We can push on through till morning; [OTA | MINGLE POST]

[markwatney]

WHO: Mark & Anyone
WHERE: The Town Hall
WHEN: Feb 16, afternoon through evening
OPEN TO: EVERYONE! This is a mingle post!
WARNINGS: N/A - Please warn in thread subject lines if needed
STATUS: Open

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When we all get together and have our town meetings, the truth is that a lot of times we don't come up with the sort of solutions we're looking for. I'm not trying to say we're complacent -- Or at least not all of us, not the people speaking up in the meetings -- but just that the nature of living here, such as it is, means that answers aren't exactly forthcoming.

But the latest meeting, the one about organizing, creating some kind of formal entity to oversee the group of us, it threw something into sharp relief for me: I've been talking for a long time about how we all need to be sharing our knowledge as a safeguard, but I haven't been doing much to make this happen beyond sharing my own personal knowledge. And that's really just not acceptable -- Not here, not when we've apparently got an entire section of the population asking for active leadership and another section who might just be too shy or apathetic to admit it.

So, I've been trying to figure out a way to kickstart this project. A way for people to even put out there the sort of knowledge they have to share. You have to start somewhere.

I've never had a problem getting people together to help with the field, but somehow we've been neglecting the town hall building right next to it this entire time. It's one of the biggest buildings in town, but it's still coated in dust and cobwebs, piles of leaves drifted into corners. The inn is starting to get a little crowded during meetings; it might be nice to have a little more room, a place where people come to share.

Regardless of how you feel about community leadership, I think most of us can get behind that.

A couple days before, I put out the call: A cleaning party. We get together, clean out the town hall, and afterward we have a little potluck. People can bring premade dishes, or we can cook out back over a bonfire. We can just be around each other, in a relatively safe space, just having a moment to relax and say hello. Meet someone new, find out where to begin.

After everything that's happened recently, I really think we could use it. I'm just hoping I'm not the only one who shows up.

[CLEANING PARTY & MIXER! Threads can take place during the CLEANING portion, after during the MIXER or BOTH. They can be indoors, upstairs, in the attic, out back by the bonfire, chowing down, whatever -- It's 100% cool to improvise! Mark will have expressly told folks this is about getting to know each other and what they can each do, too. There are some additional OOC notes here.]

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Re: Cleaning and Mixer: OTA

[almightythor]

Thor had never truly met a stranger. He had always been gregarious nearly to a fault, loyal and trusting even when he shouldn't be. Since coming to the village, he'd found himself crippled by the lack of his powers but this element, this core being, that had never changed.

"New? Well met, then. I am Thor, son of Odin," he introduced, offering the man a hand to shake if he so desired.

[onlyeverdoubted]

He's never heard anyone actually introduce themselves that way outside a story. He decides he likes it, though it makes his own, "Bodhi Rook," seem rather lackluster. He takes the hand after just a moment's hesitation, his grip firm if not particularly strong.

[almightythor]

"Well met. Are you just arrived, then, or are you someone that I just have not met yet?"

The option was feasible for both. Thor did not always make it to the fountain on a daily basis, though he tried, and a fair few people had arrived recently. It made keeping track somewhat difficult.

[onlyeverdoubted]

"Just arrived. Nearly drowned, so, that was, um, sort of memorable." He'd be surprised to hear that's a rare occurrence--swimming isn't a common skill where he's from. And cold tends to sap energy pretty fast even if you know what you're doing.

[almightythor]

"Some do, when they come through the fountain," Thor said. It wasn't an issue for him - he'd grown up swimming - but some did not swim as well as he did. This man seemed to be one of them.

"We all come through that way, though. I don't think the ones who have us imprisoned here seem to care whether or not it's a convenient way to enter the world."

[onlyeverdoubted]

"Convenience I wouldn't want to start a fight about." He's far too accommodating for that. "You, um, you are rather lucky no one's drowned, though." Getting rescued wasn't a terrible beginning, gave him a nice impression of the place, but trying to get most of the fountain out of his lungs, he could have skipped.

[almightythor]

"As far as I know, no one has drowned," Thor agreed. "Though I cannot imagine it is far off in the future, considering there are many who do not know how to swim."

Luckily it had not become an issue after arrival considering the river was well away from the houses and not necessary for daily travel.

"I guess there could be worse ways to arrive."