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meadowlark2021-01-16 11:47 am
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Entry tags:
- bones: lance sweets,
- demon slayer: shinobu kocho,
- dragon age: fenris,
- hannibal: will graham,
- mcu: stephen strange,
- naruto: kisame hoshigaki,
- original: quintalian,
- persona: ren amamiya,
- star trek: elim garak,
- star trek: julian bashir,
- the 100: clarke griffin,
- the 100: lexa,
- the magicians: quentin coldwater
@clarke.griffin & @lance.sweets
@clarke.griffin
Hi everyone. This is @clarke.griffin and @lance.sweets. We wanted to give everyone an update, as well as give a rundown on some things moving forward.
First off, I know some of you just made it back from the Aerie, while others have been back for a while. For anyone who hasn't heard yet, the Aerie was a separate world where everyone was brought to it and given a new life, new memories, and new relationships. It wasn't an easy place to live, and some of us have only gotten a headstart in coping with what we went through. Still, not everyone's figured out the particulars, and a lot of us just got our loved ones back.
Perhaps most importantly, while we as a group tend to have weird things happen to us, this is the first time that the entire collective world has had a shared experience like this. Many of us came from situations where we were more prepared for this than most of the population of this world. Even if you're new, I'm willing to bet that this is the case.
Being in the Aerie changed us. I believe Lance can put this better than I can, but it's important to remember that you're far from alone in any of this. I'll let him delve deeper into this now.
@lance.sweets
‘Complicated’ is not even close to a strong enough word for the situation we’ve all found ourselves in, and there’s not really any sort of established framework for how exactly to deal with it. We’re all going to be figuring this out as we go along, but there are some key points to keep in mind.
The first is to remember that, for any similarities or differences there might've been, the people we were in the Aerie are not exactly the same as we were here before, or are now. Some patience and understanding with each other will go a long way in navigating what's happened. Additionally, the way in which each of us--including the native citizens--deals with this will be different, and so it will help if everyone can remember that and have no expectations for what others might do or how they may feel, or in what timeframe those occur. There’s no right or wrong way to come to terms with everything that happened, and that includes reconciling two entirely separate lives; some may treat who they were in the Aerie as another individual entirely, some may try to blend the two, and some may prefer the person they were in the Aerie.
But as Clarke said, none of us are alone in this, and that’s something that shouldn’t just be sentiment. As difficult as it can be, reach out to others if you need help; likewise, check in on each other whenever possible. It's very easy, in the midst of something of this scale, for individuals to get lost in the chaos if there isn’t a concerted effort to make sure that doesn’t happen. On that note, we also have people here who had arrived only days before the Aerie began and so had no time to establish any sort of support network, as well as new arrivals who can’t be forgotten about in all of this.
For those of you who have just arrived, hopefully you've found the network; although you'll be anonymous until your IDs are registered, you can still participate in discussions and read through older conversations, as well as access the new arrivals guide and the information compendium, the latter of which I believe is updated but I may have missed something. It'll give you something to do as a distraction from the current situation, at least. Additionally, if you have questions or need something brought to you, someone may be able to help with that.
[Lance probably more with the former than the latter, since he's not entirely sure if he can even get into the safehouse right now and doesn't care to test it.]
@clarke.griffin
If you're looking at the arrival guide and noticing that we need some updates, they'd be welcome right now. I usually handle it, but I'm not of a mind to be able to do so at this moment. [Which will be apparent soon for a particular reason—but also, she was doing a lot in coming back from the Aerie. Clarke always has her hands full, but she also knows she has to make good on her "I delegate I don't do everything" word. See, Gene—she can commit to her nonsense.]
Finally, our group has a bar named Red Wings. Both @stephen.strange and I run the establishment, though it's going to fall mostly to me for the time being. If you would like a place to help you get started here, or even get familiarized with the world, Red Wings is a good place to get started. We offer jobs to all Displaced, and we're only staffed by Displaced, making it so that it's a place where you can settle in on your terms. [Unsurprisingly, she isn't mentioning any code of conduct or her firing someone rather publicly. No need to draw attention to it.] And if that doesn't appeal, we do give free meals (and sometimes drinks) to our own on a regular basis.
Right now, just as we've done before, Red Wings has been converted into a community center to provide outreach and resources to our community. If you come and help out, you'll still be considered an employee and paid wages for helping out.
As a note, I'll be in charge of operations for the time being. If you helped Stephen with any of his responsibilities, let me know. I could use some help. [The point being to take the onus off of Stephen. This is how they manage things.]
We believe that covers everything. We know this is a lot to digest, so please feel free to ask any questions. Lance and I are here to help.
Hi everyone. This is @clarke.griffin and @lance.sweets. We wanted to give everyone an update, as well as give a rundown on some things moving forward.
First off, I know some of you just made it back from the Aerie, while others have been back for a while. For anyone who hasn't heard yet, the Aerie was a separate world where everyone was brought to it and given a new life, new memories, and new relationships. It wasn't an easy place to live, and some of us have only gotten a headstart in coping with what we went through. Still, not everyone's figured out the particulars, and a lot of us just got our loved ones back.
Perhaps most importantly, while we as a group tend to have weird things happen to us, this is the first time that the entire collective world has had a shared experience like this. Many of us came from situations where we were more prepared for this than most of the population of this world. Even if you're new, I'm willing to bet that this is the case.
Being in the Aerie changed us. I believe Lance can put this better than I can, but it's important to remember that you're far from alone in any of this. I'll let him delve deeper into this now.
@lance.sweets
‘Complicated’ is not even close to a strong enough word for the situation we’ve all found ourselves in, and there’s not really any sort of established framework for how exactly to deal with it. We’re all going to be figuring this out as we go along, but there are some key points to keep in mind.
The first is to remember that, for any similarities or differences there might've been, the people we were in the Aerie are not exactly the same as we were here before, or are now. Some patience and understanding with each other will go a long way in navigating what's happened. Additionally, the way in which each of us--including the native citizens--deals with this will be different, and so it will help if everyone can remember that and have no expectations for what others might do or how they may feel, or in what timeframe those occur. There’s no right or wrong way to come to terms with everything that happened, and that includes reconciling two entirely separate lives; some may treat who they were in the Aerie as another individual entirely, some may try to blend the two, and some may prefer the person they were in the Aerie.
But as Clarke said, none of us are alone in this, and that’s something that shouldn’t just be sentiment. As difficult as it can be, reach out to others if you need help; likewise, check in on each other whenever possible. It's very easy, in the midst of something of this scale, for individuals to get lost in the chaos if there isn’t a concerted effort to make sure that doesn’t happen. On that note, we also have people here who had arrived only days before the Aerie began and so had no time to establish any sort of support network, as well as new arrivals who can’t be forgotten about in all of this.
For those of you who have just arrived, hopefully you've found the network; although you'll be anonymous until your IDs are registered, you can still participate in discussions and read through older conversations, as well as access the new arrivals guide and the information compendium, the latter of which I believe is updated but I may have missed something. It'll give you something to do as a distraction from the current situation, at least. Additionally, if you have questions or need something brought to you, someone may be able to help with that.
[Lance probably more with the former than the latter, since he's not entirely sure if he can even get into the safehouse right now and doesn't care to test it.]
@clarke.griffin
If you're looking at the arrival guide and noticing that we need some updates, they'd be welcome right now. I usually handle it, but I'm not of a mind to be able to do so at this moment. [Which will be apparent soon for a particular reason—but also, she was doing a lot in coming back from the Aerie. Clarke always has her hands full, but she also knows she has to make good on her "I delegate I don't do everything" word. See, Gene—she can commit to her nonsense.]
Finally, our group has a bar named Red Wings. Both @stephen.strange and I run the establishment, though it's going to fall mostly to me for the time being. If you would like a place to help you get started here, or even get familiarized with the world, Red Wings is a good place to get started. We offer jobs to all Displaced, and we're only staffed by Displaced, making it so that it's a place where you can settle in on your terms. [Unsurprisingly, she isn't mentioning any code of conduct or her firing someone rather publicly. No need to draw attention to it.] And if that doesn't appeal, we do give free meals (and sometimes drinks) to our own on a regular basis.
Right now, just as we've done before, Red Wings has been converted into a community center to provide outreach and resources to our community. If you come and help out, you'll still be considered an employee and paid wages for helping out.
As a note, I'll be in charge of operations for the time being. If you helped Stephen with any of his responsibilities, let me know. I could use some help. [The point being to take the onus off of Stephen. This is how they manage things.]
We believe that covers everything. We know this is a lot to digest, so please feel free to ask any questions. Lance and I are here to help.
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Red Wings may be a suitable alternative, as we have a safehouse down below, but we'd need to ensure that we're not being surveyed by any cops or anyone with that implant viewing software.
And finally: I can't believe I'm saying this, but windows do open and people will use them. Some of us are rather fearless, so height isn't a factor.
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In terms of long term results, you're alienating a significant number of your new population. So long as this continues, the more people who arrive that are immediately disenfranchised, the higher the percentage of your population will harbor distrust or resentment over time.
If your goal is to foster unity, you should start with a good first impression. As it stands, this has been a particularly bad one for several of us, and for reasons you can't even begin to understand. Reasons that are big enough that dismissing them offhand is causing irreparable damage between those people and your leadership team.
As long as that door has the ability to open, what's done only continues to be done because you're willing it to be.
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I haven't noticed long-term harbored distrust or resentment for reasons other than my personality. For whatever it's worth. You're citing a problem that hasn't been one. Again, I didn't come up with this plan myself, but we decided to keep the safehouse going as a group. That group has had some turnover, but some of us are still here and see the value in a safespace for people like us upon arrival.
I've never dismissed your concerns, however. I'm communicating with you on them. But I won't take kindly to discussing them at length as being seen as "dismissing them." Telling you the circumstances that we have at this exact moment isn't dismissing them. It's also not up to me to come up with every solution for the Displaced. To repeat: objections to this process and seeing it as a jail were only raised by Lance recently, and I can't help but think that his objections have helped foster problems and distrust despite the rest of us trying to do our best by the other Displaced. If anything, I'd argue that's unfair.
I've gone over why this is the way it is, and why we need a plan in place to replace this process. I'm sorry you see that as dismissing the overall concern, or that I've shaken your trust for any reason. But just because I'm arguing in favor of a system that's worked for us doesn't mean I can't see a new one put into place. Those two things aren't absolutely opposed.
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Have you asked your population recently? Done a poll to gauge the sentiment overall? While he may be your most outspoken example, he isn't manufacturing the discontent. Given your resolute, uncompromising, and somewhat exhausting walls of text it's possible that he's just the most vocal of an undercurrent of people too intimidated to try and discuss it with you.
I've mentioned a viable alternative for immediate action that would relieve us, you rejected it, ergo - dismissed.
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Your suggestion demands a lot of people who just returned from a traumatic situation, or who are helping the community in other ways. Any solution would need to be applied at a better time.
As it is, I appreciate the discussion, but I believe we're done here.
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If someone like @lance.sweets were in fact willing to lend their couch, or could connect me with somebody who would, would you intervene? If not, Mr. Sweets, I'd appreciate if you could help me pursue this course of action.
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As it is, Lance mentioned got barred from the safehouse, so you might need to find someone else.
I'm not here to have any further objections, as that was never the point in the first place.
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@lance.sweets
[And although it's text and no one can hear his sarcasm or see the air quotes around 'allowed', they're there.]
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