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

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.

[cozen]

Ah, those are so beautiful. Where did you find one?

[justashotaway]

In the forest, outside Kirkwall.

It did not have flowers yet, but the leaves smelled fresh.

[cozen]

Did you bring them back? I have heard they are useful for something, but honestly, I could not say what.

[justashotaway]

Yes. And elfroot, embrium, feverfew, and some others.

I am not sure what they're for, but we needed more herbs.

[cozen]

Ah, I know what some of those are for. Embrium clears the lungs.

[ A frequent scent in his childhood home, when things were good enough for them to afford fresh herbs—not that he's nostalgic. It's just how he knows. ]

And elfroot is for—everything. Whatever is troubling you. Put some elfroot on it.

[justashotaway]

...Then we should have gathered more elfroot.

[cozen]

Oh, I would not say that. Its effects are mild, and it is the easiest to find and to buy. It sounds like you found things much more difficult to come by.

3.

[sulahnan]

I don't think those things are separate. Even mages have to work hard to control magic, which is kind of by definition a talent, right?

[cozen]

I do not know anything about magic. But I know something about singing, and there are people with singing instructors and years of practice who can hit all of the notes but might still be out-sung by a kitchen maid who just—[ a wistful sort of gesture ] —can sing.

[sulahnan]

Pretty sure that kitchen maid had to practice, too, just not at the behest of instructors.

[cozen]

Of course. But some people will improve more quickly with the same amount of practice. Or they have some intuition about what to do without being told.

[sulahnan]

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

[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. ]

FUCK, THAT ICON THO

[sulahnan]

[ Excuse you. How the fuck. ]

[cozen]

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

2

[windyvoice]

Pet a cat like ten minutes ago. Gonna transform and see if I can get somebody to scratch my ears. Gonna be fuckin' rad.

[cozen]

You are a shapeshifter? What is that like?

[windyvoice]

Weird as fuck. Wanna see?

[cozen]

Absolutely.

[windyvoice]

Cool. Check it out.

[ And she actually has no idea what the fuck this looks like from the outside. She's already busy on the inside with the whole packing her regular human body into whatever void it goes when she does this shit and sprawling out in her new body: a stripey little grey cat that looks up at Bastien and meows. ]

1

[extortionate]

You gonna run off with it?

[cozen]

That would be very foolish, given how much longer your legs are than mine.

[extortionate]

It's the stooping to reach you, that takes time.