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[civilwarring]

[Honestly? He'd kind of put this whole bad idea out of his mind, but given recent developments-- Aidan's not going to go flashing his face all over the comm over it, but it's worth saying.]

I realize this is going to sound pretty stupid to anyone over the age of twelve, but I've seen a couple of people joking about a buddy system before. And I'm not saying it's anything we have to do but it... might not be the worst idea in the world? Maybe at least get to know your neighbor - that kind of thing. That way if anyone starts to go off the deep end, at least one other person might notice it before another person goes the full hallucinatory, seeing signs and portents and monsters level of crazy.

[The briefest beat:]

Or go running off into parts of the ship that no one should be able to get to and threatening to wreak havoc. That kind of thing.

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[trouvaille]

I'd like to go on the record as not thinking that sounds stupid.

( ilde didn't wade into charlotte's post because no, but she certainly took notice-- and it isn't as if she hasn't been sort of constantly alarmed since arrival. )

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[civilwarring]

[Good. See - totally not a bad idea at all.]

Exactly. I mean, I don't want to force anyone to over share with a stranger or anything, but I also don't want me neighbor shooting me because they think I'm-- I'm going to rip their throat out or something.

[Slow, indelicate choice of words there Aidan.]

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[trouvaille]

( a brief pause. )

That would be awkward, probably.

[civilwarring]

Yeah. And personally? I'd like to avoid any passenger on passenger violence if possible.

[trouvaille]

Someone told me that there are actually-- you know, those things. ( signs, portents, monsters. vampires and elves and magic. in a tone almost morbidly curious: ) How do you propose we differentiate paranoia insanity and paranoia they really are out to get you?

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[fatespoken]

That's only assuming your neighbor you can trust your neighbor. Handful of people from different world, there's got to be two or three psychopaths in the bunch.

[civilwarring]

[Short answer: he has no idea. Long answer--]

It's probably not totally possible, but it seems like most people don't see the same things. Not at the same time anyway. So a buddy system kind of thing wouldn't stop everything, but it might catch part of it.

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[civilwarring]

[Hah. Hah. Psychopaths? Here? No.]

Okay, so maybe get to know your other neighbor then.

[trouvaille]

( aidan scores points for not trying to bullshit her. this time the pause is her processing did he actually just not bullshit me, vs who the fuck jumps directly to 'i totally won't rip out your throat'. ...so he's breaking even, for those keeping score at home. )

Oh, okay.

( --in a tone of terrible resignation. but a moment later: )

And we want to help our-- neighbours feel safe, not tranq them. Right?

[civilwarring]

[Look, throat ripping is a valid concern. He's heard some shit.]

Well yeah, ideally. Unless I'm missing something, we're all in this as a group.

[trouvaille]

( so this one time a fairy asked a vampire for safety tips on the internet and that wasn't the weird part. there's no punchline. this entire situation is all punchline, all the time. )

Ideally.

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[fatespoken]

[ Nope, no psychopaths. We're all weaving flower crowns and daisy chains here. ]

Turns out that neighbor's an alien serial killer. [ He laughs. ] Would you put your life into a stranger's hand? Fact is, we have no reason to trust one another.

[civilwarring]

Ideally.

[Yes, this is happening.]

I don't think any of us really knows how this is going to go, but we should all be keeping an eye out for warning signs and we won't be able to do that if we're all practically strangers. If we're lucky it's one of those 'the sooner you catch it, the easier it is to fix' things.

[civilwarring]

[No, he wouldn't.]

I'm not saying trust them. I'm saying get to know them enough to hopefully recognize it when they start going off the rails. [And a hasty amendment, because smooth going:] --If they start going off the rails.

[trouvaille]

So sort of--

Neighbourhood Watch speed-dating.

[civilwarring]

[Somewhere on the ship, Aidan is opening his mouth. And closing it. And then opening it again--]

I-- Someone probably has a stop watch somewhere.

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[trouvaille]

( a choked laugh )

[trouvaille]

I'm Ilde.

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[ensouls]

You said before "another" goes hallucinatory and sees monsters -- has someone done that before, then?

[fatespoken]

Making nice with you neighbors while secretly spying on them. [ A beat. ] Well, in that case, we'll be real community.

[civilwarring]

I'm Aidan.

[See, making friends already.]

[trouvaille]

And do you currently feel like taking a long moonlit walk through Engineering?

( this is serious business. ilde is taking this buddy system thing very seriously. ilde is-- coping with her new situation with vindictively inappropriate gallows humour, thus far. )

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[jurisimpudent]

The...original intent of the "buddy system" was to ensure that no one was missing from the Jump.

[A slight pause - ]

This is not, however, a terrible idea.

[wolfchild]

[ and from the actual 12-year-old— ]

Some do not have neghbors.

[parallels]

Of course, that assumes your neighbor is friendly and hasn't gone bonkers themselves.

[She snorts.]

Not a terrible idea in theory though.