They were heading out into the Hinterlands in the morning to take care of a seemingly endless list of things, but no matter how hard he tried, Osric could not fall asleep. He sat in front of the fire and kept watch; a useless endeavor, since there were Inquisition soldiers at Crossroads to make things safe. He held a small stick he pulled out of the pile and scraped swiftly over the dirt, sculpting it into a shape that has haunted his thoughts since earlier that day. This had to be his fourth attempt at the portrait, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not get it right.
“I didn’t know you could draw.”
Startled, Osric’s first instinct was to jump to his feet and smudge the picture into an unrecognizable mess. His knife already in hand, he turned to face Varric and stopped. The older dwarf looked completely unperturbed by the show of aggression, which embarrassed Osric into remembering himself. They were supposed to be companions on the road, yet here he was, behaving like an untested youth who jumped at every shadow. He re-sheathed the knife and crossed his arms instead.
“What do you want?” he asked.
Varric raised an eyebrow and looked pointedly at Osric’s feet.
“You’re the Herald of Andraste. I’m sure Scout Harding would agree to a date with you,” he said.
Osric scoffed.
“I’d sooner die than use this position to garner someone’s favor,” he replied, then caught himself. “Not that I’d want to, of course, Scout Harding or otherwise.”
Varric’s eyebrows climbed into his hairline. The look of complete disbelief quickly shifted into sheer amusement painted all over the face and he chuckled to himself.
“Sure thing, kid,” he said. “Whatever makes you not sleep at night.”
And with that he turned around and went back to his tent, leaving Osric with a feeling that he had revealed a lot more than he had intended.
Anon….thank you. This message actually made me tear up. I’m glad my tiny little sandbox is a good place for you. And that you like Sidni. And that you sent me this message. Come yell at me about the stupid treatment of Loki or anything you want at any time. Let’s hope August has better things in store than July!
That’s right, you saw it – shannaraisles is doing a giveaway! … with a twist. 😉
I recently hit a follower milestone, and finished a WIP! I have a sequel planned to A Rose By Any Name, detailing the wedding itself, and I thought why not offer something a little different in terms of prizes? So here’s what I’m proposing as prizes, my lovelies –
1st prize – the insertion of an OC of the winner’s choice as a significant character in the sequel (significant meaning much more interaction than a cameo). The OC can be an existing character, or someone wholly new, and I’ll work with the winner to insert them as seamlessly as possible!
2nd prize – the insertion of an OC of the winner’s choice as a secondary character in the sequel (think in terms of one or two interactions with the main players). As above, this OC can be an existing character, or someone wholly new, and I’ll work with this winner in the same way!
5 further prizes – the insertion of an OC of the winners’ choice to form the Grey Warden honor guard for the wedding itself (cameo appearances, preferably Wardens but a little negotiation is possible). Same rules as above!
I will be counting reblogs only as entries – stressed bunny that I am, the notes lists confuse me enough as it is!
Rules to abide by –
Followers only. New followers
are always welcome, but try to stick around once the giveaway is done.
Otherwise you might hurt my feeling.
Reblogs only will be counted as entries. You may enter as often as you like, but please don’t spam your followers!
No giveaway blogs – I will check, and they will be discounted and blocked as soon as they appear.
Winners will be chosen at random, and contacted via messenger on Tumblr. If they don’t get back to me within 48hrs, another winner will be drawn.
The closing date is 5th August 2018.
Good luck!
Note – I understand there are some issues using the “giveaway” tag, so if possible, try not to if you can. Oath scares me. 😉
I wanted them to have a nice moment because honestly Sidni and Eury being friends is such a sweet thought aaaaa
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Eurydice: Do you know the names? Sidni: What? Eurydice: The stars. I see you stare at them like you know them. Want to grab them. I wonder if you know the names. Sidni: …No. Never really got a chance to sit down and memorize every single star in the sky. Eurydice: That is fine. Neither did I. Not important–most stars should stay nameless. Sidni: Then why ask? Eurydice: Because I said you stare at them like you know them. Like you love them. If you named them, I thought you would give them good names. Yes, very good names. Sidni: Maybe if you stick around, I can think of a few.
I love this!! So much!!!! And you got Sidni’s voice PERFECT!!!
I didn’t think it was possible to fall in love more with Eurydice, but I was wrong.
HFGJKSLHGJSKHGSDJKDLAFHDAJKFHAKHFD!!!! The Jotun!Loki thirst is real!!!
But seriously, you have no idea how wonderful this message was to receive!! I’ve been spiraling back into Loki depression (thank you people who don’t tag their IW gifsets) and craving Loki fics. (Let’s be honest, I always crave Loki fics, but this is a different kind of desperation.) I was walking my dog not 15 minutes ago and trying to decide which of your fics I wanted to go back and reread.
And to hear that you remembered my love of this fic and there’s going to be a continuation of it???
P.S. If you’re a Loki fan and not reading Maiden’s fics, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? GO NOW!! NOW!! They’re on her tumblr and AO3!
Maker's Breath 