video | un: blackbirdtarot

[drewthetower]

WHO: August and the app
WHERE: The app
WHEN: Late November
WHAT: We Need To Organize
WARNINGS: August swears?

[The video opens up on August in the Cygnus office, mostly because his house is a mess of Pre-Christmas Christmas-ing and the office is not. Both of his ravens are perched nearby because at this point they just do that when the camera is on.]

Okay, now that we're all recovering from the bullshit of November and the dragon and the fuckin' yokai...I think we need to start, like, organizing shit. This last year has been so much chaos and bullshit and there's like, no...I don't know, lines of communication, designated safe havens, or anything for emergencies. Seriously, I think the biggest emergency signal we have is Shroud coming on the app.

[He won't out Jun but he has noticed a pattern and he does not like it.]

We've got that scanner or whatever POKEGO is working on for gates, but what're we gonna do with the gates and the isekais? What about if something like what happened with the yokai happens again? Or the whole deal in April? Or whatever happened in October? I dunno, I just think we need to start figuring something out--a first point of contact, save havens, something--and I think we need to start figuring it out now.

Comments

voice; un: silverrose

[fionnuisce]

I think that once Azalea's scanner is more readily available to the population at large, the next step would be to start gathering volunteers to assign into categories--combat, defense, healers, that kind of thing. That way we can start setting up a response system of sorts whether for smaller isekai labyrinths or responding more quickly to whatever shit happens with the next larger gates.

I'd say the Academy's been put through a good initial stress test as a safe haven, so for you and I specifically we should work towards a stock of emergency supplies and possibly that basement we were considering a while ago.

[drewthetower]

Absolutely the basement. We're gonna need to fundraise for all of that, though.

[fionnuisce]

Oh, definitely. I've got a couple methods to help with that, but nothing that'll be likely to fund a whole damn bunker on its own.

un: steadyflame; voice

[reignitions]

More safe havens wouldn't be a bad idea. I think it'd be for the best to have multiple across the city--I think I'd like to see about making Gen into one for the University District.

[drewthetower]

The soba place, right? How big is it?

[reignitions]

I'd consider it pretty decently big. Although, honestly, university district's probably a place that could benefit from multiple safe havens.

Now, ideally, I think we should have at least one in each major district. Might not be a bad idea to start poking around to see where we can have them established.

un: Inazuma; voice

[eiternity]

I would like to pledge my aid to whatever endeavor we begin.

I have experience working with technology. I would like to propose a network separate from Zodiac's.

[drewthetower]

Why? Why a network separate from Zodiac's, I mean. Yeah, we don't like them, but this is useful.

[eiternity]

Yes, but it is impossible for us to tell who is looking.

Furthermore, what if something should happen to Zodiac? We don't know what sort of infrastructure Zodiac uses; if the network were to go down, we would be in a difficult spot.

Un: Shroud | Text

[whiteshroud]

[Wow he feels called out]

It's not like that was my intention.

text

[drewthetower]

[HE MOSTLY MEANT TO POINT OUT THE PROBLEM NOT CALL YOU OUT sorry bud]

obviously, but it's starting to become a pattern and like

not the best pattern

[And then, telepathically:]

And I don't want you to be the constant bearer of bad news or crises or whatever. We just need levels of warning before we jump straight to Holy Knight Level.

[whiteshroud]

I suppose so.

I don't know the answer, but I'll do what I can to help.

[Look large scale strategizing is not his forte and he knows it

Telepathically:]

Right. I can't say I'd mind if we found another solution either. That last mission ended up being more high profile than to my liking.

voice; un: freelancer

[lapislazily]

[Now is the time to strategize on several fronts, it seems.]

A few safe havens set up throughout the city would not be a bad idea.

Cathedral Hill was one such place, was it not? The statue that resides there, as well as the one in front of Seven Star Mall—decorated as it might be—are blessed and will heal the wounds of those who touch them.

[drewthetower]

Oh, shit. That explains some things.

[Namely: why Venti was exhausted.]

I don't think we want to rely on the statues, but that makes Cathedral Hill and the mall safe, yeah?

Video: UN: hotgoss

[bebest]

She's still gotta be repaired,but I'm always happy for the Vogue to be a safe spot. She's big enough, and pretty close to the Undertown entrance. Buuuuut given what happened this month, we're gonna need some wards or something. Alejandro can only do so much y'know?

Maybe we need, like, a telephone tree or something.

[drewthetower]

[August blinks.]

A what?

voice | un: captainkenway

[jackdawvision]

If we need safe havens, I’ve got the Jackdaw. She’s being repaired at the moment but we can get her warded, and if we’re ever in a crisis we can load her up with people and get them away from the city for a time.

[drewthetower]

Not the worst option, honestly. We'd, uh, have to mind the octopus out there, but...

Video

[prunedworlds]

"I think... Maybe what we need most is for somebody to be in charge of things? I don't mean just giving everyone else orders or something, but someone who can organize things, let people know what needs to be done, and so on. Maybe a few people, since sometimes people here leave or forget about the app suddenly. But there's lots of really powerful people here, and a lot of smart people, too, so maybe it's just that a lot of the time people just do things on their own, and there's nobody everyone knows to report to or go to to get information.

"Even if you have the best state of the art technology and the most qualified people in the world, if there's no one organizing it not a lot would get done, right? Not compared to if everyone's working together efficiently."

She might be speaking from having seen in action the effect a good leader has on people...

[drewthetower]

[Hm.]

I mean, I'm...kinda asking the app as whole for opinions on where to start with that shit.

[Not that he wants to put himself forward as any kind of leader, he's just stressed about all the shit.]

Voice | UN: sardemon

[sardinelover]

Mhmhm, hi there. My name is Valvatorez; one of those isekai you spoke of. If there truly are so many of us, then I can't help but feel as though some sort of trend might be brewing. [You're a bit late for that, Val.] And if that is the case, it may be pertinent to craft some sort of pamphlet or brochure that those like myself may read. Explanations of key areas including safe zones, definitions for the various organizations and terminology used by the commonfolk here, local fishing spots, etc. That sort of thing.

Though I will fully admit that asking around and gathering information the old fashioned way was invigorating, if you expect us to perform like a well-oiled machine than we must make sure that everyone is on the same page as quickly and efficiently as possible.

[drewthetower]

Name's August, nice to meet you.

[Manners!]

Yeah, no, some sort of manual or something is absolutely something we need to get working on. I'm just the wrong person for most of that that, might need to see if POKEGO can help. I can get people a map and a list of stores that're cool with supernatural shit. That's it.

voice | un: livefromkaisou

[honestyandpluck]

While we’re all offering suggestions here, we should think about organizing all this into something more coherent so things don’t accidentally get confused in a crisis as chaotic as the last one.

[A beat.]

I volunteer my cousin. Her name’s Meredith, she’s just arrived, I can attest to her being incredibly organized.

[drewthetower]

Yeah that's the eventual plan. Is Meredith on the app?

Video; un: Opera_Ghost

[not_a_possum]

My plan for all these emergencies was just to get used to dying on a regular basis, but I think I like this organizing idea better.