PARTY BANTER MEME

[faderifting]

In the Dragon Age games, as you and your best frenemies travel Thedas, they have a lot of short conversations about politics, the weather, butts, etc. So this is the Fade Rift equivalent, in four easy steps!

1. Imagine your characters are on a very long walk toward a mission objective, or on a very long walk back after kicking ass, or standing guard together, or gathering herbs, or working in the library late at night, or something. Anything sort of boring.

2. Post 3-5 remarks your character might make—similar to TFLN, except spoken out loud and less ridiculous, maybe, maybe not, I don’t know your life—while passing the time. Include a wildcard, OR ELSE.

3. Tag around to reply to those general remarks, or start more CR-specific conversations using the wildcard option. (Threads should generally be pretty short and involve minimal action—there’s no need to turn something into a big thing. Multiperson threads encouraged. Series of conversations between the same two characters occurring at intervals or on different days also encouraged.)

4. Gather up all of your little conversation snippets like a bouquet and keep them forever, because they’re game canon.

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[heirring]

You must know all sorts of interesting things about the Fade.

[skulltasm]

ALL SORTS OF THINGS, SURE. NOT MANY THAT ARE INTERESTING.

[heirring]

Like what?

One of the rare interesting tidbits, mind.

[skulltasm]

TELL ME ABOUT THE BEST DAY OF YOUR CHILDHOOD. DATE, TIME, THE WHOLE SHEBANG.

[heirring]

Oh, easily done. When I was a girl, we went to visit one of my second cousins who keeps a small estate on the coast. In the morning, we got up very early and my grandfather and I went walking down along the beach and we have a very lovely time fetching bits of sea glass and small shells out of the sand. I honestly couldn't say why it was so nice, only that it was. I still have a little shell. Or rather, I did. I didn't bring it with me here. To Thedas, I mean.

[A pause. She quickly adds:]

--And it was near the end of summer - though I couldn't say which day specifically. I would think around seven or half past in the morning.

[skulltasm]

[...Shit.]

WELL. I'M NOT A FREAK LIKE SOME PEOPLE AROUND HERE, SO I CAN'T JUST CONJURE UP ANY RANDOM THOUGHT THAT I LIKE WILLY NILLY.

[heirring]

I'm not asking for a random thought. I'm asking for specifics. Why don't you begin by describing what the Fade looks and feels like?

[skulltasm]

MOST OF THE TIME IT LOOKS GREEN. EVERYTHING FUCKING GREEN. GREEN EVERYWHERE. AND IT'S BORING. OOH, A FLOATING ROCK THAT YOU CAN TAP-DANCE ON NO MATTER WHAT DIRECTION IT'S FLOATING!

THE ONLY TIME IT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS WHEN SOMEONE WHO SHOULDN'T BE THERE IS TRAIPSING ABOUT.

[heirring]

Oh? What happens then?

[skulltasm]

[ Sigh. Why is he indulging this... ]

IT DEPENDS. SOMETIMES IT RAINS SPIDERS. SOMETIMES A VOICE SAYS ITS DISAPPOINTED IN ITS SON. THE FADE REACHES INTO THE MIND AND PLAYS ON FEAR, DESIRE, LONELINESS...