@clarke.griffin

[strove]

[Part of the focus of this post is to begin Operation: Help Stephen. Or whatever it's best called. Either way, Clarke's worried about him, as well as worried about their ability to help what has inevitably become a community they feel they can help. That's not just the Displaced, but the people of New Amsterdam. It's a lot.

She's also trying to be gentler in her own execution. It's hard, because the way she carries herself doesn't fully comply with that. But she also thinks of it as the next phase of the Do Better campaign.

That said, she is a little wary about how her bouncer-turned-security force idea will be taken. But the only way it can be improved is if she talks about it outside of the shadows. So. Here she goes.]

Hi everyone. I'm one of the two owners of Red Wings, and I'd like to offer you a place to work while you're getting settled in. It doesn't need to be permanent, but Red Wings was started as a place to help the Displaced become more financially independent before setting out into the world. We'd like to keep it that way.

First, I'd like to link the Starter Guide. If you've been here for a while, make sure to sign up at the bottom if you'd like to be a contact for anything.

Lance also put together a compendium of information. Don't go dig into that until you're ready. It's a lot.

As for Red Wings positions:

IN HOUSE: We're looking for another shift manager, as well as additional chefs and bartenders. After the Aerie, I'm also interested in hosting community events where we can rehabilitate our image. We don't need the fame that we had before the Aerie, but Stephen and I do intend to keep Red Wings as a community center. If you're interested in helping out with that, even on a contractor basis, let us know.

SECURITY/SECURITY FORCE: I've pitched this to a few people, but the Displaced need to watch out for themselves. Even before the Aerie and this recent Task Force, some of us brought heat down on ourselves and each other. That's going to happen, especially because a lot of us aren't happy with the makeup of this world.

So, I'd like our bouncers and security to work as eyes for our group. My aim isn't to control this group. We just need someone out there looking out for us. Lexa and Castiel have already started to devise exit points from the city if the worst case scenario comes to a head, but in the meantime, I thought that having some extra support here would help. Paying the people for their support is the next natural solution.

With everything that's happened, I've only been able to pitch this, like I said. How it's executed, how it goes about its business—that would be up to the people involved. We have a lot of people who have the skills necessary to pull this off. I'd just like to pay people to do what feels best for them.

Between the jobs and the guides, I'm willing to answer any questions you might have.

[OOC: As a reminder! If your character is employed by Red Wings in any capacity, make sure to sign up at our bar post in addition to the jobs post.]

Comments

@gabriel.reyes

[gravemistake]

Do you guys pull in enough to run a payroll that size, or is the whole operation just Displaced passing the same 20 bucks back and forth?

[strove]

Our payroll has gone down in recent weeks, but our accountant has started investing in the stock market to make sure we can fund all of our endeavors.

[gravemistake]

Seems...unsustainable...

[strove]

Personally, I'd prefer for us to offer services and help with no credit value attached, if only because money seems like an arbitrary way of valuing things.

But what do I know?

[It might be unsustainable, but Clarke doesn't handle the books for a reason. She just gave her reason.

Money is stupid.]

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

For you it'd be ten.

[gravemistake]

Wow!! See if I ever go there for a drink again.

[variate]

Just when I got them how you like them.

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

I'm willing to teach anyone who needs an extra hand, too.

[strove]

Thanks.

Any ideas on the community celebrations? Or do you keep all your creativity to your curry names?

[variate]

I usually have to contain myself.

[ though ]

Cooking or cocktail classes might help.
What other skills do we have that we can help with?

[strove]

Most of mine don't apply to this world. I can teach people how to do indoor smoking. Nill and I figured that one out.

Do you think people would show up for that?

[Clarke genuinely does not know what people will sign up for, to be fair.]

@mako.sato

[browbeater]

i've never bartended or anything like that, but i can help with security.

also, the information doc alludes to it, but does anyone know how time works back home? i've never heard of jumping between universes. i want to know if my friends and family are going to notice if i'm gone.

[ and his job. he'd like to not get fired, but that's a secondary concern. ]

[strove]

Thanks. You're one of our new arrivals, right?

[She doesn't recognize his name. And that, plus his question, seems to be a big giveaway on that.]

My best guess is they don't know. Someone here turned up from my world and my future, but he had no idea that I'd gone missing. But someone else pointed out that it could be a matter of parallel universes.

The whole thing is a bit over my head.

[browbeater]

yeah, i am.

thanks for the answer. that... sort of helps. i don't know. you went back, though? was it like nothing happened?

[strove]

Kind of. If I knew about this world, it would have been different. I would have treated it differently. But I didn't know. It was like stepping back in to a place that had been waiting for me, right at the same exact time. It's hard to describe.

@bellamy.blake

[jettisons]

What sort of community events are you thinking? Fun or practical?

[strove]

Either or. We're already pulling back from supporting Lexa and the community center. It's going to help while we work on ourselves.

What are you thinking?

[jettisons]

Nothing solid yet, but it wouldn't hurt to give people something to look forward to. Make them associate the bar with good things, not just crisis.

[strove]

We could do a night of you reading Ovid to everyone. I'm sure someone will turn up.

@kai.gracen

[halfbloodhatchling]

I want to be involved in the security force.

[ Mostly because he doesn't trust the sound of it at all, but he's not trying to jump down anyone's throat. ]

But I have another job, and I'm not exactly intimidating as a bouncer.

[ Not without baring his fangs, which might cause a different sort of issues. He's not looking to get hired, just to have some kind of say in it, and if it's worthwhile, then to spend some time doing something worthwhile. ]

[strove]

[Even Clarke would admit that it was born from good intentions that she was well aware sounded worse on paper. She's not a fool. She just also wants to create plans that help them protect themselves in the long term.]

We could put you down as someone who does maintenance. There's no real way to check into whether that's true or not, and it would still be helping you out while you help the rest of us.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Sure, sounds good.

It's not the pay that's important to me. I'm used to doing things, maybe protecting people a little.

@will.graham

[cognitivus]

What kind of screening procedures do you have in place for your security force?

[strove]

Trust.

I know it doesn't sound like much given the circumstances, but it's what Red Wings is built upon. And it's how we handled things back home when there was only a group around this size. We have to trust in what someone says they can do, and to look out for the good of everyone in our group, for better or worse.

@stephen.strange

[rehandle]

New music and filleting fish. The future is bright.

[ Tongue in cheek, but not a joke. With these ideas and every other that might follow, the future is looking brighter. ]

Ren's proposed cocktail classes would go down well too. If they don't knock out half the attendees. Or maybe that would be a selling point.