Soo... I have had this idea for a while that I wanted to run by you. It's really your domain since it's about how Alexi's house works. I hope you like it, but I'm up for any changes or corrections or anything if you don't.
In my mind, Alexi has more slaves than the house really needs or wants, even for a manor and grounds of that size. Even if many slaves only work half-time or something, it's just a lot. I get the impression that he's not really buying slaves because he needs them, but as a way to protect them from other masters and give them a safe place to live.
So, of course, Joseph works on giving them jobs that they want and will enjoy, and stuff. But I wonder... what if a group of slaves decided that they wanted to spend some of their working hours on some kind of project, like a greenhouse or even building a car or coding a game or something? I think it would be cool if he let them do stuff like that. Since there is so much excess, he could let them learn what they want to learn and, within reason, work on what they want to work on. I'm having trouble explaining it at the moment, but I just thought the idea of Alexi's house really being just this safe haven and burgeoning creative "hackerspace"-ish area for slaves sounded really cool.
Joseph would be in charge of making sure the necessities got done of course, and perhaps he and Alexi originally came up with the idea behind Tristan's back, in the last couple of years when he was too insane to notice or care what his slaves were doing so long as the house was clean, his orders were followed, and his meals were delivered.
So, does that work, or am I doing too much projecting my idealism?
In my mind, Alexi has more slaves than the house really needs or wants, even for a manor and grounds of that size. Even if many slaves only work half-time or something, it's just a lot. I get the impression that he's not really buying slaves because he needs them, but as a way to protect them from other masters and give them a safe place to live.
So, of course, Joseph works on giving them jobs that they want and will enjoy, and stuff. But I wonder... what if a group of slaves decided that they wanted to spend some of their working hours on some kind of project, like a greenhouse or even building a car or coding a game or something? I think it would be cool if he let them do stuff like that. Since there is so much excess, he could let them learn what they want to learn and, within reason, work on what they want to work on. I'm having trouble explaining it at the moment, but I just thought the idea of Alexi's house really being just this safe haven and burgeoning creative "hackerspace"-ish area for slaves sounded really cool.
Joseph would be in charge of making sure the necessities got done of course, and perhaps he and Alexi originally came up with the idea behind Tristan's back, in the last couple of years when he was too insane to notice or care what his slaves were doing so long as the house was clean, his orders were followed, and his meals were delivered.
So, does that work, or am I doing too much projecting my idealism?