Reaching Out

[ghost_shield]

Who: Nicholas Reeve and all interested in his Native/Visitor Diplomacy group
Where: The Nadeisico
Summary: Nick proposes a group which can help mediate some of the tensions between the Visitors and the natives. But he may have a few side goals in mind too...
Warnings: Presumably none.

Nick's been through a lot of different things in his life, but he has to admit it's the first time he's ever been in a space battleship, let alone hosted a MEETING in one. Hell, it's the first time he's hosted a meeting, period. But something has to be done, and he knows it.

He'd seen the anger. Real or manufactured, something was threatening to explode unless they as arrivals -- voluntary or otherwise -- confronted it face on. To ignore such a thing during a period in time like this would be to invite disaster, and quite possibly this great and terrible danger the people who had disappeared had been sent to confront. Whether or not this world was truly his own, that just wouldn't cut it. After all, he's all too familiar with the notion of destroyed worlds...

He looks around at the setup. It's sort of weird, hanging out in a place with giant robots to conduct business. He hopes people don't get too distracted by that. At the same time, this is really the only place to do this. Some of Nick's ideas might be a bit, well, controversial. Still, even if people DON'T go along with his secondary objective, hopefully they'll still be amenable to the primary.

Still, his plans would work better with help.

Comments

Re: THE MEETING

[acapriciousthing]

"If they trust us, that will probably happen naturally. People talk, after all." Death had been dealing with people since... well, since there were people. Unlike some personifications she knew, she did manage to pick up a thing or two.

[ghost_shield]

He nods. "That's what I'm thinking. The more we reduce the amount of distrust the populace have towards us, the more relaxed they'll be. Even if they don't have the same level of information as the government, little bits and pieces are bound to pop up organically. We can figure out how to go about things from there." He frowns. "It's obvious there's some discontent here, more than just a simple matter of the Anoli. I want to see how deep it goes, since it's obvious the media is too controlled to give us the full story right now."

[acapriciousthing]

"On the ground is definitely the place to do that. I think... rumblings in bars are popular." Not really her specialty, but she has picked up a few things in Mayfield. There was usually something to be heard in Olney's.

[ghost_shield]

He nods. "Could be a plan. We'll definitely need to keep an eye on gossip either way, if only to make sure we're fully informed about what we need to tackle."

[acapriciousthing]

Actually, in that front... "If we really want to overheard... mortals only see me if I want them to." Spying, perhaps. A strange way to look at it.

[ghost_shield]

Nick ponders this. "It might not hurt to have a fly on the wall. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it, though. I'd like to try to keep things as much in the open as we can as far as dealing with people. Still, I'll definitely keep that in mind."

[acapriciousthing]

"I try to avoid using it off duty anyway. I like talking to them more." Just... something to keep in mind. SHe was involved here, no way around that.