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

[northerner]

You speak from experience.

[ there's only the vaguest hint of envy in robb's tone. experience, that thing robb desperately lacked. ]

Your advice is sound. In Westeros a king has his small council, to manage the duties of the running of his kingdom and keep them from growing too much. I imagine this is much like that, doling out my responsibilities as much as I can.

[cargojet]

You know I do. And not just in terms of government or law, working for the military or running a company - that's nothing - the hardest thing you learn to do when it comes to doling out responsibilities is when you have kids. They're your whole wide world, and if you don't take care of them, you don't get another shot.

It's frustrating, and it's scary, cause in the end you can't do best by them by doing everything for them, even if you knew how. You give them the best teacher you can, you give them the safest home you can, and you try and teach them how to be good people, but in the end the best thing you can do for them is to let them do something for themselves.

[northerner]

[ there is a long silence in which robb carefully weighs these words, and finds them to be good. ]

Your people are fortunate.

[ and whether he means those nathan rules or nathan's family isn't quite clear. ]

[cargojet]

[ He pauses too, because he's grateful to hear that. ]

It can be real hard. They can go against you, not realising you only did it for them. You gotta balance what's good for them with their love for you, and you can't make them do the latter. So when you lose it... Well, it's rough.

[northerner]

And do you think a rule must expect to lose the latter?

[cargojet]

You should expect it, because if you don't, you can't try and stop it.

[northerner]

How do you stop it?

[ because robb can't imagine losing it to begin with. his men were loyal, bent the knee and swore him their swords and their houses. would they ever leave his side? ]

[cargojet]

You gotta open your eyes, your ears and your heart. People around you have to see your conviction, see that you're not in it to save your own skin, but really care about the people around you. Admit that you can't do it alone, listen to others, and accept that sometimes you might just be wrong. Be prepared to sacrifice yourself, to die, not just for what you believe in, but for what the others around you believe in, too.

All this--it's a hard lesson, Stark, I can't lie. I didn't know it when I got here. I was selfish, blind, believed only in what I thought was right. My own brother couldn't love me. It's harder to win it back, and sure as hell not worth losing in the first place.

[northerner]

Then I think myself fortunate that you are here to impart such lessons to me, before I return to Westeros and begin my reign.

[cargojet]

Good luck remembering them, kid, that's all I have to say. Even knowing my own future, I sometimes doubt there's a home from here. If I went back knowing what I do, things would change.