[meme] Test Drive

[citycouncil]

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Re: Newt Scamander (Fantastic Beasts + Fade Rift CR; no previous Darrow memories)

[lil_lion]

"Newt!" After the briefest of hesitations, Anduin throws his arms around his friend. "I'm so glad to see you!" He releases him and his beaming smile fades a bit. "And sorry... I suppose this means you've been trapped here again."

[somethingwild]

The hug catches him off-guard; perhaps even moreso than the idea of having been here before. He doesn't know where here is, let alone why anyone would want to hug him.

He tenses, still holding both weapons, albeit even more awkwardly than before. He tilts his head to study to the man who seems to know him. He wonders if he might be some sort of spirit; he seems too mild (and prone to hugging) for a demon.

"I'm sorry, have we met?"

[lil_lion]

Anduin steps off, off-footed for a moment. His relief at seeing his friend again had made him impulsive. Thinking back, he remembers it is said that sometimes people who come to Darrow look like twins of others- not just similar or related, but identical. He gathers his wits and notes the strange weapons and armor. Yet the bearing and all... it is Newt.

"We're friends, yes," he says. "You lived in this city for a time, and then you disappeared not long ago. It is you, Newt Scamander?"

[somethingwild]

"Yes, I'm Newt Scamander," Newt replies, still tense and cautious. He doesn't lift either weapon, but he hasn't lowered them or set them aside, either.

"But I've never seen this place before in my life," he says. "I was returning from New York, first. And then I wound up in Thedas. But this doesn't look like Thedas anymore."

[lil_lion]

"You were in Thedas?" Anduin says, raising his brows. "That's Iron Bull's world. How did you..." He takes in the armor and weapons again. From what he's heard of Thedas, they do not seem out of the ordinary by any means. His eyes flicker to the green light streaming from his hand. "Is that... What is that?"

[somethingwild]

"I don't know Iron Bull, but...you know Thedas?" Newt relaxes slightly, relieved, in some small way, that at least the stranger who knows him knows of where he came.

Newt manages not to wince when he lifts his left hand, but only barely. The sliver of green glows brightly compared to the lights of this strange city.

"An anchor shard," he explains. "It...embedded itself in my skin when I fell through the Fade and into Thedas." He grits his teeth. "All of us have them, us rifters, I mean. Those of us who came from other places."

[lil_lion]

"I'd heard of it. Bull is... 'Qunari,' I think he said?" Anduin stares at the pulsating glow on his friend's hand. He feels... nothing. It's not resonating with any magic he has ever known. If it could be removed, Newt would have done so by now. "Can I help you? Does the pain respond to healing magic?"

[somethingwild]

"Qunari, really?" Newt tilts his head, interested. He's met all sorts during his time in Thedas, but very few of those that follow the Qun.

He manages a smile that turns into a grimace. "I can keep the pain at bay with certain charms," he says. "But only to a dull ache. I'm used to the pain by now."

"It's because I've seperated from the rest of the rifters," he explains. "The shards ache when we're apart. Or when rifts are nearby."

[lil_lion]

Anduin frowns. "I know something of chronic pain," he says absently, almost to himself. "I don't know what has become of your memories, but when you were here I healed more grievous injuries than this... You don't remember one of your spells nearly tearing you apart?" he pauses. "Splinched' was it?"