@caroline.forbes — 05 nov, afternoon.

[gasping]

hi, everybody!

i just wanted to take a minute to say welcome to all of our new faces! in case i don't get to meet you in person, my name is caroline forbes, and i run the displaced welcoming committee with @prom.argentum and @sora.sky! if you need anything while you're getting settled, we'll be around to help in any way we can!

for anyone who's on rescue duty:

• any of the cots with gift baskets are available for anyone you bring back! there should be fresh towels, a pillow, and sheets on all the open beds. 
• dinner is at eight sharp — don't be late! if you want to bring anything from the harvest festival to share, it would be really appreciated!!! 
• we are still trying to get more donations — clothes, linens, food, even activities and crafts for the safehouse! anything that doesn't require an id would be great. anything you don't want anymore but don't think is worth donating to the safehouse can go to the morningstar booth at the festival!

for anyone who's new and just joining us:

• we have a really helpful new arrivals guide that you can download and read any time.
• if you have any questions about anything in there, you can tag them in this post (@caroline.forbes will tag me!) and they can come to you. just be sure to give your name somewhere in your comment, or you'll just be anonymous!
• if nobody told you yet, the first day is kind of a headache. you might feel better if you get some sleep!

xo, 
caroline

Comments

@anonymous

[variate]

There's a committee.

[ this reminds him of school kind of??? ]

How often does this happen?

[ read the guide, Ren. ]

[gasping]

[ squints. is that a question? she literally said "i run the committee", so yeah, there's a committee. ]

people have been getting dropped off every two weeks or so for the last couple of months!

[ please read the guide... ]

@riku.masterson

[inherited]

We have a welcome committee because this happens often enough that we need one, and a guide to streamline things.

So, read the guide and make it easier on Caroline.

@anonymous

[impede]

[Akechi already read the guide, because he's That Guy.]

I assume the lack of privacy is a given. But I see plenty of rooms here in the safehouse. If I moved my cot into one of them, would anyone mind?

That may seem like a shallow wish. I'm sorry if so! I haven't lived with anyone for some time.

My name is Goro Akechi. I prefer to be called by my surname.

[gasping]

i think most of the rooms are being used for something?

[ if privacy was up for grabs, she's pretty sure people would already be in them. ]

most of us are still getting used to it, though, so you're not the only one!
we're trying to figure out if there's any way to put up a temporary wall or a partition in the safehouse, but we haven't come up with anything yet. if you have any ideas, [Bad username or site: prom @ argentum] is your guy!

@anonymous

[tribridfreakshow]

[wait...what?

She stares, and stares, and stares, and then finally makes a reply, quickly tagging [Bad username or site: caroline @ forbes]]

are u from mystic falls?

[It could just be a coincidence, but she doesn't believe in those very much.]

here we go

[gasping]

[ ............ ]

miss mystic falls at your service!

[ okay, technically speaking, she's probably not the reigning miss mystic falls in 2511, but as far as caroline knows, nobody else has been crowned in her lifetime. so she's sticking with it.

it makes her feel better about answering a total mystery person in public on the network, anyway. ]

@anonymous

[justbeginning]

[ The benefits of listening to someone and getting showered and changed and eating some bread are real, because it puts Elizabeth smack dab in the perfect position to get a lot of the info she's been hounding people about irl. A miracle. ]

I'm not sure I needed anyone to tell me that much about the first day, Caroline. [ IMMEDIATE FOLLOW-UP: ]

That was a joke. I'm sorry. I realized text might not be the best format to get that across.

"Thank you for all the information, Caroline," might have been better. I do appreciate it.

@riku.masterson

[inherited]

Hey. I'm on the committee, too.

It might be too much to take in at once, but I recommend getting a head start on it. Everything they've got written down is important to know once you get back out in the world.

[gasping]

you're welcome. :)

[ she's heard worse jokes and ruder comments. at least this mystery person recognizes when they're being rude, and course-corrects for it. ]

are you settling in okay?
we're not on water rations anymore, but i don't know how long the hot water lasts when new faces get in, so i definitely recommend getting a hot shower asap if you can.

@prom.argentum

[mercurio]

lmao good thing for anonymous right?
foot in brain mood

@sora.sky

[lighthearted]

Yep, I'm here to help however I can! If you need a hand with dinner, I can probably pitch in with that too. Hopefully we can find some good stuff at the festival!

@riku.masterson

[inherited]

Should I be getting food too?

[gasping]

i'm sure no one would complain if you wanted to make more cookies!

[ or anything else, for that matter. food is great. ]

private.

[retravel]

This is cracking stuff, Caroline.
Thank you, again. I know you'd do it to help everyone, anyway, but it still means a lot.

[ that the work Bobbi has done won't be wasted, should anything happen to them. ]

[gasping]

cracking is good, right?

[ the implant doesn't translate slang, mr darcy. ]

you don't have to thank me, though. everyone who wrote the guide did all the hard work, i'm just sharing it on futuristic facebook.

[ downplaying all the rest of the hard work she's actually done thus far? maybe. but seeking fitz's approval doesn't have to mean literally begging for it. ]

@damon.salvatore

[corrosive]

What's cooking, good looking?

( ;) )

[gasping]

[ he's an ass, but he's not wrong. she does look cute today, thank you very much. ]

spaghetti.
do you want to be my taste tester?

@markus.manfred

[saviorexe]

The safehouse is already looking more lively than it ever did before.

Dinner and everything, too. I'm impressed.

[gasping]

do you think we could paint the walls?
they're just so blah

[lighthearted]

I'm glad you like it! Caroline's the one with all the good ideas, but we're doing our best.

@nill.klein

[culver]

I don't have any extra clothes or anything to donate, but I can help with dinner. I know how to cook, bugs and all.

It's really nice that you put together a welcoming committee.

[gasping]

we'll take all the help we can get! if you need any supplies or anything, just let me or sora know and we'll try to get you what we can. :)

@anonymous

[athousandwords]

Thanks for what you've done for all of us. Even if some don't say it, I know they appreciate it. Since it's a lot to take in.

I'm willing to help with food while I'm here. I'm not the greatest chef, but I can cook with most of what we have.

Oh, sorry. This is Eiji Okumura, by the way. Still getting use to this.

@prom.argentum

[mercurio]

hey eiji, no sweat, this is kinda fun for us to be honest
but your gratitude is appreciated!

do you know how to cook with bugs??

@anonymous

[impavid]

Just so I'm getting this straight: the party van has been dumping random people here for months and we still don't who they are or why they're doing it?

[ Because that seems... bad? Unfortunate? Distressing? All of the above. ]

@anonymous

[impede]

People in power always have a way and means of keeping that power. Trust me when I say that it's not that unusual.

[Akechi isn't concerned about that. Given the landscape of the city? It's not surprising at all.]

un: @monty.cora

[jampony]

Who took the time to write that guide?

[gasping]

i think everybody's tagged on their sections, right?
nobody wrote the whole thing, anyway

[ "it was a team effort" ]