#coldjustness

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I love my small wife!! And the way she builds herself up. It feels like *nothing* about the way she presents herself is accidental — she has an image she wants to maintain, the idea of the person she wants to be seen as, and she knows exactly how to make it work. The way players can be taken in by it (as was I originally) is the proof that it really *does* work quite well.

If there was one thing he was grateful for, it was the fact that in the Lighthouse every door opened by itself. Well, maybe he was also grateful for the fact that ever time he nearly slipped and risked to fall into the infinity of the Fade, the Caretaker was there to make sure the building would find a way to save him, but that was not the point.

The point was that walking into Neve's office when she was working – so pretty much anytime – was dangerous enough without the cup of boiling hot tea he carried now. So when the door allowed him to set foot in there, all he did was clear his throat and smile at the detective.

✍️ + Neve Gallus ✍️ + Rana Savas

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I'm going to combine these and make myself do a like drabble for them since they work well against one another...

It was a clue, or a fraction of a clue. Most ended up like this, a whisper from someone's great aunt's fishmonger. Those leads could end up striking true, or she could find herself in a dark alleyway with an illicit milliner operation ran by what she assumes was three rats in a trench coat.

Neve waited on an outcropping off to the side and high above, but she was able to watch the docks. One could always tell when red lyrium was being smuggled in, the fade felt weird and the boxes were always sealed more than any sort of jewel to protect those who operate in the material from falling victim to it's song.

Sitting on a large boulder, one leg crossed over the other as she watched, occasionally looking down to write in her small pocket journal. Making note the pages were filling up and she'd need a new one soon. Jumping from her thoughts as she heard footsteps approaching, hand on her stave, luckily noticing who had joined her before she froze them.

"Rana. I wasn't expecting company for this picnic."

"Why am I not surprised to see you here? Following a lead?"

"Aren't I always?"

The Templar crossed her arms for a moment before her hands sat on either hip as she looked over at the dock the cliff overlooked. "I noticed the patrol for this dock was assigned on a different watch, so I thought either it was an uneventful posting or-"

"Or someone higher up didn't want it to be watched." The detective took mental note of the strange coincidence, looking over once more as a small fishing boat was approaching the dock.

Rana sighed for a moment, a hand pressing the bridge of her nose. "And if you're here, it means something is bound to happen." She never could figure out Neve's leads, but she trusted her friend to know which leads were legit and which weren't. "Just this time, make sure some of the dock is left?"

nO LISTEN OK. don't even joke because ness 100 percent would. she would take the wisps no questions asked. every time she visits neve in the study, she gets distracted trying to befriend them and entice them to her room instead. she might even get a little jealous thinking they like neve better. and she's definitely grilled emmrich on what wisps like and how to attract them. so we should just give her the wisps.

honestly, for my personal enrichment, i hope she would?  i mean, we already have her doing so (after the fact) anyway, with the “and you crossed that line” bit at his big ol' lich coming out speech, which - good for her.  because it is absolutely unhinged when you actually sit and think about what he literally just did for reasons and furthermore.

sure, i'll combat my fear of death by…dying?  and then being undead.

????????

bruh.

like i'm glad someone said it.  i'm glad it was neve.  and i think - since he is…generally both so reluctant and eager to bandaid getting that tidbit out of the way when it comes to entanglements that look like they may be going places - it's important that she do express that discomfort.  mostly because neve gives it straight, and that is 1000% more important - to me - for emmrich to hear than jokes about it.  like someone needs to sit him down and be like have you considered how absolutely batshit insane what you're wanting to do is in reality or-

and neve would be that person.  i mean, neve's opinion and words already have weight for him as is, if there were….as you say, a more romantic side to it, i think even moreso?  or maybe the romantic possibility doesn't matter - when it comes down to it - and moreso his respect for neve as a whole.  i don't know!  i don't know, but i do think it's important he receive that pushback from someone he cares about, and i do know neve would absolutely 1000% have issues™ with the lichdom thing, and she'd be right to point out the pitfalls of it and!

Her fingers steeple over the rim of the coffee cup, moving to set it down in front of the other woman before she moves to sit beside her. The low glow from the fireplace offers a sense of quiet that only night could bring, it's a pleasant change from the forever day that resides just outside the kitchen doors.

" Almost feels wrong to steal this from him. " She teases, knowing that there was a near endless supply of the stuff thanks to their assassin, but there still exists a sliver of guilt for commandeering it from him anyway.