The Random Scenario Meme 3.0

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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

[varhellathen]

"Th-- what? Oh! Oh-- Your Worship--" The man postures with panicked apologies, and by the end of it Lasulahn merely raises his hand dismissively. "You might consider your words before assuming someone is your lesser based on the shape of their ears, serah," he says, forgiving. It was perhaps odd, the difference in the command of his tone when he spoke as Inquisitor, and when he was simply talking to his friends and companions. "Ah, yes, of course Your Worship, and may I--" "If you'll excuse me," the Inquisitor interrupts. "I'm attending to some other business. I'm sure we shall meet again."

And with that, he nods to Krem. "As you were saying?" and motions them away from the main hall. Out of sight and earshot, he sighs, and then chuckles. "Thank you," he tells Krem with a warm smile. "There is somewhere I like to go, that has no visitors - and happens to have a fireplace. Unless that pint is looking more tempting, now."

[smoothkreminal]

Krem admittedly could barely keep a straight face. He had wanted to smile. There was always something so good about seeing the fear of the maker in someones eyes, even through a mask. When they turned the corner, he shoots the other man a grin. "He looked like he could have shit himself, I almost feel sorry for him. Asshole."

Though at the offer he perks up a little, an actual invitation of somewhere with just the other man was...a surprise, honestly. He didn't think himself very close to him, even if he wouldn't mind talking with him more. Just, he didn't expect much above his station. That was Bull's territory. He was a good soldier and listened to his comrades, and that was all he could expect for himself he assumed. "If you're offering, I can't say no. Besides, if I get to maybe hear you use that tone again, it'd be better than a pint." The Inquisitor ripping someone a new one was perhaps a new favorite of his.

[varhellathen]

The elf couldn't help but but laugh, almost a giggle. "That wasn't too harsh, was it?" he asks. "Josephine will kill me if I anger any dignitaries." A thoughtful pause. "Although I suppose he might be too worried that he called the Inquisitor 'rabbit', to make a complaint." Still, one never knew with nobles. One of them had insulted him, then complained to the ambassador that the Inquisitor hadn't responded well.

Lasulahn looks back to Krem. "Well, you can," he clarifies, just in case Krem thinks that he would lord his title over someone just to force them into spending time with him, as that absolutely wasn't the case. He's barely comfortable using his title to cow someone when they're in the wrong, as the man just before had been. He'd never been particularly good at being firm, however diplomatic he was, but now he'd begun to perfect the balance of assertive and conciliatory. The role of Inquisitor rather called for it, lest the Inquisition simply be walked on. His advisors could only do so much.

The room is at the top of one of the towers, his favorite spot. One window overlooked the Frostbacks, and the other, the garden. Snow and dying sunlight filter in through a rather large hole that has yet to be patched, but the bed and fireplace are out of the way of the small drift of snow that has collected in the corner. Two books sit on the bed, and there's a soft fur rug in front of the fireplace: an indication this room was used at least occasionally.

[smoothkreminal]

"I wouldn't say so. I've punched people for less." Usually he's drunk when it's 'for less', but he figures he doesn't have to mention that. "If you don't slap their hands they'll never stop trying to walk over you. If Josephine has a problem I'm sure you can just dip your head and apologize. She'd probably fall for that one easily enough." He can imagine being inquisitor he could get away with it too. And that face of his would make it all the more easier.

He follows easily enough though, curious as he's lead up to the tower, the room a little chilled with the lack of a fire going just yet, but he's sure it'd warm up eventually. Still, he's cold and it shows now that they're high in the tower. "You do some reading up here? It's got a nice view aside from the chill. Must be beautiful at night when the sky is clear." All those stars with that nice hole in the ceiling to show it off. He takes a few steps further in, rubbing his hands together again and nods towards the fire, "You think you could get that going? I might freeze my ass off if it stays like this."

[varhellathen]

The idea of Krem punching that Orlesian man was rather amusing, and he entertains the mental image for a few moments. "I think she had the same reaction I did last time, when someone called me 'knife ear', so maybe I'm safe."

Getting the fire going is Lasulahn's priority. No sooner has Krem begun his request than the mage has made a graceful gesture towards the hearth, and flames spring up, burning warmly on their own, until they catch the logs already there.

"It is beautiful. And there's just enough lack of roof to not make me nervous." He chuckles, not really thinking about the fact that to Krem, having a roof might be more comfortable than not having one. "Oh - when I can. It's been so long, I forgot what I was reading." A glance towards the bed.

Swords & Shields, volumes two and three.

Oh. Different topic! "It's not too cold is it? Will you be warm enough with the fire?"

[smoothkreminal]

"That's a priority for most anyways, that you're safe. I'm sure if you flexed your inquisitor muscles every now and then sticking up for yourself then no one would have much of a problem. The Commander might even commend you for it." He's sure it was a little harder being the commander of an army trying to put the fear of the maker in people when their leader had such a pretty face. Not that he didn't have any strengths, but with an elf at the head, he's sure it was easy for their enemies to forget.

He rubs his hands together and glances with him, curiously following his gaze and tries to hide that he's done it when it's so obvious that he was changing the subject. It's hard to hide his smile though.

"I'll be warm enough. If I need anything else maybe your books can help." He teases, because maker if he can help it. His grin splits through the harsh line he'd been holding and hopes that he isn't offending or embarrassing him too much. "Was the first one too enticing? Or did you just borrow it from the Seeker?"

[varhellathen]

The Inquisitor chuckles quietly. "He might," he answers. Creators knew Cullen had enough on his plate without having to insist to every odd noble to stop calling the Inquisitor a 'rabbit', whether to his face or not. And certainly many wouldn't consider Lasulahn Lavellan himself to be particularly threatening. He was a waif of a man, even being of a race known for their slight builds. Being a mage, and being his clan's first, there was not much in his life that had required any real amount of strength.

Still, mages were regarded with a sense of fear for their gifts, those without the leash of the Circle perhaps more so. And even if his own magical gifts were far more defensive than offensive, there were wild rumours to make up anything he lacked in intimidating sort of skill. The Inquisitor has definitely heard more than one supposed tale of his own exploits that have made him laugh aloud with their absurdity.

Lasulahn himself preferred not to be seen as intimidating. Most of his work was with common folk, or potential allies, and he would much rather be respected for diplomacy than might.

At the comment, the Inquisitor startles not unlike a halla caught unawares, and a bright flush creeps from his cheeks all the way to his ears. For all he'd insisted that Cassandra had no need to be embarrassed, here he was being exactly that.

"I-- both," he manages, and the statement comes out like a confession. "I borrowed them because Cassandra enjoyed them so much and-- well." He gestures helplessly to the fact that he's clearly already read one, and has now moved on with enough enthusiasm that he borrowed the third in advance.

[smoothkreminal]

Strength in the physical sense anyways. Krem knew that to build a good army you needed strengths of all kinds, which was why for one that Dalish was an essential part of their team. Her and her aiming crystal anyways.

Still, at the look that he gets at his comment, Krem barks out a laugh because his face is precious, and he isn't sure he's ever seen the man blush so deeply. It was bleeding to the tips of his ears. "You don't have to be so embarrassed. I'm sure I've heard worse things come out of the chief's mouth than Varric could ever write in one of those books." He's a little curious though, taking a few steps forward and puts his hand on the spine of the book, taking it to then sit in front of the fire, "You mind? Perhaps I should read it aloud. It will be an experience."

[varhellathen]

Here he is, Lord Inquisitor Lavellan, leader of the most powerful force in all of Thedas, bright red and hiding his face in his hands over a smutty romance novel.

"You're awful," he says in exasperation, voice muffled by his hands, although there's no real bite in his tone. He realises as he looks up that Krem is already settling in front of the fire with one of the books. Shamefaced, he sits cross-legged on the soft rug next to him. "If you-- if you like," he manages.

This is not what he thought he would be doing with his afternoon. Well - not with Krem in the room, anyway.

[smoothkreminal]

"But you're not stopping me. Am I awful if you're encouraging my behavior? I think not." he grins as the inquisitor sits across from him in front of the fire, resting one hand to lean on next to him while he turns the book open in his lap, not caring to start from the beginning.

"And they came together like the clashing of their swords, all heat and tempered steel turned soft-" he coughs, unsure of himself if he could continue to read it clearly out loud if it got steamy. He might embarrass himself before he could get the other man to smack him to stop to save them both. "As lips met, their armor clasps were unloosened, belts unnotchd and boots slipped against the cold stone in their haste." He pauses, curious and turns a page with a raised eyebrow, choking on a laugh.

"Varric...Does he usually use such colorful language? I mean, The shaft of his broad sword paled in comparison to his weeping cock."

[varhellathen]

Of course.

Lasulahn gets the feeling that there's likely one scene in this particular book, and Krem has flipped right to it, started reading it aloud--

The Inquisitor seems to shrink into himself, arms wrapped around his legs and head hiding tucked against his knees. "I don't know," he says helplessly from his curled position. Even if his face is hidden, the tips of his ears are still red.

He thinks perhaps the worst part of all of this is the fact that he's paying more attention to the man's voice than the embarrassment of being read this sort of thing aloud. If anything, he wouldn't entirely mind hearing more of it, if Krem's reading--

Oh Creators, no, what a horribly inappropriate thing to think--

"This is the only romance series he's written," he mumbled, although he might not be entirely audible.

He's not sure he can ever look Cassandra or Varric in the face again.

Or Krem.

[smoothkreminal]

Krem looks up from his reading to stare at the man sitting just there across from him. The red of the fire seems to light up his ears even more and since he knows much more of this and he'll embarrass himself, he'll take pity on Lasulahn.

"I think that's enough for now. You'll just have to read the rest of it yourself, find out what happens to his uh..." He looks down at the book for reference, "Tempered shaft and her moist flower." He makes a face, unsure whether he appreciates Varric's purple prose, but it at least doesn't detract from the precious man before him.

"If you turn any more red you'll make the fire jealous, Inquisitor."

[varhellathen]

The Inquisitor is in the middle of humming his affirmation that yes, indeed, that is enough--

A moan slips out, exasperated and embarrassed. Really, if he'd realised it was that... that lewd, he would've suggested Krem just borrow it after he was finished. The elf shakes his head against his knees.

"I suppose it's my own fault," he says, and finally lifts his head; although he can't quite bring himself to make eye contact. "I don't suppose I'll ever live this down." The fact that he liked the first one enough to borrow the following two and--

"Please don't tell Bull."

[smoothkreminal]

Krem laughs, shaking his head, "I just read the steamy bits, I'm sure the rest isn't so bad. Besides, I'm not the reading kind anyways. I wouldn't know a good book if it hit me full in the face. I just read marching orders and write reports."

Not the best judge when it comes to works of fiction. "And I won't. I'm not that mean. You tell Bull anything not strictly in confidence and it's through the chargers and Skyhold within the day." He knows their mercenary group was rabid for gossip and drank it in as easily as they threw back pints.

He set the book down between the both of them and instead turned his gaze to the fire, smiling at it and the warmth it gave. He was barely cold any more, even with the open ceiling. "It's still a wonder to me how easily that comes to you. If it were me I'd be sitting here for ten minutes with a flint and some tinder, hoping the draft doesn't blow out what little sparks I've got going."

[varhellathen]

Discovering that he was a fan of shameless romances had come after arriving to Skyhold, namely thanks to one Cassandra Pentaghast. Before that, most of his reading had been Brother Genitivi's works.

"Oh, I've learned that," he says with a little chuckle. "Thankfully, not at my expense."

He looks to the fire too, and shakes his head. "It took me years to be able to do even that much," he says. "I was lucky that spirit magics came fairly easy to me, but I'm awful with anything else. It wasn't until the Mage-Templar war began that Keeper Istimaethoriel insist I push myself to learn more offensive magic."

[smoothkreminal]

"The chief tends to curb most of those if it's not to your credit," He admits, though listening to him talk was interesting. As a lower class citizen in Tevinter, he wasn't privileged to see a lot of magic done if he could help it. Though to talk about the Dalish, it was entirely new to him.

The keeper's name gets him to laugh though, not at all at the name itself, but the length of it. "Sorry- Your keeper, their name sounds almost Tevene. It's long...you don't get that often outside of the country. It's a mouthful, like mine." He tries to explain so as not to sound disrespectful, but truly is curious. Lasulahn's name was long in itself as well, but not quite like the keeper's.

"What sort of people are in your clan anyways? I've never really heard you talk of them. If you don't mind me asking."

[varhellathen]

The laugh surprises him, and interrupts his train of thought for a moment. "Oh- it is rather long, isn't it? I'm so used to it that I don't think of it... It's her second name, technically. 'Deshanna Istimaethoriel Lavellan'."

Not that his own full name was much shorter. The question gives him a thoughtful pause, and he considers as his gaze turns back towards the fireplace. His expression softens into something tender, and decidedly longing. "All sorts, I suppose. Our clan wasn't very large, but large enough. Our Keeper, she's very wise, and very patient, but firm when need be. She's always done well by our clan. She kept us safe through the war, without having to isolate ourselves completely."

He's quiet for a brief moment. "The hunters are the brash ones, for the most part. They stay at the camp when we trade with humans, most of them tend to be a bit...argumentative with them." He chuckles at the memory. "Our hahren-- the clan elder, I mean, he's a cranky, impatient man. I think I'm responsible for half the white hairs on his head. Our master craftsman is much more patient. And then there's our hearthmistress. I've never known a gentler woman."

Oh, how he missed them.

[smoothkreminal]

"Deshanna is much easier, but I figure it's disrespectful to use a Keepers first name, especially being me." He doubted that any humans should have the honor of using it in that case, even if he felt close to the Lavellan, at times he felt rude using his first name as well, even if he insisted on him using it.

Race wasn't so much an issue in the Chargers, or homeland, and so it was easier he thought, for him to be more comfortable, most respectful, but at the same time, being Tevene, there wasn't much room for assumptions after the long history between their people.

He feels like he's being honored with the conversation about the small Dalish clan, nodding as he listens. Some words are foreign, some he wonders about the history of necessity that goes with a nomadic lifestyle in each mention, and he practically snorts when he mentions their elder. "You don't seem the type to have been a rambunctious child. Though I suppose perhaps you could have gotten to mischief. Did you leave behind many friends and family when you came here?" He himself had left Tevinter as a fugitive, and not so willingly and organized, but at times, even if he didn't agree with her, he missed his mother. There wasn't much talk of his father either, and at times he wondered how life was treating him. Of the two, he missed him more.

[varhellathen]

"I called her Keeper, more often than not. It wouldn't be disrespectful for you to do the same," he offers with a small smile.

Lasulahn shakes his head slightly. "Not rambunctious, no, but I was constantly at his heels, begging him to tell me legends of our gods, or teach me more of the elvhen language." His expression becomes thoughtful, a little more sad. "My clan is my family," he says wistfully, but then adds: "My father died when I was young, and I have no brothers or sisters. My mother remains with the clan, and my two close friends. It has been... many months, now, since I have seen them."

He wraps his arms around his legs, tucking into a small ball almost, resting his chin on his knee. "What about you, Krem? You mentioned your father before, but what about your town? Friends?"

[smoothkreminal]

"Keeper she will be then. I wouldn't want to be rude," He returns, leaning closer to the fire and the wall for support.

"You were more of a studious child then. Ah...I was always at my fathers heels when I could be, I know how that is. When you're a child, being near them is such a privilege, so you consume as much of their time as you can." He nods as he speaks though, feeling for his loss. He only comments when asked though, piecing his thoughts together.

"My father isn't dead, but he sold himself into slavery before I was able to join the army, so I understand that loss, if only a little. My mother wanted me to marry up good, and I suppose if I had, perhaps then he would be free, but...I don't think he would have wanted that life for me, even in the way that he's living now. He understood more than my mother did, even if he never said anything." His fingers play with one of the many leather straps of his armor as he talks, distracting himself from the subject matter. "I send money back still, but even if I wanted to see my mother, see any friends I had made in the army, it wouldn't be easy. My crime wasn't the most serious, but it still wouldn't be safe to travel back to Tevinter any time soon. And it's already been years..."

[varhellathen]

"I was attached to my father, before he died. He was a healer. For some reason, nothing he ever tried to teach me really stuck. After he passed, I gave up. My mother is a hunter. I still can't hold a bow properly."

Bewilderment crosses the Inquisitor's face. "Sold-- himself into slavery? Wh-" But then he frowns, and realises that perhaps he broached a sensitive topic.

"Krem, if I've overstepped myself- I'm sorry." His expressions softens into something sort of doleful, but also admiring. "You've been through a lot to get where you are."

[smoothkreminal]

"Funny how the ones with the gentle touch seem to go first. Not that it's funny, just...that would be a heavy loss not just for you and your mother but your clan I suspect." He considers him, nodding away towards the Herald's rest with a smile, "Maybe ask Dalish if she'd teach you how to use her 'bow'. She's got an aiming crystal and everything." He jokes, because of course it's not a bow, but. She can claim all she wants.

Still, at the other man's shock, he sits up, not wanting him to distress himself. "He- Yes. He's a part of the Servus Publicus now, owned by the state for the people. It's the choice of the poor in Tevinter rather than the slums you might see here. You're either on the edge of slavery or slaves. It's...much different. At the very least citizens have the choice. I feel for the ones sold to private owners. There are laws in place to keep them treated well, but...I can't speak much about it. A Tailor's son doesn't see the high life."

Still, he shakes his head, not too bothered. It was his life, and while he did miss his father, hated the decision he had to make so his family wouldn't starve, it wasn't something he couldn't talk about. "It is probably good for you to learn about it anyways, and you can only get the noble view from Dorian. He wouldn't know much of the lower class. You can ask me more if you'd like, I don't mind."

[varhellathen]

"Our clan is small. Every loss is like losing family. But, it is life for the Dalish." Lasulahn looks a bit sad, but he quickly covers it with a smile.

"Right. That might help me. Andruil knows nothing else would."

The Inquisitor considers Krem's words with a visible sort of discomfort. "It's not a choice if you're giving up your freedom, is it?" He frowns. He and Dorian had their discussion about slaves, and it was perhaps the one thing they'd genuinely argued about. "Yes, we've... spoken about it," he says carefully, but there's a touch of bitterness in his tone he can't quite hide. "I have a hard time seeing his view. He is in a position to own slaves, and I am one that has had to fight off those that would sell me into slavery." But then the Inquisitor smiles. "Whatever you'd like to tell me. I wouldn't know what to ask, really."

[smoothkreminal]

"To live in such a small society sounds lonely, but I suppose if it was so close knit, you would never truly be alone." He considers it, but having not lived it, he wouldn't know. Being a poor family was also lonely in the sense that in the lower end of all, there wasn't much to share. To keep out of slavery was a goal most had, and that required money and food. For a while it was fine, they had no fears, and yet when the Magister put his father out of business with slave produced clothes...well. That had quickly turned the tides.

"It isn't a choice for yourself, but for the freedom of your family," He returns. "I suppose if you didn't have one, then it wouldn't be a choice, if you were so desperate, but I would assume most that are by themselves would have no ties and could easily pick up and find more work if they needed to." He shrugs, it's a fact of life that people down in the dirt couldn't change.

"The ability to create on just the cost of sheltering your workers creates much more profit...I couldn't see the magisterium giving it up in the long run, despite how much it demonizes our country for doing so." He isn't quite so sure his opinions have much basis, just what he's seen in life. He was no scholar.

"There is so much else that the world demonizes Tevinter for, what's one more thing."

[varhellathen]

"It never felt lonely to me. It's all I've ever known. But, I was never a social child, perhaps it's just me. Still, we seemed happy enough."

Lasulahn shakes his head. "I cannot imagine that. Slavery for the elves is not a choice." Slavery for the elvhen meant midnight raids, fighting slavers with stronger weapons or more men or more mages, losing hunters every time they came.

"Our Clan kept to the borders of the Free Marches, but we always avoided the Imperium. It... was never really about what people said of the country, though, but our experience." Lasulahn smiles. "You and Dorian have shown me that not all the rumours are right, either way. I'm grateful for that."