communication and stuff

[rosco_coltrane]

Rosco is randomly wandering around. He's talking to anyone who is willing.

"They're just some things about this place that I can't get the hang of. Like all the things people go around talking and typing into. I'm just a good old boy from Georgia. What are those things and should I have one?"

He's also a bit confused about jobs and how Nexus society works, especially as a member of the establishment in his own universe.

"How'm I supposed to get work here and what's the employment rate like? I've been feeding myself by selling stuff I find...stuff I find outside that looks unclaimed. I've even sold bottle caps, like that one fella suggested. Is anyone hiring? I don't know much outside of law enforcement."

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[auspex_caelo]

Stratos steps over to the desk and finds a paper tucked under the leather-bound book on top. It's slim and a little bit tattered already, but the print is crisp and fresh as he hands it to Rosco. The headline today is Pictsies Stole My Husband! (although there are a number of neat hand-inked annotations expressing doubts on this subject).

"This news pamphlet typically carries advertisements," he suggests. "Otherwise I fear most posts here are filled through word of mouth, or littering the area with posters. It would be wise to learn which candidates the locals trust and respect most, especially until you've had time to build that for yourself."

Felix... appears to be taking notes on a scrap of parchment, with a slim stick of charcoal. "Oh, impartial will be... quite achievable, I'm sure. We'll rotate them, as you say. Just let me know when you need them."

[rosco_coltrane]

Rosco looks at the paper, his mouthing opening for a moment, before quickly shutting. Well, it is the Nexus, after all. Maybe the Picties really are being naughty.

"Oh. Okay. I'll give this a shot. I don't mind asking around, either, but I don't want to turn my search into a popularity contest," Rosco cautions. "Sometimes, people are respected for the wrong reasons, y'know?"

He looks at Felix in some confusion.

"Uh. I'll do that, but how do you know they'll be impartial?"

[auspex_caelo]

Stratos gives him a smile, restrained though it is. "Of course. I'm reassured to know you'll be taking such things into account."

He does frown a bit when he hears Felix answer cheerfully from beside him, "Oh, your lawyers can question them of course. But the simplest thing to do is find people who aren't terribly invested in what goes on around here. Uninvolved parties. You know."

[rosco_coltrane]

"Well, of course. I've been doing this a long time. I know what happens, when popular fellas are respected more than actual law."

He just doesn't mention that the Dukes are popular, because they're kind and helpful. Rosco used to be those things and it never seemed to earn him any points with people. He listens to Felix's explanation and nods.

"That makes sense to me. But, if they live here, are they really uninvolved?"

[conjuredskies]

"I can try to find people who don't actually live here all the time," Felix assures him.

Now that Stratos is satisfied, he's free to give the younger Imperial a brief frown. "And aren't beholden to anyone else."

"Oh, absolutely." Felix nods emphatically. "Is that everything?"

[rosco_coltrane]

"Yea...uh, NO!" Rosco says, a bit mortified. "I mean, we can't just go arresting people higgledy piggledy. We gotta establish what the actual laws are. It'd probably only be fair to tell people ahead of time what's expected, too."

[auspex_caelo]

"Quite," Stratos agrees. "I think it better not to hold too closely to the customs of a single realm - perhaps we should focus first on the clearest offenses. Here in the plaza people are typically safe from violence, but we can attempt to prevent assaults in nearby areas. No thieving or vandalism - and no more abductions. Which includes forcing people through portals unwillingly, of course. Once outside the Nexus, we're all vulnerable to attack."

[rosco_coltrane]

Rosco nods thoughtfully, as he listens. He's also racking his brain, trying to think of more laws.

"Yeah. No cheating people in more clever ways than theft, either. What about safety stuff? Stuff along the lines of no speeding?"