crystal

[favoriteanalyst]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Mobius
RECIPIENT: All y'all
NOTES: maybe talk of the granitefelling but like not in the body of the post so

So. [Hi, Riftwatch. How does one do one of these? Is it possible to do it well?] Think it's pretty safe to assume Jude's not on some long-term secret mission, unless a division head wants to speak up.

[There's a moment of silence, though if it's simply out of respect or for trying to figure out what to even say, that's up in the air.]

There's some recipes. So we won't be screwing up his pancakes anymore, among a few other things.

I pity whoever gets that room after, though; the wolf hair's gonna be lingering on everything.

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[heorte]

Wysteria.

[heirring]

Mister Ellis.

[heorte]

Leave them be.

[heirring]

I will leave it be when they leave it be.

[favoriteanalyst]

Okay, kids, I think we can all learn to play nice with each other.

[heirring]

I am not a child.

[she said, childishly.]

[favoriteanalyst]

Coulda fooled me the way you're carrying on, serah.

[heirring]

I am not carrying on. I am defending my work from unjustified criticism.

[favoriteanalyst]

I'm not getting sucked into an argument about how justified any criticism is with you, but if you guys want a public airing of grievances, maybe do it somewhere else. Take it outside, so to speak.

[heirring]

We can only hope that in the future Miss Anderson will choose her words and the moment in which she says them more carefully.

[favoriteanalyst]

You could stand to learn to let this stuff slide off your back like water off a duck instead of picking every single fight, just saying.

[heirring]

It would be an irresponsible disservice to the efforts of me, my colleagues, and the various volunteers involved to do so in this case. We are all working very hard for the good of Riftwatch, and I take that quite seriously.

But I am sorry about Mister Adjei.

[armd]

And that you think before you accuse people of doing shit they didn't do, but that feels like a big ask.

[heirring]

I have yet to see any evidence at all exonerating you from vandalizing my work.

[heorte]

They're allowed to have misgivings, and speak of them.

[heirring]

But I'm not allowed to address those misgivings.

[heorte]

Are you addressing them?

[heirring]

I'm providing context. She can think whatever she likes, but I'm not about to sit and let her say some ridiculous thing where someone else might hear and consider it legitimate.

[armd]

What part of what I said was ridiculous? It's all true.

[heorte]

You know she wouldn't take anyone's arm off without their permission.

1/2

[armd]

(A huff, in response.)

[armd]

I know. I wasn't—I didn't mean to imply that she'd do that. I was trying to say that it happens.

[heorte]

Those were accusations, Wysteria.

[ a breath ]

I know you are capable of explaining kindly.

[heirring]

[Yes, they were.]

When someone kindly asks for an explanation, then I will do so.

[heorte]

You haven't given them opportunity.