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Julius ([personal profile] overharrowed) wrote in [community profile] therookery2023-07-22 04:10 pm

I'll crawl home (open)


FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Julius
RECIPIENT: All of Riftwatch
NOTES: It's not going great, y'all. CW for grief and discussion of death, as well as potential discussion of specific violence depending on how things go.


[The (remaining) division heads have already been alerted privately, he knows. Julius didn't ask Yseult what, specifically, she said, but he assumes he's not going to say anything she hadn't included.

His voice is quiet and grave, and if he had to practice this a few times before actively sending it, only four people in Riftwatch will ever know for sure.
]

This is Julius. I regret to inform you all that Granitefell was hit with a secondary attack, which has all the earmarks of a planned ambush. We were badly outnumbered, and we took. [A pause, though when he resumes, his voice is still even.] We took incredibly heavy causalities. The few of us who survived will require assistance as quickly as you can manage, as will the few local survivors.

I know you will have questions, and I will try to answer what I can. The others can answer too if they are up to it, of course, but I ask your understanding if they don't as we've all had. [Pause.] A very long night.
notathreat: (43)

[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Has anybody been able to scout the surrounding area, make sure nobody's waiting to ambush the help?

[Ellie's voice is low, clipped, carefully controlled.]

I'll bring a string of griffons and load them up. I can scout if nobody else is available.
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[personal profile] hassaran 2023-07-22 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
No. We don't have the numbers for that.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I've got you. I'll scout the area before I bring the others in.

Anything else?
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[personal profile] hassaran 2023-07-22 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[ A beat. "Reconsiders" would be a strong word for the largely thoughtless u-turn she makes. ]

We'll need another wagon.
Edited 2023-07-22 22:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is a long, long pause.]

One?
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[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ellie's breath shakes a little, but she forces her voice level.]

... I'll find a couple of drivers in the stables. Get them to hitch up before we leave.

They'll be slower than the griffons but they'll get there.
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[personal profile] hassaran 2023-07-22 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her only response is a wordless noise of acknowledgment, and even that is clipped off by the close of the connection. ]
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[personal profile] wearyallalone 2023-07-23 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
I can help. With the griffons, the scouting or both. I'll meet you at the aerie.
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[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-23 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Please.

[It rushes out of her, simple and direct and with a measure of relief.]