un: angelicized

[descendency]

Good day, fellow hapless idiots caught up in this mess.

Some of you may know me. My name is Bai Mingyu for those who speak enough Chinese not to butcher it and Gabriel to those who don't. I'm 25, Canadian, from the year 2018, and a Taurus.

I understand we have some pressing financial concerns.

We also have organizational issues, of the 'we don't have any' variety. So I propose a census.

Please state your name, age, and whatever other information you feel pertinent such as place and time of origin and skills, and I will add you to a roster. You are welcome to opt out, but in that case I will promptly stop what little investment I have in your personhood to focus our collective resources on people with a willingness towards cooperation.

In other words, I'm not going to bother with you if you're going to be a pain in the ass.

You may find me in my quarters if you would like to look at the roster at any time. I consider it a matter of semi-public record, at least as the people in the roster are concerned.

Once I have a tally, I will update with an expected minimum contribution per party towards the 100,000 pieces necessary to take our next steps.

I believe we should also have a forum to share what we know of our situation thus far. Just to very briefly skim my own knowledge, I know few of us are from the same time or even same planet. I've met approximately one person who could place Canada on a map, which actually isn't that odd, the worse bit being no one will understand that joke. The census should help gather more of that data and we can decide how to proceed from there.

Thank you for your time.

Comments

[darkeststars]

Shocking. I never would've guessed that you might be too self-absorbed to recall others' names. Utterly astonishing concept, my word. I suppose someone with such a deficiency really shouldn't be taking role call.

You'd fit right in back home.

[ it's not a compliment. ]

[downswing]

I do not 'like' or 'dislike' you.

We are strangers.



( In case... this needed... explaining. )

[darkeststars]

You're not required to, stranger. Ever so thankfully, I am not worried about your good opinion.

Don't let Mingyu be the one to sew up your clothes instead, though. Better to leave him the bookkeeping.

[descendency]

You won't get this joke, Archeval, but that's actually incredibly racist of you to say.

[downswing]

( Many of the words of this man, whatever his name — now once more forgotten — are incredible. )

[darkeststars]

Hm, I was actually trying for "incredibly insulting to your sewing skills". How ignorant of me. Seems I'll have to scrap that one and go again, you can let me know when I've been properly offensive in the intended direction.