savetheearth | iii

[Emmanuel's sitting at his desk at home, in casual clothes, looking a little bit apprehensive. Despite having a job that technically requires public speaking, he's never really addressed the network like this before. But since he hosted the last meeting, there doesn't seem to be a point in hiding his face anymore. There's a rustle of paper, and he looks down. He actually wrote down a few things to say to make sure he'd cover them.]

Hello, everyone. If we haven't met yet, I'm Reverend Hall. [he reaches up to scratch the back of his head.] I'm the minister at St. John's downtown, which is where we had the last meeting. Also, for anyone new, self-defense lessons are held there every Wednesday night.

We discussed a lot of important things the other week, but I noticed something we missed. It seems like the F.A.Q. that gets passed around hasn't updated in a while. I'm not sure if the person who wrote it is still with us...

[he trails off here, frowning, then holds up a hand.]

I mean--not in the morbid sense. Just that they may have forgotten everything. Been...disconnected? I'm not sure we have a term for that yet. Anyway, uh--

[okay, he's rambling. Time to check the list.] I just meant to say that it should probably be updated with a few things, especially since we seem to be getting more new people every day. If necessary, I can take over recording anything important that happens so other people can have the information. This is pretty critical now, I think, because things have been getting steadily more dangerous.

[he sobers here, visually, sitting back and straightening his shoulders.]

I just want to impress it upon everyone, even if you've just connected and you think this is all a joke--there's no harm in being cautious. Please. I don't think any of us want to see anyone else get hurt, or worse. I know someone was trying to gather information on what all of us have to offer, but I'm not sure how far that's gotten. I get that some people still want to be cautious about letting people know who they are here, but if you have any sort of medical expertise, connections, that kind of thing, and you feel brave enough to offer, please do. At the meeting I proposed a mutual fund for anyone that needs it, as well. I can keep track of it, though ideally someone who knows more about making bank accounts untraceable might want to handle that...it could be for anything from emergency food to contact lenses for people who can't really hide their changes.

[as Emmanuel keeps speaking, he gets less hesitant and more focused. He finishes with his hands clasped on the desk in front of him.]

Other than that, I was wondering if anyone had an update on the water situation. I know there was talk about dropping the information to the media, but did that pan out?

[he also writes in a link to said FAQ after his post.]

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I'm starting to wonder if it isn't under the city itself. After all, we get most of our Echoes around here...

[there's a bit of a pause.]

I don't know why no one's thought of that yet. Now I feel a little slow.

But it was established that the city "border", so to speak, changes for each person. I wonder if there's still a way to pinpoint the center of it?

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~I'm just that brilliant~!

But seriously I think it's partially because I dunno, sewers and abandoned subway lines are less romantic/mysterious/horribly dangerous than abandoned mines.

Probably. It does seem like our opponents are already [what's the term?] genre-savvy? Since they made up that fairy tale about the stones. Since we know it was meant to throw us off, well.

I wonder if looking into the city history will give us anything. I can try, but it seems like a college student or journalist might be less suspicious trying that. Though it might just be better to have as many people on it as possible...

Unfortunately, my particular discipline would make it even more suspicious. Engineering grads don't usually give a shit about history.

High school students might work. Or authors. Authors can get away with googling any old shit.

There's at least one author around, I think. And maybe I can make an excuse about it being a hobby. Or I suddenly found out one of my ancestors was from the area, or something.

That's the spirit.

Well, wish me luck, I suppose. I'll let people know if I find anything.

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