crystal.

[cozen]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Bastien
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: Nonsense. If your characters will not say anything but are obviously/observably involved with people, please feel even more encouraged than normal to "not here" reply with the deets for everyone's gossip-gathering purposes.

Bonjour, mes amis.

[ Faintly sing-song, but in a drawling and subdued way. It doesn't do to sound too chipper and excited about asking people semi-invasive questions. ]

I have been talking to the Seneschal, and we thought—well, it's possible we might need a fraternization policy. Or a record, at least, in case it becomes a problem later. And to decide whether that is necessary: information about fraternization.

[ It's obvious from his voice that he's pleased that that rhymes. ]

So who is together? Or involved, if together is a scary word.

Please feel very free to rat out your bashful friends.

[ As an afterthought, ]

If you have opinions about the policy or record part, I will take those, too.

Comments

[archademode]

I make no secret of it. Jone of Denerim and I are, as you say, involved.

Yet should you plan to place restrictions on such affections, know that I shall argue against their enactment— or choose to walk another path entirely, one that does not involve Riftwatch itself.

Though it would no doubt pain me to do so.

[cozen]

Congratulations, Monsieur Gabaranth. You win this week's Cooperative Team Player Who Actually Responds To Inquiries award. The prize is a cheese plate and a bottle of wine.

[archademode]

Gift it to Jone.

[Local killjoy is incapable both of 1: enthusiasm and 2: detecting humor.

...but he does like the praise for being a cooperative team player, so there is that.]

[cozen]

I assumed you would share it, romantically, maybe somewhere with a nice view of the sunset. But I can give it to her directly if you prefer.

[ There was no plan for a cheese plate, before now, but so many people were pains in the asses about this that there will now, for real, be a cheese plate. ]

—although if someone brought me cheese and wine, I might fall in love with them, and I don’t want to come between you.

[archademode]

It remains her right to choose your heart for something so unremarkable as that.

But I would question it.

And I suspect she would do the same, once pangs of hunger subside.

[cozen]

Unremarkable!

You clearly have never had Deauvin cheese.

[archademode]

I have not.

So then the question I am left with is whether it is noteworthy enough not to make Jone of Denerim herself fall for you...

[Wait for it.]

But me.

a whole month later,

[cozen]

[ He bursts out into delighted laughter. No idea Gabaranth had that in him. ]