Get In Losers, We're Doing Research

[alchemyfreak]

who: Openish - Floor Six Mingle Post
what: Ed and Chloe Initiate Phase II: Research and Explore
when: Sometime After New Arrivals Show Up (July 10th?)
where: Floor Six
warnings: Please hit up Ed's Permissions Post, as he's a CRAU and may recognize your character or talk about being in various other worlds.


The kitchen is laid out with whatever (reasonable) refreshments one can imagine available within the quarantine, snacks and beverages to accommodate varying tastes spread across the kitchen island and counter tops. Enough seating for 20 (10 from the kitchen, 10 from the entertainment area) had been arranged around Chloe's display, however she chose to set it up - since it had been put on her as the tech savvy one between them to do the presentation.

New arrivals, whether they cared for the research and exploration party or not would easily find themselves surrounded by books, notebooks and other papers with various notations - all regarding Riverview, the history of the quarantine, rumors surrounding it and comparisons to other worlds that similarly pull people through portals. These are out in the open and free to browse, should one be so inclined.


[Anyone with relation to floor six is welcome to attend - resident, friend of resident, etc. If you're unsure whether or not your character would get an invitation please contact the player you have CR with. Should your character be the type to show up uninvited, feel free to crash. Pretty much anyone Ed has CR with would be notified, and he'll be making a public post on the network before this event actually takes place IC. However if you have any questions don't hesitate to hit me up: TransmutedSelf]

Comments

[alchemyfreak]

Garrus isn't the one Ed's avoiding, so he takes no issue with him stepping in to help out. Although he'd take no issue with anyone helping as long as they didn't try to press certain issues he had not wanted to be public.

So, once the Turian starts to collect the trash and he can focus on putting the food away before whatever might actually does spoil, he offers a smile in thanks. He might seem a little quieter than usual, but he certainly wasn't going to take it out on anyone. Especially if they weren't the cause of his discomfort (intentional or not).

"Thanks..."

[dispenserofjustice]

It doesn't go unnoticed that Elric is quieter than usual. Garrus isn't really one to press those sorts of things anyway. Basically he merely offers a presence and an occasional springboard to bounce bad jokes or one liners off of.

"It'd be in bad manners," he responds, giving a little shrug. "Aside from the fact that I live here too. Mostly."

Garrus doesn't really like to be idle. He tends to go out and find things to do, even if they are menial. The Perimeter Guard is probably getting a little tired of Garrus nosing around.

[alchemyfreak]

"You didn't think it'd be a good idea to throw a party." He laughs a bit, shaking his head. "I do appreciate the help, though."

Ed can't really blame him for that, he'd definitely be one to do the exact same thing if he hadn't bogged himself down with tasks he felt were more important. Maybe the looking into things Garrus was doing there would be helpful down the line, but for now Ed's focused on the world around them. It wasn't the first time he'd been fed the concept that you're safe as long as you stay inside the lines, and he had never been one to venture into the forest of Purgatorium... but he also hadn't been assigned a job doing just that upon arrival.

This place sure was a walking contradiction sometimes.

"I think it'll be worth all the effort if we get a good team going forward."

[dispenserofjustice]

"Normally debriefings aren't held over punch and finger foods, no," Garrus laughs. "Combining a welcoming party and a 'hey we need to get our stuff together here' doesn't really fit together."

He's been to parties. Victory parties. Shore leave parties. Night before a dangerous mission parties... There are ways of celebrating everything, Garrus supposes. Turians have a much different way of dealing with "before mission" stress and whatnot. He's just not sure about the efficiency of welcoming people while also trying to get them fired up and able to push forward.

"You're probably right," he admits. "Hopefully you are able to attract some other big brains."

[alchemyfreak]

Have a confused look at that, Garrus. Quirking an eyebrow before shrugging with an amused smirk. "Not everyone who ended up on this floor is going to want anything to do with this research. Might as well give them something to enjoy while they're here." Ed's the kind of person that would forget to eat if he was researching hard enough, and if this had just been him and Chloe - like it had been - he wouldn't bother with food, probably until she reminded him to. It wasn't like that though, if you're going to have a bunch of strangers show up for any length of time it only made sense to make sure you feed them. Maybe that was all his time working in those other establishments coming through, though.

"Honestly, I'd just be happy with some capable fighters. It won't exactly do to be ambushed while we're trying to discover things out there."

[dispenserofjustice]

"As long as I'm around for it, there's very little chance of that," Garrus counters, rather confidently at that.

If there is one thing that he can prepare for, it is some kind of fight. He might not have his usual squadmates here with him, but he had been on his own for a spell or two. Garrus believes that in a world of monsters and limited tech, that he could hold his own for much longer than what he had been with the three big bads of Omega.

"Though I'd suggest a certain amount of combat training before going out. Whoever is taken should at least be able to defend themselves."

[alchemyfreak]

He had to smirk at that response, for all the boastfulness Ed had as a kid he had certainly outgrown it to a degree. There were still moments, but they weren't nearly as often.

"Most people that showed any interest are on the Guard, so they should have that sort of training already. I'm planning to vet everyone to some degree before running off with them..." Considering his conversation with Nico, he certainly wasn't looking forward to that anymore. The only one he was certain wasn't on the Guard, the kid could barely hold his own, but Ed had to admit he was powerful when he put his mind to it, it was a little unsettling what he could do.

"If everyone's employed in a combat position I don't think we'll have too much to worry about. Rookies won't last long on the Guard without training." No sense lying about skills, they'd get found out sooner or later.