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[payroo]

...you take a little break from your studies to visit BSN, and you end up reading 40 pages of Zevthread... XD
Aaack I've missed so much! I like the new contest format though (I'm sad I missed the last prompt by a matter of 13 hours!)
Love all the prompts from this week's round! Protective Zev is such a darling, even if it is of Dog XD

BTW, poking through the old pages of the thread I couldn't resist the urge to draw Zev/Fenris! Bahaha!



(couldn't figure out how to choreograph an upside down spiderman kiss though! )

[EccentricSage]

Prompt: Zevran and Taliesen.  Preferably centering around how they related to each other, or the nature of their relationship.  I find the little clues in the game so fascinating, yet there is so little about this cannon pairing out there.  Funny, tragic, naughty; PG, R, MA, anything goes.

Time Limit: No more than 3 hours

Deadline: Monday January 17th at 11:30 PM Central Standard Time US. 

I'll announce both the winner and the person who will select the next prompt from the list of participants a between midnight and one in the morning.  (I chose this timeslot because the middle of the night/early morning is when I'm 100% I can be online Monday.)

Prize: Fan art of the winner's choosing.  Just PM me.  The fan art will most likely be an inked drawing.  I might color it with artist's markers or traditional media if it fits the piece.  I'm not picky about the subject matter, and have no qualms with drawing naughty things, so don't be afraid to ask if that is what you desire.   
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(I'm getting a new scanner soon, so, yeah... I'll finally be able to get caught up on contributing around here.  It WILL be a couple more weeks before I have a scanner, because money is very tight here and there's a possibility that I might be getting one second hand.  *crosses fingers*)

Modifié par EccentricSage, 11 janvier 2011 - 05:09 .

[Sarah1281]

Wait...what's the actual prompt?

[EccentricSage]

Sarah1281 wrote...

Wait...what's the actual prompt?

XD  Sorry about that!  It somehow got snipped when I was trying to get the underline to go away...  Somehow spell checking in Works and copy/pasting to here screwed it all up.

[payroo]

*cheers* Hooray for Zevran & Taliesin! I am a huge fan of their weird love/hate bromance/rivalry/friendship with benefits/whatever the hell sexy screwed up dynamic they have!

(ooh, time to draw something naughty...?)

[EccentricSage]

payroo wrote...

*cheers* Hooray for Zevran & Taliesin! I am a huge fan of their weird love/hate bromance/rivalry/friendship with benefits/whatever the hell sexy screwed up dynamic they have!

(ooh, time to draw something naughty...?)

Oh yes.

[ejoslin]

Ohoh, yes! I Zevran + Taliesen. Not that i'll participate, but i'm looking forward to this one



That Fenris + Zevran is amazing Payroo.

[Tellervo]

Thank you, Payroo. Justice has been done (and I don't mean the cold one).

[Creature 1]

Hah, maybe I'll put my non-entry for last week in as a non-entry for this week. Just need to make it a bit more coherent.

[Aroihkin]

 Hee, Zev+Taliesen makes me wish I was up for writing right now. There's some interesting stuff involving that later in, uh... a story...



But I am lame, so I'll just lurk and read/oggle.

[Kornichon]

yeah that begin with a gentle kiss like Payroo did..... and that finish like that .... XD

*haaa needs to do something about Zev/Taliesin too! *

Modifié par Kornichon, 12 janvier 2011 - 09:47 .

[ejoslin]

Kornichon *blush* I absolutely LOVE that!  two beautiful elven men...  it doesn't get too much better if my warden isn't involved

Modifié par ejoslin, 12 janvier 2011 - 12:49 .

[payroo]

EccentricSage wrote...



Prompt: Zevran and Taliesen.  Preferably centering around how they related to each other, or the nature of their relationship.  I find the little clues in the game so fascinating, yet there is so little about this cannon pairing out there.  Funny, tragic, naughty; PG, R, MA, anything goes.

(time spent: ~1 hr)

Ahahaha, somewhat NSFW this time around... (no naughty bits but lots of bare skin :X)


Partners in Crime (color)

Uncolored


(Prompts prompted so far: 1, I think?)


@kornichon: Ehehehhe! You already know what I think of it

Modifié par payroo, 12 janvier 2011 - 05:56 .

[Corker]

*looks at Payroo's and Kornichon's mysterious links*



*makes 'is at work' sadface*

[LadyKarrakaz]

Kornichon wrote...

yeah that begin with a gentle kiss like Payroo did..... and that finish like that .... XD

*haaa needs to do something about Zev/Taliesin too! *

If needed, the proof that this is a fangirl thread

This thread is ridiculously awesome!

[Tellervo]

The Zev/Fenris pictures were prompted because people in the Fenris thread were hating on Zev a lot early on....

[Sarah1281]

EccentricSage wrote...



Prompt: Zevran and Taliesen.  Preferably centering around how they related to each other, or the nature of their relationship.  I find the little clues in the game so fascinating, yet there is so little about this cannon pairing out there.  Funny, tragic, naughty; PG, R, MA, anything goes.

In only a few short hours, Zevran would be leaving Antiva, perhaps forever. As melodramatic as that sounded, it was true. He was going to the far off dog nation of Ferelden fulfilling a contract that no one else would touch. The fabled Grey Wardens had done something to anger one of the dog nobles and so they were to be brought down. As always, discretion was key, particularly as the Grey Wardens liked to believe that they could not be brought down and the Crows didn’t want to start anything with them.
 
Zevran was looking forward to this, strangely enough. He had no idea how he would stack up against a Grey Warden and from what he had heard there were at least two. In all probability, he would die. If he should happen to live, though, he would have cemented his reputation as one of the rising stars in the Crows. If he couldn’t be free of them then he might as well be celebrated by them.
 
Rinna was gone and no one cared. He was still here and still no one cared. If he died in Ferelden, no one would care about that either. Well…almost. Taliesin was being surprisingly difficult about the whole thing and despite Zevran’s best efforts to avoid him, he was striding purposely towards him at this very second.
 
“Well?” Taliesin demanded. “Is that it, then? Were you really planning on not even saying goodbye before you go off to those barbarians?”
 
Zevran allowed himself a moment to appreciate the irony of a man who was a part of an assassin-run nation calling anyone else a barbarian. “Of course not, Taliesin!” he lied.
 
Taliesin was unconvinced. “Oh really. So why have you been avoiding me then?”
 
“I haven’t been avoiding you,” Zevran denied. “I’ve just been busy.” And if he had been avoiding him it certainly wouldn’t have had anything to do with his part in the Rinna debacle and Zevran’s subsequent internal conflict.
 
“I see.” Taliesin clearly didn’t believe him but evidently had more important things to discuss. Oh joy. “I spoke with one of the masters. They said that given the importance of this contract you were allowed complete freedom to pick your own team.” He seemed to be waiting for something.
 
“I am,” Zevran agreed cautiously.
 
“I also learned that you intend to go by yourself,” Taliesin said flatly. “What, do you think you can take multiple Wardens on by yourself? Are you really that full of yourself?”
 
Zevran allowed himself a small smile. “Ah, no. Even I have limits to my confidence although I trust that you shall keep that just between us.”
 
“I give you my honor as an assassin,” Taliesin said solemnly.
 
“Taliesin…assassins have no honor,” Zevran reminded him. “That’s rather the point.”  
 
“Bards have honor, don’t they?” Taliesin asked rhetorically.
 
Zevran shrugged. “I wouldn’t know. If that’s true, that’s terribly foolish of them.”
 
“Only the most civilized assassinations are permitted in civilized old Orlais,” Taliesin declared adopting the most ridiculous Orlesian accent.
 
Zevran chuckled. “Oh, how could I forget?”
 
“Why are you going alone?” Taliesin asked abruptly, bringing them back on subject.
 
“I thought that I could hire a team there,” Zevran explained. “It would be cheaper to not have to worry about paying for a team to move to Ferelden and back and having only one Crow would be less conspicuous.”
 
“So maybe having a huge group with you wouldn’t be the best plan,” Taliesin conceded. “But still, the road to Ferelden will surely be dangerous and no matter how good you are, you’re an assassin. You’re not trained for outright confrontation and you’re only one man.”
 
“I shall be fine,” Zevran insisted.
 
“Zevran…please. Take me with you,” Taliesin requested.
 
Zevran tilted his head. Now that was an interesting idea. He had actually been on a job when the Grey Warden contract had been accepted by the Crows at large while Taliesin had not been. He had had his chance to accept the contract before Zevran had even returned but he, like the rest, had turned it down. It didn’t seem likely that Taliesin would have suddenly changed his mind and they had finally outgrown that stage where they had to upstage each other in everything so that couldn’t have been his motivation either.
 
“Why would you want that?” Zevran asked simply.
 
“You might be a little hard-pressed to kill them all yourself,” Taliesin answered. “And who knows what kind of dog backup you’ll find in Ferelden? The two of us, though? We’re unstoppable. Those Wardens will be dead before they even know that we’re there.” Typical bravado from Taliesin. Zevran wondered whether he truly believed it would be that easy.
 
“Just the two of us?” Zevran pressed.
 
Taliesin nodded. “Absolutely. Don’t want too many people holding us back and trying to take all the glory.”
 
As if there was any glory in being an assassin. Zevran wished he could ask whether Taliesin knew that but that would be revealing too much. They hadn’t spoken of the night when Zevran had fully realized just how little glory there was in there line of work.  “Now that is a thought…” he mused slowly. “And I’m sure that we could have fun on such a trip but, alas, I’m afraid that I must decline.”
 
Taliesin almost looked upset. “But why?”
 
Because he didn’t want Taliesin to interfere and prevent him from finding his ending. Because he didn’t want his actions to cost Taliesin his life. Because he still couldn’t quite meet Taliesin’s eyes and if they spent enough time together then the other man was sure to notice and to force him to explain.
 
Zevran smirked at his long-time friend. “Because I’d hate for you to steal any of my glory.”

[Sesshomaru47]

A question about Zevran and the male Wardens relationship. Do party members comment on it whilst travelling like they would if it were a female Warden or Alistair? Because no one is talking about My Dalish and Zevran..

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Sesshomaru47 wrote...

A question about Zevran and the male Wardens relationship. Do party members comment on it whilst travelling like they would if it were a female Warden or Alistair? Because no one is talking about My Dalish and Zevran..

Morrigan will comment on it, if she and Zev are in the party. They also have a banter if both of them are in a relationship with the Male!Warden at the same time. Oghren has a short banter with him as well.

I don't believe any of the others comment...except for Wynne's in-camp conversation, which happens for all romances.

[LupusYondergirl]

Shale will mention it as well. The "control rod" banter (same for both genders) and the one where she warns about pregnancy (Zevran responds differently depending on the Warden's gender.)

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Ooh, yes. How could I forget Shale?

[ejoslin]

Oghren mentions it as well.

Edit: Sarah, I really like that.

Modifié par ejoslin, 13 janvier 2011 - 12:31 .

[payroo]

Sarah1281 wrote...
Because he didn’t want his actions to cost Taliesin his life. Because he still couldn’t quite meet Taliesin’s eyes and if they spent enough time together then the other man was sure to notice and to force him to explain.
 
Zevran smirked at his long-time friend. “Because I’d hate for you to steal any of my glory.”

*cries*
I really liked this one, Sarah! The balance of bromantic witty banter and seriousness worked really well for me. Not to mention my heart is totally broken over Zev having to kill Tal now...


@Sesshomaru: I believe Leliana has an in-camp conversation once you hit adore with Zev, and Morrigan has the cutest in-camp conversation when you hit love (based on my own experiences anyway)

Modifié par payroo, 13 janvier 2011 - 01:48 .

[Corker]

@payroo and kornichon - Phew!  Hot stuff!

@Sarah - Seconding ejoslin and payroo.  That last third or so of it is just so especially affecting.

[Corker]

Antivan
54 minutes
2 prompts

The cathedral bells began to toll the hour; supper would be served in the mess.  It would probably be for the best if he did not go out for his food tonight, Zevran thought, getting stiffly to his feet.  He'd quite pushed his luck with out already.

He opened the door of his suite and, to his mild surprise, revealed Taliesen, standing there with one hand raised as if to knock.  "My friend!" Zevran greeted him.  "I was just headed to the mess, if you would care to -- "

Taliesen's brows drew together in a scowl.  "Your friend?  Hardly know it, would you?"  He cocked his head and lifted both hands in a questioning shrug.  "What the hell, Zevran?  What were you thinking?"

"...That I was hungry and would go to the mess?"

One of the upraised hands shot out suddenly, hitting him square in the chest and sending him stumbling back a few feet.  Taliesen followed, pulling the door shut behind him.  "Don't f---ing play games with me, Zev."

"And I thought you liked to play f---ing games," Zevran said sadly.  

That did not, alas, distract the angry human.  "I know where you've been," Taliesen said, tone accusatory.  "Why?"

Zevran shrugged - and promptly wished he hadn't as his back protested.  "Ah," he began, using the verbal tic to cover the pain, "well.  Master Arainai thought I should go to Rialto to study poisons, so..."

"So you've been in Rialto for two months?  And what, the only carriage going left in the middle of the night?  And you were spotted coming in the north gate because that's obviously the gate one uses when returning from Rialto, in the south?"

"Taliesen," Zevran said very carefully, "Master Arainai has let it be known that I am just returned from Rialto.  I would not be so quick to question that."

Taliesen stepped closer and hooked a finger in the lacings in the front of Zevran's shirt.  He tugged it down before Zevran could protest; the bandages around his torso were clearly visible.  "Rough trip?"

"Let it be, Taliesen," Zevran warned him again, brushing the hand away.

But the other Crow was nothing if not stubborn.  "Did Ludovico say something to you?  I'll pound his face in."

Zevran perked up.  He had no idea what Taliesen might think the obnoxious assassin could have said to him, but Ludovico always deserved a good punching.  And it might get Taliesen off this inquisition. "That... might have had something to do with it," he lied.  "But do not get yourself in trouble on my account, my friend."

"Feh.  He'll just have an accidental fall down the stairs, maybe run into the wall a few times."  The human looked to the side, planning the attack in his head.  "He knows if he snitches, I can give to him three times worse than what they'll give to me."  He looked back at Zevran, and the anger was slowly draining from his face.  "You can't let that stuff get to you," he said earnestly, putting a hand on the elf's shoulder.  "They're jealous because you're good, Zev.  You are not some... some... knife-eared savage, all right?  You're a Crow, an Antivan Crow.  Don't let 'em tell you otherwise."

Zevran had to smile warmly at this rare moment of real comraderie, steadfastly ignoring the horrified little voice that was protesting Taliesen's assessment of the situation.  Of course he must have left the Crows because he wasn't thinking straight.  Of course he must have been pushed.  Of course his rightful place was back here. "I will not forget it, my friend.  Ma serra--  ...Thank you."

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A/N: So, I couldn't remember whether or not we're explicitly told when Zevran runs away to the Dalish.  If it's canonically during his childhood, then I'll just... point to Leliana's Song and mutter  something about the truth of stories.