voidtreckernet | Llama day 2 from Stores to Everywhere

[Taiki is stood in front of the ICP in the stores, to not be underfoot in the kitchen as he did this. His face is stern, a lot sterner and stoic than most who knew the young man would expect. Not a twitch or a tremor betrayed just how nervous he was to be speaking over the ICPs. Or to be talking about this at all.]

Hello, I hope everyone who joined us yesterday have begun to settle in. For those who don't know me my name is Taiki and I'm on the Red team. However I rarely am with the red team on missions and that is part of what I wish to speak with you about today. It is a new month and that means there will be a mission in a few days time. I am someone who does not fight and cannot condone violence done towards any other creatures, I say this not to condemn those of you who feel differently but to explain why I struggle being of use on the missions we are sent on. I often wonder if it would be better to remain here on the train but I cannot contemplate leaving my friends to go into danger without me and the missions are to save worlds. If refusing to fight for a world would mean it's demise than abstaining from the mission would be an act of cruelty in itself. [He shook his head.] So I have been finding ways to help without being near the fighting. However it has come to my attention that there are others who feel the same way I do even if they have their own reasons for it.

I thought it might be useful, if together we made ourselves known and figured out ways we could provide assistance to help those on these worlds without causing any harm. If anyone has any ideas of tasks that could be done by those who cannot or will not fight please suggest them. I wish to be of use and I am sure others do too.

[His face grows a tiny bit lighter, though keeping the stoic mask.]

On a slightly related note I bought a selection of vegan foods including a meal kit to make plant burgers. [He says vegan like the word is still quite new to him and 'plant burgers' like he is very dubious about their existance.] I am planning on doing some cooking if anyone wanted to try any of it.

Thank you.

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[ Senku has been thinking a lot about this since he spoke to Merwen in the aftermath of that mission and how deeply it affected her. While it had been pushing him in the deep end, so to speak, he understands. ]

I understand your sentiment. [ He'll start there as an opening. ] I would like to refuse a mission for our own ends to see what the train does, but you're right, I'm not willing to do that at the sacrifice of people's lives.

[ He sighs. ]

I think you don't have to participate in the violence or condone it, but I think you could do more good off the train. The people who are fighting need back up. Protection. Medical attention. And occasionally there are tasks away from the fighting itself. While people are quick to take the lives of what we encounter in battle, I find that sort of thing unnecessary as far as my beliefs go. We have a strict no killing policy in the Kingdom of Science for a reason and violence is used to disarm and restrain someone who won't stop and no more than that.

[ People around here do kill too easily. Some have died. It bothers him. ]

I have no authority here, so I don't try to exert any, but I would suggest perhaps finding ways to be supportive if you can stomach that. If not... [ He'll tell Taiki what he told Merwen. ] Remaining on the train may be your best option.

[Especially with what they learned before going to the void nexus, if they were all standing between worlds and extinction level events. He would not wish to skip a mission if it meant the death of even one person never mind the death of every person.]

I'm afraid I am not useful for medical attention either but others who do not fight could be and it is a good idea. [It was good that Senku's kingdom had a no killing policy, that they saught to disarm and restrain first.]

Likewise none on the train are mine to advise and I don't wish to judge, being supportive is what I am hoping to be. Roland and Tidus have had a lot of good ideas for me to help on with the purple team but... last mission I couldn't be with them because they were too close to the fighting.

[ He nods a little bit, considering. ]

There are various jobs and ways to be helpful from running supplies and monitoring communications, as well as gathering things for the train that don't involve getting in the thick of things. Unfortunately we haven't been able to gather for several missions, but if we find a resource rich world, that will definitely be on the table as well. It might sound like a distraction, but preparing for the next two weeks is just as vital as finishing the mission.

I can carry supplies and move them quickly if needed. For gathering... I guess I am not so sure what we need or how exactly to go about it. Some things are obvious such as edible plants but even then I wonder, many of the worlds we go to are going through a tough time and taking any resources from them seems...

[He shook his head.]

It's true, we've had a run of worlds where that wasn't possible since Nion. At the same time, that's lowered the variety of things we can do on the train, and the variety of foods for eating. As much as people can eat the same thing every day for a month, it's likely affecting morale.

[ That's a bit more psychology than he likes to use, but there it is. ]

I certainly wouldn't, and didn't, suggest taking anything from those worlds. But throwing us into a wilderness? I wouldn't hesitate. I'm not talking about stripping the world entirely.

[ Yes, he would defend his foraging. ]

Considering the stores around here got very low at the end of last mission, I'd suggest I'm not entirely out of line on that.

Sorry Senku. [He bows his head slightly in apology.] I didn't mean to criticise or suggest you would take more than a world could take.

[Even if he still felt bad about it, how he felt about things was often different to most, not just on the use of violence.]

[ Senku can be seen waving his hand dismissively. ]

You can disagree with me you know, I'm interested in hearing your persepective. You don't have to just... not tell me. I'm certainly open to other people's opinions.

[ He really doesn't need the apology, he's not offended. ]

I know... I just... I don't mean to criticise, it is not my place to lecture people here. [He smiled nervously.]

I guess... You are right, a variety of food does keep up morale and as long as we are careful and we think the world won't mind... I just wouldn't want us to ever to leave a world worse than we found it.

Me neither. I'm not in charge here. [ He smiles and shrugs, it's just an acknowledgement. ]

And even though we started apart, we can meet on that compromise. I would never want to leave a world in a worse state than when we found it, so we can agree on that.

Yes, I think most people here would agree with that at least. [He hopes so at least.]

And it's not like people choose to be here, or want to be sent to other worlds in the first place...

No, unfortunately not. I'd like to mitigate as much of the discomfort as possible. As much as the train may try, I'm sure not everyone is comfortable all the time. Fixing things is...the kind of thing I like to do.

There are only so many ideas I have to keep you away from battle, I'm afraid. Sorry if I'm not much help.

You're very good at that. [A reassuring smile.]

You've been a lot of help, please don't worry. I just thought it would be good both to have some input for others but also, if others feel the way I do, for them to know they are not alone.

[ He smiles. He wasn't fishing for a compliment, but it's appreciated all the same. ]

I'm glad you got something out of that. I'd like to see a lot more negotiation with these threats but as I said... my influence is extremely limited here. This is not my kingdom.

Nor is it mine. [He smiles.] But we can still try, even if most do not listen. We might get lucky and find a world that does.

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