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

[portalling]

Yep. Used to have a Cloak of Levitation. And used it practically everywhere— once you get used to just swooping out of windows, having to take the stairs feels like such an inefficient waste of time.

> private

[laruetheday]

I fucking bet.

[ switching to private, since she knows people here get weird about this shit: ]

I used to be able to summon dead people and order them around. Speaking of efficiency.

[portalling]

What—

( It’s not the what of a horrified local who reasonably flinches at casual mentions of the undead; but rather a yelp of wait, you could do this rad necromantic shit and never mentioned it? )

Approximately how many at a time?

[laruetheday]

A dozen or so.

[portalling]

Did you ever try here? Just asking out of, y’know. Scientific curiosity.

I once wove myself a spectral cloak out of the Souls of the Damned before those ghosts could devour me. Absolutely beyond my capabilities here as well, but.

[laruetheday]

Yeah, I've tried. It felt like... nothing. Completely cut off.

[ Disorienting, but also a little bit of a relief. ]

A cloak made from the Souls of the Damned? [ Sounds badass. ]

[portalling]

( Grudgingly, ) I suppose that’s for the best that we both can’t still do either; it might alarm the locals.



( ‘Might’??? )

[laruetheday]

[ pfft ]

Yeah, when I was new here, Ellie warned me that people here would freak out if I bragged about it.

You're cool, though.

[portalling]

Needless to say, La Rue, you’re pretty cool too.

( +10 approval points )

[laruetheday]

[ she's blushinggg ]

I know.