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[andaway]

[The post comes from Clark and Lois' suite, and the voice is unmistakably Clark Kent's. Superman is probably going to stay low for a while after Leslie's arrival.]

Clark Kent here.

I... know there's people handling a list of people who find themselves here to keep track of those who disappear, but now that we know that these incidents aren't going to be isolated maybe we should think of a quick way to check if people have been found after a disaster, or who's hurt or who hasn't been seen around for days?

The number of foreigners and arrivals is growing week by week so it's getting harder to keep track on everyone at once.

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[crotcharrow]

Lost and found box?

[he's joking, mostly because he's lost too many people and welp. That's how he deals.]

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[andaway]

If you want to call it like that, but I was thinking more of a... general state of people.

Like you would find after a big natural catastrophe has hit somewhere?

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[crotcharrow]

What, like a wall of photos or something depressing like that?

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[andaway]

Well, no. The point of it would be to know if the people you care about are alright, not a visual.

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[beganwithamask]

Not everyone wants to be kept track of, you know.

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[andaway]

That's true. I suppose it could be something optional?

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[beganwithamask]

Still doesn't seem like a good idea. Who'd get access to this list? How could people trust those people not to misuse it?

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[andaway]

Misuse it how? There would only be the most basic things on it. If they are alive, present, and or hurt.

[And as he says that he realizes how people knowing Superman is hurt could be missused.]

Never mind, I get what you mean. Still I think there should be some quick way to check after a catastrophe.

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[usavatar]

[A very subdued Steve.] It's not a bad idea. But it comes with all the same problems that a registry of abilities would have.

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[andaway]

I... didn't think of it that way. Like I told the anon up there though, this could be voluntary?

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[usavatar]

It could. Maybe instead of a list, a kind of buddy system - a more formalized version of people sharing disappearances instead of a census of everyone present.

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[andaway]

But see, I wasn't only thinking of disappearances. What if someone is hurt?

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[wintershepherd]

More people have been leaving lately.

[ a flat statement, pensive ]

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[andaway]

That's true. I'm glad I still have my wife with me.

Maybe it has to do with the turtle's sickness?

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[wintershepherd]

I'm glad you do too. Say hi to her for me.

Maybe, but just as many new people arrive as leave so...

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[andaway]

I wonder if it's an issue of... how much power it costs it to keep us here versus how much power it costs to bring us here.

Maybe the later is easier?

[everylittlegirl]

People are already divided into sectors and buildings, right? Maybe just make people know their neighbors or something. If they don't want to, then they can be responsible for finding someone else to check on them.

[andaway]

Someone already suggested some kind of buddy sistem, using the neighbours for it is actually a pretty good idea- as long as there isn't anyone who lives isolated.

And we should also think about those who refuse to live on the buildings we've been given....

[everylittlegirl]

Maybe they have their own neighbors. Like Tony could look out for everyone at his lab.

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[cowled]

[Clark, sometimes Bruce worries about you.

Not the old fashioned kind of worried. Not concerned. Hardly that. But he does worry. Which is why he's here, with a list. It's an extremely comprehensive list of people that have come and gone (names included) or, failing the knowledge of their name, the suite or building they occupied, if he knew nothing more specific than that. Failing that, people who announced themselves on the network by name and have since been conspicuously absent are also highlighted in a separate column, with the length of time since their last traceable log-in marked down as well. He hands it over, looking unimpressed.]

Do you honestly think I haven't been keeping track?

[He's in civilian clothes, at least?]

Burn that when you're done with it. I have others.

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[andaway]

[Clark's eyes fly to the list to find Lois, Kara and Kon. He knows they will be still here and unharmed, still he checks. He can't help it.

And then he looks up at Bruce, an smile on his lips. Not even bothered, bro.]

I figured you'd check, I didn't even doubt it for a second. But I still think people in general should have a quick way to check if those who are important to them are alright, and still here.

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[cowled]

I've been working on it, as Bruce Wayne.

[Suffice to say, he's almost never just Bruce Wayne around Clark.]

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[apologiesmyking]

[He has not yet spoken to Clark Kent directly, but Kaldur can appreciate the thought that he is putting into the current situation.]

This is a sound idea, I believe. Perhaps a system of checks that are coordinated by a central person?

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[andaway]

That was my main idea, but some people have suggested the information could be misused if it fell on the wrong hands, and I agree.

A 'buddy system' could work out better but it might be harder to get started.

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[apologiesmyking]

"Buddy system"? [It is not a term he is familiar with, but he's trying to figure out the meaning just based on how it's used.]

But what if both disappear? Unless each person were to have two people responsible for remaining aware of their presence here.