"The templars are coming for you" Hawke announced walking away from one of the 'employees' she'd just spoken to. The Blooming Rose wasn't exactly 'blooming' but was a fine enough establishment that over half of Kirkwall were regulars. It was pretty enough place; lanterns lit and dotted everywhere, bowls of candles, candy dipped fruits on coy plates decorated with images of stalks or wedding bells or woman's lips, two great statues of swans with women stood brazenly clutching the necks and lustrously pouting or biting a bottom lip. Vases full of roses stood by the wooden bar and their petals were occasionally plucked. The waxy petals were strewn on the floors and on many of the beds or pallets used for entertaining. Gauche murals decorated the walls and several patrons were stood admiring the crude images. Hawke sighed looking down and leaned on the banister rubbing her forehead in dismay. It had been a long day.
"Everything alright, Hawke?" Varric asked placing a gloved hand on her arched back. She groaned and shook her head slowly squeezing her eyes shut.
"I just want to go one day- one day - without meeting an insane mage," she said quietly standing back up to peer over the balcony, "One day". Varric chuckled agreeing with her. They made their way down the carpeted steps and were about to exit when Fenris and Merrill stopped.
"Uh, Hawke?" Fenris said extending a hand and placing it over Merrill's eyes.
"What now? Who's killing who?" she said irritably. She walked back to him and followed his hand as it pointed to a figure who had three women nuzzling into his neck and stroking him. The man groped the women and they giggled gleefully at everyone movement, "Oh, Andraste save me. By the Maker. By the stone, the void, the Dread Wolf! Please, no"
"Is that," Varric said pulling Hawke by the hand to the man, "Gamlen?" Gamlen turned and looked in shock seeing Hawke staring in horror at him with his hand in places they shouldn't be with a stranger.
"I won't tell your mother if you don't" Gamlen stuttered. Hawke retched against bar.
"I'm not here for that! I'm helping a girl find her brother, a templar, last seen here. Oh, by the Void I think I'm going to vomit!" she said struggling to keep her stomach from churning.
"Wait," started Varric patting Hawke on the back, "Isn't that… Carver?"
"What?!" Hawke yelled shaking her head rapidly and backing away squeezing her eyes shut to blacken the world out, "No, no, no. Just… NO!" She sprinted out the doorway dragging Merrill and Fenris with her. Varric stood chuckling. He glanced at Gamlen.
"You're welcome" he said before winking at one of the girls and walking to the doorway.