tea time

[bouchonne]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Byerly
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: By is actually trying to be helpful and is not just here for the drama. No comment on my own priorities.

It seems prudent, given the current situation, for us to publicly identify those who have been acting out of character. I can understand a desire for secrecy, to take any imposters by surprise, but the risk of one of our own being caught unawares seems much greater.

Who has been strange of late? And when did this change in behavior start?

Comments

[elegiaque]

( orlov has forgiven her for worse cruelties than this, but her discomfort with it is still audible: )

It isn't a source of pride for him. He has — very deep shame associated with lyrium addiction. To the extent that he considers it a positive, he isn't comfortable taking credit for it. He wouldn't have spoken about it the way Dr Strange described him doing, and he doesn't engage unfamiliar mages that way, either. I was — part of that process.

And I was mostly aiming for Flint with Hardie. I had a bell and I had him barking at all the doors.

[hassaran]

Mostly.

Thank you. You're sure Strange's report can be trusted?

[elegiaque]

( rowntree made her give the bell back, which was probably right given how much she enjoyed herself with it— )

I'm certain of him.

[portalling]

( Adding this to the official record for posterity, as Bastien and Byerly did, to have the verification work both ways: )

And vice versa.