Session Start: Wed Aug 31 19:39:05 2011

<@Ked> [The Hunt]
<@Ked> [Monday, August 6, 2490 - 1745 local time]
<@Ked> [Another room in Admin - this one is in the basement, though.]
<@Ked> The student council has been moved to a real conference room now - 
though it's one that needs some repair, what with that oddly curved dent in 
the ceiling.  There's an undercurrent of tension in here, though everyone is 
smiling as the last council members and the snowflake liaison walk through 
the door.
<@Ked> [start session]
<Masako> Oh, thank goodness.
* LadySwarm showed up a little early and slid into a chair in an out-of-the-
way corner.  Now she's watching a little warily, unsure where the tension is 
coming from.
* Sei strolls in, chatting amiably with everyone who'll chat. He waves at 
Masako, then at Swarm. He then does his best not to appear over-awed by the 
presence of a Lady. After all, he attends meetings with a Lord all the time, 
right?
* LadySwarm waves back, smiling faintly.
* Masako ducks in - she's wearing a similar costume to what she had on stage 
for the talent show, only with skirt and tie in matching T3M brown.
* John is there; dressed snazzily, this outfit one with white and gold tones, 
and an amiable, cheerful expression up.
* Shizuko looks tired, and somewhat haunted.  She has obviously not been 
sleeping well, and is that a faint smoky smell you sense from her?
* Alicia fingers her gavel, and keeps glancing  back at the door.
* Sei is wearing his school uniform. And trying not to feel underdressed.
* Santiago has his feet up on the conference table.  He leers mildly at the 
Lady.
* John seems somewhat surprised Santiago showed up, but hey, small miracles.
* LadySwarm shoots Santiago a disapproving frown, then ignores him.
* Sei pulls out a chair for MAsako and another for Shizuko.
<Masako> That was an exciting weekend!
<John> Let's not make a habit of them.
<Sei> Looks like we're all here. Sorry if I'm holding us up... *looks 
nervously from Alicia to the Lady and back*
* Masako waggles an eyebrow at Lady Swarm.  "So who's this Wildfire 
character, huh?"
* Shizuko grabs Sei's hand and holds it as the meeting starts.
* LadySwarm shrugs.  "New Lady.  Apparently resistant to Orders.  Don't know 
much else about her."
* Sei flushes only a little, but returns the hand-hold as comfortingly as he 
can. He does sit up a little straighter.
<Alicia> Do you know who she is?
<Santiago> Would she tell us even if she did?
<LadySwarm> Not any more than I would tell you any of the others.
* Sei asks, in ice-breaking jokingly demanding tones, "Who is Lord Wind!? We 
must know!"
<Alicia> No, no, I just am wondering if you actually know who she is.  Yes/no 
answer, not fill in the blank.
<LadySwarm> Oh.
<Masako> Don't make her uncomfortable, Allie, she just got here and maybe 
even that's a secret.
<Santiago> Yeah, Allie.
* LadySwarm rubs at the creases in her forehead for a moment, then blinks at 
Masako.
<John> I'm sure she gets enough of this from the other students.
* LadySwarm grimaces.  "I don't usually stick around for it."
* Sei looks at Masako in surprise. Which he veils as quickly as he can. "Most 
other students don't get to talk to the Snowflakes, John," he reminds the 
Lord.
<Sei> We're really getting a privilege, here. Let's not make her regret 
granting it.
* Alicia hisses at Santiago.  "Don't call me that."
<Sei> So, um, thank you for coming, Lady Swarm.
* LadySwarm smiles faintly.  "You're welcome."
* Sei steals a glance at Shizuko when his head turns to address others, 
trying to see if he can read her expression. He's trying not to draw 
attention to her that she might not want.
<Alicia> Yes!  On behalf of the student council, who totally aren't all 
Snowflakes really, I welcome you to our deliberations and hope you can foster 
understanding and cooperation between the student body and the future rulers 
of the planet!
* Alicia remembers to breath after spewing out the rehearsed line.
* LadySwarm chuckles.
* John smiles pleasantly. "An applaudable goal."
<Masako> Better than Windykins over here anyway.
<Santiago> Yeah, that won't be hard.
<Sei> Well, we're a few too many, especially with Lady Swarm here, for ALL of 
us to be Snowflakes. Unless some of us are Snowflakes nobody's heard of!
* LadySwarm 's expression flickers before she firmly sets it back to 
pleasant.
<Santiago> Oh, come on.  Alicia is totally Wildfire.
<Alicia> Am not!
<John> My money's on Wildfire being Santiago.
<Sei> Really? I thought you were, Santy-san!
<Sei> See? Even Lord Wind says you are!
* Santiago gags.
* Sei sticks out his tongue.
* LadySwarm just winces silently.
* Shizuko shudders.  "That would be..."
* Sei is grinning with genuine joy that things are settling down a bit. 
"Right. So, is there any business you wanted to bring up, President-san?" he 
asks of Alicia. "If not, I wanted to talk about the play at the talent show 
and..." he trails off at Shizuko's comment.
<John> The, uh, waving contest.
<Alicia> Well, yes.  Obviously.
* Sei looks to the girl sitting next to him, and offers a supportive squeeze 
of the hand she's holding.
* Alicia grimaces and gestures towards a low holodisplay her EI has up.
* Sei turns his attention there.
* Sayori walks in.
<Alicia> This meeting was set at the request of the RA's, I'm afraid.
* LadySwarm looks up at Sayori, blinking in surprise.
<Sei> Welcome, Sayori-san. *politely, formally*
* Sayori nods to Swarm.  "My Lady.  Councilors."
* John nods politely... enough to Sayori.
* LadySwarm nods back automatically.
<Sayori> I wish Jason hadn't ducked out of this - I'm no good with technical 
hacking stuff.
<Sayori> But he was working on this all last night, and eventually sorted 
things out.
* Sei leans forward, interested. "He figured out who did it?"
<Masako> Can't we just make them apologize, and write it off as youthful 
folly?
<Sei> Hm. Masako-san raises a possibly good point. Perhaps we should discuss 
proper punitive measures before knowing who it is. That way, we're unbiased.
<Shizuko> Expel them.
* Sei sounds a bit odd using words like 'punitive' and 'unbiased.'
<Shizuko> All of them.
<John> I agree. Determine the punishment before the identity.
<John> There's too much politics in it as is.
* Sei flinches. "That's...a bit harsh, Shizuko-san. Suspension, maybe. 
Perhaps some community service stuff..."
<Santiago> We should commend them!  Spoon having a fit like that was the 
funniest thing I've seen in high school.
* Sei doesn't release her hand unless she pulls away, though. She's obviously 
in need of some sort of support, and he's absolutely going to provide it if 
he can.
* LadySwarm is just watching quietly, though she looks rather shocked at 
Shizuko's suggestion.
<Sei> *cough* Er, no, Santiago-san. What they did was wrong. And wrong to all 
the people in that play. Those kids worked hard and deserved better.
<John> One for expel, one for ... community service, one for a clap on the 
back.
* Alicia sighs.  "I promised Shiz that I would vote with her when something 
like this came up.  I'm not sure I like it, but it was a promise."
<Sei> I don't think we're up to voting yet...
* Sayori watches the debate with a small, sardonic smile.
* John seems introspective.
<Sei> We still can try to persuade each other? Make our cases for why we 
think punishments should be at some level or another?
<John> Cause is an issue, too.
<Sei> Cause?
<John> Why would they do that?
* Santiago chuckles.
<Sei> I don't think 'why' matters for punishment. Though finding out why 
couldn't hurt, when we've settled on what they'll do to make up for it.
<Masako> If you stage a protest rally, you have a cause.  If you do some sort 
of civil disobedience against a corrupt aristocracy, you have a cause.  If 
you make someone's holographic prop look like a prick...
* John nods. "What are we punishing for, too? Messing with the school staged 
event? Sabotaging a fellow student's efforts? Or just, ah, presenting 
inappropriate content?"
<Sei> Yes, yes, and yes?
<Shizuko> Most of you know my point of view on this.  I come from a school 
where idiocy like this - and far worse - was actively tolerated, as long as 
the perpetrator had enough influence.
<John> Sure. Okay.
<Shizuko> Tolerance is weakness.  The only way to bring order is to deny 
access.
<Sei> That's why I don't want to know who it was before we decide. But...just 
kicking people out, that's going to make them learn nothing but how to get 
together elsewhere and view the school as enemies.
<Shizuko> But they won't be HERE anymore.
<Sei> We want to guide them so they learn better. And if this is the best 
place to learn, like everyone says, then they should be able to learn here. 
* Sayori snorts.
<Sei> That's the problem! They'll still be here! On Snowflake! Waiting for 
us, when we get out. And they'll not be our friends anymore!
<Sei> We want to make our friends grow up to be good people, right?
<John> I won't argue against expulsion for the three of those together. It's 
just too much.
<Shizuko> They'll lose access to the most powerful clique on the planet.  And 
really, they are not our friends.
<Sei> Is that what you want, Shizuko-san? For this school to be some sort 
of...wait, what's a click?
<John> I would like to give them a chance to defend themselves, though.
<Alicia> It's an exclusive circle of friends, Sei.
<Sei> Oh. 
<Masako> ...I'm really torn on this - Shizuko is right... but that sort of 
exclusivity is one of the things I'm here to fight against.
* Sei nodnods.
<Santiago> Purge them!  Purge them!
<Sei> If we're gonna expel people...
* Shizuko eyes Santiago, but refuses to respond to that.
* LadySwarm is just watching carefully still.  Unless someone asks for her 
input this isn't her department.
<Sei> We really should set up a warning, so people know it's coming. It's 
gotta be their choice to deliberately risk it, so they can't claim - or even 
say to themselves - that they were kicked out 'cause somebody didn't like 
them.
<Alicia> Swarm-sama?  Do you have an opinion?
<John> I feel like we're taking the RA's stance a little too strongly, 
somehow...
* Sayori tilts her head and says nothing.
* Sei looks from John to Swarm, waiting for Swarm to speak before asking John 
what the older boy means.
* LadySwarm spreads her hands, frowning a little in thought.  "This...isn't 
really my department.  I beat up things that try to hurt people.  That's 
about all.  But if it were me...expulsion seems a little strong.  I'd give 
them community service.  Make them scrub toilets for a couple months or 
something."
* Sei nods thoughtfully. Or at least, he hopes it's thoughtfully.
* Sayori waves open a console and taps a note.
<Alicia> Do we have more to say before a vote?
<Sei> John-san, you were saying something about taking the RA's stance? What 
did you mean?
* LadySwarm eyes Sayori nervously.  She's not used to people taking notes 
when she talks.  Maybe it wasn't about her.
<John> Well, no offense to Sayori, but the typical RA stance has been to make 
examples of people. Memorably so.
<Sayori> Oh, yessss.
<John> It has earned them no favor.
<Sayori> And we want none.
<John> And if we start out with expulsions - well, that path is starting to 
get worn.
<Sei> Yes. One reason I wanted to have this meeting - and was gonna call one 
even if you hadn't, Sayori-san - was to head off such...mean punishments.
<Shizuko> Better it is a worn path, than an unbreached barrier.
<Sei> Not if it simply makes the student body go 'us against them,' Shizuko-
san. Remember that these kids will have friends here. And they'll resent it 
if their friends are punished too harshly. Then we may have to expel them, 
too. And then their friends. And then...well, it'll just be us Council 
members and the Snowflakes, before too long.
* Sei has never heard of the slippery slope fallacy. Why do you ask?
<Sei> ...! 
* LadySwarm opens her mouth, and then shuts it again.  Not her department.
* Sei looks shocked.
<Sei> And, and--well. We can't have it be anything the Ladies wouldn't let us 
do to Snowflakes. What if one of them was in on it!?
<Sei> And they'd never let us expel a Snowflake.
<Sayori> True.  True.
<Santiago> Naw, I like it.  And I like that it's our idea.
<Sei> ...did you want to say something, Lady Swarm?
<Sei> Oh, sorry, Santiago-san. What do you like is our idea?
<LadySwarm> ...I don't think you'll end up expelling the entire school.
* Sei is in hyper-Sei mode, or very close to it. He's still holding Shizuko's 
hand as supportively as he can, though.
<Sei> Oh. Why not?
<Alicia> He's seeing this as a power grab.  If we declare expulsions as the 
penalty, and it's enforced, we become much more... important.
<John> Expulsion isn't the same here as it is at other schools. Expulsion 
here is a very big deal.
<Sei> It isn't, at other schools?
* LadySwarm raises her eyebrows.
<John> No, it's just expulsion. Embarrassing, but there's always other 
schools.
<Sei> I thought it was always the worst punishment possible. 'cause you can't 
deal with them anymore.
<Masako> Exclusivity, Sei, we've covered that ground already.
<John> Here it's much more.
<Alicia> Well, we should take the vote.
<Sei> Oh. Right.
<Sei> Yes, President-sama.
* Sei straightens in his chair again, making a very obvious effort to be calm 
and serious-looking. He more looks constipated.
<Alicia> Shizuko is obviously in favor of it, and she has my vote this time.
* John makes a face. The StuCo probably knows this as his indecisive face.
<Santiago> Aye aye aye!
<Sei> Nay. Positively, absolutely, nay.
<Alicia> John?
<John> As a last resort. I can't say yes to that as a first round punishment. 
So... nay.
<Masako> I, uh...
* Masako glances at Sayori, as if she wants a hint about something.
* Sayori shrugs.
<Masako> No.  But I have to admit, I see Shizuko's point.
* Sei looks stricken, and turns pleading eyes to Shizuko. She hasn't voted 
officially yet, maybe she'll change her mind? Please please please?
<Shizuko> Ally can tiebreak as president... but I'll withdraw it this time if 
you promise to support me next time?
* Alicia starts to say something, then holds her breath.
<Sei> If they had warning, and knew what they're doing would get them 
expelled, *I* would support you, Shizuko-san. 
* Masako tilts her head, makes a mental calculation... "Yes."
<Santiago> Pfffffft.  Politics.
<Alicia> Then the motion is tabled.
* Sei visibly relaxes. "Whew."
<Sei> So, now. What DO we do with them?
* LadySwarm tries not to make her sigh of relief too obvious.
<Sayori> You don't do anything.  That was a charming exercise in the 
democratic process, but we decide who lives and who di- well, you know what I 
mean.
* Masako looks like she wants to spit.
* John raises an eyebrow at Sayori.
* LadySwarm gives Sayori an extremely leery look, but manages not to ask the 
obvious question.
* Sei turns to look at Sayori. For once, his expression is not filled with 
child-like friendliness. "You *will* clear whatever you do with us, first, 
however. It will NOT be a repeat of the kind of nonsense you did to Carter-
san."
<Sei> I do NOT want this turning into a place where everyone's against 
everyone else. And that's what you'll do with that kind of abuse.
<Sayori> We will not do so at all!  I'm here simply as a courtesy, and also 
to inform you of several administrative decisions which have been made.
<John> Spoon's headhunting?
* Santiago grins.  "She's here to taunt us!  I love it!"
* Sei almost folds his arms, but can't 'cause of Shizuko, so instead he puts 
his free hand on his hip as a fist. It doesn't look nearly as intimidating as 
he'd hoped. "I am sorry that we could not work together. It will end poorly 
for this school."
* Sei somehow makes it clear that it's not a threat, but a regret. He just 
doesn't have it in him to be malicious.
* LadySwarm is blank.  Very, very blank.
<Sayori> But.  I'm getting ahead of myself a little.  So Jason traced the 
hack back to Carter's EI.
<Alicia> ...oh.  Dear.
* Sei looks sad, but not surprised. "Why does she do these things?"
<Santiago> DOUBLE ICE CREAM!
<John> No double ice cream!
<John> Administration decisions aside, you're not going to torture her 
anymore.
* Sei actually reaches across the table and baps Santiago on the head with 
his Tessen. It doesn't really hurt. "Shut up."
<Santiago> No.
<John> If she's out, she's out, but you're not going to do... whatever it is 
you're planning.
* LadySwarm doesn't say anything.  It looks like it's becoming an increasing 
effort.
<Sei> If we don't approve of the punishment, I move that the Student Council 
endure it with her as a protest.
<Sayori> No, no double ice cream.  See, her EI was in her room when this 
happened on Thursday night, but Carter, that wonderful little delinquent 
child, was not there - she snuck into the theater and pranked the music 
sequencer.
* John taps his EI. "Herc, check on Carter. Let me know if the RA's have 
already done something."
<Sei> Wait, the music sequencer? That's not holography.
<John> I know there's a low population of EI's. Work around it.
<Sayori> Right.  The play never got to that point.  We might have a talk with 
her about that, but mostly to commend her taste in musical irony.
<Sei> ...can you tell us what she was going to do?
* Sei is more curious now that horrified.
<Sei> The music, I mean?
<Sayori> Jason had to explain it to me - it has to do with Princess motifs in 
early modern electronic media.
* Sei is confused, but trying not to show it.
* John keeps an eye on Hercules, waiting for a response while Sayori 
explains.
<Sayori> But that's neither here nor there.  Jason backhacked up the chain 
and found it was done with a rather primitive brute-force clustering app by 
the players in the play.  They pranked themselves.
<John> Uh.
<Sei> ...all of them?
<Shizuko> And tried to frame Carter-san.
<John> ...
* Sei looks ANGRY now.
<John> The hell.
* Shizuko looks like she's regretting withdrawing the motion.
<Sayori> Given the, uh, history, she was the best target of opportunity, no?
* Sei 's grip on Shizuko's hand is a bit tight. He's not trying to hurt her, 
but... "Do we know for sure they were all in on it? I want 
a...precise...list."
* Santiago is grinning.  "I think I'm going to liiiiike whatever happens 
next."
<John> Well, if it's a group effort, conspiracy can be added on quite easily.
* Sayori shrugs.  "We got EI records of conversations between all of them but 
one.  And it's looking pretty likely he planted the device they relayed the 
attack through."
* Sei nods. "Okay. What ARE you going to do to them?"
<Sayori> We're, uh, still working on details.
<Sayori> But it will be humiliating, and hard work - there's a whole dorm 
that needs renovation, you know - and no one will envy them.
<Sayori> We'll announce it Thursday.  Tell them if you like - they can't run, 
and they're not good enough to hide.
* Sei grits his teeth as he says this, but forces out, "Hard work's very 
good. Humiliating...in the proper way...is very good. No ice cream, 
no...what's that word?" Hantsuki pipes up: "Degradation, Murdon-kun."
<Sei> I think...
* LadySwarm 's eyes blaze, and she sets her teeth.
* LadySwarm is making an effort not to grind her teeth.
* Sei looks to his fellow StuCo members, and to Lady Swarm. "I think it 
better if we try to work up public sentiment against them. Make them feel 
like scum for what they did to Carter, and get the whole rest of the school 
on it."
<Sayori> Oh, that won't be too hard.
<John> Let us know what you're planning. There's a line, and that must be 
respected.
<Sayori> Lady Spoon was really, really mad, and she's declared some 
collective punishment of the student body which we RAs wouldn't have touched.
<Sei> We don't want anybody congratulating them. We want everybody 
disappointed in them. If we're supposed to be a, a... a "click," then we need 
to respect each other.
<Sei> ...wait, what?
<Alicia> Oh, no.
<Sei> NO! We can't punish people who didn't have anything to do with it! We 
have to talk to her! Talk her out of it!
<Sei> That'll be a *disaster*!
* Sayori shrugs.  "Actually, it really sucks for us, too.  We're not moving 
back into the real dorms this year."
<Sei> Especially with all the bad stuff this weekend! She'll ruin everything!
* Masako hmms.  "That could be worse.  And is probably better for our egos, 
anyway."
* John gets this _look_.
<Santiago> Aw, suckage.
<John> She... wait.... oh.
* LadySwarm grimaces, but...she's pretty sure she knows what that's about.
<Santiago> I move we resolve that this is totally unfair and she should take 
that back!
<Sei> What's better for what ego? 
<Sei> And yeah, I think I'm with Santiago-san, here.
<Alicia> I can clean up that language a little, but I'll vote for that.
<Masako> Nay.
<John> Tricky.
<Sei> We should probably spread around the school that the students who did 
it got the Headmistress to do *something* awful to the whole student body, 
and that the StuCo is trying to figure out what it is and convince her to 
rescind it, though. Maybe with enough support...? --wait, what?
* Sei looks surprised at Masako.
<Masako> Oh, come on.  We're students.  We shouldn't be living like 
Princesses.
* Shizuko gestures with her free hand towards Swarm.  "This is the one school 
where you're wrong, Masako."
* LadySwarm raises her eyebrows.  She can't help but jump in at that.  "Hey, 
I don't think I should be living like a Princess."
<Sei> Um... what's living like Princesses got to do with Lady Spoon-sama 
punishing everybody at the school for what a small group did?
* Masako smiles warmly at Swarm.
<John> On one hand; this is trying to butt heads with Lady Spoon, who's our 
boss, in a sense. On the other, it's... a mess.
<Sayori> Whatever.  Just a heads-up, kiddies.  And make sure everyone is 
there Thursday morning, okay?
* LadySwarm adds in a mutter, "I'm not even sure I should be living like a 
Princess when I *am* a Princess."
* Sayori ducks out the door.
<Santiago> I don't care about the philosophy of it, I don't want to live in 
that damn hospital ward all year!
<John> Geh.
<Sei> ...oh, wait, that's the punishment? Meh. I don't think it should be 
announced as a punishment.
<Sei> 'cause it really isn't; that's just a problem getting the dorms fixed.
<Alicia> That might even be true, Sei, but if Spoon says it is punishment, 
then the perception will be exactly what she says.
<Sei> Then we NEED to talk her out of it.
<Shizuko> Aye.  Oh, wait, did I say that already?
<John> To make her change the flavor of the spin she puts on?
<Sei> Masako-san, I know you have your own reasons for not wanting us moving 
back in. Will you at least support an objection to calling it a punishment? 
Please?
<Masako> No.  This school needs more humility.
<Alicia> Is that a vote in favor, Sei?
<Sei> Of objecting to her calling it a punishment? YES!
<Alicia> John?
* John is only thoughtful for a little bit. "Not in favor. We're not setting 
policy for the boss."
<Masako> ...that's soooo like you, John.
<Alicia> Motion passes 4-2.  I'll draft it and pass it around tonight.
* Sei turns back to Masako, and pleads, "This won't teach humility. It'll 
just make people bitter. They'll think it's out of anger and that it's unfair 
and just 'cause Lady Spoon-sama can. Just living there might teach humility. 
But not if they think it's undeserved punishment. IF it's just 
necessity...then it's a shared hardship that could bring us closer together."
<John> Hmph. Even when we agree you snip.
<Masako> We don't agree, John.  We just don't.
<Santiago> You two would make a cute couple.
<Sei> But we can advise her! She'll listen...
<Sei> I hope she will, anyway. Else...what's the point of a student council?
* Alicia sighs.
<Sei> ...wait, what? *catching up with John, Santiago, and Masako's 
interplay*
<John> Cute? No.
<John> ... loud, though.
* John grins.
<Masako> I'd rather shoot myself.
<Sei> ...why do you hate each other so much? ._.
* Sei asked that quietly, like a kid asking his parents to stop fighting on 
his birthday.
<John> She just hates me. She'll get over it eventually.
* LadySwarm is not saying anything, not saying anything, not saying 
anything...
<Masako> Everything about you, John.  Well, almost.
<Alicia> ANYWAY.
* John chuckles.
* Sei gulps.
* Sei squeezes Shizuko's hand, looking for a little support, himself, now.
<Alicia> There's one other piece of formal business, now that we have an 
official snowflake liaison here.
* LadySwarm looks over at Alicia attentively.  Definitely not gratefully.  
Nope.
<Alicia> And it's something which is probably even more important after this 
last weekend.  Do we want to coordinate emergency procedures?
<John> Masako's got some good ones in place. What's the extent of your 
coordination, by the way?
<Sei> I think Masako-san and--what John-san said.
<Masako> It's just SDS stuff.
<LadySwarm> It works.  Well.  I was grateful for it when that fridge-monster 
showed up.
<LadySwarm> I...do think it might be good for the Student Council to be 
involved with it, though.
<Masako> Someone had to try - after the third or fourth time it was obvious 
that the administration wasn't.
<Sei> Yeah; getting everybody out...I think only Rory-san was hurt, right? 
You did good, Masako-san.
* John nods. "Can you expand that to everyone? It'll be an opportunity for 
you, and you've proven to be good at it."
* John winces slightly.
<Sei> So, that's at least two Snowflakes who're in favor of StuCo officially 
coordinating emergency procedures, right?
* Sei looks from John to Swarm.
<Masako> Well... we've got procedures in place, and honestly it's easiest if 
it's just a subset of the student body trying to direct traffic.
<John> However you want to set it up.
<Alicia> But what's more important is some sort of early warning procedure.  
You know when they're coming, right?
<Sei> We'd probably want to open up that subset to non-SDS members, too, if 
they want in, but we could leave you in charge of the organizing effort, 
since you're on the Council, Masako-san.
<Shizuko> I would love to be able to walk in terror, rather than run.
* LadySwarm shrugs and spreads her hands.  "It's your call.  As long as it 
happens...we know a little in advance.  Not much usually, but...enough for a 
warning."
<John> For the most part.
* Sei isn't sure of Shizuko was serious there, or not.
<LadySwarm> John could send out a mass message.
<John> We'll start including Masako in our silver alerts.
<Sei> Assuming she's not already in on it as one of you. *sticks out his 
tongue at the huge unlikeliness of THAT*
* John turns to Masako. "That is, if you're up for it."
<Alicia> John's EI is probably the logical server to mediate the traffic.
* LadySwarm nods.
<Masako> That's fine, but I think it should push to all the students.
<John> Why's that?
* LadySwarm grimaces.  "As long as they don't try to run the wrong way."
<Sei> 'cause that way people who aren't in the subset at least have warning.
<LadySwarm> Yeah.
<Sei> But we need to have official directors of traffic whose job is to 
gather people and direct them. That's where Masako-san's brigade comes in.
<Masako> We can help push them out the right door, but it's best if they get 
alerted immediately.
* Sei nods.
* LadySwarm frowns, thinking.  "Another problem is that even when we know a 
dart is coming, we don't know what it's going to...possess...until it does 
it.  So we don't know what *is* the right door."
* John glances over at Swarm. "Mass fire drill? Well, at that point it's not 
just me forwarding a message, it's a school-wide alert. Not that much of a 
difference."
<Alicia> We can work on the information content, but maybe could you give 
general localization?  And then narrow it down as it approaches?
* LadySwarm nods.  "That's what I was thinking.  As best we can."
<John> Yeah, they're... quirky.
<Sei> Well, if we let the student body know there are officers in charge of 
keeping track of it, they can focus on getting out while the directors keep a 
closer watch on the alerts everyone's getting?
* Santiago stays silent for this one.
<John> It'll be hard to give anything definitive, but general will be easy 
enough.
<Masako> I've got some algorithms already worked up.  Let me work on an 
interface for you tonight, and then I can send it to John?
<Sei> Sounds like a plan to me. President-san? Lady Swarm?
<John> Send it to Swarm. Let her liaison.
<Masako> I, uh, don't have her address.
<LadySwarm> ...John, they can't.
* John blinks. "Right. Uh, right, I'll do it."
<Alicia> John, just tell Hercules to act as a mail relay.
* John looks faintly embarrassed.
<John> Once this is up, how do we feel about running a test drill?
<Alicia> It'll advertise to the local servers.  Lady Swarm, this probably 
means you'll get some junk mail.
<Sei> A test drill's a good idea.
<John> I'd like to run at least one. Establish public joint Snowflake and 
StuCo cooperation on this, and get everybody on the same page.
* LadySwarm shrugs.  "I'll deal.  And - yeah, test drills would be good."
<Alicia> We'll have to announce the system first.  And work out the kinks.  
Sometime next week?
<LadySwarm> Sure.
<Sei> That sounds good.
<Sei> Masako-san? Shizuko-san? Santiago-san?
<Santiago> Whatever.
<Shizuko> ...just make sure you announce it as a drill.
<Sei> Yes, definitely.
<John> Might as well schedule it.
* LadySwarm nods firmly.  "Of course."
<Alicia> Do you have a preferred day?
* Sei looks to Lady Swarm to field that one.
<LadySwarm> Me?  Not...really.  One should be as good as another.
<Alicia> Mondays suck too much already.  Tuesday, then.
* John glances at Swarm, then at Masako. "We'll figure that out once the 
system is up."
<Masako> I'll target next Tuesday.
* John nods.
* LadySwarm nods.  "Okay."
<Sei> Alright! Do you want to do the announcement, Masako-san, or would you 
like one of us to? I would be happy to, if you let me know when you want it 
announced.
<Alicia> We can do a joint announcement.  Just some recorded vid.
<Sei> Okay!
<John> Was just about to say.
<Alicia> That's all the official scheduled business - does anyone have any 
other matters for discussion?
* Sei mutters to himself, running through his own mental checklist.
* LadySwarm waits quietly.
<Alicia> Lady Swarm?
* LadySwarm blinks in surprise.  "I didn't think I was here to bring 
business."
* Alicia bangs her gavel.  "We're adjourned, then."
<Alicia> And of course you can bring up business - you just can't vote.
<Sei> Well, if you have anything just as a member of the student body, that's 
good, too.
<LadySwarm> Oh.  All right.
* LadySwarm nods.
<Sei> 'cause, well, the students might talk to you 'bout stuff not knowing 
who you are? And they know we're StuCo members.
* Santiago burps loudly.
* John nods. "By your leave, prez."
* Alicia makes shooing motions.
<Sei> Unless you're a StuCo member who can be in two places at once? Is that 
why you're Lady Swarm? Are you, like, Alicia-san split into two?
<Alicia> Shiz, smack him.
<Sei> eep!
* LadySwarm gives Sei a weird look.
* Shizuko finally pulls her hand free, and does so very lightly.
* Sei is grinning, and ducks a swat from Shizuko even if the girl doesn't 
make one.
* Santiago disappears.
* LadySwarm nods goodbye to the various council members and heads out.
* John ducks out, waving cheerfully.
<@Ked> The student council all heads away, back to their rooms, or supper, or 
supper in their rooms...
* Sei sticks around long enough to trail behind, intending to catch Shizuko 
as people start to split up.
* Shizuko darts quietly out the door, not saying farewell.
* Hantsuki pops up in miniature as Sei is finally more or less by himself.
<Hantsuki> Sei!
<Hantsuki> SEI!
* Sei jumps, startled, probably causing him to lose Shizuko. "What?"
<Sei> What is it, Hantsuki!?
<Hantsuki> ...Sayori was lying!
<Hantsuki> Oh, and all of you snowflakes are in trouble.
<Sei> What? Why!?
<Sei> What about?!
* Sei quickly looks around, covering Hantsuki as if that would help keep her 
quiet, making sure nobody heard her call him a Snowflake.
* Hantsuki looks sad.  "I don't think the Duchess likes you anymore."
<@Ked> [end session]

Session Close: Wed Aug 31 21:54:44 2011