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Survival is the exception
"living is an act of courage."
THROUGH THE INGRESSThe Ingress has pulled you in. Your body experiences several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. You have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer from dizziness while others are perfectly fine. Once equilibrium has been reestablished, you will notice you are standing on a rocky planet. Former crew of the Moira are there to greet you, and it’s a grim message they have to share. The Moira has crashed and is beyond repair, but there’s good news... the destination the crew has been heading towards for over a year? You’re standing on it. But before you get into exploration and survival, it’s best to deal with the effects of coming through a broken Ingress. ☄ slip and tripfind your footing fastComing through the Ingress has left your character with one of three changes - an age slip, a form of body horror, or an extreme weakness. The first, the age slip, will mean that the character is either older or younger and this change can’t be rectified during their first month in game. The second, body horror, comes in the form of an alteration to the character's body due to whatever they were carrying at the time they came through. If they were wearing a watch, it’s now fused to their wrist, clothes are permanent, knifes replace fingers, and many other alterations (anything goes) and it lasts the first month as well. The third, extreme weakness, can be a mental or physical decrease - weaker arms, legs, or the weaker ability to talk or do math.
ooc: the choice of change is up to each player and this prompt can be game canon.
☄ introductions aren’t awkwardas long as you don’t shake their hand too longA new planet. Physical and mental changes. Talk of a ship that crashed and a Hub that is home to the ‘creators’ of a technology you’ve never heard of. A lot is happening and the best way to sort through it is by getting to know the Moira’s crew. They’ll help you settle in and get you any care you might need, all the while informing you that the group is on its way to the center of the hub. Something that might seem mundane is an absolute necessity for survival. Ask a seasoned space traveling veteran for answers and guidance.
ooc: this prompt can be game canon.
☄ dealer's choicejust make the right oneCharacters have the option of coming through an Ingress that is any possible location on this planet. It can be inside a cave, at the top of a rock formation, etc. This means you can have your character have to climb or slide down, have them yelling for help, and have other characters see them and come to their aid. Your character's arrival is completely up to you, and since this is a unique situation that hasn't happened before, go nuts with it!
ooc: this prompt can be game canon.
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thisavrou_ooc2016-12-02 06:24 pm
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Maybe next time. But right now you've got to answer some questions for me, because I took a lot of notes on the copy she gave me, and I want to know how much is true and how much is bullshit.
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[He'd drill her on it later.]
[For now, Varric cast a glance toward Nate's left hand, half-expecting to see a rippling green mark there. If only the kid knew how familiar he sounded.]
Anders ran out of Kirkwall with his tail between his legs. The Qunari plot was legitimate -- most of the Arishok's people just passed it off as extremism. Or whatever that is in Qunlat. Orsino was desperate -- Meredith did that to people.
[By the end of his speech, Varric was grinning. He missed the last time he'd gone on a similar tirade, back when things were far simpler and a hell of a lot less bullshit.]
Anything else?
if Nate were Inquisitor, more than the conclave would explode
[The broad strokes are true, got it. Nice to hear, though he didn't actually doubt them. But they're not really important to Nate.]
But I want to know about—all right, let's start with the fight with that Arishok guy, because you make Hawke sound incredibly heroic, and I'm skeptical.
[He's her friend, but he's also realistic.]
She has her moments, but witty quips as she kicks his ass sound wrong. I'd have expected more screaming and running around as she flings splashy magic around and tries not to die. And then maybe she'd puke at the end.
jfc nate, chill (same though)
You know Hawke. She never shuts up.
[He shook his head some. Maybe the details weren't completely accurate, but he was insulted on Hawke's behalf. He'd known her for years, and never once did he think she was anything less than heroic.]
She cared about Kirkwall. Don't know why, it's a festering shithole, really. [But then, Varric had been working for years to breathe some life back into it, despite his thoughts on it.] Besides, adrenaline does that kind of shit.
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Hey, don't get me wrong, Hawke's capable of great things. She set a demon on fire after I punched it, which I was a big fan of, because the punch was all I had going for me. But she also asked me to read the book and tell her about anything she really needs to know about the future, and I can't do that without an idea of how accurate it is.
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Is there anything you don't have here? [He hoped Nate wouldn't honestly attempt to answer the question. Varric simply didn't want to know. He was having a hard enough time with all of this.]
[Varric shook his head, giving his hand a bit of a wave as he did.]
Forget I asked. The book is as accurate as I remember it. A few names were changed here and there to protect the little people, but I wouldn't fudge this kind of stuff. Too many people saw what she did in Kirkwall. They'd have my copies burned before they were even released.] [Varric paused for a beat.] She really doesn't remember all this?
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Man. The book really is accurate? He's going to have to confer with Tony later. This could change everything.]
She remembers some of it, probably? I'm not sure at what point in your book she gets space kidnapped—you left that part out.
[Not that it's his fault, since the Ingress apparently pulls people through seamlessly.]
But not all of it. That's why she entrusted me with one of the copies she got.
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[But with nothing to hide behind, Nathan would have a full-view of Varric's troubled expression. There was nothing written about the space-kidnapping because she wasn't kidnapped. Maybe if she had been, it would have been a better ending.]
Well. No use trying to teach her from that blighted thing. Half the shit is wrong or completely obliterated by now. [His lips pressed into a fine line, while his fingers clenched at the fabric of his sleeves.] Anything else you find might be better off kept under wraps. It... doesn't end too well for her, kid.
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[He's read the book cover to cover. Sure, it doesn't have a great ending considering Hawke's hometown is in chaos, but Hawke had been fine.]
What do you mean?