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[theproperglove]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: Josephine Montilyet
RECIPIENT: Everyone!
WHAT: A question! (Please talk to her, she's lonely.)
WHEN: Current
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: n/a


Good evening, everyone. My name is Josephine Montilyet and I am the Ambassador for the Inquisition. I've not had the pleasure of meeting as many of you as would like personally, so... I thought this might be an easier, more - ah - approachable way of getting to know each other better.

( She clears her throat as though to prevent herself from rambling. )

I must confess I do not know where to start. Perhaps a conversational ice-breaker will have to do. ( So much for not rambling. ) What do you miss most about your life before the Inquisition?

Comments

[theproperglove]

( Sometimes, it just slips out when people need to say it most. )

She must miss you. My mother is much the same way.

( Yes, even though letter-writing is one of Josephine's specialities. )

[thecookery]

Kind of hard to picture.

[...wait.]

Not hard to picture that your mum would miss you. Obviously, she would do that. Just that yours and mine would be much alike at all, yeah?

Er... That still sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? [Andraste's tits, Avery, get your foot out of your mouth immediately!!] It wasn't meant to. Sorry, uh, ma'am.

[theproperglove]

( Josephine cannot help but laugh, but it isn't intended as malicious at all. )

Even though we both come from different backgrounds, I believe your mother and mine might have more in common that you might think.

[thecookery]

[Oh thank the Maker! That could have gone very bad.]

How do you figure?

[theproperglove]

I cannot claim to have much, or any, truly, knowledge of your mother at all, but just from what you have told me... I would say that they both love their children dearly and pray for their safety in these troubled times.

Am I wrong?

[thecookery]

...no, I suppose not.

[Especially about the praying. If Avery had to guess, hers probably does enough of that for two, maybe three mothers.]

[theproperglove]

Josephine, ( She starts, in a mockery of her own mother's voice, which really is much like her own just more distinctly Antivan )

I know your work is important to you, but I cannot help but wish you would come home. At least for another visit. Your sister is getting herself into all sorts of trouble again.

[thecookery]

[Okay, that was not expected in the slightest and actually gets a proper laugh out of her. Congrats, this may be a first since Avery got to Skyhold??]

And... maybe it's not so "fancy" or "important" but there's work to be done at home too. Do you know what I had to handle all by my poor, lonesome self last week in front of everyone? You should have heard the neighbors talking.

[Her accent through it all stays the same, but her voice does go a bit more shrill.]

[theproperglove]

( Josephine laughs in return. )

See? Not so different after all. So... if I may ask, what is it that you left your mother to deal with all on her lonesome?

[thecookery]

Oh, there's always some event or another with a big order for the bakery every so often. You wouldn't believe it from her letters, but she actually can find other people to help when she needs.

I guess it's not completely the same though. It's mostly just been the two of us running the place since-- [She hesitates, then clears her throat to cover the awkward moment.] ...well, since she lost her husband.

[theproperglove]

( There's a moment of solemn silence before Josephine speaks. )

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Do you have no other family?

[thecookery]

It's always just been the two of us.

[theproperglove]

Ah. I cannot imagine what that would have been like. I have three younger siblings, you see.

[thecookery]

Three? What was that like?

[Avery seems to be having trouble with her imagination as well.]

[theproperglove]

( Without hesitation: ) Noisy. ( But then she laughs. )

We had our scuffles, growing up, as all siblings do. But it did mean I was never alone. Even though I'm the eldest, I scarcely remember a time from my childhood when I was without one or the other. I do wish sometimes that they were more responsible, but... Perhaps it is something that comes with age.

( She can only dream. )

[thecookery]

[Oh, Avery knows a thing or two about childhood scuffles as well but, uh, there's no need to get into that! Someone like the Ambassador would surely frown on that sort of thing.]

Well... if they're ever around Skyhold, you can always try sending them down to me for a while. Maybe a bit of kitchen duty would help age them.

[theproperglove]

I'll let you know if they ever come, although... I honestly doubt that they would. ( She sounds a bit wistful now. )

[thecookery]

[Hey, wanna see a neat trick Avery learned when she was on the streets of Denerim instead of playing The Game?]

Have you asked them?

[It's called having no subtlety.]

[theproperglove]

( Fortunately, Josephine finds it refreshing when people are forthright. )

I suppose that I could, but I would not feel right if they left Antiva solely for my own sake.

[thecookery]

["Refreshing" is not a word usually associated with Avery, but alright. She'll take it!]

Solely? There wouldn't be anything in it for them?

[theproperglove]

I don't believe so, no.

[thecookery]

Not even seeing you?

[theproperglove]

I... ( She is silent for a moment as she struggles to define the emotion she is feeling. Some days, she wants nothing more to be with her family; those are the days where almost everything feels like a lost cause, and she should grasp what happiness she can while she is still able to. The rest of the time, however... the main reason she doesn't want her siblings to come is, perhaps, if they stay away, she can keep them safe. )

I appreciate the thought, but Mother would never let them. So I've not asked.

( Not that a simple matter such as permission would dissuade Yvette if she put her mind to it, but...better not to think of that, lest it come true. )

not here.

[dashing]

( dude just stop )

[thecookery]

[shut

your face

stop

having it be open]