collection of vital intelligence

[byblow]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Alistair
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: IMPORTANT
WHEN: Now, whenever, time is an illusion
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Threadjacking strongly encouraged.

Urrrgent question: what's the most charming way you've ever been flirted with? And the least charming. Or the most and least charming ways you've ever flirted with someone else.

I know how this sounds, but I really am asking for a friend.

—if you know any good puns, share those, too.

That's all. Thank you.

Comments

[aceso]

Who said you were allowed to touch my slanket?

[byblow]

Just for—for the sake of arguing. Argument.

[aceso]

Maker knows you like to argue, but I do not believe I will be engaging with you in it today.

It is a slanket because he said it was a slanket. That is all you need to know.

[byblow]

Now you sound like Sister Eustace. Because that's what the Chant says, boy. Be quiet.

[aceso]

Now that is something I never thought I would hear: a mage compared to a sister. But perhaps she had a point, hmm? Could it be that you ask too many probing questions?

[byblow]

Hmmmm.

[ He thinks on that for a respectful length of time. ]

No.

[aceso]

[ How long is a respectful length of time? Long enough to pour herself a glass of wine? Maybe?

Well, she has wine now. ]

That is a relief. No one likes a snoop.

[byblow]

That's a very judgy word for curiosity.

[aceso]

Or perhaps curiosity is a very lenient word for snooping.

[byblow]

If I wanted to snoop I'd ask personal questions.

[aceso]

Mmm, and what constitutes a personal question to you? If asking about flirting and bear slankets is excluded, of course.

[byblow]

Who gave you the slanket? How did you thank him? Are you still thanking him? Is it love, and when were you sure? What are you going to name your children? Do your parents approve? Is there anything about him you wish you could change? Do you ever argue? What do you argue about? Do you have any regrets? Do you think he has any regrets?

—and that's without getting into anything inappropriate. I was raised better than that.

Whether something is really a robe or not isn't personal at all.

[aceso]

[ There's a pause because she suddenly doesn't feel like joking around anymore. ]

His name was Asher Hardie. He died in August.

[ As for the rest? Not answering. ]

[byblow]

[ Oops. ]

See? That's why I wasn't snooping. I just want to know if a slanket becomes a robe if you put a belt on it

[aceso]

No, it does not. A robe is meant to be worn when you are wet. Why would you put animal fur over yourself when wet? The fur would start to stink.

[byblow]

What about Chantry robes? Mage robes?

[aceso]

Do not be silly. You do not tie those shut. You put them on over your head. The belt is just to give them shape.

[byblow]

What if I sewed the slanket shut? Then is it a robe?

[aceso]

It will always be a slanket to me.

[ Asher has always been very clear about that. ]