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voidtreckernet2020-08-06 01:11 am
tinkerheart) wrote in voidtreckernet2020-08-06 01:11 am
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[Video] Voidtrecker's history
From: Storage.
To: All train.
[Fëanor has changed into regular Voidtrecker uniform but somehow it doesn't make him look less regal when he starts his address.]
Fellow Voidtreckers!
This Fëanor. I need to speak to all of you on the matter that is both dire and urgent. Each platform leaves us with our numbers growing and diminishing at the same time. Each time some come and some go. And yet we have no record of it. No way of remembering those that were here once but are no longer.
[Fëanor pauses, he looks straight into the camera for a few moments before continuing.]
I say we change that.
I say it matters that we are here.
I say it mattered that those that left were here too. They made a difference, they deserve being remembered. So do we.
We know there were Voidtreckers before us and yet there is no trace of them besides one personal log with no context. As if they never existed.
I say We deserve better.
It’s not even difficult. All we need is will and a little effort. We have a working printer and at least one working camera. We can take pictures of everyone who is on the train now. We have artists who can draw those that are no longer here. We can write their names and their stories so they won’t be lost to obscurity.
To: All train.
[Fëanor has changed into regular Voidtrecker uniform but somehow it doesn't make him look less regal when he starts his address.]
Fellow Voidtreckers!
This Fëanor. I need to speak to all of you on the matter that is both dire and urgent. Each platform leaves us with our numbers growing and diminishing at the same time. Each time some come and some go. And yet we have no record of it. No way of remembering those that were here once but are no longer.
[Fëanor pauses, he looks straight into the camera for a few moments before continuing.]
I say we change that.
I say it matters that we are here.
I say it mattered that those that left were here too. They made a difference, they deserve being remembered. So do we.
We know there were Voidtreckers before us and yet there is no trace of them besides one personal log with no context. As if they never existed.
I say We deserve better.
It’s not even difficult. All we need is will and a little effort. We have a working printer and at least one working camera. We can take pictures of everyone who is on the train now. We have artists who can draw those that are no longer here. We can write their names and their stories so they won’t be lost to obscurity.
[Audio]
[Digitally, but it IS something.]
I know there are those among us who copy down the contents of each post; we should endeavor to continue that.
Re: [Audio]
However, I thought more about people. Not everyone here authored a post to be counted among those preserved.
Re: [Audio]
And not everyone's 'real' names are featured on the Passenger Roster, so merely taking a screencap-of-sorts of that on a daily basis might not be accurate enough.
[A thoughtful pause.]
All the same, I am not certain if everyone would consent to having their picture taken, or portrait drawn. We can certainly debut something at the next platform and see if it suits.
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[Because names are no trivial matter and it is extremely rude to try to impose a particular name on someone who does not wish to be addressed that way.]
I intended for it to be voluntary from the start. I don't expect everyone to agree with me nor do I think they even should. I'd prefer to leave it as an option that people can participate in or not, rather than turn it into yet another thing to cross-out for people that already plenty confused when they arrive.
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Especially when some arrivals disappear by the next platform; it can be quite vexing to keep track of it all, let alone force fellow new people into considering it before they've processed their new situation.