TWENTY FOUR: VIDEO

[puppydogeyes]

[When the feed opens, Taylor isn't in the SEC offices. She's in one of the holodecks, recognisable from the walls behind her.]

My name's Tyke, I'm head of Security here. Petrelli's already told you all how thin on the ground the departments are getting, so I won't repeat - you've got any combat or policing experience, you want in the Security department, contact me or Edgeworth for recruitment.

Thing is we're thin on the ground all the way. Thirty-three floors housing approximately two-hundred bodies. We're scattered. It makes us vulnerable. Blind spots for this place to use when it wants to fuck with us.

[Like randomly luring people out into the dark. That had been too easy, even with so many of the contacting other people.]

We're moving to consolidate population before the next jump. Bottom ten floors, more than enough room for everyone. Find an empty room, lock it to your nanites, it's yours. You need a hand moving your shit, my team'll help. This is gonna take the strain off Agriculture's supply runs, our security patrols, and let everyone look out for each other. It'll keep us stronger. Safer.

[She sounds determined, steady about it. This is what they need to do. Should have done months ago, when Jenna had first suggested it. Regrets on that aren't going to help, though, and she looks away, tips her head slightly.]

Meantime, figured some of us might wanna let out some frustrations. [There's a very faint smile in the corner of her mouth, and it fades quickly.] Fight club, Holodeck 3. Same rules as always: no weapons, hand-to-hand only, no abilities unless agreed upon by both fighters. Someone taps out or goes unconscious, fight is over. Spectators welcome.

[[ooc: accompanying mingle/fight log over here! ]]

[[ETA: and a spreadsheet for claiming a new room! You can't unclaim your original room and please be reasonable with how many you take!]]

Comments

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[51stcentury]

And here I was, just having gotten used to all those eerie, empty rooms on the first floor... [grins, howdy neighbor]

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[puppydogeyes]

[He gets a brief, small smile back, though it's more tinged with how she can't quite hide how much she dislikes floor one being so empty.]

Could always switch to floor eleven, once everyone's moved.

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[striking]

[ look, this is a good post. it is. tyke had told her she was going to make an announcement, and here it is, and katniss is already gathering her things. but there's something tacked on the end, and it makes katniss uneasy. her tone is flat. ]

A "fight club".

[ with spectators. ]

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[puppydogeyes]

They named it after some movie.

[Even with 'they' being Dean and Kirk, she can't hide how unimpressed she is with this. Mainly because of how many people have poked at the fact she's never seen it in the years since.]

It's sparring, for everyone, just lets off some steam.

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[oldmanhusker]

[This foray into "actually using the network" is a bit more promising]

We call it a dance, at home.

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[puppydogeyes]

[Well that's a new one.]

Pretty sure a dancing club would get a different kind of crowd.

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[ex_halberd259]

It has been suggested to me that my skills may be of use.

( no preamble there. and more training? a ghost of a smile plays at her mouth. )

I accept the terms. I will be there.

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[puppydogeyes]

For security? I can take a corner to run you through an assessment, you're interested.

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[handelaar]

Can help people move to my - to the second deck.

Twenty six, thirty, thirty two, one eighty three, and one ninety five are, uh. Closed.

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[puppydogeyes]

Alright. You got them locked to your nanites?

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[darkart]

Denser populations can present dangerous and harmful situations through people who aren't completely safe to be around others. I believe the number of passengers who that may apply to is very small, currently, but it can always change. You might run into less inevitable resistance by preemptively making allowances for deliberate isolation; perhaps one or two floors spaced out from the primary block designated for such purposes.

[ Probably this is close to the last person Tyke wants to hear from, like, EVER, alas. ]

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[puppydogeyes]

[Close to the last person she wants to hear from, but she's been analysing this decision for two months: she's not going to kneejerk dismiss suggestions.]

Looking at 2000 rooms for 200 people.
They want to be alone, there's still space.
They want to resist the move, they're not going to take spaces we've designated either.

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[seidhr]

After the resettlement has taken place, I would lay formal claim to an empty floor. See to it that one of your attendants provides a list of vacancies.

[The feed closes. ...and reopens after a delay.]

Please.

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[puppydogeyes]

[She just looks faintly bemused by the whole request.]

Can't formally claim a whole floor. You want rooms, you find ones that are empty and lock them to your nanites. That's how the ship works.

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[forsometimenow]

A fight club?! Seriously?

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[puppydogeyes]

Yes.
It's just sparring.

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[alsohawkeye]

There are more people on the higher floors than the lowest. Wouldn't it be more efficient to move up to 23-33?

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[puppydogeyes]

Lower floors are closer to Flight Deck + Medical.
Less distance to shuttles + gravcouches.

[kutte]

Looking for a roommate?

[ no they would literally kill each other. jax doesn't even let the joke settle. ]

About time you ran one of these.

[trouvaille]

( --an aside: )

Hey, biceps. You're helping me move.

[northerner]

I told Nathan I would assist whomever needed help in choosing their new quarters. If you run into any who require help, please, give them my name.

[puppydogeyes]

[She nods.]

I'll let you know. Thanks.

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[endureandsurvive]

ppl who r dangerous should have 2 stay on a separate floor

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[sorrycharles]

we will.

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[uncurse]

If you were getting lonely down there, all you had to do was say so.

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[puppydogeyes]

[She huffs a laugh.]

Think that would've got everyone moving?

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[priceoffreedom]

And for people who don't want to move, how are we handling that?

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[puppydogeyes]

We aren't. We can't force them without ending up with a clusterfuck on our hands. Just gotta provide enough incentive the other way.

[Like food.]

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[adapt_or_die]

That's a good idea. Having everyone move to a section of floors. [She agrees that it's safer. For her and for everyone else.]

You have a fight club?

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[puppydogeyes]

Be a better idea if people follow it.

[She's been planning this for two months, and she still isn't sure how it's going to go over. But she nods.]

We do. Run it whenever we get a good cut of downtime.

[When something isn't going crazy in the ship, she means.]

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[notmarieanymore]

Ma'am?

Hi, my name's Rogue. I was hoping I'd be able to join Security? Back at home I was a member of the X-Men, so I've got the combat training.

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[puppydogeyes]

Alright. Get much experience in using it?

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[iceboxed]

jenna and ric's rooms are off-limits

[and hello to you too tyke]

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[puppydogeyes]

[Taylor's as bad as the next person at holding onto what pieces she can of people that have left, but:]

Neither of them would want that.

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[thebreakingwave]

Just in case anyone decides to move up to the 18th floor, please stay out of room 001. I've done what I can to clean it out, but I wouldn't trust it.

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[puppydogeyes]

Have you locked it?

[makedo]

Roger that.

[ both the fight club and the move. ]

[puppydogeyes]

Moving or just helping?

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[skjalf]

A fine idea, madam. It shall be heartening to reside more closely to everyone.

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[puppydogeyes]

Used to be a lot tighter. It was better back then, for a lot of reasons. [A beat.] You don't have to call me that.

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[starbuckslord]

Fight club, huh? That brings back some memories. [ Not pleasant memories, mind you, but memories nonetheless. And he's managing a smile at least. ]

You sound like a more easygoing boss than the head of sec at the last place I was at.

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[puppydogeyes]

[She tips her head slightly.]

Make that sound like a challenge.

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[faithlessly]

I get the gist of the idea, but you seriously gonna make us move rooms? [ but he digs his room :C ] A little air between neighbors ain't bad.

[ isolation is great okay. ]

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[puppydogeyes]

Two hundred people for two thousand rooms. You'll still have plenty of air.

[Don't make her come up there and drag you down, Dean.]

auggielocked; shows up late with starbucks.

[altercate]

[ well he and his merry band of werewolves falls within this section, so. ]

I'm going to help out in the Gardens.

[ shit unrelated to anything in this post. ]

auggielocked;

[puppydogeyes]

[It seems so unrelated that for a moment she's wondering why he's telling her, unless he means he's joining the department.]

You're signing up?