005 - Video - PSA No.4

[cargojet]

Hello Tranquility. I'm sure you didn't miss me so let's get right to the point just like usual.

A little while back people were talking about group meals. I don't know about the rest of you, but the mystery meat lucky dip in the kitchens is getting pretty rough. I skip meals, and I know I'm not the only one. Most importantly, we got kids on board and I want to make sure at the very least they're getting two meals a day, and if we get more kids this jump I want to establish whether or not we've got a full time guardian on board who can look out for them if they're alone. Hell, it's beginning to look like we should set up a school. It'd work out better than having kids just wandering around the place. If that about fits your job description give me a shout, see what we can do.

Back on the topic of dinner: I know a lot of people haven't got anything to offer someone if they make the mess their job, but if we can get some volunteers in, I'm sure the people on board who can will find a way to show their gratitude. We need this now, not in six months time when we're all coming down sick from not eating properly, so if you got the skill, don't think you gotta bother asking for permission or go showing your hand, just muck in when and where you can. Some of you already do, but if we can get something more formal going, I know that I and a lot of others are gonna be dead grateful.

Which brings me to the Jump. If you haven't got anyone in your own circle to keep track of you, speak to Miles Edgeworth. Sitting out the Jump is not optional. You go to the Jump bay on time, or you get turned into a splodge of space-slime, and it ain't pretty.

After the Jump, for those of you who didn't notice last time, a lot of basic things happen. Some people go around making sure their own groups are in one piece, others are in it only for themselves. If you're feeling great and you're not gonna be of any use, get the hell out so we know what we got to work with without things getting too congested. People from security usually volunteer to help newcomers and protect people from anyone who takes their arrival on board badly, but you should know it's a pretty thankless, sometimes dangerous job.

For anyone who comes in injured, or anyone disoriented after the Jump, there's a med team and a group of volunteers stationed down there. You'd be surprised how much a cup of coffee helps people get their sea legs. If someone looks lost, answer their questions, but be understanding--try and remember what it was like you for you.

Let's make this Jump smooth, and for once leave nobody behind.

Comments

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[soothing]

Annie Cresta -- the woman who'd been talking about the meals at first -- is gone. I've been talking to Pepper Potts about trying to get them started though, or if nothing else leaving nutritious leftovers in the refrigerators on each level.

[ Pause. ] And I'm a teacher, back home.

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[cargojet]

[ A brief flash of disappointment. They'd actually gotten on quite well. ] That's the real problem when you come down to it. You get something organized and the person doing it up and disappears. Beginning to pick up on the fact that if you don't just do it, you're gonna be back to square one in no time at all.

[ He sits back. ]

Then you'd know better than I do about whether or not this is a good environment for kids. I wouldn't want it for mine.

[majestyofthethrone]

I'm starting to look forward to these, Nathan.

[cargojet]

You'd be the only one. Still, it's good to see my favourite texter is still going strong.

[ video ]

[hostage]

I can help look out for the kids when I ain't working down at the lab. I'm already gonna be herding them to the Jump bay, too. The ones I know about, anyway.

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[cargojet]

I saw your stuff for the kids before. Real cute. [ It's a gesture that's lost on Nathan, since he doesn't have a cute side to really appreciate it, but this stuff about kids and knives has shaken him a little. He feels for Robb; god forbid his own kids were on board. ] How many are there, by your reckoning?

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

I can help teach certain subjects.

Regarding meals...You should talk to Carolyn Fry. In her space survivorship class, she mentioned the importance of certain vitamins in our diets; whoever cooks should be trained to maximize the nutritive properties of our foods.

[voice]

[cargojet]

Whoever cooks would be damn lucky to be able to recognise half the plants in the oxygen garden, let alone know how to balance our nutrition, but I get your basic point. I'd settle for not having food poisoning one day out of every seven is all.

[ His tone isn't rough. He likes Edgeworth, so it's actually friendly, despite the slight element of dismissal. ]

You'd be a strict teacher, no doubt. Debate classes, that sort of thing?

voice;

[learnedtosmile]

A school might be a good idea, or at least some kind of organized activities for the kids.

I'm not a teacher, but I've done a fair amount of volunteer work with kids and adolescents. I might see if there's some interest in some activities after the jump.

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[cargojet]

Activities would be a better start than structured lessons. Right now I'd prioritize keeping them busy at least a few hours of every day. But not all the kids on board are what they seem, makes things more difficult no matter how you look at it.

Still, if it's something you'd be interested in--?

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[amethysts]

Hey.

[Libby is warmer with Nathan than she was. She...caught onto what Nikolai left for her, and it wasn't like Nathan was hard to respect.]

Down for kid watching. 'M a good babysitter.

[And a slight pause.]

Did you--hear anything? From Nikolai. Before he--you know.

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[cargojet]

Hey there. [ Also warm. ] Anyone who can devote time to people that ain't themselves without wanting something in return I'm down for. The kids haven't got anything to give back, but they need it more than us.

Nikolai spoke to me about you, that's what you mean. I thought that much was obvious. But since then? No, I'm afraid not.

[northerner]

After I have seen to the members of my House, I'll do what I can for those hwo remain after the Jump.

[ a beat, then, very hesitantly.. ]

And if there are children who need protecting and teaching, I'd welcome them. Our House has room enough for wards.

[cargojet]

You actually volunteering? [ He's surprised, but not excessively. They'd talked about this. ] I thought you might. You told me about your family being here, told me how old the youngest was.

What do you do when you're not looking after them?

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[excessivehubris]

[This sounded like a very well organized set of ideas and the mention of a school certainly caught his attention.]

I have some experience with developing a school, at least the rudimentary steps and I do hold doctorates in a couple of fields and have worked with a few students in the past.

[Granted, he had worked with developing the skills of other mutants, which probably would not be required in this case but Charles believed the idea of teaching was a fairly fluid one, that could be applied, equally, to arithmetic or shooting plasma lasers.]

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[cargojet]

[ He nods, sitting back. ]

You have experience developing a school? So what if I put that in your hands - just in a manner of speaking, cause there's nobody on board who can make that decision but you - put you in contact with the people willing to teach, volunteer to help out--where do you take it from there?

permavid & text.

[culver]

i can cook

[cargojet]

[ He hates talking to text. It feels very strange to him, though there's people on here who dictate all the time, or even speak to computers. Still, he mans up. ]

The real question is do you want to? There's people who'd be plenty grateful, but that's the real problem; there's lots of us can't do it for ourselves.

[blunted]

school?
and just what're we gonna teach this kids?
it's not like we got a pack of certified teachers hanging around

[cargojet]

You couldn't rightly say we got a punch of qualified pilots, engineers and cooks hanging around either, but we seem to be managing. Qualifications and titles don't mean squat on board this ship.

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[onsilksheets]

Still want me to be a team player? [There's a slight tease in her tone.]

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[cargojet]

[ He smiles at last, though there's a tension in his shoulders that hasn't ebbed since addressing the ship, and is unlikely to. God he hates it up here. ]

You offering?

[voice]

[wolfdreamer]

Everyone wanders here. You can't place blame so directly.

[voice]

[cargojet]

[ Oh dear a child. It feels like forever since he last spoke to his kids, and for a moment he doesn't know what to say. ]

Just cause everyone does it doesn't mean we aren't just as bad at getting into places we shouldn't be. The difference is that we oughta know better, and you can't know better unless someone teaches you to.

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[insufferableprick]

question on behalf of guardianless kids on a spaceship
are we counting a day as every 24 hours cause of the lack of a day night cycle
or are we banking on me eating at least twice every time im awake for longer than five hours
also what the fuck would we get taught in a school
plz dont say math that would officially make this place hell

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[cargojet]

A day in Tranquility terms is a day shift and a night shift. There's not any difference between the two, but they add up to 24, that's all that matters.
People are proposing all sorts of things so far. Basketball, cookery, languages, computers, but I got to say it's up to you. What would interest you, as far as lessons went?

[voice]

[yardbird]

I can, ah... I can help look after kids, when no one else is. I wouldn't mind. [Seriously. It's bad enough that all of his dad instincts go off whenever he sees them wandering around the place. Far as Murphy is concerned, simply having them here is cruel and just wrong.]

Can't say I could really teach 'em anything useful, but... I think the school's a good idea, too.

[voice]

[cargojet]

Useful is just knowing how to get around the ship. You'd be surprised what you can turn into a lesson if you put your mind to it.

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[cheerioless]

I was actually thinking of asking about school after the jump. I was just starting my last year of high school before I got here. [ she hesitates for a moment. ] I was thinking of applying to Yale.

( video )

[cargojet]

It's a good place. [ Pause. ] You got any idea what you were thinking of studying exactly?

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[fronds]

Sea legs! Yessss. An excellent c)(oice of nautical words. 38)
Anyway, on be)(alf of t)(e "c)(ildren" of t)(is boat, I would like to say t)(at we don't all need to be looked after!
I'm sure t)(at most of us are very capable individuals.

Also, would we be being sc)(oolfed about )(uman topics?

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[cargojet]

Ex-navy, so nautical terms I can do. Besides, it is a ship.
And there's a lot of people speaking on behalf of the children. What I've seen is that the children here can speak well enough for themselves, just like you are.

Schooling's more or less a good part what you want it to be right now. It's gotta interest you, so you being part of the creative process really helps that along.

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[unparental]

One more of these and I think we can officially just call you PSA Guy.

[cargojet]

One more of these, and I'm gonna schedule my own bi-monthly video chat. By and large I figure an actual physical meeting might work better, but giving that idea wings is like finding a good chinese restaurant in space.

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[stacked]

Look at you, playing tour guide.

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[cargojet]

Tour guide is me handing out coffee and empty test tubes with half washed hair, but we don't talk about that.

voice; damn you making me miss elle. :c

[olympicgrade]

Has anybody ever thanked you for doing this sort of thing? [ No, that's not sarcasm; she actually means it. ] Not that I think everyone's going to listen, but having all of this actually said out loud is pretty helpful.

That said, I'll do whatever I can to keep an eye on the kids. I didn't realize there were that many, though. [ She thought it was just Chase. ]

voice; bawww

[cargojet]

Thankless job more or less, but who cares. I could say something politic like 'Seeing things get better around here is all the thanks I need'. Something along those lines is about right, anyway.

I didn't think there were so many either. Picking up on the idea of asking before I make any stupid assumptions in the future; place is heaving with them.

Voice

[skindeep]

Have you ever considered a career in politics?

Voice

[cargojet]

Nah. Can't imagine how I could possibly get started. I guess I could try running for congress some time. What do you think?

[logicals]

TL;DR.
SH

[cargojet]

Too bad, you might have had something useful to add.

Then again we are talking about Sherlock Holmes. That's like suggesting a mute misanthrope had something useful to add, isn't it?