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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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.

You must have something likable.

It seems likely that I do. You’re not cross with Bastien for not telling you, are you?

No.

Good. There was no malice in it, I promise you.

I know. Bastien is never malicious.

[ Toward me, she means. He is always kind to me. ]

[ A hum. ]

He’s been known to be mischievous, though. You should have known him in his wilder days.

What was he like?

Well - we broke into houses together.

... Really?

Oh yes. Doesn’t he seem respectable now?

Yes.

But I think he would still break into a house, if he needed to.

Of course he would. Maybe even once for fun when he didn’t have to. I would never, of course, say that did happen within his time in Riftwatch, but it might have.