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FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Xiomara
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Hey, if we cut an eluvian in half, will it still work? Because imagine. If we could strap one to a griffon, we could be anywhere, and only one person would have to do the traveling. Or we could strap one to the bottom of a griffon and fly low over a battlefield or a lake and people could jump through without the griffon even needing to land—

[ Or maybe that's just her personal paratrooper fantasy, parachute part PENDING, RESEARCH. ]

I think we could be thinking bigger here. Or smaller. But in a big way.

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( she'll do guest tambourine, it'll be so cool— )

We're going to have to explore that idea one of these days.

( He doesn’t usually pipe up for these sorts of conversations, but this part makes him recordscratch. )

‘Convert the houseboat into an airship’ is a pretty big renovation —

( What if he gets airsick all the time!! )

Boooo.

[ Faintly. Carry on with the domestic discussion; she's just registering disapproval of this unseemly practicality in the background. ]

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Think how much easier it would be to relocate when we need to—

It’s already movable.

Not independently, ( all coaxing, ) not under its own sole power.

But if it’s shot down out of the sky then you lose your whole painstakingly-built home, and not just a vehicle.

( sulkily: )

Maybe we could fit it with ropes so an airship could carry it sometimes on occasions it isn't likely to get shot at.

( He loves her so much, even if he’s being a killjoy. )

That sounds much better.

( she is audibly still pouting about this. viktor understands her. )

Even though we could have gone anywhere we wanted without having to pay a ship captain an exorbitant fee every time—

We can already do that now with the eluvians —

( Why are they both so stubborn and stupid. )

From Kirkwall, we aren't going to live in Kirkwall forever—

( it's part of it. )

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[ Are they...you know. Boathousemates?

Adding this one to her (mostly mental) notes. ]

also not here.

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Abby will never come over again if there's a chance your house is going to take flight while she's in it.

What do I have friends for if you aren't going to be on my side, ( has the air of someone flinging herself face-down into a bed, dramatically.

it is only five percent serious, but also, why do none of you want her to be happy???? )

[ oh stop being dramatic ]

I'm on your side, but I'm on her side more. [ And she is probably wigging out about the eluvian thing already, so. ]

I want the record to show that I have the most faith in Viktor and Wysteria's work of anyone.

But fine.

I'm not shit talking anyone's work. It's about the experience.

No, I'm complaining about Stephen. Abby hasn't got to go anywhere high if she doesn't want to.

[ wow she can't believe she's about to say this, but: ]

Well, it's his house too.

( gwenaëlle also can't believe clarisse just said that to her. there is a momentary silence as she works her way past several kneejerk responses that might provoke some kind of real argument by accident— )

He likes flying.

[ that momentary silence is really doing a lot here ]

You... could get another boat and that one can be the one that flies. [ it's not like she doesn't have the moneyyyy ]

( it's also his house if he's good.

anyway, a sulky little sigh: )

We'll see how the airship goes. When we have it.

( Bless u, Clarisse!! )

I had that thought too, actually. Like a cabin or someone’s vacation home in the Catskills, except it’s an airship for secondary use. A pied-à-terre. Or… pied-à-ciel?

( He knew just enough of a French loanword to be very pleased with himself. )