@nill.klein & @ren.amamiya

[culver]

[this is not nill’s bag of chips. she hasn’t addressed the network in... six months? right, not since heine left. so this is a much better thing to talk about than losing her best friend and also the only other person from her world. this is loads better. just asking people for stuff.]

@nill.klein
We need some new supplies for the new arrivals. [good, solid start. she’s got this.] Any clothes or toiletries you can spare. Some of the things we have are getting run down, and we could use a better variety of sizes for clothing.

And any cloth that can be turned into sheets, too. If anyone knows how to sew, that would also be helpful. I know a little about sewing, but I’m not very good at it. Any sheets I make will probably be a little crooked.

[okay, the hard part is done.

Ren is here for support, so when Nill finishes her thoughts, he steps in to wrap it up.]

@ren.amamiya
It's rough showing up the way we do, so Nill and I thought we could make things better, rather than just limiting it to the basics. She did a good job outlining what we need, but we're willing to take suggestions if anyone has them. Ah--we also have another question.

@nill.klein
What are some things you wish you’d had when you arrived? Or what did you wish was in the safehouse? I don’t think we can do anything extravagant, but we can try to make it more welcoming when everything is up and running again.

Comments

@ian.fowler

[wittingly]

my power involves bending matter. if you can supply the material, I can reshape it into clothes or sheets in a few minutes. it's not exactly gonna be fashionable, but it'll definitely be wearable.

as for question two
Honestly?
I really, really just wanted a joint
that one's probably not so helpful

[variate]

Can you turn it into weed?

[wittingly]

I wish
Unfortunately it's not a transmutation thing, I just take what's already there and make it already there in a different shape

[culver]

That would be great! I'll see what I can find. Thanks.

I mean, it isn't unhelpful. And you probably aren't the only one. The best we can do is let people know they can get a prescription for weed once they leave.

[wittingly]

they can WHAT

[ WHY DID HE NOT KNOW SOONER ]

@cassandra.pentaghast

[stabsbooks]

Armor.

[ Why armor isn't standard issue and readily available here, she still doesn't understand. ]

[variate]

Not sure how we could get away with that one.
We're a little short on resources.

[stabsbooks]

How short? The people's safety should be a priority.

[culver]

Unfortunately, I don't think we'd be able to swing that very easily.

[stabsbooks]

There must be someone in town with smithing experience.

@clarke.griffin

[strove]

A gun. Being able to go outside. I think it's the less possible things that we'd want.

I'm sure "substances" are mostly what people want when they first get here.

[variate]

After having your autonomy taken from you, yeah, I wanted those things too. It's probably not a good idea while people get settled.
Do you know where to get weed?

[strove]

A prescription, and then I think you can just grow it yourself.

Do you have experience cultivating plants? Outside of the unnatural cultivation we have here.

[culver]

Then what falls lower on your list? Something that would actually be manageable?

Yeah, wanting drugs seems to be a pretty universal thing, no matter what world you're in. But I'm not sure how ethical it is to offer edibles to anyone when they first get here.

[strove]

Lower on the list doesn't exist. It's mostly paper, ways to draw, and more, but art supplies aren't cheap. Even trying to get something for newcomers without a prepared implant is going to cause problems. But giving people something to do with their hands could help. Crafting, or a way to take out their frustrations. I've bandaged up enough early sparring wounds.

As for the drugs, I think there are strains that have less THC in it. It means less anxiety for the user, and I can see that helping some people with their first nights here.

@samuel.drake

[withmeinparadise]

-cigarettes
-a map
-gun'd be nice, gotta agree with that

[variate]

As much as I agree with the gun, I don't think we're going to be able to handle that one.
What kind of map? One of New Amsterdam?

[withmeinparadise]

gotta be a way to get a little more armed. something better than steak knives.

yeah, new amsterdam. brain network's a helluva thing to get used to, it'd help to know where stuff is.

[culver]

A map is definitely doable. The others probably aren't--I used to have some cigarettes, but they disappeared when I got here. Is there anything else?

@james.barnes

[freightcars]

A door I could lock. Some place to sleep that had walls. Even if it just meant sticking a bed in a supply closet.
Some of the people I know that have wound up here aren't the kind that can fall asleep around strangers, whether they want to or not. I didn't get any the entire time they kept me in the safe house.

[variate]

Right now space is a commodity.
Would you have felt more comfortable in someone else's home if they could've boarded you while you waited?

[ then it's just! one stranger! ]

i forgot i turned off notifs to this post whoops

[culver]

I felt exactly the same way. It isn't easy to share a room with people you don't know in a place you don't know.

I know Ren suggested boarding already. We could try to get some partitions, but I don't know how we could work a door into that.

@lance.sweets

[lifetothefullest]

The others have made good suggestions for things to have, but my main suggestion would be to make the safehouse completely optional. We've already seen in the past few weeks that new Displaced can get through their first few days safely enough without it.

[variate]

They're still staying at Red Wings.
Some doors might not open without a registered implant.

Unless someone else boards them, it's an adjustment.

[culver]

You make it sound simple. The safehouse isn't ideal, but I think it does serve a purpose--it helps us connect with one another, get to know each other's faces and who we can rely on. I know the new displaced have been alright so far, but I wouldn't count on that continuing. Our luck never seems to hold for long.