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I had a plan for this week and life said no. So here is a short spicy piece of Zea and Davrin in Rivain.
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Two empty cups knocked over next to an empty bottle, food packages and plates. A flint and stone sat near by as smoke swirled around their cast aside boots. Both from a fire and from the royal elfroot Davrin and Zea had been passing back and forth. The two wardens laid out on a blanket in their camp on a Rivain cliffside.
"That looks like a nug eating a darkspawn." Zea pointed out towards one of the misshapen clouds.
"Gross." Davrin chuckled in disgust. "That one looks like a griffonâŚalso eating a darkspawn." Zea burst into a fit a laughter.
"I think we're both still hungry." Davrin sat up and hoovered over her.
18 year old Turvi was recently rescued and set free from slavery. Naera helps him recover.
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It had been a few days since they'd gotten back to Rivain. Naera had left Turvi with the other newly freed people and promised she'd be back to check on him soon. Isabela had ways to help new members of the Lords integrate into the group, and she didn't want to interfere too much. But she'd be lying if she said she hadn't had the young blonde elven man on her mind.Â
She'd freed hundreds of slaves in her time with the Lords of Fortune. She'd been the first contact with a friendly face for so many, the first time someone was there to actually help them. So while her experience with Turvi wasn't exactly new, there was something about freeing him that had stuck with her.Â
Most slaves were grateful. Many freed slaves were cautious, skittish even. Turvi had been so hesitant to reveal his injury, it broke her heart. But even that sadly wasn't unusual. But the way he'd hugged her when he thanked her? That was different. It was shocking to see him go from un-trusting, to giving her the tightest, most sincere hug she'd had in her life. And once they'd gotten back on land, the way he'd laughed while sitting on the sand? The sound was burned into her mind. It wasn't hysterical, like some, but instead, simply pure and joyous and well⌠she just needed to know he was doing okay.Â
She found him in the mess hall that was attached to the barracks where the newly freed people were housed until they found something more permanent. Turvi spotted her almost immediately, a wide smile blossoming on his face as he eagerly waved at her. She shook her head at him but couldn't help smiling in return.
Once she was close enough, she was pleased to see that the light in his eyes had returned. Sure he was still too thin and wiry and not all his wounds had fully healed, but he was well on his way to recovery.
"Hi Naera, it's good to see you!" He said enthusiastically.
"Hi Turvi," she replied, finding she was glad to see him too. "How are things going?"
"Oh GREAT! I've seen so much and met so many new people. Xiqaa's been showing me around."
"And how's the arm?" She asked.
"Oh, it's good as new. Better than new, actually," he said, bending and flexing his arm to show her.
"I'm glad to hear it," she said, looking him over. Upon closer examination, his wrists were still red and a little more raw looking than she liked.
"Have you seen a healer since we've been back in Rivain?"
"Yes. Though they weren't as good as you. They worked on my back and it's so itchy."
"Can I see?" She asked. He nodded and turned for her. She could tell that he'd been seen by Tahlen. They did good work, but tended to rush the process, leaving the healing wounds itchy. "Well, they did a great job, there's barely any scarring left," she said appreciatively.
"I know," he said with an uncharacteristic scowl. "I didn't ask them to do that."
"Is that why your wrists are still so red?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes," he said, pulling both of his arms close to himself, and farther from her.
"I could heal those for you too, and I won't let them be itchy. I can even get rid of most of the scarring too," she offered.
"No!" He said with surprising force. "I mean. No thank you, Naera. I⌠don't want the scars to be gone."Â
Naera's eyes softened and she nodded at him. Plenty of slaves wanted all traces of their time enslaved removed, but some did not.Â
"I don't want to forget. And the rest of my family⌠I don't know where they are. Erasing the scars feels a little like forgetting them too. I think I'd like to cover them, but the healer told me I can't until my wrists are better."
"I understand, Turvi, it's your choice and I respect that. But we can't have them getting infected, you could get very sick or even die." She watched his ears droop and shoulders sag as he began to resign himself to losing his scars. "But I don't have to heal them so completely that you lose the scars. They will be a little more sore for a little longer, but you should be able to cover them in another few days."
"Really?" He asked, and Naera nodded. "Thank you," he said, eyes filling with tears as he flung himself at her, giving her another endearingly tight hug. Naera was doing her best not to get sucked into his display of emotion, though it was hard.Â
She cleared her throat and said, "Okay you, give me those wrists."
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Naera had come back everyday after that to keep an eye on Turvi's healing wrists, and brought a salve for his itchy back. It had taken 5 days before she gave him the okay to cover his wrists if he wanted. He'd wrapped them in spare linen immediately. While she understood and respected his decision, the ordinary linen wraps didn't sit well with her. After checking in with Turvi for the day, she immediately went to her house, determined to find him something better.
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The next day, she went to find Turvi just as she had every day now for a week. Even though it had become their routine, he still brightened and waved at her every time.Â
"I brought you something," she told him.
Somehow, he perked up even more, his already large blue eyes opening wider. "What is it?" He asked, looking to see if she was holding or hiding anything. She smirked at him and showed her empty hands. He scrunched his nose at her and she laughed.
"I've got it right here," she said. She slid off her arm cuffs. She had pulled these pieces from her own collection. Most were actually cuffs or bangles that were a little too big on her wrist. Once she slid them all off, she looked at them and hoped they'd stack on his wrist far enough to cover his scars.
"Bracelets?" He asked, cocking his head, not seeming to understand her gift.
"Yes! If you're going to go around yelling 'for gold and glory' all the time, I thought you could use some gold of your own," she said, smiling. Turvi laughed and held out his hands so she could put the bangles on. He shook his wrists around, his new jewelry making a pleasant jingling sound.
"Thank you Naera," he said, throwing himself at her for another tight hug. She laughed and hugged him back. He didn't release her from his hold, but leaned back to look at her. "You gave me these so now we're friends forever, right?"Â
She pulled him back into the hug before answering, so that he couldn't see her own watery eyes. "Forever," she whispered.
Thank you to @serensama and @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai for always letting me borrow the blorbos.
Thank you to @lof-weekend for hosting such an awesome event!
If you want to read about Turvi being freed, read about it here on ao3.
Open seas, open skies. She never wanted to be somewhere without them again.
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After fleeing Tevinter on a ship with her father, the horizon over the sea is freedom to Sabi Laidir. She can frequently be found on the beach, staring out into the distanceâ sometimes waiting for her fatherâs ship to return, but often just to listen to the waves.
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I didn't follow the prompts, but have some tattoos for your Rooks! Or you!
Similar to my series for Shadow Dragon Week, here's the first part of a little collection of my re-drawings of the LoF tattoos from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I've edited some a little, or like the MerNug, separated out pieces when it was more fun.
Clear PNG files below if you want to use them in your art - you don't have to tag me, but I'd love to see if you do end up using them đĽ°
i canât believe itâs LoF weekend!!! thank you to our wonderful event hosts! and of course, many thanks to @handsignals for letting me borrow bashir for this piece! it was a joy to write the beginning of the beautiful friendship that is bash & dash đ
With little more to her (first) name than the clothes on her back, Dasha leaves Tevinter for unknown shores. An unexpected gift from the son of the admiral and the champion helps her keep the course fixed on the horizon.
This was not the first time she had felt the spray of the ocean, the cool water drying so quickly across her cheeks, her arms, that her skin pulled tight under the fine salt crystals left behind. She had been taken for trips on pleasure boats, had stood at the end of piers while waiting for a cargo ship to arrive, and had even gone wading along the rocky strips of shore that passed for beaches in the Minrathous harbor.
But she had not been a free woman, then. Chains of delicate spun gold wrapped around her neck, her wrists, her ankles, had marked her as owned as surely as heavy iron manacles.
No longer. Thoughts of her lifeâ what it had been, just some few short months agoâ were never far, but she decided it would be a shame to ruin the night by dwelling on the past. Her gaze was often drawn to the water, but this far away from the lights of Minrathous, the stars were brilliant against the black velvet of the night sky in a way that Dasha could not look away from.
Whether the big man was able to move that quietly, or Dasha was too deep into her musings and worries about the future, Bashir Hawke startled her so badly that she had to clutch her hands to the wooden railing to keep from hitting him.
(And that was something else she had never seen before, that instinct, that want to protect herself.)
He held up his hands, palms out and fingers spread, to show he wasn't armed. Well, that he didn't have a weapon, at least. The heavy muscles of his shoulders and arms weren't just for show, Dasha had seen him hauling crates and securing rigging with ease. He set himself down on one of those crates now, a goodly distance away from her, and waited for her to return his broad smile. She humored him with a nod, but didn't move away from the railing.
"I didn't mean to spook you, sorry for that. Ma says it's her fault, too much of that duelist in her to keep it to herself."
Even in the dark of the night, Dasha can see the freckles scattered over his face and bare arms, a mirror to all the stars above them. It was too dark to make out the color of his eyes, but she knew them to be a warm, golden brown, like honey drizzled into a cup of tea. His eyes were the first thing she had noticed about him, before the scars and the bulk and the height. Kind, in a way that she was still learning was possible in this world.
"It's⌠fine," she said, after what was probably too long of a pause. The several months Dasha had spent in the company of Shadow Dragons wasn't nearly long enough to get her comfortable with normal conversation. But Bashir had assured her, when helping her up the gangway and onto the ship that would take her to Rivain, that he had seen many a Tevinter captive find their voice. All it would take was time.
"Is it alright if I sit out here with you? I can let you have some privacy, if you need it." Privacy was another irritatingly novel concept that she knew so many took for granted. The anger, the resentment, was a nasty feeling, bubbling up hot from her chest and into her throat. Her mind seemed absolutely determined to make her night take a turn for the miserable.
"You can stay. I wasn't doing anything that needs privacy." Her hands had relaxed, at least, and Dasha rested on her elbows and set her gaze to watch the point where the ocean and the sky melted into the same color. She didn't know how far away they were, now, but it had been over a full day since the crew and passengers had seen land. "I wasn't really doing anything, actually."
"Would you like to be having a drink?" She doesn't need to turn around to know that he's grinning. His question was followed by the scrape of splintered, untreated wood scraping against itself, and the rattle of glass.
"There's actually something in there?" Dasha did turn around then, her curiosity always getting the better of her.
"Always better to be telling as much of the truth as possible. If we were stopped for inspection, it's better to have actual cargo to bribe and distract with." Bashir held up the wine, and in the darkness of the night, it looked black. "I don't have any glasses, but passing a bottle back and forth never hurt anyone."
"I really don't think that's true," Dasha responded, and she was grinning now, too. Rather than sinking into that resentment, she held on tightly to the bright joy of letting her thoughts and words out, rather than swallowing them down. Bashir, kindly, gave her a hearty laugh as though she were the wittiest person he had ever met.
"Well, there's only one way to find out, right?"
Dasha frowned, then. "But we don't have a corkscrew, do we?" She certainly didn't have one, and Bashir's armor left few places for him to be hiding one on his person. Her disappointment was written clearly in the way her eyebrows drew in close together.
"Your face is going to get stuck like that," he teased. "You think a Lord of Fortune doesn't know how to get at a cork? Just you watchâŚ"
She did watch, as Bashir began to work the cork into the bottle with his thumb. It was⌠a slow process. It was his own face that screwed up into a look, concentration and desperation playing over his features in equal measure. The moment was drawn out just too long, and Dasha couldn't help itâ she laughed.
"Are you sweating? It can't be that difficultâ" She was cut off by a low, musical pop! as the cork finally gave way. Bashir held the bottle aloft in triumph, and she laughed again, though this time it was with him, rather than at him.
"Voila, as the Orlesians say."
"Do they say that?" She had no way of knowing, really, but it certainly sounded right. "What does it mean?"
Bashir gave a shrug of his massive shoulders, and said, "I have no idea. Here, I'll let you have the first drink." She moved closer to him, slowly, and told herself it wasn't nerves but her lack of sea legs.
(There was no lack of sea legs, she had learned to walk the deck with the rise and fall of the ocean waves with a quickness that had surprised her.)
She sniffed at the open neck of the bottle, and couldn't decide if she liked the smell of it or not. "Is it any good?"
Another shrug. "I don't think the cork will improve the taste, but⌠it wasn't exactly top shelf to begin with. Cheap drink might as well be rations for the Lords, though, so it'll do."
Dasha finally took a drink, and it was⌠just as Bashir had described it. It wasn't the finest wine she ever hadâ even if she had only had scraps, the high table she had served had only allowed the finest, the most expensive, goods.
But this wine was shared with her freely, and that made it the sweetest thing Dasha had ever tasted.
They shared the bottle back and forth a few times, and she found herself enjoying the silence. There was nothing expected of her, not by this moment, not by Bashir. After the third sip, she held up her hand when he offered it back to her.
"No, that's enough. I don't want to tempt the winds into testing if my belly is sea worthy." He laughed at her words again, and perhaps she did have a bit of wit and humor about her after all. "What's it called?" Dasha ran her thumb over the label, tracing the lines and curls of the words.
"Uh, this one⌠let me see." Bashir reached into the crate to pull out another bottle, squinted at it in the darkness. "Some vineyard way down south... This one's called Laidir."
"Is that Orlesian, too?"
"Nah, not this time. Ferelden, I think." He paused, gave a roll of his shoulders. He was always in motion, Dasha had noticed, even when he was just thinking. "Might be something left over from the Alamari. Maybeâ strong? Intense? My da, he's from Ferelden. Maybe he can tell us for sure once we get home."
Home. Dasha was happy to blame the mist that came to her eyes at the thought of it on the wine. She traced the ink on the label again, though she couldn't match up the sound of the word to any of the strokes of ink.
"Laidir," she mused aloud. "I think it sounds pretty, don't you? "
A collaboration between me and @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai for @lof-weekend.
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Gemma swept her long, straight blonde hair off her shoulders and leaned back against the stone bench. The ocean stretched out before her, reflecting the setting sun. A warm breeze teased at her hair, and she grumbled and wished for a hair tie.
"Gemmmmaaaaa!"
She waved at Xiqaa's approach, a broad smile under their typical violet curls. They carried a bag similar to the one at Gemma's feet, a simple brown satchel that magically held everything either of wanted to carry around.
"I got your message," Xi said and sat down next to her, placing the bag at their feet.
"Good! I wasn't sure exactly how it worked when I'm a Laidir instead of a de Riva." Gemma looked around her. "I'm still figuring out Rivain but it's really nice here. I can see why Vilz keeps sending me here."
"Speaking of Vilz, where is she?" Xiqaa said. "Your message said you were on your own for a bit."
"Work," Gemma answered distastefully. "This week, it's been horses and low water issues. She said the horses are fine; the topics are not connected."
They both looked out into the ocean, pondering the age-old question of can you lead a horse to water and make it drink?
"Rue too. Something called Cleveland happened to her and it caused her to work a lot more than usual," Xi said, but smiled. "I think she's excited."
"Good! Since they're both busy, I figured we could hang out until they're ready for our Lords of Fortune weekend adventure." She looked at Xi's bag hopefully. "Did you bring it?"
Xi hoisted the bag onto the bench between them. "Two servings of risotto with osso bucco from C.R.O.W.S. of Antiva!"
"The master vampire recipe," Gemma breathed in awe. She hauled her bag into her lap. "I brought Jericho's sangria from the Stripper AU. It's to die for. So much better than Illario's."
They exchanged sad looks. "How is Aydenne?" Gemma asked quietly.
Xiqaa shook their head. "You don't want to know."
Gemma sighed sadly. Aydenne was having a rough time in his canon universe, but Gemma hoped the horizon looked positive for him. Someday.
With the food unpacked and glasses of sangria prepared, they sat back to eat while watching the sunset.
"Happy Lords of Fortune Weekend, Xi," Gemma said. "Here's to reflecting on who we are and where we're going." Xiqaa clinked their glass against hers. "Happy Lords of Fortune Weekend, Gem."
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So after some discord shenanigans I got the idea to do a lords weekend round robin piece. I posed the idea to @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai @mushrooms-x-moss @lemondelighted and @kabsey and thus this piece was born. We took each took turns writing no more than 500ish words each before passing it on. It will be posted in 3 parts over the weekend. We even included drink recipes at the end!
[Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3]
4 lords of fortune gather to meet their out of town friend at the Hilt to show her how The Lords like to have fun. Hijinks ensue.Â
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It had been a picture perfect day in Rivain. The sun had been out in full force and there was not a single cloud in the sky. Now the sun was sinking towards the horizon, the heat of the day at last beginning to dissipate.Â
Turvi was waiting at the bar of the the Hilt Bar and Grill and Bar. He had a large platter of breaded cheese wands in front of him and was waiting for the bartender to mix up a round of drinks.Â
"How many did you say you wanted?" Zalan asked.
"Five. The others should be here soon. Don't forget the salt on the rim!"
Zalan rolled his eyes. "I know how to make a Salty Dog."
"I know, I know. You always make the best drinks, Z."
"I told you not to call me that," Z mumbled.
Turvi continued on, nonplussed. "It's just that Ayla's only here for a short visit, and I want to make sure we show her the best the Hilt has to offer." Zalan nodded half-heartedly, setting the last drink on a tray.Â
"Thanks, Z," Turvi said, balancing the cheese wands in one hand and the drink tray in the other. He carefully made his way over to a table where Xiqaa and Dasha were waiting.
"About time," Xiqaa said. "Have you thought about working here for extra coin? You'd make an excellent serving wench."
"I would, wouldn't I?" He said, flexing his bicep as he lifted the drink tray up and down.Â
"Show off," Dasha laughed. "Put down the drinks already! I'm parched."
"Turvi-Fuckin'-Laidir!" Came a yell from across the Hilt.
Turvi spotted Ayla and waved. "Over here Shot Glass!" Ayla laughed raucously and jogged over to the table.
"Sorry, hope I'm not too late. My last match at the Hall of Valor ran long. There was one hurlock that just would not go down."
"Nah, the goblin queen arrives just when she means to," Dasha said, as she handed Ayla a drink.
It was at that moment that Ilene jumped down from the rafters, landing perfectly on Turvi's back, forcing the air out of him with an oof. "Exactly!" Ilene agreed with a self satisfied grin. "I didn't think my brother was ever going to be done with those drinks." She moved to hold out her hand to ask for a drink, and Turvi handed her one before she could say anything.
"Everyone make sure to eat some of the cheese wands before you drink too much, it'll help you last longer," Xi reminded them.
"That's what she said!" Laughed Dasha.
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"Don't have to tell me twice!" Ayla cackled, giving Dasha a high five and then a kiss. Ayla made the rounds, kissing each of her friends' cheeks in greeting before stuffing a cheese wand into her face so enthusiastically it made Xi raise their eyebrows.
"What?! Fighting makes me hungry!" she grumbled, already reaching for another. Everyone had a nice laugh at that, and Ayla smiled, sipping her drink while glancing around the table at all their cute little faces. Damn, it had been way too long since they'd all been together like this.
She took another sip of the fancy-ass cocktail Dasha had given her. "Andraste's tits, this is good. What the hell is it?" she asked.
"A Salty Dog," Turvi helpfully replied.
Ayla snickered. "Really? You're telling me that's not a nickname for hisgrumpy ass?" she teased, nodding her head towards Zalan at the bar.
Ilene let out a snort laugh that made her choke on her drink. "It is now."
Their table burst into laughter, drawing Zalan's attention, the bartender's eyes narrowing when he noticed them all staring. Ayla gave him a cheeky wave, wiggling her fingers and cackling when it just made him shake his head. "So what sort of trouble did y'all get into today?" she asked, turning back towards her friends.
"Just the right ammount," Dasha quipped, giving Ayla a sultry wink that made her laugh.
"Debatable." Ilene shot Dasha a glare while biting into the cheese wand Turvi wordlessly handed her over his shoulder.
Ayla snickered when Dasha lightly rolled her eyes in response. "I told you I could get us in there without the fireâand I did."
"Took fucking forever though," Xiqaa grumbled.
Ilene nodded. "And way less fun."
"Oooh! More ruins?" Ayla sat up excitedly in her seat. "What was it like? Did you find treasure? Monsters?! Ooo, no, waitâa dragon?? Come on, spill! Y'all know I live for this shit."
Xi laughed, making their incredible purple curls bounce around their face. "Oh, we found some treasure alright."
"Maker's breath,"Â Ayla snickered, turning to give Turvi a pointed look. "Don't tell me you got cursed again."
Turvi opened his mouth to stay something in reply, but was cut off, suddenly interrupting himself with an obnoxiously loud burp. Ayla began howling with laughter when a bunch of little pink bubbles flew out of him along with it.
He gave her a sheepish shrug. "âŚOnly a little."
"Sorry Turbs," Xiqaa said, clapping Turvi on the shoulder. "Just keep touching shit. You're bound to be cursed with something useful eventuallyâŚthough probably not as cool as me," they snickered, tenting their fingers as sparks flew between them.
Show off.
Ayla rolled her eyes. "Yeah? Reckon we don't need insane powers to still beat your ass at knarts, Lightning Fingers McGee."
"Prove it," Xi scoffed, standing from the table with a challenging grin.
Ayla pushed her chair aside to smirk up into Xi's face where it towered above her.
"You're on, sugar."
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âShots first,â Xiqaa proclaimed, ordering their signature layered drink. Zalan poured with practiced hands and a skeptical eye.
Drinks drunk, Ayla and Xiqaa took their places, daggers ready, elbows nudging. Dasha and Turvi moved to a table closer to the contest, Turvi squatting on the seat of his chair, drink tilted precariously. Dasha rescued it out of his hand.
âTen on Ayla,â Ilene declared, hopping onto the tabletop.
âBold,â Dasha grinned. âIâll take it. Loser buys a round.â
Zalan wandered over, collecting glasses with a sigh. âNo brawling if you lose, remember?â
âI never brawl,â Xi laughed. âReady, Ayla?â They rolled their shoulders; sparks crackled, a few snapping to Zalan, who looked annoyed.
âAlways, sugar,â Ayla said, drawing and tossing, fluid and careless.
âDamn,â Xi admired the knifeâs placement, then Ayla. âHot stuff.â
Ayla bowed, preening, shaking out her fingers like she was soothing a burn. âDonât I know it!â
âShot Glass!â Turvi whooped.
Xiâs eye twitched. âBeginnerâs luck.â
âBeginner?â Ayla laughed. âIâve been throwing knives since before you learned how to braid those fancy curls.â
Dasha raised her glass in a goodâluck toast; Xi plucked it from her fingers and finished it with a smile and a wink.
âBetter. Thanks, Dasha,â they said, steadying themself.
The knife thunked into the board, landing just shy of Aylaâs. Respectable.
âLooks like you canât back up the sizzle after all,â Ayla needled.
Second throw, Aylaâs knife found the ring outside the center.
âCall me when thereâs a challenge,â she bragged.
âCâmon, Xi!â Dasha and Turvi urged, rocking the table as Ilene balanced easily, laughing.
Xi stepped forward for their second throw. Their fingers glowed faintly. Ayla narrowed her eyes at them.
Their knife flew, biting into cork. Outside.
Round two: Ayla.
Biting a cheese wand then handing the other half to Turvi, Ayla squinted. Last throw; she was almost victorious.
Wiping her fingers, Ayla squared her stance and threw. The knife hit clean: inner ring again, outside center. The table erupted, Ilene jumping off her perch when Turvi yelled loud enough to rattle the rafters.
Xiâs jaw flexed. âCute.â
Poised for their final throw, sparks danced lazily between their fingers.
Ayla narrowed her eyes. âDonât even think about it.â
âNot thinking,â Xi said mischievously.
The knife left their hand. In the same instant, a bright flash detonated across the room, searing white. Everyone yelped, flinching; blinded, deafened by the thunder. Turvi flipped backward off his chair. Dasha cursed. Ilene clung to the table with miraculous tenacity.
In the chaos, unseen, Xi stabbed their dagger into the heart of the knart board.
The group recovered, blinking and complaining. Xi stood innocently, hands behind their back, whistling.
Ayla walked up to the board. She stared at her knife. Then Xiâs. Her gaze dropped: a second knife lay on the floor at Xiâs feet. Their actualthrow.
Ilene sprawled across the table, one hand supporting her head and the other held out to Dasha. "I'll take my gold and that round now, loser."
Dasha rolled her eyes but reluctantly fished a handful of coins out of her cleavage. "You aren't really going to make me buy a round, are you?" she whined with a pretty pout. "You always drink for free."
"True!" Ilene shouted. She leapt from their table to the next nearest one and then the next and the next, making glasses rock and scattering the pots of various card games while the players yelled and swore at her in protest. Her last leap took her to the bar top, and she hopped down behind to survey the array of bottles, one fingertip pressed to her lips in thought.
Zalan scowled at her. "Ilene," he warned in a threatening voice.
She waved her free hand at him while her sharp gaze continued to consider her options. A moment later, she was climbing the shelves and tucking bottle after bottle into the crook of her arm. Zalan watched her from beneath furrowed brows, one arm outstretched to catch her if she fell. His shoulders relaxed when her boots hit the floor again, and with a reluctant sigh, he set out five shot glasses.
For all that Ilene had seemingly chosen bottles at random, she poured very precise layers of each liquor into the glasses. When she was done, she hopped back onto the bar top and then swung her legs over to perch on the edge of the customers' side.
"Serving wench!" she hollered while beckoning to their table. Turvi obediently trotted over, grabbed the tray that Zalan had loaded with the glasses, and then turned his back to her. She let out an approving whoop before jumping on, and Turvi carried both drinks and drink maker back to the table. Ilene passed out the shots, and the others collected them with varying degrees of enthusiasm.
"Do I want to know what this is?" Xi asked.
"Definitely not," Dasha replied, but she downed her drink gamely. As she slammed her empty glass back on the table, her eyes flew wide. The sound of Ilene's cackle nearly drowned out Dasha's intense coughing fit while Turvi patted her on the back with a concerned look.
"Can't be worse than darkspawn blood!" Ayla announced cheerfully and downed her own drink.
Turvi and Xi exchanged a solemn toast of impending doom and then drained their glasses together while Ayla gagged and spat on the floor. Sparks of lightning and pink bubbles danced over the table as Ilene smacked her lips in satisfaction after downing her own shot.
"What do you call that?" Xi wheezed.
Ilene shurgged. "Dunno yet. I just made it."
"Demon Monkey," Dasha gasped, fanning her mouth with one hand.
"Drunk Koala," Turvi offered with another spray of pink bubbles.
"Titty Titty Bang Bang!" Ayla declared, and Ilene howled with laughter, pounding her fist on the table.
Come back tomorrow for part 2!
Thank you to @mushrooms-x-moss for making all the graphics! You are a graphic design wizard my friend. And thank you @blackwall-my-tiny-husband for letting us kidnap Zalan.Â
Special shoutout to the other silly gooses that helped write this piece. I had so much fun making it.
Thank you @lof-weekend for hosing such an amazing event!
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I suspect this one is more of a surprise than the Carver/Merrill ficlet. đ
For my final entry, I decided to tease a little another ship I have for my canon worldstate: Illario/Neve. I largely landed on the pairing on my own, mostly as a little "what-if" seed that took root, but I was also little bit inspired by @himluv's Illario/Bellara stuff, and definitely reinforced (reassured? that I wasn't just being daft) by @jenn2d2's Illario/Neve stuff (which I still need to read). What can I say? The idea of a redemption arc and a little "oops I fell in love when I didn't intend to" for Illario appeals to me.
Doesn't mean I won't smack him around a little emotionally first. Penance.
Space Enough for Breath
Seven kisses, seven pairs, not all of them good ideas.
Rating: T
And for the other parts:
Day 1 (Camp) | Day 2 (Injury) | Day 3 (Courtyard) | Day 4 (Exploration) | Day 5 (Beach) | Day 6 (Mourning)
Read the whole thing on AO3
Day 7: Sneaky(Illario/Neve)
(Set sometime after the events of Veilguard.)
Note: "nievita" means "little snow" in Spanish (thank you to my husband for help picking it). I couldn't pass up the play on Neve's name.
Illario let out a soft grunt as his back hit the shelves in the small closet, and he nearly sneezed on the dust that kicked up before a firm hand pressed over his mouth. The close quarters meant he had very little room to maneuver, even less to get out of the way as a bodyâcompact, curved, smelling of sandalwood and cedar perfumeâpressed into his with the closing of the door.
Not that he wanted to get out of the way, anyway. Not from this particular assailant.
He let his hands drift toward hips that dug into his, but the hand on his lips turned ice-cold, a clear warning, and he stopped. He knew better than to push. Knew better than to antagonize her, even if the frigid look in her eyesânot quite visible in the wan light seeping through the gap at the bottom of the doorâwas as much temptation as it was threat.
Instead, he left a kiss in her palm, slow and sensual, and smirked when he felt her shiver against him. Her hand clenched tighter around his mouth, fingers pressing into his jaw, just shy of hard enough to bruise. He heard a sharp hiss of breath, the barest of whispers.
His charms were no match for the will of Neve Gallus, and that intrigued him more than anything.
So he waited. Let her take charge, like she usually did, and amused himself with fantasizing how things would play out this time.
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Final tag for the event week. Hope you enjoyed them all!
Okay, so not completely unique pairs each day, but...well....
Maybe not all of these kisses are good ideas.
This event is canon to my ladies' stories, but it's not an endgame relationship. And what's being mourned is not a person but a relationship.
Space Enough for Breath
Seven kisses, seven pairs, not all of them good ideas.
Rating: T
Missed the earlier parts?
Day 1 (Camp) | Day 2 (Injury) | Day 3 (Courtyard) | Day 4 (Exploration) | Day 5 (Beach)
Read the whole thing on AO3
Day 6: Mourning
(Hawke/Cullen - attempted)
(Set in 9:34 Dragon, during Act II of Dragon Age 2, the day after the breakup with Fenris.)
Maybe, Aelinn thought, as she made eye contact over the rim of her tankard with the surprised templar staring down at her, going to the tavern closest to the Gallows wasnât exactly the brightest idea, even if she had been freshly dumped in the wee hours of that very morning and was looking to drown the heartache in ale.
It seemed, by the dumbfounded expression on his face, that Knight-Captain Cullen agreed.
Not that any of the cityâs templars knew she was an apostate. That would have been suicide. She would have been locked up, made Tranquil, or executed already if theyâd known. Didnât make choosing their preferred tavernâand its frankly weak and uninspiring ale, lackluster snacks, lack of music, oppressive atmosphere, and threat of danger without any fun to balance it outâany less stupid, though.
But there was something the Sun and Sword had going for it that the Hanged Man didnât: no Fenris.
She let her eyes fall away, to the empty stool beside her at the corner of the bar counter. âHave a seat, why donât you?â she mumbled around the rim of her tankard.
Cullen didnât move.
Aelinn sighed and drained her tankard, and met his eyes again. âI promise, Iâm not making this a regular thing, haunting your haunt.â She swept her hair out of her eyes with her free hand. âI just...needed to get away from the usual for tonight.â
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On the eve of confronting the Evanuris at Tearstone Island, Dasha Laidir and Nona Ingellvar take a moment to exchange gifts and share their appreciation for one another. The world feels ready to end, but they are bound with golden thread.
Takes place in a universe with two Rooks.
đco-written with my beloved @lemondelightedđ
dividers by @/cursed-carmine
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Oh no, I ran out of protagonists to write for. Whatever shall I do.
Grab another pair for a kiss that's canon in my worldstate (because I say so).
It's Carver Hawke and Merrill! There's banter in the game indicating he's sweet on her, so I decided I wanted them to be a thing (eventually). So here's the promise of them becoming a thing!
(And yes, this does mean I have other pairs for the last two as well. One of them is...well, there's a reason for the way I phrased the summary.)
Space Enough for Breath
Seven kisses, seven pairs, not all of them good ideas.
Rating: T
Missed the earlier parts?
Day 1 (Camp) | Day 2 (Injury) | Day 3 (Courtyard) | Day 4 (Exploration)
Read the whole thing on AO3
Day 5: Beach
(Carver/Merrill â a promising kiss)
(Set in 9:47 Dragon, five years before Veilguard starts.)
âOh!â
Carver Hawke glanced up from the antler fragment he was carving, expecting to see the mage the Warden-Commander had hired, and nearly dropped his knife in surprise at the sight of a face he hadnât seen in years.
Her hair was longer, a little sun-bleached and pulled into dozens upon dozens of little braids all woven with spirals of gold wire and colorful strings, with a shaved under-cut to keep her long ears free, and her skin had definitely seen more cloudless days in her time at sea; her vallaslin was fainter against the extra bronzing. She still wore her Dalish leathers on her arms and legs, but had traded her stiff chain and tunic for silk and muslinâa bright sash and scarf over a shirt thin enough to see the colorful bandeau she wore beneathâand her furs for feathers. Gold bangles jingled at her wrists, and she held a staff loosely in her hands, clasped behind her back. Still wood, but banded in gold and colorful enamel at the ends instead of gnarled and wild. It had Isabelaâs tastes written all over it.
Carver had thought she was beautiful in the cramped halls of the Gallows, when they had fought a Knight-Commander gone mad. Heâd been too afraid to say anything, letting the memories of his youthful unkindness to her keep his trap shut lest his sister tease him for his crush, and had assumed his feelings would fade.
He realized, to his chagrin, that his opinion hadnât changed one bit in the intervening gulf of time and distance.
Merrill was still beautiful.
And still out of his reach, even standing mere feet away, barefoot in the sand of a Marcher beach.
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Tag! Who likes the idea of Carver/Merrill? Just me?