Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

[bigdamnprincipal]

Gosh, the summer picnic was so much nicer--and warmer--than the spring one. There were tables and chairs set up in the sun and the shade, and more than enough food for everyone. Hopefully, everyone was up for socializing for a while!

[OCD is up! This is the picnic post for general mingling. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: General Mingling [Summer 2016]

[era_two_triangle]

"Redeeming qualities calculated based on commercial value?"

Peridot could actually see the logic, there. If a resource didn't hold value to them, personally, maybe there was some other group out there that could draw value on it in exchange for something the Gems themselves couldn't produce.

On the other hand, the Gems rarely came across anything they wanted that they couldn't produce themselves.

"There could be merit to that. It bears investigation, at least. Difficult to manage when working in hypothetical situations."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2016]

[studyingfear]

"That is the problem with hypothetical situations," Rufus agreed, a bit wryly. "I suppose that once we're more familiar with this world, we could run our scenarios based off of this planet."

... Rufus, no.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2016]

[era_two_triangle]

"It would make for a useful practical exercise," Peridot mused, tapping one free-floating touch stump (finger) against her chin thoughtfully. "To learn more about... whatever planet we're on, and then calculate the worth of the resources available."

So long as they weren't dealing with Earth, Peridot was quite happy to contemplate these things.

If they were on Earth, she'd be far more concerned about getting back off of it again.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2016]

[studyingfear]

Fair enough. Rufus would be less sanguine about selling the entirety of Gaia, were they talking about his world. He could accept some foibles of a similar nature.

"I understand, too, that the island we are on at the moment has been moving from planet to planet," Rufus offered. "So there would be a chance to run several exercises of this nature against different locales."

He should likely be being more careful of what he said, but Peridot was no less interested than he in this topic. Rufus gauged it to be safe enough. Besides, it was only hypothetical.

They couldn't possibly punish them for that.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2016]

[era_two_triangle]

Hypothetical thinking exercises were still thinking exercises, after all. Perhaps they made no real difference when it came to the way things were, but when it came to understanding how those things worked, they were invaluable.

"Some planets with more worth than others," Peridot mused. "Alongside a study to see how vulnerable the resident species might be to outside attack. An assessment of risk against value."

Her Diamond would be so pleased if Peridot returned to Homeworld after having discovered new planets that would be worth something to their expanding empire!

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2016]

[studyingfear]

And Rufus would gain valuable experience and knowledge that he could use to expand ShinRa even further. Why stop at one world? Though, of course, Gaia was the priority for him.

It would also give him a chance to analyze how other species conducted hostile takeovers.

"It would be a worthwhile use of time," Rufus said thoughtfully. "Better than having nothing to do."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2016]

[era_two_triangle]

"Much better," Peridot agreed, and now she was pacing thoughtfully, making little clank-clank sounds with every step. "If I'm to be stuck on whatever this miserable rock is, it would make sense to catalog everything I can make use of while I'm here..."