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[canandhave]

[Aveline follows the lights -- well, first she tries to head in an alternate direction but it proves not to lead anywhere, so then she follows the lights -- but when they take her to look at a city close that looks...ruined is the only word Aveline can think of for it, with another, glowing, city far off in the distance she decides to go looking at her belongings.]

I can't exactly say that this was what I've been expecting.

[Aveline doesn't have a great idea of how this type of magic works, but she can read. And while reading the wrong thing can be dangerous, she's not in the mood to accept complete ignorance of where she is. They don't have technology that can communicate across distances like this that Aveline's really seen, but she's heard the idea floated as something that would make serving in the guard a lot more convenient. It's nothing more than theory, but this looks like the sketches she was shown.]

If this works for some reason, then whoever's on the other end please identify yourself, where this is that I've been taken, and what state this region identifies itself with.

[Because it seems like a good idea to find out if she's in the Tevinter Imperium, for example. If so, she'd be suspicious about alerting anyone that she's here, other than the glaringly obvious fact that she didn't come here on her own free will and so whoever put her here must already know where she is.]

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[Voice]

[intherite]

[She's finally gotten instruction on using the... item, and feels that now is the time to put them to the test.]

Guard-Captain. This area is not a part of Thedas, and as such does not identify with any regions you or I would know.

[Meredith assumes that her own voice is recognizable enough that she doesn't need to identify herself.]

[Voice]

[canandhave]

Knight-Commander.

[Aveline had assumed she'd be along here. But Meredith...]

How did you come to be here?

[Voice]

[intherite]

No one is particularly clear on how it happened. The timing lead me to believe it was magic, but the First Enchanter eliminated the option of it being magic from our world, at least.

[And, seeing the question coming...]

He is here, as are three of your... traveling companions, as far as whom I have noted thus far: Vael, Fenris, and the apostate.

[Nope. No name for him.]

[Voice]

[canandhave]

The...timing?

[A name might have been better, since Aveline's now reasonably sure 'the apostate' is Hawke.]

Will they respond to this, or is there a better way to get into contact with them?

[Voice]

[intherite]

[A pause. That was an odd question, in Meredith's mind, because she would think the moment stood out.]

Mere minutes after the Chantry was destroyed seemed significant in my eyes. And your guess is as good as mine. I arrived with Fenris, the First Enchanter, and the apostate, and later found Vael while walking through what remains of this town.

[Voice]

[canandhave]

The Chantry was destroyed? What exactly do you mean by that?

[And that's a...worrying combination of people to have been abducted away from Kirkwall.]

[video] Needs more giant robots

[knightoflight]

We're all refugees here; this is no one's home.

[video] Always

[canandhave]

No one at all's?

Then who built it?

[video]

[knightoflight]

The ship? We don't know for certain, only that they were fighting a war that was over long ago.

[video]

[canandhave]

No, the city over there, that I can see.

That...wasn't a ship.

[Audio]

[relicrebellion]

If you are in the ship still, merely follow the corridor, and you'll find the way out. The settlement is just a little ways to the east; someone there will be able to direct you to where you may find food and lodgings.

We are on a world called Verdana. The natives of the Old City are kind enough to grant us a place to stay, and food to eat. It would be wise not to antagonize them; they are not the architects of our predicament. It is likely that those people, whoever they might be, perished in the ship's crash, or are perhaps still in stasis.

[Audio]

[canandhave]

That's not a ship, but I'm not on it any longer. I suppose I'll head towards the settlement.

[For now Aveline's not moving, waiting to assess this woman from the rest of the conversation first before she decides if her advice is trustworthy enough to follow.]

If they're dead, then how did I come to be here? Abominations?

[Audio]

[relicrebellion]

[At times like these, she can almost sympathize with Javik's outlook on primitives.

Almost.]

It is not a seafaring vessel, no, but it is a ship. It merely moves between worlds rather than continents.

It crashed here roughly a century ago. Those of us who have awakened recently have been in stasis that entire time. Unfortunately, the vessel's logs have been badly damaged, so ascertaining the exact method by which it operated, let alone its purpose, is going to be a long and difficult process.

[Audio]

[canandhave]

How does it get up there? Never mind, I doubt that's the important thing.

A century ago? I don't know about you, but I certainly haven't lives that long.

[Audio]

[relicrebellion]

That is the purpose of the compartment you awoke in. The pods allow a person placed inside to enter a suspended state that can drastically extend her lifetime. Now that you have awoken, however, you will age and die as is normal for your species.

[femshep]

Commander Shepard, of the Normandy SR2. The planet's Verdana, but the only name this place has is the Old City.

And we identify ourselves with any state that isn't on the inside of that goddamn dome.

[canandhave]

Guard-Captain Aveline, of Kirkwall.

[It seems a calculated risk to introduce herself, but Aveline calculates it.]

Are the people in the dome the ones who brought us here? What state is it?

[femshep]

Well met, Guard-Captain. And I wish I had a few more answers for you. But as it stands, we don't know. Common sense says that if they brought us here, they wouldn't be quite so ready to kill us, but you'd be surprised at how often common sense just plain doesn't factor in.

If the dome has an official name, it's beyond us. They're not what you'd call 'allies'.

[canandhave]

Most people who are trying to kill people aren't.

What methods do they use? They must have mages there.

[femshep]

Worse. Technology. Guns with impossible accuracy, hovercrafts that shoot down civilians from above. Collars that suppress every biological advantage you've got.

sorry this is so late!

[seasidesex]

[Laughs]

Always so formal. I had no idea you could be so tight-assed even in a situation like this, Aveline.

[Here have your standard Isabela greeting]

[canandhave]

Isabela!

[It's a greeting much more snapped than friendly, she's had significantly better days than this one.]

If you could explain the situation, that would be a good deal more helpful.

[seasidesex]

You talk like I caused this. I'm hurt.

[canandhave]

I highly doubt you did, but you don't seem to be putting forth the effort to make it better.

[seasidesex]

You're right, I need to start up a bar and brothel here! What was I thinking?