Dragon Age 2 Roleplay; In the Years that Followed.

[Straye]

Alexa had been in the Sundermount Caverns, harvesting "Spider Silk" and Toxin Extract. As she came out of the cavern a flash of black and purple caught her eye. She lowered herself and waited for the full form to pass by. It was Rayen... she had seen her around town now and then, but she hadn't really stopped to talk to her in awhile. The little rogue dwarf followed stealthily, using shadows to hide herself, moving silently after the young woman.

Lex watched her set up and start painting. She startled a rabbit and it hopped into a bush closer to the woman and she quickly moved behind one of the thicker trees. She made her way around, closer, slowly closer, and while Rayen was focused on the painting she sat and scooted into the scene Rayen was painting, careful not to crush the flowers. "Long time no see." she said to the woman the next time her eyes sought the flowers, tho she'd wait, patiently and silently until the woman actually looked.

[draconian_peacock]

The sound of some one she knew was talking and she knew exactly who it was,but she didnt look up,n she was wanted to be the one who surprised her.Rayen had some paint on hand and with the flick of her brush flung some of the green at her friend.
"So I see you were out and about up here to..and now covered in green paint..though it does suit you in a way".

Rayen not once looked up when she was talking,she was focused on getting one of the purple flowers leaves done.Once she had that completed and looked over the painting to make sure it was what she was wanting out of it she looked up at her friend with that look that said do you need something.

[Straye]

She smirked and jumped back a little as green paint splattered across her face. She grinned and stood slowly, moving towards the woman. "Yes, I was also out and about." when the woman looked up to give her the 'Ya need something?' look she was at Rayen's side, paint smeared across her face and now on her fingers, she grinned and reached out to swipe at her face with bright green fingers, cackling. "I think it suits you much better." she snickered.

[draconian_peacock]

"Oh really..I guess you will have to wait and see what comes next then" Rayen said with her eyes glowing.Her eyes normally didnt glow unless in her wolf form,but there were times they could begin to randomly glow for a few short seconds.
"I do wish there was more to do now a days,seems the days are dull and boring,not even painting seems to help my restlessness as of late"

[Straye]

"Well, usually this time of day Varric is telling some wild story at the Hang Man. We could go grab a bite to eat and have a few drinks," she offered, currently poking Rayen's face, leaving colorful spots on her pale face with one hand, drawing streaks and lines with her pointer finger on the other hand, taking different colors from the palette she was had her paints on, a snickering grin marking her face. Clearly the dwarf was not concerned with the other's sudden glowing.

Now, the thing about Alexa was she spent the last two years or so lurking in the Hang Man in her free time, drinking, listening to Varric's stories and then she slipped away without ever saying hello or introducing herself. She was shy, and while she loved listening to the Dwarf talk to others, she never really had the guts to talk to him herself. Little did she know, he probably knew plenty about her, because she spent most of her evenings beating up groups of mercenary thugs and other night lurkers in Low Town.

[draconian_peacock]

With the blink of an eye rayen had stood up and was holding he painting easel above her friends head."keep going and I will drop this",Saying this while looking down at Alexa,she knew she only did as a way to pick on a friend,but rayen didnt always like to waste paint.especially when it was getting close to getting more to replace the old ones as they tend to dry out.

"I dont normally go into the hanged man,I have heard of Varric's stories though..,but to me some are a bit to far fetched if you know what I mean,besides there's got to be other things to do than sit around listening to stories,not that I dont mind,but I dont know if I will be able to sit still long enough and people have been giving me weird looks as of late"

[draconian_peacock]

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[Straye]

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With the blink of an eye rayen had stood up and was holding he painting easel above her friends head."keep going and I will drop this",Saying this while looking down at Alexa,she knew she only did as a way to pick on a friend,but rayen didnt always like to waste paint.especially when it was getting close to getting more to replace the old ones as they tend to dry out.

"I dont normally go into the hanged man,I have heard of Varric's stories though..,but to me some are a bit to far fetched if you know what I mean,besides there's got to be other things to do than sit around listening to stories,not that I dont mind,but I dont know if I will be able to sit still long enough and people have been giving me weird looks as of late"

Alexa squeaked and then giggled. "But it would hurt the easel more than me, and that's more expensive than the paint. Besides, it's not like I'm wasting it, you can't put it back in the jars." she chortled. She did cease, however, brushing her fingers off on the grass.

"Eh, I'm hungry. We don't have to stay long, Let's go, if only for a little bit. I'll help you take your stuff back to your place." she offered, friendly smile on her face.


Fenris sat beside Varric, listening to his story, smirking a little as he recalled, with many an embellishment, one of their adventures with Hawke, Once the Champion of Kirkwall. It was a nice day, looked like there was a chance for rain, he didn't mind being out on days like this.

"I'm going to order another round, my friend." he told Varric, standing and heading to the bar. His generally stoic demeanor was a little lighter in places like this. His hazel eyes peered cautiously around while he waited and soon he was going back to the table, drinks in hand. "You should tell them about that time she killed the Arishok single handedly." he commented dryly, setting a mug of ale down before the story teller. It was one of the few stories no one had to over-exaggerate.

[draconian_peacock]

"you have a point there,well lets get going,I need to get this paint off as its getting rather itchy and it would be rather embarrassing to walk into the hanged man looking like this"
Rayen handed her the easel and the paints and she picked up the stand and they began to walk back into town.
Once they got to her house she had Alexa put the stuff in her painting room and she took off to wash off her face and to make sure her hair was still nice.She may of had it doen,but she didnt want to find it frizzy or in a jumbled mess,thankfully for her it was as she had it before heading out into the forest this morning.


Varric sat at the table with Fenris drinking and telling his many tales to the people who wanted to listen,he had a wild imagination and he knew it.
"Ah yes that story,I think I will tell them about it tomorrow", He responded to Fenris when he mentioned the Arishock story.That day was one to remember,Hawke agreed to the duel and single handily defeated him,even though we all knew she didnt want to as she wanted to try to help them.
He took a drink from the knew glass and continued on with the story he was telling

[Straye]

Alexa took her friend's things to the assigned room, setting them up carefully and making sure everything was steady. She went to where her friend was and borrowed some water and a cloth to wash the paint off her face. She giggled a little, looking up at her friend. She smoothed her hair down with water.
"Ready?" she asked with a bright smile. "Actually, I'm going to change, you can come to the estate with me if you want." she offered. There was a little paint and a lot of dirt on her armour from the caverns. "I don't want to go looking like this." she said sheepishly. A faint blush painted her cheeks and she twirled away from the wolf, covering her face.


Fenris sat back and listened to the tale the dwarf spun. He had a way with the ladies, he had to admit. Many women showed interest in Fenris, but none of them held his interest, and he certainly didn't wish to be intimate with them. He knew Varric was faithful to Bianca, but there were many women who wished it was not so. Varric had commented once that he wasn't "into humans", so he often wondered why he did not seek out a woman in the dwarven merchant's district, and finally he asked him and he replied, "I don't want to be a merchant or a book keeper, and I have don't have a choice in the manner, I do, however, have a choice in dating a merchant, and I would realllllly rather not."

So, you can only imagine Fenris' sudden amusement when a young female dwarf he had often seen wandering Hightown, escorting nobility and the high class citizens, walked into the Hang Man, followed by a very bright eyed female who only grew more interesting by the second. Something moved behind her, and despite the normalcy of her appearance, her bright eye, pale skin and purple streaks in her black hair made him wonder what kind of magic she possessed.

He could feel an undercurrent of magic, thanks to his markings, but her energy didn't feel like the magic mages and apostates used... it was natural, and it felt strangely... welcoming. He lifted his brow. He did not like magic, but she did not carry a staff and did not have the feel of a mage. "What do you think?" he asked Varric, pointing at the two. "The one with purple hair. Mage? Or something stranger?"

[draconian_peacock]

Rayen and Alexa entered in to the tavern and went off in search of a table to sit at,no that they needed to look very hard as many were open.she could hear the dwarf telling his stories and she noticed an elf with strange markings next to him,she only took a small glace at him but nothing more as she noticed he was looking at her and she felt rather uncomfortable.Rayen found the the elf to be attractive and to her that was odd as she has turned done many a wolf,maybe he is different from others.Sh e was so deep in thought she didnt really hear any one else besides her thought until some one's voice she didnt recognized asked her something.


"Why not ask her as I know nothing of this sort of thing", Varric responded and then went back to the story,the story was half way finished and he knew Fenris was rather bored by now.They usually would play cards if he wasnt telling stories and surrounded by people asking for them,today however was just one of those days where people wanted to hear a story and let there imaginations soar.