allthisshitisweird | PARTY BANTER MEME

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.

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Is that new to you?

I've been told that I don't notice when people are hitting on me, so.

Who told you that?

People who have hit on me.

[ He laughs appreciatively before saying: ]

Sometimes I think I should run a school. You’re not the only near-hopeless one here.

It wouldn't be such a big problem if people wouldn't just fucking hint about things.

Like, just say it. Just- plant a kiss on somebody.

[Conveniently ignoring that she's actually had someone do that and tried to laugh it off and her being drunk, but we're not keeping score here.]

Oh, sweet Andraste, that’s a terrible idea.

Saying how you feel? Or just cutting loose and kissing somebody?

Cutting loose and kissing somebody. And, for that matter, just saying how you feel. Romance without flirting is like satiation without eating.

Flirting is fucking fun.

It's just that- is it really flirting if the other person doesn't know you're flirting, and they're turning themselves inside out trying to figure out if you're actually into them or not?

This sounds like a rather dramatic story.

[Blows a raspberry.]

...

We slow-danced together. She was fresh out of a breakup. She was drunk and she kissed me in front of her ex, and all three of us had been friends for years. I thought she was just out of it and trying to make him jealous.