overharrowed: (I see my anecdote for it)
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: (96)

[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome. Anybody else who wants to come, let me know. We need to move fast.
tender: (17)

[personal profile] tender 2023-07-22 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. We’ll gather what we need as quickly as we can.

We should be able to leave within the hour, or even sooner.
notathreat: (12)

1/2

[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
We need to go sooner than that.

[Ellie snaps, and by the silence immediately afterward, she regrets it.]
notathreat: (91)

2/2

[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
... I'll help.

Just show me what to carry.
tender: (106)

[personal profile] tender 2023-07-22 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
We’ll bring everything to you. It’ll be faster if you have the griffons ready.

[ softer— ]

We’ll gather what we need as fast as we can. I promise. The sooner we leave the better.
sprent: (i'm everything)

[personal profile] sprent 2023-07-22 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll start on the food.
tender: (021)

[personal profile] tender 2023-07-22 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Gela. Could you meet us in the courtyard as soon as you can?
sprent: (staying out so late)

[personal profile] sprent 2023-07-22 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Already moving. (It's easier than sitting, thinking.) Let me know if you need anything else. I'll double back.
tender: (124)

[personal profile] tender 2023-07-22 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. If you need another set of hands, I’ll come to you once we have the infirmary supplies sorted.
sprent: (and i was kissing)

[personal profile] sprent 2023-07-22 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Keep in touch.
charmoffensive: (36)

[personal profile] charmoffensive 2023-07-23 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Can I help?

[ He is still waiting for Gwenaëlle's voice to come in sharp or gentle or whatever her mood permits over this post, and it hasn't yet, and so— ]

I'll go with, if there's room.
tender: (105)

[personal profile] tender 2023-07-23 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Please come. I want you with us.
charmoffensive: (59)

[personal profile] charmoffensive 2023-07-23 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I will. I'll meet you at the infirmary.

[ And somewhere in there, the list of the five survivors is shared, but it's information that skims off his brain for now, a skipped stone. ]
tender: (100)

[personal profile] tender 2023-07-24 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Alright.

[ A brief, breath of a sound, indecision, but her crystal switches off instead. ]
cozen: (o013)

[personal profile] cozen 2023-07-22 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I will meet you in the kitchen.

[ Serious, simple, and free of strain. He hasn’t heard any names yet, and he won’t be asking for them, personally, to keep anything possible for as long as he can.

But he could sound that way regardless. ]
sprent: (and with my speech)

[personal profile] sprent 2023-07-22 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. Thank you.

(These mindless niceties, the quiet and polite ways they speak to each other while processing... For now, this is the easiest way to be.)
notathreat: (75)

[personal profile] notathreat 2023-07-22 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be there.