TEST DRIVE #6

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

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/so sorry but gets in line XD;

[bethany_hawke]

"Varric?" A familiar voice, perhaps? Guess that would depend on whether or not he knows this particular Hawke. She wore a staff at her back.

Bethany Hawke did know him, though, and when she spotted him, her heart swelled with relief. She thought her eyes might be deceiving her, so she got politely closer for a look. Once she was certain it was the dwarf, she called out to him.

"Varric, it is you! Thank the Maker. I've been wandering around without seeing a single soul from Kirkwall. I thought I might be trapped here alone."

[chestbeard]

Well there was one face he hadn't quite expected to see. His eyes widened a moment, then it turned into a comfortable grin. He tilted his head, beckoning her to come join him. "A situation like this, I figured I'd see Hawke soon enough. But you're not quite who I expected, Sunshine. Here, sit down."

To Varric, Bethany Hawke was like the little sister he never had. Sure, she had foot on him, but that didn't stop him from doing his part to keep his eye out on her. He'd been doing that since day one. He might have been expecting the elder Hawke, but he was pleased to see the younger just as much.

[bethany_hawke]

After what happened in Kirkwall and to the Circle, which she had been a member of, Bethany wasn't quite sure if she'd see any of her friends again. Not after they all appeared to go their separate ways. She gladly sits down to join him. Varric appeared shady the first time they met, but she quickly grew attached to him. He was like another older brother, for certain.

"Have you heard from my brother? I haven't seen him. Not since Kirkwall. But if you've been in touch with him, it would be a relief." She knows Varric is a good friend and cares about him enough to watch out for him.

[chestbeard]

"He's fine," Varric answered reassuringly. "I don't know that he's in these parts, though. Who managed to snag you to their side? The Unseelie or the other guys?"

Varric didn't think of himself as being terribly Unseelie, but Bethany was too sweet of a girl to be anything but a Seelie.

[bethany_hawke]

Bethany would be glad he's not here, but things aren't exactly better back home, either. Maybe it would be better if he were here. At least then they'd be together again, perhaps.

"The Seelie." Right as usual, Varric. "I take it from the way you said it, you're with the Unseelie?" Though he's not really the type to cooperate unless he wants to. Good luck with that Unseelie.

[chestbeard]

"That's me, always the thing I'm not supposed to be. But I haven't rubbed shoulders with them since the day they threw a sack over my head." The Unseelie were hardly accommodating for their captured shardbearers. "And as your Seelie... well, I just as soon keep my distance from either side."

Right about now he was hoping for some Champion or Inquisitor to show up and start talking sense.

[bethany_hawke]

No, he should not be one of them, if they're all that bad. Though perhaps if Varric is among them, they're not evil. Maybe misunderstood, like any of the mages from their world.

"I'm not fond of the idea of taking up arms in a war I don't fully understand. What will you do? Stay here?"

[chestbeard]

"Possibly. It's a good place to start sowing seeds. I don't want to be here any longer than I have to, but I work better with some income and some contacts." He sighed wearily. "Maker, but I'm getting too old to start all over again."

[bethany_hawke]

"Seems like we're always resowing seeds."

Lothering. Kirkwall. And now this.

At the last, she smiles and reaches over to squeeze his arm. "Varric, don't talk such nonsense. You're not old at all."

[chestbeard]

"You're too sweet for your own good, Sunshine. But my spine puts up a better argument than you do."

Varric had dived into this lifestyle young. He'd been in his early thirties when he'd first met Hawke. But now he'd reached forty and it was a hard thing contemplating starting over in this world.

[bethany_hawke]

She was only eighteen when they walked into Kirkwall. She's a grown woman now. It's hard to believe how much changed in those years. Some things don't change, though. Some people don't, and Bethany is glad for that.

"Well, I won't hear one word from your spine." She smiles. "Maybe you could use some help here?" Not because he's old, of course.