[ audio ] @jgordon ; Supplies [ open ]

[saintjames]

This is Jim Gordon.

I took the liberty of gathering a loose inventory of what we've got for supplies after the incident on the docks. With what was salvaged from the ferry that made it back to the General Store [ because he's positive not all of it did ] I'd say we have a little under a month of food to go around.

I know I haven't been here for very long, but I think it might be worth talking about rationing what we have left.

From what I've been able to gather, that ferry was our only line in or out to whatever mainland is sending in supplies. Without it, we don't know when, or how, we'll be getting replenished again.

The city I'm from— [ Jim's voice doesn't crack, there's an audible pause before he goes on. ] The city I'm from we've been separated from the mainland for months with very little to go around. I can tell you from experience this isn't going to be easy: but if we want to survive, we're going to have to help each other out.

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@rlutece, audio

[originallutece]

You can survive without food.

It's unpleasant, but it's possible, so long as you sleep and drink water. Still: food is a comfort here, and I think rationing it is a decent idea. Especially given the lighthouse keeper doesn't seem to know how next month's supplies will come in now.

[saintjames]

[ He says this carefully, like he's trying to be politically correct and is really not sure how to navigate this unfamiliar territory: ]

Where I'm from the human race needs to eat to survive.

@elena; audio

[otrazhenie]

You can reduce your calculations by one person. I'll leave the supply for everyone else until we know when or if more will be coming.

[saintjames]

Thank you.

I know it's not pleasant.

@fuckboy69

[sauntered_downward]

There are people working on growing plants and vegetables. They can help with the stock once it's grown up a bit.


[No, he's not being helpful. This is just a thing he knows.]

[saintjames]

[ this username.......... ]

They're having success without any sunlight?

audio; @cgriffin

[colonists]

I know how hard it can be to ration food; I've been there. [ space is not fun; news at eleven. ] But since we only have a month's worth of food, and we don't know if another ferry's going to make its way here next month, it's imperative that we start now.

If you need some help in organizing rations for people, Jim, I'm willing to offer a hand. I'm Clarke.

[saintjames]

Thanks, Clarke, I'd appreciate that.

@eleven, audio

[savingthrows]

Hi.

[The voice comes soft, and there's a pause after the greeting. She's still getting used to handling the flat machine, but since it's Gordon, she listens to the message, makes the effort to attempt to follow it as best she can, and respond.]

I don't need much. Does that help?

[saintjames]

Everything helps, El, thank you.

[ But kids and the elderly, if they have any, are the ones they need to look out for most. Not that Jim is about to have that conversation with Eleven of all people. ]

@jtodd

[mind_blown]

[ he sees that user tag and.

fuck.
him. ]

what city was that again

[saintjames]

Gotham.

You know it?

@riku; voice

[equinoctials]

I just heard what Rosalind had to say. That explains a lot.

[saintjames]

You know what she's talking about, then?

audio, @stone

[scarsolderthanyou]

Well shit. That's going to a pain in the tail. I was already not looking forward to having to eat cooked meat all the time.

[Have a brand new, very-old-sounding man. Possibly the querulous kind of old. Or at least grumpy.]

Is there anything out here to hunt? I haven't smelled anything that seems prey-animal-like. Or... animal-like at all, actually. But there has to be somewhere, right?

[It's disturbing, how little animal-smell there is around here. It's unnatural.]

[saintjames]

Doesn't seem to be the case. Just the forest spirits, if the records are anything to go by.

Are you a, uh, vampire too?

@daylit; voice.

[sunborne]

You can take me off the list of calculations and stuff if you need, Mr. Gordon. I don't need to eat or drink thanks to my, um, efficiency system. If it helps you and the others out, I can stop snacking until we get this cleared up.

[ there's a little hum on the other end as if trying to decide what to say. or how to say it. ] ... Do you think we could ask the forest spirits for help? They've live here and stuff, so they should know where we can find food and... stuff, from the wilds.

[saintjames]

[ "Efficiency system". Is this guy a robot?? He feels like after a vampire and a dragon nothing will surprise him. ]

That's not a bad idea. They're going to know the lay of the land a lot better than the rest of us.

Only— [ He remembers encountering the one that was tending the bar... ] You know how to communicate with them?

audio; @bacura

[mellowyellow]

Yeah, not super stoked to die again. What kind of help are you asking for here? I can do not eating as much. I won't do martial law. Y'know?

[saintjames]

There's no military here, we can't have martial law.

@Grandmaster | Audio

[paletteswap]

Assuming everyone agrees to rationing, how long do you think the supplies will stretch?

[saintjames]

Assuming everyone did, and that we went to half rations?

Two months. Maybe a little longer, since there seem to be people here that don't need to eat the same way as others.

That's without including if we kept some in reserve for emergencies.

— audio / @parker.

[webshoots]

Rationing's a good shout, and depending on how we're going to do this, [ a breath of a pause ], my aunt used to run a homeless shelter. [ still does, technically. ] I got pretty good at helping her whip up meals with pretty limited supplies.

—Or if you just need a guy that's proficient with a ladle.

[saintjames]

That's a skill in and of itself. If you're willing to offer it up I won't say no.

@kettara, audio

[oldtonew]

I haven't found anything in the woods worth eating, but has anyone tried fishing in the water? Do you know?

[saintjames]

I'm not sure fishing is going to be a viable option either. From the look of it at least one person has tried and didn't pull up anything edible.

[ Information he found when he went back through the logs on the network. ]

text, @HK

[catholicisms]

( he feels disgusting and does not want to voice chat, so voice to text it is. )

It's worth noting that we don't need as much food here as we did when living - I imagine the tolerance is different for everyone, but I can manage a few days without a meal.

That should make the shortage either, though we don't know how long the shortage will last. Rations are a good idea.

[saintjames]

I've had a few people mention that.

Have you tried it?

[ going a few days without a meal, he means ]

@cuttingedge; voice

[knifecollecting]

How do you know how many are here to gauge that? [She doesn't recognize the voice, which doesn't mean that he hasn't been here, but he might be new. There's always a chance he is.

But he has a good point. She does hope everyone can work together.]

What happened to your city? Why was it cut off?

[saintjames]

The list of usernames. I assumed everyone here has one.

It's— [ How to explain... ] complicated.

@grizz

[quotability]

i think rationing's a good idea
maybe start making meals on bulk and eating communally, too

[ just new ham things... ]

[saintjames]

I like that thinking. It'll bring us together.

[ and if he's learned anything it's that community is important in a situation like this ]

un @elizabeth

[isochrone]

Rationing seems like a perfectly reasonable idea in light of the current state of things.

[ She's only just arrived, but Elizabeth can see logic. ]

[saintjames]

Yeah. The more of us that get on board, the better.

[audio] @newham

[mayorly]

[ She's quietly relieved that somebody else here seems to understand how bad this could be.

She sounds young, younger than most who live here and yet her words aren't those of somebody who is naive to these kind of situations. ]

I thought it might be a good idea to start offering group meals. I doubt everyone will like the idea of rationing but group meals can do that without it being obvious.

[saintjames]

That's a good idea.

Make the most out of what little we have.