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FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Sennara
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: N/A
Who here is bravest?
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07 November 2024 @ 06:41 pm
FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Sennara
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: N/A
Who here is bravest?
08 September 2024 @ 09:27 pm
FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Xiomara
RECIPIENT: Everybody
NOTES: Threadjacking approved and encouraged
Hey, if we cut an eluvian in half, will it still work? Because imagine. If we could strap one to a griffon, we could be anywhere, and only one person would have to do the traveling. Or we could strap one to the bottom of a griffon and fly low over a battlefield or a lake and people could jump through without the griffon even needing to land—
[ Or maybe that's just her personal paratrooper fantasy, parachute part PENDING, RESEARCH. ]
I think we could be thinking bigger here. Or smaller. But in a big way.
04 September 2024 @ 08:50 pm
FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Mobius
RECIPIENT: Generally all y'all
Just a reminder that any relevant books, documents, scrolls, tomes, diaries, glyphs, runes, letters, posters, maps, scribbles on the backs of napkins, and other stuff that has any importance to further our cause found in all of our eluvian ports of call should be brought to my attention. Bit of record keeping on my end, and then shuffled off to whoever it needs to go to. Or, if it isn't a matter of great import, I can give it back to you, after, for whatever you want.
If anyone else donates their entire life's worth of love letters to us again, do me a favor and shoot me full of arrows first.
If you're unsure of relevance, you can still bring it up to me to take a look at, but hopefully its use will jump out at you instead. Preferably you can leave them in the archivist's office, but I can be found in the library a good bit of time, too.
[There's a pause, like this is where he was going to end it, but then there's a little shuffle and his voice seems closer.]
Also, come to think of it, it might be nice to know who's fluent in what languages around here for translation's sake, if we need it.
06 August 2024 @ 06:00 pm
FORM: Sending crystal + blank questionnaire available at the infirmary
SENDER: Stephen Strange
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: The form is below! Submit your character’s response as a reply to that sub-thread, and this will also be linked from the Riftwatch orientation & infirmary wiki pages for posterity, so you can edit/submit a new one if details change. Your character does not have to take this super seriously. Strange might just come nag if they don’t.
What with the new faces recently, I’ve been working on the medical curriculum and refreshing the infirmary’s recordkeeping. It’s high time to establish some better-kept patient files.
To that end, we’ve provided a written questionnaire at the infirmary — thank you to Amsel for her neat penmanship — and I’d appreciate it if you could fill out a form for yourself and drop it off. The records will only be referenced by healers in the course of their duties, and otherwise locked away; your personal details will remain private. Having as much information as possible will only help the healers take care of you properly.
If you don’t read Trade or otherwise require assistance filling out the form, say as such and we can have someone sit with you. Any other questions, let me know.
— but also, fill it out.
18 July 2024 @ 12:43 pm
FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Ness Tavane (![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tadfool)
RECIPIENT: Errbody
[ the sending crystal comes on, and a feminine voice clears their throat; she is clearly entirely new to this, and perhaps to public speaking in general, but she wants to make a good impression!! ]
Hello, Riftwatch. My name is Ennaris Tavane, I'm a recent arrival to your organization. If Ennaris is a mouthful, Ness will also do! I wanted to introduce myself, and I also have a request, should anyone be willing to assist me.
I've joined the Diplomacy division [ cuz damn do y'all seem to be the most in need of bodies ] and am eager to get my feet beneath me as far as work there goes. I can read and write with proficiency, and am an excellent note taker, should those skills be of use to anyone. I... can scribe, [ said with all the enthusiasm of someone admitting to being physically capable of mucking out the stables, yes, but— ] though my real skill lies in research and compilation of disparate sources of information. I'm happy to offer my assistance to anyone who needs it while I suss out what jobs need doing and where my skills would best be applied.
As for my request, I was hoping there might be someone—or even multiple someones—who would be willing to tutor me in history. I have several gaps in my knowledge, and would prefer to fill them in as quickly as possible. Please feel free to reply back to me here, on the crystal, or to get with me privately if you're interested. We can discuss compensation, though I admit I've not got a terribly deep purse at the moment.
Erm. Thank you for your attention. Have a good day? Binder's knots, feels like I'm talking to air...
12 July 2024 @ 07:18 pm
FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Byerly
RECIPIENT: Everyone, unfortunately
NOTES: Make your fursona
If your soul were to take the form of an animal, what form do you think it would take?
You can answer on behalf of your friends, if those friends are killjoys who won't answer for themselves.
05 June 2024 @ 08:05 pm
FORM: Sending crystals
SENDER: Siegfried Farnon
RECIPIENT: Riftwatch broadly
NOTES: Some mention of mild animal injury. Feel free to go for action if you'd rather catch him in person somewhere around the Gallows
Good day, Riftwatch. For those of you I've not had a chance to speak with at length, this is Siegfried Farnon. I've followed up with many of you following the attack, but I wanted to make clear that if any animals you interact with seem to be behaving unusually, I'd appreciate you contacting me. Eating more or less than usual, lethargy, seeming fear of things they formerly didn't fear. Anything at all. Mounts of all sorts especially. I'm doing my best to make the rounds regularly, but anyone an animal has bonded to may be quicker to notice something out of the ordinary that isn't blatantly obvious. And while we've dealt with the evident injuries, this sort of incident can have longer term effects sometimes, as I'm sure you all know when it comes to people.
On a less critical note, if anyone has a line on a reliable way to secure pipe tobacco these days, I would be deeply gratified to know your source.
30 May 2024 @ 12:08 pm
FORM: crystal
SENDER: Benedict "Fantasy HR" Artemaeus
RECIPIENT: everyone in Riftwatch
NOTES: I definitely did not steal the second part from mj, who technically offered it freely but I reserve the right to pretend I plagiarized her
[An identifiably posh voice clears its throat and speaks over the crystals:]
Good morning, Riftwatch. This is Benedict.
With everything that's happened, and morale being understandably low, I thought we might, um, turn our minds to picking ourselves up.
I have two questions for you all: first, and more simply, would you find it worthwhile to have some scheduled leisure time, either to use freely or to spend with food and drink on the beach, as we did several years ago?
Second, what are some of the gaps in our personnel-- of what specialties, skillsets, and the sort are we in dire need? What does your ideal recruit look like, and have you any ideas of where they might be found?
If you prefer not to answer over crystal, you're welcome to come by the Personnel office in the Central [only] tower, or leave me a note.
[a loud sigh coincides with the crystal turning off, as though all the tension he has been holding in his entire body is suddenly rushing out with the conclusion of the message. public speaking is hard]
30 March 2024 @ 11:01 pm
FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Yseult, Ellie, Lazar, Xiomara
RECIPIENT: All members of Riftwatch
DATE: Cloudreach 1
NOTES: This will contain a combination of crystal messages and some action between and from a team in the field in Minrathous.
[ If the Scoutmaster's voice wasn't already familiar to most of Riftwatch, it should be after this week: ]
This is Yseult, in Minrathous. Each of my team, repeat what you just told me on the open channel. You should all hear, and Kirkwall as well in case we're caught up.
30 March 2024 @ 03:13 pm
FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Marcus Rowntree
RECIPIENT: All
NOTES: Taking place the day before mod plot drops, ICly
[ What is this? A lull? No emergencies? Perfect.
Understandable, maybe, to brace oneself for the opposite, given Marcus very rarely makes announcements on this thing and he's already done it like twice in one week, but nevertheless; ]
The Gallows tavern will be open for general use tomorrow, if inventory arrives as scheduled.
[ Translation: it will be a tavern instead of a random building, once properly stocked with ale and liquor. ]
And it requires a name. Reply with your suggestions and we'll entertain those that seem most well liked.
[ Who is 'we'? Who can say. ]
There will also [ he isn't actually reading from anything, that's just his voice ] be a regularly scheduled card game every Thursday, arranged by Bastien and myself. We'll alternate each week between our own tavern and locales in Kirkwall, and make note of it on the bulletin board where you can sign your name.
[ Rather than remind everyone they will have to be normal if they choose the Kirkwall game times, he ends it there. Go forth. ]