[ 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.

[originallutece]

Where you're from you're also alive, aren't you?

[She absolutely is not trying to be careful in any sense of the word.]

We're dead here, Mr. Gordon. We need less than we once did.

@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]

[ Luckily, he's more than accustomed to this sort of behaviour. It doesn't put him off in the slightest. But Jim isn't going to argue about this whole death thing: he's still not all that convinced. ]

Has anyone tested this theory?

[originallutece]

Yes.

[Simply said.]

I spent my first month here living, if you wish to use that verb, solely water and sleep. A former colleague did the same with food and water, but no sleep.

I would not say that as fact if I wasn't certain, Mr. Gordon.

@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]

Thank you.

I know it's not pleasant.

[saintjames]

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

They're having success without any sunlight?

[otrazhenie]

It's easier for me. I'm a vampire, I don't need normal food to satisfy my hunger.

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.

[sauntered_downward]

We're still working on it. It's a work in progress. Respect the progress.

Other plant life grows here without light. It should be possible to grow plants here.

[saintjames]

[ yeah he's getting that impression Rosalind. ]

You'll forgive me for my skepticism. From what I understand humans aren't the only kind of person running around here.

[ Still. ]

If what Doctor Ingram has to say is right, though, that unpleasantness could become a whole lot more if we aren't careful.

@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]

I was just surprised. That's a good angle.

@jtodd

[mind_blown]

[ he sees that user tag and.

fuck.
him. ]

what city was that again

[saintjames]

You're—

[ okay, sure, why not. ]

How do you go about, uh...

[ is there a nice way to ask this???? ]

[sauntered_downward]

Even without the ferry crash, there's always a chance supplies won't arrive every month. We're rather at everyone else's whim unless we can make our own food.

[saintjames]

Thanks, Clarke, I'd appreciate that.

[originallutece]

[Isn't it charming? She hums faintly at the mention of Will, because he's smart, but also, he's a little bitch, so.]

I should think that a staple of any living environment.

What specifically are you referring to?

[otrazhenie]

[ Sorry, new arrival. There aren't any training wheels with this one. ]

Eating?

[ There's the tiniest bit of amusement in her voice. She's not sorry about that. ]

A few people have volunteered to be donors. I'm still hungry all the time, but it helps take the edge off.

[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. ]

@riku; voice

[equinoctials]

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

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]

All it takes is a few hungry people to make a mob.

I don't think he would've mentioned the importance of sleep cycles if we shouldn't be keeping an out on it, dead or not. He has been here longer than the rest of us.