crystal

[laruetheday]

FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Clarisse
RECIPIENT: e v e r y o n e
NOTES: she definitely has her feet up on her desk rn

Morning, Riftwatch. Clarisse La Rue here. From now on I'll be taking the Griffon Keeper position in an official capacity, so if anyone has questions about them, the eyrie, or the stables off-island, I'm your girl.

[ She has an OFFICE now. That's what's up. ]

Couple things. The first one will sound dumb if you've already been here a while, but I want to make sure everyone is comfortable with the idea of taking care of the griffons in an emergency. They're pretty self-sufficient in the field, but they're an important resource, so if you're on a mission and something happens to one's primary rider, [ we don't need to list hypothetical scenarios here, right? ], making sure the griffon has its basics covered until we can get it back to the Gallows is important. Same goes for the horses, too, but most people are already more comfortable dealing with them.

The second thing I want is to make a list of people who'd be comfortable griffon riding as a passenger if needed, in combat. Um, we all saw what happened a few months ago, so the likelihood of more aerial combat in the future seems. High. It would be good to have a go-to list of people who are willing in case someone needs backup in the air.

And if you're not interested in flying solo, that's fine, but I'd encourage everyone who hasn't yet to at least try and get a basic familiarity with how it feels to ride alongside someone else, in case of an emergency. [ Never know when you're gonna need to fast travel away from a crumbling tower, right? ]

Okay, uh, I think that's it for now. Thanks.

ooc: (( feel free to handwave that clarisse had a brief check-in with your character about the first point, unless you would like to thread it out for whatever reason! ))

Comments

[laruetheday]

[ oh god what no this is horrifying and Clarisse sounds a little wooden when she responds, ]

Thanks. Yeah, she was great.

[ ... okay time to move on. at least she sounds much more like a normal person when she speaks again: ] Definitely. We can always use someone who's willing to feed them. They can be [ kind of terrifying? ] intense when they see food.

I'm always around to talk if you have questions, too. Uh, unless I'm on guard duty.

[inmycare]

You may see more of me than you'd like. At least when you're not on guard duty, I haven't been conscripted thus far. But I think you'll find I'm hard to intimidate when it comes to animals. Farm work isn't for the faint of heart, though I admit I'm grateful that certain animals lack the ability to fly.

[laruetheday]

Fine with me. As long as you're not going to freak out, you can come by anytime. Have any experience with lions? Eagles?

[inmycare]

Farm cats and the occasional falcon is the best I can do there. But I've castrated bulls before, so I daresay I don't spook easily.

[laruetheday]

[ castrated... ]

Not awake, right?

[inmycare]

Well, ideally it's when they're actually calves, so in that case we don't need to knock them out entirely. Just get them immobilized and give them something local for the pain. But there's been a case or two where a farmer's left it too long, or originally planned to use an animal for breeding but changed their mind. Adult bulls, it's safer to knock them out entirely, and certainly my preference. But owners sometimes get nervous because of their investment and ask that you use just enough to calm the animal down to reduce the risk of an overdose.

Granted, they're generally not thinking of the risk to the vet, but so it goes.

[laruetheday]

... Wow. That is fucked.

[ he can't see the face she's making, but she's making it. ]

[inmycare]

It's no one's favorite part of the job, but on the other hand, leaving a bull intact when you don't plan to breed him creates a variety of other dangers, to the animal and the people who work around him.

All of which is to say, I'll exercise appropriate caution, but I think you'll find it hard to scare me off.

[laruetheday]

Good. Because a bunch of the current griffons are second generation already, so we could end up with more baby griffons someday.

[inmycare]

Do you think so? I understand they lay eggs, which is fascinating, under the circumstances.

[He's unmistakably team baby griffons, or at least team witnessing the particulars of the griffon life cycle.]

[laruetheday]

Well, I haven't seen any babies yet. But if I find any eggs in the eyrie I'll let you know ASAP.