Casting down bad memories

[arlathvhen]

FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Beleth Ashara
RECIPIENT: Everyone who's part of the first group to Kirkwall
WHAT: Discussing what's to be done about the statues
WHEN: Sometime between Cloudreach 14th and 20th
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: This isn't an Official Poll that's going to decide things but it's a good way for people to throw out suggestions for voting on and discuss ideas

Good day, to every member of the Inquisition currently helping take care of the Gallows. We've been making some amazing progress, and I'm sure that our contributions will give this place the overhaul that it desperately needs. With time, the Gallows will become a symbol of hope, rather than despair.

If I may, I'd like to take time to discuss ideas for one of those symbols. Specifically, those horrid statues that are strewn about. Now that they will...probably no longer attempt to kill us.

I've been informed that there are artisans willing to melt down the statues and create new ones to be put in their place. Additionally, our group has been given permission to choose what kind of statues would be put up there. Suffice to say, whatever we go with will make a statement about our goals here. The Inquisition is trusting us to make sure that statement is positive.

So, I would like to discuss possibilities with everyone, and see if we can get some good ideas going.

To start the ball rolling, if it's alright, I'd like to share my own proposal. Of course, this is only a suggestion, and I welcome any other voices.

I propose that we have the statues remade to represent the diverse groups within the Inquisition. Have a statue of a dwarf, another of a Dalish, another of a mage, etc, etc. It would send a message of cooperation and coexistence, and hopefully promote such in our new home.

The floor is open for further suggestions.

Comments

[limier]

When you remove power of a situation, people will seek it in what small ways they might.

[ not that she's ever been complicit in that! haha oh we have fun here ]

Many did not make the choice of transfer; are told to remain calm, even as tensions and surroundings grate.

[ tough shit, because thems the breaks when you join an army, but cooler heads do not always prevail by sheer force of will. so she shifts the channel to private. ]

A word of advice, if you will have it — let them bicker. It costs you nothing.

[arlathvhen]

I thought that getting to pick new forms for the statues would be, um. Fun. And maybe help with the stress? I mean--Using your imagination to create something beautiful from something so ugly...Isn't that enjoyable?

[ The heart of a cold-blooded traitor, Wren. ]

But, ah. I think you're right. I was trying to keep things...professional, but perhaps it would be better to let them have at it. Though it does make it a little difficult to keep track of genuine suggestions...

[limier]

It is an idea well-meant,

[ gently, because what she’s about to say isn’t kind, ]

But the matter does not exist independent of its surroundings, of its history. They are statues of slaves, in a place of great bloodshed. When it comes time to choose drapes, perhaps, there will be fun of the work.

If there is interest in a suggestion, it shall come more than once. You have already heard several repeated, no? This is an internal discussion. Your professionalism is not besmirched by others, lest they work under your command.

[arlathvhen]

I suppose we will have to see what the group decides upon. [ Noncommittally. Is she mad? Does she agree? Who knows! ]

That's true, most of the suggestions I've written down have been repeated at least once. For...some reason. [ People did not, perhaps, grasp that this is not the poll. ] But thank you. Still, I will do my best to carry this out, since I started it.

[limier]

[ a neutral brushoff. good. better than this hand-wringing. ]

You are welcome. Initiative and patience will be much demanded of us over the coming months.

[ beleth has one. the other comes with time — and both are best cultivated to inquisition purpose. wren understands very little of the girl's reasons for treason, but she does not intend to let it stray too far from hand. ]

I am heartened to find them in others; as I too hope to find them within myself.

[ yeah wren's not talking about herself here. probably should be, definitely not. ]

[arlathvhen]

...Thank you.

[ Her tone is polite, though a little puzzled. She's being complimented, she knows, but there's something odd in the way that it's stated.

But it's still a nice idea, so Beleth shrugs it off. ]