provenforce: (I can't see your face)
Rey Palpatine-Organa-Kenobi-Amidala-Solo-Skywalker ([personal profile] provenforce) wrote in [community profile] therookery2017-04-29 10:56 pm

open crystal | Healing is difficult;

FORM: crystal
SENDER: Rey
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: A wild Rey (re)appears
WHEN: whenever now is
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: naw.


[Rey has been relatively absent. Some might have seen glimpses of her here and there, but by and large, she's been keeping to herself since the move to Kirkwall. A little before that, even.]

I'm sorry to have to announce this this way, but... I don't know of any other way to do it. [She pauses, more because she doesn't want to say what she has to say than anything else.]

Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi is no longer in Thedas. He hasn't been for some time, it's just... taken me a while to confirm it. [And process it and figure out how exactly she's supposed to tell other people.] I'm sorry if you knew him and would have preferred to hear this news in person I... really don't know who many of his friends were by sight.
youwonscience: (you're on your own)

[personal profile] youwonscience 2017-04-30 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry to hear that. We weren't close, but he was one of the first people to make sure I was oriented in Skyhold. And he was always kind to me.

[She certainly doesn't sound put out not to be told in person; on the contrary, her tone is all sympathy.]
Edited (the case of the missing bracket) 2017-04-30 11:52 (UTC)
youwonscience: (you know how it feels)

[personal profile] youwonscience 2017-05-01 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess they will.

Were you close? [She's sensitive to an indication she's overstepped, but her first instinct is compassion.]
youwonscience: (oh my love it's time)

[personal profile] youwonscience 2017-05-02 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That can be pretty damn close, sometimes. [Not always, but those aren't teachers you take the trouble to share about the way Rey's had. She's had several friends, rifters, vanish; it was only Delphine she got on the crystals about, though.]

You may not want to be spending a lot of time around strangers at the moment, but if you need someone to keep you company while you drink or whatever ... I know what it's like to have someone leave you behind this particular way.
youwonscience: (machine created music)

[personal profile] youwonscience 2017-05-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
No problem. It's a standing one, if you change your mind later. I'm Cosima.
youwonscience: (And then get up and leave her)

[personal profile] youwonscience 2017-05-05 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Good to meet you, Rey. Friends are good too. I'll be around whenever you're ready.
gatheringstorm: (sympathy)

[personal profile] gatheringstorm 2017-04-30 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
...I was wondering, but it's good to know for sure. Thanks, for that.

Do you have his mabari? What was her name, Padawan?
gatheringstorm: (smile)

[personal profile] gatheringstorm 2017-05-03 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Good girl. I'll keep some extra treats on hand for when I see her.
gatheringstorm: (slight smile)

[personal profile] gatheringstorm 2017-05-04 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Mabari are pretty active and social animals; they love the attention. You can't go wrong with a daily round of playtime, let her stretch her legs a bit. I've never owned one, though, so you'd do better asking some of the mabari-owners around. We have plenty of those, at least.
gatheringstorm: (force of nature)

[personal profile] gatheringstorm 2017-05-05 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, they are. I swear they're smarter than some people, able to follow complex commands and whatnot. There's a reason Fereldans rely on them so much in battle.
bookish_lioness: (Sympathetic)

[personal profile] bookish_lioness 2017-05-01 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry. I've met him a few times. He was nice.

If I may ask, how did you confirm that he was gone? It's just that a friend of mine has been missing, and I haven't exactly had any definitive proof of where he might be....
bookish_lioness: (Deadened)

[personal profile] bookish_lioness 2017-05-02 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Hermione finds herself wishing that the wizarding community had something similar, but all she has is a handful of spells that may not even be working properly in the first place, even if her magic's been getting better. But she's had to tell herself that her magic is just off, because otherwise, it would mean Harry really is gone, and while Rey seems to have accepted Obi-Wan's disappearance....

But no one can really accept the disappearance of someone they'd cared for, so now is the time to focus on Rey. She can mourn for Harry later, if she ever brings herself to properly accept that he's gone.]


He may still be out there. Just... far. The Inquisition is always sending people on missions to all parts of the world. And even if that's not the case... you'll see him again.
bookish_lioness: (Guilt)

[personal profile] bookish_lioness 2017-05-03 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[She had meant it as more than a platitude, given that it hadn't occurred to her that people from the same world but different timelines would be so close here. She doesn't know why it hadn't, and feels rather awful now, but she isn't going to leave until she has a chance to rectify her remark.]

But he may not be gone from here. And even if he is... at least you got to spend time with him that you wouldn't have, in your world. I'm sorry, I know it's a small comfort, but I hope it's a comfort all the same.
bookish_lioness: (Hollow)

[personal profile] bookish_lioness 2017-05-05 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hermione doesn't believe that bit about certain things not happening without him having gone back is necessarily true. Time is a strange sort of thing, after all, and since she doesn't believe in fate, she has to wonder whether his experiences here will change the outcome of his life there. But she doesn't say any of that, since it likely isn't going to help matters with Rey any.]

If there's anything you need, Rey - even if it's just a friendly ear - I'm on my way to Kirkwall, if that's where you are.
bookish_lioness: (Neutral)

[personal profile] bookish_lioness 2017-05-09 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[They're pretty much in the same boat. Maybe even literally, depending on when they each arrived in Kirkwall.]

We can find someplace in Kirkwall to have lunch. My treat. Unless you'd rather stay close to the Inquisition. There have been some mixed reactions to Kirkwall itself, so I can understand either decision.
bookish_lioness: (Listening neutrally)

[personal profile] bookish_lioness 2017-05-14 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
All right; we can meet on the docks at your earliest convenience, and find someplace in Lowtown to catch up. Just let me know when works best for you, and I'll make myself available.
crowncitizen: (Took me high and left me low)

[personal profile] crowncitizen 2017-05-01 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow. Um, I'm sorry your friend is gone, and I hope this doesn't rub salt in the wound or anything, but... I'm new here, and I didn't even know people could leave Thedas. That's possible?
crowncitizen: (So here we go)

[personal profile] crowncitizen 2017-05-03 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
So Rifters just disappear? Poof, they're gone?
crowncitizen: (Took me high and left me low)

[personal profile] crowncitizen 2017-05-11 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. No one told me about that. I figured we were all stuck here for good. [That comforts him quite a bit. Maybe he'll be able to go home after all.]
crowncitizen: (we'd get this far)

[personal profile] crowncitizen 2017-05-18 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Right. [A pause.] Um, anyway, I'm sorry about your friend.
motherfucking_ghost: (welcome to every god damn day)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2017-05-04 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oof--that...that sucks. I mean, I didn't talk to him as much as I could've, didn't always agree with him when I did, but he was good to the Rifters. I...wish I knew where they went when they leave. If they just...fuckin' fall up into a rift or what. It's happened before. [He thinks of Ruby more often than he'd admit, for one.]
motherfucking_ghost: (welcome to every god damn day)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2017-05-05 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
So it's not like he's...dead or...anything like that. Timeline shenanigans. He's got to go back to where he was so he can actually do the things you remember him doing.

That's a nice thought, anyway. Good for him.
motherfucking_ghost: (really shouldn't add to my confusion)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2017-05-08 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, shit, so you got to, like...meet a legend before he went back to fulfill his duty or preserve the timeline or whatever? That's awesome.
motherfucking_ghost: (Default)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2017-05-10 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, yeah, no, yeah, it sucks to lose him. He was good to Rifters. Tried to be all diplomatic. But before here, you only knew him as a story, a-a historical figure! You got to meet him. And you get to remember what he was like.
motherfucking_ghost: (hopeful)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2017-05-15 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but that's life, right? Just a bunch of complications, one after the other. Anyone tells you otherwise, they're trying to sell you something. When the pain starts to leave, you'll be grateful you had the chance.