crystal;

[notathreat]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Ellie
RECIPIENT: All y'all
NOTES: N/A

Hey, guys. It's Ellie. Uh, acting Griffon keeper for the next couple of months. And since we've got a lot of new people joining, I was thinking- it might be intimidating to just go up to the Aerie and introduce yourself to the griffons alone.

They're mostly just big babies, but I know they don't look like it.

[Also, said babies can take off an arm if they feel like, but details.]

Riftwatch has some griffon riders who take good care of them, but they have favorite people they bond with and a lot of them don't have anybody special.

So if you want to come up and meet them, let me know and I'll introduce you. And if anybody's interested in learning to ride -- griffons or horses, or whatever else is in the stables, I can teach you that too.

[ooc; Griffon riding is an AC Reward that can be purchased here until the system is updated! It can be done without threading with Ellie or anyone else about it, but if you want to thread it out heyo]

Comments

[obdurata]

I don't teach, but I can help introduce.

( joselyn quite enjoys griffon-riding, though she's had to remember to strictly pare down her love trinkets before heading up there. )

[notathreat]

Any advice to share for the new guys?

[obdurata]

Confidence is key. It's about being firm, but respectful of the animal.

[notathreat]

And not wearing anything shiny.

[obdurata]

I was going to let them learn that part for themselves, like I did— ( audibly laughing. )

[notathreat]

[This does make Ellie laugh out loud.]

I mean- if they can get through that and still stick around, we'll make griffon riders of them yet.