crystal

[thereneverwas]

FORM: crystal
SENDER: Barrow
RECIPIENT: Riftwatch at large
NOTES: Warning for addiction & medical chat, will update for anything else.

Good morning, Riftwatch.

[Barrow is all business, perhaps in an effort to bulldoze through what’s otherwise an uncomfortable topic:]

Just wanted to give you all fair warning that I’ll be out of commission for an… unknown duration of time— short hopefully— as I work my way off lyrium.

If you have need of anything to do with the training yard or the siege weaponry, you can speak to Jayce Talis in my stead. And I suppose if… you have any logistical questions, you can ask the head healer, Stephen Strange.

[he falls silent a moment, awkwardly unsure if more needs saying, then:]

Um. That’s all.

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[thereneverwas]

You’re just worried I’m going to steal him.

[cozen]

That's true. I'm terrified.

[ They are so far off the subject it is no longer visible on the horizon. But maybe it's good to give Barrow other things to think and talk about in the midst of it all. ]

[bouchonne]

Don't sound sarcastic. I'd absolutely leave you for Barrow. Have you seen him?

[thereneverwas]

You're getting me cigarettes, too. Perhaps it's time I swept you off your feet.

[anything but thinking about the topic at hand]

[cozen]

[ Breezily: ] My revenge will be swift and devastating.

[bouchonne]

This is getting better and better!

[thereneverwas]

[loudly, obliviously,] What’s your fav’rite flower, Byerly?

[cozen]

[ “Helpfully:” ]

Petunias.

[thereneverwas]

I asked the lady.

[cozen]

[ His imitation of Byerly’s voice would be nearly indistinguishable, if not for the gentle mangling of his accent. ]

Petunias.

[bouchonne]

I don’t sound like that!

[thereneverwas]

It's like there's two of you.

[cozen]

Our problem is solved! You can take the other one.

[bouchonne]

[ In a stage whisper - ]

Bastien, you’re the other one.

[thereneverwas]

Hm. Foiled again.

[cozen]

[ He huffs, and speaks over Barrow for, ]

I'm not married enough to be Barrow's type.

[bouchonne]

That’s true. I fill that requirement.