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

[sulahnan]

Hmmmmmmmm.... [ A drawn out sound of doubt. ]

[cozen]

I... D'accord. Stay here.

[ Not that Skull has a choice. He's getting tucked against a fence out of sight. But then, FOR LOVE, Bastien steals the boot. Sort of. He doesn't steal it so much as he talks him into letting them use it, because his ability to talk people into giving him things is like times 200 when the target is drunk.

On return, he turns the boot this way and that for Skull's inspection. ]

Good enough? I can put it back if it is not.

[heorte]

Not an expert. But I did stay there for a week or so. It was enough to get a sense of what was and wasn't embellishment.

[heorte]

It's always necessary.

[ because ellis isn't biased at all. ]

You really think Mr. Fitz is interested in learning how to handle a sword?

[heirring]

I suspect he is interested in learning in a general sense, and that someone might leverage that if they wished to.

['Go teach that nerd how to use a big hammer or something if it's so necessary, Mr. Ellis,' says that sidelong look.]

[cozen]

I would be very gentle. But I suspect you are still right.

Now you: Monsieur Solas, Madame d'Asgard, and our irritable Sten.

[ He means Deimos. ]

[cozen]

[ He makes exactly her expression and exactly her dubious noise (just, you know, manlier) at more or less exactly the same time as her. Speaking of talents. ]

[heorte]

A shame more people aren't like that.

[ Please, please let him teach you how to use a sword Wysteria ]

[heirring]

I am very busy, Mr. Ellis.

[unshut]

[Without hesitation:]

Bed Monsieur Solas, who seems like rather dry company in the long term, wed Madame d'Asgard - as given the options, I would prefer to be kept comfortably -, and behead our friend the qunari. If you had asked me a decade ago, we would swap one and three in the spirit of a challenge, but the wisdom of old age is learning to recognize that one has limits.

[heorte]

Oh, I'm aware.

[ As he gently kicks a rock into the river, just to avoid potential mishaps. ]

But we have extra space in your garden now that I cleared away the last of that statue. You wouldn't have to go down to the training yard.

[heirring]

I doubt that a sword would go well with my skirts.

FUCK, THAT ICON THO

[sulahnan]

[ Excuse you. How the fuck. ]

[libratus]

That it will finally end.

[ Anyway. ]

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever answered your question the other way around?

[cozen]

[ He makes that face along with her, too, but then he cuts it out to look fond instead. ]

[sulahnan]

[ She covers his face with her hands and stifles a grin. Stop being cute, they were almost arguing! ]

Stooooooppppp.

[bouchonne]

Only me.

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[sarcophage]

[Hey look, it's your favourite person.]

What made this scenario my responsibility?

[bouchonne]

Why, the strangeness of war, of course. In times of desperation, all must look for a commander. In this scenario, it is you.

[sarcophage]

That seems highly unlikely.

[bouchonne]

Have you so little faith in others' faith in you?

[cozen]

[ Being cute is how he’s won and/or ended arguments since he was like 8 years old and he isn’t stopping now. ]

All right. But I can assume from your answer that you worked hard, yourself, then it was worth it. You are [ with a little finger pinching hand gesture and closed eyes for emphasis ] magnificent.

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[cozen]

[ Hopefully Byerly didn't think he was off the storytelling hook just because he said something interesting while Bastien was having a bad day, because: ]

Who tried to murder you?

[sarcophage]

[just this face]

[byblow]

Constant, endless disasters?