Video - Imagination 15

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(Gen - in Purple. | Roland - in Dark Blue.)

[ The ICP flickers to life and in video, two individuals stand side by side. One is stern and still, with heavy eyes and crossed arms. The other with duo-colored hair is smiling, but their gaze is sharp and attentive. The announcement seems to be coming from the Dining car. ]

Good morning, everyone! After a rather … difficult … last mission, it seems that everyone’s scrambling for ideas, and answers. It’s … certainly been in my mind. Some have even called for a change in leadership, which is understandable, but I think might’ve ruffled a few feathers.

I really think that after everything we’ve been through, a fight about who’s running what is the last thing we need.

[ Roland transitions smoothly, with a nod in agreement. ]



Leadership’s always been about action, and in that sense, no one necessarily needs a title to be a leader in their own right. We’re all here to make train life a better place in our own way...so let’s do it. Let’s talk. No more barriers, no more walls. Just everyone who’s ever been interested to say anything about the train, coming together.

How’s the 18th of Imagination, sound? We can do it in the Music Room’s upper floor, so we maximize space.

[ Gen nodded, and added sheepishly: ]

Yes, so - Roland put things a lot better than I could, but he’s been here for a lot longer. But, pretty much, what he said!

Please - everyone, no matter what team, how involved you were in the mission - whether you saw things fall apart for yourself - please come. We’d want to speak to the Team Leads and the Council members, of course, but.

Now isn’t the time for us to bicker over power. We need to work together to find a better way to work - or more people are going to end up getting hurt.

[ Roland’s gaze grows more stern. Like he’s remembering something as he talks. Could just be the catch of the light. ]

There’s a lot we need to discuss either way. As one. Every voice heard, every talent taken into consideration so they’re exactly where they need to be.

[ Shrugging, Gen flourished a little with his hands, and said - ]

Ah! And there’ll be snacks! So even if you’re worried you might not have a great idea … if you’re feeling shy … you can at least come for the food, my friends.

Come for the candy! Stay for the attempts to keep us all from exploding. It’s a win-win!

[ And with that said, the two make their individual salutations - Roland nodding again and Gen waving nicely - before the announcement ends. ]



(OOC: Expect threeways/fourways/whatever-have-you-ways wherever appropriate! The said Open Log will be posted on the 5th of December. This is not a council meeting, but a player-driven initiative :) Come one, come all! Please feel free to throw in stuff OOCly here. )

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[consider8]

[Eight is quiet for a long time, staring diligently into the screen. How different Roland was to any other type of leader she had known. They all were. The Octarian King, DJ Octavio, demanded full compliance with his orders and Octarian duty. She never doubted that Octavio had the Octarian race's interest in heart, but he also never permitted outside dissent. Uniformity in duty and purpose; such was the Octarian way.]

[Yet to hear Roland speak, she couldn't help but wonder if allowing a larger conversation may have its own value... if the views at large was tempered by people like Roland, perhaps it could work.]

I had planned on going...

[She blushes magenta at the praise.] ...but I don't think I'm going to be doing much talking...

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[ He nods still, patiently listening, absorbing it all no matter what Eight might have to say. Roland hasn't forgotten what she told him on the platform when they first met. He's seen her move when challenged. He knows, he's confident, that she's more than what she presents herself to be. And he wants to support that. ]

You don't have to. Listening is just as important as talking. But...between you and me? You've got a secret weapon.

[ He pauses for dramatic effect. Leans in just slightly to the ICP, before tilting his head in an angle. ]

Me. I can voice out whatever ideas or concerns you have so you don't have to do it.

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[A secret weapon? That piques her interest. She had thought that the whole point was to have a conversation to decide future directions of the train, there was no need for warfare right--]

[And then foot drops and everything just clicks. It was true. Even though they had only met just a little over a month now, Eight had started to feel comforted by Roland's presence. She couldn't help but feel if he followed what he said that everything would be alright.]

[She let's out a small chii of a giggle though.]

And if that doesn't work I can use you as a secret weapon to hit people with. [That is if she was going to use his phrase literally. She couldn't help but laugh at the image in her head.]

Thank you, Roland.

THERE'S THIS TAG - sorry again! ;;

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[ He chuckles earnestly. Lucky for Eight, even as an adult, Roland's pretty good at playing along. ] They'll never see it coming. Just make sure not to hit them with me so hard, alright? And not on the face.

[ Roland nods, and offers her a mock salute. ]

Heh. Just doing my job, ma'am.