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[ on flips the feed, and the sleeve of someone's jumpsuit is the first thing that is seen. It’s not exactly intentional, just Ariadne attempting to situate herself on the floor of her cabin before she addresses the network properly. ]

Um…I guess I should start by saying; Hi. [ she starts out casually, letting her device finally focus up on her face, as she offers the network a ghost of a smile. ] I know some of you don't exactly know me – which happens – it's a big ship. [ a beat, her hand going to the back of her neck as she unconsciously starts to rub it, quickly thinking out her next few words. ] But I've been here…going on ten months, maybe? [ she's honestly not exactly sure the exact time frame anymore, but whatever it is now, it's been a long ass time and she feels like she can at least say something about things now. ]

Anyway... [ she sighs, her head bobbing slightly as she lets out a small hum at her next few thoughts. ] I know we have security and all – I honestly don't see any reason to change that - but we shouldn’t be expecting them to be looking out for everyone – it's not possible – there's too many of us for that.

So…[ on to the point of her actually even addressing the network. ] has anyone thought about maybe creating floor monitors - people that could honestly focus their attention on the people on their own floors? [ a beat, her nose crinkling slightly ] And no, not someone that pries into everyone's business - just someone that at least would know the goings on with their floors. And yeah I know people have mentioned the buddy system - which is a good idea to a point. But I still think floor monitors might be something we should look into.

I don't know. Maybe this has already been mentioned as a thought. But it just seems like a good idea to know your neighbors.

[ she stops there, again offering the network a faint smile, shrugging a shoulder slightly as she does, figuring if people honestly had thoughts to add or questions, they would. so she doesn't exactly feel the need to expand further on her thoughts here.

but not a second later and another thought occurs to her, and she is adding: ] Also, I'm looking at redoing the maps – adding things and what not – if anyone has anything to offer with that, I'd welcome the help.

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The "buddy system" is a bit different - as it stands, that's for jumps only.

I think you've come up with a very good idea for a niche that needs to be filled.

[ argh. she hates admitting when you have good ideas, edgeworth. :/

but...] Yeah, your buddy system hopefully can help with people with the jumps, so I give you credit for attempting to make it work.

I just...[ a sigh. ] Too many people have died lately and I want to think having the people watching the floors could help prevent it from happening again. Hopefully people will jump on board with this.

That's a good idea.

[Libby sounds warm and alert over the audio--ever since mid-month she's felt so much lighter, more alive, and she is genuinely happy to see people working instead of lingering on the past. People disappear and die, but they have to keep going.]

I'm working on emergency plans with Ellen Ripley and Carolyn Fry. If you get some volunteers do you mind if I contact them too? I'm making a thing for after the next Jump. Sort of another organizer. If you want in I don't know what the freak I'm doing, it'd help. A lot.

And I have some map stuff. Mostly figuring alternate routes to the places most people use. Here. [She sends them along as an attachment.] Been trying to build some 'bots for the job, but I'm not a robotics head.

[Edgeworth continues on, utterly oblivious to her dislike.]

The greatest difficulty, however, might be with the new arrivals. It seems there is a high rate of attrition amongst those who have just arrived; if not the deaths, many of the disappearances are amongst those who have had a short stay.

Would you be willing to search out someone to monitor the new arrivals every jump?

We do patrols. They cover the passenger floors.

Yeah, I heard about them and their space training. I don't exactly know what they've talked about though. [ she admitted with a small shrug and faint smile, adding: ] But if I can help, I guess I'm glad to offer what I can.

[ a beat, her brow going up in question. ] When you say; building bots, you're going to have to explain a bit more here, because I'm not exactly sure I know what you can do with those.

[ THEN WHY DIDN'T ANYONE NOTICE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH ARTHUR? ]

I know that. And I don't think they should stop. But patrols can't catch everything, so why not try to help where we can, you know?

It doesn't honestly matter when they arrive, it's not hard to seek people out if they are willing to help, you know?

And as far as me searching people out, I'm not going to say yes or no, until I at least see where others are at with it.

Because like it or not, I'm not about to shove my thoughts down someone else's throat without some type of conversation.

Right now they're doing shuttle drills. Everyone should go, they know their stuff. [Libby respects them, which is an exceedingly hard thing to accomplish.] All I'm doing is collecting data, honestly. Synthesizing. So yeah, scoop up some volunteers. I'm down for any level that doesn't have a monitor, I know eight's covered.

[She switches to video and holds up a little robot that resembles nothing so much as a Roomba.]

'Kay. With the robots, what I figure is we're only flesh and blood. This ship is creepy and dangerous. Also, we have jobs and lives and the need to sleep. So if we have little mapping bots we can just send them out into the ship and process the data they relay back, right? No risk to us, we can do things besides explore, and it does the job. I just have to find someone to make them--not suck.

Edited 2012-08-27 21:42 (UTC)

...Good to know. [He clears his throat and thinks to himself that this young lady certainly does like her non sequiturs.] But my question really was whether or not you'd be willing to commit to this in the long-term.

Could work, if people volunteer. The security team could organize them into small groups, to help augment the regular patrols.

Mostly it would depend on who, if anyone, volunteered to help.

Our patrols can catch immediate threats (e.g., crimes in progress, evidence of crimes already committed, dangers from damage to the spaceship, etc.) but not slow-developing ones. If we trained these "monitors" to watch out for unusual behavior, states of mind, etc., perhaps it might be possible to avert crises such as the suicide last month.

I think it's a good idea; it will not remotely undermine the security team's authority. Moreover, such a program might foster a sense of community and therefore cooperation.

-Edgeworth

[ sorry edgeworth, you aren't about to get much in the form of true understanding from her - she is trying to keep her life as private as she can. ]

Then why didn't you say that, instead of asking if I would search people out?

[ Really, just stop trying to talk all fancy and get to the point, edgeworth. ]

Because honestly. If I do set my mind to something, I tend to see it through till the end. [ a beat, adding slightly sarcastically: ] So is that a good enough of an answer for you?

I...said it because it was the same question. And that's not a very good answer, no, since there's a large degree of ambiguity there, engendered by that "tend."

[ she nods slowly at the idea of going, giving the idea a quick consideration. but the fact, ariadne isn't all too thrilled about being here, doesn't exactly have her wanting to know all the ins and outs of the spaceship at the moment. (or she honestly is just really in a bad place and hates everything - it's debatable.)

and when the feed click on, on the other end, ariadne can't help but shoot the girl (cause that's what she was - a girl - a young girl) a slightly uncertain look. ]

How old are you exactly? [ because really, should kids know this stuff? ]

That's what I'm honestly hoping for. I know you all can't be everywhere all the time, so why not try to make things run smoother. Im not exactly sure how to cover the new arrivals on this, but I suppose we can figure something out, right?

[Libby shrugs.]

Sixteen since spring. [She knows she was extracted some time in May. She's also gotten used to tje idea anyone would care about that aboard this ship--and at least sixteen is better than the fourteen her tininess and baby face usually put her at.] I'm not doing nothing when I can help.

Edited 2012-08-27 22:15 (UTC)

You want knocking on doors every hour? Fucking cameras in all the rooms? Nothing can catch everything. That's just life.

It wouldn't be hard to get some basic training in place, teach people how to spot common warning signs for trouble, that kind of thing.

I don't know, maybe there's some way you could go about getting it added to the jobs listings, or something. Part of the information packet that goes out to new arrivals.

We get security from the same pool of people. If they can do this, they can do security. If we need to train them for this, we can train them for security. Two systems is redundant.

Why use so many damn words then? It's hard to understand what they hell you're actually getting at, at times, you know that right? [ or at least she thinks that to be the case - even if she tends to ramble and use words herself. ]

And how exactly is me saying; I tend to see things through till the end, ambiguous?

No to what exactly?

[ she nodded understanding, offering her a faint smile. ]

And you should - offer to help that is. [ a small sigh, her nose crinkling slightly as she again is rubbing at the back of her next i thought. ]

Just seems like a lot of work and responsibility for someone your age. [ it's not meant as an insult, just more her odd attempt at caring for people she thinks might not always be able to handle all that happens here. ] So I figured I should ask, you know?

NO. TYKE. I'm not saying that! Arthur had issues and no one noticed or even cared. I'm not saying we could have prevented his actions, he did what he thought was right after all. But if we had someone honestly paying attention to just the goings on with their floors, maybe it would prevent things like that from happening to others.

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