rest, my brother, and tell me all about the ocean

[extramural]

FORM: Sending crystal.
SENDER: The Outsider
RECIPIENT: everyone
WHAT: Poking the hornets nest.
WHEN: Nowish?
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: He creepy.

What a tumultuous time it is in this world. An empire at war, ancient protectors showing what many feel to be their true colors, strangers falling from the sky -- the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I am not of this world, though it bares similarities to my own -- namely a prominent disdain for the other and ridiculous class differences -- as much it it shows its differences. Empires rise and fall; I admittedly have little interest in wars that have played out hundreds of times in similar ways across hundreds of worlds.

However, I do want to know what you find interesting about this world, if you will share.

Comments

[extramural]

Omnivores. The predators in my world have to try a bit harder to kill and eat blood oxen than I imagine they do for Thedosian cattle. Those that fail are sometimes eaten.

[theproperglove]

You mean to say that the predators become the prey?

[extramural]

At times, certainly. The herd will rip them apart.

Quite literally.

[theproperglove]

That is... ( She almost doesn't know what to say. ) ... certainly different. I had not yet considered how the different environments of worlds would cause animals to develop differently.

( and now she will never forget. thanks for the nightmares! )

[extramural]

[ you're welcome :D ]

Perhaps one day a Rift will deposit a blood ox in the area and you'll be able to see one for yourself.

Until then- are there whales in Thedas?

[theproperglove]

I will surely relish the opportunity. ( Does she sound a little bit uncertain?? Maybe. )

Ah, whales? We do have such creatures, although whether or not there are the same as the ones you are familiar with remains to be seen.

[extramural]

[ They're at least not likely to eat you, Josephine. ]

Still. They are whales. [ He sounds rather pleased about this. ] Have you ever seen one?

[theproperglove]

No, but I would like to. ( Now, that tone? That's definitely disappointment. )

[extramural]

Perhaps there will be an opportunity for the both of us to see the whales of this world.

[theproperglove]

Ah. Indeed, I hope so. I fear that it will not be in the near future, however.

[extramural]

The unexpected happens, at times. Perhaps you will be surprised.

[theproperglove]

I can only hope.