↠ FADE RIFT CORRESPONDENCE

05 June 2019 @ 10:54 am

FORM: Handwritten notes on unnecessarily nice paper delivered personally by the platonic ideal of an enterprising young Newsie. He's probably getting paid to do this, but he'll wait for a tip just in case because, you know, enterprising.
SENDER: Lexie
RECIPIENT: Everyone who feels like working in the Project Formerly Known As Northern/Hostile Powers, now Jeshavis! How'd she find you? Who cares! (note: if you care, we can figure it out)
NOTES: Everybody get up it's time to slam now (turns into action! we can handwave meetings too, but get at me on plurk or discord if you please, cause she tryna meet with ev-ry-one)

𝓢𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓭𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓳𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓙𝓮𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓼, 𝓪𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓼 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓼, 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓼, 𝓸𝓻 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷.

-𝓐

𝓹.𝓼. 𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓮𝔁𝓬𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓮!

( and picking up slack )

Tags: * project: jeshavis, alexandrie d'asgard, benedict quintus artemaeus, kostos averesch, { thor }

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inkindled

22 May 2019 @ 02:13 pm

crystal ||

FORM: sending crystal
SENDER: Matthias, on behalf of team rescue
RECIPIENT: everyone. except the dead people :,(
NOTES: info here to help you mourn accordingly. this is forward dated to 5.24 so we can make the most of this tragedy.

This is Matthias. I'm with the team that went after the missing party. They were on an assignment, looking into these elven ruins at Baron Deshaies' estate, and they--

They're dead. [He doesn't sound sad, precisely. It's the calm of someone that's gotten used to this.] We confirmed it with an Inquisition contact. Their capture from Deshaies' was purposeful but their deaths, they were-- The whole thing was the work of these mercenaries. They had a Tevinter mage with them, he was there on an assignment of his own. Somewhere on the way back, our party tried an escape. That mage, he's dead now as well, from their attempt. So they must've come close. Not that it matters now. Sometimes it's a comfort, is all.

We've made our report to the Division Heads and we're coming back, to the Gallows. We've got some of their things, that were recovered. The bodies were burned. But we thought everyone ought to know, now. Instead of waiting.

[That's the script. Matthias hesitates, and in a break from what he'd prepared to say--speaking now with more conviction, speaking in half a rush, as if he might regret what he's going to say and so has to get it all out--]

Their names were Merrill, Kitty, Anders, Sorrell, Teren, Wysteria, Bastien, Gwenaëlle [a name he's practiced saying; he stumbles on just a little], Ilias, Kain, Darras, Iorveth, John Silver, Loki, Sidony, and Magni. Saying their names, it's important. There's nothing we can do to change it or bring them back, but--they ought not to be forgotten.

Tags: kostos averesch, matthias, romain de coucy, { leander }, { thor }

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murrika

16 May 2019 @ 12:24 am

confessions from ur captain

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Steve Rogers
RECIPIENT: Everyone in the Gallows/Kirkwall
NOTES: pretend i didn't forget this the first time

It's pretty clear something's going on here. At least, I doubt it's a coincidence the entire Gallows is have one collective bad day.

I don't know how you guys usually handle this, but it might help if we start taking down statements, see what people experienced where and when and try to trace it back to—

[ something seems to hit steve right in the middle of that, and there's an odd pause, like he just can't make himself keep going without letting this out. ]

Can I just say something?

[ oh no. oh no, it's coming up and he can't stop it. shut up, rogers, shut up. oh jesus— ]

You guys don't get this, but it's really weird that Thor's a wizard. I mean, Loki, yeah, who didn't see that coming, but Thor? And I really don't know how to tell him his hair looks better short.

Or anything else from home, not that it changes his life here. When a third of the world's already magic, you guys don't need superheroes and Avengers, do you? 'Captain Kirkwall' sounds like a bad cartoon. [ steve's voice strains for half a second, like he's trying to make himself stop talking, but it's just not happening. ]

I never finished boot camp. Never made the 'Captain' part of Captain America, they just let me keep it after I disobeyed a strict order in an advanced warzone. I miss the 40's. I miss my best friend. I miss art school.

Christ, this beard is itchy.

[ silence. is that it? are we done? have we finally purged it? ]

— Any time someone wants to club me unconscious that'd be great. Thanks.

[ please just... forget this happened. he's going to go find some place quiet to put himself in time out now. ]

Tags: alexandrie d'asgard, benedict quintus artemaeus, { freddie dufort-lacapalette }, { ilias fabria }, { leander }, { merrill }, { salvio pizzicagnolo }, { steve rogers }, { the medicine seller }, { thor }

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gottakeeponejumpahead

15 May 2019 @ 11:12 pm

[Crystal]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Adasse
RECIPIENT: The Gallows
NOTES: Dealing with TRUTH BOMB, and current events. R for Language.

Y'know ... if we're all Independent but Not, and by the by there's no way in Andraste's Tits I am going off to join an Exalted March, I don't care who it's for ... then yeah we're going to be short for coin.

[Exhaled breath, and meet an Adasse ramble.] Been thinking about getting back into the crime game, honestly. Can't rob Kirkwallers - bad for business and image. Can't rob Orlesians or Free Marchers because, y'know, allies. Fereldans but honestly I'm Fereldan and I know we usually have jack-nothing. Maybe go off and rob bandits? They're usually good for it. OOOOh OOOH wait, slavers. Yeah, I know there's plenty of slavers still about. I can rob them and it won't cause any fuss, right? Right. Yeah. Then put the coin back into ... whatever we are now. Er. Yeah. That thing.

ANYWAYS, I'll take requests. Anyone want me to steal from anyone specific? I won't rob Corphy-face. That's bloody suicidal. Although ... I probably could...

Tags: alexandrie d'asgard, matthias, { adasse agassi }, { thor }

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thorndergod

15 May 2019 @ 02:42 pm

[Open] Don't let the door hit you

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Thor
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES:Truth bomb.

There was an announcement the other day. An official one.

[His voice is quiet fury, and there's a thunk of a half-filled metal mug on a solid wood table.]

Inviting people to go join the Exalted March. On Tevinter. Not Corypheus, Tevinter. The people. And I want to be very, very, very, very, very, very, very clear. If you go to join that, do not come back. You are abandoning the actual fight to go slaughter my people in weak excuse for war, and I will have words with you if you return.

Go, go and slaughter, go revel in blood when Corypheus threatens us all, but remember: I know your names. I know your faces.

Tags: alexandrie d'asgard, petrana de cedoux, thranduil, wysteria de foncé, { six }, { thor }

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dashing

30 April 2019 @ 12:52 pm

from the Division Heads: some srs talk.

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Division Head Squad (Herian & Coupe)
RECIPIENT: all Kirkwall-based Inquisition members
WHAT: Discussion of potentially breaking away from the Inquisition
WHEN: Timing (backdated, covering a span, etc.)
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: Divine plot related.
If your character is the sort who would want to stick with the Inquisition and the Kirkwall base splitting away would mean that they’d leave, don’t worry! The mods have ideas to help ensure that no players are pushed into a position where they feel their character would have to leave the game in order to remain in character. More info about this will be provided in a future mod post depending on the outcome of this post and the IC poll that will follow.

Inquisition, this is a matter of some importance, and one that I would encourage you to discuss and contemplate before rushing to a decision.

[ mildly: ]

Or taking up arms.

As we know, the decision concerning the new Divine draws ever closer, and… matters have become more complex as that process has gone on.

The other Division Heads and I have been discussing matters around that, and the potential impact that a new Divine could have upon members of our base, here. It cannot be denied that in our Kirkwall base we have a unique blend of personnel, whether they are those from beyond the Fade, or mages from across Thedas, such as myself. We have members formerly allied with Tevinter and the Magisterium, and representatives from Dalish clans and the Frostbacks. There are many here who have good reason to be cautious of what a new Divine might mean, and how the Inquisition might be utilised or led by the new Divine. Might the people we have fought alongside be subject to harsh restrictions, denied a place in the Inquisition, or forced to heel in an Exalted March?

We cannot know with certainty, but many things are possible.

Certain duties have always been asked of those who pledge to this work. This has not changed — will not, under any banner. But the Inquisition has never held you in bond, and if we are to continue this fight, it must be with unity of choice.

With that in mind, we have discussed the possibility of our Kirkwall base here breaking away from the Inquisition, and becoming an independent faction focused on combating Corypheus and the Venatori, but— this is not a decision we feel we can make alone. We propose a vote to determine what is done. Our base here relies on our ability to work together and our unity, and if the greater number of our members here wish to remain part of the Inquisition, then we will respect that.

Please think on this carefully. There are any aspects requiring consideration; your personal views, how this will impact all of us, but also the matter of how effectively we will be able to carry on without Inquisition funding and backing. It may demand changes and sacrifice from all of us that we cannot predict.

We will arrange a means of voting so that numbers can be counted accurately, won’t be tampered with, but our time is limited. Another thing I would urge you to think on is how our relationship with Skyhold and the Inquisition would continue were we to part ways, and what sort of relationship we would wish to seek out with both the Inquisition, and the Inquisition’s allies.

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inkindled

10 April 2019 @ 03:49 pm

01 || open

FORM: sending crystal
SENDER: Matthias
RECIPIENT: every! body!
WHAT: orphans are coming to guilt everyone and we have to complain about them. and THEN mobilize to stop them.
WHEN: now
WHERE: complaining live from the Gallows
NOTES: this is setting up a big orphan vs orphan streetfight so if you want to punch a child in the face it's not too late to come along and live that fantasy.

So while we're all complaining-- [Are we all complaining? More or less.] Like, the Inquisition's not without its problems. Which is balls, but it's not like I came here with false expectations, right--underneath, everything is balls. [So matter of fact, that.] But so far, I haven't heard of the Inquisition stooping so low as to recruit a bunch of orphans to come and snivel in every town square in Thedas to get pity for the cause.

But that's all right for the Chantry. 'Cause that's the news out of Val Royeaux. I heard it off this fellow in a tavern, he'd just been, said Benedetta's got a bloody army of sad-eyed kids on the march. Every road in Orlais is clogged with them, and they're headed to stand outside the Consensus and look pathetic and say their parents died in the invasion, and she's their only hope. [And he could not sound more disgusted.] It's horseshit. But so's everything these days, I guess. So their parents died in the invasion. It's not like they're the first to have lived a hard life. And what's Benedetta going to do for them, anyways? Like some mingy bint sitting on a chair and growing a fat ass ever brought anyone's mother back from the dead. It's horseshit.

[Hang on now, he's getting lost. Back to the point--] So what I want to know is, how d'you get to Val Royeaux. Besides take a left at Ghislain.

Tags: bastien, matthias, { inessa serra }, { merrill }, { thor }, { yngvi }

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exequy

14 March 2019 @ 09:33 am

crystal.

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Kostos
RECIPIENT: All y’all
WHEN: Nowish, but in the evening
NOTES: °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

[ Quiet, Nevarran accent, all of that— ]

If Corypheus succeeds, which of us will survive the longest?

[ Happy Thursday! ]

Tags: kostos averesch, matthias, { anders }, { leander }, { thor }

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esquive

03 March 2019 @ 03:45 pm

friendship bracelets

FORM: Magic Book
SENDER: Anonymous
RECIPIENT: Everyone with a magic book
WHAT: A humble survey
WHEN: Now
WHERE: The Gallows
NOTES: Marcoulf is 35+ and never learned to read; Anna is dictating for him ~~and sneaking in her own questions~~.

[An anonymous survey written in The Book. It is one hundred percent heartfelt and has no ulterior motive whatsoever:]

What are the qualities of a good friend? Note whichever you believe best apply from the list below or write your own answer. Sincerity is encouraged as is your signature.

x Loyal and trustworthy
x Educated
x Honest in conversation
x Able to comfortably sit in the same room while saying nothing
x Physical fitness
x Similar backgrounds. List yours.
x Shared interests. List them.
x Shared values. List them.
x Shared vices. List them.

What qualities would you not tolerate in a companion? Have them repeat the instructions from the first part.

x A poor sense of humor
x Mages
x Rifters
x Dalish etc
x Excessive drinking
x Lack of care for animals or young children
x Of dissimilar means
x A quiet temperament

What gives you the greatest sense of belonging?

When do means no longer justify ends?

Tags: benedict quintus artemaeus, petrana de cedoux, { anna }, { carla morir }, { gilia st. loe }, { inessa serra }, { kain ventfort }, { marcoulf de ricart }, { myrobalan shivana }, { six }, { the medicine seller }, { thor }

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faithlikeaseed

21 February 2019 @ 12:21 pm

(ota | book) on forgiveness,

FORM: BOOK MAGIC BOOK, anon ur heart out
SENDER: Myrobalan Shivana
RECIPIENT: Whoever's reading it
WHAT: 3am philosophy hour right in the middle of the day because someone's sleep schedule is flipped back for front
WHEN: right now
WHERE: wherever there's a book in range
NOTES: warnings 2 be updated as needed; threadjack at will

[This is sent without a name attached but Myr's handwriting is recognizable. And improving.]

what's forgiveness mean to you?

The idea, not just the word,

what can't you forgive? what shouldn't anyone forgive? can you ever owe it to someone to forgive them?

if you believe: what does it mean to have divine forgiveness? how do you repent?

if you don't: who's forgiveness for? the person forgiving or the person forgiven?

Tags: cosima niehaus, isaac, yseult, { inessa serra }, { kitty jones }, { myrobalan shivana }, { six }, { the medicine seller }, { thor }, { yngvi }

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