Reserved @ exitvoid and surly as ever

[hawkejunior]

All right, let's get one thing straight here. Since you INSISTED on giving me this wretched journal name-- which I hate, if I haven't mentioned that yet-- and now you're INSISTING on sending me into some stupid damnable "virtual..." What the Void does that even mean, anyway?

In any case, this is where you stop picking on me, got it? I'm a Grey Warden, in case you forgot. You think I'm a pup, and I'll show you how big my teeth are.

And I don't need any stupid cracks reminding me that my brother is there, either. Well aware of that, thank you very much.



... Wait- Merrill's there?

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[magerights]

Oh look, Carver's come to save the day. I'm sure we'll all be going home in no time! I'll just go pack my bags, shall I?

[mega_maiden]

You and your brother don't get along? [Asks the barely five foot tall girl in armor.]

[hawkejunior]

We... have our differences, let's say.

[hawkejunior]

Don't bother. I'm leaving you here. Maybe you can complain about the plight of mages until they get sick of you and let you go.

[broods]

He couldn't make it any worse than you already have.

[mega_maiden]

I can understand. I'm a younger sister too. My older brother and I don't see eye to eye on a lot of things.

But as an older sister too, I think he probably still cares a lot, even if he doesn't always know what needs to be done.

[magerights]

I think your brother may take issue with that, and since I think he's more likely than you to find a way out, I'm not worried in the least.

[magerights]

And how have I made things worse? It's not like I've found some way to ruin our chances of going home. We haven't got any chances of late.

[broods]

Yes, the blood mage is there.

[That's her real name, after all.]

[hawkejunior]

Er. Yes.

I suppose you're keeping everyone in line, though.

[hawkejunior]

I know he cares. He just needs to not care so much. I'm a grown man.

[hawkejunior]

Why's he more likely than me? Just because he's Garrett?

[magerights]

He's done rather more in Kirkwall than you have, so yes, I think he's got a better chance of changing things here than you do. Maker knows he seems to have a special gift for getting involved in everything important.

[hawkejunior]

Well, good for him. I'm a little too busy saving the world these days to worry much about rotten old Kirkwall.

And you're right about that, at least, though Maker only knows why you find it endearing.

[magerights]

How is the Taint Brigade doing? Anything new worth knowing about?

And what's not to like about someone who goes out of their way to do what they can for others and who actually cares about the important things? [This being mages and freedom, of course.]

[hawkejunior]

Not that you'd care about.

Oh, that's right. I'd... heard about the two of you.

[butterflyguardian]

It is difficult, with family. Yet they are bonds that can never be broken.

*why no, Philemon is certainly not amused by the telltale sign of a man who is determined to be taken seriously as an adult.*

[hawkejunior]

I know that. I never said I didn't want him as a brother.

[butterflyguardian]

I didn't intend to imply that you resented him, I apologize.

As for the journal name...at times it can be difficult to live up to the name of a father.

[hawkejunior]

That's what it's stupid! It's referencing my brother, not my father.

[butterflyguardian]

....I see. That is indeed confusing. I thought that suffix was specifically reserved for sons, in homage to their fathers.

*way to Miss The Point, Phil.*

[hawkejunior]

It's a stupid nickname that a stupid dwarf gave me that's now a stupid journal name for everybody in the world to laugh at.

[Carver has a bit of a complex, if you haven't yet noticed.]

[mega_maiden]

I know. I know it's none of my business too, I just...

Well, lets just say I've gotten it wrong in caring for my family a few times. I don't like other families going through it.

[hawkejunior]

We're both adults. We'll be fine.

He's probably relieved to be rid of me for a while, honestly.

[mega_maiden]

Sometimes space is the best thing.

Although if he's happy to see you, can I say "I told you so" later?

[Little joke on her part.]