EVERYONE (BUT THE CAPTAIN): [LAUGHING]
FRANKIE: [NOW BORED, LEAVES ANYWAY]
FRANCIS, TRYING TO HIDE HIS AMUSEMENT: Alright, alright, we've had our fun.
FRANCIS: Now then! Listen up--
FRANCIS: --The holidays are behind us, but that doesn't mean we can afford to let ourselves relax.
FRANCIS: Rising temperature averages have made the winters here harsher, in some ways--unpredictable.
FRANCIS: This is why the Powers-That-Be have elected to withdraw most of our personnel from outposts as remote as our little slice of paradise, save for a select few, where necessary.
FRANCIS: As you're all already aware, this team of just a dozen will maintain the Cabot Sound outpost until summer. Commander Murray, I give the floor to you to explain our plan of attack to help us avoid preventable, horrific tragedy.
JAMES: Thank you, Captain. A very cheerful, yet sobering reminder of the devouring, unfeeling void that awaits us all.
FRANCIS: I'm always happy to motivate.
JAMES: As the Captain said, we all need to be extremely diligent. That means no skipping meals, no skipping sleep, and attendance at daily meetings is required.
JAMES: The rota for duties will be updated and posted here every week at 18:00 sharp every Sunday. If you have any questions or complaints, bring them first to your immediate superior or to myself or the Captain.
JAMES: Morale is also paramount, as is health. Physicals will be conducted every fortnight and they are mandatory. Any small injury or condition could become something deadly, and anything you hide from us might come back to hurt yourself and others later.
JAMES: That should be all. Did I leave anything out, Captain? We already spoke to the other shift--
FRANCIS: No, Commander, you've covered the whole of it.
JAMES: Any parting words, Sir?
FRANCIS: To all of you: May we all have a smooth winter and a bright spring ahead of us. ... Don't fuck this up. You're all dismissed.
FRANCIS: And-- Lieutenant Kirkland?
FRANCIS: I know you've already pulled an extra shift. I can't have our Engineer swaying on his feet.
FRANCIS: You look like shit. Go to bed--that's an order.
Not changing format or anything, but for dialogue-heavy scenes, this is just way easier.
Time to get to know our characters a little bit more, yeah? Yeah!!!
