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[cockade]

[Was the Moira in need of a Frenchman throwing possible sass around today? No? Too bad. That is to say that Arno here has a question, and it's one that's been bugging him for quite some time now. Two years, to be exact.]

I have a question for you all, provided we're past the whole drama spectacle that's taken the ship by storm recently. [Said in a humorous tone, and he continues.] How many of you have been mistaken as coming from somewhere else?

For example, I come from Paris, France. However, in meeting other people from other universes, [And boy, that still sounds weird, even though it's a familiar concept to him now] I've been asked or even assumed that I'm from a place called Orlais, which resides in Thedas. I'd suspect it's mostly because of my accent and that I speak a similar language to those of the Orlesians- but I've never been to Orlais or even heard of it, save for my time before being taken here.

I suppose I'm asking out of curiosity. [That and him being asked so many times where he resides in Orlais. It gets old and really annoying after a while.] I can't be the only one who's had this, either here or back home.

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[cockade]

...my scent? I wasn't aware that Orlesians carried something so distinct about themselves such as scent.

[liberaltus]

Indeed! It is the overwhelming scent of lavender perfume. You can smell an Orlesian long before you ever see them.

[cockade]

You do realize that it's the same if you visited the nobles of France? Perfume signifies wealth, and it's no different anywhere you go back home for me.

[liberaltus]

Of course, in the Imperium the noble class tends to have a predilection for perfume as well, but at least it varies. In Orlais it's like you're walking into a cloud of lavender, it's the staple scent. In fashion now, I think...next year it will be periwinkle, I'm certain of it.

[cockade]

Periwinkle? I never realized someone could be so attentive to something that seems so mundane. [He's understood the need to show wealth, but he's never really understood why it was necessary. Especially after everything he's been through.]

Is all of Orlais like that, or is it only certain sections?