IC: Boar Hunting

[maleborgia]

*Camp's a farm, right? And you know what farms have? Pigs.

The ones in Camp are a little... different from the cute, not-by-the-hair-on-my-chinney-chin-chin ones some of you might be more familiar with, however...

One way or another, it's clearly the time for a boar hunt. Clearly. And somewhere away from the center of Camp are two people on horses looking to do just that.*

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[fistingthing]

They do many things. Increase my strength and stamina, afford me a certain degree of resistance to the forces of magic, and grant some unique . . . abilities.

[sharpasafawkes]

Really, like what?

[fistingthing]

[Flickers begin to crawl through the markings, then with a burst of blue-white light, the wolf is replaced with the ghost of a wolf, eerily glowing form indistinct and difficult to see clearly, the markings flared brighter than the rest. Where Fenris once pushed through the bracken, the bracken now pushes through him.]

[sharpasafawkes]

... and yet you haven't gone into robbery, think you made a wrong choice there.

[fistingthing]

[After a moment, Fenris fades back into solidity and snorts.] How do you think I got the coin to hire Hawke to help me in the first place? I certainly couldn't get a job. I've long paid for my bread through theft and the contents of dead men's pouches.

[sharpasafawkes]

But never anything else? You could get a nice sum from robbing houses.

[fistingthing]

On occasiona, I did, but I have no desire to enrich myself at the cost of others; I took only what I needed to get by, from those who could afford to aid me. [He makes a low, derisive sound.] Most likely it was the first and last time many of them rendered even unwilling assistance to an elf. I needed only what I required for food, weapon maintenance, and repairs to my armour.

[sharpasafawkes]

I personally wouldn't see the problem with robbing someone like that's house, honestly... but at least it shows you've got a sense of honor.

[fistingthing]

At times, I have had very little else left to me. Hmm . . . And not even always that.

Another time, perhaps. I think we're approaching the beast. The scent is becoming much stronger.

[sharpasafawkes]

[see icon, but doesn't press]

Should we turn back for Cesare?

[fistingthing]

[snorts] I see no reason. I have faced powerful abominations and mages, the assembled might of Kirkwall's Templars, even a high dragon. The day I cannot manage a simple beast . . .

[sharpasafawkes]

So we're just going to finish him off ourselves? i can think of at least one of those two who'd be disappointed.

[fistingthing]

They insisted upon splitting up.

[Someone is, perhaps, just a touch bitter about this.]

[sharpasafawkes]

...Fenris, Cesare's just like that. He's probably more interested in annoying us than starting anything serious. Besides she seems like a strong sort, I'm sure she'll promptly turn him down if he tries anything, it'll crush his ego nicely.

At least for a few minutes.

[fistingthing]

I know she would reject him. I don't need you to tell me that. I am accustomed her her habits. She encourages others to punish me, but she would never carry through.

That does not keep it from stinging.

[sharpasafawkes]

No, and it doesn't teach him not to do it in the first place, so if you want to have a go at him, I don't think it's the worst idea. Just don't hurt him, will you?

[fistingthing]

I am not very accustomed to not hurting people.

[sharpasafawkes]

... Does that trick of yours hurt them?

[fistingthing]

I can reach into a body and touch the organs inside, crush them, tear them out, stir a person's brains, and withdraw again without leaving visible marks.

Though the last tends to cause a lot of bleeding from the nose.

[sharpasafawkes]

....Right, don't do that to him.

[fistingthing]

That doesn't sound like much fun.

[sharpasafawkes]

There's "teaching him a lesson" and then there's torture. I'm not going to let that happen.

[fistingthing]

[sighs] I'm aware, Shaun. I wouldn't hurt him for this. I save my bloodthirst for slavers, abominations, and maleficarum. I am not a monster, despite how I realize I must seem.

[sharpasafawkes]

Oh come off it, you don't look or act like a monster.

[fistingthing]

No? Many would disagree with you. My appearance is generally considered intimidating, and while I don't take anything the abomination says to heart, he is not the only one to compare me to a wild beast.

But thank you. I- appreciate it.