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FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Kieran
RECIPIENT: All
NOTES: tbd
Good evening! I apologize for the late hour -
[ (all this in a pleasant Fereldan accent belonging to a young man, speaking like he's giving his excuses for being late to tea) ]
- but I'm trying to find the ferry. Am I too late for it?
[ You might be asking yourself: Who is this? How did he get hold of a crystal? Are there more members of Riftwatch who've been magically erased from the world?
Probably it's fine, though. Right? ]
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Is that who I think it is?
( if it’s not, she hasn’t handed a stranger an easy lie. and if it is,
maker, she could do with some good news. )
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Gwenaëlle! [ Surprise and delight mingle. ] You still work for Riftwatch?
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If anything, more than I did then. ( sometimes you join forces because your bitch aunt probably won’t send you to die if you do, and then you end up captain of the gallows watch and routinely in the field. just gwenaëlle things. )
If the ferryman’s finished, I can come across and get you as long as you haven’t developed a fear of heights— do you need somewhere for the night?
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[ Lightly, a clear joke - but also true. ]
If there are no other ways across, I'll be grateful for your assistance - but I don't want to bring you out from home so late.
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( and small yngvi doesn’t regard anything that doesn’t directly concern small yngvi an emergency. )
Were we expecting you? ( seems like no, but she’s been scattered since sarrux— maybe she missed a letter— )
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[ He might live to regret that, if the wind keeps blowing cold off the water, but... ]
Not exactly. I'd hoped to send a letter in advance, but I didn't have a chance whilst I was in Nevarra.
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( bringing back tattooed feet, a novelty skull and family trauma as souvenirs, but who’s counting, )
And in my official capacity— I’m going to assume I know how you got that crystal, but please surrender it when you get across the ferry and you can get your own issued properly. I’m guessing you haven’t come to sightsee the Gallows.
( they kept him in hightown for a reason. )
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[ Comparatively, at least. ]
You do, and I hope you'll understand if I return it to its proper owner rather than surrender it.
[ And with a sort of smile in his voice - ]
I've never much liked the idea of the Gallows. I've come for work, not pleasure.
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( and probably she wasn’t meant to have kept it when she left. gwenaëlle is inclined to think that morrigan is perfect and brilliant and can do whatever she wants (and, more pragmatically, that it’s useful for an eluvian expert they already have a relationship with to have an easy method of contacting them), but she’s not unaware that most of the people weighing that won’t have worked with her. )
But we’re going to have plenty of work for you, Maker knows.
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[ Or send the crystal away before it can be retaken. Who knows. ]
I had gotten that sense, on my travels. What have you been working on lately?
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I’m still doing some coordination for a safehouse we’re expecting to have secured in Nevarra once Nevarra City’s properly accessible, among other things. We’ve been expanding our reach, so, you know, expanding our challenges while we’re at it.
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You aren't fond of Hightown?
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[ Sarcasm, though his voice doesn't really indicate as much. ]
I'll keep that in mind, but I'll need to know who to ask for.
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I'm Kieran. There might be others out there, but I'm afraid stories you hear might really be about me. If you do come across any rumors of my doings - I'd be grateful if you let me know.
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'Bout how tall would you say you are?
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How tall are you?
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I don't think you and I have met before, for what it's worth.
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Is your wife part of Riftwatch, too?
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[ is that fishing? not exactly. but it doesn't hurt to emphasize the outsider around a posh stranger. ]
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but Vega will complain anyways,)
Your timing is dreadful.
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— And we are dealing with a situation at present so yes, you are too late for the ferry, and you will have to wait until tomorrow. Or perhaps even the next day.
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It seems to be spreading.
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Hello, actual stranger. Yeah, you missed the ferry, but there are apartments near the docks where some of us are staying for now.
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[ There's some humor in there. ]
> private
[ Seems like he knows Gigi, so she assumes he'll catch a ride. ]
Private ♾️
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[ A pause, then: ] I'm the griffon keeper, but something's wrong. Nobody remembers me. Or any of the group I came back with. You know Gwenaëlle, right? Maybe you can convince her we're telling the truth.
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At first they held us in the dungeon assuming we were the world's shittiest Venatori spies, but now they're just keeping us at arm's length. Which is almost more annoying.
[ Anyway, welcome to Riftwatch. ]