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[youwonscience]

FORM: Sending crystal plus (see notes).
SENDER: Cosima
RECIPIENT: Rifters (others opt-in)
NOTES: Catch-all for threads about amputation (so content warning for that being discussed, though I don't expect anything too bloody). Happy to match prose or brackets, as ever. See further notes under the cut.

Cosima wouldn't flatter herself she knows everyone in Riftwatch well, but she's been here a long time and she's been leading a division for a respectable bit of that now. She has names and faces for everyone, and at least a vibe on most of the people she doesn't know well. That makes this slightly easier, but only slightly.

The entire point of seeking people out one-on-one is that making an official announcement will give the discussion she wants to have too much official weight. But that does mean tracking everyone down individually (though at least Research members who aren't in the field will come to her for their normal check-ins, if nothing else). Still. She's put this off too long, and it's not going to get any simpler if she continues to procrastinate.

If she hasn't gotten to you yet, you may notice her walking through the Gallows with a bit of extra purpose. Nothing seems to be immediately on fire, at least.


[OOC: Choose your own adventure with this very un-formatted flow chart:

1.) RIFTERS who want a thread: Good news, Cosima is tracking down every one of you to talk about amputation and anchor shards! She'd lean in person, but OOCly if you'd rather a network thread, we can just handwave that your character is out on an assignment and do it by sending crystal instead.

2.) RIFTERS who don't want a thread right now: You can assume Cosima tracked you down (unless you took truly extraordinary measures to avoid her). We can either handwave or talk OOCly about it, as you like.

3.) NATIVES with anchor shards: If you want to chat too, Cosima's not hunting you down but wouldn't avoid a conversation if you clocked what she's up to and want one.

4.) NATIVES without anchor shards: Look, if you want to talk about anchor shards for some reason, hmu. (Otherwise her inbox is open.)

For all of the above, just jump in if you'd like. If you'd like me to write a more customized starter, reach out on plurk or discord and I'll take care of you.]

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[youwonscience]

"Hey," she says with a smile. "Yeah, take a seat."

The office is, finally, more or less back to the organized if mildly chaotic state it had been in before the Venatori attack on the Gallows. Since this meeting was scheduled, Clarisse doesn't even have to move anything off of the chair across from the one where Cosima is perched with a mug of tea. She gestures to the pot, decorated with a humble but effective-enough tea cosy, an extra mug nearby. "Help yourself if you want any tea. It should still be decently warm."

As Clarisse settles in, Cosima says, "OK, to be direct. I wanted to talk about our anchor shards. I know I've been canny ever since Wysteria came out with her findings, and it's occurred to me that ... I was trying not to put my thumb on the scale, but I accidentally may have made things uncomfortable or made people wary to want to talk about it." So. Talking about it, presumably.

[laruetheday]

Clarisse slides into the chair across and reaches for the teapot, but pauses, squinting, before she pours anything.

"Wary to talk about it?" Well, yeah, to be fair, she hasn't really heard anything about the anchor shards since Wysteria and Abby had that big blowup over the crystals, and that feels like it was forever ago. Shrugging, and finally pouring herself some tea, she adds, "Because... the arm thing?"

It's not hard to connect the dots here. She sees where this is going, but she is going to make Cosima lay it out there.