arya ([personal profile] whichend) wrote in [community profile] hadriel2016-03-03 03:29 pm

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[ Arya has gotten much better at using the camera on this thing since she arrived, and she's able to keep the camera focused on herself this time without much effort. Which is good, because she knows she needs to be taken seriously if this is going to work.

Arya is standing in the charred remains of what looks like was once a kitchen. The setting is on purpose -- it's a reminder to what happened, and what needs to be done because of it. ]


Hello, Hadriel.

You all know what happened last month. You know how the food was contaminated, and you saw the sickness that took many of us, and caused the sick to feed upon the healthy whether they liked it or not. This happened because we are too dependent on food from beings we do not see and do not fully understand.

[ She says, firmly. ]

We cannot afford to rely on the gods like we are children, and they are parents. There is enough of us here to survive on our own, all of us, if we work for it. We share one thing: whatever each person may think about this place, none of us were brought here willingly. That, I think, is enough to trust one another if not work together.

There are other ways to get food. There is a man named Newt here who knows how to grow it, and if that is your interest or specialty, it may be a good idea to talk to him. I can hunt, and I think there are a few more of us here who can as well. There is certainly enough of us to find food for everyone. Monsters can be meat, and more and more monsters are brought in every month. We need not go hungry, and we need not be helpless.

[ Arya swallows. Off-camera, she's digging her nails into her palms, not wanting to say her last piece, but knowing she can't keep hiding it forever. There's a brief pause before she gathers herself enough to continue. ]

My name is Arya Stark. If you would like to contact me. If you are interested in hunting, in learning, in teaching others, or even simply becoming independent as a city.
wormintheglass: (above all this)

[personal profile] wormintheglass 2016-03-03 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello, Arya. I am Bianca.

We are of one mind in this, I think. Lilith and I have been discussing building a forge.
wormintheglass: (impish)

[personal profile] wormintheglass 2016-03-03 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
My experience lies more in the field of temporal physics, I'm afraid. But I'm quite sound on the theory - enough, at least, to make the attempt.
circumitus: that's because you have standards... and i have a thing for guys that give me free drugs. (my dad brought home flowers)

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[personal profile] circumitus 2016-03-03 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Like the way you think. [Especially the part about not wanting to become dependent on the gods like they're accepting handouts. Before long, they're going to start acting like they're doing everyone here a favor. That's a sort of debt Rey would rather not find herself owing.]

Am no farmer, but can't hunt. Can teach others how to hunt. Easy.

[Good thing she was actually considering on doing so, recently.]

Name's Rey, by the way. [Since Arya so kindly introduced herself.]
wormintheglass: (Bianca)

[personal profile] wormintheglass 2016-03-03 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bianca, who has recognised the speech patterns of a low-tech society, smiles thinly.]

It's part of an unbroken continuum of innovation and technology - the forging of metal blades at one end, the creation of dimensionally transcendent timeships at the other. Sadly, we're unlikely to find the resources to build timeships, here. But I hope we may be able to repurpose some of Rage's armoury for bullets.
circumitus: (503): forewarning i'll probably have done those drugs with you (i wanna bring you to show and tell)

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[personal profile] circumitus 2016-03-03 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed.

Am more adept with firearms and close quarters combat, such as hand-to-hand and bayonets. Not much of a sword user, though... or have made much use of most of the things found in Rage's arsenal.
mismanagement: (014)

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[personal profile] mismanagement 2016-03-03 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maketh's face is serious. The fact that a child is saying this worries her a bit, but Arya's logic can't b argued with.]

I agree. I have some experience with large scale logistics. I believe you would find that helpful with your goals.
foundafamily: (Default)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-03-04 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
You sound pretty sharp.

[Being dependent on anyone doesn't sit well with him. Being dependent on people crazy enough to call themselves gods sits even less well.]

I've never hunted anything before, but I've been in plenty of fights. Anything different about hunting?
smited: (005.)

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[personal profile] smited 2016-03-04 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
I have some knowledge of farming, though it's been years since I've put that knowledge into use. I'm more than willing to teach anyone about it, and about hunting, should there be any interest.
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closerift: (on the shore)

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[personal profile] closerift 2016-03-04 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ If she were feeling better, Cecily would smile. Arya is smart, very smart, and reminds the Inquisitor of herself in a lot of ways. Though... at the moment, she's having a hard time bouncing back from being a wendigo and then dying, so she looks far more somber than usual when she appears. ]

You're absolutely right. We can't take anything from them, not their food, nor their weapons...

[ She'd brought her own bow, but if they could build a forge, surely there would be someone in the city who could smith for them. ]

And not their gifts, either. [ For all the good those did when people turned into monsters. ]
mismanagement: (Default)

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[personal profile] mismanagement 2016-03-04 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. I was an administrator once.

[That's a very simple way of describing her position, but Maketh has found that most people really don't understand what it meant to be a minister for the Empire. But they nod if she says administrator, so.]
quaerit: sᴄᴏᴜᴛsɪxᴛᴇᴇɴ.ᴄᴏᴍ. (c a l l i n g)

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[personal profile] quaerit 2016-03-04 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Arya Stark. Well, there's a show of trust already. ]

The monsters could poison us too, you know. It's not every animal can be eaten. We need to take some care with that.

[ But he's not disagreeing. Gansey just thinks that's worth saying. ]

This was a good message to send. Ultimately, I don't want to be here at all, but until we find a way to leave, we have to find a way to survive. I don't want to see us all killing each other every few weeks while Fear and Rage play games with us.
isacrowd: (civilian/gentle/smile)

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[personal profile] isacrowd 2016-03-04 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Despite how serious Arya's message was, Z still gives her a smile. Not patronizing because Arya is obviously so young, and not cheerful, either. Just small, like she respects Arya and her idea. At first, Z had wanted to trust these gods, and while she would still work with them if it were helpful, she's not so sure she trusts them anymore. It's time to stop pretending everything will be okay. In her old life, Z fought for every little thing she had, and she survived with her best friend. She knows Arya is right.]

Hey, Arya. I'm Z. I can fight and I can scavenge, and I'm willing to learn how to do just about anything to help out. We can do this.
mismanagement: (005)

[personal profile] mismanagement 2016-03-04 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Start by compiling a list of everyone present. List their skills, if they volunteer the information. Then begin creating an inventory of supplies - weapons, food, medicine, things like that. Once we know what we have, then we can begin the real work.
thechoiceisyours: (❄ ʟᴏsɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡᴀʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ)

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[personal profile] thechoiceisyours 2016-03-04 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Arya, huh? Definitely not the name he was given by Cashmere, but there's probably a reason for that; still, if she introduced herself here as Arya, maybe that's what she wants to be called.

But, more importantly--]


Dude, did you burn your kitchen down?

[Seriously Arya wtf.]

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