CRYSTALS | Open

[aestivation]

FORM: crystal
SENDER: ya boy
RECIPIENT: all of you
WHAT: is your sending crystal running you better go catch it
WHEN: vaguely Post-Island
WHERE: kirkwall
NOTES: i'm cool with transitioning this into a mini-log if anyone actually wants to go look!

A sending crystal is missing from the storerooms.

[ the inflection's shallow, and oddly-placed — as though someone speaking across a great, flat distance. ]

The assignment records were last updated three days ago; they don't account for its absence. I've completed a search of the Gallows towers, excluding restricted and residential areas.

[ not for lack of trying. no one spoke of privacy before the rebellion. ]

I’d ask your escort through these, or barring this, that you keep an eye open within any shared living quarters and workspaces. If you've information to contribute, please inform Casimir Lyov, in Research.

I am, [ a pause. ] distinctive.

Comments

[circleprodigy]

[The inflection is familiar to Inessa; she's lived around Tranquil all her life.]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Even one unaccounted for can lead to grave consequences. [Didn't she just speak to Carver about this? Sigh.]

I am Warden Inessa Serra, leader of the Rifts and the Veil project. You're welcome to stop by my office, whenever you like. It's located on the third floor of the main tower.

...if you hear a mabari, you're heading in the right direction.

[aestivation]

I haven't often heard one. [ templars keep dogs, upon occasion; that particular breed more difficult to come by than most, even so close to the imperium's borders. ] Is the sound distinct?

[circleprodigy]

I'll let you decide that for yourself. Garahel?

[Her mabari perks up and barks. Fortunately, his muzzle isn't right next to the sending crystal.]

[aestivation]

[ a pause, ]

Deeper than a scenthound's. I'm told they're large?

[circleprodigy]

Yes, they're among the larger dog breeds. Knowing him, he'll be looking for you anyway. He loves making new friends.

[Good thing about Tranquil: whether or not they're dog people, she can trust them not to freak out.]

[aestivation]

[ there was a point his life that might have been alarming. dogs don't look for circle mages without cause — ]

Is it marked in any way?

[ as belonging to inessa. ]

[circleprodigy]

He sports a collar with a Grey Warden insignia.