A headcount

[dann_0]

WHO: Danny Williams
WHERE: In the villages
WHEN: June 18th
OPEN TO: Everyone who is in either of the villages
WARNINGS: None as yet

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The chat with Clint had gotten the idea into his head and the more he thought about it the more he thought it would be a good idea to have some sort of census of the people who were here, who their emergency contacts were and where they were living. It would make it easier if people went disappearing again. He'd spent a couple of days making a map of the villages, not to scale but at least they had the houses on them and now he is going around starting the slow work of mapping out who lives where and how to get in contact with them in case something happens. He starts with the inn in the 6I village. It just makes sense to him since that is where he went first.

He walks around to the people he sees in there, starting every conversation more or less the same. "Hello. I am making a map of where everyone lives in case something should happen. Where do you live?"

After he's finished there he starts walking around the villages, knocking on doors and stopping people he meets in the streets, all with the same question, where they live.

Comments

[ethnobotany]

The idea of a census is probably not a bad one. It's just not one that's crossed Beverly's mind in exactly this way. But when a man approaches her in the Inn, as she's spending a little time there, she looks up with interest.

"That's a noble goal," she says in response, giving him the general idea of where she's living. House 20. "Beverly Crusher. How is your census going?"

[dann_0]

"Well, apart from the people I live with you're the first one on the list. But it is a good start, I just started after all. I think the trick is really to keep it updated. I am not sure how I am going to do that yet." He smiles slightly. "Anyone living with you, or anyone you want to have on the list as an emergency contact?"

[ethnobotany]

"That might be a little harder," Beverly agrees wryly. People come and go so easily here, more so now that the planet is more open to them, that keeping track of who is still around can be tricky. "Clint Barton and Jean-Luc Picard. We're up the road past the Inn and the police station. Jean-Luc for emergency contact."

[dann_0]

Danny nods as he writes it down and then he smiles at her. "Yeah, I think it will take some effort, maybe by all of us to help note down when there are new people here."

He frowns for a second. "Clint is the guy I was talking to that got me on this idea."

[ethnobotany]

She offers a light laugh at that. "I'm not surprised. He's definitely the type of person to think of something like that. We'll have to do what we can to keep up with the influx of people. Maybe have somewhere to list names that people can update if they see someone come through the fountain."

[dann_0]

"Yeah. I was thinking the inn. Most people come through every so often and the ones that don't most likely know someone who does. Maybe it will be easier now with these things around our wrists too."

[ethnobotany]

Beverly gives a light shrug. "It's worth trying and finding out," she agrees. "Makes you wonder if the Observers will be nice enough to keep the directory updated for us or not. So far they haven't shown themselves to be that nice to us."

[dann_0]

"That would be handy. Maybe if we could make some sort of deal with them. Then again. I am not sure what they would want for something like that."

[ethnobotany]

"With what little we know of them, it could be anything." Beverly shrugs again, thinking back to the very limited contact they've had so far. "The only actual contact we've had with them has come in the form of demanding letters. There's no real way I know of to contact them directly."

[dann_0]

"You think they know what we are doing? If they are it should be possible to show them or something." He shakes his head. He doesn't like this at all.

[ethnobotany]

"Probably," she agrees slowly, "but that begs the question of whether or not they'll care or respond. They aren't exactly known for being compassionate." Her chips are on no to both.

[dann_0]

"That is an issue then. I am not liking the idea of being controlled by people. Especially not people like that." He sighs. But he has no idea how to fight it.