1.1.01.01.008: if you fiddle with something, it will break. don't.

[needshumility]

Alright, I think... question club needs to happen.

So consider this post an open place to ask questions about the Barge, and to provide answers if you know them - or to discuss ways of finding out the answer. Anyone's welcome, as are any questions.

[Private to Bertie]

What instrument do you play?


[Private to Sherlock]

Mr Holmes, may I ask if you can make a request for the art room?

At home, we can paint in full colour without seeing them by using numbered codes.

Would it be possible to get these numbered codes put on the paints provided in the art room?

[Filtered to Jane, Chromie and Ariadne]

I was thinking of working out a standard series of questions for people who've just woken up from comas. To help us try and find patterns - it's easier if we ask for the same information from everyone.

Any suggestions as to the questions?

[Private to Jane]

I've got a book for this week. Ovaltine and the radiators tonight?

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[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

[Filter]

That depends on what patterns we're trying to look for.

[Private]

What book is it?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

[Filter]

I think it might be better to see what patterns you can find, rather than go in looking for something in particular.

[Private]

The Scarlet Letter.

I couldn't resist it.

[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

[Filter]

Seems a little inefficient to make it so...open. But fine. I don't know what questions could be asked, though. It can't be anything too personal, if we want them to be for everyone.

[Private]

What's it about?

No. Don't tell me. I'll find out.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Yes, but if we don't make it open, we might miss some very important information.

It'll have to be pretty general to start off with. We might find something to spot to pursue further.

[Private]

I don't know. I haven't read it yet. The back mentions something called 'Puritans' and adultery.

I really just picked it up for the title.

[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

[Filter]

Good idea.

[Private]

Una said something about dreams when she was in her coma. Do you think that might be something we could ask about?

And that book seems...interesting. I don't know what those things mean, though.

private

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Dreams? I assumed people didn't... but it's worth asking about.

Me neither, but half the fun is in finding out.

[failedcreator.livejournal.com]

Where does the food on the barge originate from?

do you think this is a good idea eddie

[ifightfor]

Query: Limitation on number of queries at once?

[Uh-oh.]

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

...I wondered that too. I wonder if the kitchen staff know, or whether it's a mystery to all of us. It's another thing worth looking into.

he thinks it's fabulous. He also has terrible foresight.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

No.

[pause]

Within reason. No more than... ten, say.

[failedcreator.livejournal.com]

I have often wondered where the beasts for slaughter are located upon the barge. Is it simply an area that the inmates are kept from?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I've... never seen a cow.

Maybe someone'll show you the kitchen.

Re: private

[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

You assumed they didn't? That's why you can't assume things.

if anyone knows better, correct me if I'm wrong.

[una_persson]

The supplies get renewed on a monthly basis, although from where, I couldn't tell you.

Perhaps the Admiral scoops it from passing worlds whilst he collects new passengers.

it explains so much. and is so true.

[ifightfor]

Query: Average number of Inmates "graduated" per anum?

Further query: Average residence time of Inmate prior to graduation?

Further query: Exact number of Inmates graduated versus Inmates departed without graduation?

Query: Exact population of Barge?

Further query: Exact number of Wardens versus number of Inmates?

Further query: Rate of Warden turnover?

Query: Common complaints of Wardens concerning Barge functions?

Further query: Common complaints of Inmates?

Define "question club".

Query: What games do you play?

{Private}

[so-meretricious.livejournal.com]

I shall do so. {This...Paint-By-Numbers sounds eerily like technology, though, so he doesn't have to like it.} I do believe our art facilities should be as encompassing as possible, to cater to all the arts.

{Even odd other-world arts, he supposes.}

Private

[what_ho_jeeves]

I put my fingers to the old eighty-eight keys now and again. I've also made attempts to play the trombone, but that met with rather less success.

[darknessb4me]

In the cabins.

[strangehistorian]

These are good questions...

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[strangehistorian]

I've tried asking what they were doing at the time, and what it was like when they were out - if they remembered anything and so forth. Perhaps we should ask how long they were asleep. And maybe the medical staff can be consulted about what the characteristic signs of a Barge Coma are as opposed to a sleeping sickness or hibernation.

Re: private

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

It just never crossed my mind.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

You're not funny.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

They're... all very good questions.

There'd have to be research into the first few, but I'm keeping a list of unanswered questions, and they'll be put on it.

The last two, I can do right now, though.

Question club is, essentially, like a debating society, but open to everyone.

I play cricket, hockeyball, croquet (if I'm made to) and tennis.

Re: {Private}

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, Mr Holmes. I really do appreciate it.

Re: Private

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

The trombone?

The piano's a very good choice, though. Do you have one here?