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SENDING CRYSTAL
PASSING NOTES
IN PERSON
PASSING NOTES
IN PERSON
[ the first stupid thing he does is check the time. it's not everyone on dawn hours, and he'd be a right ass to forget. but an eye out the window finds the sun high overhead: noon. paper rustles. ]
It can wait, didn't mean t'wake you. [ takes a moment to find it, the roster of who's on this week. wycome. ] You just get back in?
It can wait, didn't mean t'wake you. [ takes a moment to find it, the roster of who's on this week. wycome. ] You just get back in?
Not that I know of.
[ The smile is audible. Good reaction. ]
But he's a young man. There is time for him to see the error of his ways. I knew his mother once, you know, and I cannot see how she would not teach him better. It might be some form of rebellion.
[ The smile is audible. Good reaction. ]
But he's a young man. There is time for him to see the error of his ways. I knew his mother once, you know, and I cannot see how she would not teach him better. It might be some form of rebellion.
You knew his mother? Hm.
[ ness is not not thinking about arranging some kind of visit to the gallows for aubertinβperhaps his mother has been induced to make a donation to riftwatch, and wants to see her money is put to good useβwhere either he is forced to sit through a long lecture or he ends up with a broken finger. he seems like the type to approach a griffon without thinking it through, it'd be easy to arrangeβ ]
The bitch of it all is he isn't even a bad writer. He could be putting these talents to such use as a satirist!
[ ness is not not thinking about arranging some kind of visit to the gallows for aubertinβperhaps his mother has been induced to make a donation to riftwatch, and wants to see her money is put to good useβwhere either he is forced to sit through a long lecture or he ends up with a broken finger. he seems like the type to approach a griffon without thinking it through, it'd be easy to arrangeβ ]
The bitch of it all is he isn't even a bad writer. He could be putting these talents to such use as a satirist!
Ah, yes, that is, just a day or so ago, I've beenβresearchingβ
[ said through a yawn and a stretch, ooh, she's getting too old to fall asleep hunched over a desk. at least this time it's her desk in the quartermaster's office, which means she's not drawing looks in the library, or late to work. plus, she knows herselfβshe opens a drawer and pulls out a hairbrush, and gets to work detangling the mess she's made. ]
Sorry, oof. I'm awake, I'm ready, what do you need?
[ said through a yawn and a stretch, ooh, she's getting too old to fall asleep hunched over a desk. at least this time it's her desk in the quartermaster's office, which means she's not drawing looks in the library, or late to work. plus, she knows herselfβshe opens a drawer and pulls out a hairbrush, and gets to work detangling the mess she's made. ]
Sorry, oof. I'm awake, I'm ready, what do you need?
You skip breakfast?
[ distracted. she's on her way to skipping lunch, too. ]
Figured out one of the, uh, suggestions we got. Sjoklat, think 's meant t'be chocolate. Know cocoa comes dear right now. But if we can find something tastes near, maybe for Satinalia β
[ distracted. she's on her way to skipping lunch, too. ]
Figured out one of the, uh, suggestions we got. Sjoklat, think 's meant t'be chocolate. Know cocoa comes dear right now. But if we can find something tastes near, maybe for Satinalia β
Skipped, [ would imply a purposeful decision, ] yes! Watching my figure, or something.
[ ness has never been skinnier in her life than she is nowβon rations, recently running around trying not to die in wycome, and now skipping meals to research until she physically can't keep her eyes open. it's a kind of diet, surelyβ ]
Substitutes, subs... I think, I was looking into rifter recipes, that Jude Adjei left one for cookies, they're supposed to have chocolate but I think he noted carob might do in a pinch? Do we have carob, in Thedas? What is carob, actually...
[ she has an encyclopedia in here somewhere, actually, maybe she can look it up. ]
[ ness has never been skinnier in her life than she is nowβon rations, recently running around trying not to die in wycome, and now skipping meals to research until she physically can't keep her eyes open. it's a kind of diet, surelyβ ]
Substitutes, subs... I think, I was looking into rifter recipes, that Jude Adjei left one for cookies, they're supposed to have chocolate but I think he noted carob might do in a pinch? Do we have carob, in Thedas? What is carob, actually...
[ she has an encyclopedia in here somewhere, actually, maybe she can look it up. ]
(Delivered to her desk (only a day late): a leather-bound copy of Aveline, Knight of Orlais by Lord Francois Maigny, an embellished version of the life and adventures of an Orlesian woman, raised by Dalish elves, who disguises herself as a man to enter a Knight's tournament. The ending is sad.
Abby has tied a beautiful purple ribbon around it. A small scrap of paper on top contains a cramped note:) Lemme know what you think when you're done. I'd love to talk about it. Happy Satinalia. β Abby A.
Abby has tied a beautiful purple ribbon around it. A small scrap of paper on top contains a cramped note:) Lemme know what you think when you're done. I'd love to talk about it. Happy Satinalia. β Abby A.
[ thing is, he's not thick. mightn't have the first clue what carob is, but got a notion or two on what keeps someone up; away from routine. she's rambling. he's decided: ]
How 'bout I bring some up.
[ that's not really a question. he's moving. she can turn him aside if she pleases, but someone ought to make sure there's no reason to call strange, julius, again. else β
a friend. he's decided. ]
How 'bout I bring some up.
[ that's not really a question. he's moving. she can turn him aside if she pleases, but someone ought to make sure there's no reason to call strange, julius, again. else β
a friend. he's decided. ]
[ distractedly, distantly, left her crystal on her desk and has moved to her bookshelvesβ ] Do you have carob? That'd be convenient...
When Cedric arrives at the quartermaster's office, Ness isn't visible at first. It's only when he actually comes inside, glances around, that he'll find herβhidden away in a shadowy corner of the office, standing at a bookcase with an open book in hand while she peers in consternation at another on the shelf.
From this distance, at least, she doesn't look hideous. She's not skin and bones now, nor got the darkest of circles under her eyes, nor has her hair become some kind of nest. Her clothes are neat and clean, she's bathed, she's brushed, she's as pale as she's ever been but no paler. By all appearances, she's absolutely fine.
There's a vacancy to her expression, though. A faint sway as she should be standing still, breaths a shade too shallow for health.
"I could have sworn I had an actual encyclopedia in here somewhere. Have I gone blind? I may have gone blind. Oh, knotsβ"
When Cedric arrives at the quartermaster's office, Ness isn't visible at first. It's only when he actually comes inside, glances around, that he'll find herβhidden away in a shadowy corner of the office, standing at a bookcase with an open book in hand while she peers in consternation at another on the shelf.
From this distance, at least, she doesn't look hideous. She's not skin and bones now, nor got the darkest of circles under her eyes, nor has her hair become some kind of nest. Her clothes are neat and clean, she's bathed, she's brushed, she's as pale as she's ever been but no paler. By all appearances, she's absolutely fine.
There's a vacancy to her expression, though. A faint sway as she should be standing still, breaths a shade too shallow for health.
"I could have sworn I had an actual encyclopedia in here somewhere. Have I gone blind? I may have gone blind. Oh, knotsβ"
Mlle. Tavane, I've a question regarding Rifter health which I believe you uniquely suited to.
Your prior use of magebane,
[ presumably past-tense. she's offered to vanish vomit ]
Did you find it to interfere with the function of anything else than your magic? The anchor, physical side effects, etcetera?
[ presumably past-tense. she's offered to vanish vomit ]
Did you find it to interfere with the function of anything else than your magic? The anchor, physical side effects, etcetera?
It was vile, but no worse than that.
[ a considering beat, weighing what to reveal and with what words. ]
Its efficacy waned the longer it was used. Higher doses, more often, were needed to achieve a fully dampening effect. Whether that is a personal quirk or indicative of something else, I couldn't say.
[ a considering beat, weighing what to reveal and with what words. ]
Its efficacy waned the longer it was used. Higher doses, more often, were needed to achieve a fully dampening effect. Whether that is a personal quirk or indicative of something else, I couldn't say.
Mn, afraid I couldn't either. Hard to guess the concentration.
[ he wasn't the one measuring it. but: ]
I'm certain you've had word of the Venatori anchors.
[ he wasn't the one measuring it. but: ]
I'm certain you've had word of the Venatori anchors.
We need assume they will, in time, manifest similar abilities to those among our own. Shields, projectiles, perhaps more. It would do for us to have a means of non-lethal containment. I am exploring our options. And as we don't know whether they're native β
I'll note that in the side effects.
[ dry. ]
We need know whether magebane works to stunt an anchor, and I hope to avoid poisoning volunteers, or inadvertantly doing them a worse ill. Hence: Your health.
[ dry. ]
We need know whether magebane works to stunt an anchor, and I hope to avoid poisoning volunteers, or inadvertantly doing them a worse ill. Hence: Your health.
I had no occasion to attempt to use my anchor while taking magebane, and have noticed no negative effects since stopping.
[ a loooong pause. a deep sigh. ]
I'm willing to take it again to see how it affects the anchor, should I find myself in front of a rift.
[ a loooong pause. a deep sigh. ]
I'm willing to take it again to see how it affects the anchor, should I find myself in front of a rift.
Can you defend yourself without magic? They'll be upset with me if I feed the Quartermaster to a demon, it's dreadfully hard to find new ones.
[ quartermasters. the demons are fucking everywhere ]
[ quartermasters. the demons are fucking everywhere ]
Very well. We've enough spare armor that we might swaddle you in some insurance.
Edited 2024-11-12 05:04 (UTC)
There's elfroot in the Infirmary. Third drawer in the tall cabinet, chew it or steep in tea.
[ the crystals don't click when they shut off. but like, spiritually. ]
[ the crystals don't click when they shut off. but like, spiritually. ]
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