favoritetraitor | 25th Devotion: Sabotage Prevention and Recruitment

The ARTEMIS Organization is still accepting new members to combat the curses that plague our city. We are seeking industrious scientists, doctors, investigators, as well as those skilled in the magical arts. If you are interested please contact me...

[Private to Artemis Members]

Please welcome Mr. Lyle Dylandy, one of our newest members. He'll be joining the department for deity research starting today...

*[ooc: NEW INFORMATION ADDED]* Also, I'm pleased to introduce everyone to Mr. Xemnas. He'll be working in our Dimensional studies as well as investigating the nature of the curses... and Dr. Temperance Brennan who will be working as a field investigator and archivist. She also has an interest in working on our little deity project.

Now on to a pressing issue...

Due to an increase in the severity of curses, I'd like to address the issue of security to protect the work that we have accomplished so far. As many of you may have realized, I myself have been greatly affected, and in my cursed state, was nearly detrimental to one of our projects. Perhaps our probings into the dealings of the so called Deities has come to their attention and they are working against us.

If this is the case, we must be more diligent, and determined to get past such obstacles.

I'm open to any suggestions and wish for each of you to come up with a solution in your own particular fields of expertise. I cannot stress enough the need to set up a series of checks and balances in order to prevent disaster. Please submit your report here as soon as possible. Also, let me know if your own work has suffered likewise. Equipment being damaged, lost, or stolen...

1) progress
2) setbacks
3) ideas to safeguard your work

We are still interested in garnering more support and members for ARTEMIS. Please keep your eyes open to possible new recruits and let me know who they are and what their skills might be... we will have new introductions here as we acquire new people. Please be sure to welcome them to our fold.

[Private to Jezebel Disraeli]

Jezebel, I've grown increasingly more concerned over the situation with the curses and how it will affect us. I think it would be prudent to add security to our group. Specified personnel to step in when needed to prevent this kind of sabotage. As for myself, I'm afraid that I'd require special care to stop me, so am taking it upon myself to find someone suitable.

But that still leaves the matter for our other dear members of ARTEMIS. Do you have any input on this matter?

[Private to Mr. Zexion]

Mr. Zexion, you are well I hope? We have a creature for your project. It's smaller than I'd originally intended, so I hope that won't set you back as far as having to resize the implanted electronics. Have you been successful in designing a device to control it's movements?

On a side note, I feel the need to increase security in the various labs where we are holding some of our more delicate projects. Something that would prevent a cursed member of ARTEMIS from sabotaging our progress. Do you have any ideas of how to achieve this goal?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Increased security would indeed help.

Perhaps also introducing measures where the authorization of two or three members is necessary to access certain parts of the research? Though of course this could potentially slow down our work.

That could be more problematic in the long run. For example, if someone were the only one not cursed, it would make it impossible for them to work until everyone regained their sanity.

True, but a day of work lost is preferable to weeks of research being compromised. Curses rarely last longer than a day. And if it was any two of a group of people who would have access, it would reduce the chances of that happening.

... that's true... so far, this is the most reasonable method suggested. I'd like to see what our other members have to say before we make our final decision, however.

As for myself, I've arranged to meet with someone outside of the organization that I believe could stop me if I presented a danger to my own work. An independent contract, you could say... someone I think who has absolutely no interest otherwise in what we do. We shall see if he will be helpful...

Have you met our two new members?

Edited 2009-04-12 17:17 (UTC)

Please keep me informed of what is said.

As you are the one most aware of what you are capable of I am sure that it is best that you deal with it in this manner. Hopefully it will stop any future incidents from occurring.

As of yet I have not, I will introduce myself presently.

((ooc: sorry, answered before you edited.))

I'll do that.

Of course, I consider you to be the last line of defense against my sabotaging ARTEMIS' efforts. If my behavior seemed correct to this outside source, there is still the chance that you might detect that something is wrong. And since you hold keys to things I don't...

We are still awaiting the decision of yet another member... and then there's Lavi. Should I extend an invitation to him as well?

When not cursed myself I will make sure to monitor our members' behaviour as best as I can, especially yours as between us we are handling the more delicate aspects of the research.

I will leave it to your discretion whom to invite. We do seem to be approaching a sufficient number of members for now.

Ah yes... how goes your own studies, my friend?

[ooc: did you get my email? I'm making a list of who's doing what...]

Sufficiently well, I am hoping for further progress soon.

((ooc: oops, yes, I need to answer it, I haven't decided exactly what he's doing yet |D))

I'm love to hear more about what you've been up to. How about if I stop over later?

[ooc: K. Let me know so I can update my list. :) When it's done I'll send you a copy.]

Edited 2009-04-12 17:39 (UTC)

I will be at the laboratory if you wish to discuss matters there.

((ooc: sure, thanks ^^ Will try and poke Jez into making up his mind soon >.>))

Wonderful. I'll see you shortly then.

[ooc: I'm assuming he's taken over the true death project at least. As for everything else, he can always dabble in different things as suits his taste of course. Solomon's got 3 things he's working on right now, curses, the infernal ticking, and city death (a new category he's added). An attempt to restore them. He can discuss this matter to Jez. (Also, if he hears about the 'heartless' in our organization, he'd be interested in finding out more about that...oh so much to do!]

Edited 2009-04-12 17:45 (UTC)

Very well.

((ooc: yes, he's taken over that. I'll come up with a couple more things that would interest him.))