crystal.

[elegiaque]

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.

Comments

[sumptus]

--Got it. I don't mean you aren't making the most of what you've got, I mean...

[ What? Thinking out loud around a total stranger is not his favorite of activities, but everyone is a stranger here. At least this one seems blunt enough to tell him if and how this idea is shit. ]

I don't know everything about this fortress's defenses yet, or your resources. There are plenty reasons not to keep a second outpost, even a secret one. But if you've been hit harder and closer to home than before, you've got a good reason to build one now -- or look like you are.

[ Do they need a hidden base, or a honey trap? ]

[elegiaque]

I don't disagree. It's a good idea and it would make a meaningful difference to our safety and effectiveness.

What we don't have is the resources to do that.

[sumptus]

Something to work on, then.

[ Pleased. He can always use a project. ]

Caius, by the way. Research. I won't need a rescuer.

[elegiaque]

( thoughtfully, off his tone, she says: )

If it's something you want to look into, the resources we do have are something I can outline for you when I've put my office in order.

( it's good to have goals. she's already made some notes about what barrow said about siege weaponry. )

[sumptus]

Sounds like a good starting point. I'd appreciate it.