therookery | You Meddlesome Kids

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: Obi-Wan Kenobi
RECIPIENT: EVERYBODY
WHAT: Obi-Wan applies the time-honored Jedi technique of stirring the shit in hopes of producing results
WHEN: Mid-Drakonis-ish
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: For some context or in person action, have This closed log all about Gavin's recent life choices, and this somewhat related open log by Aragorn.

I am a little new here, and perhaps I've missed something important, but is it common practice to lock up innocent people, for no reason? I was given to understand that this organization, this Inquisition, is meant to stand as some kind of bastion for all, a saving grace in the face of sure doom. Or is that just pretty words, to hide the truth?

[He pauses, just for a moment, but despite the lack of visual information, it has all the laser-like focus of a nun's stern disapproval. You have been found wanting, young inquisition. Shame on you.]

Seeker Cassandra Pentaghast, for those who might not have heard, seems to have decided that it is appropriate for her to act as judge, jury, and-- well, a law unto herself, concerning the behavior of Rifters. I wonder, with everything else that's happened since my arrival here, if she thinks no one has noticed.

[He means, perhaps, the issue with Anders, among other things. A good strategist knows how to use their shield; the timing wasn't the only suspect thing about all this, but it certainly seemed like a factor, to him.]

I'll get to the point: Galadriel should be freed if she's done nothing, or if she, or anyone else [Not to name names, Gavin Ashara] has done significant wrong, there should be a fair trial, open to public scrutiny. What happened here is, in my opinion, inexcusable.

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I was given to understand that as a group, the Rifters have no particular leadership or notable organization. Is that incorrect? I don't claim to speak for all of us, only myself.

[He didn't ask you, but then do you ask him?]

I apologize.

Marcel Gerard has been, he was the one to organise the first meeting we managed to hold a few months ago. We shared concerns about our perception before, and again in the wake of the rift opening in Skyhold, about the many being judged by the actions of the few, and that being taken as a trend. If that's seen as happening now...

[Right now, she's back to being wary of Cassandra. She was short enough with her when they spoke in the tavern prior to the ball regarding the subject of Galadriel. Rifters are rifters before they're anything else here.]

I don't mean to snap, forgive me, maybe another meeting now that there are so many more might be a good idea but I'm wary of how that might look, given that saying things have been tense around here is an understatement.

You're right; it may begin to seem as if we're organizing ourselves into some kind of-- of a threat. However, if we are going to continue to be treated as a group, it may be worthwhile to at least make contact with one another.

If nothing else, none of us should end up as Galadriel did. We are all a long way from our usual sources of support. If we cannot trust those native to Thedas to help us, then we may need to be our own precautions.

I have notes that I've taken, not from the library because anyone can go to the library, but from the people here. History, magic, religion, politics, organisations, the customs of various countries, whatever I thought would be useful.

I believe the Seeker is sincere in her desire to keep the people of the Inquisition safe. [Believing Cassandra to be sincere doesn't meant she entirely trusts her but at home, this would be Araceli's job.] I can't say that my own country, much as I love it, much as we are a friendly nation, would have allowed so much freedom if people fell through holes in the sky. I arrived in the first group and we weren't even questioned, only our marks were examined and that was that. Something must have happened.

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