[Locked to Luceti Residents]

[malnosso]

My dear people of Luceti --

An invasion, all under the guise of a fantasy. What’s been done will not be forgotten. Certainly not by you, and not by the denizens of a dozen other enclosures who suffered similar attacks at the same time. As we speak, programmers and engineers hard at work combing through the barrier’s nuts and bolts. If the Cultists and his Lordship exploited some natural weakness in the dome, they will find it. Patch it up. Curious, isn’t it, that the Count chose yours to invade with his own two feet?

But there are other matters to discuss. I spoke with some of you only a few months ago. Let me announce more completely what I, back then, only intimated. I’m Carol, and I intend to spend some time in our little town. If you like, you can consider my resolve to continue my work here a sign of good faith. I remain unarmed and -- I assure you -- wholly peaceable. In this way, I hope I may have faith in you as well. After all, we are kin in a strange kind of way.

It is my duty -- as well as my pleasure -- to be Luceti’s liaison with the Organization. You must have many questions, concerns, and many many curses. Bring them to me, and we’ll see what can be done. We can talk here. But if any of you find the journals distasteful, you can also come have a seat with me at the sweet little tea shop. I’ll be there for the afternoon.

[As usual, this voiced post has a neatly typed 'written' section as well.

A thread with CJ can be found here.]

Comments

[chikaidestroyer]

The cause? [He raises a brow.] Did the Organization not angle their efforts well with past enclosures?

[liaising]

...It was hard to inspire confidence in populations who may have suffered under the Count's particular way of operating things. Luceti is one such population.

[chikaidestroyer]

I see. [...] So you will be available to speak to while you are acting as our liaison? What exactly are you hoping to accomplish with us?

[liaising]

The Organization is large. There are always positions in need of being filled -- I, myself, started with their HR department a few years before leaving my enclosure. MSF recruits generally enlist shortly after an enclosure's half-life point. These are the sorts of deals I'm here to broker.

[chikaidestroyer]

So, if there are residents who express interest, you may help them in finding ... job opportunities within the Organization. On a more official level than participating through the MARS missions.

[liaising]

Exactly so, Mister Silverberg.

[chikaidestroyer]

[He makes a faint gesture with one gloved hand.]

It seems a bit premature if the majority of the enclosure is still considered impermanent to remaining on this world. But I suppose that's somehow taken into consideration with your work.

[liaising]

Yes, the majority is considered just so. But all the same, we know there must be some among you, now, who are as stuck as the rest of us. Best not to try your patience any longer. Or...that's my take on the matter. Make you useful, while you still want to be.

[chikaidestroyer]

While you still want to be. [He finds himself echoing her last words with a wry frown, glancing away as the shop seems to get a few more customers.]

I suppose it's best to ask this now and not over the journals... Do you still believe the Organization can send people back to their worlds? [For good?]

[liaising]

If I didn't believe it, sir, I think I would fall to despair.