@scott.mccall

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So, I never wrote or kept like a blog and I know that's not what this is for, but it's kind of what this reminds me of.

Anyway. I'm Scott. McCall. My friend Isaac and I, we're new. Not as new as everyone new here, but still new, and we need jobs.

I worked as a veterinary assistant for four years and inside the simulation I was an unqualified medic. I don't... know what's out there, for us. And, I hope maybe that this is easier than looking ourselves.

Isaac worked in a graveyard. He dug graves. But, he's really smart and, sort of sarcastic but he can really make you smile.

Anyway, we're just out of high school and we each had two jobs between us. But, we're quick learners.

Also, any downtime you have, let us know if anything needs to be done in the safe house. I know like a month ago there were things that were going to be built or improved or something. We could help with that.

Oh. One more question. Does anyone have like an iPod or something. I really miss music.

Thanks to anyone that can help or even replies.

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@riku.masterson

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If he's good at digging, I bet he could help with all the landscaping around the city. I'm not too sure about you. I don't see a lot of animals.

As for the helping out part—we could still use the assist with the Welcoming Committee. I still haven't found someone to head those efforts.

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We did today, but you're saying the Green Thumbs might need more help, after today.

I also helped homeless and runaway kids. That was after high school. But, I welcomed them too, if they were brought in. I could welcome people. What would welcoming people need? I've never been the head of a committee.

@jack.miller

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[ iPod? Wow, talk about old-fashioned. ]

Didn't realize you were that new. You get through the rest of the sim stuff in one piece?

@ren.amamiya

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No one uses iPods anymore.

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( To be fair, iPod. Phone. Any kind of device used to listen to music. )

Yeah. I didn't go on any of the suicide missions.

( He knows he could've done more, but he's not sure what that would've been. Strong personalities who knows more than him were around. He's still wrapping his head around everything. )

I'm not that new? We have new people now, but I'm from the group before them. We were left at the war memorial. The one that basically detailed what was going to happen in the simulation. Foreshadowing. Thank you again for your help.

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Or phones. How do we listen to music? Personally? Are there headphones in this time?

[personalwar]

Probably for the best.

[ Jack doesn't think that the people who'd thrown themselves at the drones and gotten captured had accomplished much, but who knows? ]

That's still pretty new. Especially when you got shoved into the sim almost right away. Do you want to do something in the medical field for work?

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What they were trying to do went over my head. And if I could help patch people up, or just be there for them after or before, then that was enough.

( Until they'd gotten out. Which they had. No thanks to Scott. )

I think maybe? At least at first? It's what I know. Or, partially know.

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You use your neural implant.

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So, like, my brain is Spotify?

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Play victory music.

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Are you telling me to? Or, demonstrating you can? Should I

You're funny. Okay. What if I want to listen with someone else, do I... connect them to my playlist? Neural implant-style? Or, do I have to tell them what I'm listening to?

@drake.holloway

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There's a lot of manual labor out there, but anything you want to do that requires training you have to do over here so it's slow going. If you wanted to do something medical that doesn't need a license, you can always ask if the fight clubs need more people for first aid.

I've been keeping the Safehouse projects going, I don't really have the money to upgrade the VR like Angela was doing (and I think people might be skittish about using it after we were all just caught in a simulation) but we always seem to need more curtains hung and more creature comforts in the kitchen and game room. And nobody ever wants to clean the bathrooms, I swear I wind up doing it every time I come by.

Not glamorous, but it'd help out.

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They pay?

Wait, when did we start talking about Fight Club? Is that not the first rule any more?

( The sad thing is, he's half serious. )

I can help with all of that. I help fix up my mom's house. I had to replace a whole window once. Don't ask.

I asked someone else, but, it sounds like you're around here a lot? So, if I were to take up the mantle of Welcome Committee captain, what would I have to do? Or, what should I do?

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They pay -- and I think we're a little beyond not talking about the clubs, but I appreciate the reference.

...you know when you say don't ask you immediately make someone like a hundred times more curious, right?

As for a Welcome Committee, I've been kind of low key on that front. It'd be easier actually still living there, though, so if you wanted to just make sure there's always stuff for the newbies -- I've been buying decent clothes and snacks when I can afford them, making sure the entertainment stuff is in order, trying to introduce myself if I spot someone I don't recognize and see if they have any questions about the place or just need a friend or company?

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Yeah. Then you HAVE to ask.

Yeah, I could do all that.

Is... would helping after the fights, is that... legal? Like, is there a payroll?

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I'm asking. What took out the whole window?

You know, I never asked into it myself but my roommate pretty much fights for a job and he's paid through proper channels. I think the betting on them is the illegal part, but the clubs themselves are billed as entertainment? I can ask around if you want to be sure.

[personalwar]

There aren't a lot of animals here, and only the uber-rich have pets that aren't robotic as far as I know. But you might be able to find a way to cater to them and take care of their animals when they get sick, who knows?

[inherited]

The plants have been growing out of control for a while. I don't know how long it's gonna take to keep them in check.

Well, mostly ... getting them a meal. Helping find them some nicer clothes, and getting the clothes stocked. Morningstar helps with some of the basics, but if you want them to be even more comfortable, that's where we come in.

I'm good for carrying things in and welcoming a new person or two, but it definitely sounds like you're better at that. Especially if they're runaways. Does that mean you had to help them calm down and feel better about where they were going? Because ... let me tell you. A lot of people like to fight the door hatch here. It's a losing battle.

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Several rounds of bullets.

Can you? I know my mom's not here, but I can only imagine what she'd think if I was being paid through back channels and not being a tax paying citizen.

( It's one thing to get an income from a friend's family fortune based in helping wayward and homeless shapeshifting kids. It's another patching up wounds -- of criminals. Or, are they not? He doesn't want to assume. )

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Like, a house call vet?

( To the elite? Like a futuristic USA show his mom might watch?... Weirdly, that sounds cool. )

Robotic pets?

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...that's not at all what I expected from someone who's worried about their mom's opinion on their tax status. But it's cool, I can find out for you.

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A guaranteed job for a few weeks isn't a bad thing.

I'd like to think if they escape back through the hatch, they'd learn why they shouldn't. Without ID we don't get far. I didn't need the sim to teach me that. But, I'm good at calming people down. The first three days aren't easy, especially when we have nowhere else to go, but the alternative?

Yeah. I want to do it. Is there something official? Am I just ... it now?

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What can I say, I have real well-rounded concerns.
Thanks. Drake, right?
Also, I guess I'm head of the welcoming committee now. There's no official ceremony or, like, knighting. Maybe I should get business cards.

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Well I can relate to worrying about what your mother thinks of you, that's for sure. Yeah, it's Drake.

Congratulations! The official ceremony is at Red Wings, I'll buy you a beer.

Wait, how old are you? I need to stop offering that to people I can't see.