24 April 2020 @ 01:25 pm
Hi I know we're all still like WTF about those messages but also did anyone else keep the relics from our ruins adventure? Because one of mine is glowing and like resonating and I'm not sure if it's just me so?
 
 
02 March 2020 @ 11:30 am
some of you already know me but if you don't, my name's marcos and i thought i'd do this since my name got mentioned a few times on another post and i've had one person message me.

back home, i helped organize and lead a group of people who were ostracized and hunted because of who they are and what they can do. they were imprisoned and experimented on and my main goal was to keep them safe and to give them as close to normal lives as possible.

i'm trying to do the same thing here. the people and situation are different but that doesn't mean they don't need help. so, to that extent, my main goals are to:

- ensure the safety of those that can't protect themselves. this is basically making sure they have adequate shelter so they have places to go in a time of crisis. that they know who is there to help them and who to reach out to if there's a need.

- provide food and other resources to those that aren't able to get them on their own. i don't know if you anyone's been to the red light district but the people there are good, helpful people. but they don't have a lot of access to things that others might. so, i try and make sure they know where to get food or medical attention. i've made contact with a lot of the sex workers there and they keep an eye on things for me and i help them in return. it's simple. no one needs to die because they can't eat or they get an infection from a small cut.

- improve the infrastructure of the city. we had a lot of buildings damaged awhile back and some of you were here when we did some rebuilding a few weeks ago. hopefully we don't have to do that again but if we do, that's something i'll try and help organize.

- be there. a lot of these people just need to know someone's there for them. they don't know where to go or who to turn to. so, just being around and being present is big for them.

this isn't the all of what i'm trying to do but it's some big points. i'm not trying to take away from anything else that people want to do. i just wanted to outline a little of what i've been working on and if you want to help, you can help. feel free to let me know here or you can speak to me in my inbox.
 
 
01 March 2020 @ 03:02 pm
to whom it may concern

good afternoon. my name is amy march and i am newly arrived so do bear with me for i have a great many questions. most pressingly i am in want of a job. i have never had one so im afraid i dont know what sort of job i ought to look for. i can sew cook clean and perform all necessary household tasks but i think i shall cry if i must play the part of a maid to another woman please pardon my pride. i am educated at least by the old measuring stick of where i came from but here there is so much more to be ignorant about. and i am accomplished in art but with materials so dear i cannot see how this might earn my bread so to speak. all of this is to say what jobs are available for young ladies?

furthermore i would like to leave the safe house as soon as my circumstances allow. however i have never lived on my own and the thought of doing so now is daunting. it seems such a mean and lonesome lot to accept. are there boarding houses in new amsterdam? you know rather like the safe house but much nicer and everyone has her own room but comes together for meals. i think this would be much pleasanter.

finally i am taking recommendations for dress shops. it is nearly impossible to find anything that suits. your consideration in these matters is very much appreciated thank you.

sincerely
amy c. march
 
 
30 December 2019 @ 10:24 pm
( text, at least, obscures some of the discomfort he has at the idea of postin' like this. he ain't quite sold on the whole thing, but... better than nothin', an' he ought to make himself known on account'a the medic work anyhow. )

I hope this message finds y'all well.

My name is Eugene Hicks. I'm a veterinarian by trade, but I was a medic with a paratrooper infantry division in what those from Earth may know as the Second World War. Whatever gives us the source of our powers has seen fit to grant me some small healing ability also.

I've heard that medical personnel are in short supply, so please don't hesitate to seek me out should there be a need. I'm in residence at the safe house for the time being. I don't hardly care if we disagree on all things great or small or if you think it's a bother, it ain't.

Also, if anyone knows a decent pizza joint hereabouts, I'd appreciate being directed to it. Does the future have Coca-Cola perchance?

Thank you very sincerely for your time,

-EPH.
 
 
22 December 2019 @ 04:55 pm
how did you discover your new power?

if you don't mind telling everyone
 
 
20 August 2019 @ 12:24 pm
with everything that's gone on lately, i had a question.

if given the choice, how many people would stay here and how many people would leave? i get that it's a pretty personal question and don't feel like you've gotta answer. i'm just curious considering the way the place has changed lately and the people that have been lost.

could you live your life here? or would you leave and take your chances?
 
 
09 June 2019 @ 03:14 pm
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

 
 
05 June 2019 @ 06:44 pm
[ marcos hadn't really expected to be back on this network so soon but he'd said he'd do something and while it was a little later than expected, he was going to follow through with that. ]

Not too long ago, I was here with questions about a different version of me being here before. Seems like there's a few people that's happened to now so our club's growing. I'm not here for that today.

During that conversation, I told someone that I'd ask a question to all the Displaced because she was curious and honestly, I am too.

Question is why do you stick around? Why haven't more of you 'fucked off into oblivion' to quote the last conversation I had about this? Is it because there's nowhere else better to go? Or something else?


[ it'd be interesting to see if there was genuine thought in some of the answers, if people didn't know there was anywhere else to go, or just didn't want to make the effort. ]

To be clear, I'm not advocating one way or another. Just posing the question.

[ OOC: this isn't an official mod requested communication and isn't part of some bigger plot. it's just curiosity born of a conversation marcos had with gaby here that he said he'd ask about so he's asking. feel free to talk to each other, of course, and i'll answer as i can. ]
 
 
09 May 2019 @ 12:43 pm
So, this isn't my first time being here, I've learned. I'm still wrapping my head around the whole thing but there's a few of you that know me and I don't know anything about you except what I've learned in the last few weeks.

You all probably know more about me than I know about you and that's weird. Nothing I can do about it but it's weird all the same. I half want to make lists of what you know about me so I can compare and contrast. I'm not going to though. You guys deserve to keep those memories of him — me — for yourselves.

Sorry that I'm not him, though.

Anyway, I'm not smart enough to really have an explanation on why this happened. I don't know if I was here and had my memories wiped and then got sent back. Pretty clear that messing with heads is pretty normal here and it wouldn't be a stretch where I come from either. But is there a way to test for that without cracking my head open?

Or I could be totally different person which just gets into science stuff that's above my pay grade. But I can't rule it out. Two of me. No one wants that, though. I don't know which explanation I really prefer either.

I need a drink.


[ for a few reasons. it feels like he's been barely hanging on for awhile now and this whole side trip to a futuristic society was really testing his ability to stay afloat. ]

Where's a good place to get a drink?