Ideally I would have liked to broach this topic at the meeting we tried a few days ago, because it seemed like the sort of thing to discuss in person, but maybe this is better. Give everyone a chance to read it, think on it, and come back to it later.
I would like to propose a vote establishing house rules. Yes, I know the knee-jerk reaction a lot of you are going to have is 'absolutely not.' I understand, but please hear me out and read this in full before you call me an authoritarian moron.
I am not proposing anything outlandish or over the top. I am proposing three simple rules (which I will explain later in this post), and of course opening the floor to any other submissions. I would propose we vote on each proposed rule individually, with majority ruling. What happens when rules are broken would again be something everyone has to vote on, but I am putting forth
only non-violent suggestions. Chores, room arrest, that sort of thing. Yes, I just heard some of you roll your eyes. Room arrest is something that can have an impact on anyone, even a vampire. If that's not serious enough, temporary banishment from the tower perhaps for very serious offenses. There are other buildings in town with heat, water, and food. It could be done.
We have seen a lot of conflict here amongst ourselves, and
I shouldn't have to tell you why that's bad it's bad enough we're on edge from the people that put us here. I really feel like we need to at least try to live together as a community. People should not be afraid to leave their rooms. People should not be afraid to go to the kitchen. What's more, we know of two instances where our kidnappers made violent deals with people on the inside. We don't know if there have been others, but we have to assume it will happen again. Having a system in place may at least give pause to anyone offered such a deal.
Here are the three rules I am proposing. All are open to amendment.
1.
Do not cause physical harm to each other. I understand with, say, vampires, this wording could be problematic, so I'll add
without explicit consent. Biting, kink, fight club, whatever it may be, consent is key.
2. Clean up after yourself in public spaces.
3. Respect quiet hours. I would propose a set time of night (say, for example, midnight to eight AM), where you try not to create too much noise near where people are sleeping. Go nuts in the bar or outside or whatever, but people need their rest. We could vote on the hours to designate as quiet hours as well.
That's it. I would like to invite everyone to at least consider this, sleep on it, and maybe tomorrow or the day after we could gather to vote on whether or not to enact any house rules and what punishments we would be comfortable with as a whole. It would give people time to consider any other suggestions they'd like to put for a vote.
Hate this idea? Then show up and vote against it. That's fine. I know it's impossible to please everybody, and I'm not about to try. I just want to try and keep us safe. None of us want to be here, but let's not add to each other's problems.
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