voidtransport: made it something cursed from the start (What if the way we started)
Allumin Etsija ([personal profile] voidtransport) wrote in [community profile] therookery2021-08-22 08:00 pm

crystal;


FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Allumin
RECIPIENT: Everybody in Riftwatch
NOTES: gay panic in a couple threads (kinda spicy)


um, hello? [the voice is very soft and nervous at first.]

Pardon my anxiousness, I'm, ah, not used to this kind of communication being so... open?

I was told I'd need a staff and some guidance in order to use my own magic properly here. The general outlook on mages, however, has me doubting if devoting the time is a good idea or if I should focus my efforts elsewhere. However, if it's not as bad as I'm making it out to be in my head, and someone were interested and able in assisting me, I'd be happy to discuss fair compensation for your time.

Also, upon some recent reflection, I suppose I should offer myself up to one of the divisions of Riftwatch - not Diplomacy though, I'm not equipped for that.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-23 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
I asked about the magic thing and apparently people are shitty about it in general, but since there's a war, and mages are useful, they're slightly less shitty right now.

Riftwatch is mostly cool with it, though.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-23 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Basically. But I wouldn't lead with the "bloody mess" part.

Uh, nobody I've met yet has been an asshole about it. Here, anyway. Just try to keep it on the down-low out in Kirkwall if you're not using it to defend yourself.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-25 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
I'll warn you if I come across anybody but you should be fine in the Gallows.

I'm Ellie.

Can you do anything other than magic?
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-25 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, squishy wizard type.

[Ellie what.]

Never seen anybody use a rapier. You a pirate on the side or something?
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-26 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey, at least the dude can laugh. Ellie's tone lightens thereafter.]

Not the worst reason I've heard.

You can probably scratch Forces off your list too. Unless you're a really heavy hitter with magic?
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-27 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I learned how to shoot because my school had a rat problem.

[Not exactly glamorous, but it translated in other areas.]

I mean, there's different kinds of Scouts. Some overlap with Forces, some with Diplomacy, some with Research. We do a little of everything.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-27 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Some rats. These weren't weird giant murder-rats. Just... regular chew holes in your rations rats.

Hnnh. [Just a tiny pause here.] You could do what I do and join your main division, then team up with people when you need their skills or they need yours.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-28 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks.

I'm over in Scouting. It was a toss-up between that and Forces, but I'm not exactly soldier material.

[... that might be an understatement.]
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-29 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
S'fine. Showing up in a new world is shit no matter how many times you've done it.

And yeah, it is. To me, anyway. I don't mind libraries but I'm better at field work, y'know? Even the stuff that sounds boring usually turns out at least a little crazy.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-30 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Only one I know of. And we were in the same place before this one.

[It gives her some vague kind of hope, even if that's narrowing.]

Planes of existence? You mean like your version of the Fade?
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-08-31 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty close, yeah. Even though we left at different times.

[Ellie carefully files away the existence of the Fey because yiiikes.]

The Ethereal plane sounds crazy. Can just mages get in there, or can other people learn to mess with that?
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-09-04 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
... shit. D'you know how to make one of those? Because that's the kind of thing Riftwatch could really use.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2021-09-05 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Figured it was a long shot. But other stuff would help too, if you could get it to work.

What do you need? If we don't have it here, I could find it.

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