[Maketh smooths her thumb over the rim of her mug.] We need to put protocols in place, in case--well. In case I am not there. People die, or sometimes they simply leave--it's not efficient to leave this things to chance.
It wouldn't be a popular decision. We could be seen as attempting to take control. Which is why I think it should be kept quiet for the moment. Informal.
Informal is probably best, knowing some of the folks here. It's not as though we have any laws, and trying to put some into place this late in the game might just make things worse.
It would. At least you know we can follow directions, and that most of us are on the same page when it comes to keeping this city safe.
[He says "most" because there are some with methods he doesn't approve of, and some who don't seem to know just why they're on the Guard in the first place, save for that they wanted something to do. Whatever their reasoning, the important part is that they cooperate, especially when things start to go haywire.]
Yes. It would be--useful, to have officers in place to delegate work and give orders of their own. [And to know that they would be followed. Still, the whole thing has an edge, coming ever close to a formal militia, and Maketh worries. It's far too easy to fall into old patterns. What she was before cannot exist here. This place cannot be the Empire. She's sworn to make something better.]
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Sure, sure. What is it?
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[And given the way folks just up and vanish, there's no telling if tomorrow is guaranteed for any of them.]
What did you have in mind?
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[To put it bluntly.
Maketh rubs her face.]
It wouldn't be a popular decision. We could be seen as attempting to take control. Which is why I think it should be kept quiet for the moment. Informal.
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[Someone needs to give the orders, after all. It doesn't work to put things to a vote in an emergency.]
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[He says "most" because there are some with methods he doesn't approve of, and some who don't seem to know just why they're on the Guard in the first place, save for that they wanted something to do. Whatever their reasoning, the important part is that they cooperate, especially when things start to go haywire.]
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