skybone

Me: “I’m going to play a bit!”

Cassandra: (exists)

This is a bit of a pre-Wintersend treat, for @sweettasteofbitter, because they are wonderful and I wanted to give them a treat…

BUUUUUUUT then I went and accidentally TOLD the Wintersend pinch-hit group I was writing this treat, because Your Old Auntie here doesn’t understand how these Google Group things work (and/or I can’t follow clear instructions for interacting with the group, sigh). And I thought, you know, I don’t want to taint the pure waters of the Wintersend Exchange with my non-anonymous non-surprise treat.

And so:

Spa Day Gen, with a big dose of Pentilyet pre-slash

In which Josephine gets treated to a wonderful retreat at a high-end spa, because no one deserves it more than she does.

Rating: T Words: 1040

I wanted to write something fluffy so I wrote a first kiss. Will I ever stop loving these two? I don’t think so.

They meet on Skyhold’s battlements underneath the starry dome of the sky. The moons are bright, the planets aligned. Down below, the steep cliffs of the mountains stretch out until they disappear into a black nocturnal void.

“Ambassador,” Cassandra says. “You wanted to see me?”

She fails at the pretense, uncomfortable with how unfamiliar it is to her. She keeps a neutral tone in case the words she has been hoping for will not be uttered tonight. She is, however, rudely betrayed by her own physique. Her voice doesn’t waver, but her hand gestures become more awkward, more frequent. She straightens her back, scrambling to preserve her dignity despite her discomfort.

Indigenous women of Standing Rock issue heartbreaking plea for help ahead of evacuation

With just over a day to go before the evacuation deadline arrives at North Dakota’s Oceti Sakowin camp, protesters at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation have issued a plea: Come help — now.

In a viral video shared by journalist Shaun King on Monday, a group of indigenous women remind viewers that demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline are about much more than a single issue.

They’re about clean water, police brutality, treaty rights and the rights of future generations. Read more (2/21/17 8:00 AM)