week 1 ( tuesday );

[reidentify]

[So, at some point, if they volunteered beforehand (or, in the case of Lucina and Katara, if Lelouch volunteered them) Lief will have located your character and ask if they're available for a meeting to discuss the food situation. Assuming the answer was a yes, they'll be directed towards the longhouse.

Once everyone is there, he'll begin.]

Thank you, everyone, for volunteering to help. I deeply appreciate it, and I am certain that those who need help will as well.

There are details we need to confirm, though. First, where the food will be kept or how it will be distributed. Second, Lelouch would like to pair everyone off for gathering, unless any of you are unwilling. However, given our situation, he is uncertain as to whether to have rotating groups or not—but he may speak on that himself.

[He pauses.]

Third, if you do not have the skills to gather food but would like to learn, Bellamy and I are willing to teach. [...] And fourth—he and Raven would also like to have a few words with everyone, I believe?

And of course, anyone else who wishes to speak may do so. We are all in this together, after all.

[ooc: Yo, so this is an open mingle, so feel free to top-level/threadjack/etc. as you please—also, even if your character wasn't invited, they're free to crash the party anyway! You're also free to handwave your character being here, etc.]

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slides this summary top level in here really quickly

[chessking]

[ when the ruckus has mostly died down, at least, until the point where he can speak without raising his voice, Lelouch will look up from his mass of scribbled notes because a Plan is coming together, pretty much. ]

Essentially, we are all gathered here because we have a vested interest in not starving to death. [ a wry smile. understatement of the century! ] There's an unspoken agreement here that we are willing to at the very least work together to ensure that we have enough food to feed ourselves, although some among us might argue that we are obligated to ensure that no one goes hungry, because no one deserves that.

However, that particular system opens itself for abuse, unless everyone contributes in one way or another. I cannot force anyone to contribute if you are really disinclined to, [ here he sounds bitter, i wonder why ] but everyone has a purpose and if you are able to contribute, frankly, we don't have to worry about not having enough food in our own stores. [ casual shrugs. ] Those who wish contribute - to learn how to hunt or gather or fish, consult Bellamy and Lief, or any of those whom you know are willing to teach you how to contribute to the food stores. Or speak to Akira, if you would like to learn how to craft tools, or to myself if you are unsure of where you would be best suited.

Jacopo mentioned accountability, and I for one agree with him. The least we could do is to put in place measures for when someone eventually decides to betray us. [ he's not stupid, betrayal is 110% possible ] I sincerely hope that no one even considers damaging our food stores - I don't think I need to remind you that a number of us have murder or variations thereof on our profile cards, and starving to death is a painful way to go.

[ another pause. ]

Your own personal stash, what you take from the communal store, is yours to do as you please. Share it with other people not in the group, hoard it for yourself, use it for other purposes - I honestly do not care. What I do care about is that whatever excess that we have stored in case of emergencies does not go missing from where we have stored them. Rest assured that we will be holding people accountable - we being myself, Jacopo and Joshua, at the first instance.

[ his gaze sharpens slightly. ]

Further details can be ironed out as the weeks progress, if we're all not dead by then.

[ listen, he's definitely 100% certain someone's going to crack by the end of the week. ]

[reidentify]

[Suck it up, Lelouch. Majority rules. Lief won't say anything about that since he doesn't want to pick a fight, though in any case, he notes to himself that he'll just have to work harder to compensate for those who choose not to contribute.

Anyhow, he'll be adding onto Lelouch's speech.]

And as should go without saying, when you request your share of the food, please do so at a reasonable hour. Those of us storing it do not wish to be awakened in the middle of the night; neither do Lelouch and the others, I would believe.

[On a less wry note, though:]

Although I do not doubt that dissent may occur among us, remember that this particular system, at least, is a cooperative effort. No one here— not me, not Lelouch, not Jacopo, not anyone—has the sole right to dictate how it will run. That, too, is something to hold each other accountable for.

[Aka please don't turn this into an island dictatorship, guys.]