The Random Scenario Meme 3.0

[emeraldfields]

THE RANDOM SCENARIO MEME 3.0


- Post your character, name, and series in the subject. Include any preferences as well.
- Go to RNG and enter 1-6 for a scene type, and 1-20 for a scene to play out.

TYPE OF SCENE.
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!

ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honor → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.

ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.

CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.

FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?

GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.

SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hate sex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knife play, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?

Comments

[smoothkreminal]

"I'm glad...most talk I've had with the Dalish, or elves in general, despite the way the world sees them is proud and happy in their own company. At times I'm a little jealous, as organized as seemingly organized as the human nations are, there is a lot we could learn from them." He shakes his head, laughing at the thought of his opinion carrying much weight, "Though still, I am well aware of my own place in the world."

As a Tevinter citizen, those things that came to mind weren't a reality for him, but it was something he was aware of. "Traders only get paid for what they catch, what they sell. It's greed that fuels that and I suppose if you have the stomach for trading in flesh, there isn't much left to find offensive." And yet, he felt like apologizing. There was so much that his country did wrong, so much that even Dorian could recognize the flaws, even if not all of them, from his high seat.

"Unfortunately the few you find does not change the workings of a nation. At the very least Dorian might have the ability to invoke change. I'm useless in the face of social change in Tevinter." But he doesn't seem all that bothered, recognizing that. It wasn't his place to imagine changing the world in that way.

[varhellathen]

"Organisation has nothing to do with amity or kinship," Lasulahn says plainly, then startles a bit at himself. "I didn't mean that as rude as it sounded." He glances down and attempts to regather his thoughts. "Before the conclave, I knew very little of the human nations. And perhaps a time of crisis is not the best time to judge a nation on its goodwill, but people have fractured when they should be coming together." The Inquisitor frowns down at his hands, largely an expression of frustration. "The sky is torn, a magister darkspawn aspiring to godhood is mind-controlling or killing their sons and daughters, and they squabble about the next Divine, or disputes over land, or mages or Templars, instead of the world coming to an end about their ears!"

Lasulahn gives a weary sigh. He'd spent too much time in the great hall lately, listening to Fereldens grumble and Orlesians uselessly posture between fretting about whether the Skyhold baths had the right sort of soap. "Forgive me. Our clans are not so different, when we meet for our arlathvhen. It is a blessing we only meet every ten years. I cannot know if we would come together as I feel we should, because we don't have that opportunity." That was sorrowful in its own right. Supposedly the elvhen nation was once peaceful and harmonious, and now they were splinters from the same branch that all thought they belonged to different trees of the same forest. They could never agree on many things, and it pains him.

But the elf smiles faintly then, and shakes his head. "It is good that you want things in your country to change - both of you. But even if you think you can't change Tevinter, you can change people's impressions of it. You're a good person, Krem. People notice that. If it can change someone's mind, 'maybe not all Tevinters are bad,' then perhaps that could be well enough?"

[smoothkreminal]

Krem laughs at the roughness of his statement, not just because such sharp words were not very characteristic of the inquisitor, but that they were very true. "No, no I understand. It's the truth. We would be in such a better place if the coping methods of the world weren't to hold your head high enough to not see the world state and instead focus on the same old problems." At least in most of the instances of people around Skyhold. The ones who argued politics in a time of crisis, where it wasn't alliances but marriage and land disputes, they were the high and above, trying to still remain unaffected as if that would help their status and how their rivals saw them.

"If the Chantry wasn't up it's own ass about how important it was to saving the world, I'm sure we'd all be better for it in this war." An unpopular opinion to be sure, but the Chantry hadn't ever done much for him in life, and in Tevinter it wasn't such a driving force as it was for many of the southern nations. "It might hold the nations together as a common ground, but it shattering should have made them much stronger for it, not leaving them all bickering at it's wake." He understands the frustration, sees it and can do nothing. It's why he convinced Bull to join in the first place. It was what they could do in this time of unrest, rather than fight still for hire by the bickering masses of men in high places with far too much money.

"I know little to nothing about Arlathvhen-" He pronounces the word slow, as foreign as it is to him, but it's obvious he's trying hard not to get it wrong, "People as a whole, it seems as if agreeing for the good of the world is like giving up, it makes it all the harder the more men you get in one room, one meet." Still, he isn't so sure he and Dorian are the shining lights of Tevinter, both being essential Pariah's in their home country, a testiment if anything that the supposedly good men of Tevinter were cast out, but he tries not to think too heavily on that.

"I suppose to me, and possibly to Dorian that idea seems like...settling for less, but you're very right. Even if Change is slow, or starts outside the country, it's still happening. As ground into tradition as Tevinter is, some day it will need to move forward, and I suppose I can hope the rest of the world helps move with it."

[varhellathen]

Lasulahn is a gentle, kindhearted man, but his patience has limits, moulded by the oppression of the Dalish. While his people had to be content with muddied fields and living in the elements, While Ferelden nobles camped in the woods on hunts for sport. Alienages were purged on whispers of rebellion, and Tevinters traded in elvhen flesh like produce, Orlesian nobles fussed over whether the velvet on the dining chairs was an out of season colour or not.

Even if he hadn't had such an upbringing, when he travelled as he did, seeing the suffering in Thedas first hand, read the name of every soldier that died under his command, saw food shortages, and terrorised children, and people freezing to death because of rebels and bandits and rogue Templars... it was difficult to not quickly lose patience with the trivial whining of various nobles... or the self-important attitudes of Chantry sisters that had nerve to claim Leliana and Cassandra were "just two souls" for the Inquisition, but critically important for the next Divine to be decided, regardless of Corypheus still threatening them.

"Ah, there are some words that have no translation in the common tongue, I forget sometimes others don't know them. Arlathvhen is the meeting Dalish clans have once every ten years. It lasts for two days, and in that time, clans exchange artefacts we've found, and things we've learned. We also tell stories, to make sure we remember correctly, and do not lose what precious little history we still have."

Lasulahn smiles. "It perhaps does not seem like much, but it is." The idea of an allied Tevinter seemed far away, but perhaps not impossible.

[killingfloorblues]

[If they were on friendlier terms - and they will be soon if Dusty has anything to say about it - he would have patted Fafnir on the shoulder. As it was, Dusty just gave a little pout at the growl but did not make a comment about love-struck sillies.]

They have little fondness for hybrids of any sort.

[He shrugged, though there was a hint of a smile on his face.] It could be the sex. The hunter is very good in bed, and we all know that incubus do enjoy to hold onto those partners they really like.

[negativism]

Idiots.

[There's a reason why he doesn't like dealing with the School. Perhaps not to the point of the hybrids fearing for their lives or Amadi wanting to exact revenge for what had happened a century ago - but even someone like him was valued for his blood, bone - and whatever scales or fangs they could pry from his corpse if they tried, because that was the only way he would let that happen willingly.

That time there's another growl as he rolls his eyes. The 'idiots' comment could really be about either the School or the hunter and his incubus companion, but he'd prefer to keep them guessing on which one annoyed him more.]

It's rare, but yes. Though I wonder about the hunter's self-preservation instincts if they're willingly sleeping with a sex demon.

[killingfloorblues]

Never said they weren't.

[They had their good points, maybe, but the School was just too ridiculous in how stubborn their ideas of good and evil were. Well, for one they were more like GOOD and EVIL then anything else, and worked with the idea that there couldn't be anything outside those two highly narrow boxes.]

He was young and stupid. [Dusty wasn't going to say that he also had slept with the incubus. Unlike the hunter, he did have a natural resistance to the creature's charms and wasn't going to end up becoming a meal because of it.] After all, he even tried fighting both Tarr and his 'little sister' at the same time.

[negativism]

He did what.

[Okay. Nope. He's laughing now. This hunter was probably one of the most reckless he had ever heard of, and he's seen his fair share of reckless hunters in the past.

He's ... really not sure how to feel about that.]

I'll commend him for his bravery but he's damn lucky he didn't get his head ripped off. Are you sure that he'll be suitable for this?

[killingfloorblues]

Tried taking on an Elder and a brood queen at the same time. Granted Tarr was half-asleep but still, he's not someone you can just stab with a silver dagger once and be safe.

[Poor Jin. Dusty was snickering too about it even now. It had been years and Jin has gotten less prone to acting stupid but still it was amusing.]

I'm sure. He's grown up a lot since then, and I think having someone just human might be helpful in dealing with the less indoctrinated Schoolings. I also think it might give him a little more hope himself.

[negativism]

Of course not. Even on a bad day he could keep up with me.

[Though the 'and Nithal' part is unspoken. He shakes his head, and while it's processed at this point, it's still incredibly ridiculous.]

... true, seeing someone who's pure human in the group might help them understand more, but. Are you invested in the hunter as well? [Hey, it's a legitimate question considering the "give them hope" angle.]

[suspectlist]

( There was an unexpected friendliness to their conversation that put Stiles at ease as he managed to finally pull his wallet out of his pocket. In the past, Peter's initial response might have hit a nerve or ruffled him in a way that would have ruined an otherwise pleasant conversation. But instead, Stiles let out a small huff of amusement and shook his head as he sat his wallet down to finish with the last of the items that were his.

Any calmness he might have found was abruptly ruined by the drag of the werewolf's fingers along his spine. It wasn't a forceful or violent touch in any way, but it was firm enough that it caught his attention. It caused him to fumble the last item he had to put onto the belt and an excited shiver rolled down the length of his spine as he reached out to brace his hand on the edge of the cart. ) Holy god.

( It was enough of a distraction that he hardly registered Peter putting stuff onto the belt and by the time he shook himself out of his thoughts that had shot down a strange path and into something filthy he'd thought he'd gotten over long ago, the cashier was already ringing them up. He straightened quickly, fish-mouthed a bit awkwardly as he caught the gleam of the sleek plastic between Peter's fingers. )

Seriously? ( He raised a hand, pulled it down his face in an attempt to cover the flush on his cheeks as he shot the other man a look that said the gesture hadn't been necessary. But he still appreciated it. ) I know I'm just a lowly college student, but I can buy my own groceries. ( He sighed, moved his hand instead to slide it across the back of his neck as the other one perched on his hip. ) Thanks. ( He offered after a few seconds, hand sliding from the back of his neck to motion to the groceries. )

[deceitful]

[ Had Stiles's reception towards Peter been any different, had he been met with trepidation and a cold shoulder, then maybe Peter would've been more guarded, more hostile in return. But instead, Stiles had seemed nothing if not pleased to see him. Surprised and worried about the state of Beacon Hills, sure, but friendly nonetheless. Maybe it was a side effect of meeting outside of that town, with its history drenched in bad blood all around. Or maybe it was because even then, Peter had smelled the interest on Stiles.

But all teenagers tended to be walking hormone factories and in suffused in a constant, low level haze of desire. He hadn't thought much of it then.

Now, there was no mistaking the excitement snaking its way over Stiles, the sudden spike of interest from him caused by Peter's touch. Stiles was so wonderfully responsive. Shame that they were in public right now, but perhaps...

Well, first things first. Crooking a smile at Stiles, the groceries paid for and bagged, Peter picked up his own. ] And make the cashier go through the trouble of separating your things from mine and ringing them up again? Please.

[ His eyes caught on Stiles's hand, watching the path it took. They lingered on the pale arch of his neck before following the swing towards the groceries. Honestly, he could come up with several entertaining ways for Stiles to repay him, but really. It wasn't a big deal. ] It was my pleasure. The restaurant's nearby-- why don't you drop your groceries off at your car, and we can walk over together?

[ Unless Stiles wanted to move his car all of a block and find parking again. ]

[abundantlove]

Molly ended up staring, a bit wide eyed, as Winter said... well, she said all of that. Blinking, she looked to the side, rubbing her own arm a bit nervously in lieu of twirling her hair.

"You... you don't need to stop," she said softly, as Winter checked on the kettle. She smiled softly, and continued.

"You made me remember something good! It's just... not something that's around much anymore."

[suspectlist]

( There was a brief thought of what it might be like to be able to pay for someone else's groceries without batting an eyelash. His family had always had enough to get by, to go through the motions without struggling to a point that it was overwhelming. There had been moments, though, that they had worried. He remembered the bills his father had tried to hide after his stint in Eichen House, and the struggles that popped up now and again whenever he'd gotten into something he shouldn't, caused more trouble than his father had been prepared to handle. But they were always short-lived things, especially in comparison to the more pressing stressors of having a werewolf for a best friend.

Maybe, he mused, it was something worth asking Peter about if things continued on this path. Normal and mostly harmless. )

Yeah, just give me a minute to throw this in the jeep. ( He managed a smile, grabbing his own bags quickly to head towards his jeep. He used the short walk as a chance to try and clear his thoughts, remind himself that he was dealing with Peter Hale and letting himself get too comfortable had the potential to do more harm than good. Maybe, he mused, he was being too harsh, too suspicious. Or maybe he wasn't being enough?

Stiles dismissed the thought after tucking his groceries into his jeep. So far, he felt like the only thing he had to worry about was Peter making him uncomfortable. And if that was the case, Peter was succeeding. )

Age before brains. ( He joked as he approached the older man, motioning forward with one hand as he used the other to tuck his keys into his pocket. ) I don't actually know where this place is.

[killingfloorblues]

He's never gone full-out since we've teamed up. I hope that he would never need to do that.

[But going after the School, the chance of Tarr showing his full self was high. It wouldn't be like going after other mercenaries or taking simple jobs. It would be a real war, and Tarr's weapons were what came with being an elder like him.]

He helps to remind me that I'm human too. [Which should tell Fafnir more then what he was willing to say. Jin was a friend and he grounded Dusty when even Tarr was unable to reach him. Sometimes life helped, especially the kind of passion that Jin sometimes could create.] So I suppose that I am.

[negativism]

Knowing the School, he may have to draw on that. I hope you're prepared.

[Not that he doesn't trust Ki-moon to mention it to his human companion if it did come to that, but it probably would be good idea. In all honesty, Tae-won would probably have to draw on the full extent of his abilities as well. They weren't going to go easy on them.]

And your partner is okay with that arrangement? [In all honesty, it wasn't until he had spoken with Ki-moon himself that he even thought the elder vampire had it in him to pursue a relationship like what was slowly starting to come together. Even beyond that was the fact that a vampire sharing a lover with a hunter ... the irony is obvious.]

[deceitful]

[ Eventually, Peter had taken the time to sort out the mess that came with being a missing coma patient. It wasn't all that difficult-- a faked trail of documents resulting in a mix up in a transfer to a different care facility where he eventually woke up and rejoined normal society again helped set him up with the mundane things, like a driver's license. Access to his old accounts. Everything a man needed.

Plus, he's done well enough in doing a little supernatural consulting on the side. The groceries hardly made a dent in his wallet. Of course, it wasn't something he would've ever done back in Beacon Hills, but they weren't there now, were they?

Groceries stowed away in his own car, he met up with Stiles partway, hands tucked in his jacket pockets. His eyebrow kicked up several notches, and he looked Stiles up and down. ] Oh, well in that case, I should go alone.

[ What with being both age and brains, thanks very much.

Whether or not Stiles actually didn't know where the restaurant was or he simply preferred not having Peter at his back, he didn't say anything of it. In fact, if he was in Stiles' shoes, he certainly would've done the same. Despite everything they had gone through together before and whatever loose ends there were between them, they hadn't actually seen each other in years. Hadn't even spoken, although he still had Stiles' number programmed in his phone. He could've called.

He could've, but Stiles could have as well.

Anyway, the point was, they'd regressed back a few steps. Peter didn't know where exactly and what exactly Stiles had been doing up until this point, and vice versa. Maybe this would prove an excellent opportunity to make up on lost time. ]

Let me guess. With your propensity for sticking your noise where it doesn't belong, your fascination with suspect lists, and your father's occupation... planning to follow in his footsteps? Or have you had enough of that for a lifetime?

[killingfloorblues]

I am. I know what an Elder can do, even if I never seen it myself.

[One of the disadvantages of his position was the memories of former Kali that sometimes bled into him. One of them had faced an Elder in the past, and it hadn't been a good memory.]

There are times he can't reach me. He tries, and he manages to bring me out, but when he can't, he knows that the hunter will. [It wasn't the most perfect of arrangements, nor was it the most settled one either, but it worked enough. Even though Tarr still twitched at the idea and Jin grumbled a lot as well.]

I touch the dead. Sometimes they only fade away when I am held by someone living.

[negativism]

[There's a pause as he gives Dusty a considering look, but deems it enough as he nods once.]

So you go to the hunter if Ki-moon can't dispel the grave from your blood.

[He can get it, logically. But he also can understand why it would be a situation where tensions would be high, even despite the obvious dichotomy.]

[killingfloorblues]

Mm. There's a little friction over it, but I think Tarr prefers it more to how it was before I met the hunter.

[At least he knows Jin and what Jin was up to, unlike the random strangers that Dusty would run into at clubs. Dusty might be safer then most, but there was still a chance that someone would slip past his wards and lay him out.]

[smoothkreminal]

Krem shifts, leaning closer to the fire, closer to Lasulahn as he feels a shiver run through him. Even in full plate, the soft murmur of a breeze on occasion slipped right through him up in the tower. He was thankful for the fire, for the other man who lit it, but felt like perhaps this room needed a good stock of wine to go with it's chilly atmosphere. It would help them both warm up along with the fire.

The idea of the existence of spoken word as the only way to preserve your history would be terrifying to any Tevinter citizen. Even being part of the Soporati, lacking the education the nobles did, he knew much of the past in Tevinter, the past glories and the fascination with bloodlines and local history. "I-" He goes to say, but isn't sure whether he should announce his grievance aloud. "If it isn't rude for me to say, I'm sorry. We have so many records...I could probably spout the names of my family going back generations, even for someone in my position, they have it all noted in books, hundreds of years worth of names. It would be too little to say that your loss is a shame...a tragedy."

He glances down at his hands, knows that it isn't anything he can apologize for, wasn't his fault, and yet there is guilt. He enjoys Lasulahn's company, and yet felt wrong about it at times when they spoke of their own people. Like perhaps he didn't deserve it, that the Lavellan's and his clan deserved more. "I was the one who talked the chief into joining the inquisition...I thought it was the right thing to do. And yet here you are, head of us all and you never asked for it. It wasn't a decision you could make, to leave, or even to join. It was forced upon you." He glances up, looking at the other man, a little unsure of his words, but feeling them heavy on his chest. "I hope that what ever happens, it's worth what you're giving up, and that your people are stronger for it. They deserve that. As do you, inquisitor."

[varhellathen]

The Inquisitor glances sidelong to Krem, and with a subtle gesture, the fire flares and crackles merrily, heat spreading around the room. It would do nothing for the lack of roofing, but perhaps it would make the cold more bearable for the Tevinter.

Lasulahn quietly considers Krem's words. The fault of the fall of the Dalish could be laid at the feet of many, not the least of all was the Imperium. "It is not your fault," is what he carefully, quietly settles on. "We have our books and our records, but they are precious and rare." He looks down sadly. "It is the nature of our existence now, and ever are we defined by it." He sighs quietly, shoulders slumping in a rare display.

"So it was you that convinced him to 'pick a side', was it?" he asks softly, with less humour than he intended. He still recalls their first conversation, months ago in Haven. "I am glad you did."

He smiles at Krem, but it is thin and strained. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Whether I would have asked for it or not is of little use now. Ir suledin nadas."

[negativism]

Even beyond the fact that a vampire's lover also sleeps with a hunter, I imagine the attempt on his life wasn't much appreciated.

[He has to wonder just what all did Ki-moon get himself involved with once he made his decision to be a part of this partnership.]

[killingfloorblues]

I think he kinda laughs about it. He even sometimes brings it up as a jab at Jin's hunting skills.

[Or at least that was how Dusty was reading it. He might be wrong of course, but he found it pretty funny all the same.]

[negativism]

Not surprised, especially considering how ridiculous this hunter sounds. [Also reckless, but that's already been established.

It's about this point that he shuts up though - they're approaching their client and he confirms to them that their appropriate payments have been wired.]