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[iwannabeadragon]

I knew I’d get this thing on eventually. All it it needed was a few swift kicks to help it along.

[Hawke looks rather smug with himself right now. Despite the crash course given to him, of which he may have zoned out of once or twice, he understands this console about as much as he does magic. The fact he got it working on his own means a lot to him.]

Alright, from what I hear this place is in need of heroes and the like. So much so in fact that they’ve started kidnapping people right off the street. Now I don’t mean to criticize your emperor, but that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Generally it’s considered good manners to ask someone for help instead of just grabbing them by their short and curlies and just dragging them off somewhere.

[He wags his finger in a very ‘you should be ashamed of yourself’ manner.]

Maker, at least people in Kirkwall gave me the illusion of choice before asking me to do something stupid and dangerous. They usually pay me too.

[When he sighs it’s utterly exaggerated.]

Oh well, no use in complaining I suppose.

[Of course that doesn’t mean he’s actually going to stop anytime soon.]

Since I’m here I may as well play along. Chances are this is all some kind of Fade...dream...thing, so what’s the worst that can happen? Besides the possibility of demonic possession.

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[solo_patria]

Ah well. Calms before the storm, as far as they go, sometimes are good enough?

[iwannabeadragon]

During my life, I've learned to make due with them.

[solo_patria]

[Isn't that the truth? Enjolras's expression shifts a little here, into a wry sort of agreement.]

I know that feeling.

[iwannabeadragon]

Don't we all.

[solo_patria]

With any luck, we'll all have something of one here. Things have been...intense for the last few weeks. I think we're all welcoming some peace.

[iwannabeadragon]

So I've heard. Either my timing is incredibly good or incredibly bad.

[solo_patria]

Not to suggest that things can hardly get worse, but, we might hope for that, I suppose?

[iwannabeadragon]

Oh sure, and while I'm at it I'll hope for a solid gold statue of my head.

[solo_patria]

Here? One never knows.

Live in hope, I suppose.

[iwannabeadragon]

Live in it? Please, I roll around in it. That doesn't mean I ever expect anything to come from it.

[solo_patria]

Do you not?

Perhaps that is a part of the problem if I may say so.

[Have a bit of a squint there, Hawke.]

If one does not behave as though they expect the things they hope in to come true...how does he make anything happen, in the end?

[iwannabeadragon]

[Hawke smirks.]

Finding a massive treasure horde in a cavern full of monsters certainly helps.

[No it's not a real answer but Hawke isn't about to give one where anyone can hear, and not to someone he just met. Hawke knows it's not his hope that's the problem. It's his luck, or fate, or whatever you want to call.]

[solo_patria]

It IS a pity we don't seem to find them here, at that.

[No, it's certainly not an answer, but Enjolras is willing to let it pass for now. It's the sort of question that he may bring up again, in future, if they have cause to know each other. Which he somewhat hopes for, actually. ]

[iwannabeadragon]

There goes my fun then. Guess I'll need a new hobby.

[If Enjolras sticks around long enough and can put up with Hawke's antics then he just might get that.]

[solo_patria]

I SUPPOSE there's no harm in continuing to look. Odder things have certainly happened here. Who knows? With the way things go around here, that will be a new thing tomorrow or so.

[Hey, Enjolras hung out with Bahorel, Bossuet, Joly AND Courfeyrac at home. In A Group as opposed to one on one. Hawke's antics can probably compare to four of them, right?]

[iwannabeadragon]

If it is then I'm calling dibs.

[There's only one way for him to find out.]

[solo_patria]

AH but does imply you will have to be there in person to make good on your claim. If you have THAT intention, I can support it, of course.

[So there is. And Enjolras is cool with it.]

[iwannabeadragon]

Oh if anyone finds one I will be the first one inside. You can trust me on that. It just wouldn't feel right otherwise.

[solo_patria]

Good enough then. I suppose should anything come up, it's best I let you know.

[iwannabeadragon]

I agree. That would be best. Unless it causes a city wide riot, at which point I should be able to figure it out on my own.

[solo_patria]

Oh? [There's an eyebrow.] You have experience in those?

[How interesting. Considering....]

I have twice been involved in THOSE, though never here. I must confess to being intrigued. You do this often?

[iwannabeadragon]

Experience. That's a word for it.

[They were definitely an experience.]

All too often, and even more often in the center of it all. Somehow it always came down to me saving the day.

[solo_patria]

That must have been...something, certainly.

[Enjolras's experience leading, being at the center of something, well. That ended fairly awkwardly for everyone involved even if it did manage to bring him here.]

I must say I am impressed you managed that so often. My experiences were quite different.

[iwannabeadragon]

It was definitely something.

[A catastrophe maybe, or even a shitstorm, but whatever it was it was definitely something.]

Whenever there is a earth-shattering problem I seem to be the man for the job, or at least the one that gets dragged into it every time.

[solo_patria]

Well, that DOES explain your presence here, at that.

[And that is actually a smile.]

Another sort of dragging in, it seems.