either you die a villain or you live long enough to see yourself calling warden meetings

[omniavincit]

HOWDY EVERYONE (wardens) (sorry inmates you can go back to trying to concoct poisonous toothpaste), I come bearing an update on everyone's favorite piece of longform nonfiction, VOLK'S LIST. William contacted the Navarch about it and received the following response.

He'll be calling (and sigh reluctantly attending) a warden meeting. THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON WATCHING THE INMATES DURING IT!! As far as meeting content: William would make a point of mentioning: everything pertaining to points 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7, and would encourage wardens to talk to the Navarch themselves, as well as ask their inmates about their experiences/what could be improved.

William will openly discuss a lot of this, but he's paranoid about some things and I'm a slow tagger, so if your char would be stalking the Navarch's inbox feel free to run with whatever strikes your fancy! It's all visible to wardens and there are a ton of hooks here, if it's something your char would be interested in, LIVE YOUR DREAMS (though please add a note here so everyone knows what's up/can plot with each other!).

Comments

[grindset]

Viktor's suggestion for the Infirmary panic button, should he become aware of it at any time: rig it up to alert every warden's CommLink the instant someone requests emergency access, both to keep everyone aware and to (ideally) discourage inmates from screwing around with it. (OOC it is also a way to piss off every warden at once and/or draw attention away from coordinated hijinks.)

He may also bring up—or more likely encourage Alice to bring up—the idea of contriving some shared purposes/objectives for the inmates when there's nothing else really going on (and wardens too, why exclude anyone). Something in the spirit of Chores But That's Boring And Belittling So Not Only Chores. He would not suggest stupid team building exercises but I might be suggesting stupid team building exercises. (He was going to raise this with William directly at some point.)

V would also volunteer to ditch this meeting and instead observe inmates. Look how responsible, so selfless, wow

[shiftedshape]

Loki would point out that if they're able to rig an alert, they could potentially set up a way for warden's to open the infirmary remotely as well. Maybe take advantage of the biotech and have the alert indicate which inmate's attempting access so wardens can decide whether to open it. (OOC: so wardens can fight about whether warden A letting inmate X into the infirmary was the right choice, wardens can fuck up and leave an inmate bleeding out because they don't trust them, etc...)

He'll also observe that on the previous ship, inmates who weren't interested in doing their assigned jobs just...didn't do them. And here a lot of chores are just 100% not necessary because of the tech. He agrees that the inmates need something to do, but it might mean coming up with individual tasks for each inmate so they stay engaged and actually get something out of it-- possibly off-ship more often than not. Maybe they can ask the Navarch for updates on what sorts of planets (etc.) they're passing so wardens can come up with mission ideas?

...Hey uh you want a double to come with you just. For no reason. Not so you don't look alone and easy to knock out and stuff into a closet or anything.

[grindset]

.............no

(yes)

[shiftedshape]

cool, he will not be paying any attention while loki is back at the meeting but at least you aren't as likely to be jumped /thumbs

don't touch him tho

[grindset]

Would no-touchy be communicated IC, because... if so..... double's 100% gettin poked, sorry that's just science.

[shiftedshape]

Probably not which would probably result in the double going "I don't know what you expected" as Viktor's hand goes straight through him lmfao

[grindset]

Conclusion:

neato

[helenite]

alice would icly be against this, for exactly those ooc reasons: she doesn't think remote access solves the issue of "there's a genuine emergency and i can't go to a warden / they're not paying attention right now"

THAT SAID, i am ooc in favour of fun, and think there are still ways to work those in even if majority of characters would be for or against it (which i don't know! idk how we poll for that!)

if we go ahead and have folks install an emergency button it should DEFINITELY be prone to misfires, not working, etc.

alice would agree that people who don't want to work aren't going to, and doesn't think that's an issue. she supports him (him!!) being the one to ask the navarch about planets for mission brainstorming. she'll brainstorm some on-ship stuff that doesn't involve talking to their scary boss. thanks bro!!

[shiftedshape]

YEAH, definitely don't want there to be 100% access all the time but also this is a reasonable concern IC, at least until they possibly get more medical wardens...(whatever happened to the ER cast on the TDM...)

LOL THANKS FRIEND he'll bring that up right after confronting her about malekith. :T actually i like that idea a lot although idk how to even start now i've put it off a bit ladkjals I'LL DO IT THOUGH

[omniavincit]

I'M A MILLION YEARS LATE but William would also be in favor of missions (and learning more about their surroundings). Go for it, Loki!!

[shiftedshape]

OH RIGHT I WAS GONNA DO THIS thanks friend i forgot

[omniavincit]

finally my lateness comes in handy

[helenite]

alice in favour of it pinging everyone!! and i like it for OOC reasons

she'll also be on board with the idea of Shared Goals, and push hard on involving wardens in them too. she'll brainstorm some given our current inmate list, and i'll probably throw up a network post for people to weigh in on

[spanning]

aki is skeptical of the button but if it goes through, an alert is probably the best compromise, even if he'll immediately be like "btw inmates could actually distract us this way." but that's also something he'd be like, ok, we can at least communicate with each other about whoever's going to check it out or w/e (not that this necessarily keeps the investigating wardens from getting incapacitated).

if the Chores But Not come up, he will comment that they need to give the inmates a solid incentive to do anything and would ask what people thought any of the inmates wanted that the wardens can actually, y'know, give them.

[omniavincit]

SLAMS BACK INTO THIS apologizing profusely

- I think the button mayyyyy end up getting shelved but if not William and I are in favor of an alert (theoretically they could make it common practice for everyone to verify their inmate's location upon receiving an alert, which might minimize Shenanigans and let the warden whose inmate is in the infirmary come running)(and also I'm in favor of annoying everyone)

- Shared purpose objectives OOOOOOH would meet with an automatic deadeyed stare before William remembered to be Somewhat Tactful. He'd briefly talk about how inmates were assigned meaningless "jobs" to pass the time on the Barge (for example: "working" at the casino with no money), and how wardens often obsessed over their assigned tasks rather than deal with the fallout from traumatic events or attend to inmate concerns. He found this unproductive AND insulting.

But!! After some reflection he'd bring up teaching inmates skills--he learned to fly planes because a warden who was a pilot ran a flight school for interested inmates (in the Barge's MUCH BETTER SIMULATION ROOM no he'd leave that out). William's awareness of the SIRE/its capabilities is still minimal because he's a VR snob, but he might suggest using it for exploration/educational purposes as well.

And he'd be fully in favor of missions--he's all for doing things that serve a purpose and expanding one's horizons beyond the warden/inmate system.

[grindset]

Yeah! That's the ticket - not just tasks for the sake of tasks, they should do something they can care about.

Also V would look confused and unimpressed about the casino thing specifically because what the hell.

[omniavincit]

OH I guess this is p close to the mission thing but William would also suggest some kind of research/exploration/record-keeping as far as ports go--making it not a Redundant Waste of Time would probably depend on what resources and records the ship already has, but he'd be thinking more along the lines of, like, recording impressions and building an archive than a full-blown expedition. (BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING MORE HARD SCIENCE-Y, go for it.)

re: the casino 😑😑😑

it did have an aquarium tho