Asking the real questions

[unbrokenoath]

FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Kaisa
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: Things are tense, Kaisa tries to have a discussion that is Not Tense. Asking what people's safe word is counts, right?
WHEN: End of Drakonis
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: CW for discussion of sexual situations, probably with hints at bdsm or at least situations that require a safe word.

Alright, so, I'm bored, and the air has been kind of tense around here lately. So I have a fun survey for anyone who wants to participate. My question is this:

What's your safe word?

For any innocent maidens tuning in: Safe words are words that you say when you're knocking boots with someone and you need all activities to end, right then and there, no questions asked. If you've never been in any situations where you've needed a safe word, think up something that you'd never say during sex, unless you were wanting everything to stop. Go ahead, think on that. Right now. Hup hup. Let me know what you come up with.

I think that it's interesting to see just what people decide on, you know? It says something. Some people just go with something like 'Stop' because, Maker's ass, it's effective, and neither of you are gonna forget that shit any time soon. You don't need to explain your decision-making process but I might ask you if you got something really out there, just saying. Unless you're like 'And don't fucking ask, Kaisa, you nosy motherfucker', in which case I will be like 'Alright man, that's totally cool'.

I'll start out: Mine is 'darkspawn', because I figure if I'm shouting that at any point, I probably want to be ending any current extra-circular activities, anyway. And probably find some pants.

Comments

[hlif]

Abomination. Always puts a dampener on things.

[unbrokenoath]

Asher, yer a rude ass nughumper, ya know that?

[ She says, with a tone that could possibly be affectionate. ]

[hlif]

Don't ask questions if you don't think you'll like the answer. That's the risk you take when you try to be the woman of the people.

[A beat.]

My grandfather could call down a feud on your head for talking shit, and my people know how to scale mountains properly.

[It's a threat. But it's friendly. Or: it's coming from Asher so it's maybe friendly but Asher can laugh his way through a bar brawl that ends up with blood all over the floor.]

[unbrokenoath]

I'll ask as many stupid ass questions as I want and be snippy about all of 'em if it pleases me.

[ Huff. ]

Don't bring your old man into this. 'Sides, it's useless to call feuds that ain't gonna last longer than a couple of months. [ Because she'll be super duper dead by then. ] They oughta stand the test of time, be a testament to two people who just can't help but be assholes to each other. Practically sacred, that feud bullshit.

[ Pause. ]

Besides, if I had t' feud with you, it'd be wrestling.

[hlif]

[Do you hear him rolling his eyes? Do you?]

My old man is my dad, trust me, you'd rather I bring my grandfather into it, you couldn't handle my dad. [The moustache is glorious, it's Asher's inheritance unless he dies before his brothers and then Aedan can inherit it and look suitably solemn with it rather than how Asher would somehow make it look rakish and dangerous. Or Tobias can fight Aedan for it because Tobias is a more worthy heir to such facial hair.] You know nothing of the Avvar, Kaisa, you lowlander.

Like you'd be getting so close, sharing a camp with an abomination, could smell it from the bottom of the mountain, pungent.

[Like cat piss, Darktown, and lies.]

[unbrokenoath]

Not that old man, your other--you knew what I meant, Asher.

[ She sighs theatrically. Whatever!! They're all old men. ]

Yeah, well. Like you got room t' talk. Are you gonna peck at me all day, 'cause if you just need to get all your snipping outta your system you can wait until I'm not trying to get peoples tempers cooled down here.

[hlif]

[Wow his dad isn't old, he's distinguished, that's so ageist of you Kaisa but then, look what Warden got left behind...]

I'm in another mountain so I can't come to this shitty camp of yours to come annoy you in person the way I would like. [Possibly involving his dick. Possibly involving smacking some people in the face with his dick. Like it's impressive but it'd just be freakish if it could span mountains okay.] Maybe people really need an angry fuck though, have you considered that? I mean minus one person because Maxwell filled me in on the abomination in the garden incident and I'm willing to try plenty of things but there are some things I won't stick my dick in on principle.

[unbrokenoath]

Yeah, well--I consider a lot of things, Asher. And angry sex is great and all, but a lot of the people getting all tense and everything aren't trying to hump each other, they're throwing fists and shit like that. Or worse, they're not throwing fists, they're just...glaring at each other, and letting all the tension build up. And it ain't the good kinda tension.

Maybe talking about knocking boots will make it the good kinda tension.

[hlif]

See you lowlanders are really bad at this sex thing but that's probably because bride stealing isn't a thing, need a bit of a thrill and the risk of the bride turning round and stabbing you, cutting your throat, cutting your cock off or what have you to keep things interesting. Any tension is good tension, but you're a berserker, it all goes one way with you. [And then it's time for the annoying sing-song tone to enter his voice:] It's why Reavers do it better.

Maybe less talking more doing, there's been too much talking and not enough doing in Skyhold. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink, you need to just let people get on with it and not force the matter. Paint over the cracks all you want but the cracks are still there and the walls and foundation are going to collapse about you.

[He sighs heavily, and maybe it's conceited to think he had something to do with it given how things ended but he doesn't want to be angry with Kaisa because he doesn't think she was high enough up in the chain to be calling the shots but she volunteered to be the one to take it. And here she is, doing...doing something.]

Well good luck with whatever this is meant to be then, if I get back then maybe we can see to actually showing people how that bit is meant to be done. Do the rest of your campmates know the sock code?