Event Finished Talk Less, Smile More

The entire conversation was becoming increasingly bizarre because Havoc had absolutely no idea what he was talking to. They were some kind of... space alien thing, but he had no idea how old they were. Were they in college? Were they in highschool? Were they a year old? The entire conversation about respecting or not respecting those younger then you had a strange and confusing spin placed on it in context, and Havoc abruptly realized that he had, for the second time in as many days, had an entire conversation with someone without doing any sort of introduction.

"I'm considering a variety of options," Havoc clarified. "But peer mentor ship is certainly a possibility."

That finished, Havoc moved on to his current point.

"I haven't introduced myself. My name is James Havoc, I go by Havoc, Miss...?"

Havoc wasn't even sure if 'miss' was the correct thing to say. He was far from up to date on gender issues, and the gender issues on the island had to be something else entirely. Did aliens even follow human genders? Was he being insulting by saying as much? Only there was no neutral word he could think of that might have filled in, so Havoc decided he'd simply have to ask someone later.

Maybe Nix--he seemed like he would know.

"Yes," Havoc admitted. "Introductions customarily come first."

His name was on the posters, but Havoc didn't bother to point it out. It was good to have someone talking to him, even if she didn't seem to agree with all of his points, although it seemed that the conversation had mostly wound down.

"Did you have any other questions, Avatia?"

He couldn't help but wonder if that name had a human origin, or if it was purely alien.

Havoc had thought he was done, but it turned out that Avatia had other plans. Havoc cocked his head as she began to abruptly run down a massive list of questions, and then in short order set about returning fire in rapid succession.

"I wish all the others running the best, but I haven't spoken to many of them. Emily Strong is a good candidate, who is focusing primarily on extra-curricular activities and community outreach. I haven't spoken to Raphael Niccolo, but his platform is focused entirely on non-discrimination and diversity. And A'laya..."

Havoc paused, his face an ever so slightly look of annoyance flashing across his face. "They want to... to optimize things?"

Their platform hadn't been terribly clear to Havoc. It had covered a lot of general points, but the gist of the speech had seemed to him to be I am pretty, vote for me so you can be pretty too.

Maybe that wasn't very accepting.

"I'm not sure where you'd find any of them. Perhaps the cafeteria?"

Havoc could only shrug at the discussion about discrimination problems. He hadn't been on the island long enough, and he wasn't personally experienced anything he'd have counted as discrimination.

"You would have to ask them," Havoc said simply. "I wouldn't say that it isn't an issue, but it isn't something I've personally dealt with or have first hand experience with. Raphael Nicollo would probably be able to explain things to you better. Considering that he's likely to end up on council with me as well, I wouldn't want to speak over his points."

More or less everyone who had applied to the council was likely to get in, as far as he was aware.

"If you're interested, you could also apply for council if you'd like. I believe signups will remain open until the election happens."

Havoc nodded at her comments. It was fine if she felt unqualified, and it wasn't his place to make that choice for her. Maybe she was. Maybe she wasn't. He didn't know her well enough to decide.

"The elections are run twice a year," Havoc pointed out. "So you have time to spare."

He gave her another small nod, and then gestured to the rather small pile of posters in his arms.

"I need to go restock, but if you have any questions, I'll be back here in a little while, and probably here for another hour."

He was remarkably easy to find, especially compared to the other candidates who lived off-campus.

Assuming she had no further questions, Havoc would head out, on his way to pick up more posters.