badfic_manor | [In person] Just a bit of sulking.

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[In person] Just a bit of sulking.

[Saguru has just wandered out of the voice actor panel. It was stupid curiosity, really, and he knew it was a bad idea, but somehow the idea of finding out what the Author THOUGHT he sounded like intrigued him.]

[He's sitting somewhere in an alcove of the foyer with a canned black tea, very clearly grumping.]

Least they could've done was get someone who spoke English...

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It really is - maybe a bit worse, even, with people from different times and the outright aliens; just what's "normal" is going to be wildly different for everyone here.

[And as 'oddly' as you put it-]And maybe if we're lucky, more people will catch on to that; after all, we're all put in the same 'boat' as it were.

Seems like we all need to come to an understandin' as to what's "right".

[He mulls over this a moment.]

Some folks ain't gonna like it, but seems to me if we don't wanna all wind up killin' each other, something's gotta be established.

[And that sounds like they may have another hand to volunteer.]

I agree with that - and it may be about time to make another try at getting together the people who actually want to do something to make something that'll hold.

[He does sigh, remembering one of the big stumbling blocks before-] I think there may've been enough time passed since the previous attempt - there were a few that tried who were a little too reliant on getting help from the Author, and a little too bad at getting people to trust them. Still, I know of a handful of good people here who care enough to do something.

Previous attempt?

[Detective senses tingling.]

What happened there?

[Ah, the saga of the 'justice system'.]

A small group of detectives from a couple different worlds got together, and one of them made a bargain with the Author to attempt to run a "court" in case of various crimes. What laws they were enforcing was never clearly explained, and while they were well-intentioned, there was at least one case of less criminal intent and more a new arrival misinterpreting the situation, as well as others where they'd deemed it not a case of criminal malice that'd be a further threat, yet the Author chose to enact punishments anyway. It didn't help either that of the three who were responsible for it, two had various reasons that they needed to be secretive and avoid being seen, while the third was ... [Oh, how to explain Mello.]

...A bit of a powder keg and a bit too familiar with how "PR" and "communication of rules" would be handled on the other side of the law.

It didn't help, either, that the second the Author's attention changed, any ruling they'd made would be erased as if it hadn't happened; I arrived not long before it dissolved - I couldn't even get in touch with the individual in charge, nor get a clear idea what their rules were, and there were a number of people here that weren't in it for anarchy who had no trust or respect for them. The one who'd made the bargain got sent home, and everything he'd gotten arranged disappeared, which about spelled the end of it.

I and a few others did try to organize something not long after - put out calls to get input on what people would accept, tried to get things together - but it didn't get very far; there hadn't been enough time for the disillusionment and apathy to wear off from the last attempt.

I think there may've been enough time to start trying to build something again...

[He gives a dry snort.] Although I still think I'm going to end up doing as much diplomatics as detective work, if not more.

[Oh ho ho. Failure of justice? Corruption in the courts/law enforcement? Jake's already dealt with this enough in his own world to last a lifetime. You get a very stern looking cowboy.]

If you need any help, Pardner, you let me know. I'd rather see things done right here than get out of hand.

[He frowns slightly.]

Spent too much of my life wranglin' with folks who ain't really interested in seeing justice handled the right way.

[As serious as the subject is, he can't help but smile - it's always good to have backup.]

Thank you - there's a few others here that're in for the same thing; not always the people you'd expect at first glance, either. I think the lot of us should be able to come up with something that we can keep control of without relying on the Author's whims.

Had a word with that Author myself the other week, actually.

[Pause.]

Far as I'm concerned, she can keep her nose out of whatever we do, Pardner.

I heard something about an incident.

As it is, she did enough damage last time to bury the coffin pretty well.

"Incident", Pardner? What have you heard exactly?

I spoke to the Doctor - about Dean.

He said that it was quite obviously not Dean speaking - and that she was ... quite the problem. [He frowns, thinking.] And yet, there wasn't a change in the way she's handled things per se; as if it still didn't register one way or another that she was dealing with real people rather than something fictional.

You can say that again-- it wasn't Dean. And she had no interest in anythin' I had to say that didn't involve Dean suckin' my blood. Tried to tell her we didn't appreciate bein' murdered like...that.

She just kept arguin' that she was givin' us a break. Monsters and volcanos seem like a break to you, Pardner?

[He shakes his head and snorts.] Author's logic; and I don't mean just her - I heard a joke once that if any given writer were to meet their characters, and said characters were able to recognize that the author was the one responsible for their situation, most writers would be lucky to escape with their lives.

And given some things I've seen floating around fandom I've had to watch in side comments and notes on things they've written?

I imagine she still thinks of us as "fictional" and not "real" - "uncooperative figments of her imagination" or something.

Then I think the first thing we ought to do is show her how real we are and that our opinions matter.

[Thoughtful look.]

Not sure how to do that, but I'm sure somethin' will come to me.

If she's found a way to vaguely communicate, then it's probably a matter of time and effort. [Although from what he knew of fandom and their 'muses', it could take a long time indeed...]

I reckon time's somethin' we got plenty of, Pardner.

There is that, and hopefully a chance for some relative peace to sort things out in before something else happens.

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