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[blue_ice]

[ Someone is trying very hard to be professional, an utter contrast to his last broadcast. He's wearing his orange uniform properly for once, no popped collars or dangling hoodies. He begins with a small wave. He's trying to look friendly. ]

If you haven't met me before, I'm Seto Kaiba, and I'm running for a position train council. I wish the best to all our candidates, of course, and I urge everyone to hear us out and make your decision based on who will best represent our interests as a group.

I thought I'd tell you a little about myself, to better inform you. On my home world I'm CEO of Kaiba Corporation, one of the world's leading entertainment technology companies. We develop video games and virtual reality augmentation for board, tabletop, and card games. If I have enough points after the bear donations I promised, I'll give a demonstration of my work.

I'll acknowledge that going from chairman to counsel would be an adjustment for me. If you knew me from home, you'd know that I have a reputation for being...standoffish, to put it as mildly as possible. I didn't like people and made it known. I wanted to be left alone to pursue my digital dreams and share them with the world from on high.

But living and working with all of you for the past few weeks has reminded me that I started my journey wanting to help others who needed joy in their lives. I want to do this because the more prepared we are, the safer we'll all be. That's why I'm looking to expand our educational offerings, as well as our gaming car's activities---gaming has a way of teaching us about life. And binding us together.

Now I'll open the floor to any questions. Thanks for listening, and best of luck to everyone.

[ He wipes a little sweat from his brow before pausing. That was...difficult, to say the least. But he's glad to get it out there. ]

Comments

[afterburner]

Hey, you could've kept being all "high and mighty" standoffish dude, but you came down willingly...at least mostly...and started rubbing elbows with the great unwashed. So you're willing to adapt.

And look, you're taking this seriously! More seriously than I think I would've, anyhow. I sure don't regret nominating you. [Pretty obvious she doesn't have regrets, nope.]

So, for questions--a question, anyway. What if there were a crisis on the train? Like...in the first few weeks I was here, we actually had the gravity cut out for a few days. There weren't as many people here then as there are now, so it was an annoyance at best. What would you do if something like that happened again?

[blue_ice]

I don't think any of us are washed with how long the shower lines have been...I'll put that on the to-do list.

[ A joke. He's slowly getting better at those. ]

First we'd find someone with the appropriate skills to teach everyone how to safely navigate. For example, I built a space station, so I know how to operate in zero-g. Then we assemble a team to fix it, with the tools and spare parts we're collecting from our mission stops. I'm working on engineering classes so we can expand the amount of helping hands we have.

But to be best prepared we have to know how everyone can help and get the information the right people quickly. I imagine that's what Mr. Stark's questionaires are for. If it were me, I'd then sort that information and have a database of go-teams for various tasks---not tying the more personal information to them, of course. For example, we could have technological skills sorted by specialty, the smiths, the superheroes who can stop a speeding bullet---and, of course, backups for common scenarios. Priority one will be emergency oxygen tanks, stored safely of course, and increasing our food supply. Keep everyone alive and we'll build on the rest.