RP: Surana

[varricmod]

Varric had parked himself in his usual spot in the great hall waiting to see if the kid would show up. No luck there, but he was scrambling a little at the thought of coming face-to-face with the Hero of Ferelden.

It was funny, he mused as he propped Bianca against the wall and waited, eyes scanning the hall restlessly. He could be the best of friends with a Champion--and fucking hero until the end; he would force the world to sing songs about Hawke even if he had to write the bloody sagas himself--and close with an Inquisitor and Herald of Andraste, but he was still nervous meeting someone like Surana.

Funny. Definitely funny.

Kind of pathetic, too, if he let it tie his tongue any. Not that he was planning on that.

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[varricmod]

That earned a hearty--if a little strained--laugh. "Well. Maybe there's some luck to be had here after all," Varric said, pushing the door to the kitchen open. "I'm nothing if not an excellent teacher."

[heromiyuu]

"That's wonderful! I don't know you, but I have some time I can spare for this purpose."

Neria went through the cupboards and shelves, preparing a basket with ale, some bread, cheese and few apples.

"I just hope we don't get trapped in the Fade forever by eating this food."

[varricmod]

Varric paused, apple raised. "...is that a thing?"

[heromiyuu]

"Sometimes, if a demon offers you something. Mostly Desire Demons though. Since I don't see any here..."

She shrugged, taking a piece bread.

[varricmod]

"Demons, fade rifts, darkspawn magisters... You know, some day it'd be good to retire from all the crazy shit and just go back to things that make sense," Varric muttered, considering the apple.

Then he took a bite.

[heromiyuu]

"Seems good, for a change. Only my problem is with the Deep Roads, not with Fade Rifts... at least, until today. Add pockets of darkspawn groups to it too. Well, if i could complete the cure, I could probably wipe out them from this world, forever."

A sigh escaped her mouth.
To wipe them forever was just the First Warden problem with the cure.

[varricmod]

Varric winced.

"I'm all for your motives," he said. "It's just I've seen some dark shit with Wardens trying to cure all Blights lately. How, ah, has it been going?"

[heromiyuu]

"As bas as could be...?" she scratched the back of her head "Weisshaupt is furious with the southern Wardens and how easily they were fooled, there is a lot of blame being put over my shoulders and on the top of it, I'm threatening the whole Order with my possibility of a cure. Can't say those are happy days for being a Warden." them she snorted "Supposing there are any happy days for being a Warden."

[varricmod]

"Big supposition there," he agreed with a crooked grin. "So the other Wardens aren't glad you're looking for a cure? Don't they want to avoid the calling?"

[heromiyuu]

"But if I could get rid of all the Taint in Thedas, what would be the purpose of the Grey Wardens?"

[varricmod]

"Huh. So, question: if you get rid of the taint, would Wardens be able to do their Wardeny thing?"

[heromiyuu]

"I'm trying to find a way to suppress only the deadly side of the Taint, like dragons do. But supposing all Taint was gone, no more darkspawn to corrupt the Old Gods souls, then the Blights would be gone, forever."

[varricmod]

Again, he had not-too-distant memories of how badly that had gone before, but Varric went ahead and swallowed that back. Now definitely wasn't the time. "Sounds good. Do you need help carrying anything up?" he added, holding the kitchen door open for her with his hip, his own arms full.

[heromiyuu]

"No, thank you, I'm good."

She left, heading back to the great hall.

"Just for you to know, I'm not like Clarel. I know you have no reason to believe my methods are different from hers, but they are. No blood magic, no suspiciously nice magisters offering their help. Just me, my research and elven magic. I'd hate it if this made you wary of me."

[varricmod]

"I'm wary of everyone and everything until it's part of my family," he admitted. "It's not personal."

[heromiyuu]

"Fair enough. At least now this is clear." Neria smiled.

Past the great hall, through the garden and back to the Eluvian room, full of glass shards, she led out another sigh; so many pieces to put back in place.

"Okay, easy said than done. We should raise the frame first, so we have room to move."

[varricmod]

"Said the elf to the dwarf," he said dryly, setting aside the provisions he'd gathered and propping Bianca against the wall.

[heromiyuu]

"I know, right?"

She placed the basked on the floor.

"Do you have a problem with bears?"

[varricmod]

"...do you have a bear on you?"

[heromiyuu]

Neria frowns, gesturing with her finger as asking for a minute.

"Let me see." she opens a pocket "Nothing here." then another, trying to keep a straigh face "Nothing here too." she finally laughs "To say I have a bear on me isn't that inaccurate but... sounds odd. No, i'm a shapeshifter."

That said, she concentrated and a bright, purple light involved her entirely, her small frame glowing and changing into the familiar shape of a bear; 8ft tall and 800lbs of muscles and fur. With heavy steps, she approached the mirror, raising one of the edges and standing on her rear legs to push it back to the wall.

[varricmod]

"Andraste's teat," Varric said with a surprised, rasping laugh. "Cassandra wouldn't like you very much at all."

[heromiyuu]

She roared and frowned, as if forgetting she couldn't talk on that form. When the frame was finally steady on the wall, she turned back to her elven self.

"Well, that was refreshing." she rolled her shoulders "And what does this Cassandra have against bears? They're fluffy, and huge, and so huggable. Well, of course, they do it with their fangs... and claws. But still..."

[varricmod]

"You'll have to ask her if she shows up here," Varric said dryly. "But I promise you, she was never in a rush to hug one before. Nice trick, though."

[heromiyuu]

"It had to be something nice about being a mage. Now, to the shards. try to not cut yourself, we don't know what can happen."