bringspeopletogether: ([misc] in another life)
Alistair ([personal profile] bringspeopletogether) wrote2018-06-23 09:32 pm

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The letter he finally sends is maybe a little more impolitic than it ought to be, but if he doesn't send something now, he'll still be writing when his Calling arrives.



Fiona,

Ivette Cousland is looking for you. The name might ring a bell. Hero of Ferelden? Slayed the Archdemon some years ago?

Anyway. She's not having any luck, so I thought I'd try my hand at getting in touch.

Cousland's been searching for a cure for the Calling these past five years or so; she even retired as Warden-Commander of Vigil's Keep so she could pursue her research better. She knows your leaving the Wardens wasn't like mine. You didn't just walk away from Weisshaupt: you managed to un-Join somehow, with no ill effects. You're our last, best lead on the matter, so you can understand why she's rather eager to speak to you. It's very likely she doesn't have much time left, what with it being almost a decade and a half since her Joining and living through a Blight.

Frankly, I don't expect I have much time left, either.

Cullen and I are in South Reach these days. I'll always know where to find Cousland, if you'd rather speak with her directly. For all our sakes, I hope you'll be in touch.

--Alistair






Two weeks later, a raven knocks its beak against their window frame.

This is a matter best discussed in person, says the note attached to its leg. I can be to South Reach by the end of the month.

It's signed only with the letter F. Alistair spends the next few hours talking up a nervous storm, hands digging in his hair, half anxious, half furious. (This is exactly what he didn't want: for her to read this as an overture. For her to think she could have any claim to Alistair's time, Alistair's space, outside of giving him and Cousland the information they needed.)

Then he writes a letter to Cousland and sends the raven on its way.
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[personal profile] highnever 2019-03-09 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ivette keeps her voice down anyway. "Alistair. We need to tell her about Kieran."
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[personal profile] highnever 2019-03-09 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, she put two and two together about you and Morrigan getting drunk and making mutually regrettable decisions." It might be just a little impatient. "Not about how you saved both our lives by doing something you didn't want to do. In a way that has direct import to the work I've been doing to save both our lives."
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"You don't even have to be there." Softly, as she nudges his shoulder with hers. "I'll tell her. It's my fault anyhow."
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Ivette rolls her eyes a little, leans against him again. (This time for a little longer.)

"I'll send Cullen out, shall I?"
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Cullen emerges with two cups of tea, steaming in the cold air.

He holds one out to Alistair. Murmured: "She's telling Fiona about Kieran, isn't she."
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[personal profile] howtoactfereldan 2019-03-09 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Cullen nods.

And curls his arm around Alistair's waist, pulling him in close.
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[personal profile] howtoactfereldan 2019-03-09 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
"So am I." A little thickly.

He puts his tea down on a barrel top an brings his other arm around Alistair. "I'm here."
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[personal profile] howtoactfereldan 2019-03-09 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I've got you." Low. Soft. "I love you. Always."
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Cullen settles his arms more comfortably around Alistair.

He does not say I think you should have listened to me when I said that Dagna should know about Kieran.

(He does think it, though.)






"I think we need to contact Morrigan," he says, finally. "What's needed is someone who is versed in Blight magic. She's the closest thing we've got, without doing a lot of additional searching."
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[personal profile] howtoactfereldan 2019-03-09 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well." He rests his head against Alistair's. "There's also how she knew about the process to begin with. Or whether it would work."

Then, carefully:

"There's also Dagna. I might write to Leliana and ask her to keep a raven on standby."

If Alistair had just let him do this three years ago --
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[personal profile] howtoactfereldan 2019-03-09 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"No." Softly. "Morrigan wouldn't let her badger Kieran."

Cullen touches his lips to the hollow of Alistair's temple. "And I won't let her badger you."
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"Might also write Dorian," Cullen muses. "He might know who to ask."
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[personal profile] howtoactfereldan 2019-03-10 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
"No." Quick, soothing. Another kiss. "But he'd be able to find mages in Tevinter who might know things about Blight magic. Corypheus and the Architect can't have been the only ones."

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