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.

Comments

[elegiaque]

( possibly the most she’s said to barrow outside of professional necessity, maybe ever: )

Dr Strange has all of my notes and observations from Orlov’s detox. Between him and Rutherford, we have a reasonably good map of what you should expect and what you’ll need. Best of luck, Barrow. I think it’s a smart decision.

[bouchonne]

[ Warmly: ]

Good man. What do you need? Some creature comforts might distract you a bit from the process, though I won't go so far as to promise they'll help.

[thereneverwas]

Thanks, Captain. We’ll see.

[thereneverwas]

[A pause to think; then, hopefully,]

cigarettes?

[bouchonne]

Cigarettes I can do. Antivan or Nevarran tobacco?

[thereneverwas]

Ooh. Antivan.

[bouchonne]

A fine choice. I'd also offer you coffee, but I know that would just be replacing one addiction with another. And I've seen people who truly suffer from it. Bastien is a terrible cautionary tale.

[cozen]

I can quit any time I want.

[ Also, of secondary importance, ]

Good luck, Barrow.

[bouchonne]

I'm glad you don't. I know you'd leave me if I weren't so devilishly good at sourcing The Beans.

[armd]

What's coming off lyrium like?

[thereneverwas]

S’pose we’ll find out, won’t we?

[armd]

Shit. D'you want any company?

[thereneverwas]

[hastily,]

No—- no, that’s all right. Thank you.

[thereneverwas]

Thanks, mate.

…mates. [both of yas]

[armd]

(Yeah, fair enough.) Okay.

I can bring you stuff if you need it. Just lemme know.

[thereneverwas]

Sure. Thanks, mate.

[cozen]

Oh, is that what we're calling it now?

[cozen]

Only one of us can be your mate. You need to choose.

[thereneverwas]

Bollocks. [scoff]

Got mates for days.

[atonally]

[ Quitter. ]

[cozen]

Yeah, yeah, and that's fine. You can have as many as you want. You can have mates for weeks.

But of Byerly and me, you only get one. Everyone has to be either his friend or my friend. It is less confusing for us this way.

[laruetheday]

Why would you do that?

[thereneverwas]

Gonna have to sort that out between the two of you, I suppose.

[thereneverwas]

Well—

[she caught him a bit off-guard ok]

[thereneverwas]

[eat my shorts]