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

[extortionate]

What's it do?

[ the armor. just asking. no reason ]

[wearyallalone]

It makes it harder for an opponent to hurt the person wearing it.

[The statement doesn't quite rise into a question at the end, but there's the barest hint he is concerned Lazar doesn't know what "defense" means.]

[extortionate]

[ a snort ]

Yeah mate, that's just armor. Y'got scammed.

[wearyallalone]

[Ah.]

The enchantment doesn't change its function, it makes the materials more durable. More protection without adding weight or sacrificing mobility.

[extortionate]

What happens if y'punch it?

[wearyallalone]

If someone knows something about armor, they may be surprised that its properties aren't what they expected from looking at it.

If someone doesn't know anything about armor, then yes, I expect they wouldn't notice anything other than the pain in their hand.

[extortionate]

What's the most it can take? Hammer? Spike-hammer? Bronto?

[wearyallalone]

I don't routinely try to destroy my armor as a means of stress testing it. When it takes a blow, it generally feels like the impact is lighter than I'd expect. As with most nonmagical armor, the best-case scenario is not being struck in the first place.

[extortionate]

[ thoughtfully: ]

Bronto.