hadriel_logs | Event Log: Soulmates

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for Soulmates event
Where: All over the city
When: February 14th-February 22nd
Warnings: None

Oh shit, what even happened last night? You're pretty sure you had a normal night, no crazy drunk antics (unless that is your normal night). But this morning you woke up with a brand new tattoo, and it's... a name?

Maybe it's a name you recognize, one of your good friends. Maybe it's a stranger. Maybe it's someone you can barely stand. No matter who it is, you kind of feel like you should look for them and figure out what's going on with this weird tattoo. And when you find them - well, they've got one too, except this one is your name. It would seem weird, except as soon as you see each other you kind of understand. Of course you'd have a tattoo with the name of the person you've found such an amazing connection with. You were meant to be together.

So enjoy your time with your newfound soulmate. Who knows, you might wake up tomorrow with a whole new name on your arm, a new connection, a new love. Make the most of it!

► This log covers February 14th-February 22nd
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you try to pull off a stupid stunt to impress your soulmate and fail so miserably you die, please let us know here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Can't you just magic up some nice weather and some fish? ...Also, there's such a thing as ice fishing, isn't there?

[ Taako, if you can't create literally anything out of magic at the drop of a hat, then what is even the point?? ]

You're welcome here, if you like, but there's the dog to think of.

[He laughs in response, as he almost always does to her words, but it feels better this time for reasons he refuses to question.]

Sorry my dude, controlling the weather is like a druid thing, so unless you wanna commune with nature for like a ton o' years until it lets you sick it's dick you're stuck on ice time.

[Why did he have to say all that? He didn't! Why dd he do it? Because he's like this!]

I mean, what's the dog gonna do to me other than drool on my everything? Or is that like, the penalty here.

I'm not interested in communing with nature for a second, so I suppose we're going to be chilly forever.

[ C'est la vie! ]

That's the thing I try to avoid, yes. But, if you find it charming, then please come over and act the part of drool sponge for me for a bit, will you?

[He just laughs, loud and bright.]

How 'bout this. I bring Peanut, the kids can tussle for a while, and the adults can drink wine and gossip like proper fantasy suburban assholes. Sound good?

[He's never actually seen Peanut around like an actual dog, but she's been with the fam for over a year now, so how bad could it really go? All else fails he'll put her in a Time Out Bubble and let her crash into a wall. It'll be great.]

That sounds brilliant, actually. [ She has no idea who or what 'peanut' is, but it's probably fine, right?? ] You bring the gossip, I'll provide the wine, and we'll both be the assholes.

[Well she's about to find out what Taako apparently considers a dog, for sure.]

Sounds ggggreat. Be right over.

[And sure enough, he's over there in no time at all. Because he's terrible, Cecily will hear an exceedingly loud knock, and then Taako will be letting himself in. Was the door locked? He doesn't know and he doesn't have to. The power of magic, baybee.

But stepping him with him, on a leash covered in flowers, is a rather large varren. She has a dog tag on a collar that says "Peanut".]

Ceeeeec, where you at, it's Taako time!

Finally, I'd thought -

[ At the sight of the varren, the Inquisitor stops short and automatically leans back, holding up both hands as if to fend off an attack from the bug-eyed monstrosity that just entered her home. ]

Andraste's holy knickers, is that the thing you're keeping as a pet? Did it come through the Door and try to kill you before you thought: "seems sweet, I'll domesticate it?"

[ She shouldn't be surprised, because Taako, but. Really? ]

[He bursts into loud laughter as soon as Cecily looks outright terrified, putting his hand to his head. Peanut just looks happy to see her in the same way an overexcited rottweiler does. He snaps his jaws with some sort of weird purring noise, pulling at the lead Taako has. It does nothing to make it seem like this is not just something he picked up on the way here. He takes a second to recover, though he is able to pull Peanut back to stop her from jumping.]

So this is Peanut, and she's a good girl. Magnus got lost in the caves when we first showed up and then he brought her home and she ate a couch cushion. Aaaand now she's our guard dog.

[That's how you get a dog in Hadriel, right? You get this. That's almost a dog.]

That is not a dog. [ She points out, as if it weren't abundantly clear. ] It's a monstrosity that your friend brought back to kill you in your sleep.

[ Maybe only by accident, but still. ]

Oh, right, forgot to mention I've got a soul-sucking phantom in the back room. We found it in the coliseum once and took a liking to it. Now it lives here, rent-free, and we feed it treats when it doesn't immediately drain us of our life force each morning. D'you want to pet him?

[ As she continues to tease Taako about his horrifying pet, Pup the actual dog pants excitedly, sitting in the other side of the room, but looking as if he's dying to lick both Taako and Peanut. ]

[Taako likes Cecily on the regular, but something about today makes her perfect, her words finding some familiar space he's never been able to quantify, like she just belongs there. It's the kind of space Lup fits, but today, she fits there too.]

Oh, and you didn't bring them out to say hello? I'm a guest, Cec, I should meet the whole fam.

[Peanut looks towards Pup when he enters, the ridges on his back perking up and his head tilting in a very doglike manner. To the surprise of probably most people in the room, it opens it's mouth and lets out a noise that sounds almost like the BOOF of a great dane, if great danes had a billion clicking teeth. It's cute. (Sort of.)]

Seriously, he's trained. Magnus might be reckless as shit but he did a good job with her, and if you tell anyone I said that, I will let her eat your couch. C'mon, let 'em sniff.

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