✨ XIMILIA TOWN HALL MEETING ✨ ( video/audio/action )

[farr]

[ some morning in the middle of the week, during their return to the station, an invitation will be taped on the door of every orber. though the calligraphy would suggest this must have been typed on a computer and printer, each invitation is actually very carefully hand-written and reads as follows: ]

[ the idea is for everyone to meet in the mess hall at the intended time, but if some choose not to attend, the meeting can still be accessed by the earpieces, allowing all orbers to watch or listen in and contribute however they wish, no matter where they are.

however, for those who do decide to attend, the mess hall features a full display of bagels and donuts, along with plenty of fresh coffee, all to help everyone wake up and feel refreshed for the meeting that's about to take place.

a makeshift little stage, arranged by stacking together a few metal boxes is at the center of the room, atop of it being the one and only rita farr herself, with a bright optimistic smile. when she sees enough people present and settled, she speaks up, loud and clear: ]

Hello, everyone! Welcome to our first Annual — or monthly, or however we decide to do it — Town Hall meeting! Thank you all for coming and please enjoy the food to your heart's content. For those who don't know me, I'm Rita Farr. Now— though my name does appear on the invitation, this is hardly about me. This is about all of us.

After our ... last mission, it became quite clear that our group could use a bit of improvement with how we approach our next missions moving forward. And I thought the best way to plan for that is to allow all of us an opportunity to discuss how we all feel about what we've done well and what we could do better. After all, everyone deserves a say in this, right?

[ she points behind her where a giant board is on display on an easel, once again, hand-written with careful and precise calligraphy in giant letters: ]


Here, I've written some sample questions we can all try to offer answers to, but the floor will also be open for any other questions and suggestions that anyone might have. Remember, there are no wrong answers! We're all here for an open forum discussion. But before that!

[ she reaches over to the board, pulling it off to reveal another one behind it. this one reads as follows: ]


Please consider the "Keys to Success", not only on our missions, but as we talk together in this room right now. We'll go ahead and take turns either stepping up here on the stage or speaking out from wherever you are. There are no microphones but the earpieces should get your voices out to everyone. Now, who would like to start?


( this post is open to all! the idea is that everyone is taking turns in each thread to speak out to the entire group (whether from within the room or from elsewhere), but thread-jacking and hopping around for discussion is the key here! feel free to run wild with ic suggestions or questions regarding mission layouts or planning or whatever floats your boat (ic complaining/protest is always an option too). though rita is organizing it, it's open to whatever people are inclined to discuss. )

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[bossily]

[Clara's been tucked into one of the back corners of the room, listening and observing rather than saying anything to anyone. She has plenty of thoughts about what should or shouldn't be done, but keeps them to herself until there's a lull in conversation.]

Why is there any question about what should be done to prioritize the orbs? The priority should always be finding and retrieving them. We're not meant to be envoys on these planets we visit. It's going to wind up tearing us apart.

[She ducks her head for a moment.]

And I don't know about you lot, but it'd kill me to see that happen.

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[bindsthedead]

We can't solve all their problems. But if the orbs are in the hands of someone who's either causing those problems or trying to fix them...

[Sabriel shakes her head.]

Well, we learned early on that stealing them isn't an option. So given that most of the time, the orbs seem drawn more to drive and desperation rather than cruelty-

[Cheruvia and the Highest one excepted, of course.]

Helping them deal with their problems, offering a non-orb based alternative, might be the fastest way to recover them.

[cruelyethuman]

Because leaving people to suffer or die, seems excessively cruel?

[Or bleeding hearts.

Another weakness that seems to run through enough of the orbers to make it count.]

But are we really saviors, or are we merely prolonging the pain on the worlds that we enter. Or bring a different kind of death with us.