002.

[sangsues]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Etienne Guerinet Beaumanoir
RECIPIENT: everyone (sorry)
WHAT: whats all this
WHEN: post-proposal etc
WHERE: the walliest kirk
NOTES: Orlesians

( A quiet clearing of the throat; one can naturally assume it is a very beautiful clearing of the throat, done by a very beautiful man. )

This matter of the phylacteries for rifters… it seems sensible. If they are such a valuable resource to the Inquisition, the closing of rifts, and so on, being able to find said resource if a rival power were to try and overpower them and abscond with them makes sense, I think. For their own safety, for our own safety. If Corypheus and his forces were, for example, to make an attack on a party closing a rift and kidnap those rifters for nefarious purposes, it would be better for all if we were able to find them as quickly as possible. The phylacteries are an established way of doing just this, no?

By all means, if you wish to see the world end, protest. Even if this is not your world, though, I think we can all agree that you are currently in it. It’s fate is not entirely irrelevant to you.

Comments

[spellshatter]

They can only make them for magical beings. I think it hasn't been worked out whether that includes rifters or not, but it probably doesn't include this fellow, unless he's very sneaky.

[zombra]

Huh. Do you know that for sure, or is that what you've always been told is the case? Just curious.

[ Because she's thinking this Chantry isn't to be trusted. ]

[spellshatter]

You think the powers that be would pass up the chance to keep that kind of eye on their enemies if they could? [ She can't see his thoughtful face, but he's making one. It's not impossible. ] They can try my blood when they one of yours, if it will make you feel better.

[zombra]

Okay, so there are records of attempts being made and it failing, then? Since the people leading nations would have done it to prisoners and stuff.

[ A pause. ]

If there's literally evidence out there that it doesn't work on you normies, then I wouldn't ask that of you, dude.

[spellshatter]

No, no, if we're mistrusting authority, I think we ought to go all the way and mistrust the records, too. Who knows what's been covered up.

[zombra]

[ That gets a thoughtful hum out of her, because she's way over her head here, but she can't just sit back and let people talk about Rifters like they have no voice of their own. ]

That's true. What's real? What's fake? [ Is there really even a Maker??? Boy, she's tempted, but she doesn't say it. ] We won't know unless we work it out for ourselves.

[ But boy, is she hoping it doesn't work on Rifters. ]