therookery | crystal.

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Gwenaëlle Baudin
RECIPIENT: All y'all.
NOTES: There's a new junior dad in town. Tell her all about your sick magic weapons and how buff or noodly your little nerd arms might be. (Happy to do action spam here or in her inbox for any office threads!)

Alright, Riftwatch, I assume I don't need to introduce myself,

( possibly because she hasn't been paying strict attention to recent arrivals, but she is certainly not herself a new face, )

but if you have somehow mistaken my accent for Alexandrie, this is Gwenaëlle Baudin, and if you haven't noticed my taking up the office, I am now your acting Captain of the Watch. ( because they are still pretending that dad might come back (with smokes) and that rowntree's appointment might be temporary. she has already begun studying nevarran, but she isn't all that optimistic about when she's going to need to know it by. ) I've started with inventorying our armoury, and as such I have a couple of requests to make of, primarily, those of you not in Forces. If you are in Forces, I need to know if you possess any personal weaponry of note that we should be taking into account. You can provide details by crystal, book or at my office. If you are not in Forces, I would like to know that, but disclosure is voluntary unless your division head decides to make it mandatory.

( yes, she checked with rowntree before announcing it's mandatory for forces. )

Further, if you are not in Forces, I'd like to have an overview of the combat readiness of our ( nerds ) general non-combatants and what their, your needs are. If you'd like particular training, or if you specifically wouldn't. If you're going to be particularly vulnerable in the sort of emergency we recently experienced, or if it'd be useful for me to be aware that you won't. Again, we can have these conversations by whatever means suits you.

( there's a brief pause. )

And to be clear, I'm not assuming all diplomats and researchers need to be provided personal fainting couches, and you will not be considered clever for getting up in arms about having your toughness questioned. If you would like to be provided a personal fainting couch, ask the Seneschal.

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Probably for the best.

Other than the inventory, is there anything else you could use some more hands for?

Always, ( is just true, if not helpfully specific. )

Do you want to go by griffon above the city and give me some ideas for potential emergency mustering points in Lowtown and Hightown?

I can manage that. I've a few ideas, but worth seeing the state of them from the air, considering.

[Not all parts of the city have been wholly rebuilt this soon.]

Anything you want me to look at in particular, or just broadly? [Nothing if not thorough, always.]

Broadly, to begin. We'll narrow it down from there— I can join you, once you have some thoughts, I'm not quite confident about taking Bellerose to battle but I think she can manage a spot of aerial surveillance.

Sounds sensible. I'll make a first pass and get you a preliminary report.

Merci, Vanya.

( after a beat. )

You speak Nevarran, I assume. ( based on the fact he's from nevarra and he sounds nevarran and that's not a complicated conclusion to draw— )

Fluently, yes. [A safe guess after all.] Can I help in that capacity?

I have a book of Nevarran poetry I'd like to translate, and I speak almost none of it. I know teaching a language is a different skill to writing it, but...?

[The briefest pause.]

I've not tried to teach it before, so you may revoke your request after I try. But I'd be happy to teach you if I can. And I hear it is easier to learn more languages if you already have more than one, so perhaps you will pick it up readily enough to make up for my lack of teaching experience.

I'm going to see if Carsus and Gela want to help, too, so it might not be all on you, ( likely, ) with any luck. But I'd appreciate any help.

Couldn't hurt to be a touch more cosmopolitan in these trying times, anyway.

crystal.

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