leadership council: a meeting of the minds

[thereneverwas]

WHO: everyone on this list
WHAT: *~*leadership council*~*
WHEN: Firstfall
WHERE: in the Peace Room because the War Room seems dramatic
NOTES: let's keep it quick and spammy so it moves along. one thread please, unless people break off, and in no particular turn order.

[This isn't the first meeting Barrow has arranged, and it carries all his usual hallmarks: a plate of cookies, a decanter of decent whiskey. Creature comforts for uncomfortable conversations. It's bound to be at least slightly less awkward than the one he held with Flint and Rowntree, in part because there are people here who actually know how to talk like human beings, but otherwise Maker only knows what one can expect.]

So, [he clears his throat after everyone's settled in,] here we are. Had some news from over in Scouting, thought it useful to share.

[He nods amiably at Bastien. The floor is yours.]

Comments

[cozen]

[ For a moment Bastien doesn't stop chewing and contemplating the remaining half of his cookie for long enough to let the silence verge on awkward before he glances around the room and realizes Scouting is, in the current absence of any co-conspirators, just him.

(He had not forgotten. But he doesn't for one moment intend to let anyone else forget that he is cheerfully unambitious and nobody's boss.) ]

Right, [ on the tail end of gulping down his mouthful. ] Andor. He picked up some information. Corypheus is doing something in the Anderfels this month, or around there. It sounds like a small contingent for something secretive. We might be able to spot them from the air out there, with all the trees dead, non? We should at least try to find out what they are up to, but if his entourage is small enough it could also be an opportunity.

[thereneverwas]

[Raising his eyebrows, Barrow nods and glances around. see? good shit]

[uniform]

Looks like there's some mention of the Grey Wardens in the report Andor handed in.

[ steve's reading the report as quickly as he can (pretty quickly) before looking up to offer it to anyone else who wants to read it. ]

Something about a cauldron, and Warden secrets there. Timeline's rough, he could be heading there tomorrow or two weeks from now. We've got a couple Wardens, right? Could they know anything about this cauldron?

[bouchonne]

It's possible, but far from guaranteed.

[ He reaches over to break off a chunk of Bastien's cookie, which he nibbles from his position braced against the wall. He hasn't sat the entire time he's been in here - possibly anxious that if he does, he might not be able to get away quick enough if someone threatens him with responsibilities. ]

They're a secretive bunch. Which is, of course, fine, because it's not as though we depend upon their knowledge for our continued survival or anything of the sort, and there's never been any threat that they'll be wiped out.

[portalling]

[ Seated next to Captain Rogers — MCU gotta represent — the doctor accepts the report from him, and reads it over more thoroughly while the others talk. It speaks of some unspecified activity on the Tevinter-Anderfels border, supplies sent from Val Dorma up into the mountains. Hm. He’s not in Scouting, but: ]

Griffon-riders via the Hunterhorns lodge to scope it out, see what we can see? And then the Hossberg eluvian is near enough to this location, if we decide it’s worth sending a proper sortie.

[youwonscience]

In fairness, several of our Wardens are brand new. Which makes them unknown quantities, yeah, but also maybe they want to impress us with how helpful they can be?

[A girl can hope.]

But yeah, I think some scouting seems reasonable, if we think it's not too much of a risk. I don't love the idea of sending a team in fully blind, even if we do get some Warden background.

[thereneverwas]

Aye, stands to reason. Not enough of us to justify a full deployment until we're sure. How many griffon riders have we still got?

[elegiaque]

( reading over stephen’s shoulder, )

Not enough to call it a full deployment if we wanted to, but I can take my dracolisk, as well.

[uniform]

You're Captain of the Watch, right? [ to gwenaëlle, and, upon her confirmation, ] How do you feel about leading a Warden and a griffon rider on a recon mission? No contact, just gathering intel and coming back. We don't want the magister to know we're onto him.

[ sorry everyone, steve is used to being in charge, it's kind of his thing. ]

[elegiaque]

( stealth isn’t exactly her specialty on the ground, but from above— )

I can do that. Three of us but two mounts, preferably. ( fewer chances to be spotted. )