voice;

[closerift]

This is Inquisitor Trevelyan.

[ Not that she's able to do any inquisiting here, but the title has long since stuck to her, despite Cecily's original complaints. ]

Dorian Pavus has gone, if you knew him, and--... it all makes me wonder, really, what the patterns are with the disappearances. A handful of our people have gone and not come back. Dorian came back, but without his memories of his time here. I came back with my memories. Has anyone been able to figure out any sort of method to it all?

It could be that the Door is just choosing without meaning, but it does seem that it can be more cruel to some than others, doesn't it?

Comments

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[unfollowing]

it seems random. it's taken a few of my friends more than once

at least this time it left us wolfie

[It's the little things?]

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[closerift]

I assume your 'wolfie' is an actual wolf.
One can never know, what with the amount of monsters and creatures here.

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[unfollowing]

yeah. cleverly named by my asshole ex. he might have a little dog in him? he's really well-trained

wolfie. not my ex. wolfie is much better behaved than mike

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[closerift]

[ On her side, Cecily can't help but snort in amusement. ]

That's good to hear.
Did it come through the Door with you?

[Voice]

[fadeling]

[It's probably better that people go home, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.]

Maybe it is crueler. Maybe it's afraid of you.

[Voice]

[closerift]

No one should be afraid of me; I'm a fucking idiot.

[ If only Corypheus had realized!! ]

Re: [Voice]

[fadeling]

[Give him a moment to process that.]

Why?

[bheidh]

A pattern would give intelligence to it.

[closerift]

Our hosts do have intelligence, though, don't they?

[bheidh]

If we claimed that they were responsible, which is easier than a 'door'.

[edibles]

A lot of my friends have gone lately. It's pretty shit.

[closerift]

You aren't alone in that.

[ Apparently. Not only those from Thedas, but dozens from other worlds, coming and going... and yet, here she is, apparently stuck indefinitely in this place. ]

Though that hardly makes it better.

[edibles]

But people know where you're coming from.

( Which... it was something, anyway )

It was good looking out for them even if they weren't safe.

voice.

[bekommen]

Doesn't mean anything. It's all just bullshit. Saying it's choosing is like saying God has a plan for everyone and that's somehow supposed to explain why shitty things keep happening.

[Yeah, someone's having a rough time with one recent disappearance in particular.]

For what it's worth, if you're - as they say - collating data, I got sent back and I was there for six months before I ended up back here, and I remember every awful fucking minute of this place from before.

voice.

[closerift]

The only plans that any gods have are petty ones.

[ Says the Herald of Andraste, who rolls her eyes where the camera doesn't see. ]

It was about the same with me. I was gone for two years, but when I came back, it hadn't been nearly that long... and I remembered it.

voice.

[bekommen]

Got that right. Not like any of these fuckers here are any different, right? "Ooh, my name is Fear and I really wanna scare all of you!" Bitch, please.

text.

[torrefied]

I doubt anyone here has taken the initiative to make any kind of in-depth study of the Door's patterns.

[But if anyone has, Mello is very interested in their findings.]

text.

[closerift]

Not anyone, in all the time that we've been here?

[torrefied]

You did notice how long it took for anyone to bother creating an informational document for newcomers, right?

[He's not still bitter about that, n o p e.]

voice;

[iustitiae]

Oh.

[there's kind of a long, awkward pause.]

Dorian was a good guy.

voice;

[closerift]

He was one of my best friends.

[ And now he's gone for the second time. ]

You knew him, then?

voice;

[iustitiae]

Yeah, just briefly.

voice;

[hotspurred]

You have been trapped here for longer than most. [The number of people who arrived before him is small, and he knows the original inquisition members numbered among them.] Think you, in truth, that there is a pattern to be found?

[There is a pause. Henry almost leaves it there. But something about her words bothers him, and on impulse, he asks:]

...Did you view Dorian as the same man?

voice;

[closerift]

For nearly a year and a half. [ Something like that, anyway. ] I... If I had to make the choice, then... no. I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to it. Still, it was worth asking the others.

[ It isn't as if she's going to figure out this big mystery on her own. ]

... The same as the last that was in Hadriel, you mean?

voice;

[hotspurred]

I suppose something may change once all of the gods have been resurrected. For that reason, 'tis still worth watching.

[There is a short pause as he wonders how best to clarify. More than one of the same person is definitely one of the strangest concepts Hadriel has brought to light, which makes this a strange conversation to pursue. But since he's started it...]

Yes. Pardon my poor phrasing. I meant the same soul.

[One could have called them the same man, in the sense that they appeared to be two different versions of the same person. But putting the differences between them down to mere lost memories seems... wrong. On the other hand, who would know better than Cecily?]