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

[windyvoice]

Jeez, boss, I wasn't saying that I was gonna do it. I'm just saying you could.

[bouchonne]

I could, maybe. You couldn't.

[windyvoice]

Don't be so hard on yourself, boss, you could definitely do it.

[bouchonne]

Of course, that begs the question of why I would want to.

[windyvoice]

Dunno. Some scary division head machinations, probably.

[bouchonne]

Do you think I'm scary?

[windyvoice]

You're number three on my list of division head scariness, so like sure. Less scary than the existential horror of existence, more scary than like Laura.

[bouchonne]

Scarier than Thranduil, I'm guessing?

[windyvoice]

Fuck no, Thranduil is like top of the list.

[bouchonne]

Who's at the bottom, then?

[windyvoice]

Flint, duh.

[bouchonne]

[ What. ]

You are...not well-acquainted with him, perhaps?

[windyvoice]

Yeah, that's the point. He doesn't know me, so I don't exist.

[bouchonne]

That doesn't make him un-scary.

[windyvoice]

I didn't say he wasn't scary, he's just less scary than the rest of you. He's not paying attention to me, so I don't gotta keep track of him. Also bigger dudes are usually a little easier to dodge.

[bouchonne]

[ Murmured: ]

I wouldn't count on it.

[ But. ]

Are you actually afraid of me?

[windyvoice]

[ She shrugs. ]

Sure. You're less scary than Yesult, cus I'm pretty sure you like me, but like that doesn't mean a lot.

[bouchonne]

Why? - Forgive me, I've simply never encountered anyone who's afraid of me before.

[windyvoice]

You're a somebody with power over me. Why wouldn't I be scared of that.

[bouchonne]

You say that as though I have the power to order your death.

[windyvoice]

I mean, technically you can since we're all part of this whole weirdo military thing together, but it's like you said, right? The big evils aren't the ones you gotta worry about.

[bouchonne]

You paid attention to something I said?

[windyvoice]

Not even once.

[bouchonne]

No, no, I heard it. No taking it back.

[windyvoice]

Oh my gooooooods, are you gonna be annoying now 'cus I thought you made like one good point?