Party Banter Meme

[faderifting]

In the Dragon Age games, as you travel Thedas with your best pals, 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 that might make people want to have a dumb conversation just to break things up a bit.

OPTIONAL ASSISTANT: Since so many people reported being out of it, we made a random generator to help you come up with some general banter prompts for your top-levels.

2. Post a few remarks your character might say (similar to TFLN, except spoken out loud and less ridiculous and sexy, maybe. maybe not. we don’t know your life) while passing the time.

3. Tag around to reply to those general remarks or to start new/wildcard conversations! Threads should be pretty short and involve minimal action; there’s no need to turn anything into a big production. Multiperson threads are encouraged. Series of conversations between the same two characters occurring on different days are also encouraged.

4. Gather up all of your little conversation snippets like a bouquet and keep them forever, because they’re game canon. Banter threads can't be used for Base AC, but do count towards AC Rewards points.

Comments

laura kint

[justashotaway]

1. What is that?

2. No.

3. Brother Genitivi says that Antiva has no army, only assassins.

4. The claws can cut through hair, but...

5. It was a mission to gather herbs. After the grippe, Riftwatch was in need.

6. [wildcard!!!!!]

3

[unshut]

I suppose it really does depend on one's definition of the thing.

5

[windyvoice]

Did you make out though.

[wythersake]

A — well it isn't dangerous.

Jenny Lou

[windyvoice]

1. Sooooooooooo... Do the dragons, like, talk?

2. [ just incessant humming. ]

3. That mask shit is kinda cool. It's like I'd totally be a wild asshole too if I could just swap my face out, ya know?

4. Dare ya to lick the demon goo after the next rift.

5. WILDCARD

1

[esquive]

They're lizards.

3.

[bouchonne]

[ Cheerfully and without malice: ]

Why, you're halfway there without one.

4

[wythersake]

You first.

Poesia

[bloodandsand]

1. Goodness, don't you look lovely in that! Undressing you would be like unwrapping a present!

2. Traveling can be so horribly tedious at times.

3. You look so pensive, dear, whatever might be bothering you?

4. [ After a battle: ] Did you hear that one fellow scream? What a beautiful tone, he ought to have been a singer!

5. WILDCARD

2

[cozen]

Would you like to play a game?

3

[limier]

This is my face.

Barty

[gentlecountry]

i. [sounding not at all offended] Of course you do realise, that's offensives.

ii. Stop your complaining, it's just snow. Could be worse.

iii. Ooh! Forsythia!

iv. You know this reminds me of something my old pa useds to say.

v. Did I ever tells you about how I becames a Warden?

edit: vi. WILDE CAERD

v

[unshut]

I have not yet had the pleasure of the story, no. Please - regale me.

i.

[justashotaway]

Why?

athessa

[sulahnan]

i. If you give me a boost I bet I could reach it.

ii. I'm telling you, it wasn't me!

iii. Hey, thanks for saving my ass back there.

iv. Would you call those shoes more stylish, or practical?

v. Isn't it weird that we say things are on fire, but technically the fire is what's on the thing?

vi. [ wildcard! ]

v.

[justashotaway]

...If you fell on a fire, you would be on the fire.

Lucien Amour Lyon du Lyon, The Lionheart

[coeurdulyon]

i. Though he was famed for his cunning in battle, Ser Barbarossa died because he did not remove his armor before attempting to ford the river.

ii. Do you think the artist who painted the ceiling suffered from neck pain?

iii. What will you do, when all this is over?

iv. [ Quietly singing to himself. ]

v. I can tell you wish to ask me something.

vi. [ Wildcard ]

iv.

[justashotaway]

What is that?

skull

[skulltasm]

I. WHAT, DID YOU THINK BRINGING ME ALONG WAS DOING ME A FAVOR?

II. I WOULDN'T STEP THERE IF I WERE YOU. OR THERE. ACTUALLY, JUST STOP MOVING.

III. SO YOU SEE, THE THEORY IS: HIS DEATH WASN'T SUICIDE, BUT MANSLAUGHTER. HE WAS SIMPLY COVERING FOR HIS KILLER BECAUSE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AND HE WAS A FOOL.

IV. HOLY CATS, WHAT IS THAT?!

V. DO YOU RECKON SALVIO WOULD LIKE A BUNDLE OF THOSE FLOWERS?

VI. [ wildcard ]

v.

[cozen]

I am sure he would. [ Is this romance. Weird. ] We can arrange a bouquet, if you give me instructions.

ellis

[heorte]

1. You should let me carry that, at least for the next stretch.

2. I promise, that's just a local rumor.

3. [ quiet humming ]

4. [ wildcard ]

3

[heirring]

Must you?

derrica

[tender]

1. I think it was a puzzle. See, look at this part where the moss is cleared away.

2. Boost me up. I'll try and count.

3. What kind of jewelry were we supposed to be looking for?

4. [ wildcard ]

2

[galvanising]

Alright, can you get on my shoulders? I wish we could do this with magic but I'd just pitch you through the wall.

john silver

[hornswoggle]

1. Well, by all accounts his wife is the one to talk to, not the brother.

2. There are certainly better ways to go about this.

3. The notes from our contact in Orlais say "don't mention his height" without any further explanation, so...

4. [ wildcard ]

3.

[justashotaway]

Some people are bothered by shortness.

fitcher

[unshut]

1. Wed, Bed, or Behead: Warden von Skraeder, Seneschal Pizzicagnolo, and the most esteemed Ser Lyon du Lyon?

2. I know just the man for this.

3. Well this is all rather unexpected.

4. [wildcard]

1. thank

[libratus]

Well, obviously, I would wed the Seneschal.

marcoulf

[esquive]

1. How do you suppose you begin to train a dracolisk?

2. [a neat knife trick; you know - the kind that can be done habitually and without much thought]

3. When I said 'I'll take the one on the right; you take the one on the left,' I should have first clarified right from left.

4. [wildcard]

2

[exequy]

Do that more slowly.

[ ... please? ]

Byerly

[bouchonne]

1. So, hypothetically, let's say that there were a boulder rolling down a hill. There's a fork in the road. Down one path of the fork, one man stands. Down the other path, five people. You have a mage with you who can divert the boulder towards the one man, but if you do nothing, it will roll and crush the five. What do you do?

2. Have you ever been to the Anderfels?

3. Tell me, how's your love life?

4. wiiildcard

1

[technologist]

If I don't know any of them, divert it. Interesting way of getting around not having any trains.

bastien.

[cozen]

1. I can carry that for a while if you need a break.

2. Tell me something nice that has happened to you lately.

3. You very good at that. Would you say it is talent or hard work?

&. Wildcard

2.

[justashotaway]

I found a crystal grace plant.

alistair.

[byblow]

1. The Maker is supposed to be watching all of us, isn’t he? Crying when we suffer and all of that. So do you think He laughs at our jokes?

2. I don’t see what the big deal is about family names, anyway. They just let everyone you meet know too much of your business.

3. Not being able to see traps until you’ve stepped into them is a side-effect of being a Warden. We don’t tell people because we don’t want them to worry.

&. Wildcard

3

[heirring]

Have the Wardens given much consideration to testing for traps before springing them? Throwing stones down spike infested corridors and the like, perhaps. Surely such defensive measures would be a boon to your collective longevity.