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Entry tags:
- dragon age: dorian pavus,
- halo: forward unto dawn: chyler silva,
- jurassic world: owen grady,
- magnificent seven: billy rocks,
- original: athena parker,
- original: cameron waltz,
- original: jeff calhoun,
- star trek (aos): james kirk,
- the black tapes: alex reagan,
- the black tapes: richard strand,
- ✖ dctv (flash): eddie thawne,
- ✖ marvel (ultimates): tony stark
#1 video; @waltz
[The video starts with a tall, bearded man wearing a tailored suit sitting on the edge of a very executive looking desk in an equally executive looking office.
He smiles before speaking in a low, steady voice, his arms by his sides. Purposely left uncrossed. No fidgeting. He's comfortable in front of a camera, but not without practice.]
To be forcibly removed from our homes, support networks, and everything we’ve ever known is no small matter. For some, the experience can be traumatic. You may struggle with day to day life, or find yourself feeling unsafe in your new home. Holding down a job or making connections with other people can feel difficult, or even impossible, when you're uncertain of your environment and place within it. Everyone copes differently.
Very few of us asked to be here, and it's necessary the city is prepared to deal with the very real problems experienced by its displaced citizens, and accommodate their needs as efficiently and empathetically as possible in order to create and maintain a happy, healthy society. My name is Cameron Waltz, I'm a negotiator and cultural mediator from Earth, and I've been appointed the role of public representative to present our needs to the city council, and ensure our voices are being heard.
I'm looking for feedback on how your life has changed for the better or the worse since your arrival. I'll start with a few questions, none of which you have to answer, but would be very helpful in solidifying the case I'm building.
Please answer as honestly as you're comfortable. Anonymous commentary is allowed on this post, and you're welcome to be as vague or as specific as you'd like, without fear of discrimination.
I greatly appreciate any and all responses. With your help, we can find the holes in the existing social services system and work together to close them.
Thank you for your time.
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-Have you felt adequately supported by the city, and its representatives?
-Do you struggle mentally or emotionally with your expatriation on a day to day basis?
-Are there aspects of life in Riverview you find more difficult than others?
-If you’re a minor, or know a minor, have you found the social services offered adequate?
-Are you satisfied or dissatisfied in the career provided for you? Do you find yourself changing jobs often?
-Do you struggle to make ends meet?
-If there's any one thing the city could do to improve your life, what would it be?
He smiles before speaking in a low, steady voice, his arms by his sides. Purposely left uncrossed. No fidgeting. He's comfortable in front of a camera, but not without practice.]
To be forcibly removed from our homes, support networks, and everything we’ve ever known is no small matter. For some, the experience can be traumatic. You may struggle with day to day life, or find yourself feeling unsafe in your new home. Holding down a job or making connections with other people can feel difficult, or even impossible, when you're uncertain of your environment and place within it. Everyone copes differently.
Very few of us asked to be here, and it's necessary the city is prepared to deal with the very real problems experienced by its displaced citizens, and accommodate their needs as efficiently and empathetically as possible in order to create and maintain a happy, healthy society. My name is Cameron Waltz, I'm a negotiator and cultural mediator from Earth, and I've been appointed the role of public representative to present our needs to the city council, and ensure our voices are being heard.
I'm looking for feedback on how your life has changed for the better or the worse since your arrival. I'll start with a few questions, none of which you have to answer, but would be very helpful in solidifying the case I'm building.
Please answer as honestly as you're comfortable. Anonymous commentary is allowed on this post, and you're welcome to be as vague or as specific as you'd like, without fear of discrimination.
I greatly appreciate any and all responses. With your help, we can find the holes in the existing social services system and work together to close them.
Thank you for your time.
--text attachment
-Have you felt adequately supported by the city, and its representatives?
-Do you struggle mentally or emotionally with your expatriation on a day to day basis?
-Are there aspects of life in Riverview you find more difficult than others?
-If you’re a minor, or know a minor, have you found the social services offered adequate?
-Are you satisfied or dissatisfied in the career provided for you? Do you find yourself changing jobs often?
-Do you struggle to make ends meet?
-If there's any one thing the city could do to improve your life, what would it be?
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Did you just say I had a good idea? You might want to repeat that for [ Raising his voice, BECAUSE YOU CAN BET JEFF AND ATHENA ARE IN THE SAME ROOM OR APARTMENT OR WEV RN. ] a certain Athena.
[ But all jokes aside, Jeff's smiling, warm and genuine, because god, he agrees. He agrees so hard with that optimism!
(How had he misjudged this guy so much? Well. He supposes it's kind of hard to see the kindness in a man while he's verbally eviscerating you for doing your job...) ]
Yeah... And it'd really, y'know. Foster even more of a sense of community here. Like we're not all just cosmic debris that wound up here accidentally.
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FLUUUUKE.
[ Before she goes back to making a peanut butter and banana-ish sandwich. ]
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That's his girl.]
Private.
So, this is him, huh?
Private.
He groans. ]
Yeah...
Am I that obvious?
Private.
[Yes, Jeff, yes you are. But:]
It's adorable.
Private.
[ Pause pause pauuuuuuuuuuse-- ]
So can you get a read on him?
Private.
Still working on it, but he seems sincere to me. Sincere and earnest, like he wants to be helpful.
Private.
[ Which is how, like, Jeff's found himself nursing a GROWING CRUSH ON THE GUY. ]
Private.
So, it sounds like you've already made your decision then, Jeff.
You really need to ask him for coffee.
Private.
[ He's just a terrible combo of RUSTY AND SMITTEN right now.
SIGH. Then he admits: ]
We're having dinner tomorrow. Not a date-dinner! Just dinner-dinner.
Private.
[Spoilers, Jeff. It's kinda sorta not. At all. Alex is speaking from personal experience.]
But this is a good chance to see how he feels though.
Private.
[ HER PRESENCE NULLIFIES ANY DATE. ]
You're right.
Private.
[No one calls out bullshit like a teenage girl after all!]
Does she know about your feelings for him?
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[Jeff Calhoun has a nice smile. Better than nice.
Cam tilts his head, because what Jeff says is what makes him want to see what's behind that smile. Jeff isn't so happy-go-lucky or simple as he appears to be. And he's not an idiot, either.
Well, not all the time.]
Is that what you feel like? Cosmic debris?
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In a way, yeah. It's, y'know, like we're all just fragments of our worlds that kind of drifted over here. [ He shrugs, a hint of that smile returning. ] But I figure we can make something good out of debris.
[ Pause. Okay, look, he knows how most people might take him waxing poetic on space debris. ]
I swear I'm not high right now!
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[Cam smiles, because Jeff is full of surprises.
He's curious to know what's going on under that smile.]
Human beings, and I suppose other sentient species, are amazing in that they can change the world around them. Animals exist in nature. We shape it. For better or worse.
In this case, I'd like to think it's for the better.
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[ Help, he seems genuinely surprised to hear that. USUALLY PEOPLE JUST WRITE IT OFF AS STONER HIPPIE RAMBLING.
Hell, he didn't even come up with most of the lyrics to his own music. His bandmates were better at that. ]
That's a nice way of putting it. I like that. Too many people go right to cynicism instead. Like it makes you more real to think of everyone else as garbage.
[ That kind of mentality is just... sad, to him. Depressing and mean. The world's got enough of that. ]
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[A little smirk, and he's leaning back on one arm. Relaxing. This is a topic he's both comfortable in and passionate about.]
As someone who's seen a very large portion of our planet through extensive travel, I can honestly tell you most people in most places are good. Or want to be.
Some people end up on dark paths, but very few want to be there. Give them another option and they'll almost always choose the way out.
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[ It's all gone to his head!! You've created a monster, Cameron Waltz!
The grin softens again to a more sedate smile, as he listens to Waltz talk about his observations of... people in general. How most are good, or trying. It's so refreshing, to see that open, candid optimism from, like, SOMEBODY OTHER THAN HIMSELF.
God, he wants to see more of Waltz. Get to know him in so many ways. ]
Yeah... I haven't traveled much, but I've, ah. I've seen my share of people on dark paths. [ He was one of those people. ] You're right. Very few of 'em want to be there.
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I'd be a rather spectacular asshole if I denied others the benefit of the doubt, or the chance to do the same.
[Not that he isn't sometimes a judgemental asshole, as Jeff knows all too well. Cam does his best to be a good man, but he isn't perfect. Nowhere near it.
He shifts, crossing one leg over the other and drums his fingers against the edge of the desk. Eyes on the camera and Jeff on the other side.]
Now you've traveled farther than most people on Earth ever will.
What's that saying, 'space, the final frontier'?
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[ Admittedly, he doesn't really know the guy well. Just a handful of interactions. But he's still trying to picture how a wrong turn might look for a man like Cameron Waltz.
...
oh my god you did not just say that you freaking nerd. STOP MAKING JEFF LAUGH, YOU'RE SO CUTE. He's smitten to, like, embarrassing levels now! ]
Oh, is that a saying? I never heard it before!
[ N E R D. ]
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[Are you laughing at him Jeff Calhoun?
He folds his arms over his chest with a lift of his brows and is very (not really) affronted!!!]
Really? You must not get out much.
Perhaps you should try boldly going where no man has gone before.
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[ They're making Trekkie dad jokes. BEHOLD, ATHENA, THE POWER OF TWO DADS.
Not that Jeff's ever really watched much Star Trek, and besides, this is treading dangerously close to fourth wall territory, but I couldn't not make that comment.ANYWAY. Moving on: ]
It's weird, y'know. If it weren't for the whole... [ Separation from his daughter. He doesn't even want to say it, really. Waltz knows what he means. ] This experience is something special. All the people you can meet here, it's crazy!
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Once you have a kid, regardless of how that kid happens, it's like your humour evolves into something both painfully simple, yet incredibly complex. In its puns, anyway.
Father Noveau.]
I feel the same way. There's no way I wouldn't have snapped up the opportunity were it offered to me. Under different circumstances this might be the greatest adventure of my life. It's certainly up there.
The people, culture, technology... There's so much here, I don't feel like I'll ever be able to experience it all.
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