The Doorway: a panfandom game

I brought my new puppy home today! He's adorable. I've decided to call him Carver. Bann Purrsly already has him completely under his paw, which is utterly hilarious. He started to bark at Bann Purrsly right after we got home and Bann Purrsly just gave him a withering look and then whapped him across the nose. Claws in thankfully. Carver was gobsmacked but he seems to think that Bann Purrsly runs the house now. Which is more or less true.

He's already chewed on one of my boots, a book, the table leg, my fingers, one of the couch cushions, two of his toys and his food bowl. I'm going to have to get him some more chew toys until I can get him properly trained!

Oh Maker, isn't he adorable!

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Isn't his little growly face the cutest? Grrr, I'm big and tough, really I am.

Are there rules about what kind of dogs we can keep in the apartments? Not that it would matter because I'd take him out for a run every day because he's adorable and dogs like that need to go out for a run every day, no matter the weather, and he can come down to the Barking Lot every day and play with the other dogs so he's socialised and I want him so much!

I started doing some of this indoor rock climbing they have here and it's such great fun! Though they do get all flaily and panicky if I try doing it without the ropes. Silly really. I've climbed far more difficult things than the walls they have without ropes and the floors are covered with padding anyway.

[Filtered to Gwen Cooper]

Gwen! You have to come with me. You'd love it. It's great for the adrenaline. Beats fending off panicked crowds any day.

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I had two girls on the street stop me a few minutes ago. One of them proceeded to go into a very long rant about how it was my fault Denny died and how Alex was better off without me. Oh, and that I'd deserved cancer.

Then as she stormed off in a huff, her little friend looked really embarrassed and told me that she was just jealous of me and that she really liked my hair and she took off too.

Does this happen a lot?? That was terrifying. I need a drink.

[Filtered to Meredith]

There is apparently a woman here who looks exactly like me. Apparently, it's Christine Chapel from Star Trek. I feel sort of honored and disturbed at the same time.

I also found a little shop with the most AMAZING coffee. Seriously. Better than the food cart at Seattle Grace.

[Filtered to Riley Poole]

How are you feeling? It should have passed by now, but I still thought I'd check. I don't know how illness works in this world.

The clinic is unfortunately closed until further notice. I destroyed it. Why would anyone come back

In about a month and a half, I'm going to be here:

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Gods willing, anyway.

It's hard to believe how different my life is now from just one year ago. This time last year, I was somewhere in Africa, probably trying to build a fire from whatever wood I scavenged. To say I've lived through a whirlwind over the last five years would probably be an understatement. I don't think about it much anymore. Where I've been, where I was. Today, I'm thinking about it. This Earth is home to me in more ways than Caprica was for the last few years I lived there, and more than Galactica ever was (she was my father's home, not mine), but this Earth is missing things I'll never see again, too. The same goes for the rest of you, which certainly helps, but it isn't the same. I've been trying to write down what I remember - so I don't forget, while I'm here, and so I can really have a story to tell Serra and Kara and S when she's older.

I'd almost think that I'd died and gone to the Maker and Andraste decided I needed to permanently spend my life surrounded by kittens. Except for the fact that the clinic is still running and I've be very surprised if New York is actually what exists at the Maker's side.

Sadly I can't staff the clinic with kittens, though that will perhaps be an idea for the next world I somehow end up in. The tesseract does seem to have it in for our staff lately. But it's not like I was ever that fond of sleep to begin with. Terrible habit really, tends to ruin my hair. When it's not already been ruined by, well, everything else.

But no darkspawn blood here. I can tell you those stains do not come out. Have to think of the positives.

Anders! Do you think Bann Purrsly would mind a friend? There's a little kitten crouched up outside our apartment and she's small and scared and shivering and really very adorable.

Never thought I'd be a cat person. I am Fereldan after all.

You know, I'm not sure if I'm relieved or a bit envious that I didn't see these ghosts that other people were seeing. The most likely options for me would have been Carver... well, perhaps it's best it didn't happen if it was going to be Carver. I miss him and I loved him dearly but we always seemed to end up arguing. I never quite understood that chip he had on his shoulder. The Maker knows I wasn't trying to hold him back.

Anyway. The other option would have been Father. I would have liked that. I miss him. I miss Mother too. And Bethany. And my friends. Varric would love this place. Would you believe he wrote fanfiction? I have a word for it now.

I just finished playing the second act of the game I'm from and I don't think I'm going to play any more. It was a bit horrible. I thought things would get better after we got back from the Deep Roads with so much money and I guess it did but it also really didn't. Has anyone else found that their future is a bit horrible?

Though I am very glittery today so that's making me feel a bit better.

[ Filtered to Clinic People + Those Who Helped Out Yesterday ]

...is it over? Because if we get another wave of injured, I'm going to just shoot them and claim they were in the late stages of rabies.

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We have a sudden rush of people at the clinic. Something's going on in the city.

If there's anyone in the tower who even knows a little first aide, we could use your help tonight. There are too many people and we don't have enough hands.

[Clinic Staff]

We've people pouring in, reports of strange things going on in the city? People are panicking. We've got to set up as a safe area.

[Filtered to Anders]

Well.

I've cleaned the apartment. And washed every dish. And vacuumed. And remade the bed. And almost washed Bann Purrsly.

Help! I'm bored. We don't even have much in the way of dogs in because no one can get through the security. Is there anything I can do in the clinic?

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I finally went out and bought the game I'm from. I haven't gotten very far into it because a) this is the first time I've ever played a video game and it's very strange especially when its about me and b) I'm still too busy giggling over the whole introduction. Well, except for the Carver dying bit. That was a bit traumatic. But the first representation of our escape from Lothering did make me giggle. It was kind of Varric's representation of what we told him of our escape and Varric never did like letting the truth get in the way of a good story. So he kind of enhanced Bethany's boobs and all I could think of how much she'd blush if she saw that. Also, in this game, I can be a man. That's very weird. I am not a man.

Who: Marian Hawke and Jo Harvelle
When: 27 June
Where: The gun/archery range in the basement
What: Two women talking shop
Rating: TBA

( Every time she had her hands full, her nose always started to itch. )

Glad to see you all made it out of the gremlin blight of 2013. Nasty little things. Though I'm fairly certain that Bann Purrsly put up a valiant fight against one. All that training on random dust motes came in use. We might have to buy her a new cat tree in celebration.

[Clinic Staff]

Cristina, I do hope you're settling in here at the clinic. I know we're busy and certainly not as fancy as a hospital, but we all appreciate you deciding to join the team.

Man, those little gremlin things are quick. And boy, can they jump. And they fight mean. And they have very sharp teeth. And claws.

Um, Anders? I may have been bitten. And be bleeding. A little. Just a little. Not, you know, huge gut wound bleeding to death bleeding. Just small gremlin bite bleeding. And maybe some clawing. But only a little.

I came across this link today, and for some reason thought of this tower. Perhaps it's a little silly, but it's all in fun.

Then again, I say that and mine was Surprisingly Hairy Lion.

[Filtered to Elspeth]

So... what do you want to plant in this garden of ours? I've been doing a little bit of looking into things because I wasn't sure what would be the same and what was different between my world and this one. I was thinking tomatoes and peas and beans and maybe we could plant a lemon tree? That would be a bit more long term.

I was also kind of thinking that if we end up growing quite a lot (because you know how it is with gardens, you plant half a dozen plants and end up with rutabagas coming out of your ears!), we could set up a little stall in the foyer or something and let our fellow refugees have some as well!

[Filtered to Anders]

So what are my odds of dragging you away from the clinic this weekend? At least for a few hours? You know, for a trip out to the country. Some fresh air and sunshine. A little healhty exercise. No trouble whatsoever. Promise!

[Filtered to Zoe]

Put your name on the papers for the ranch. Figure if the blue box gets uppity and sends me back, you'll keep it runnin. Good place for the kid. Ain't takin any no's. Main house is still mine.

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[Filtered to Inara & Kaylee]

Some place called Alder just opened. Got an invite to try it out. Ain't sure what a 'gastropub' is, but I do know what a pub is. You ladies want to give it a go? Can bring Lee if he's willin, Kaylee.

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Got the ranch up and runnin, ready to start receivin visitors for the summer. Any of you folk interested in comin out (if you ain't already for other reasons) to try your hand at farmin or ridin horses or feedin farm animals, shoot me a line and come on out. Ain't lookin to charge, but that don't mean I won't take no donations to maintainin the place.

Always willin to bring on folk wantin some full-time work too. Just remember it's an hour outside town and it's hard work if you ain't used to it.