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Random Scenario meme

TYPES OF SCENES
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 honour → 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 Hatesex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knifeplay, 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?

AU.

① Canon Divergence → We all love these, and have ten thousand of them.
② Werewolf → Lone hunters or pack creatures? Hidden or open in society?
③ In Heat → NOT A/B/O. Just something that happens to people, and is known in society.
④ Bad End → Self-explanatory. Can be as character-specific or world-impacting as you want.
⑤ Apocalypse → The terrible world-threatening thing that the protagonist stopped? It happened. The villain won. Too bad you have to keep on living in this hell of a world.
⑥ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!

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Oh, hello. Someone's been paying attention. And someone, equally, is being cheeky. Or a bit of an arse, either or. She bet he has a nice one, though.

"Free? Mmm, nah. It'll cost you a mug, so," flashing him a brilliant smile, Sairey leans over and neatly plucks one of the mugs from him.

"Thank you for the drink."

That gets a laugh; turnabout is fair play and he can always appreciate a player. Especially one so... fair.

"Anytime, serah." He holds up his own mug to clink with hers before taking a swig. "If you liked that, you should see how I buy dinner. Or breakfast, but that's getting into presumptuous arsehole territory, isn't it?"

Whoops. At least this time he actually noticed his mouth running away from him, and caught it mid-sentence.

Sairey lifts up her free hand and holds her fingers close together. "Just a little bit," she says. "Breakfast, that is. And maybe dinner. After all, we've only just had drinks."

Which isn't the worst she's ever had, she'll admit. Working in Amaranthine has given her some education, but before then, well. Not all of the stills in Kinloch were for the daily ale allotment.

"Right, right. Well," he amends, gesturing at himself. "I just wanted you to know that this lean, mean, drink-buying machine can do more."

Garrett smiles good-naturedly and takes a drink before looking at her inquisitively. "The name's Garrett. And you are?"

"Oh, I'm definitely going to keep that in mind," she assures him. He could be all talk, of course. Some men are, particularly those who advertise so loudly that they aren't. But if things progressed down that way and it all turned out bad, she could always ride him and then leave. Things to consider, anyway.

"I'm Sairey."

"Sairey." He rolls the name around on his tongue with the leisurely ease of one who genuinely enjoys it. It's a pretty sound. "Is it short for Sairena, or Sairiana, or Sairenyavovlychnikov? Such a musical name."

Garrett looks more than a little amused at his own cleverness, though he hides it... reasonably well. The bit of 'ha I crack myself up' that gets through is more from enthusiasm than actual ego.

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Sairey laughs at that, genuinely amused. "Maker's Breath, I'm glad my mother never heard of that last one. I'm sure it would have been that. No, formally it's Sairiana, but it might as well be plain Sairey for how much I use it."

She likes Sairey. People can view it as a short form of something ridiculous and aristocratic, or just a twist on the far more common Sarah. It's a light name, with a cheerful bounce to it: It suits her.

"It's adorable," he grins. "Me, I'm pretty sure I would have been Marianella de Aristallialla or some shit if I was born a girl. Lucky me, Dad got to pick the boy name."

Hawke shrugs and tosses back some of his ale. "Anyway. You're way to pretty and nice-looking for Kirkwall. What terrible calamity forced you to come here?"

"You still could have been a Marianinius," Sairey counters, and then crinkles her nose. "Well. Maybe not. That sounds a bit Tevinter, doesn't it?"

Like Garrett, she shrugs it off.

"Come now, there are plenty of pretty people here. Bu-u-ut... As it happens, Grey Warden business. I'm a- an auxiliary researcher, you might say. With the Order, so when our Lady Commander commands us, off we go. But as much as I love pouring over books and scrolls, a different change of pace keeps one sane. So, here I am."

"Lady Commander?" Garrett's eyes sparkle suddenly and he leans in, elbows on the table. "Please tell me you're talking about Commander Surana."

Not to give his new friend the wrong impression, he plows ahead with his questioning before any ideas about who he's interested in can settle. "Is that shit with Flemeth and the dragon true? Did she really set the archdemon on fire with her magic?"

He doesn't seem the least bit bothered by that fact. Indeed, the prospect of talking about a conquering mage seems to delight him.

Sairey is used to a certain amount of admiration about her friend, but the sheer delight in which this man mentions dragons and fire makes her chuckle lightly. Maybe, it wouldn't be the end of this flirtation to mention that she herself is a mage, then.

Maybe.

"True on both counts. Thought honestly, if you knew her, setting fire to the archdemon is far less surprising than being rescued by a dragon."

Sairey loves Eldiana Surana, she does. They have been close friends since they were both frightened little girls in Kinloch Hold. But when Eldy's always loved fire just a little bit too much.

Garrett chuckles appreciatively at that fairly excellent answer, then settles back in his chair to look at Sairey. "So, if you're friends with the Hero of Ferelden, what does that make you? How do you know her?"

A sip of his ale, the better to wrap the moment in casualness. "Are you a Warden?"

His eyes sweep over her. Grey Warden, sure. But she doesn't look like a fighter of any description; too much softness on her. Unless she's hiding some surprising muscles under there, he'd peg her as a mage. Which... okay, maybe it's just wishful thinking.

Underneath her plump prettiness, Sairey is indeed hiding muscles. But not the muscles of a war-mage, used to hours of intense movement. No, her muscles are a healer's, a surgeon's, a midwife's. Strong legs, strong hands, but not particularly inclined to interesting gymnastics. All easier to see when her clothes are off, of course.

Sairey fixes him with a thoughtful look now, actually letting her oddly - coloured eyes meet his. Clearly her evasion earlier hadn't done any good.

"We grew up together," she says airily. As if that isn't an admission of magic. "But no, I am not a Warden. More... court mage."

"Oh," Hawke says automatically. He couldn't hide the spark of interest in his eyes, nor did he try, but more important was the worry that followed after. It smoothed over quickly into the affected calmness he's projecting now. "We don't get many Grey Wardens in Kirkwall."

There's something in the way he deliberately says Wardens, in the way he unnecessarily repeats the name Kirkwall. As if to remind her exactly where she is. There's something in his eyes- the subtle insistence of someone silently urging you to get the message. It's a fairly clear one, at that: you're a mage in Kirkwall. Say you're a Grey Warden.

She gets it. For a moment, those striking eyes widen in startlement, then narrow in consternation as her lips press together. Shit. She's too out of practice with the freedom in Amaranthine, she can come and go as she pleases, where she has appointments for Andraste's sake in the city itself. Where she can wear ordinary clothes and practice magic and, and, and blast it.

This is Kirkwall. The party hadn't realised it'd been so bad, when they'd arrived and presented their credentials. Sairey's credentials. And then it'd all been a bit too late to change them.

"No? Well, to be honest down in Ferelden, we don't receive all that much news from our Marcher brethren. I think they are busy closer to the Tevinter border currently. Though honestly, given darkspawn, you should be lucky that we are a rare flock of birds. Besides, that adds to our allure, yes?"

We. Us. That language comes naturally to her.

Garrett is sure that the Warden-Commander, a mage herself, went through all the necessary steps in bringing Sairey here. Gave the right papers to the right higher-ups or whatever. It's just that... Kirkwall is a lot more than just the higher-ups. It's Templars everywhere, and citizens filled with anti-mage fears who talk to them, and Templar higher-ups prone to mercurial decisions based on pride and appearance more than law. It's a Knight-Commander who could easily decide that a freely-moving mage is more of a danger to her power than angering the Hero of Ferelden.

So he slips easily into the conversation, a bit settled now that she's going along with it. Confident that anybody listening in or overhearing will dismiss her as some Warden passing through on their way north.

"From what I hear, a lot of the Wardens in the Marches are snooping around the weird thaig in the Deep Roads," he answers. "It's all very new and exciting."

The fact that Eldiana Surana would dismantle the city looking for Sairey should anything happen to her isn't reassuring - quite the opposite, in fact. She can be a terrifying force of will, can Eldy, and Sairey would prefer to keep that force pointed away from people. Even a Knight-Commander who is the de facto ruler of a city-state. Particularly from a Knight-Commander who is the de facto ruler of a city-state. That, and for the sake of herself, means she's very willing to play along.

"I don't blame them, it sounds utterly fascinating. And there are more than a few scholars amongst us whom I'm sure mostly fight the forces of evil so they can go and geek out over ruins."

"They were pretty weird," he concedes, not acknowledging the significance that yes, he actually has been in that newfound primeval thaig, thanks for asking. "Can't say I blame them."

Garrett sips his ale and glances around them. It's a conundrum: here is a pretty girl who Hawke would very much like to keep talking to, but any actual, honest conversation would put her in danger. The Hanged Man has too many ears. Lucky for them, a group in the corner has been getting gradually louder all night, and their merriment reaches a convenient crescendo.

"Bit loud in here, isn't it?" he says loudly, so she can hear him through the noise. "Wanna find somewhere a bit quieter? Friend of mine has a suite just upstairs, only there might be people in there playing cards or drinking his liquor."

In an attempt to make it clear that no, he's not trying to take her somewhere alone to get in her pants.

Sairey glances upstairs - or rather, more accurately, up towards the stairs. She could be curious, but if Garrett chooses to pay attention, there's a sharp assessment under the curiosity. But he's not a templar, he doesn't have the bearing of one, and at the end of the day, she's a mage under the protection of one of the most powerful people in Ferelden.

"Sounds like quite the friend," she says, and pushes herself up off her seat. A glance around for her warden-companion, just to let her know that she'll be going upstairs (all conveyed with some hand gestures, the kind perfected by wardens who wish to be silent during the Deep Roads), and then back Sairey looks at Garrett.

"Lead on, serah."

Garrett watches Sairey closely, as on edge as she is for only slightly different reasons. It's subtle, the way the two 'wardens' communicate, but enough for Hawke to see who this mage is nodding at.

So when he stands, he stays near enough that he can say in a low voice, "Your friend can come to, if you'd rather. Make it a party. A nice, chaperoned party."

"Jivete's busy." Which is true, she is. Being a warden isn't glamorous, no matter the occasional perception. Although there's a kind of person who thinks that meetings in taverns have their own form of glamour.

"And I'm a big girl, with a very loud voice when I want."

Sixteen-odd-years of being raised by the Chantry has a tendency to do that. It's also a warning, and a statement that she's not trusting him, not exactly.

If that warning bothers him, he doesn't show it. Rather, he gives a sort of 'hm' face and shrugs. "Fair point. Aside from all the- well."

At this point, Hawke is gesturing for her to follow him, speaking as they wend their way through the tables and chairs towards the small staircase. "Pretty sure I'm no match for you anyway. You can't exactly punch fire."

Sairey smirks at that. "So the Warden Commander keeps insisting. It's not my style, however."

Lightning and cold, those are Sairey's weapons. And shifting forms. Though one could, in fact, punch a bear. Or a giant spider. She tends to get more screams with that than ice, though.

Even if lightning gets a more instant reaction. But most people don't know that until they are targeted.

"Well, you can't hit a curse, either." They reach the stairs and vanish to the upper floor. "Although I did punch lightning once. That was a great day."

Rather than elaborate on that in the slightest, he pushes open a door a little ways down the hall, revealing a room - a suite - that's startlingly large for this place. Well-appointed, too; clearly the living space of someone who'd rather spend money on belongings than real estate. Garrett glances around, finds nobody, and beckons her inside.

"After you, messere."

Living out in Amaranthine has given Sairey practice in a lot of things. Healing, surgery, combining magic with said surgery; how to talk with peasants without being condescending, how to be reassuring with prickly, frightened people so that healing can be done. This, too, she's learned: how to quickly pull on a magical shield with only the barest shimmer to betray it.

If anyone tries to hit her over the head, it'll bounce off. Sometimes, it pays to be paranoid. Cautious. All of that.

She pulls her shield on before she walks past Garrett into the room, just in case. As she'd said, she's a big girl. She can, in most cases, handle herself.

Garrett lets her pass by without comment, and shuts the door behind him. He doesn't latch it, but he shuts it enough to muffle at least the sound of their conversation. The sound from the tavern quiets enough that they can be assured of private conversation, but any screaming would wake half the city.

"Have a seat," he offers, gesturing to the table. The sideboard nearby is laden with a nice-looking bottle of something undoubtedly alcoholic and some glasses. Garrett reaches past all of that, picks a stray copper off the table, and flings it lightly at Sairey's head.

Her first reaction to throw is not to catch it - whatever it is - but to flinch back, duck. The object bounces off the wall and...

A copper. A coin. Harmless, she supposes.

Sairey gives him an unimpressed, grumpy look. "What was that for?"

"Just testing," he grins. He's tossing a gold piece in his hand now, idly flipping it around, tossing it lightly, and catching it. It's considerably larger and heavier than the copper was. "Lucky you I didn't start with gold."

Then he pockets the gold and reaches for the bottle. While pouring out two glasses, he remarks, "My sister's a mage, so was my father. I know what a shield looks like."

"Now, if you'd thrown the gold, I would have kept it, serah," she says, stooping down to pick the copper up and toss it back to him. A gentle, underarm toss; she, at least, isn't trying to test anything. She also lets the shield fade now it has served its purpose.

"Sister and father?" Sairey tilts her head a little at that, thoughtful. "Apostates or court mages? Or both?"

There are far, far more apostates than the Chantry would ever like to admit. Not every child shows magic with something flashy, and the more wealth a family has, the more ability there is to hide and hire tutors. This man, though, sounds pure Fereldan, so she's putting her money on 'apostates'.

"Door number two," he says cheerfully, catching the copper without a thought. "Father was a good old-fashioned Circle escapee and everything."

His eyes sweep over her again, a good-natured, teasing sort of look on his face. "Put the shield back up, I want to see if I can catch this on the rebound."

"If you insist." And she does put the shield back up, complete with that tell-tale little shimmer. But when Garrett tosses the coin, Sairey concentrates and moves her shield, just a little.

Enough so that the coin goes in an entirely different direction to what he intended.

He laughs good-naturedly; it's always a treat to see a mage showing off their craft.

"Nice! Father and Bethany used to practice making pebbles bounce around the yard when no one was around."

As much fun as it is to fuck around, though, he does actually recognize that it's probably a bit weird for her to get invited back to a man's room only to be subjected to juvenile apprentice bullshit. That said, he reaches for the glasses of wine and holds one out to her.

"Well, anyway. That was fun. You want that drink now?"

"I would," Sairey says, amused and bemused both. The shield goes down, the coin stays where it is, and she walks over to him and takes the glass away. Her fingers brush his; unavoidable, and yet also a little deliberate.

"So. Why did you bring me up here? Surely not just to play games."

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is she HoF in this verse or nah

nah she be court-mage to Surana at Amaranthine

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