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[wolfuncaged]

FROM: SUBJECT: KIRK Fenris? It's me. Can I come in? MARIAN/CLOUD Meanacing DORIAN Well, I wasn't certain what to expect... JUSTICE You seem to have escaped the planet unharmed. RIONA You know, when someone is three sheets to the wind and suggests a threesome... RIONA Fenris! It feels like ages since we've spoken. KIRK ACTION MARIAN Fenriiiiis ADALWOLFE please tell me you didn't sleep with Isabela too ANDERS :3 MARIAN This will do KIRK Can we talk? MARIAN You're a mess, Marian. ADALWOLFE Special delivery! ANDERS Maybe it will help with your face. HAWKE Fenris? You there? VARRIC Don't-- don't do anything. OCTAVIA Hey, Fenris ELIZE Fenris? JOVE ACTION STEVEN fenrisssssssssssssssssssssssss ROBIN Listen, Fenris, I know you don't give a shit about me, but-- FELIX Fenris, I apologize for contacting you in this way, but I was wondering... JOVE SO ABOUT COLE JOVE STRAWBERRIES

TO: SUBJECT: KIRK About Anders KIRK Kirk wakes KIRK Kirk? Can we speak? MARIAN Where are you? We need to speak. KIRK You wish to speak HAWKE We need to speak VARRIC Varric. Varric. Varric wake up. JOVE Jove. May I have a moment of your time? JOVE Can we speak? Are you busy? HAWKE Is there anywhere on this blighted hole we can find any decent alcohol? JOVE I was spiteful and angry to you, and I owe you an apology. HAWKE Hawke. Did you know the Inquisition have a demon? VARRIC There is something I need to tell you.

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[universal_charm]

"Even more motive just to hurt you. Her path to power was gone, so if she must suffer to her mind, then so should you," he shrugged. He saw the reasoning clearly, and honestly he thought Fenris had done the right thing. If his sister could not find happiness in her freedom, than that was her own fault and none of Fenris'. If it was so bad, they could have always returned to Danarius' service, after all.

But, there did indeed seem little point in talking about it further. Fenris would either decide to carry that unfounded guilt on his shoulders, or choose to let it go. Kirk could force him to do neither, but he hoped he had given him new perspective on the matter at least. He patted his hand and let go, reaching instead to pick back up the book.

"What's your favorite of Varric's tales?" he asked him, keeping close enough to offer the comfort of proximity, but not enough to crowd if Fenris decided he wanted more room.

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"Perhaps."

Kirk would be right in his estimation. It's just one of the many burdens Fenris carries around with him. Something he will likely never have the chance to solve. He welcomes the change in subject, a smile playing across his lips.

"It isn't in this one- it's one of his fictional works. Hard in Hightown. Though he did, rather unsubtlely, put us all in it under different names. It's on the network, I believe."

[universal_charm]

Honestly, Kirk should be more mature as a thirty year old man, but even he had to snigger at that particular title. Which, he thought, was precisely the response desired. No one named anything that with the particular genre of romance or erotica and did not expect one to giggle.

He leered at Fenris and waggled his brows at him. "So did you get get lucky between the pages?"

[wolfuncaged]

That at least gets a laugh out of the elf. Alas, the factual is more more interesting the fictional, in that regard.

"No. I was just a surly bartender."

So basically his life now.

[universal_charm]

"Not such a bad position to be in. Bar tenders tend to know all the juicy secrets, right?" he said in an effort to console him, even if he wasn't sure Fenris needed it. He seemed the type not to quite appreciate having his fictional sex life laid out on a page.

He glanced at the other volumes Fenris had, leaning his shoulder against the elf's.

"Could I borrow a few? I haven't had the chance to read any of Varric's tales yet, but maybe I should."

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"The ones that talk to their clientele do, I'm sure."

He doesn't really do that. Unless grunts and occasional glares count as conversations. He doubts it.

He smiles, waving a hand at the books.

"Be my guest. I'm sure Varric would have liked the idea of other people beyond Thedas enjoying them."

[universal_charm]

Suppose that depends on where you are. Kirk's been in some bars where that's considered eloquent. Even deep and meaningful.

Kirk got up and went to the books, glancing at a few of the spines and picking out two of the books to start with. He smiled at them, looking back to Fenris and holding up the ones he'd chosen so he would know which he had taken.

"Anything good about you in either of these?" he teased him.

[wolfuncaged]

Fenris needs to go to these bars, clearly.

"Not me specifically," a smile curves the corners of his mouth. "But there's plenty of 'Ferris' in there."

He absolutely used fingerquotes.

[universal_charm]

He held up a book to his lips to hide the laugh, though it was clearly audible.

"No relation, of course. Purely a fictional character," he grinned broadly.

[wolfuncaged]

"Absolutely. Nothing like me at all."

Screw you, Varric. At least the elf sounds amused.

[universal_charm]

"Of course you won't mind if I come to you for clarification on a few things? You know, cultural differences and all," he continued with another quiet laugh. Fenris should absolutely take this to mean he would be teasing him about his portrayal in the novel, and said events.

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He gets it, thankfully, and gives a soft scoff in response.

"Cultural differences, right. Of course, I wouldn't want you getting confused, now."

[universal_charm]

"Absolutely. I mean, if I get confused, I could end up saying the wrong thing to someone," he continued to laugh behind the book, his eyes sparking with their teasing.

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"Maker forbid that should happen," the elf responds, with an amused, teasing eye roll.

[universal_charm]

"Oh yes, forbid," he nodded and exhaled a laugh before turning. "I should go, but I'll let you know what I think of the book when I finish it, shall I?"

[wolfuncaged]

"Please do, I'm interested in hearing if you enjoyed it."