literal as it is less real. the old gods slumber. they dream. what use is a prison without walls? the veil, a gap between bars. ]
There's two left, [ maybe more. probably more. can't trust the records when wardens wrote them. dumat died twice. ] If they found vessels -
Then we'd have the worst Blight on record, on top of the war using a False Calling and the Blighted against us.
[ There were two present, she thinks. Two sets of eyes boring into her from the rip in the Fade. But she couldn't attest to whom or what they were, other than the loudest example of the Calling she's felt to date. ]
We didn't include the details of the Calling in our report. [ Just so he knows. ] Who do we even call for aid with this? The temple can't be left as it is.
Are there any of us with a Fade shard? There's been some research that states they may be able to close rifts, though I don't know if this is of a size that is too great for that.
[ That seems simple enough and straightforward enough to her. She's the youngest; she has the least to lose, in her mind. Besides, it might be interesting. Not that she's planning on admitting as much. ]
[ 'ellis is attached at the hip, in a probably-non-sexual way, but who can say' ]
He can get us the research without raising flags. [ wisteria likes to talk ] Far as Riftwatch goes -
Yseult keeps things close. Don't know what she wants, but don't figure many others do either. If we need something, bet she can push without spilling why. [ option two: ] Rutyer is - Ferelden.
[ so he knows the stakes. he also likes to act the fool, and from one dissolute noble son to another, well. vance likes option one. ]
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What do you know about the Temple of Dumat?
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[ did they bring it back with them ]
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and here she is, alive. whelmed. ]
I might just convert.
[ time passes, he doesn't shut the crystal off. a moment, two: the distant crunch of sticks. birdsong. he's thinking. ]
Dumat's dead.
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[ Adrasteia, for her part, still wears her crystal as she goes about her morning routine, truncated a bit so as to not have the conversation in 'public'. No singing and water for washing up was already in her room, so it's just the soft sounds of water lapping and Adrasteia combing through her hair for a while. ]
But the rest of the Old Gods aren't.
[ Thus the disagreement at Adamant. ]
There are other temples, certainly. What could be done with multiple tears in the Fade, directly connected to a Calling?
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[ step. crunch. ]
S'pose I wonder what it's connected to. The prisons - I mean, those are rock and bone. An archdemon, you know, that's flesh.
[ souls travel through stone, gangue does; a rot at the heart of the world. but the fade is as literal as it is less real. the old gods slumber. they dream. what use is a prison without walls? the veil, a gap between bars. ]
There's two left, [ maybe more. probably more. can't trust the records when wardens wrote them. dumat died twice. ] If they found vessels -
[ if they're what presses against the rift. ]
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[ There were two present, she thinks. Two sets of eyes boring into her from the rip in the Fade. But she couldn't attest to whom or what they were, other than the loudest example of the Calling she's felt to date. ]
We didn't include the details of the Calling in our report. [ Just so he knows. ] Who do we even call for aid with this? The temple can't be left as it is.
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[ maybe. not a lot of trust going their way, either ]
But enough of us get Called, someone's gonna listen. [ vessels ] Anyone else there know? In the moment?
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Ellis was there.
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[ a warden with an anchor. fuck, ellis is always dragging in rifters. shock he hasn't caught one already. ]
They'll have some idea how many it takes to close a normal rift. Figure we should know that much before we go hunting.
[ a pause, ]
I don't like the idea of handing this out. People here aren't - careful.
[ he very much likes the idea of telling orzammar immediately but that's another conversation ]
But I think we might need to. Find someone careful.
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[ That seems simple enough and straightforward enough to her. She's the youngest; she has the least to lose, in her mind. Besides, it might be interesting. Not that she's planning on admitting as much. ]
Alright. Who do we ask?
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[ 'ellis is attached at the hip, in a probably-non-sexual way, but who can say' ]
He can get us the research without raising flags. [ wisteria likes to talk ] Far as Riftwatch goes -
Yseult keeps things close. Don't know what she wants, but don't figure many others do either. If we need something, bet she can push without spilling why. [ option two: ] Rutyer is - Ferelden.
[ so he knows the stakes. he also likes to act the fool, and from one dissolute noble son to another, well. vance likes option one. ]
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[ Wysteria does like to talk, and that's saying something, coming from Adrasteia who also likes to talk. ]
The Spymaster? [ Just for clarification. ] Do you want to speak with her or should I?
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[ adrasteia has the details. that means reliving them. ]
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[ A breath in. Okay. She can do this. ]
Thank you, Vance. I'll let Ellis know the plan.
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