( the office is clearly meant to be shared, but equally obvious is that there is for the time being but one occupant, and from how extremely clean everything smells, probably a relatively new appointment— the shelves on the captain's side not yet properly filled, the desk still looking reasonably clear. some of that is probably just gwenaëlle's fastidious tidiness, but not all. as for the woman herself,
she's standing, a map of kirkwall spread out over the vice admiral's desk that she's been annotating, so it's immediately obvious that she is not tall. petite, and not at a glance what one might be expecting in a tightly laced dress of dark burgundy, hitched out of her way with skirt-hikes, a set of reading glasses on the end of her nose. the other most striking thing about her, at once, is that only one eye looks back at abella, impassive and measuring. the other is no twin to it, blank and golden, and it's worth noting that her blind side is not nearest the door. it's not the only visible scar, either, the beginnings of a rage demon's claws swiping at her emerging at the low neckline of her dress.
the voice, of course, when she says, )
Gwenaëlle Baudin, ( to supply that name, is distinctly recognisable. ) Come in.
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she's standing, a map of kirkwall spread out over the vice admiral's desk that she's been annotating, so it's immediately obvious that she is not tall. petite, and not at a glance what one might be expecting in a tightly laced dress of dark burgundy, hitched out of her way with skirt-hikes, a set of reading glasses on the end of her nose. the other most striking thing about her, at once, is that only one eye looks back at abella, impassive and measuring. the other is no twin to it, blank and golden, and it's worth noting that her blind side is not nearest the door. it's not the only visible scar, either, the beginnings of a rage demon's claws swiping at her emerging at the low neckline of her dress.
the voice, of course, when she says, )
Gwenaëlle Baudin, ( to supply that name, is distinctly recognisable. ) Come in.