therookery | Crystal

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Kain
RECIPIENT: Everyone!
WHAT: Late night musings about troubling information
WHEN: Now-ish
WHERE: Wherever the griffons are at the moment (but the post is open to anyone anywhere of course!)
NOTES: Brooding warning always applies

It's a late hour, but... indulge me with your thoughts, if you will. [He can't sleep, which is a frequent occurrence. Thanks, Warden nightmares. Though this time, he's trying a different tactic than usual to beat the insomnia. Talking to the Crystal almost seems like a good idea, so why not?]

Is it worth believing in fate? Is life set in stone, a scripted play by the Maker that we're all simply acting in... or is it more open-ended than that? Could it be possible that even seemingly insignificant actions really can change what's to come? That even just one decision could drastically alter everything else in your life? I've... been wondering about this lately. What might my life had been if I'd become a Templar instead of a Warden, for instance? If my ancestors had settled in Ferelden instead of Orlais? So many possible ways in which it all might have turned out differently...

[The letters that Ser Coupe had delivered are really getting to him. He's spent hours pouring over them, analyzing everything from the words themselves to details such as the way the writing looks, or the paper it's written on. He's spent a lot of time just trying to read things that were scribbled out. The indirect warning from his future self was chilling, and... he thinks there may be a chance to alter it. Maybe. Maybe not. He's still thinking it over, wondering about the action that he could take next.]

If you had a chance to go back and change something about your life, would you?

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I don't know well the 'deities' of the people who live in the surface but my people worship Bahamuth the great dragon who lives on our moon. And he is a physical entity, I spoke with him more than once and I can... well, in my world I can even use part of his power when I'm in battle.

[Uncle Bahamuth, he's quite the stoic and silent badass dragon, you know? He is the main reason she is having quite an hard time understanding the whole process of believing in a god that doesn't even give proof of his existence.]

Try to believe in that and it will at least be your truth... it's not like the maker will correct you anytime soon, right?

Skyhold isn't a great place for me either but... I avoided large cities all my life, I'm not really happy to be forced to go in one now. [She sighs as well] I'll be waiting. Should I prepare some herbal tea or something in the meanwhile?

A dragon on the moon? How peculiar. Yet that's a fascinating thing to imagine, some great dragon swooping down from the heavens... I rather like the notion of this. Not to mention, a dragon as a deity...

[He tries not to sound too excited, dragon worship isn't exactly a very pleasant subject for most. But ah, he loves the sound of that, all the same.]

Hm, no, I highly doubt he will. He isn't one to interfere.

Nor am I. I'll go wherever the Wardens do, but I much prefer somewhere more... remote and far from people. I've not visited Kirkwall often, but it was always too busy. The surrounding area is better, though. There are mountains and such... I hope to explore them further. [He's more eager to do that than be stuck in Kirkwall.] Anyway, yes, I would like that. Thank you, Rydia.

Eheh... I could tell you a lot about him. You know, he's got pretty blonde hair like yours in his human form. And he rarely swoops down from the sky, he materializes out of thin air and blasts his oppenents with a megaflare, a giant beam of pure energy that can turn creatures into dust! [He is so cool! There's so much pride in her voice when she speaks of her deity- even if deity is probably not the most appropriate term for it.] And if he has only few followers he looks fondly over them and doesn't ask us to do more than try to be happy as we can, he's the best. [Well, just because in thedas dragon worship seems to bring out all the unpleasant people and cults, eidolons love BAhamuth and bahamuth loves them, that's simple and clean!]

Perfect then!

Mh... I spent most of my life away from a proper... civilization, as you'd consider it, and even when I returned to the surface I spent my time in a small village lost between mountains, not... where my friends wanted me to stay. [There's a short pause, perhaps she could amuse him further with this...?] They kind of expected me to marry a prince, a ninja who had his eyes on me for years, but whenever the topic was brought up I was like "guys, can you imagine me as a queen?" Cities... cities aren't my thing. Roles that force me to be at the center of the attention either- what a deadly combination. [Oh gods, she... even misses Eblan, she'd pay to go home.] Anyway... maybe, just maybe, I could find a small place to stay in the nearby mountains. I mean, that's what I already do in my world... I don't really want to stay in Kirkwall... [Especially if what she heard about it is true. Sadly she has a shard in her hand that forces her to go where they tell to or she dies so it's not like Rydia has any voice in the matter. ] Then I will take care of it. Anything else you'd enjoy?

How incredible... he sounds like someone I would really appreciate knowing. Such a powerful individual too... [Though it sounds like he uses his power for good, which is for the better. He's tired of dealing with the powerful who use it for corrupt purposes.] ...yet well respected at the same time. I wish I could meet him. Who knows, perhaps someday, if we ever determine how to visit other worlds through the rifts, somehow.

[Kain really enjoys hearing this story, anyway, of Rydia and her other world. It's... different and yet very familiar, all at once.] I don't blame you. After... some things happened between me and my friends... I had to go to the mountains for a little while, to get away. I couldn't stay long, since I had Warden responsibilities to return to, but it was worth it for a time. I hope that you can continue to choose your own fate, and choose who you want to marry. Nobles can be very difficult about forcing marriages to happen here, as well. [That's the part which is very similar, and he can sympathize with anyone who has that forced upon them.] Hm... nothing else that I can think of, at the moment. That will be just fine for me.

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