telepathic network

[maserannas]

Two questions for anyone with the attention to spare. First, is anyone here capable and willing to create some sort of sensor system or device to install further afield for better tracking movements of large bodies through the water? As a type of early warning and defense system, like wards.

Second, any volunteers for gathering supplies or assisting in fermentation of alcohol for the base? The offer's open to anyone with an interest in the process, if not the end result.

Comments

[splinten]

Will there be any control on the distribution of alcohol? A bunch of drunk people on an underwater base sounds like a surefire way to a B-movie disaster.

["HELLO MY NAME IS DIRK STRIDER AND I AM A CONCERNED FRIEND OF AN ALCOHOLIC"]

[maserannas]

[ Hello Dirk Strider this is Ms. Personal Responsibility calling — ]

Not outside of not allowing anyone to get the brilliant idea of taking it all outside of an emergency situation. At least not at the outset. If people have difficulty keeping to reasonable levels for themselves, or display a tendency toward intolerable behaviours, then yes. Is there someone you're worried about, or are you more generally concerned?

[ There's a lot of opportunity to meet shitty drunks, and she wouldn't want to support the unfortunate side of this particular social hobby. ]

[splinten]

In stressful situations, it's easy for alcohol to become a crutch. There could be crew now or in the future who have a history. As fun and helpful as alcohol can be presumably, I don't consider it appropriate to be lax in its distribution. People learning restraint on their own is one thing, but it's a bit of a douche move to wave an object of addiction in front of someone trying to resist the bad habit.

[yes there's someone he's worried about no he doesn't want to talk about them]

[maserannas]

[ Dirk you make it obvious... but Ellana listens and waits for him to have said what he said before she replies, and she keeps her mental tone neutral. It's not as if she doesn't understand the concern. ]

Each person has to fight their own battles, even and especially on the subject of addiction. Habits are formed because we keep repeating a behaviour. When we have ones we're trying to break away from, looking to friends for support is one of the most brave, most frightening steps to take.

Alcohol, lyrium, whatever it might be is going to be part of the world they live in. It's going to be close at hand sometimes, or far away at others, but it isn't the world who thinks of us and guards us from our own worst temptations.

Which is to say I won't be walking around and handing out glasses of ale, mead, or whatever we end up with — you will rather need to voluntarily come collect your own — and that relies on people making individual decisions along the way. If you're concerned about someone in particular, I suggest speaking with them. Or, for example, if it were a personal concern, ask someone you feel will be able to be responsible to help you resist the bad habit.

[splinten]

[And here they go again. ELLANA AND DIRK BUTTING HEADS: the long-running sitcom.]

The world may not think of us, but the world is pretty fucking cold and uncaring. We're in an isolated environment down here. We don't have to be the world.

[He won't argue with it more than that. He just finds the entire notion frustrating and irritating.]

I'm glad to hear you aren't going to be reckless. But don't worry about my end; I'll take care of it.