open | cloudreach

[hassaran]

WHO: Yseult + others to come
WHAT: A catch-all for open prompts and maybe some closed starters
WHEN: Roughly now-ish, or backdated throughout April
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: If you'd like something in particular ping me on plurk/discord to discuss!

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closed | madame de cedoux

[hassaran]

[ An invitation has been extended and accepted, tea prepared and served, small talk politely made and minor matters of crypotographical business covered. Second cups of tea remain at least half full, and there is still plenty of a surprisingly delicate lemon-lavender cake uneaten. Yseult maneuvers a bite of the latter onto the tines of her fork and leaves it waiting there just long enough to inquire, plainly: ]

There are a great many new rifters of late. Do you find it strange, having been here so much longer?

[ipseite]

( it is not unusual for petrana to be asked her thoughts on this or that with regard to rifters; what is unusual, in recent weeks, is the simple fact that occasionally she actually has an answer rather than demurring either of reasons of politeness or simply lacking anything to say on the matter. )

For the most, ( she says, in what she considers to be frank and what marcus rowntree would describe as what he has slowly realized petrana thinks is frank, ) others have come and gone and since my resignation from Ambassador Rutyer's current post it has not been my direct concern.

( problem. she means the rifters haven't been her problem, distinct from the time where they all were and it did her head in. )

But I have been surprised to find the population — overall less of one. I must admit, it has been some time since I have been made forcibly aware of rifters. A few more recent arrivals show promise.

[hassaran]

[ The lift of one brow is only a mild show of interest, a gentle encouragment to continue. ]

I would be interested to hear your opinion of them. I've had little opportunity to meet our newest members; few join the Scouting division. [ And why else would she talk to anyone in Riftwatch? ]

[ipseite]

( petrana's expression is wry, over her teacup. )

I cannot speak much to specifics; I am perfectly satisfied to consider that they do not squawk endlessly nor fall over themselves to cause diplomatic incidents promising. It is certainly a departure from our history.

( and she doesn't actually have to talk to many rifters to observe that; it is the absence that she finds noteworthy, and worth considering that it might mean some of them will be useful as they adapt and not merely 'not problems'. )

But I spoke with the new witch, Madame Maximoff, shortly after her arrival; she seemed eager to adapt to her new circumstance, to understand the context in which she found herself. And I have become acquainted, since the dreaming we shared, with Mssr Holden, who I would consider to be a stout-hearted hard-worker that might be relied upon, if —

( a tilt of her hand. )

We do not lack for idealists. He has a streak of pragmatism that will serve him and Riftwatch both well, I think.