RP: Sigrun & Dagna

[heromiyuu]

Neria led the way to the Eluvian room, through the Great Hall and the Gardens, unsettling feeling of already have done that before. With Sigrun with her, though, she could see things a little clearer, probably due feeling safer; the odds of having friends by your side every time is that you can't think clearly when in strange/hostile environment.

Sorry Jäger, as smart as you are, I still can't have a proper conversation with you boy.

The Eluvian was there, shattered as she strangely recalled, the thought of it causing her to shiver. Self echos, what a weird thing.

She was about to enter the room when listened to glass being cracked by steps and a low muttering. Motioning for Sigrun to keep her guard up, she entered the room and saw a familiar face.

"Dagna...?"

(ooc: for the reply order I guess Neria/Sigrun/Dagna should work just fine ^^)

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[sigrun_fadewalk]

Sigrun trotted along at Neria's side, toying with the hilt of the dagger she wore on her hip (her most accessible, if quite obviously not her only, blade) and looking about them suspiciously. Well. Alertly might be the better word. She seemed to be making a point of not looking overly suspicious, even if she was clearly on edge.

[dagna_fadewalk]

Dagna jumped, startled by the sudden voice calling her name. Turning on her heels to see who called her, she was surprised, very surprised.

The Hero herself, in flesh, mostly like she recalled when they met in Orzammar, years before. She opened and closed her mouth like a fish, trying to find the right words, finally leaving her baffled state.

"By the beards of my Ancestors, mistress Neria!! I can't believe it's really you! I mean... you you since there are, apparently, others you of everyone else! I wonder how this happens, you know? The reality here doesn't seem very real, you know?" she spoke fast, almost as if her lungs could survive without air; she was really glad to see the Hero, even more considering the circumstances.

[heromiyuu]

"Calm down Dagna, take some breath." she approached the arcanist "It's good to see you, though I wish it were under better circumstances. Life inside the Circle seems to have served you well."

Her expression softened.
Nothing better to see Dagna again, an accomplished arcanist just as she wished. One of the best part of giving people the chance they needed was to see what would they do with said chance.

"Well, I believe introductions are necessary. Dagna, this is Sigrun, a Grey Warden like me. Sigrun, this is Dagna, she is a very bright arcanist within the Circle."

[sigrun_fadewalk]

Sigrun gave the pretty redheaded dwarf a bright smile and held out a hand.

"Hi there!" She chirped. "Always a pleasure to meet another dwarf in some weird Fade, not-dream, thing. Makes ya feel like you're not quite going crazy, ya know?"

The look she gave Dagna might have been extra friendly because the Commander was acting like she knew this dwarf, but regardless, Sigrun seemed to relax slightly and rock forward on her toes with a big grin.

[dagna_fadewalk]

"Oh, hi." she smiled "Hi, nice to meet you!"

Dagna took Sigrun's hand and shook it. "I know right? I have been studying the Fade for the Inquisition, but I was never able to actually enter, which definitely makes me see things under a different perspective now. I thought the Fade would be more fantastic, to be honest." she seemed really disappointed and only now she realized she was still holding Sigrun's hand, letting her go "Oh sorry, I'm sorry."

[heromiyuu]

Neria smiled, pleased to see time had changed little about Dagna.

"I assume you're here for the Eluvian, right Dagna? Have you found something about it?"

[sigrun_fadewalk]

"I don't know, I think getting randomly transported to some castle I've never seen before, along with all kinds of apparently strange people, is pretty fantastical," Sigrun said, a bit dubiously.

She gave Dagna another bright smile when she released her hand and said cheerfully, "That's all right. It's all a bit to take in, I know I'm having troubles with it."

Sigrun looked back to Neria and rubbed her thumb over the middle of the palm that had just been gripping Dagna's.

[dagna_fadewalk]

"When you put things like that I can totally see your point. But I was thinking of something more tale-like, you know? Pastel colored clouds, unicorns, huge perfect crops, beautiful precious stones just spawning from the ground... silly, fantastic things."

Her expression brightened in a dreamish way before she glanced back to Neria, slightly more serious than before.

"Yes, the Eluvian, quite the thing. My best shot is that it exploded due a huge flow of magic, more than it could stand, which have to be, like, too much magic. More magic than I can't possibly fathom, something like the orb Corypheus used, perhaps."

[heromiyuu]

"Orb? What kind of orb bears such power?"

She paced in the room, thinking.
Her reflexion moved through the shards creating an effect both mesmerizing and confusing. She stopped and grabbed a shard on her hand, careful, staring at it for some time, as if trying to read a text only her could see the words.

[sigrun_fadewalk]

Dagna looked about at the broken shards of glass and said drily, "I think I prefer your version of the Fade, honestly. I mean, I guess humans have pleasant dreams sometimes, to hear them tell it. But so far it's all been 'rawr talking darkspawn here to eat your face' and 'pants that run around without any people in them' and now this weird...ghost castle...thing, in my experience."

She nudged a piece of glass with her boot and then went over and sat against the wall. "Company's pleasant enough for a creepy dream, though, so I ain't complaining." She tugged out a small boot knife and proceeded to flip it over her fingers. "You two go on and talk magic shit. Let me know if you need me."

[dagna_fadewalk]

Dagna giggled with Sigrun's commentary about 'pleasant company in a creepy dream' and blushed a bit, trying to recolect herself to answer Neria's question.

"As far as I know, the Tevinter Imperium called those orbs Somnoborium, something like vessel of dreams. Corypheus had one and used it to open the Breach in the Sky, so he could find the Black City again." she turned on her heels as Neria paced her and there, to follow her "But the orb Corypheus had, according to Inquisitor Lavellan, was elven. An orb focusing the power of an Elven God. A shame it as destroyed after Corypheus defeat, I would've loved to study it."

[heromiyuu]

That seemed to make her remember something and she stopped pacing, abruptly.

"Corypheus had a foci? How in the name of Dirthamen he found such relic? Indeed, a foci certainly could have the power to do it, but if it was destroyed..." she scratched her chin, thoughtfull "But of course, it was destroyed in our reality, which doesn't mean it was destroyed in any other reality... and even if that's the case, if it is just destroyed when defeating Corypheus, this leaves plenty of room in any timeline to do this." she motioned her hand, refering to the glass shards

"Luck us, we don't need a foci to repair the Eluvian."
She grinned.

[sigrun_fadewalk]

Sigrun grinned a little when Dagna blushed, looking self-satisfied.

She settled back against the wall and watched, her eyes tracking between Neria and Dagna quickly, not paying much attention to the knife still flipping over her knuckles.

The scrunched look on her face, though, probably meant she wasn't understanding too much of this conversation, effort aside.

[dagna_fadewalk]

"So, if we can repair the Eluvian, we can use it, right?"

Dagna was thoughtful too, analyzing the possibilities in her mind, just like Neria.

"Assuming we repair it, then what? Are we going back to our reality or some other?"

[heromiyuu]

"If the Eluvian works properly, we'll be at the Crossroads. From where, theoretically, we are able to go somewhere else. Of course, since this Eluvian is here and we and the others are from different realities there is a chance we'll all end up in some random place again, different from everything else." she shrugged "But that is assuming we repair the Eluvian. Assuming its magic is not lost due its shattering. We could be lucky and end up in some Elven Temple, just in front of a foci, just waiting for us."

She smiled, brightly.

"Of course this won't happen. But could."

[sigrun_fadewalk]

Sigrun's knife-flipping slowed and stalled.

"Yeah, great job on the whole 'being reassuring' and 'helping me not to panic' thing, you two. Really." She snorted.

[dagna_fadewalk]

"We are just trying to keep our feet on the ground you know? No big expectations since we just understand it theoretically. Nothing to worry about, really. I mean it."

But Dagna sounded as if trying to convince herself rather than convincing Sigrun.

[heromiyuu]

"Oh Sigrun, please. I dragged you over half Thedas in the past years, so tell me: when did my suppositions went wrong? Of course, there was that time in that weird looking temple, in the Avvar territory, but we managed to escape, didn't we? No problems with a odd version of the Fade, but let's see it as a opportunity to overcome ourselves, right?"

Neria grinned again, confident.

[sigrun_fadewalk]

Sigrun snorted. "You could pep talk a runaway bronto into doing whatever you wanted, you know that, Commander?" She grinned and hopped to her feet, the knife vanished back into her boot faster than the eye could track. "Right. So what can I do here?"

[dagna_fadewalk]

"Well, she convinced the Circle of Magi to take me in, so I'm all with the Hero."

Dagna smiled

"Whatever do you need, just say it."

[heromiyuu]

"Very well."

Neria checked her journal, frowning.

"It seems like we have a problem with a Envy Demon, so I'll look into it with the others. Dagna, I need you to focus on the Eluvian, to repair it as soon as you can. Sigrun, would you mind watching her back? With a demon at loose, I don't want to leave Dagna alone. Jäger has a good nose to smell demons, so he'll stay with you to help as well. You two, don't do anything crazy, if you have to run just do it. If you need reinforcements, send Jäger."

[sigrun_fadewalk]

Sigrun definitely did not bounce on her toes. At all.

She crossed her arms over her chest in the Fereldan salute and bowed slightly.

"Aye, aye commander!" She chirped. "Guard duty I can do!"

[dagna_fadewalk]

Dagna blinked a few times before finally nodding in agreement, joyful.

"Yes! Definitely yes! I'll do my best miss Neria! No demon will stop me from repairing this Eluvian!"

[heromiyuu]

"Thank you, ladies." and she turned to Jäger "And you, be a good boy and obey Sigrun. She in charge here, okay?"

The mabari barked, apparently satisfied.

"Good. Now I shall take my leave. You can keep contact with me through the journal, though I don't know if it is a good idea with a demon outr there. Take care you two."
And with a reassuring smile, Neria left.

(ooc: Sooooo, I guess we can end this scene here, right? c: )

[sigrun_fadewalk]

(ooc: Works for me! Dagna, how do you feel about starting a new thread?)

[dagna_fadewalk]

(ooc: Sure thing! ^^ Just say the word)