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In the Grand Necropolis memorial garden, the tombstones are all written in an English substitution cipher based on hexagons. Now, I COULD say that English is for Nevarran what French is for Orlesian but instead I'm going to go with what I think is the more interesting option, which is that English's Thedasian equivalent is some basically dead language from the Divine Age that you rarely see outside of the Grand Necropolis unless of course you are say, Nevarran royalty and have been forced to learn the language as part of your studies.

Here is the beginning of my next chapter of Kiki the Unkillable, my MCi(and out and in and out of)Thedas. Kiki is a philosophy professor who keeps dreaming of Dragon Age. She dies… a lot. This is very much still WIP, so please be forgiving.

Ch 16: When Kiki Worried That She’d Had Too Much of a Good Thing

Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward .” -Søren Kierkegaard

They’d managed to drop into a timeline before Solas killed Elgar’nan. Kiki wasn’t entirely sure how it was that she navigated through the Thedas timeline, and one of her goals for when the semester finished was to just put it all up on a giant whiteboard and map it out. There was a logic to it, she just didn’t entirely know what it was yet.

Solas seemed mostly pleased to see her, and apologized for her being electrocuted. For him, that had apparently happened just a day ago. For Kiki it was several weeks, many deaths, and more than one Thedosian apocalypse ago. 

“Lady Caoimhe,” Solas said, the edges of his falsely patient tone sharp enough to cut, “what wisdom shall you grace me with today?”

“Hey, Elf-man, maybe don’t be a dick to the only person in Thedas who doesn’t give up on you and your bullshit.” Apparently Nate was through with Solas. He hadn’t even been eaten by darkspawn. His ancient-elf bullshit threshold was definitely lower than Kiki’s.

Kiki did enjoy the shocked expression on Solas’s face. At this point in history, Solas was the leader of the Elvhen rebellion–he was used to being respected, adored, and obeyed. Nate did none of those things.

“Master Nate,” Solas said sharply. “I do not know you, nor what you accuse me of, but have a care with your words, lest some take them to be insults beyond the pale of decency.”

Kiki spoke before the two men could unbutton their pants and begin measuring. “Solas, I’ve spent a lot of time seeing different futures that you have created, and they are all pretty terrible.”

“You had told me about this earlier, have you seen more?” Solas switched off his pissed off warlord attitude and pulled on a mien of respectable professorial attention. Everyone knew it was bullshit, but Solas seemed to think that he was the only one who was capable of insight. 

“Let’s sit down and talk about this, it might be easier for you,” Kiki said with a bit of a resigned sigh. “Could you ask Felassan to join us? He is pivotal in this.”

There was a moment of sputtering and confusion in Solas, as he didn’t know that she knew Felassan, and then Felassan arrived and spouted off some racist crap about her being a Shemlen, and Nate called him an idiotic knife-ear, and that was just pleasant for everyone.

“When you’re all done measuring, please let me know,” Kiki said with an irritated look at the three of them. 

Nate had the decency to look mildly ashamed, and Felassan and Solas looked confused, and then she watched as understanding dawned on them. Insults and allusions to dick measuring contests translated to ancient elven men just fine.

Solas leaned back against his desk, Felassan sprawled in a plush chair and Nate propped himself up against the wall, tension thrumming in his body. Kiki ignored them all and paced, not sure where to start.

“I know of your plan to kill Elgar’nan,” she started and Felassan’s indolent look vanished and was replaced by the ancient general she knew he was. 

“What knowledge do you have, and from where have you stolen it, Shemlen?” Felassan spat, his hands on his knees.

Kiki ignored him and continued. “Your plan will fail as it is. You need more time to prepare. A few dozen years, I believe you told me, Solas.” Now it was Solas’s turn to look surprised.

“But none of this matters,” she continued. “Elgar’nan dead, or alive, Thedas gets destroyed.” She pointed to Solas, “And you destroy it. Every time.”

He waved a dismissive hand at her, obviously irritated, and covering his emotions with obnoxiously false interest and patience. “Everything that I have ever done is to protect the People–my people–from harm.” He sat down on the settee. “It is absurd to think that all of my actions are negative. 

“Damn it, do you think this is fun?” she asked them, jabbing Solas in the chest. “I think I have to stop you from fucking up your world before I can get a good night’s sleep. I am sick of this!”

@vanillastrange, @elfyroot @nirikeehan If you want in?

Mar experiments with her new rune, visits the Fantasy Laundromat, and delivers wine.

🎊100th TIRTW!!!🎊

...and last TIRTW*, but not last TIRTW. 😝

The weekly TIRTW* posts have been starting to feel more like a chore, rather than fun, so I think I'm going to switch to a more "standard" recommendation style posting. I've been getting better at commenting, which I think will help, and I'm not going to pressure myself to post something every week, which will definitely help.    🔸 If anyone wants to suggest themes, I'm certainly open to those and my ask box is open.

New Stories

Dalishious Elvhen Dictionary by dalishious (@dalishious) - Elvhen Dictionary - 3,628 words - WIP

Rereads

Unwritten by UnrealRomance - Solas/MGiT - 390,434 words - WIP

TheFall of Arlathan by Psalacanthea (@psalacanthea) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 38,525 words - HSE WIP (I did read my favorite bits of Schooling Pride too, but didn't have the emotional capacity for the full angstfest 😊)

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😈 Claim prompt by @rosella-writes - Solas/F!Lavellan

Subscription Updates

Love Comes Home, Wolf's Pride by jasna - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 18)

Wicked Things, What a Wicked Game to Play by Cracking Lamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 69-70)

Love's Worth Running To, Love Run by JessTalksAlot (@jessitasquirrel) - Solas/F!Lavellan, background Iron Bull/M!Lavellan (Ch. 22)

Ma Ghilana Mir Bellanaris, Dir'vhen'an by oxygenforthewicked (@oxygenforthewicked) - Solas/NB!Lavellan (Ch. 22)

Chasing Ghosts, Heirloom by WickedWitchoftheWilds (@wickedwitchofthewilds​​) - Solas/OFC (Ch. 11)

She's Lived a Good Life by Kinako - MCiT (Ch. 31-32)

Kintsugi, Fragile World by angelslaugh (@skyerie) - {Solas/F!Lavellan, Felassan/F!Lavellan, F!Lavellan/TBD} (Ch. 27-28)

Eunoia by RosellaWrites (@rosella-writes) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 18)

Elvhenan: Tales from the Elven Empire, The Rise & Fall of Fen'Harel, The Rebel's Ascension by InArlathan (@in-arlathan) - Solas/OFC (Ch. 25)

Dreams, In Waking Dreams by AParisianShakespearean (@a-shakespearean-in-paris) - Cullen/F!Trevelyan (Ch. 93)

Vena Eolas: The Journey of an Elvhen Spirit, Sule Tael Tasalal - Until We Meet Again by faerieavalon (@faerieavalon) - {Solas/OFC, Felassan/OFC, Solas & Felassan}, past Abelas/OFC (Ch. 70)

Into the Cosmos, Into the Chaos by Pakhet (@shiver-the-tiefling) - {MGiT~MBiT, Solas/MGiT, Solas~MBiT} (Ch. 83)

Dissonant Verses, Dread Wolf Guide Us by Alexis_Trvlyn (@itsalexistrvlyn) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 17)

A Whole New World by RogueLioness (@roguelioness) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 143)

» side note - multiple chapters may mean multiple updates; or might just be me refreshing my memory, reorienting myself in the story, or rereading some for fun.

i have risen from the dead in order to bring you chapter 6! wherein we get to meet another future member of the chargers ...

Another WIP, this one's a commission for ar_lath_ma (ao3) aka Cully. Her Inquisitor Amaryllis is a twist on an MCIT and for reasons gets adopted into a Dalish clan. :)