happiertimes: (herbskillz-da-cullen-57)
𝒞𝓊𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃 𝒮 𝓡𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓭 ([personal profile] happiertimes) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2018-03-13 01:36 am

Merry Month of March

who: Cullen Rutherford and You?
what: March Catch-all
when: The month of March
where: The Wall, the city, miscellaneous
warnings: Nothing so much



Cullen is a creature of habit. He works as a member of the Perimeter Guard because it is something he's used to doing. He's even gone for a more specialized team because he doesn't do well with just waiting around for things to happen. A part of him needs to be out on the front lines again, after so long of waiting back in Skyhold on Thedas.

He goes from the barracks to his patrol area to the barracks most days. (After one very embarrassing digression into the part of the town that is holding most of the strange celebration that he'd rather not discuss, he takes extra care when traveling through the city.)

He makes a few digressions from his pattern, of course. He's promised to meet a certain young lady for drinks at the Quarantine Bar and Grille.

There is the day where decides to explore the inner city as a day off and wanders into the Sampremi celebration, pulled in by all the sounds and colors of the raves. (He'd rather not talk about that, but feel free to find him there.)

After that, he stays away from that particular part of the city and spends more time searching other parts. Shopping happens, of course, but he does end up at the beachy shores of the river a few times, face drawn and pensive each time.
stumbledfromtheashes: (Default)

river!

[personal profile] stumbledfromtheashes 2018-03-13 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
Iona has settled into life in the Quarantine. She has gainful employment, she has her best friend, although Dorian’s truly more like family than just a friend, and she’s made a few acquaintances. A few friends. While she’s still not used to the lack of activity, the lack of chaos and being attacked by red Templars every time she turns around, she’s finding the relative calm... enjoyable.

She’s still having nightmares, and her attempted avoidance of thinking (or talking) on certain subjects hasn’t stopped, but she’s finally found her footing. Although her footing has been unsettled just slightly by the arrival of one Cullen Rutherford. The Commander of the Inquisition’s forces. Just not her Inquisition’s forces. Different yet familiar in all the ways that matter.

It’s... complicated.

But she doesn’t think she minds. (She's still figuring that out.)

The beach has become one of her favourite places in the Quarantine. It’s not a bloody desert, for one, and she has the time to indulge in swimming, now. It’s been too long since she’s been able to do that. So she takes advantage as often as she can; Dorian had selected a swimsuit or two for her during one of their early shopping excursions and she might as well put them to very good use.

She breaks the surface of the water, carding wet hair out of her face before starting towards the beach with graceful strokes.
stumbledfromtheashes: (» playful)

[personal profile] stumbledfromtheashes 2018-03-14 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Iona’s attention hasn’t turned to the beach just yet, she hasn’t seen him. She’s still focused on the peace and enjoyment of swimming, the relative silence surrounding her. It’s not until she’s reached where the water’s too shallow to swim and she’s finding her feet and rising out of the water that she notices another person standing on the sand.

Well, shit. He’s not anyone she expected to see. Not here. (Not at all, honestly.) And dressed so casually. Not that she can talk much, given that she’s dressed rather more casually than he is by half, in a two-piece swimsuit, the Anchor’s glow unhidden on her hand.

Amused, she wades gracefully towards the shore.

“Serah Rutherford,” she says with a smirk as her silent footsteps carry her towards him. She should probably keep moving but she finds herself coming to a halt a handful of steps away instead. “I didn’t realise you were a fan of the beach.” Teasing him come naturally, despite her surprise at his presence.

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Quarantine Bar and Grille

[personal profile] luckyescape 2018-03-13 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Freya arrived an hour early and took a seat at the bar to wait. She was the sort of person who often forgot meeting times and so she arrived ridiculously early or ridiculously late. Given the options, she chose to arrive early.

A pair of light stormy gray eyes occasionally looked between her drink and the door as she waited. Eventually her attention was diverted. She pulled a little clockwork mouse from her pocket and began to tinker with it. It wasn't an ideal shape for a bar and restaurant but it wasn't on or moving so Freya didn't think that it'd be a problem. One of the springs had come loose and she was determined to fix it even though she didn't have any of her tools on her.

When Cullen arrived he'd see the same blonde hair from the video as well as a pair of thin pale shoulders that are hunched over the bar. There was a tattoo of a cherry tree on her right shoulder blade and a compass on the inside of her forearm. Freya's attire was gothic in nature. She wore black pants with a vast majority of small pockets and loops with a green tank top that reads 'This is not a drill.' with a picture of a hammer beneath the lettering.

After a few seconds Freya remembered to turn and check the door again, this time meeting Cullen's gaze. Her lips pulled into a warm smile as she rose her hand in a wave. "Hey! You made it." Not that she didn't think he would but she's been sitting at the bar for close to an hour already.
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[personal profile] luckyescape 2018-03-15 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Freya's grin widened as she waved him towards the empty seat to her right. "Nah, usually I end up being late or forgetting important dates. I got here early to make sure I'd be on time." It wasn't like she wore a watch or meticulously tracked the time, it was easy to get lost in her projects, like the little clockwork mouse in front of her.

"What would you like? I would have ordered something for you but I didn't want to guess wrong." It would have been a waste of money then.

"This is mouse. Literally it was a mouse I was tinkering with." The clockwork mouse didn't move but its glass eyes looked eerily like it was watching Cullen. "Enough of that." Freya swiped up the toy and the gears and put them safely away in her pockets.

"So. Cullen right? Your picture isn't as cute as the real thing."

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color rave

[personal profile] onlydoubts 2018-03-13 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Bodhi is here, by his own choice. Despite it being all a little out of his comfort zone - pilots were not welcomed to the grander events of the Empire, given their rank. Not like he would have enjoyed that atmosphere of all those officials in one room, being all... Imperial, but - details.

Either way, despite some of the stories passed through the ranks, he can't imagine any sort of function like - well, this. Particularly not within the structured ranks, all of those pressed uniforms would never be the same.

The color rave is an odd celebration. But he has to admit, it's eye-catching, and everyone is seemingly enjoying themselves and Bodhi isn't all that stunned by getting doused with some of the colored pigments. The effects contained within have him a little more open to join in, friendly.

He scrubs some of the blue off, a puff of it rising in the air near Cullen. Someone looking like he's not sure he wants to be here.

"Hey. Ah, sorry-"
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onlydoubts: (21)

[personal profile] onlydoubts 2018-03-17 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Fortunately for Cullen, whatever is in that stuff shouldn't effect him now that it's already been in contact with someone else. And while he's effected by it himself, he's still able to feel awkward about it.

Bodhi grins, a little apologetic looking.

"Never heard that before. Who - or what's an Andraste?" He sobers, a little - some of the smile slipping away. "I really am sorry. I didn't think anyone not a part of the festivities would be standing around here, didn't see until it was too late."

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Barracks

[personal profile] felinefox 2018-03-15 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Though Shalimar doesn't officially live at the barracks, she has taken to spending a fair amount of time there. In part because she's still getting used to sharing a house and indeed room with so many people she doesn't know, in part because she wants to get to know the people she'll be working alongside when the very nature of the job she's been given means sometimes relying on other people.

Not that she'd ever admit that she needs that. But it factors into her behaviour all the same.

At first she mostly observes others as they travel in and out, getting an idea for people's routines and general temperaments before venturing any further. Cullen, she's seen go on patrol with a routine that she could almost set her watch to - save for, perhaps, the one embarrassing digression and any delays it may have caused.

Today, as he returns, she finally sees fit to break the silence; she's perched on a low wall that places her just a little higher than any of the other seating areas would.

"Back on time today. Take it you managed to avoid any distractions?" Possibly not the best opener, an admission that she'd been watching him. But then again, it wasn't like she'd ever been particularly subtle about it to a point where she's worried about it.
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[personal profile] felinefox 2018-03-19 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
"More or less." Not that she'd really been asking much of anything but the response lets her gauge how to proceed from here and she's certainly not of a mind to generate friction where it doesn't have to exist.

Besides. It's a struggle she understands all too well.

"Though I think to learn the whole place, it'll take a little longer. Certainly longer than I've been here." Which isn't very long at all, but even with her best efforts she knows it's going to take time. Especially given the distractions of the festival underway at the moment.

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shores of the river

[personal profile] kievs 2018-03-15 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
(Alyssa may not have taken any heed of Cullen at all if they hadn't been the only two people on the bank. Nothing particularly special about standing around and staring at the water is there. Only the way that he looks out at everything reminds her of James, and that makes her stop and say something where usually she might not.

She'd come down to the shore looking for rocks to maybe skip across the water; she ducks, fishes one up from the sand and rolls it over in her palm before chucking it definitively into the river.)


Are you alright.
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[personal profile] kievs 2018-03-18 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
You look sad.

(Maybe it's that Alyssa is confusing simple thoughtfulness for something more complex, but she's used to people talking and talking and talking and only shutting up when they're sad or whatever. Angry. Disappointed in her, that kind of thing. She does that kind of thing too, though.)

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river.

[personal profile] hylights 2018-03-17 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
The river is a place Zelda gravitates towards at least a couple of times a week. Ever since those hectic first days when she felt she needed to catch her breath somewhere more familiar, it's held a special place in her heart. So she makes the time to come down to the shore every so often, just to sit on the grass and look out on a scene that makes her think of home, if only for a moment.

She's on her way down the bank when she sees Cullen already standing there, and she thinks to herself that it's not so unusual to find others contemplating the waters. It's not often though that she sees them looking so downcast. Stepping around to his left side, Zelda offers Cullen a smile.

"Hello. You look as though you have something on your mind."
hylights: (Hollyhock)

[personal profile] hylights 2018-03-20 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
Zelda bows her head slightly in response, because that's true enough. She's been more forthright lately in talking to strangers. If she were at home, in times long past, she could have been accused of forgetting her manners.

"You're right - my apologies." She turns her attention to the running water in front of them instead, watching a duck bob along on the surface. "I may be projecting, since that's what I come down here to do. Think about things."
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livingsymbol: ([S] Plotting devious things.)

Sampremi

[personal profile] livingsymbol 2018-03-18 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve isn't really celebrating, but he does drift through the raves a few times to play security and make sure everyone is safe and well. It's a new experience for him, because he usually doesn't end up at these kinds of events. Quarantine for him has been all about branching out. He ends up seeing Cullen, who also looks like a rave probably isn't his first choice for entertainment, checking out the celebration. After a bit, he approaches and nods to the man in greeting.

"It's a lively place. Are you enjoying the festival?"
livingsymbol: ([S] No I don't want no scrub.)

[personal profile] livingsymbol 2018-03-23 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve isn't looking too closely at the more intimate displays, so he understands Cullen's discomfort even though it's probably not quite the same for him. He's more quiet simply because he doesn't feel the need to participate, not because he is put off by the revelries. Then again, he's been in Quarantine for over half a year and has seen enough from the locals that he's started to accept that these people just like to party.

The assessment does make him hum in agreement, though. It's close enough to an orgy that he can see the comparison.

"They take their celebrations seriously. Did you want to head somewhere quieter? The food stalls are more open and don't have this much activity."

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