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[cargojet]

First thing's first, and this isn't just me being a pain in the ass but could someone maybe bring everyone on board up to speed on the Smiley thing? We've got a lot of people around here don't know what's going on and if I have to put my hands up and be the first to admit to it then so be it, but for the love of God if there's something you've got to share with the class get on and do it.

I do a lot of watching around here - guy can't be on duty all the time - and I've got problems. Communication is a big one, there's a whole lot of difference between the people with their hands on the wheel and those who're just along for the ride cause they got nowhere else to be. There's no liaison between one and the other, everyone's just gotta sit tight and wait for information to trickle down, and I don't know about the rest of you but I don't think it's working out.

To that end I think we gotta have that meeting people have been talking about, whether it's for the sake of expediting that or just to get people talking--we're jumping again soon, and I'm pretty sure things are gonna be as much as a shambles for the new guys as I felt they were when I got here. Sure, we're all gonna be just as screwed coming outta those things as anyone else, but at least we know where we are.

Now I'm not saying it won't be dangerous, or that there's not a hundred different excuses for leaving things the way we are, I'm just saying - and I think most people agree - that some kind of something has gotta be done, and it'd have been a hell of a lot easier if we'd had the opportunity to discuss it last week, rather than leaving it to the last second. I know: everyone's too busy asking 'How high?' when Smiley-boy says 'Jump'. While I'm on the subject, what the hell happened to that chapel idea we were floating? We got go ahead for that yet?

One other thing, and I'm gonna be assertive and straight out say it. If you wanna be useful, then join the crew. And if you don't wanna be useful-- [ He just shakes his head. ] Only thing I can think of is the story of the Little Red Hen.

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[majestyofthethrone]

Chapel?

Is the Little Red Hen the story about the hen that baked bread?

[cargojet]

It's come up a couple of times now. People want somewhere to practice their religions, and talk to others about their faith. I don't know... Maybe it's that space makes you question your beliefs more than you usually would, but I feel like it'd do me a lot of good too.

That's the story I'm thinking of. Her friends sit by and watch her do all the hard work, thinking they can just reap the benefits without expending any effort.

[majestyofthethrone]

What's stopping people?

[cargojet]

From doing what? Practicing their religion or getting off their asses?

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[foresaw]

Interesting speech, but what makes you think everyone can be useful to your cause? [God, Isaac. Stop this self hatred thing right now.]

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[cargojet]

If all you gotta do is dig dirt and plant seeds, even you can do that, right? [ He gives a hard look as though to dare him to argue with that. ]

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[foresaw]

[He can't, but he totally can.] Yes, but how much of that is actually happening?

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[rebelled]

[Communication issues, huh? Have some first hand ones.]

>>003 >>150.

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[cargojet]

That you, God?

[ So unsure he's resorting to thin attempts at jokes. It makes sense, okay. ]

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[rebelled]

[What is comedy? :|]

No. MY namei s Castiel.

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[therangerking]

There seems leaders you can bring your ideas to, Nathan of House Petrelli; wherefore bring them to the network?

[ i.e. wut is democracy ]

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[cargojet]

Sometimes it's up to the people to achieve things for themselves, rather than wait for it to fall ever on the shoulders of someone more powerful than themselves. Only thing that breeds is complacency.

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[therangerking]

Yet for all to decide for themselves the next course of action for the rest, it leads only to chaos.

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[pitied]

[She's working on something, not looking at the screen.]

I don't understand the smiley thing either, but most don't seem to want to talk about it. Though I believe it has to do with the fact that the ship changes every jump.

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[cargojet]

Whether they want to talk about it or not, I think, is irrelevant. People are scared, and all it takes to reassure them is a little information. [ A thoughtful pause. ] You talking about the changes to the people on board, or something else?

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[pitied]

A little reassurance doesn't mean anything when you know you're stuck in a cage.

[She squints.]

You're new, too. No. The ship itself changes. The rooms and oxygen garden remain the same, but the halls and everything else changes.

[northerner]

A meeting would benefit all, I would think. There are those less familiar with these devices and the messages passed upon them, and I would see everyone aboard aware of this threat.

[cargojet]

I've got to agree with that. I'm from a world where this tech is just about doable, but everything I've seen here is a bit out of my league. I can imagine for some people it's even worse.

It'd mean letting people know about it in person, and even then we don't have anywhere big enough or safe enough to bring together everyone, just like the young woman from the other day was saying. But if we could bring together representatives, record the minutes and circulate those--like a senate, maybe we can get something like it off the ground without needing a place that big.

Don't think we've spoken before, you got a name?

[northerner]

[ good god that's a lot of talk. ]

King Robb Stark, of the North. I'm not familiar with senates, but do you mean to assemble a court, where all could speak their troubles and be heard out?

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[askedtobe]

[ Peter still feels so obliged to speak to you. But he's trying, okay. ]

You know, it hasn't really told any of us to jump.

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[cargojet]

[ Always so good to hear from your little brother. ]

Matter of fact that's exactly what it's done. Maybe not the actual command, but near enough as doesn't matter.

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[askedtobe]

[ Did you not hear the part where he's trying. He could be yelling at you right now. ]

You mean the puzzle pieces that people are barely even talking about?

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[the_vishual]

You're very good at giving instructions, sir.

That's a trait that's invaluable here.

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[cargojet]

I'm responsible for a lot of people in my world, that's all.

[ Pause. ] You're not being sarcastic, are you?

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[the_vishual]

Sarcasm is irrelevant in this conversation, sir, but no, I wasn't.