with the knowledge i have rn, which i'm aware is incomplete, my thought is he'd pick a different hospital — now that he's worked alongside nicky he trusts him to know his shit — and take it over. these cities be huge and having only one hospital functioning is a recipe for a damn disaster. he'd try to pick one on the other side of the town so they can collectively cover as much 'ground' as possible. he'd be focusing on logistics as much as possible, organizing/etc rather than just doing medical things — he'd rather find other skilled people to do that, but he's got the training and wartime experience necessary to lead and delegate and he'd consider that more valuable to a wider range of benefit than just stitching up wounds personally.
if people take issue with that because of his role in the aerie, he would listen to concerns/etc, but ultimately would politely but firmly tell them to wait until the world's out of crisis to discuss the matter. if civilians/npcs/whatever want to watch him to make sure he's not doing shady stuff he'd shrug and allow it - it doesn't bother him to be observed!
he'd absolutely want to involve other pcs (but i don't really want to make a post to that effect since it'd be a rehash of the last little bit blrgh, i can reach out oocly for people) since he knows the reputation of the displaced took a hit - he's from an era where propaganda was important to the war effort, he knows that it would be 'good pr' for displaced to be seen actively helping out, so he'd probably reach out to a variety of displaced for assistance, probably ones without a hugely negative reputation in more 'visible' roles (dealing with the public, triage, distributing necessary supplies/etc). if he includes anyone more negatively-impacted by their aerie role, he'd probably put them in a more 'behind the scenes' type role — he doesn't want any civilians freaking out because they're being helped out by an aerie-displaced with a real bad rep. he'd also try to tap any PRESERVE resources/contacts he has available as well. as native doctors/nurses start feeling up to the task of taking command of their areas he'd be perfectly happy to relinquish control to them without a fuss, he's not interested in actually taking any power for himself. once the city is more or less functioning 'as normal' he'd be fine going back to his day job, lmao.
for jai:
he'd appeal to them by helping them. he's been a street kid, he knows the best way to win over angry feral teens is basically by doing something decent for them and then giving them space to make up their own minds. if i had to whip up a 'meet cute' scenario for how he came across this band, i'd say he probably helped them out in an unfairly stacked street brawl when there was no evident or obvious benefit to him (he roots for the underdogs, okay) and then peaced out for a day or two, and when he found them again would have maybe brought some fish or something to share because he's got a fucking soft spot for troubled kids (anyone even remotely younger than him is 'kid' which is why i figured this group was like, the 17-18 year old bracket). he knows first hand that people would have an expectation of 'repayment' of some sort and would be wary/cautious of random gifts, so he'd just keep being chill about it and decent, maybe sit around a (metaphoric? literal?) campfire or two trading stories. building familiarity and camaraderie and maybe the occasional challenge of their more UNA-based mentalities, though he'd do it in a kind of mild mannered way. i feel like this would happen over a period of days/weeks rather than immediately.
the thing is: though he's not actively presenting himself as a displaced, if someone actually asked him directly he wouldn't lie about it, either, so that could be something that comes up and i'd be cool with whatever wrench that might potentially throw in the plans.
as for leadership: it would depend on the leader the gang already had at that point. if they seemed like they actually cared about the people they were with and were trying their best to do good things, he'd mostly just try and support that. if they were shitty or were trying to encourage the gang to incite violence/etc then he'd probably try to do a stereotypical Combat Challenge to take them down.
he'd mostly want the group to help out - clear out vines, rubble, help other people, maybe distribute supplies/etc if he can find a cache somewhere (if he did, he'd break in alone and redistribute things, that can maybe be where he gets the means to offer them more support/etc, i'm fine with there being consequences for that down the line too as infrastructure gets back up and running). as for who he'd want to protect: 'vulnerable' populations, mostly. his focus would probably be on kids (are they separated from their parents? can we get them back to them? do they have enough food/shelter) because he's That Guy but depending on group consensus he'd be willing to cast a wider net. he's not really hardline on things like this because he just wants to Help and recognizes that he's only one person and that he can't help everyone.
as much as he's being distant from the other displaced, i'm totally cool with involving other people with this as well! especially those that are newer to the displaced/the world, since he doesn't have an immediately negative opinion of them the way he views some of the older displaced. so if there's anyone from the Newbie Batch that you guys think might work out well for this on an ooc level or characters you think would jive on an IC one i'm all for finding a way to make it work.
this is so long and rambly forgive
with the knowledge i have rn, which i'm aware is incomplete, my thought is he'd pick a different hospital — now that he's worked alongside nicky he trusts him to know his shit — and take it over. these cities be huge and having only one hospital functioning is a recipe for a damn disaster. he'd try to pick one on the other side of the town so they can collectively cover as much 'ground' as possible. he'd be focusing on logistics as much as possible, organizing/etc rather than just doing medical things — he'd rather find other skilled people to do that, but he's got the training and wartime experience necessary to lead and delegate and he'd consider that more valuable to a wider range of benefit than just stitching up wounds personally.
if people take issue with that because of his role in the aerie, he would listen to concerns/etc, but ultimately would politely but firmly tell them to wait until the world's out of crisis to discuss the matter. if civilians/npcs/whatever want to watch him to make sure he's not doing shady stuff he'd shrug and allow it - it doesn't bother him to be observed!
he'd absolutely want to involve other pcs (but i don't really want to make a post to that effect since it'd be a rehash of the last little bit blrgh, i can reach out oocly for people) since he knows the reputation of the displaced took a hit - he's from an era where propaganda was important to the war effort, he knows that it would be 'good pr' for displaced to be seen actively helping out, so he'd probably reach out to a variety of displaced for assistance, probably ones without a hugely negative reputation in more 'visible' roles (dealing with the public, triage, distributing necessary supplies/etc). if he includes anyone more negatively-impacted by their aerie role, he'd probably put them in a more 'behind the scenes' type role — he doesn't want any civilians freaking out because they're being helped out by an aerie-displaced with a real bad rep. he'd also try to tap any PRESERVE resources/contacts he has available as well. as native doctors/nurses start feeling up to the task of taking command of their areas he'd be perfectly happy to relinquish control to them without a fuss, he's not interested in actually taking any power for himself. once the city is more or less functioning 'as normal' he'd be fine going back to his day job, lmao.
for jai:
he'd appeal to them by helping them. he's been a street kid, he knows the best way to win over angry feral teens is basically by doing something decent for them and then giving them space to make up their own minds. if i had to whip up a 'meet cute' scenario for how he came across this band, i'd say he probably helped them out in an unfairly stacked street brawl when there was no evident or obvious benefit to him (he roots for the underdogs, okay) and then peaced out for a day or two, and when he found them again would have maybe brought some fish or something to share because he's got a fucking soft spot for troubled kids (anyone even remotely younger than him is 'kid' which is why i figured this group was like, the 17-18 year old bracket). he knows first hand that people would have an expectation of 'repayment' of some sort and would be wary/cautious of random gifts, so he'd just keep being chill about it and decent, maybe sit around a (metaphoric? literal?) campfire or two trading stories. building familiarity and camaraderie and maybe the occasional challenge of their more UNA-based mentalities, though he'd do it in a kind of mild mannered way. i feel like this would happen over a period of days/weeks rather than immediately.
the thing is: though he's not actively presenting himself as a displaced, if someone actually asked him directly he wouldn't lie about it, either, so that could be something that comes up and i'd be cool with whatever wrench that might potentially throw in the plans.
as for leadership: it would depend on the leader the gang already had at that point. if they seemed like they actually cared about the people they were with and were trying their best to do good things, he'd mostly just try and support that. if they were shitty or were trying to encourage the gang to incite violence/etc then he'd probably try to do a stereotypical Combat Challenge to take them down.
he'd mostly want the group to help out - clear out vines, rubble, help other people, maybe distribute supplies/etc if he can find a cache somewhere (if he did, he'd break in alone and redistribute things, that can maybe be where he gets the means to offer them more support/etc, i'm fine with there being consequences for that down the line too as infrastructure gets back up and running). as for who he'd want to protect: 'vulnerable' populations, mostly. his focus would probably be on kids (are they separated from their parents? can we get them back to them? do they have enough food/shelter) because he's That Guy but depending on group consensus he'd be willing to cast a wider net. he's not really hardline on things like this because he just wants to Help and recognizes that he's only one person and that he can't help everyone.
as much as he's being distant from the other displaced, i'm totally cool with involving other people with this as well! especially those that are newer to the displaced/the world, since he doesn't have an immediately negative opinion of them the way he views some of the older displaced. so if there's anyone from the Newbie Batch that you guys think might work out well for this on an ooc level or characters you think would jive on an IC one i'm all for finding a way to make it work.