[ Half a minute later, slightly curlier script than usual appears— ]
Dear Mme Wysteria Po de Fonce
It is my fondest wish that you are keeping well on this day of fantasy Tuesday. The weather here is positively ghastly. My word how deeply I envy your underground adventures among such thrilling company as those who know what a clock is, all the better to measure your time away in agonizing increments. But what ho, there is a new guy! Newly arrive-ed through a rift, and guy in that he is of a masculine persuasion. I hope this has been a greatly illuminating
Is there something particularly fascinating about this new Rifter of masculine persuasion, or are you just telling me for the sake of completion?
There may still be copies of Mr. Fitz and I's survey in Felandaris if you should wish to submit him to it on my behalf, though candidly I will tell you that I've stopped collecting them. The results had long since stopped being particularly interesting.
Unrelated to aforementioned Guy: have you and Enchanter Smythe ever argued?
[ The first thing he does is cross out the words 'if you wish to submit him to it on my behalf', as his only indication of how he vibes with ever doing Felandaris survey paperwork again. ]
Dearest Madame de Fonce
Grand Enchanter Smythe and I have had our trifling disagreements, but have yet to experience a true lovers' quarrel. I am positive we are overdue one; she is very annoying. (I kid! Heavens do not tell her I said that lest she take it as a true expression of my feelings.)
Why do you ask? Guy information pending further explanation.
I ask as a certain Orlesian gentleman has come to visit me, and I am going to put my shoe down his throat if I don't soon find some alternative other than wearing my laces very tight and doing the knots twice over. And I would prefer to preserve the shoe. Literally and metaphorically.
But clearly you are no help to me. I am disgusted by your romantic bliss.
I have decided not to take great offense at the implication that my romantic bliss with Grand Enchanter Smythe represents the fullness of my intimacies with the fairer sex. Forsooth I have had many more but to be fair, it is basically exclusively I on the receiving end of the shoe-throwing. But do hit me up if such a perspective might grant you comfort in your trying time. (But aren't you into that?)
As for the guy, he is Viktor (with a K) from another world. An engineer, with markedly similar experiences in the construction of machinery that weds together arcane magics and technology. My impulse is to test his usefulness, but in so doing I may reveal to him the intricacies of
blah blah I want to show him a reactor. Is that crazy?
Sincerely and eternally Tony Stark, P.h.D Provost of the Research Division Former CEO of Stark Industries Former leader of the Avengers Iron Man
(You must promise me that if you're to ever have children or adopt an animal that you won't name them 'Baby' or 'Dog'.)
I see nothing wrong with showing Viktor with a K a reactor. What harm is there in it? Unless we imagine he will go running off to the Venatori, but surely one of your fellow Division Heads have already planned to assassinate us or cause the crystals of runaways to detonate on command or some other cautionary measure in such a circumstance.
What seems to me far more likely than that is the possibility that this Guy will disappear as Rifters are wont to do, and it would be a shame to waste time on paranoia when we might instead be using it to leverage what he might know.
Most Respectfully, Etc.
PS. I am not "into" that!
PPS. I'm sure you were once highly rakish and debonair.
PPPS. Why hasn't Mister Ellis foisted a menagerie on you? It is grossly unfair of him to give me charge of every animal he sees and feels any modicum of affection for. Tell him that he's to have you keep his next cow or horse or whatever it might be.
PPPPS. Speaking of, please tell him also that Ruadh is doing well.
PS. You married the wrong Orlesian gentleman if you were not into that and I hope it is not too forward of me to say.
PPS. Thank you for your compliments to warm my ever dwindling twilight years.
PPPS. We would have to trade. Do you know often I have to feed, walk, and water Mister Ellis while you're away?
PPPPS. I did not name myself Iron Man. Gauche though it is to admit, I would remind you that the newspapers and presses bestowed upon me my present moniker. It was mere coincident that fate would have them strike upon something rad as hell.
[Looks hilarious in curly cue fantasy!regency font.]
Did this Viktor given any examples of the sorts of work he's done? Is he a mage? Could he enchant things?
I'm trying very hard to find and convince an lyrium Enchanter to come back to Kirkwall with me. Even if it were temporary, I have my suspicions that there may be some ability on the part of Rifters to safely learn the craft.
[ First, he crosses out 'Rifters', and writes underneath: Tony Stark. Then, wigglier underlines under 'suspicions' and 'may' and 'some'. ]
Gecko has just the two eyes he began with no thanks to some people I could mention (unless he has a secret other eye he's hiding from us all) nice choice, by the way. I think I am gonna make it a rule that unhinged experimentations can only be conducted on people with 4-5 months under their belt.
this Viktor worked on magic-tech from his own world using something that behaves like lyrium. infrastructure, teleportation, stuff like that. big scale but used to big resources too.
['Unhinged' earns a rigorous strike through though no aghast remark, so she can't actually be offended.]
That's good. He will likely be more motivated to sort out the matter of working with lyrium and enchantments then if he's not used to dealing with the arcane in some otherwise more innate fashion. & perhaps he will have some suggestions regarding how to upscale our production, and garnering support from misc. benefactor and so on and so forth.
Is there something to your concern over showing him a reactor that doesn't involve running off and giving the information to the nearest Venatori?
people don't have to be Venatori to make a good thing bad. if he groks what he's looking at he will want to know how it works. if he knows how it works it's replicable.
and then someone else is just walking around with that.
[This conversation isn't occurring face to face. But if it were, Tony would be treated to a look so deeply baffled and unimpressed that it might risk sticking there permanently.]
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Dear Mme Wysteria
Pode FonceIt is my fondest wish that you are keeping well on this day of fantasy Tuesday. The weather here is positively ghastly. My word how deeply I envy your underground adventures among such thrilling company as those who know what a clock is, all the better to measure your time away in agonizing increments. But what ho, there is a new guy! Newly arrive-ed through a rift, and guy in that he is of a masculine persuasion. I hope this has been a greatly illuminating
is this good or should I do it normal
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Please, continue.
Is there something particularly fascinating about this new Rifter of masculine persuasion, or are you just telling me for the sake of completion?
There may still be copies of Mr. Fitz and I's survey in Felandaris if you should wish to submit him to it on my behalf, though candidly I will tell you that I've stopped collecting them. The results had long since stopped being particularly interesting.
Unrelated to aforementioned Guy: have you and Enchanter Smythe ever argued?
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Dearest Madame de Fonce
Grand Enchanter Smythe and I have had our trifling disagreements, but have yet to experience a true lovers' quarrel. I am positive we are overdue one; she is very annoying. (I kid! Heavens do not tell her I said that lest she take it as a true expression of my feelings.)
Why do you ask? Guy information pending further explanation.
YOURS FAITHFULLY
Provost Stark
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I ask as a certain Orlesian gentleman has come to visit me, and I am going to put my shoe down his throat if I don't soon find some alternative other than wearing my laces very tight and doing the knots twice over. And I would prefer to preserve the shoe. Literally and metaphorically.
But clearly you are no help to me. I am disgusted by your romantic bliss.
Pray, recount the Guy.
Warmest Regards,
Madame W. de Foncé
Research Division
Project Felandaris
Former Assistant to the Seneschal
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I have decided not to take great offense at the implication that my romantic bliss with Grand Enchanter Smythe represents the fullness of my intimacies with the fairer sex. Forsooth I have had many more but to be fair, it is basically exclusively I on the receiving end of the shoe-throwing. But do hit me up if such a perspective might grant you comfort in your trying time. (But aren't you into that?)
As for the guy, he is Viktor (with a K) from another world. An engineer, with markedly similar experiences in the construction of machinery that weds together arcane magics and technology. My impulse is to test his usefulness, but in so doing I may reveal to him the intricacies of
blah blah I want to show him a reactor. Is that crazy?
Sincerely and eternally
Tony Stark, P.h.D
Provost of the Research Division
Former CEO of Stark Industries
Former leader of the Avengers
Iron Man
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(You must promise me that if you're to ever have children or adopt an animal that you won't name them 'Baby' or 'Dog'.)
I see nothing wrong with showing Viktor with a K a reactor. What harm is there in it? Unless we imagine he will go running off to the Venatori, but surely one of your fellow Division Heads have already planned to assassinate us or cause the crystals of runaways to detonate on command or some other cautionary measure in such a circumstance.
What seems to me far more likely than that is the possibility that this Guy will disappear as Rifters are wont to do, and it would be a shame to waste time on paranoia when we might instead be using it to leverage what he might know.
Most Respectfully,
Etc.
PS. I am not "into" that!
PPS. I'm sure you were once highly rakish and debonair.
PPPS. Why hasn't Mister Ellis foisted a menagerie on you? It is grossly unfair of him to give me charge of every animal he sees and feels any modicum of affection for. Tell him that he's to have you keep his next cow or horse or whatever it might be.
PPPPS. Speaking of, please tell him also that Ruadh is doing well.
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Ok great.
Egregiously
Tony Stark etc.
PS. You married the wrong Orlesian gentleman if you were not into that and I hope it is not too forward of me to say.
PPS. Thank you for your compliments to warm my ever dwindling twilight years.
PPPS. We would have to trade. Do you know often I have to feed, walk, and water Mister Ellis while you're away?
PPPPS. I did not name myself Iron Man. Gauche though it is to admit, I would remind you that the newspapers and presses bestowed upon me my present moniker. It was mere coincident that fate would have them strike upon something rad as hell.
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[Looks hilarious in curly cue fantasy!regency font.]
Did this Viktor given any examples of the sorts of work he's done? Is he a mage? Could he enchant things?
I'm trying very hard to find and convince an lyrium Enchanter to come back to Kirkwall with me. Even if it were temporary, I have my suspicions that there may be some ability on the part of Rifters to safely learn the craft.
(Does Mister Gecko still have his eyes?)
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Gecko has just the two eyes he began with no thanks to some people I could mention (unless he has a secret other eye he's hiding from us all)
nice choice, by the way. I think I am gonna make it a rule that unhinged experimentations can only be conducted on people with 4-5 months under their belt.
this Viktor worked on magic-tech from his own world using something that behaves like lyrium. infrastructure, teleportation, stuff like that. big scale but used to big resources too.
& no he didn't give me mage vibes
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That's good. He will likely be more motivated to sort out the matter of working with lyrium and enchantments then if he's not used to dealing with the arcane in some otherwise more innate fashion. & perhaps he will have some suggestions regarding how to upscale our production, and garnering support from misc. benefactor and so on and so forth.
Is there something to your concern over showing him a reactor that doesn't involve running off and giving the information to the nearest Venatori?
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and then someone else is just walking around with that.
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[Maybe it's a prim little joke. Who can say; text makes that bit difficult to parse.]
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I toss and turn every night in fear of what you will someday do with this knowledge but I've long since made my peace
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Perhaps you might first give him a little test or two and see how he fares. It's possible he isn't as accomplished as he says he is.
[Not that she would know anything about overinflating one's resume upon finding herself in a strange world where no one could fact check her.]
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also strict no weapons policy
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What an incredibly specific policy.
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some people get squeamish
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Well so long as he doesn't interfere with any of my work I suppose Viktor may be as squeamish as he pleases.
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I thought this was good news
e.g. you're still cornering the market
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Yes, thoroughly.
Naturally, I'm only hoping to retain our particularly harmonious atmosphere in the Gallows workrooms.
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it's been pretty peaceful since you left??? ? ? ?
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