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therookery2017-05-24 02:34 pm
degenere) wrote in therookery2017-05-24 02:34 pm
crystal || OPEN.
FORM: sending crystal
SENDER: Val de Foncé
RECIPIENT: E V E R Y O N E
WHAT: researchers, meet your new boss. everyone else, give Val a high five. applications for Research Secretary now being collected.
WHEN: right now
WHERE: your ears
Research, Inquisition. [Hail and well met my dudes Val is still Orlesian. Note the accent.] If this word does not thrill you as it does me, we have very little to speak of. In fact we may not have spoken at all. In Val Royeaux, at the University, I and my friends are well known for all of the research that we have contributed to the vast stores of knowledge that are contained within our much beloved and greatly venerated University.
And I am pleased now to inform you, Inquisition, that I have been made Head of Research for this very organization that we all name as our own. A very wise choice. There are so very few that possess my credentials, experience, and charm. It is my belief that we, as a division, shall far surpass the work of all other divisions. For our purpose is not only superior: it is clearer, too.
[In a more serious tone, now:] To those lucky enough to be working on research projects for the Inquisition, I am requesting that all work you have amassed on each topic be put into the fires and burned. [And a pause before, more cheerfully:] No! Do not do that. What I mean is, we start anew, together. But you must submit your work to me for a metaphorical burning. I shall burn it with my critique. I require at the very least a written proposal for the work you are conducting. If a project has begun, let us visit it together.
I shall also require a secretary. Chief duties for this position will be, of course, reading project proposals. Please, make an introduction and submit your credentials to me in my office forthwith. You need not be a member of our research efforts, but you must have a keen interest in reading terrible handwriting.
[And generally doing all the work but that part remains unsaid.]
And! To those that might contest my selection, I shall quote the translation of a rustic proverb found engraved upon the wall of Orzammar, taught to me by my very dear Baroness Frédérique: may a demon eat your arse.
SENDER: Val de Foncé
RECIPIENT: E V E R Y O N E
WHAT: researchers, meet your new boss. everyone else, give Val a high five. applications for Research Secretary now being collected.
WHEN: right now
WHERE: your ears
Research, Inquisition. [Hail and well met my dudes Val is still Orlesian. Note the accent.] If this word does not thrill you as it does me, we have very little to speak of. In fact we may not have spoken at all. In Val Royeaux, at the University, I and my friends are well known for all of the research that we have contributed to the vast stores of knowledge that are contained within our much beloved and greatly venerated University.
And I am pleased now to inform you, Inquisition, that I have been made Head of Research for this very organization that we all name as our own. A very wise choice. There are so very few that possess my credentials, experience, and charm. It is my belief that we, as a division, shall far surpass the work of all other divisions. For our purpose is not only superior: it is clearer, too.
[In a more serious tone, now:] To those lucky enough to be working on research projects for the Inquisition, I am requesting that all work you have amassed on each topic be put into the fires and burned. [And a pause before, more cheerfully:] No! Do not do that. What I mean is, we start anew, together. But you must submit your work to me for a metaphorical burning. I shall burn it with my critique. I require at the very least a written proposal for the work you are conducting. If a project has begun, let us visit it together.
I shall also require a secretary. Chief duties for this position will be, of course, reading project proposals. Please, make an introduction and submit your credentials to me in my office forthwith. You need not be a member of our research efforts, but you must have a keen interest in reading terrible handwriting.
[And generally doing all the work but that part remains unsaid.]
And! To those that might contest my selection, I shall quote the translation of a rustic proverb found engraved upon the wall of Orzammar, taught to me by my very dear Baroness Frédérique: may a demon eat your arse.
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[A quiet hum.]
Yes, I know. Which isn't very helpful in this situation.
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[And he would mind sharing, everyone keep their greasy hands to themselves!]
But there are certain markets where one might find such texts being sold. Is this your area of study, mademoiselle? For... some reason?
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[Kirkwall was a former Tevinter city, after all. Perhaps people had let a few gems go.]
Hmm - oh yes. I'm with the project to study Corphyeus, and as a Grey Warden, I'm quite interested in what Tevinter was doing to bring on the Blight.
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But I have had a thought.The great library in Kirkwall has stood for many years. Inferior, of course, to my own beloved library at the University, and often beset upon by strife, I would imagine, as Kirkwall herself has met some strife--but the benefit of the library's situation is that it is patronized mostly by Fereldans. And thus, we can conclude, little patronizing has actually gone on. Furthermore, librarians, as I have known them, are of one of two breeds. Either they are very neat and keep meticulous order, or they are very not.
Which means that we must check the cellars and storage rooms of the library for the texts that you seek.
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[There is a moment of pause, before an excited bubbling.]
Oh! Oh that is a brilliant idea! I don't know what sort of librarian was about before but I know if Viscount Bran is running them then now they are absolutely meticulous about everything. He's a very neat and tidy sort of fellow.
Oh, oh, I'll need to get a few people together then. It could take us weeks to go through all those volumes.
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[Not quite, but Val says it so very blithely that how could anyone (including Viscount Bran) disagree.]
And I did have a chance to note that our poor viscount is very busy. He assured me as such himself. So I suppose he might not have had time to examine every crate and chest Kirkwall's librarians might have--which, really, will prove to be to our benefit. If a man of great meticulousness examined the crates, he would surely have disposed of the texts that you seek.
If you muster up a team to do this seeking, I shall speak to the librarians straightaway, and we will begin the search.
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[She sounds extremely impressed, Val. She knows Bran and knows he's not a man easily swayed. You must be amazing!]
Oh yes, absolutely, I can go and reach out to people immediately over crystal! As soon as we have the time we should jump on this.
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Fantastic. Now, do you know my friend, Baroness Frédérique Durfort-Lacapalette? If you do not, you should make her acquaintance most immediately. The research you will be conducting and the books you will, with any luck, find, may be a great asset to her in her work.
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I have yet to make her acquaintance - but I believe she is the head of my project? I shall be delighted to let her review everything first. Is she a famous scholar like you?
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I shall make sure you are introduced.
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[A smile in her voice.]
Oh marvelous, thank you so much for your kindness.
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[and it's all here as a matter of public record but u know]
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[Which she does, even though she knows he can't see it.]