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[Tigress M]

@Sky - Waiting a week to read your prompt was soooooooo worth it! Not that I like having my heart broken first thing in the morning, but I'll forgive you. The dream vs the reality -- all the way down to the woman in his bed, just tore me up. I'm supposed to do a drunken Alistair playthrough so I'll have it ready for DA2, but now I'm not sure I'll ever be able to bring myself to choose that ending again. Beautifully done.

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Had to find something light to balance Sky's deliciously dark tale, so here's another body bag dump:

Modifié par Tigress M, 27 novembre 2010 - 12:45 .

[Merilsell]

Sky: How I love a dark tale in the time of dinner. Awesome. Don't ever tell me again you can't write. That comparison of the happy and well...unhappy times Alistair have/had was great and your prose is flawless.

Maria: No one writes politic and subtle darkness as good as you do. Well done.

Now I crawl back into my corner to the hundreds of tissues and continue to be a snot-nosed monster *sneeze*

Modifié par Merilsell, 27 novembre 2010 - 01:04 .

[Maria13]

Sky: Awesome, really liked, funny enough I visualised him working in the docks by day and getting drunk by night too (he lived in a packing case during the summer, having to find more permanent lodgings in winter)...

[Maria13]

@LadyD yeah the Bann can go... But I can't stop myself seeing the other side.



@Persephone, thanks



@Bob/giggles, yeah he doesn't see the beam in his own eye



@Meri, please get better soon...

[RagingCyclone]

Sky, wow, really well done. The pain and anguish is very tangible here. *bows*

[Tigress M]

@Meri - Oh! Hope you get to feeling better soon. You've been missed!

[Tigress M]

I was so disappointed in myself yesterday. I am doing a Cousland/Alistair marriage run and so had to go through the listening to Riordan's spiel regarding sparing Loghain since I couldn't let Ali duel Loghain and grab the throne without Aubrianna. Well, it's been so long since I've done that (usually I just let Ali duel Loghain and grab the crown, eliminating the Riordan cutscene) that I forgot Alistair's best eyebrow of doom shows up during that scene! And so, of course I missed capturing it. I ALMOST reloaded just to grab it, but didn't.

Oh well. I did catch some great derp for Monday. Does anyone else find it funny that some of Alistair's best derp comes during the kingmaking and subsequent speech? I love it!

[Skyl4rk]

Tigress - Thank you Though I feel really really reeeeaaally bad for serving you a cup of heartache in the morning. Can I make it up to you?







Merilsell - lol! I'm glad my work was a good entertainment with your meal Hope you feel better soon!



Maria - Interesting we visualized the same thing. I guess great minds think alike, haha!



Rage - It was not easy writing that. I had to look at something fluffy and cute and picture-spammed my brain with Alistair photos after I finished.

[Giggles_Manically]

@Sky.

Nice read.

[Maria13]

Hey, I do that picture spamming thing too... I've copied all the cutest pictures of him and when I feel down I run through them...

[Skyl4rk]

Week 3 Alistair prompt challenge! - Lyrium is one hell of a drug.

Aaaaand....GO!

[Giggles_Manically]

Oh this shall create a Bob prompt that will live in legend.

BRB after this short break....

[Skyl4rk]

Maria13 wrote...

Hey, I do that picture spamming thing too... I've copied all the cutest pictures of him and when I feel down I run through them...

It's quite therapeutic I have to say.  Though I don't think I should wait whenever I feel crappy or any excuse for that matter.  I just do it anyway!

Edit:

@Giggles - Thank you!  And I can't wait to read about Bob's adventure with my prompt theme! *wheeeee!*

Modifié par Skyl4rk, 27 novembre 2010 - 02:48 .

[tuppence95]

Awww, Sky!  That story made my heart ache.  I loved the transition from happy to hopeless.  Very well written!  *sniffle*

Ooh, lyrium!  Looking forward to some interesting responses!  

[Schratty]

@ Skyl4rk: Your submission to the previous prompt was stellar! You truly did a wonderful job lifting up our spirits with an intimate scene between the Warden and Alistair, and then breaking our hearts with the cruel truth. Excellent work!



P.S. I just read Week 3's prompt and already the ideas are flowing. I won't lie...I'm pretty stoked!

[Maria13]

Oh, wow, lyrium!

[Skyl4rk]

@ Tuppence & Schratty - Thanks, you guys! Glad you enjoyed the read despite the heartache (I'm so sorry!)

[nos_astra]

Maria13 wrote...

Sky: Awesome, really liked, funny enough I visualised him working in the docks by day and getting drunk by night too (he lived in a packing case during the summer, having to find more permanent lodgings in winter)...

Pretty much what I thought, too.
Great job, Sky.

Modifié par klarabella, 27 novembre 2010 - 03:07 .

[Merilsell]

Thanks @ all. Guess I'm a bit whiny about it since this is my first cold since two years, lol. Seems like the combination of kindergarten (full of snotty-nosed brats) and cold, rainy weather has been poison for my otherwise strong immune system o_O

Is it bad that my first association with a prompt is a smutty one? However that is a tough nut, my mind is blank at that ....since I'm not into the mage/templar business...Lyrium...has lyrium be the drug?

[Skyl4rk]

Merisell, I loved your prompt! And don't worry about it being smutty. It's how we roll in this thread

Also as far lyrium is concerned, if you need some ideas, you can start looking here.

[Merilsell]

Yeah, I know about Lyrium Which doesn't makes it any easier since I settle my prompts in the Lenya-verse and she is a rogue. No lyrium needed at all. And I somewhat refuse to write an AU with lyrium addled Templar Alistair. So I guess it will be coming down to smut. Mindless one even. Lol.

*waits what the others have in store before settling to write*

*wanders off to have another hot tea*

[RagingCyclone]

ok, quick question to anyone who might know, how do I set a npc to have a specific armor in a cutscene? Yes, it's for the prompt. lmao

NVM, I got what I wanted.

Modifié par RagingCyclone, 27 novembre 2010 - 03:58 .

[Reika]

So um, I went for sappy this week.

"Lyrium is one hell of a drug."


He watched, while trying not to shudder at the sight, the raven haired mage drink the vial of glowing liquid before she returned to her frantic casting. His former brothers had often spoken of that liquid with a mixture of longing and hate. They spoke of the initial rush, the heightened awareness, the warmth rushing through their veins, the sheer feeling of power. The belief that it was all that allowed them to be templars, rather than being just warriors, no matter how skilled.


They didn’t speak of what happened when that rush faded. The disconnection from themselves, from the world, the lethargy and confusion that set in when they didn’t take their next dose fast enough. Alistair remembered when he was still an initiate in the monastery, a brother was brought in delirious. At first he thought the man had succumbed to a fever, he had the symptoms: not just the delirium, but waking nightmares, confused between the past and the present, sweating, shaking, high temperatures. But that hadn’t been the case at all. One of the other brothers had grimly informed him and the other initiates that the poor man was going through lyrium withdrawal.


It was then they were told that lyrium fueled their holy powers as templars. What allowed them to do their Maker given duty in keeping the world safe from mages of all kinds, not just the maleficarum that so many of the priests worried about. All the other initiates had simply accepted it as the price of doing their holy work. He hadn’t. He didn’t think the Maker would want his warriors to ingest such an addictive and poisonous substance in his service and silently vowed to himself he’d find a way to avoid that drug.


The irony of what had been required to become a Grey Warden wasn’t lost on him. But at least the poisonous substance was only once and not addictive. Though the Joining caused its own changes. Its own madness.


He was still furious at the chains the Chantry placed on the templars, not just the mages. Was he not proof that they didn’t need lyrium to use their powers effectively?


Watching the white haired mage stop her casting to drink more of the stuff made his lips twist in disgust at the memories it evoked. Easier to concentrate on the memories and anger of the drug, rather than the fear of what would happen if their casting wasn’t successful. Easier than thinking of the fear that Morrigan was using what little healing magics she had to help Wynne besides mixing up healing brews and salves. Or who needed more healing than what Wynne was capable of doing on her own.


Finally, the still form in the blood soaked bed stirred. The glorious blue eyes slowly blinked open and looked around in confusion before focusing on him. Saw the confusion quickly recede as those eyes shone in the way they only did for him as a smile blossomed on her face. He drank in the sight the way his former brothers did lyrium and he supposed in a way that she was his addiction. When he was near her, he felt more alive, more aware of the world, her presence gave him the strength to do what he needed. When she wasn’t nearby, life did seem emptier, but at least he didn’t go through the same terrible withdrawal symptoms.


Yes, lyrium was one hell of a drug, but it was nothing in comparison to the love he shared with Marlana.

[tuppence95]

Aw, Reika, that was lovely!  I didn't expect something so touching in a lyrium story!  Did Alistair and Marlana manage to stay together at the end of their story (sorry, I can't remember now)?  I hope he never had to learn what withdrawal from that particular addiction would feel like.

[Yankee23]

Morning all!



@Sky...great job! My heart sank when she said “you’re already asleep” I didn't know exactly what was coming, but I knew I wasn't going to be good. And great prompt!



@Reika...Excellent, loved it!