[ AUDIENCE: LUCRETIA ]

[dormheads]

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[dormheads]

I'm going off a summary, remember. I don't know what the principal told you in specifics.

[ambiography]

Something about the expelled party being sent to the 'conduct office', apparently. Nothing at all about what actually happened today.

[dormheads]

Are you sure?

[ambiography]

He seemed to have some... difficulty communicating, but not a single person seemed to have a solid awareness of what would happen today, no. Some had suspicions, but mostly because of how things have gone so far.

Personally, I expected something more along the lines of simply not seeing her again, and I don't know if that would have been preferable or not.

[dormheads]

I mean, are you sure that what happened today wasn't part of expelling her to the student conduct office?

[ambiography]

If it is, then to be honest with you, Chad, it's pretty fucked up.

[dormheads]

I'm as surprised as you are.

[ambiography]

There's absolutely no reason to make some sort of spectacle and game out of it if the point was just sending her there, so you'll have to excuse me if I have a hard time believing that might be the case. I understand you have no say in it yourself, but

I'm sure you can see how the lack of clarity doesn't exactly encourage much trust in this place.

[dormheads]

I can't speak for others, but I've never asked for anyone's trust, and neither do I expect it. Do as you will.

[ambiography]

Then you won't get much done in a position of leadership. At the very least, you need people to trust that you know what you're doing, and that anything you do or ask of them is a part of that responsibility. Ideally, you also have their trust in what you're trying to accomplish and in a common goal.

[dormheads]

And?
If I'd said that I wanted your trust, are you saying you wouldn't have considered that more dubious or a farce?

[ambiography]

Not necessarily.

I know others see a lack of friendliness as a detriment, but I understand the desire not to get too personal. You haven't rejected attempts to speak with you or reasonable requests for your assistance so far, and as far as I can tell you are trying to do your job. I wouldn't deny you it outright, on a professional level.

[there's always the likelihood that literally all of them are in on this, but. they weren't involved over the weekend. if they were previously just students then it's possible they really don't know everything.]

[dormheads]

[there's a delay before lucretia gets a response.]

Then you'll understand that words are often empty.
There's no point in me asking for anyone's trust if I can't yet provide a solution to the problem.

[ambiography]

You don't have to provide the solution outright. You do have to establish that you're trying to provide it and working toward that goal. If people can see an effort being made, they're more likely to trust you than if you assume anything you might say means nothing until you know exactly how to fix it.

They might get frustrated at a lack of progress. They might want you to just hand over the answers, or think you're withholding them. The only way to get past that is to be more open about what you're trying to do about it, and to let them work with you on it if there's anything you can delegate.

[dormheads]

I'll keep it in mind.

[ambiography]

I suppose that's all that can be asked for.

[dormheads]

I don't like giving out guarantees that might not end up happening.

[ambiography]

Then I won't ask you for them.

[keeping it in mind and hopefully maybe trying is enough for now.]

[dormheads]

Was there anything else you needed?

[ambiography]

I do want to know if there's anything all of you intend to do to keep this from happening again-- if there is anything that can be done.

[dormheads]

We have no authority over the school traditions, so if another murder occurs, I can't promise we can influence the trials or the expulsion process.
Trying to prevent a murder might be a different story, at least. What would you suggest?

[ambiography]

Are you required to assist us with transactions? It won't help handle the weapons some of us arrived with, but if you can just make sure you don't let people have anything dangerous...

[dormheads]

I'm allowed to refuse transactions, though a number of people from Spring Dorm have previously asked about obtaining weapons. They're not going to be happy with a ban.

[ambiography]

Most likely not, especially if they want them for self defense in case of... exactly what we want to prevent.

Are you allowed to provide a record of transactions if needed?

[dormheads]

I'm not allowed to explicitly reveal anyone's purchase history. Though if it becomes relevant, there might be ways to get around that to a degree. I just can't promise anything right now.