You Meddlesome Kids

[obi_wanmanshow]

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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[thelastking]

Sam.

[He knows that voice well enough to know it's the hobbit. It pains Aragorn to hear such fear and desperation within Sam's voice.

It's heartbreaking.]

Galadriel will be freed. I swear it.

[harthad_uluithiad]

Strider?

[ First Legolas and Bill, and now this? He really must be dreaming, and he falls briefly into a dead silence (for once) before whispering, hardly daring to breathe. ]

Is it really you?

[thelastking]

Yes.

[He can't help but smile a little even though the hobbit can't see it.]

Dry your tears, Sam. I will see to it that Galadriel is freed.

[harthad_uluithiad]

Strider -

[ whoops he's crying again, but (mostly) of joy and relief this time.]

P-please - I tried to talk to her, and she said they wouldn't listen, - and...

[ He chokes, then takes a breath and manages to remember one other very important thing. ]

Legolas is here too! And Bill! And - and if you're all here, then -

[ please please please ]

Is - is Mr. Frodo...?

[thelastking]

Be mindful of yourself and your words, Samwise. There's many ears here.

[It's difficult for him to try to console Sam via crystal but he tries. He has to try.]

Legolas and...Bill? [A slight chuckle left him at the mention of the pony.] Poor Bill. He never found his way back--

[At the mention of Frodo, Aragorn trails off suddenly.]

...Frodo isn't with us.

[harthad_uluithiad]

Oh...oh.

[ He sobers. He'd hoped, briefly, but even that brief spark of hope being extinguished hits him hard. ]

But...he's all right, isn't he? He's safe, back in Middle-earth?

[ But how could he be? Without Gandalf, without Sam, and now without Strider or Legolas either...who would keep Frodo safe? ]

[thelastking]

[He wants to say that Frodo is safe. He truly does but Aragorn has his doubts. A great evil lingers here in Thedas and it's dragging them all here. As of why, Aragorn doesn't know but he certainly won't give into his doubts or lose hope in Frodo.]

Frodo is a brave soul. You know him well, Sam. He wouldn't give up.

[Realizing that they're speaking upon a public channel, he suggests caution.]

Be wary of your surroundings. Speak no more of Frodo or Galadriel for their sake. There's too many listeners amongst us.

[harthad_uluithiad]

But he -

[ He wants to ask more, to be sure, but he holds his tongue at Aragorn's warning. ]

Y-yes, Strider.

[ He drops his voice to a whisper, as if that will help at all against eavesdroppers. Spoilers: it won't. ]

I won't say nothing. I swear it.