#correhnon

Jill: Hey everyone, can I have your attention? After our union became official, I think receiving our- very reasonable- demands may have been too much for our boss. She's, uhh, no longer psychologically fit to run the department.

Correhnon, mumbling: Do you mean, she's finally being investigated for corruption and general villainy?

Cyrin, quietly: I know you think management may have had something to do with, well, everything that's been going on lately, especially since you, well, died, but talking out loud about it really isn't safe.

Jill: We can all hear you. Look, the boss is too indisposed to do anything, whether or not she is behind, uh, anything that's happening.

Jade: And what awful despot will take over from her?

Jill: Well, that's just the thing, actually. Me. At least for now- I know this is a big change, but I hope-

*everyone starts whooping and cheering*

Correhnon made telepathic contact two days ago with a regeneration and telepathy expert, who helped coach co to regenerate. It was a passive process. Co has been permitted to return to light work for only a couple hours a day, including being allowed back onto the department tumblr account.

Tyrren: Apparently they did break in to meet Jeff.

Jade: Makes sense. Still!

Cyrin: At least they have boobs now. It's what they wanted.

Hilda, quietly over the phone: It's still really messed up. I just feel like we don't have a clear enemy here- the renegades hurt Correhnon, but it's our own people who are hurting Nardeth. And that was before they weren't one of us anymore, too.

Jill: Well, that's not entirely true. It's not our own people hurting our friends, it's our bosses.

Jade: And the interrogation- I mean, "department of information". They're the ones who hurt Nardy the first time around.

Jill: True. But, the interrogators are totally under management's thumb!

Jade, nodding her head: Absolutely. Did you know they get bonuses awarded directly by management, no standardised system approved by payroll, depending on who they... 'interrogate'? As in, people who management wants them to threaten and hurt.

Jill: This is why I want to ask you guys something. You know I was talking a little while ago about the possibility of, uh, coming together? *Whispers* Industrial action, like Nardeth was looking into before they got taken away? Well, what would you think, considering what just happened, about the possibility of... Actually doing that.

Cyrin: You mean, forming a u-word?

Jill: Your words, not mine. What I didn't say can't hurt me or get me taken away.

Tyrren: I'll say it if no one else will. I don't like the way things are run. I don't like my friends getting hurt, and I don't like the power imbalances around here. *Looks over at Jade* So, if you're all in, so am I.

Jade: I completely agree. Couldn't have said it better babe. You got union cards for us to sign?

Cyrin: Yeah, I want one too.

Jill: Oh! Yeah, I do. I've kind of been downplaying how much thought I've given this. Here. One for you, one for you, one for you- Hilda?

Hilda: Mmmm... Look. A renegade did that to Correhnon. The system we've got now fights renegades. I'm not exactly comfortable with the work environment, but I don't want to shake things up too much.

Jill: Hilda, this system is what got Correhnon almost killed. This system is what Nardeth was tortured and killed by. If you want change, if you want things to improve and to feel actually safe at work, there's only one way that will happen. We come together, and we make those changes. So, are you with us?

Hilda: ... Okay. I'll see you in a couple hours. Give me a stack of union cards then, and I'll share them around my department. Discreetly, of course.