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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Well, think on it. A person who is generous in conversation will limit the topics they speak on to what they know that both parties find interesting. Dear Bastien is a bit shy, at times, of assuming that his life is something his interlocutor would find compelling.

...You are right.

He doesn't talk about himself.

Just so. He doesn’t mind being asked, though. You should do so.

I might.

What do you talk about with him?

[ A laugh. ]

I’d answer the question quicker if you asked what I don’t talk about with him. I don’t know if there’s a topic we haven’t touched on in one way or another. You may have noticed that we are both quite fond of talking.

Yes. I have.

What do you enjoy talking about?

With him? Or in general?

With him.

Not the things that are private, the things - [ a pause, like she's trying to figure out how to explain it ] The things that he will talk about. About himself.

I’m not going to tell you that.

[ His voice isn’t unkind. ]

What we have is ours. The things we enjoy with one another, we’ve built together. You must build this yourself.

That's not what I mean.

[ With a new little edge of frustration, directed at the ground. It's been a while since the last time she struggled to explain herself this much.

After a pause: ]

People have reasons when they do not talk about things. Some questions hurt.

Ah.

[ That’s a different matter. ]

Apologies for misunderstanding. No; you needn’t worry about probing and finding deep wounds. Bastien is like all of us, of course - he has lived, and life is grief - but his scars are scars, not sores.

Good.

I am happy for you.

I appreciate that, my good young miss. You’d be justified in being appalled by his poor taste, instead, so choosing happiness is beyond generous.

Laura. I prefer to be called Laura.

Do you dislike yourself that much?

[ A pause, and then a laugh. ]

My word, but you are blunt. Honestly, I respect it.

Thank you.

Bastien has always been kind to me, despite the things I have done. He sees reasons to like people.

He does.

[ Somewhat. Bastien’s heart is rather less generous than he pretends it is - but Byerly expects that Bastien does genuinely like this girl. ]

I have, of course, benefitted as well.