I'm sure you'll find someone to top, maybe just not me. [Okay, just one more. She had to, it was right there and waiting and everything. She just grins, unashamed and incredibly amused.] I've got years at sea under my belt and a lot of colorful language I picked up from my crew to thank for my own. Hard not to pick up in a situation like that, but it at least keeps things exciting.
[Ten years on and off the water with a group or rowdy pirates would give anyone a foul mouth.]
I'd much prefer a nice warm bed but we make do with what we can right? At least we aren't entirely alone, so we can keep watch if we need to. After all, if it isn't bears it's giant spiders, and I really don't know which is worse.
[She just shudders, because bears might be the bane of Thedas but nothing quite compares to giant spiders dropping from the ceiling. At least you usually see a bear coming.]
Isabela, formerly captain Isabela. The pleasure is all mine. So, color me curious. How familiar are you with where we are, or is it all unfamiliar waters to you too? And you're...Dalish, aren't you? [A pause.] I didn't think I'd come across anyone else from Thedas so soon after waking up here.
You're ridiculous. [ It's said with good humour. Already, she reminds him of a few of his friends back home.
She brings up a good point. It definitely makes him think for a moment. ]
I couldn't really pick. They're both pretty terrible, but the with the spiders it'd probably be a slow death. Paralytic poisons and then the slow eating. You know, perhaps the spiders are worse.
[ So it looks like she won this one as well. But, as jokes are given the smile soon turns into a curious line across his face.
Isabela. A former sea captain. Now that's...definitely very familiar sounding. Hadn't there been an Isabela in Varric's "Tale of the Champion." Hadn't he been friends with one? Could this be she?
Still, she has a slew of questions that he won't ignore. After all now he has his own.]
It's good to meet you Isabela, you can call me Senren Lavellan.
[ He wouldn't be dropping his title right now. That could wait. ]
I've never been to this part of this country so I'm afraid I know little of the waters we're on or where we are. As for the Dalish thing, I suppose it's the tattoos that give it a way. [ So that was a yes to confirm that. ]
I wouldn't blame you for thinking that. We're a small number among the waking. A few of my friends and acquaintances are awake among our number. However, now I have a few questions for you, Isabela.
Do you know a certain dwarf named Varric? Famous author, wrote "Hard in Hightown." Impeccable chest hair?
[She likes that he enjoys her sense of humor, meeting her blow by blow with some amusing interjection or another. Makes the whole journey more fun, knowing she'd in pleasant company.]
Don't forget the struggle of getting webbing out of your hair. I think I'd risk getting mauled by a bear than the ages it takes to wash out sticky webs. The poison is just the shining star on that shit cake.
[But then bear breath was particularly rancid as well, and bear claws hurt. She's sure this place has its own terrifying beasts about, but at least she's glad she won't have to deal with the particularly local brand of beasts that Thedas had to offer ever again. But she makes a musing sound as she considers his appearance again, curious.]
I thought so. I have a friend from home that's Dalish, but the markings were a dead giveaway as well. I knew of another elf with such but well, he's certainly not Dalish as far as I know, so I thought I'd at least ask first.
[Said other elf not having his markings by choice, but she leaves it at that note because even if he's sleeping Fenris' history isn't hers to tell. She nods for Sen to go on with his questions, though her eyes light up at the mention of Varric. Could it be possible? Wait, of course it could be possible, an opportunity like this is far too good for him not to be around snooping in it's business.]
Loves to twist everything he sees into yet another thrilling tale for his novels or to tell patrons at a bar? [She laughs, thinking of the stories she's heard him tell, the banter they've had over the years.] I've known him for years. Do you know him too, or are you just a passionate fan of his works?
[Like a baby with an ambiguous conscience and a love for shiny things even.]
Bears don't like anyone, or anything. Yet another reason I stick to the sea more than I travel by land if I can help it.
[She's a little surprised for a few reasons when he confirms that he knows Varric. For one, he was always the type to brag or spin people he knew into a story or another for his own profit or amusement, and she'd never heard of Sen before. Secondly...Conclave?] Conclave? I can't say I've heard of that before.
[Maybe Sen was a friend he knew from years past? She and Varric had in common being companions going along with the crazy things that popped up in her life, so she can only go with an old friendship.]
Aww, I always knew he liked me. That's not a title of his that I'm familiar with though. [Though it seems familiar, especially with the mention of Champion of all things. Did it also involve Hawke too, somehow?] What's it about then?
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[Ten years on and off the water with a group or rowdy pirates would give anyone a foul mouth.]
I'd much prefer a nice warm bed but we make do with what we can right? At least we aren't entirely alone, so we can keep watch if we need to. After all, if it isn't bears it's giant spiders, and I really don't know which is worse.
[She just shudders, because bears might be the bane of Thedas but nothing quite compares to giant spiders dropping from the ceiling. At least you usually see a bear coming.]
Isabela, formerly captain Isabela. The pleasure is all mine. So, color me curious. How familiar are you with where we are, or is it all unfamiliar waters to you too? And you're...Dalish, aren't you? [A pause.] I didn't think I'd come across anyone else from Thedas so soon after waking up here.
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She brings up a good point. It definitely makes him think for a moment. ]
I couldn't really pick. They're both pretty terrible, but the with the spiders it'd probably be a slow death. Paralytic poisons and then the slow eating. You know, perhaps the spiders are worse.
[ So it looks like she won this one as well. But, as jokes are given the smile soon turns into a curious line across his face.
Isabela. A former sea captain. Now that's...definitely very familiar sounding. Hadn't there been an Isabela in Varric's "Tale of the Champion." Hadn't he been friends with one? Could this be she?
Still, she has a slew of questions that he won't ignore. After all now he has his own.]
It's good to meet you Isabela, you can call me Senren Lavellan.
[ He wouldn't be dropping his title right now. That could wait. ]
I've never been to this part of this country so I'm afraid I know little of the waters we're on or where we are.
As for the Dalish thing, I suppose it's the tattoos that give it a way. [ So that was a yes to confirm that. ]
I wouldn't blame you for thinking that. We're a small number among the waking. A few of my friends and acquaintances are awake among our number. However, now I have a few questions for you, Isabela.
Do you know a certain dwarf named Varric? Famous author, wrote "Hard in Hightown." Impeccable chest hair?
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[She likes that he enjoys her sense of humor, meeting her blow by blow with some amusing interjection or another. Makes the whole journey more fun, knowing she'd in pleasant company.]
Don't forget the struggle of getting webbing out of your hair. I think I'd risk getting mauled by a bear than the ages it takes to wash out sticky webs. The poison is just the shining star on that shit cake.
[But then bear breath was particularly rancid as well, and bear claws hurt. She's sure this place has its own terrifying beasts about, but at least she's glad she won't have to deal with the particularly local brand of beasts that Thedas had to offer ever again. But she makes a musing sound as she considers his appearance again, curious.]
I thought so. I have a friend from home that's Dalish, but the markings were a dead giveaway as well. I knew of another elf with such but well, he's certainly not Dalish as far as I know, so I thought I'd at least ask first.
[Said other elf not having his markings by choice, but she leaves it at that note because even if he's sleeping Fenris' history isn't hers to tell. She nods for Sen to go on with his questions, though her eyes light up at the mention of Varric. Could it be possible? Wait, of course it could be possible, an opportunity like this is far too good for him not to be around snooping in it's business.]
Loves to twist everything he sees into yet another thrilling tale for his novels or to tell patrons at a bar? [She laughs, thinking of the stories she's heard him tell, the banter they've had over the years.] I've known him for years. Do you know him too, or are you just a passionate fan of his works?
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[ Not that she likely needs it. She just seems to exude confidence. ]
Ugh, don't remind me. I was in a bath for hours this one time after coming back from the Storm Coast. But, it was also plagued by bears.
[ He sighs very deeply at that. ] Bears really don't like me.
[ But, ahhhh. The description of a dalish elf and elf with other markings as well her knowing Varric?
Well, he's almost assured of who this is. ]
Actually, I do. He was one of my companions back in Thedas. We met during the Conclave. [ Or well the debacle that happened during it. ]
But, I see...so you're the favourite pirate Captain, Isabela. I read about you in his "Tale of the Champion".
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[Like a baby with an ambiguous conscience and a love for shiny things even.]
Bears don't like anyone, or anything. Yet another reason I stick to the sea more than I travel by land if I can help it.
[She's a little surprised for a few reasons when he confirms that he knows Varric. For one, he was always the type to brag or spin people he knew into a story or another for his own profit or amusement, and she'd never heard of Sen before. Secondly...Conclave?] Conclave? I can't say I've heard of that before.
[Maybe Sen was a friend he knew from years past? She and Varric had in common being companions going along with the crazy things that popped up in her life, so she can only go with an old friendship.]
Aww, I always knew he liked me. That's not a title of his that I'm familiar with though. [Though it seems familiar, especially with the mention of Champion of all things. Did it also involve Hawke too, somehow?] What's it about then?