outer_divide | First Report [Video]

[By now, Carver and his sister have been frightened enough times by the bizarre, talking magical books that appeared in their possessions. They speak in voices and change every day, so it took some tinkering before they were able to figure out how, precisely, to work them.

But now they have. Sort of.

Carver's face appears in the image, glaring, focused in entirely too close for him to know what he's doing with it. He taps on it a few times and once he can see himself, tries to adjust so he's a little easier to see.]

Hello? Is anyone there? Can anyone hear me? [It statics, because he's yelling into it.] Maker! Damn this blighted thing...

[Giving up on trying to make the communicator work, he goes back to the subject at hand.]

If anyone can hear this, my name is Warden-Ensign Carver Hawke. My sister and I- I don't know how we got here, but we're here. We came out of that- that metal building back there.

We're holed up in a little shack not far from that metal building, on the south side of the mountain. I don't know if anyone else is out there, but if they are--

[He coughs, clears his throat, and his voice turns all business.]

I'm going to go ahead and assume this is somewhere in the Anderfels, so you'll probably know what a Grey Warden is. So in that case I'd like to request some food and supplies for both myself and my sister, who is not a Warden, but you're going to be damned bloody sorry if you refuse to her.

And if nobody else is out there... well, then we're in a pile of shit, aren't we...

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Warden-ensign?

We are neither in the Anderfels, nor are we in any territory that would know what a Grey Warden is, but I would take some interest in knowing how, precisely, you are Warden instead of Templar.

Metal...? Do you mean the ship? There is a settlement a little south and east, and farmland to the north. You can find both food and directions to more comfortable lodgings in both places.

[She peers over his shoulder, frowning thoughtfully.]

Any lucky?

Well, there are other people out here, but there are still plenty of shit piles around so don't feel that you're missing out.

[Hello, Hawkes. Kaidan is at least getting familiar with the arrival of people who appear to be refugees from RenFaires at this point. His smile is crookedly reassuring, at least, for all that he's wearing something that says 'military uniform' but also says 'absolutely nothing like ones you'd recognize.]

You're on a world called 'Verdana', Ensign. The metal building is a space ship -- a vessel designed to travel between stars. It wrecked on this world long before any of us woke up inside it, so I can't tell you too much else about it right now.

Food and supplies are a little tight right now -- there have been some troubles with an opposing force -- but there's a place set up for new arrivals. It's called the 'Flop', and you can get food and a bed there to start with.

If you need a guide there, just say it -- my name's Major Kaidan Alenko, and I've been here for about a month or so, now.

Carver.

[This might be the happiest she's ever sounded to hear from him. Although it's a little surprising for her that he describes himself as a Grey Warden.]

It's not the Anderfels, but there is a place that you can get food and supplies.

[Although she suspects someone might have beaten her to saying that, which would probably be for the best.

The 'sister' gets a pause, although from speaking to Sebastian, Carver could mean some female version of Garrett, but Carver never spoke of Garrett with that sort of fondness. But Bethany was dead.]

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