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[kudaran314]

[voice post]
...fruit basket?

What the hell?

Hn.

[writing one from hereon]

Would someone be so friendly as to tell me where I could find the library?

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[nowarstowin]

I was beginning to wonder if you had disappeared, too.

Library's down the path from the tea shop; take the left fork toward the school house and you can't miss it.

Oh, and there's a new kid here; seems fresh. He called your name, though he might be after another Aya. Who knows -- we've already got multiple Alberts and Lloyds.

Voice post.

[nowarstowin]

Haha, maybe that's what it is.

[Caesar sighs, making a quiet, unhappy noise before he speaks.]

I have. Unfortunately, I'm still quite unsure on how to implement any real sort of order to the whole business.

Voice post.[Oh, and lets say it's filtered to Caesar too, because he's just paranoid like that]

[kudaran314]

[There's a long silence before Aya speaks. He begins hesitantly, not quite sure what he's saying, but along the line his voice grows stronger and surer.]

Maybe... first find out what kind of resources we have to use. It, uh, shouldn't be too difficult. I'd suggest handling it through the journals. Enough anonymity to assure things going down peacefully. Perhaps a questionnaire? When that is somewhat clear, employing some kind of emergency plan. Basically just dividing the number under some kind of command. It should be easy to take advantage of that later for other usage as well.

However, I'd suggest first finding out what is the general opinion.

It sounds too simple. But I doubt we can afford anything fancy here.

[There's a long silence to follow as well, as if he's about to say something, then decides against it at the last moment. ]

Voice post [Filtered to Aya]

[nowarstowin]

[Caesar hmm's softly.]

Yes -- the journals worry me, as they're almost assuredly a Malnosso device, but there's not really any other way. Besides, it doesn't seem like they consider anything we do as much of a threat, so it may work in our favor ... for the time being, at least.

I'm still adamant about the implementation of a council. I think, at this point, the general public would be willing to listen to me; after all, I imagine I'm becoming known as something of a planner, eh? [He chuckles.]

I like the idea of a questionnaire, though; it could be used to both gague public opinion on a system of leadership and find out what sort of basic providable services the others here would like to see. We should write up a list of questions to ask, and see what we can come up with.

Simplicity is not necessarily less. Something straightforward will be much less likely to crumble if things go downhill, and as we're in the dark about so many things anyway, it leaves a lot more room for improvisation.

...did you have something else to

Voice post [Filtered to Caesar]

[kudaran314]

I'm not aware of what has been suggested about leadership. But I'm prone to go with your suggestion about a council. It sounds narrow enough to be effective and yet wide enough to stay.. uh... communally impartial. Power, even in its smallest manifestations, is corrupting.

Without seeing any answers to a questionnaire, I'd also like to suggest a layered system based on different types of experience. [He trails off here, making quiet, frustrated noises as he falls into silence for a moment.]

I suppose that is a topic better reserved for later.

Hn..

List of questions shouldn't be too long. Perhaps divided into sections about what everyone would expect to gain, and in return what do they have to offer. This might sound harsh, but I wouldn't suggest giving too much freedom of choice. That would be the ideal situation, and we don't have time for that if we wish to be efficient. Asking a big body of people to form a structure for any kind of organization, without giving them some sort of format for it, will only lead to chaos. You'll

Voice post [Filtered to Aya]

[nowarstowin]

I had discussed a similar proposal with a soldier on my floor named Van Grants. We had debated a singular leader, but felt that a group would be much more likely to have more supporters -- even if one does not agree with one leader, there is another they may likely agree to follow. It would also give an opportunity to have people with different points of view and strengths have an equal say in decision-making.

You have many valid points; I take it you were something of a leader in your own world, Aya?

I agree; these would be better matters taken elsewhere. I would be delighted to meet you -- my hands are going arthritic from the amount of writing I've been doing lately, anyway. Wherever you'd like would be fine with me, as long as you're not partial to a mountaintop meeting.

Voice post [Filtered to Caesar]

[kudaran314]

No, not a leader. Just practical. [He snorts, sounding a bit hollow.]

Any time; I have nothing else to do. You could come here; I live at the top floor of the second apartment building. Or I can meet you anywhere you think is good.

Voice post [Filtered to Aya]

[nowarstowin]

Hmm. You'd be good at it.

I am currently unoccupied, as well. I would suggest the tea shop, but I have the feeling such a, er, sensitive discussion is unsuitable for a public area.

I'll come by; I'm at the bottom floor of the other building, but it shouldn't take me more than a few minutes at most.

Is there anything you'd like me to bring, while I'm at it?

Voice post [Filtered to Caesar]

[kudaran314]

[He voices a small, quiet 'hn' before stating simply,]

Whatever you think you'll need. I'll wait for you in the kitchen.

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[nowarstowin]

[Caesar shows up twenty minutes later with a small bag, quite breathless from all the stairs. In it is few different types of tea, as well as a plain paper book.]

Um ... hello? Aya?

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[kudaran314]

Aya has a tea kettle on the stove, few cups already waiting on the counter and a fruit basket resting on the dining table. He's leaning against the kitchen counter with his journal in his hands, reading, glasses perched on the bridge of his nose.

He glances at Caesar and nods, putting away the journal and folding the glasses on top of it. "Hello. Caesar, right?"

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[nowarstowin]

"That would be me." Caesar grinned at Aya, then dumped the packages of tea unceremoniously on the the counter, setting the notebook slightly aside. "It's nice to finally meet you in person."

That said, he tugged his jacket off and laid it across the back of a chair. "Seems like we had the same idea," he said amusedly, lifting his chin in the direction of the tea kettle. "I can only hope all of our ideas will be so good."

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[kudaran314]

"Mn.." Aya glanced at the packages curiously, the corners of his mouth quirking slightly as a reply to Caesar's catching humor. He felt easy around the other redhead even if he had feared this would be a disaster to meet face to face; it usually was.

"Seems promising," he murmured under his breath, glancing at Caesar from the corner of his eye. "Nice to meet you too," he said softly, a bit unused to the pleasantries. It wouldn't hurt to start this in a friendly way, right?

He was dressed in a pair of pale blue jeans and a light gray sweater. As a slave to his habits he also had a pair of slippers on his feet. The tea kettle whistled and he picked it up to pour the water.

"You're younger than I expected," he said quietly, lowering the kettle back to the stove and opening one of the tea packages curiously.

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[nowarstowin]

"Really, now," Caesar said with more than a little humor in his tone. "I was sixteen during the war."

He watched Aya's hands as the older man went through the motions of tea preparation. "Besides, you don't look that old, yourself."

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[kudaran314]

"Mmn.. I guess we've both started early with growing up then." Sad as it was. Aya had been around eighteen when he had killed the first time. He usually didn't bother remembering dates, but something like that was hard to forget.

He usually preferred to drink his tea green but he was hardly a picky eater. He pulled out a bag of tea and dropped it to the steaming water.

"Uh.. need something for the tea? I'm sure there's some kind of sweetener somewhere here..."

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[nowarstowin]

Caesar shrugged. "Happens sooner or later, anyway. Besides, young strategists aren't that uncommon; Klaus Windamier was only eighteen. Unlike employment as a common soldier, it's not a physically trying job. You just have to have the head for it, and the training."

He shook his head. "No need to go out of your way; I'll drink just about anything, and like it more often than not."