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[ofkirkwall]

[ The bar is nothing special, she notices boredly, it's as seedy as one can possibly find with it's dank smokey air and that pleasant aroma of stale piss and vomit. It is one of those bars you'd happily skip towards when you're looking to smash a face through a wall before the night is out. The kind of place you expect to be served trouble rather than be served you drink.

Yet it is missing something vitally important, she decides after as scuffle breaks out behind her. She pays it little mind, dragging a finger over the journal with a wistful sigh. ]

I miss the Hanged Man. [ :( ] I miss Varric.

(ooc; so very open! in person and over the journal.)

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Dictated

[unnaturalpause]

You miss playing hangman? [Guess who misunderstood that Hawke?] I'll play if you want. I'm bored.

[ofkirkwall]

No, no, no, the Hanged Man it's... [ You know what, nevermind she's bored and it's probably not a good idea to explain to a child what the Hanged Man is. ] Refresh my mind for me, what is this game you're talking about?

[unnaturalpause]

[Aww come on, he's 10 he can handle that! But he does grin when she agrees even if she can't see it.] It's a, word guessing game, where you have lines [And he draws in] __, like that! And you guess the letters that go in it. If you don't get the right letter you draw in one of the parts of the person being hanged, and you lose if you don't get the word before he's all drawn.

[ofkirkwall]

[ . . . ]

That sounds rather morbid. [ For a child to be playing anyway. ]

[shipper_on_deck]

[settling in the seat across from her with a drink in hand]

I could make up lies about you if you want.

[ofkirkwall]

My dear Isabela, while I have the utmost faith in your ability to bullshit it simply would not be the same. [ A beat. ] For one you're far too tall.

[shipper_on_deck]

Is this your way of telling me to get on my knees?

[ofkirkwall]

Maker no, I'd be much more blunt about it if I were.

Dictated forever

[wolfuncaged]

It isn't quite the same without him telling stories in bars and getting us into trouble, is it?

[Which is as close as Fenris will come to admit he misses the poison dwarf too]

[ofkirkwall]

[ Dramatic sigh. ] No.

I'm even starting to miss when he narrates my actions out loud. [ DWARF BRO ;; ]

[wolfuncaged]

That is desperate. Perhaps you are feverish?

[ofkirkwall]

I feel like I'm on fire. [ Dramaaaaa. ]

[optimystic]

Varric. [why does she know this name] He was someone who was here for a little while, wasn't he?

[ofkirkwall]

He was, but the tricky dwarf managed to get his get out of jail free sign earlier than the rest of us.

[optimystic]

[tsk tsk] I wonder how many people secretly find a way to leave, but they end up getting sent home before they can tell us.

[ofkirkwall]

Too many. It's ridiculously unfair.

[exanimatus]

And who is that, hm? [story time? C:]

[ofkirkwall]

My trusty dwarf, best friend, unlocker of chests and embellisher of stories.

[exanimatus]

Huh. With a description like that, I'd miss him.

[assassino]

[Eugh, hanged men.

You can just tell he's grinning on the other end.]

I could keep you company.

[ofkirkwall]

[ SHE DOESN'T KNOW. DON'T JUDGE HER.

Oh yes, she can practically hear that grin from here. ]

Maker keep me should I ever dare reject such an offer. It's been too long, you simply must share a drink with me before boredom tragically claims me for good.

[assassino]

[He'll focus on the good things, lady. He'll focus on the good things.]

Give me directions to where you are, then! I can be there shortly to drive your boredom off.

[forgedinbattle]

[Yeah, that scuffle? Might have been because someone was leering at Xena in a way she didn't appreciate. And then made the dangerous mistake of attempting to get handsy.

It doesn't last long, at least. There's the smack of someone hitting the ground, hard. And the shuffling of boots, as the crowd decides it's a better idea not to hassle the person left standing.]

How many times do I have to tell you? Hands to yourself.

[Sup, Hawke? You don't mind if this strange woman just slides up to the bar next to you, right? Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary here.]

[ofkirkwall]

[ Nope, nothing at all. Hawke, of course, had been watching the entire thing from the corner of her vision as she complained wistfully into the journal. ]

You'd think after a fist to the face and a few blows to the pride, they'd actually grow a brain and learn.

[forgedinbattle]

They never do. Some things are the same everywhere, I guess.