#group logs

JOHN: -here's a john! this evening he looks, cheerful and energetic as usual. for the meeting he has worn his new uniform and he's sitting down at the head of the table waiting for people to arrive as he shuffles through a stack of multicolored note cards on a ring, rocking back and forth in his chair.

JOHN: in the meeting room there are indeed a good amount of donuts as promised on a little side table, with coffee and juice as well. the box is open with a little note taped to it that says help yourself! :) most of the donuts look completely fine and perfectly appetizing, but one of them has a post-it note on it with a large question mark. john's little social experiment to keep himself entertained.-(edited) fat cat for finals -

ROSE: -Rose had entered probably with John, taking a seat at the table and folding her hands together.-

JOHN: -BUZZES.-

KANKRI: -He arrives promptly on time of course. Is there assigned seating? If there is he will take whichever one he is meant to take but if NOT he will seat himself closer to Johns end of the table.- spout cylinder -

ARADIA: -here's aradia, walking right on in and offering a smile to john despite their lack of communication in the past week. staying friends was still on her agenda. she's going to help herself to some donuts-

KANKRI: -He glances between Aradia and John but won't say a thing.- KANKRI: -Hopefully-

JOHN: -his little smile and wave seems subdued compared to their usual greetings but it does happen. BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S FOCUSED ON THESE NOTECARDS MOSTLY HI.-

PORRIM: -thank god for the coffee, because porrim could really use a caffeine buzz right now. she gets herself a cup of it, smiling at aradia when she meets her at the refreshments table. hello nurse.- spout cylinder -

RILEY: -is she in the right place? it looks like it. god, this is  so weird. she doesn't even consider herself educated enough to be here, but here she is anyway. it's tough to miss rose right there, and she feels her face grow warm, assuming rose has heard about EVERYTHING. time to distract herself with FOOD-

ARADIA: -she smiles back at porrim- hi!

KANKRI: -Gross it's porrim.-

DAD: -Ah yes. He is here, sipping on some coffee and quietly eating his own donut. These were excellently made and he is proud of John's dough frying capabilities. He will be leaving a review in the form of a note somewhere in John's room.-

JOHN: -thanks dad-

PORRIM: -gross its a gremlin- Hey, Aradia. Yo+u want to+ sit with me? -hello... who is the pretty lady who just entered? actually, she can assume pretty easily who that is, she's just never seen her before-

KURLOZ: -steps out of the shadows-

PORRIM: -oh great THIS CLOWN -

JOHN: -! john hasn't seen this guy in public in almost a year. he's so intrigued.-

JOHN: -HE'S SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.-

KANKRI: -He subtly waves to Riley to let her know he has seen and acknowledged her as a friend, while he is also kind of perplexed to see her here.-

KURLOZ: -this assclown-

KURLOZ: :o)

KURLOZ: -just stands here not bothering anyone-

KANKRI: -Also long time no see Kurloz. Where have you been.- spout cylinder -

ARADIA: -waves at kurloz before looking back at porrim- yeah of course! id love to :)

RILEY: -gives kankri a little handwave back. maybe she can pretend like she's incognito, here. yeah. that's a good idea.-

RILEY: -you can't see me. my time is now-

PORRIM: Co+o+l. -sips her coffee and goes to sit on one side of kankri, with the other side available for aradia. JUST TO BOTHER HIM.-

KANKRI: -NO-

KANKRI: Yes y9u may sit there, there is n9 need t9 ask.

ARADIA: -she goes to sit next to porrim and leans over to wave at kankri- hi kankri

JOHN: -okay john concentrate john, focus. focus for five minuites. he had like a tiny sip of coffee and he's bouncing off the walls.-ALRIGHT.  uh, i guess that's everybody. if not they can just come in later and i'll only slightly judge them.

KANKRI: -he also leans now to return the gesture to aradia- Hell9. -And tries not to let his mind wander too much about her recent breakup.-

KANKRI: -Oh wait looks like they are starting, John has his full attention now.-

PORRIM: -no time to sass kankri back, turning to look john's way.-

KURLOZ: :o)

DAD: -is putting himself at attention.-

RILEY: -slinks into a seat at the back of the table-

JOHN: alright. the first thing I wanna cover is making sure everybody is familiar with eachother. if you haven't met then please go ahead and say hi. i wanna make sure that our department can talk to each other. JOHN: and i'll start with introducing riley, she's going to be a new volunteer counselor.

KANKRI: -Oh that's why Riley was here.-

RILEY: -busted. she offers a slight wave to the table.- hey.

ROSE: -peeps on Riley -

PORRIM: -waves back at her, smiling-

RILEY: -DONT LOOK AT ME ROSE-

JOHN: and my dad is also going to be making the switch to counselor from service, since he has a degree in child psychology and experience with family counseling. and finally aradia, who is already a nurse is also going to be a volunteer counselor.

KURLOZ: -smiles and waves at dad and riley-

ARADIA: -waves proudly-

JOHN: -small smile. he's proud of her too.-

DAD: -nodding sternly. He is proud of everyone.-

RILEY: -who the fuck is this mime guy-

KANKRI: -That mime guy is likely a misunderstood person.-

JOHN: -maybe, maybe not. but he does the jobs i don't wanna do, lol.*

JOHN: alright, so that brings us to our first topic. hopefully you all know by now that our department is understaffed, haha. especially in the mental health area, which is why i'm really grateful to the new volunteer counselors. we're going to need you guys more and more. so we need to make sure you're getting the best training.

JOHN: does anyone who volunteered not have a trainer yet?

ARADIA: -she raises her hand- i dont yet

RILEY: -glances at james like...are you the one...-

ROSE: -GLANCES AROUND THE ROOM. she might be compelled to ask if she's supposed to be training someone, but she's been training HERSELF this whole time-

KANKRI: D9 y9u have "trainers" in mind f9r th9se wh9 request 9r require them, 9r are y9u g9ing t9 next 6e l99king f9r v9lenteers, 6ecause if s9 I can 9ffer my services.

JOHN: yup! and you were one of the people i had in mind. does anyone else want to volunteer to train? because...otherwise i will just make somebody do it. hahahha.

KANKRI: -you had him in mind???? He is so flattered :0-

DAD: -He will train every counselor. And supervise the trainers giving training.-

ROSE: …

ROSE: …

ROSE: ...If you honestly think that would be of some help.

ROSE: I wouldn't mind.

DAD: -short glance in Rose's direction.-

JOHN: -he just pauses because he knows dad wants to train people, he can see it on his face but he has to actually say it out loud.-

DAD: I OFFER MY SERVICES. -He's so sure it goes without saying.-

DAD: AS WELL AS ADVISING AND SUPERVISING THE TRAINING AS IT IS CONDUCTED.

DAD: IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THEY BE DIRECTED TO MYSELF. OVERALL, I WOULD SUGGEST AN OPEN NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COUNSELORS AND THEIR TRAINEES.

DAD: WE MIGHT BEGIN BY PROCURING A LIST OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES BETWEEN EACH MEMBER. SO THAT WE MIGHT BE COMFORTABLE AND AWARE OF WHO MAY BE ABLE TO SPECIALIZE IN WHAT.

DAD: THIS WAY IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND TANGIBLE FOR THE EXISTING COUNSELORS TO COVER CERTAIN AREAS OF CONCERN.

DAD: I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SHIP WIDE ISSUE WITH... SUBSTANCE ABUSE? IS THAT CORRECT?

ROSE: It's been a growing concern.

JOHN: that's actually my next topic. don't worry. we're gonna cover that.

JOHN: well it's kind of...involved in all the topics. Anyways.

JOHN:  we can go ahead and assign rose to riley and kankri to aradia. and then we'll have dad supervising everything regarding training, and doing the testing.

DAD: -There's no need to refer to him as Dad when it's a meeting you're conducting, John... but regardless. He feels an warm sense of fatherly affection.-

JOHN: -he can't call you JAMES that's weird.-

DAD: -Mr. Egbert would be fine too.-

DAD: -Mr. Egbert is your FATHER.-

JOHN: -he's not thinking about these social intricacies right now. he's looking around at everybody else for comments before he moves on.-

KANKRI: -He's pretty content with this.-

PORRIM: -kankri to aradia... she thinks that might not go over so well... thought bubble of aradia telekineticly throwing kankri.-

JOHN: -HE'S GONNA DO FINE!-

ROSE: I take no issue with that.

KANKRI: -That probably won't happen... Right?-

RILEY: -WHAT-

ARADIA: -looks satisfied...for NOW-

JOHN: -claps hands together- okay. good. like dad and rose brought up we've been having a...problem with substance abuse on the ship lately. it's not something tumut ever really had to worry about because things were so military and structured, although i'm sure it still happened.

JOHN: but now we're more of a community. and unfortunately we're a community that hasn't developed any regulations about what can be consumed, why, how much ect.

JOHN: it's our department's responsibility to be the first ones to deal with this and decide how we're gonna deal with it in the future.

JOHN: so this is a two part problem for us, one we need to decide what the safety rules should be and get them approved by command. second, we need to work on providing help to people being effected by it.

RILEY: -looks at james like help me maybe-

KURLOZ: :oO

DAD: -Never fear, Riley. James is here. But also. What can he help you with?-

RILEY: -why dont u be my mentor instead of ROXANNES KID-

DAD: -He would suggest she talk with Rose before prompting a transfer of training. You just never know what could happen.-

DAD: PERHAPS THE USE OF... RECREATIONAL DRUGS CAN BE MONITORED IF THEY ARE FIRST APPROVED BY MEDICAL.

DAD: UNAUTHORIZED SUBSTANCES CAN AND WILL BE CONFISCATED.

PORRIM: -sips coffee...- That sho+uld be easy eno+ugh to+ mo+nito+r. The peo+ple who+ use generally aren't quiet abo+ut it...

KANKRI: That is true.

ROSE: ...We should give them some kind of incentive to volunteer their drugs.

ROSE: Rather than squirrel them away in fear of punishment.

ROSE: A measured response.

JOHN: yes, i am not in favor of criminalizing drug abuse. it's more of a health problem than a uh...what's the word? disciplinary one. we'll confiscate if necessary, but i like rose's idea of giving people a chance first.

JOHN: maybe they want  help but don't know that it's possible?

DAD: -He is all for exchanging drugs for cake. But no, that's silly. Or is it...-

PORRIM: -sips more...........-

PORRIM: Dirk co+uld pro+bably help yo+u with ideas. -because reasons-

DAD: -finds it odd that this young woman is volunteering specfically Dirk. Gazes at her from a distance.-

KANKRI: Perhaps we sh9uld 9ffer the 9p9rtunity t9 an9nym9usly hand 9ver their su6stances als9?

JOHN: -yeah that is kind of odd. looks at her like did i miss something? before hesnaps his fingers at kankri- yeah, i like that!  and i don't really know what dirk has to do with anything but....it couldn't hurt. we need ideas from everywhere not just this little gaggle of people.

JOHN: - he called y'all a gaggle.-

JOHN: -fite fite fite-

PORRIM: -she just doesn't wanna rat him out...!-

ROSE: Anonymity would be a big help, I feel, yes.

KURLOZ: :o) -he is a gaggle-

KANKRI: It c9uld 6e as simple t9 get started with such a thing t9 make a crew wide ann9uncement that their su6stances can 6e an9nym9uy delivered t9 any mem6er 9f the medical department with9ut c9nfr9ntati9n 9r punishment.

JOHN: -nods- yeah that's ,,,maybe a better idea than just puting cardboard box in the middle of the atrium that says "drugs" on it and just leaving it there. Hahaha...

JOHN: which is honestly what came to mind at first.

PORRIM: -snickers-

JOHN: -BESIDES IF THEY DID THAT, SOMEONE MIGHT JUST GRAFITTI ALL OVER IT BECAUSE THEY'RE TERRIBLE PEOPLE.-

KANKRI: N9 9ffense intended 6ut I w9uld the9rize that any drugs placed in a 69x in pu6lic w9uld 6e taken 6y 9ther su6stance a6users.

JOHN: yes. which is why we're not doing that idea. okay. uhhh  -looks at his notecards and takes a deep breathe- as far as what's specifically getting banned and how much...we can't decide that in an hour. i mean...do you guys know how many recreational drugs there are from different planets? it's a long list. i'm going to ask the science department if they can help us out with that part, so they can see what drugs are the most harmful and what the effects are.

PORRIM: -she knows pretty darn well how many there can be... she had some wild times before the uu-

DAD: -strokes his chin- FOR PEOPLE UNDER AUTHORITIES. OR CERTAIN POSITIONS.

DAD: I RECOMMEND A REQUIRED DRUG SCREENING IN ORDER TO HAVE PERMISSION TO PREFORM THEIR DUTIES.

DAD: FOR THEIR SAFETY AS WELL AS THE SHIP.

KANKRI: -Porrim was a HOOLIGAN-

DAD: THAT WOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY. ENGINEERING. HELMSMEN. SHIPMEN WHO ARE BEING TRAINED TO USE WEAPONS.

KANKRI: Yes I agree. I 6elieve that w9uld als9 help with making sure that th9se in p9siti9ns 9f higher p9wer are g99d examples t9 the rest 9f the crew.

JOHN: -considers this.  and it actually is a pretty hard thing to consider. -  drug screening for safety might be something we wanna implement once we decide which drugs are banned. but it's not our role to judge people.  we need to make sure everyone knows we're here to help.

JOHN: that's my thoughts.  anyone else?

PORRIM: -she shakes her head, because she unfortunately doesn't have much input here, but john gets a smile for a job well done-

KURLOZ: :o)

JOHN: - gosh and what a pretty smile it is. -

JOHN: alright,  we'll continue working on that in the near future.  - glances at his notes again. -  before we do anything else, I want to increase awareness of our counseling team.  roxy actually offered to host a group therapy.  i think all the counselors can take turns sitting in on that.  does anybody have ideas on how we can further increase awareness?

RILEY: -raises her hand: is this what she's supposed to do?-

JOHN: you don't have to raise your hand.  - encouraging smile.  she seems SHY. -

RILEY: -HAHAHA ME SHY?- how about music?

KANKRI: -raises one brow- Music?

DAD: RECREATIONAL GROUP ACTIVITIES. YES.

DAD: EVENTS SUCH AS BARBEQUES, MOVIE NIGHTS, OR EVEN OF ATHLETICISM. A RUNNING MARATHON, FOR EXAMPLE. -That is what he would do.- A CONCERT EVENT IS A PHENOMENAL IDEA.

JOHN: yeah,  i like that.  people can come and have a good time and it'll give us time to inundate them with subliminal messaging about our counseling services.

DAD: -No one will ever be the wiser. Just like he did with you, John! Now you can lift refrigerators without a second thought.-

JOHN: - =)  and look how well adjusted he is! -

JOHN: we can have booths!

RILEY: -opens her mouth and closes it again before talking- well, yes, but i was thinking in a more...intimate setting?

JOHN: - whoops they got ahead of themselves- okay. explain what you mean.!

RILEY: isn't there something called music therapy? where people can, you know. express themselves through music. creating it, listening to it.

JOHN: - big eyes-

JOHN: yes.  yes that does exist.

DAD: THAT IS ALSO A MARVELOUS SUGGESTION. -he is so proud-

RILEY: i mean some people just straight up hate talking plainly about things. it feels easier to express it in different ways. since we're unconventional as it is, might as well look on the unconventional side of things.

RILEY: i would fucking hate talking to someone i barely know about my deepest thoughts. but to cover them with metaphors and put some music to it may make it a little more doable.

JOHN:..-OK john keep it together-...i think that's a great idea.  if you want to take on that project yourself,  you could even be the first after you complete your basic training. honestly.... I'd probably be interested in volunteering  for that too if I wasn't already so busy.

JOHN: i think that could also extend to other creative stuff so if anybody  else wants to try those methods you have my thumbs up.

RILEY: ...take on the project? -glances around the room- you actually trust me with that?

JOHN: well somebody has to be the first and it has to be somebody who knows music.  like i said,  as long as you pass your training.

DAD: -beaming over here. HE IS SO PROUD.-

RILEY: well, shit. okay.

JOHN: haha.  good.  Okay.

JOHN: we're running kind of late here so i wanna give us plenty of time for questions, concerns and any other miscellaneous suggestions.

JOHN: - LOOKS AT EVERYONE. -

PORRIM: -wishes she had more input. damn... she will get more involved someday... she hopes- Everything so+unds great so+ far.

ROSE: I have nothing more to add.

KANKRI: -He honestly was more interested in listening what people had to put forth so that he can talk about them one on one with them later, so this meeting went great.-

KANKRI: Neither d9 I. Pers9nally I think things were well c9vered here.

DAD: I HAPPEN TO AGREE. -This was a good thing.-

JOHN: - YAY he got through it.  and it doesn't seem like he was having a nervous breakdown at all.  he is euphoric. -  okay! meeting adjourned!

ARADIA: -claps-

JOHN: - goes for the mystery donut and bites into it- amf leafin dis here