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Your username made coffee shoot out my nose. Instant follow.

😂😂😂 thank you. It’s not too serious around here.

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For Prompt demon cat? I love a cat story and this has me curious! ❤️

I answered this one here.

Poor Turvi. He can’t get away from the demon cats. He also had a run in with an artifact that cursed him.

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Wip Wednesday/Last Line Tag

Thank you @serensama @aetherflowers @cute-ellyna @jenn2d2 @woundedsoul12 @kabsey for the tags. I’m not tagging anyone else. But I’d love to see your wip, so please tag me any time.

I’m working on a word with friends for this week, and I thiiiink this will be part of a future chapter of nug e cheese. Anyway, just one line this time lol.

They turned back to Harding. “Sorry I startled you. Want a cookie?

Poor Harding. Still jumpy over her Lucanis theories.

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For Rook Appreciation Week: A Rook Move

Yayyyyy I made it! I really wanted to contribute this week, and get it in before the end of Laidir day!

~2600 words

Xiqaa listens to a voice from the past tell a story that just maybe never happened. If it did happen, it didn't happen like this.

Snippet below, for gold and glory!

“We... got a shipment I thought you should know about.”

Xiqaa watched Isabela, seated comfortably above the Hall of Valor’s arena. They’d come at her summons. Without a word, Isabela frowned at the small chest beside her and nudged it toward Xiqaa with the toe of her boot.

“I didn’t go through everything in there, but I saw your name a few times. Figured you might want to take these.”

“What is it?”

“I just said I didn’t go through it,” Isabela replied, smirking.

Xi rolled their eyes. “A hint would be nice.”

“Varric’s things. Forwarded from Kirkwall and points beyond.”

Xiqaa snatched the bottle sitting half-full on the table.

“What’s in this?”

Without waiting for an answer, they took a long drink.

“Alvarado's Bathtub Boot Screech,” Isabela said, watching as Xi coughed and wiped tears from their eyes. “Good way to get the waterworks started.”

“No kidding,” Xi wheezed. “If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather mourn in private — with my vocal cords intact.”

Keep reading on AO3

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Thursday Bangers 9/26

Rules for your Copy and Paste: Free form a blurb or drawing based on the weekly lyrics prompt. It doesn't have to include the prompt just whatever you're inspired to write, write it! Then tag some friends so they can play as well. It doesn't have to be finished on Thursday just post it whenever you can (you have a whole week between Thursdays).

It's Rook Appreciation Week yall. So go to @rookappreciationweek and check out the prompts and play. I am a little behind but.... here's day 4! Let's go to the Rivaini Coast to see how Kenn Ingellvar and Taash are doing with these lyrics

It's not a walk in the park to love each other But when our fingers interlock Can't deny, can't deny you're worth it - Still Into You by Paramore

No pressure tagging @himluv @thedissonantverses @mythals-whore @serensama @whispersleo @tarasmom @hedwigoprah @becausedragonage @kindlyfeline @davrinsleftpectoral @fenrelmercar @plasticfreckles @kai-dimir @teamtakagi @a-mumbling-nerd @fiberpunk027 @larknnightingale @jenn2d2 @hyperions-light @tkwritesdumbassassins @feelslikepants @trash-nerd @cute-ellyna @brennacedria @lottiesnotebook @blackwall-my-tiny-husband @operative-arrow @librivore42 @obsessed-with-book-boyfriends @fireheartedpup @mikylechase @bonesandivy @vime5 @notyourmamasdeerbat @griffongrey @master-of-the-elements @chaoslifeforme @carrieing0n @serstolas @beachhotdog @nirikeehan @basedonconjecture @bygonesigh @redheadsramblings @aetherflowers @in-the-drowning-deep @bonesandivy

And if you are reading this...

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“I once heard that all tears are carried to the sea,” Kenn begins as he steps forward. His hand hanging in the air as he fights for words. Giving comfort to the grieving has never been his strong suit. A faltering his father Vorgoth often chided him for.

But this is Taash. His love. The very breath in his lungs and beat of his heart. Standing on the sands as purple colors the falling sun. Sobbing for their mother, for a future lost to them. And a past now tinged with sorrow.

“Really?” they ask as his words break through their heartache. Looking up as their eyes meet his and he tentatively steps forward. Now is his chance, and for his kadan he will not fail.

“Yep. Why I always wanted to see the ocean. I was so excited when we got to come to Rivain.” He has their attention now. Their cheeks are still stained and eyes still swollen, but they don't flinch when his fingers entwine with theirs and he gently smiles. “So imagine my surprise when I found you instead. And suddenly the waves didn't seem so important.”

They roll their eyes at him as they look out to the water. Staring off for only a moment before they hum with quiet thought. “Of course that's the death mage's reason for wanting to see all this.”

“Taash!” he exclaims as he pulls back and playfully pushes their shoulder. “I was trying to be serious this time!”

“I know,” they reply as their hand finds his once more before pressing it to their chest. “You've been really understanding through all this. So I guess I'm trying to say thanks. For being here.”

“Hey,” he says as he reaches up to touch their cheek. “You've been here for me as well. That's what people do. Love's not easy, but it's worth it. And as long as we stick together, we can get through anything.”

“Maybe,” they reply in that deadpan way. Most people would find that response annoying, but Kenn has come to adore their mannerisms over the last few months.

“Hey no maybe,” he gently chides as he leans up to hover his lips just outside of their reach. “It's the truth.”

“Like all tears being carried to the sea?” they challenge as the corner of their mouth twitches up in a grin. Falling back into their old ways under the comfort of his love.

“Exactly like that,” he replies as his lips find theirs. And as they kiss on the Rivaini sands, they are reassured that even on their worst nights, Rook will still always be there for them.

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I want a preview on Nug E Cheese ch.4 pleeeeeease :)))

Somehow, you were the only one that asked about this. I am surprised more people were curious about a salad bar argument lol.

Chapter 4 is still in the super baby stages. It’s got a label, chapter 4. And the rough idea of something I want to happen. It’s going to be a little Harding centric. She’s in a not great living situation, and Turvi and Taash want to help her get out of it.

It’s also got more Harding being paranoid about Lucanis and I’M DYING to write that bit, because it’s HILARIOUS in my head 😂😂😂

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"Think about after" is so ominous! I have to ask 💕

@seaglassmelody also asked about this one.

It’s not nearly as exciting as it seems lol. In DATV when you’re romancing Neve, and talk to her before tearstone, she says she wont think about after, because she can’t. what if something happens?

So that’s where the title comes from. And it’s Neve and Turvi after the events of the game. I’ve done lots of short fics set during this time. But I did start on something that was possibly going to grow into multiple chapters a or the first in a collection. It starts with working on rebuilding in minrathous, and turvi and Rana buying a building for the detective agency and for them to live in.

I love thinking and writing about post game for my loves. But Nug E Cheese happened lol. And I can’t do two longer form things at once very well. So it sits in the wips.

I never throw out anything I write though. I’ll rename it something like “reject” but I never delete. What if i want it later? I mean this wip isn’t garbage, it’ll just sit and wait until I want to come back and peck at it.

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DIVORCE!!!! Can i ask for divorce angst and Demon cat pls 🥺

Divorce sounds far juicier than it actually is. @flowersforthemachines was asking about interest in a divorce/angst week, I was in a mood(tm)and I had to write down the idea before I forgot it.

It was just angst, no divorce exactly. But post game Turvi is trying to find his family. And his brother is currently Fourth Talon. It won’t be a happy reunion. They’ll meet in some neutral city. And he won’t be allowed to contact him anymore after, because it’s too risky/dangerous.

I think about the Fourth Talon a lot. Thanks again to @flowersforthemachines and their useless facts, I know the npc I am interested in is labeled as the fourth talon. One day I’ll write it, when the angsty mood strikes lol.

And a bonus pic because why not. Fourth Talon and Turvi.

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OMG, I am just dying to learn more about #8, Argument prompt over salad bar 🤣🥗🗡️

@serensama asked about this too

I was in real Chuck E. Cheese one day, at the register ordering food. And I watched this woman loading up her plate on the salad bar. The worker told her that the bar isn’t included, it’s a separate charge. The woman said sorry, didn’t offer to pay, and instead asked if she could just finish what she was making. It blew my mind lol.

I used that experience for a prompt for a writing workshop with 3 characters arguing.

So anyway. This will happen to Lucanis in nug e cheese and he’s going to have feelings about it and have to have a discussion with Neve about it lol. All his horrible experiences are based on real life, it’s bananas what people do as customers.

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Ummmm prompt demon cat pleaseeeee

Also @chaosherald @serensama @mythals-whore

It’s funny to me that demon cat caught everyone’s eye. It’s based off this prompt from a writing workshop I did

Two characters have opened a door. They must go through the room on the other side to reach the exit to this place, which is their objective. They are confronted by an openly hostile, dangerous person/animal/construction who is preventing their escape. How do they deal with this problem?

I’m going to just share what I wrote. It’s completely unedited and so silly lol. It’s post game, Turvi and Neve on the case.

Adding a cut because it’s just polite lol.

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Turvi and Neve reach the final room. Once they get to the other side, they should be able to exit the catacombs to safety. This journey had been hellish from the start. The catacombs in minrathous were unfriendly on a good day. But they were following a lead they’d gotten the day before. There were rumors about a demon making impossible deals with people down on their luck.

They’d come across a few others, which was sadly, typical, but nothing of the magnitude of the rumors. Even so, Turvi was ready to get out of the depths of the city and back to where the air was… well… not fresh, but fresher at least.

Neve stopped and Turvi came up beside her. “Well, I feel like I should have seen this coming,” she said. There in the center of the room sat a pure white cat, sitting primly, staring at them.

“A cat or a demon?” Turvi asked.

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” answered the demon cat.

“Can we pass?” Asked Neve. Turvi guessed she knew this wouldn’t work but was trying the easiest option first.

“No,” the cat drawled.

“Great,” Turvi quipped. “I love cats, especially talking ones. The last one I ran into in an alleyway, and I helped it. You see a bunch of crates had fallen somehow, and it had gotten trapped. It was yowling and yowling, so I went to investigate.” The cat glared and twitched its ears, but said nothing.

“So I went into the alley way and started moving boxes and calling for this cat. I rescued another cat once. A tiny white kitten actually, though she has yellow eyes not red ones like you. Don’t get me wrong I like the red. They contrast nicely with the fur.”

The cat yawned and started twitching its tail. Turvi took this as a sign to keep going.

“So I finally pulled it out and I asked if it ws hurt. I talk out loud to most animals. I know they can’t technically understand me, but it makes me feel better, and i think they can hear that I’m nice that way. So where was I? Oh i asked if the cat was okay. And it said YES. And thank you.”

He paused to take a breath, and caught Neve rolling her eyes (fondly).

“So the cat said thank you for helping me. And offered to grant me one wish. which honestly was perfect. You see I had been cursed to be unable to swim. That is a really funny story but a little long. Basically I looted a temple and grabbed the wrong amulet and was cursed. I couldn’t swim for nearly 5 years. And I lived by the beach! Do you know how annoying it is living by the beach and not being able to swim??”

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This was a timed exercise and that’s as far as I got. The plan was for Turvi to just keep talking until the cat couldn’t take it anymore and let them pass. It’s always demon cats for Turvi, based on a comment you can get in game during a conversation with a non hardened Neve, as a lord of fortune lol.

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Wip Ask Game

Thank you for the tags @chaosherald @seaglassmelody @mythals-whore @jenn2d2 @woundedsoul12

Rules: post the names of all files in your WIP folder regardless how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask (or just comment that’s fine with me too) with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell us about it.

My system is not much of a system. It’s mostly chaos lol. I write only on my phone. I do use a Bluetooth keyboard sometimes! And I mostly use the notes app lol. I’ve started using google docs more, and all finished things are backed up in docs as well. For some reason the notes app is just comfortable? 

Anyway. The first list is actual wips. Mostly lol. The second list is more or less just ideas. But I had more hanging around than I thought. I dug deep for some of these lol. 

Nug E Cheese ch.4

A word with friends June 23

Harding nug e cheese backstory 

Prompt demon cat

Think about after

The one where Neve finds out about Turvi’s past

Neve and Turvi fade prison 

Argument prompt over salad bar 

Ideas less than wips

Nug e cheese prequels

Turvi’s letters to Cara

Angst divorce week ideas 

Wheel picker Turvi 2

Story time

Ask away!

Gentle tagging @blackwall-my-tiny-husband @biowaredisasterbisexual @serensama @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai @jukkaricity @thedissonantverses

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WIP Wednesday

Thanks for the tag, @sugar-peanut-cat and @mythals-whore *hugs* It's gossip time!!! :D

Gentle tagging @glitteringdust @bronzieinthedas and @davrinsleftpectoral <3

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From the Ugly Asks: "What do your OC and their LI fight about?" - for any Rook(s) of your choice <3

This is from Ugly Asks, found here.

Turvi isn’t much of a fighter, to be honest. But he does reach a breaking point with Neve that finally reaches argument status lol. She is someone that just prefers to put others first. She jumps out in front of her friends, will work herself to death, and generally just be less conscious of her own safety. He has to point it out to her, and remind her that keeping herself safe is not just for her but himself too. From time to time I’m sure they also argue about her workaholic tendencies as well, but it kind of falls into that same category.

Neve is more likely to feel argumentative if she’s too warm. Turvi prefers warm and is often cold in dock town. So i can see that being a minor issue too lol.

These are still really tame. But I have a hard time letting this blorbos be upset with each other.

Thank you for the ask! @flowersforthemachines

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Ok, i feel almost bad asking because I love Turvi and he's a ray of sunshine, buuuuut... - What's a moment Turvi is ashamed to remember? - What physical trait(s) is your OC insecure about? (I tried to be gentle with him :'))

This is from Ugly Asks, found here.

You managed to pick ones that I already knew the answers to. So thanks! lol.

A moment Turvi’s ashamed to remember is the day his family was taken from their home, to be sold into slavery. He had a father, mother, older sister and older brother. Turvi was the baby, and just 10 years old. He was just a little elf boy, and he was powerless to stop anything/anyone. But he hates that he was. He wishes and wonders if he could have done anything differently. He carries this with him, and even has to face his family in fade prison.

What physical trait is he insecure about?

Scars left on him from slavery. Specially wrists. They’re something easily visible and he hates people seeing them. Not necessarily because he’s ashamed that he was a slave. He just doesn’t like it being something that people can know without him sharing. So he keeps them covered all the time. Wraps or bangles in casual clothes. And bangles or bracers in armor. (I noticed all LOF armor and outfits really do cover the wrists, so this is my HC why.)

If you keep rook in only lords of fortune outfits, the only time in game he shows his wrists is during the romance scene. And I found it really touching that Turvi’s wrists are bare, and Neve takes off her prosthetic leg. It’s just so vulnerable of both of them.

I loved these questions @cute-ellyna thank you!

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The Life Cycle of a Pirate

I had to do at least one piece for @rookappreciationweek on Laidir day. I need to celebrate my best boy. (Not like I don’t all the time, shut up I love him)

Thank you @blackwall-my-tiny-husband for the idea of this format and for helping me edit this so much.

I would love to see this for YOUR rooks too!

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At 5 years old Turvi spends his days playing on the beach with his brother and sister. He’s not old enough to help his father on the fishing boat. He helps his mother with her laundry business sometimes, always with a smile. Turvi knows peace.

At 7 years old Turvi doesn’t have time for school. His family is happy despite being poor. But they need each member to help out as they can. His mother tries to read to him in the evening, but he’d rather be running than sitting.

At 10 Turvi is spending the chantry holiday on the beach with his siblings. They see a large ship coming to the docks, not knowing this was their last day, free, together.

At 10 and two months, Turvi’s family is separated as they are sold into slavery. The last thing his mother tells him is that she loves him and to stay true to his kind heart. He will try to stay hopeful for her.

At 12 Turvi works in the kitchen of a tevinter galley ship. He’s very scrawny still, too small to do much else. He spends his days cooking while wearing manacles on his wrists but he doesn’t let this wear him down. 

At 15 Turvi is still on the same ship. It doesn’t take multiple slaves to cook. He spends most of time alone, below decks, unable to see the sun. He wonders where the rest of his family is now.

At 17 he is still scrawny, but he’s old enough to row now. He splits his time between rowing and cooking. Cooking is lonely work, but at least it doesn’t leave him exhausted and sore. He refuses to become jaded.

At 18 the ship he is on is attacked by pirates. The captain- Isabela frees all the slaves, but Turvi has nowhere to go. Isabela lets him stay with her and the Lords of Fortune. And he finally sees hope manifest.

At 19 Turvi discovers that rowing built muscles that translate into shooting a bow. He trains hard in the Hall of Valor under the hot sun. He missed the sun.

At 21 he decides he wants to choose what marks are left on his body for once. And is showing off his first tattoos to Isabela and the lords. He knows laughter and good ale. 

At 23 Turvi swings in a hammock at night. He usually doesn’t have trouble sleeping; he keeps busy enough to ensure he’s exhausted at night. But this night he softly jingles the bangles on his wrists, and reminds himself that he’s free and surrounded by friends now.

At 24 Turvi is on a mission with the Lords of Fortune. They’re inside the ruins of an ancient temple, and he sees an amulet on display. He can’t resist it’s call. Rushing and impulsive, this acquisition ends in a curse and now he is a pirate who cannot swim. His friends need to pull him out of the water often.

At 28 his skill has grown and he’s chosen for an expedition to take a Rivaini noble into an ancient ruin. The noble double crosses his team and Turvi collapses the ruin to save his friends and destroy a dangerous artifact. Isabela sends him away with her old friend Varric to keep him out of trouble until things settle down.

At 29 Turvi is racing across Minrathous with Varric, trying to find their contact. He pops a magic bubble and his world tilts on its axis when he meets Neve Gallus. He thinks she must be the most amazing person he’s ever met. 

At 29 and a half, Turvi is skipping rocks with Neve and thinking that life doesn’t get better than this. He is quickly proven wrong when Neve kisses him. He’s still fighting to save the world but he’s never been happier. 

At one month before 30, Turvi is forced to face his regrets, trapped alone, in a place without sunlight. He softly jingles the bangles on his wrists, remembering how far he’s come. He is determined that he will make it back to his friends and Neve. 

Just shy of turning 30, Turvi and his remaining friends are victorious. Caught up in the moment of celebrating their win, he proposes to Neve, giving her one of his own rings off his finger. She looks like she might throw up but she still says yes. 

At 34 he is living in Dock Town with Neve. She has arranged a meeting for him at a safe house not far from where they live. He jingles his bangles on the walk, because it’s been such a long journey to get here. Neve gives his hand a squeeze before he enters the interior room alone. Inside waiting for him is an elven woman whose hair is more gray than blonde now. She holds her arms open to him, and as he hugs her, he hopes his mother is proud of him. 

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she is... 😌all of us

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