@Jaya Zeudi
"You're welcome?" Returning her questioning tone with one of his own, he'd smile, joking lightly at her expense. Upon closer inspection, she stuck out, the uncertain air of a fellow stranger in a strange land apparent. Hardly a surprise by tavern standards, but even still, it was something he'd come to appreciate; his favorite conversations had always been with someone he could share the awkward feeling of knowing nothing with. It was almost more fun to figure things out from scratch with someone else than it was to learn it properly from the locals, the mystique a fun puzzle to be solved.
"I will, thank you Jaya Zeudi." Repeating her name as much for his own sake as hers, he'd set the bread down on the table before taking the gestured seat, settling in comfortably, leaning back. Book set before him, he'd point at himself. "I'm Ignacious Daedalus. Call me Iggy." A smile would hide a routine deception, his proper, final last name left by the wayside. It was a cautious habit, but one that had borne fruit closer to Tevinter, with more than a few people recognizing the last name of one the Imperium's most important families. So far afield, here, it likely mattered little to the locals, but to a fellow traveler...
Well, there was no sense in letting a perfectly annoying thing like a name ruin a perfectly enjoyable conversation.
"You're right on the money, I came as soon as I'd heard. Griffons? In the Dragon Age?" A shrug of his shoulders and a happy little exasperated sigh made his amazement clear enough. Mild, maybe, but clear. "A proper topic of study, I should say. I've heard they've even found different types."
"Where have you travelled from? I was in Tevinter when news first broke, but I was in Nevarra when they made the call for recruitment."
"You're welcome?" Returning her questioning tone with one of his own, he'd smile, joking lightly at her expense. Upon closer inspection, she stuck out, the uncertain air of a fellow stranger in a strange land apparent. Hardly a surprise by tavern standards, but even still, it was something he'd come to appreciate; his favorite conversations had always been with someone he could share the awkward feeling of knowing nothing with. It was almost more fun to figure things out from scratch with someone else than it was to learn it properly from the locals, the mystique a fun puzzle to be solved.
"I will, thank you Jaya Zeudi." Repeating her name as much for his own sake as hers, he'd set the bread down on the table before taking the gestured seat, settling in comfortably, leaning back. Book set before him, he'd point at himself. "I'm Ignacious Daedalus. Call me Iggy." A smile would hide a routine deception, his proper, final last name left by the wayside. It was a cautious habit, but one that had borne fruit closer to Tevinter, with more than a few people recognizing the last name of one the Imperium's most important families. So far afield, here, it likely mattered little to the locals, but to a fellow traveler...
Well, there was no sense in letting a perfectly annoying thing like a name ruin a perfectly enjoyable conversation.
"You're right on the money, I came as soon as I'd heard. Griffons? In the Dragon Age?" A shrug of his shoulders and a happy little exasperated sigh made his amazement clear enough. Mild, maybe, but clear. "A proper topic of study, I should say. I've heard they've even found different types."
"Where have you travelled from? I was in Tevinter when news first broke, but I was in Nevarra when they made the call for recruitment."
01-19-2025, 07:39 PM
