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 somewhere, 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 anything else sort of boring. You can provide context if you'd like, like "[ On the way back from Antiva: ]," but it isn't mandatory.

2. Post a few different remarks your character might make—similar to TFLN, except spoken out loud and less ridiculous, maybe, or maybe not, I 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. Threadjacking to create multiperson conversations is encouraged (unless someone says not to). Multiple different conversations between the same 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.

Comments

3.

[justashotaway]

[ Silence. And then, quiet: ]

My claws.

1.

[justashotaway]

Love.

What would you choose?

3.

[justashotaway]

It is rude of them. You don't live there.

[cozen]

I know of the Avvar.

[ His attempt at signing this back at her comes out as, I dream of the Avvar, but at least it is also written down. ]

4

[cozen]

[ After pursing his lips as if to keep that lecture from escaping: ]

What are the benefits of bare feet?

4

[cozen]

You couldn't afford my rate in coin, but I also accept payment in stories.

[cozen]

Money. No question.

[ He makes no attempt to look like he isn't full of shit. ]

[justashotaway]

[ (x) doubt ]

Why?

[doggish]

So you gambled them away, and did it so often you got noticed.

[Honestly, the gambling skill would be pretty impressive if she hadn't got caught.]

How much did you win?

[doggish]

It is. But it is not unusual, and I should be grateful, I suppose, they do not call me worse.

Or you worse.

[justashotaway]

They don't know they should.

[ With a glance at her hands. They're made fists without her noticing. ]

I still do not understand why humans dislike elves.

[doggish]

Our soles are tougher. It might be more accurate to think of it as a thing humans lack. In an analogy . . . boots are to glasses what human feet are to elven feet. You require aid. We do not.

[. . .]

And it's cooler in the summer. Encasing one's feet in leather is not pleasing.

[apocalypsegrown]

( This is the only way I can think of to make this work lol. )

I wasn't actually asking you. But what use do you have for make-believe stories?

[apocalypsegrown]

I'd buy you one too.

[doggish]

[He glances down at her, taking in that movement. Hm.]

Everyone wants someone else to feel superior over. All species do it, even elves— look at the Dalish, and their smug sense of superiorty over city elves. Dwarves and their castes, Qunari and Tal-Vashoth . . .

But humans conquered elves long ago. They left no space for elves to exist, no country nor land, and now reap the benefits of their malicious sowing: we live among them. We exist, fragmented but still alive, resentful in a way I suspect they do not wish to think of. And yet they take pains to make sure that elves know they are still a conquered species. So that even the poorest of humans— especially the poorest, perhaps— can enjoy that thought. Things may be bad, but at least I am not an elf.

I do not justify it, nor think it correct. But if you ask why . . .

[A shrug. There you go.]

You are a mage?

[Is that why they should?]

[cozen]

You can't eat love.

[justashotaway]

We are not choosing between love and dinner.

[apocalypsegrown]

It was more all at once. [ She reaches into her cloak and shows him the bag, fat with it's contents. ] If it was meager but often we'd not have this problem.

[cozen]

[ bless u for making it. ]

A lot of stories are make-believe. Most of the good ones, I would say.

But if you want to tell me a real story—I don't think your memories are make-believe. Whether you all came from the Fade or not, what you remember is what you remember. It still makes you who you are.

[justashotaway]

Humans should not have done that. [ The thought is frustrating and saddening in equal measure, a wrong done too long ago to be stopped. The only thing she can think to offer is what is always offered when something terrible occurs: ] I'm sorry.

[ There's too long a pause when he asks his question - no physical flinch, but perhaps in her silence a sort of verbal one. ]

No.

Re: 1

[sparklequeen]

Like, you know... Poof! Sparkles! I go from where I am to somewhere else?

[ She waves her hands vaguely. ]

I used to be able to do it like, really long distance but since I got to Thedas...

2

[armd]

(Lowly, because she's keeping an ear out,) I think there'd be a lot more yelling if they had.

Quick, act normal.

[cozen]

[ Bastien hums, quashes the urge to argue the merits after all, and focuses on what is really important: ]

Does that means elves never have ticklish feet?

[cozen]

[ Laughing, ] Maker, well of course no one will choose money if all you are allowed to do is look at it.

[justashotaway]

What if you had love and a little money?