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]

That's debatable. You can tell from— [ he's gesturing (unseen, damn the crystals for only transmitting sound) to the air, generally, which is currently full of everyone's feelings ] —all of the debate.

[letoldthingsdie]

The actions of a few are hardly conclusive to how all Rifters behave or should be treated. We joined the Inquisition willingly. There's no need for any of this.

[spellshatter]

You didn't, though, did you? You didn't ask to be here. You don't know how you got here. We don't know, either, and we don't know what you are or what all you can do. We know what you tell us, and that's it.

And the last few days, a few of you have seemed very eager to tell everyone with a crystal that you're not to be messed with.

[letoldthingsdie]

And who are you to decide who and what we are? This is my first time speaking to you. Do you assume that I'm like the creatures that fell from the Rift too?

[It honestly frustrates him but he keeps his words calm despite it. He knows what it is to be seen as a monster, as some unpredictable thing. As to the rest - he's suddenly glad he's trying to listen to Obi-Wan and not get angry. That was exactly the type of person that this man was talking about fearing.]

I don't speak for those who have lost their tempers. Tensions are running high right now. Can you really blame us? You're talking about - essentially - enslaving us.

[spellshatter]

Am I?