The entire page is ruined and Aveline doesn't have the energy or patience ― if she's honest, it's the patience part that's destroying her at the moment ― to write up an entirely new one. Writing letters to people isn't her style; it's Varric's. At this point, she would love nothing more than to be able to give this job to him. But it's for the Guard Captain and that means her.
Aveline huffs out an angry breath, balling up the paper with little regard for how much ink she's going to get on her armor or how much scrubbing she'll have to do later to get it out. At least not until she's pitched the offending ball into a corner and realized there is a smudge on her gauntlet. Fortunately, a distraction in the shape of trouble walks in at that moment and Aveline gratefully turns her attention to Hawke.
"I need to scrub this patch of ink off, but after that I'm going on patrol. Could use a hand, if you've got one to spare."
In other words, Aveline would love company and a distraction. Help a girl out, Hawke.
Leaning against the entranceway (having watching the Guard Captain’s attack against the rogue piece of paper from outside and out of sight), Hawke gives her a smirk. “For you, Aveline? Always.” And she means it, too. They might not always agree on things, and they might not always get along, but that’s what friends do. That’s what family does.
She comes into the room fully, moving to perch on a corner of Aveline’s desk to be an annoying, overlarge paper weight until she’s ready.
Hawke has always been one who will have Aveline's back when it matters and someone whose back Aveline will have in turn. Part of that is telling the other when they think they're being stupid. At this point, Hawke should think Aveline is sicker than a dog if she stops telling Hawke exactly what she thinks. Aveline doesn't exactly have much of a filter over her mouth.
Pushing herself gratefully to her feet, she leads the way outside where she can grab a bucket of water and start scrubbing her armor. Even if it is in the barracks.
"I always swore I would never be the letter-writer that Varric is, but suddenly someone's dropped this request from the Viscount in my lap telling me I have to be 'polite.'"
Aveline shoots Hawke a look that clearly says how much she dislikes having to smooth her words. She expects some sort of crack about that to make her feel better.
“Politeness is over-rated,” Hawke agrees. “It’s why I refuse to indulge in it.” Which... isn’t quite true. She indulges in it when it’s appropriate. When it’s deserved. Some stuffed up noble that’s too full of themselves and thinks anything less than shoe-licking is an offense? Absolutely not. Someone who is just trying to do the best with their situation, with what they have available to them? Always. Well, mostly always. Sometimes. A lot of the time. Her mouth does tend to run away with her now and then.
“You could always just send me as your messenger instead,” she offers with a far-too-innocent smile. “And then OH NO, I go horribly off-script and all the blame for impoliteness gets heaped on me with you getting apologies and sympathy for having to deal with my lack of tact.”
Aveline huffs out a disbelieving snort at that as she starts to work on her armor. At least it’s just a small spot on her gauntlet and not a huge blemish on her breastplate or something. Small mercies. Maker’s breath.
“You refuse to indulge in politeness because Kirkwall’s brand of polite is the same as the Orlesians’,” Aveline points out, scrubbing with all of her strength, as though the spot is responsible for all of her current troubles. “Mostly because Kirkwall has a bunch of Orlesians.”
Some of them can be tolerable; Aveline will give them that. Most are terrible and they give her a headache on the daily.
“And also because you can’t keep your jokes to yourself.” Or her bad puns or her sass or anything else. Which is partly why Aveline sticks around her. Hawke does make a good counterpoint for Aveline’s gruffness. But even beyond that, they’ve made an inseparable friendship and Aveline won’t easily let that go.
Another laugh follows Hawke’s suggestion and Aveline feels a good deal of her tension wash out of her. Leave it to Hawke to help her ginger-haired friend relax, even while working.
“How about we go punch some sense into them instead?” she suggests wryly, despite knowing that won’t happen at all. It would be nice if they could.
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Date: 2017-11-19 02:35 pm (UTC)The entire page is ruined and Aveline doesn't have the energy or patience ― if she's honest, it's the patience part that's destroying her at the moment ― to write up an entirely new one. Writing letters to people isn't her style; it's Varric's. At this point, she would love nothing more than to be able to give this job to him. But it's for the Guard Captain and that means her.
Aveline huffs out an angry breath, balling up the paper with little regard for how much ink she's going to get on her armor or how much scrubbing she'll have to do later to get it out. At least not until she's pitched the offending ball into a corner and realized there is a smudge on her gauntlet. Fortunately, a distraction in the shape of trouble walks in at that moment and Aveline gratefully turns her attention to Hawke.
"I need to scrub this patch of ink off, but after that I'm going on patrol. Could use a hand, if you've got one to spare."
In other words, Aveline would love company and a distraction. Help a girl out, Hawke.
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Date: 2017-12-01 12:36 am (UTC)She comes into the room fully, moving to perch on a corner of Aveline’s desk to be an annoying, overlarge paper weight until she’s ready.
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Date: 2017-12-24 01:16 am (UTC)Pushing herself gratefully to her feet, she leads the way outside where she can grab a bucket of water and start scrubbing her armor. Even if it is in the barracks.
"I always swore I would never be the letter-writer that Varric is, but suddenly someone's dropped this request from the Viscount in my lap telling me I have to be 'polite.'"
Aveline shoots Hawke a look that clearly says how much she dislikes having to smooth her words. She expects some sort of crack about that to make her feel better.
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Date: 2018-01-08 06:33 am (UTC)“You could always just send me as your messenger instead,” she offers with a far-too-innocent smile. “And then OH NO, I go horribly off-script and all the blame for impoliteness gets heaped on me with you getting apologies and sympathy for having to deal with my lack of tact.”
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Date: 2018-01-16 12:21 am (UTC)“You refuse to indulge in politeness because Kirkwall’s brand of polite is the same as the Orlesians’,” Aveline points out, scrubbing with all of her strength, as though the spot is responsible for all of her current troubles. “Mostly because Kirkwall has a bunch of Orlesians.”
Some of them can be tolerable; Aveline will give them that. Most are terrible and they give her a headache on the daily.
“And also because you can’t keep your jokes to yourself.” Or her bad puns or her sass or anything else. Which is partly why Aveline sticks around her. Hawke does make a good counterpoint for Aveline’s gruffness. But even beyond that, they’ve made an inseparable friendship and Aveline won’t easily let that go.
Another laugh follows Hawke’s suggestion and Aveline feels a good deal of her tension wash out of her. Leave it to Hawke to help her ginger-haired friend relax, even while working.
“How about we go punch some sense into them instead?” she suggests wryly, despite knowing that won’t happen at all. It would be nice if they could.