networkinthenight | [text] @kingofwei; OPEN

good day. I apologize for the delay in this message but, well, it seems we've had a number of developments since the meeting. some time to digest them is warranted.

Doctor Ingram's message about the World Eaters has not changed my goal of getting this community to work together, more or less smoothly, because he pointed out repeatedly that in spite of unknown gigantic possibly demonic horrors that want to feed off our light, our purpose here is to 'fix' the world. if it involves facing or dealing with the World Eaters somehow, so be it, but if there is a chance we can discover a solution to all of our problems in the time frame before they find us, then it will render them less of a threat.

that said, I have come to provide a brief summary of the meeting, to have it on record, and a call to action.

we discussed leadership, the need for organization, and security. it was proposed that the burden fall on a council rather than a single individual, and if enough people volunteer there shall be a vote to determine who joins it.

there was talk of rebuilding the run-down structures in the square and the village. a young man named Remington was put forward as the most capable who can instruct others in the craft.

both Inspector Javert and Commander Rosinante brought up protection, both for the town itself and for exploration parties. suggestions were made to use the Invincible and the library as emergency locations for people to gather in safety. I believe both would be helpful for devising additional protective measures, against both outside threats and the possibility of inside threats. the damage to the church is proof that we must guard against both.

a young man named Jason also offered assistance in training, protection, and organization. Lord Eliot likewise brought up tactics but also emergency stockpiles of supplies and so on. all of these ideas can be brought to fruition with some help.

there were a number of other ideas as well: communicating with the spirits, a welcome message on the tablets, someone to greet new arrivals at the ferry, certain experiments with magic, and so forth. Mary has something of a tally of ideas and support for them. some of those discussions ended with no real decisions but by offering the ideas, perhaps someone in the community can take them and run with them. and, there is ultimately our need to learn as much as we can about this world, the darkness, how it all came to be, but there is much groundwork to be laid before some groups will feel safe enough to explore further.

that said, here is my call to action. whoever you are, wherever you come from, your skills are needed to make any of this happen. what good are ideas or even a council and defense structure if no one is willing to act? I have put myself up for the council, willingly. if there are others who would join me, I would like to know. if there are others who want to help train, or defend, or build, or explore, or work on information or the tablets or anything else, speak up. I have faith that we can work together, regardless of personal feelings. and, as both Ingram and the Keeper have intimated, if we do not work together, we are more likely to end up reset.

I do not wish to be reset. the puzzle here is almost too large to unravel alone, but I enjoy puzzles. I would like to see us be the group that finally succeeds at...whatever it means to fix the world. restore sunlight? defeat World Eaters? something as yet undiscovered? we shall see. but it begins with others standing up to volunteer.

[and with that he sits back to hope that people do.]

Threaded | Flat

No one is going to work together if we don’t have a clear goal. And we don’t.

There’s not even a list of people here or what we can do. I mean, you’ve been here a lot longer than Eliot and I have, and still - why isn’t there a list of what we can do? Most people here can do something but no one has any idea. Maybe one of us can fly and could fly out to overlook the forest? Could fly until the end of this pocket universe for all I know, but can any of us fly? Does anyone even know? Why doesn’t anyone know?

We're still running around like headless chickens, but better to be headless chickens trying to find our heads than not trying at all.

[ evidently kol just wants to eat chicken. anyway—the town hall meeting had been a good start, in his opinion. but cao pi is right—there's no point in meeting to discuss meetings if nothing will come from that meeting. ]

I can help train, defend, and, explore. We should be working together rather than as silos, as more heads together tends to work more effectively than one. I'm not exactly happy to sit on a bloody council as it's never worked from what I've experienced, but if that's what we need to try to avoid this reset, then consider this me reluctantly raising my hand if it means we'll get something done.

[ consider his hand raised to be voted off the island if that needs to happen afterwards. ]

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text | @kol