o10 :: The SSS

[magentarific]

[ voice ]

[ Filtered to Hermione, 89% unhackable ]
Any luck? I know it's been a while, but I'd still like to see if we can get that thing we talked about going. No specifics over the journals for obvious reasons. Want to meet somewhere?




[ Filtered to SSS Members+Officially Designated Consultants, 89% unhackable ]
Hey everyone! First of all, we've lost a lot of members because they've gone home so we need to get recruiting again. Secondly, I'd like to go ahead and go over a few projects for us that I've been working on with some more recent members. Part of it is a challenge we received from another group in Luceti to test our strengths and the other part.. Well, I'll talk to you guys about it in person. It's a little more confidential than I'm willing to risk putting on the journals, but I'll go over what it means here.

[ There's a brief pause. You know, to make sure everyone's got time to start listening up for real! ]

The SOS Brigade has challenged the SSS to a competition. We'll have to protect something and they will try to steal it from us. We've got permission to use any means necessary provided it is non-lethal. I haven't accepted, but I think this would be a good test of our base skills. Especially considering our need to be able to protect ourselves and others against the kidnapping droids-- if we can't at least manage one thing against people in Luceti, we need a lot more training before we can effectively accomplish anything. That's the basics of the challenge. I'll accept if no one has any objections or comments.

[ Normally she would've just said yes and they'd be doing it, but she knows she's got a lot of people in the SSS who are less likely to cooperate than the SSS in her world. Stepping back and asking their opinions will make everyone feel safer, like they have more of a say, and generally encourage a more trusting environment. That's what she's hoping anyway. ]






[ Filter drops completely. Open to all now, because Yuri wants to attract anyone who this sounds attractive to. ]

I think a lot of the problems with the SSS here so far have been that we're all seeking different things out of this. Some members signed up because they were bored, some signed up because they wanted to kick some ass, and some don't even know why they signed up. So I'm going to tell everyone here exactly what we're here for and what we're going to do. If you're not on board with it let me know.

Luceti is not a safe place. No matter how many superheroes are here or sorcerers or robots with souls or talking animals, it remains that for the most part, we don't have any organized way to protect ourselves from the very people who claim to be in charge. The Malnosso may be good guys, they may be bad guys. There's a lot of debate about what people seem to think about them but no matter what, I'm fairly certain no one thinks that the kidnappings and experiments are okay. What seems to go on is that people are busy gathering information and finding ways to fight the war on their own fronts, but from what I can see, there is very little going on to protect the people here in a more direct manner.

We don't have a lot of tools to do this. Right now, there isn't a way for people to even alert people that they need help immediately besides screaming and by the time we figure out where that screaming comes from if there even is any, it's usually too late. This isn't an attempt to guilt anyone or saying that we all need to shift our focus away from what's already being done. There are places for learning how to defend yourself. The Battledome is designed for self-training and there are groups that work on a per-request basis. If bad things go down, from what I've seen most of Luceti only reacts. There is no proactive force to attempt to stop bad things before they happen.

Maybe it's not much, but I want the SSS to start working on protecting people from basic things like in-home attacks and kidnappings from the Malnosso. We aren't police and we aren't people who have been trained to tell right from wrong, so we can't judge the others in this compound-- we can't have people call us because they're being robbed or assaulted by other Luceti residents because for all we know, we got played and we're fighting the wrong person. But the Malnosso droids we know aren't here for good reasons and we know that they're not the ones who need protection.

Those of you in the SSS or those of you who just want to work alongside us as consultants: Someone else and myself have been talking and we're going to see if we can't manage a way to do this so much more effectively. No details here, I don't trust the journals personally. If you want to ask in person, fine, but I can't promise anything just yet. I'll get the information out to everyone once I've got some definitive results on how this is going to work.

Just the SSS isn't going to be the one to be able to solve all of the problems here in Luceti. From what I can tell, everyone else is fighting to figure out how to get out, get information on the Malnosso-- so I want us to be a unit that's here just to rebel against them by protecting each other and anyone else in Luceti. It might not be as big of a dream as completely taking them down, but I think that's something the whole of us are going to have to do, rather than a part.

Any questions?






---Oh, last bit of info that's more fun and less important...

The coffee shop is definitely underway, but I realized a tiny problem with... well, electricity. So I've got two questions:

1. How do the other shops get electricity to them and can we just jump into that?

2. If not, I need a carpenter who can build me a water wheel so we can generate our own power. We're right next to the stream, so it should work that way right?

If we can get through that little hitch we should be up and running soon!

Comments

[mikangirl]

[...okay. Maybe she's been out of the loop a lot more than she thought.]

Stupid question time. What's the SSS?

[tenminutes]

Shinda Sekai Sensen. [ Which translates to "Afterlife Battlefront" but the short version doesn't work that way... ] Name not actually related here. Back in my world we were a group of rebels against God. Here? You can probably guess if you were listening.

[mikangirl]

Yeah, your message makes it pretty loud and clear. Rebels against God, huh? [She really kind of likes the sound of that.] I wish you luck.

[Voice]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

That's ambitious of you.

[Not possible with the way things are, but still ambitious.]

I'd suggest something, but I've never handled a plan on this scale.

[Voice]

[tenminutes]

I've already got an idea about how to go about it. Like I said, though, can't discuss it over the journals.

Who're you?

[Voice]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

Fair enough.

Seta Souji. And you are...?

[written]

[redjacketthief]

people have thought of similar things in the past, Pippa. there was a town meeting back in february that was meant to discuss this problem, among others. there has been very little progress with those plans.

you sound like you have your stuff in order. do you have any notes from the february meeting? we can meet somewhere if you don't.

also: I found another person who is willing to drink a lot of coffee for the sake of your research. we want your coffee shop to succeed! ♥

voice;

[tenminutes]

Thinking of and doing something are different. I do have some ideas on how to go about this already, but the notes would definitely help to go over things.

February was right after I got here, so I don't think I went to that one. I was still trying to figure everything out.

Great! The taste testing should happen eventually, don't worry. Who is it?

perma written~

[redjacketthief]

our mystery man is Dr. Trafalgar Law. he's a fellow caffeine addict and he is very smart.

the meeting was the cycle after I arrived, and my rival with the ICPO was still here. I went out of curiosity, and to harrass him.

I still took notes, for future reference.

where and when do you want to meet? my day is completely clear.

[voice]

[rashness]

Wait, so that's what you guys're up to?

[voice]

[tenminutes]

I said we were rebelling against the Malnosso. It just took a little longer to figure out how we could do something that others can't or won't so we could sink our teeth in.

[Voice]

[cynicism]

Questions? Not really.

[Hi Yuri. Hisoka doesn't have much to say about her approaching the community to handle her business. His housemates are just being stupid and he's increasingly desperate for someone he likes. Just likes. Not likes. Just. You know. Shut up.]

[Voice]

[tenminutes]

Thinking about joining us, Hisoka?

[ She'd never specifically asked because he never seemed like the kind of guy who would go for something if you tried to get him to. Better to see if he comes to her eventually. She's hoping this is that moment, even if she does consider him a friend outside of that. ]

[voice, filtered]

[emp3thy]

[Haruhi, why...

It sounds like a good plan on paper, but with Haruhi and Yuri both involved, who knows how this will end.]

Sounds exciting.

[voice, filtered]

[tenminutes]

We're using paint pellets so no one gets legitimately hurt. I'm not sure if I can actually use you during it, but if you know anyone who knows how to make paint guns that'd be great.

[musubi]

Any argument I make will probably be overruled.

[tenminutes]

If your argument consists of something other than "I'm being an intentional butt" it won't be. Speak up, Isamu.

voice;

[alloys]

[The idea is certainly appealing, but he'll hold off signing up for service until he has the details. He isn't going to bother if it's a ineffective idea, considering how versatile the droids were, and especially when otherwise his time could be spent on a machine to get them home.]

Let's talk. Name the place.

voice;

[tenminutes]

Straight to the point. I like it. Clothing store, I need to pick something up. [ It's starting to get chilly already, she wants to get a hat and a scarf. ]

voice;

[repudiate]

I see you've moved on from starfish pranks to something bigger.

[ 'sup, Yuri, long time no see.. and meanwhile Ange has grown a little bitter again, although she's doing sliiightly better by now. Her family is just still a sore spot. ]

voice;

[tenminutes]

I've always worked on bigger things. You just hadn't noticed, Ange.

[filtered]

[shinesbrightest]

[...well, Shinji's glad she didn't just agree to this competition without mentioning anything, but all of this sounds... beyond him. He's no good at standing up for himself, but this time, he doesn't think he has a choice.]

I don't think I can do this, Yuri.

[filtered]

[tenminutes]

Give me one good reason why. If you want to do something, we can find a way to make it work, so saying you don't think you can is a crappy reason.

[voice - filtered]

[nothisbrother]

What does God get in return for participating in this idiotic challenge?

[voice - filtered]

[tenminutes]

Free reign to hypnotize as many people as you'd like as long as they're not in the SSS and to do anything except for permanent or lethal damage to the SOS Brigade, who I know you don't like for whatever reason. Also to prove we can definitely beat them.

[ Since when she first got here she had to deal with that. ]