crystal

[favoriteanalyst]

FORM: crystal baybee
SENDER: Mobius
RECIPIENT: Riftwatch Templars (current, former, and [shrugging noise])
NOTES: regarding this

I don't exactly think any of us have much sway here. Fat lot of good a petition's going to do for the -Vigilant and the -Divine in the middle of a March.

Right. If anyone has filed formal paperwork that we'd have here on hand and would like it dug up or copied, let me know. While I'm not exactly keen on making a whole drawer on sensitive Order information, it might be prudent to keep everyone's relevant information somewhere all together for ease of access. If any further need arises. [And given the situation, he's kinda assuming that need is gonna arise.]

If anyone needs a hand or a mind or anything, help in writing a formal letter stating intentions one way or another, I'm happy to help. If anyone needs to go public with their support and intentions, I think that's a load of horse crap, but we can figure something out with that, too.

If anyone has fears of retribution-- [Hm. Mm. How does he want to phrase this...] Some leaders on staff are going to prove more sympathetic than others. I don't have to tell you all to be very careful about who you discuss the particulars of this situation with.

It might also become prudent to have an idea where our lyrium is coming from, for those that applies to.

Comments

[dissolving]

Told a few of you 'm in Cumberland. If you got questions, I can ask. Dunno how much no one knows yet. But,

[ a pause. the shuffle of feet, cloth; voices lifted in distant drone. a chantry, or something near it. ]

Can't ask on your records, and that's something I reckon... reckon 's worth thinking on: When y'were in the Order, what you done after. How you used that time. What good you done the war from here, how your training mattered. The attacks, that envy demon. There's been need.

'S easier to go after bandits, mercenaries, folks running wild. That's the — can't speak for everyone, but back North, 's what I pictured.

So sort what you done. And,

When you're writing, say why you quit. Say it plain. If you thought it mattered enough to quit, you oughta say why.

[wearyallalone]

[A pause before he responds, but when he does it's calm and even as per usual.]

As I told the Commander, I am not in a position where this development changes anything substantial on a personal level. My formal resignation, in writing, has been on file with the Chantry for years, well before I joined Riftwatch.

[A shorter pause, more like a beat. Whether it is read as a hesitation is up to the listener.]

If anyone is concerned about their lyrium situation and would like to know my personal experience with withdrawal, just in case, I would be happy to discuss it. Though I would prefer to do so privately and in person.

[favoriteanalyst]

[To piggyback off that last part:] Doctor Strange is familiar with the effects of lyrium on us, as I believe most if not all of us already know by now. He's someone you can trust to go to regarding symptoms of withdrawal or long-term use.

[thereneverwas]

[One voice, conspicuously absent, holds itself silent out of something caught between paralysis and shame. Let the adults talk.]