Hmm... so much for "give me a few minutes and I'll be back with my Fear prompt". I come back nine hours later
He could not understand her. No matter how hard he tried, and no matter which way he tried to look at it, he simply could not understand her. Fenris could not understand Hawke’s fascination with the Gallows.
He would shiver whenever he looked upon it, remembering his time as the magister’s slave and subject to the madman’s experiments. It was truly a symbol of oppression, and he could not understand why Kirkwall wouldn’t tear it down.
So, when he found Hawke leaning against wall and staring up at the Gallows, he found his curiosity and indignant anger towards her interest such a horrid building wouldn’t let him remain silent. So he approached her, intending to demand an explanation, when he saw something he did not expect.
“Hawke?” he called concernedly. “Are you alright?”
She looked at him, her eyes glistened with unshed tears, and she smiled at him. It was a forced smile, the one where you pretended that nothing was wrong... the one that everyone saw through.
“I’m fine,” she lied, her voice straining at the forced lightness. “Care to join me? This wall is a great place to get a tan.”
Taking the hint, Fenris joined her side and leant against the wall. He shifted slightly to get comfortable and then stilled. He forced himself to follow her gaze and stare up at the accursed building.
“I don’t understand why they don’t tear that place down,” he muttered distainfully.
“The slaves of the Imperium did,” Hawke stated. “They burnt it during the rebellion. The Chantry rebuilt it though.”
“Why?” Fenris asked curiously, turning his attention to Hawke. “What possible use could they have for rebuilding it?”
“It houses Kirkwall’s Circle of Magi,” she stated deadpan.
Stunned, he stared back at the Gallows. Now he understood her fascination. It was as much a symbol of oppression for her as it was for him. Only, she still had a reason to be uneasy about it.
“I’ve actually been in there,” she noted as casually as she could. “I was taking an artefact to the First Enchanter. I walked through, had a brief interview on the nature of my visit, took three steps in, and the doors slammed shut behind me.”
Fenris grimaced slightly, empathising with the feelings she must have felt at that moment.
“The Templars on duty said ‘It’s to keep the mages in’,” she continued, lost in the memory. “For a moment I thought they were including me. I feared that they had realised that I was an apostate, and I had walked straight into a trap, and I was never getting out again.”
“But you’re here,” Fenris noted, hoping to bring her back to a more positive attitude. “You were let out.”
“True,” she conceded. “I don’t ever want to go back in, Fenris. That places scares me. If I’m ever found out, they’ll take me back there and throw away the key… assuming they don’t kill me first.”
Hearing the fear in her voice, Fenris pushed himself off the wall and stood in front of her, blocking her view of the Gallows. He watched her blink in surprise and then focus on him with a desolate look.
“I won’t let that happen,” Fenris promised. “You stood by me against the magister, Hawke, and I will stand by you. If they try to take you away, I will fight them until there is no one left to come after you. You don’t have to be afraid of it, or them.”
Hawke stared at him in amazement for a moment, before ducking her head down to stare at the floor. She chuckled slightly and lifted her head to look at him again. Gratitude replaced the despair in her eyes and she smiled fully at him.
“That means a lot to me, Fenris,” she stated. “Thank you.”
“I think Varric and Isablea are in the tavern,” he noted, knowing that he didn’t need to respond to her thanks. “Shall we join them?”
“That’s sound like a damn good idea,” Hawke agreed.
With that, the duo walked towards the tavern, in the opposite direction of the Gallows. Neither looked back.
Copying, pasting and refomatting my story just gave me this weird sense of déjà vu. I remember somewhere in this thread that someone mentioned lurkers having all the knowledge of the devs, and that by communicating on the thread they lose this knowledge... I thought they were joking.
As for Fenris being announced as a LI, I'm also hoping it's true. It'll give me more incentive to get a damn decent computer that has the recommended specs.
Fenris as a LI....
Well, it's gone half midnight, and I have lectures in the morning. Goodnight all.
Retour en haut
*loving bday being in Feb* XD
