03.

[assistente]

FORM: sending crystal
SENDER: Seneschal Salvio Pizzicagnolo
RECIPIENT: everyone, anyone
WHAT: an announcement + an update + addressing some complaints
WHEN: now!
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: apply for building permits, ask questions, or request projects for base ops here. make your inevitable complaints at the complaint box.

Hello. This is-- [oh, Maker] Seneschal Pizzicagnolo. Salvio Pizzicagnolo. I am-- have been named. Seneschal.

[And if he sounds a little like he's going to cry about it, that's because he is going to cry about it.]

Seneschal, to the Inquisition's base in, in Kirkwall. Head of Base Operations. Um, we have been without a seneschal for some time, now, since Cassof-- That is to say that I am, in the process, of setting to order all of the, the neglec-- ah, the pending, requests and-- though, um, in light of the news from Orlais, there will of course be a necessary focus of efforts and resources in the, uh, in that particular-- area. Diplomacy and, ah, well. This office would not of course speculate on-- just, this office would ask that you please, when making a request or proposal-- bear that in mind, please.

Um. The, the complaint box is still to be utilized as the--receptacle, for legitimate complaints. With the goal to efficiently improve the quality of the working environment in order to optimize the Inquisition's efforts. To that end, the complaint lodged by-- [a quiet rustling, as he finds the complaint] --Coupe, that "we must recruit an assistant to the Seneschal," and the, ah, filing of the paperwork--well, yes. That is. That is settled. Complaint answered. And I have assistance from a, uh, able-bodied-- I mean, the workload is not too great, it is-- But I have an assistant. Assistance. I mean. [Maker but he wishes he was just the assistant to the seneschal again.]

Similarly, the anonymous complaint, that the-- the complaint box, itself, is too small--I have placed a larger one in its place. It is, uh, still outside of-- of the Base Operations office. Please make proper use of it as you see fit.

To a more actionable end. Um. Brother Jehan Mercier has entered a complaint, that on several occasions he has noted that the, uh-- "the figurines of Andraste and Hessarian in the alcove shrine in the mage tower have been rearranged to imply a romantic liaison." And that he has found carved into the back of one of the chapel pews a rather-- a rather bawdy rhyme. [The shuffling of the paper this time is Salvio creasing folding it in half and putting it back in its file. Please no to this.] One about Andraste that, that does not bear repeating, but-- look, Brother Mercier has suggested, and I, I agree, that-- we cannot spare staff to safeguard the sacred spaces but we might all just. Just stop. With that sort of thing. Please. There is much to do and-- and talents might be turned elsewhere toward matters more, um, productive. To the Inquisition. Especially in these days.

Yes. So. That will be-- that's, uh, all. For now. Please direct concerns to the-- the appropriate letter-box and complaints to the complaint box.

Thank you.

Comments

[assistente]

[NO.]

Pizzicagnolo. [Automatically, in case that was a question.] There is a, uh, particular... the last letters are what seem to confuse. A particular sound. That is to say that, um, I do... I mean. Salvio, would suffice. If it is too difficult.

Unless--that is too informal?

[It's really a question. Please help.]

Previously, when addressing the seneschal, I called him... seneschal.

[zombra]

Oh, no, dude. It's totally fine. There were names like that back home too. I just needed to hear it again.

[ She'll probably still stumble over it, though. ]

I think it's your call. You're the boss now, so I can call you whatever you'd like. But like, during work hours, y'know? I can call you Salvio when we're off the clock.

[ Please tell her you clock out at some point. ]

[assistente]

[???]

Of course you may call me Salvio regardless of where clocks might stand. [Or are they standing on the clocks... what even he doesn't even own a clock] Er, I mean, I am not... particularly concerned, with the title.

Just Salvio. Or Pizzicagnolo.

[zombra]

[ Oh, no. She honestly can't tell if he's making a joke or if he's taking the clock comment seriously. So she doesn't know whether to chuckle or not. ]

Um, yeah. Okay. Cool. Salvio it is.

[ Sal if she's in a hurry. :D ]

I'll get to work on that sanding and talk to you soon, okay?

[assistente]

Very good. Yes. I will look forward to it.

[Oh wait no wait wait wait--]

The, uh. Completion of the sanding.

[There. Totally professional and nothing else.]