@keith.kogane

[secondnature]

So. Some of you know this already, but Ciri's gone. She hadn't come home for a while. She was there with us when we first got into that accident a couple months ago. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I hope she comes back to us.

Until then, Ciri was interested in making sure we were all on the same page. Whether we like it or not, we're a team. We have a lot of the same goals. Some people want to help this world and others want to get home, but I think we all know the answers surrounding us can be found in the same place.

The idea was that we would meet once a month to touch base. And maybe get to know one another better. We'd do it outside of the safehouse so that it'd be our own thing. I think we decided on a buffet. But I'm not sure. Somewhere more private might be better. We could always start somewhere with food and find somewhere else to touch base.

If anyone has some ideas, let me know. I think these meetings can be important. If nothing else, we'll always know that we're not alone.

[And somewhere in there, Keith managed not to write "I don't know how to gather people for a party or make reservations or any of that because I'm bad at it." It was a true effort on his part.]

Comments

@giovanni.rammsteiner

[ofobedience]

[Whilst he's interested in the information sharing, this one thing is really bothering him and he needs to ask...]

Do people often return once they've disappeared? Or is it not more likely our captors have simply reclaimed them? That, or they're dead.

[secondnature]

We don't know where they go, but they do return.

Either way, she's not dead.

@jughead.jones

[drivein]

Damnit.
That really ties things up. We'll just have to pick up where she left off.

Sorry, man. I knew she was a friend of yours.

[secondnature]

The first friend I made here.

She didn't like this world much. Having to sit still and do nothing before we could act was hard on her.

If she's somewhere else, hopefully it's a place she can fight.

@ojiro.juniper

[deicider]

I'm sorry to hear about Ciri. Keeping this up is a good idea.
A private home would really be the best place to get into details but given the cost and size of real estate in this place, I really doubt anyone has a big enough place.

[secondnature]

What about places in the city like the grocery store above?

@ignis.scientia

[cheffeur]

I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. But may I ask what you mean when you say you hope her to 'come back to us'?

As for coordinating the entire collective of displaced individuals here into a space, I would agree with your suggestion of something more private and low-key. While a group assembling is a rather benign occurrence, the fact of the matter is that it immediately draws a connection to all of us. And should that connection be found to be false identities forged by a rebellious faction, it would likely spell disaster.

Do we have any accurate estimations of how many of us are here?

[secondnature]

We don't know where someone goes when they leave. But what we do know is that they can come back. I'd rather know where my friend is than not.

I don't know how many there are. @gaby would know. Not everyone showed up at our first meeting.

Maybe we can ask Morningstar if they know a place that they haven't made their own yet. They could give us this.

@gaby

[vns]

42.

@daisy.johnson

[evite]

she'd be really happy you're doing this when she can't
we could also go the route of throwing fake birthday parties
renting out places for parties is pretty normal back home, i can't see why anyone would think that's weird here

@katelin.philips

[covertness]

makes sense to me

[secondnature]

That could work.

But I guess I'm worried about how expensive it would be.

@eugenides.attolis

[kleptocratic]

Whenever I needed to go somewhere I wouldn't be recognized, I went to a wineshop.

Of course, whenever I needed to go somewhere I would be recognized, I also went to a wineshop.

[secondnature]

Aren't wineshops rather small?

@scott.summers

[evenslimmer]

I'm sorry about Ciri. She was a good teammate. HOpefully wherever she is, she's okay.

We need to maximize our interactions with each other while minimizing our exposure, and so I'm wondering about the feasibility of getting all of us together in the same place without tipping someone off. But if we split into groups, we're not really a cohesive unit, unless we switch out who hangs out with whom every month.

We could find some kind of cover for all of us to get together as a social club. Fake a shared hobby or interest that most people would not find very interesting. The dystopian equivalent of birdwatching.

[secondnature]

Ciri did have us as a hover bike enthusiasts club, but it didn't explain why none of us had one ourselves. We'd need to rebrand.

Secondly, Markus suggested a base of operations, not unlike the safehouse. But one that's all our own.

What do you think?

@markus.manfred

[saviorexe]

Ciri was a friend of mine, too. I’m sorry. But I know she’d want us to pick up where she left off.

I’ve been thinking — why not take a page out of Morningstar’s book? Find not a public venue, but our own facsimile of a safe haven?

[Hailing from Jericho, it’s easy for him to suggest this.]

@katelin.philips

[covertness]

do you have anything specific in mind?

[secondnature]

My team back home had a base of operations, too. It was a ship, but it was a place to call home. We don't know how long we can keep asking Morningstar to look after us, and it might make things easier if we see it as a long-term solution, too.

So.

I don't think it's a bad idea.

They may be willing to help us set it up, so long as we manage the rest ourselves.

@yalena.yardeen

[motivation]

[ all of this is a lot. the multiverse, the experimentation, that thing about powers —and dutch isn't sure she buys into the whole "we're a team" thing yet, but hey ]

make it somewhere with drinks

[secondnature]

What if you have to make your own? Would that be a problem?

@prom.argentum

[mercurio]

aw man

[he didn't know ciri for long, but there's something ? sad ? about people disappearing, and them not knowing much about what happened to those people.]

meeting once a month would be a great idea
how about having them be at someone's place? like a house warming/party in disguise??

[secondnature]

Do you have a place that's big enough to shove 40 people inside?

Because I don't.

[kometes]

Keith?

I didn't read your letter because it's too long, but I recognize the name. You're the kid with the buns.

[secondnature]

It's not even that long!

@noctis.sky

[fessus]

Hey, Ciri was cool, sorry. She said she had some magic that could help her move around though so maybe she managed to figure something out to get home. I promised her I'd help her out with that too but ig I wasn't much help. Anyway js maybe it's good news for her, so we should hold onto that.

[secondnature]

I don't think she'd leave without us. Not on purpose.

But there's no saying she left on purpose, either.