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voidtreckernet2019-12-22 03:43 pm
runs_on_batteries) wrote in voidtreckernet2019-12-22 03:43 pm
Council Meeting #4: Action
[ooc: Again, this is the easiest way to do these meetings. Tony hasn't bothered with refreshments this time and looks fairly irritated.]
I was asked to give a report of my research so far, so I've compiled a bit. It's not much and I'm no where near ready to make any well founded claims or theories. I have a couple ones I can suggest, but they're unsubstantiated at best.
Of the thirty four responses I've gotten to my survey, here are some notable conclusions:
- Half of the populous are from a version of Earth- which is my world and 23 of 34 are human.
- Arda is the next largest, which are represented by Feanor's family. Likewise, elves are the next largest category of race.
- There are four people who would've been dead or dead shortly after when they were brought here and four others who were unsure or had 'complicated' situations.
- The train is split fairly evenly between those who come from a world with magic and those who don't or come from a place where magic isn't widely known as real.
- A third of the people who responded had weapons as their home item and four who wouldn't say.
- Of the 34 who replied 13 were teenagers or younger.
Theories:
If you have another person who has come from your world here, others from your world or a similar world are more likely.
For whatever reason, if you engage in the train's activities and socialize, you're less likely to be sent home- or wherever those people go from the platform.
Comments?
I was asked to give a report of my research so far, so I've compiled a bit. It's not much and I'm no where near ready to make any well founded claims or theories. I have a couple ones I can suggest, but they're unsubstantiated at best.
Of the thirty four responses I've gotten to my survey, here are some notable conclusions:
- Half of the populous are from a version of Earth- which is my world and 23 of 34 are human.
- Arda is the next largest, which are represented by Feanor's family. Likewise, elves are the next largest category of race.
- There are four people who would've been dead or dead shortly after when they were brought here and four others who were unsure or had 'complicated' situations.
- The train is split fairly evenly between those who come from a world with magic and those who don't or come from a place where magic isn't widely known as real.
- A third of the people who responded had weapons as their home item and four who wouldn't say.
- Of the 34 who replied 13 were teenagers or younger.
Theories:
If you have another person who has come from your world here, others from your world or a similar world are more likely.
For whatever reason, if you engage in the train's activities and socialize, you're less likely to be sent home- or wherever those people go from the platform.
Comments?
Lecture, meet Incredibly Interested Student
We are. That is the real reason behind all the additional questions, although I'll admit a few are to annoy Peter and a few others are strictly to assist in our community living on board this train. I agree whole-heartedly that those who have brought us here seem to have done so with purpose. I believe there's a logic here, even if I haven't found the evidence to support it just yet.
[Which is really hard to admit, but he does so for the benefit of the council. Feel honored, people.]
That's an interesting observation. I've found that to be true of the red team. Even if one or two specific tasks were beyond a certain individual, there was always others they could do. The only reason any of us have strayed from our team's mission have been due to preference or some other goal, not because a person was incapable of doing their original objectives.
[The only exception to that might have been Maedhros, but Tony was fairly certain if the elf had been required to deal with the fiery planet, the man would've found a way to do it. There had just been other options and they could spare the man that discomfort.
The news about the SCA was invaluable. It was also a reminder to him specifically that there were other capable scientists on this train (something he might need reminded on a regular basis).
He wasn't sure how to take the information that he may have fainted for a few days after rescuing Ignis for a reason unrelated to the teleportation. He might ask later, but he wasn't going to draw attention to his embarrassing collapse if no one was making him.]
Well, then we just need more data
Then we just need to keep collecting the evidence. The pattern will reveal itself eventually. [It might take hundreds of years...though it would be nice if it could appear a bit earlier than that.] When it does, we will be able to see it. Until then, we keep investigating.
[Someone could have mistaken what he said for patience. It is not. It's just a different time perception. For him, this investigation has barely started.]
Re: Well, then we just need more data
[There's an unspoken hint toward appreciating Feanor's understanding, but he wasn't going to say it specifically. That would draw too much attention to the fact he needed it.]
no subject
[That could as well mean he has none, as that he has but deems them not exactly fitting to be disclosed in public. Who knows.]