08-01-2023, 16:38:25 PM
Victoria sighs deeply. She might also be rolling her eyes.
Victoria Frankenstein's Plan
The first city is a recent addition to the Alliance, having been added to the territory just a few months ago. They were heavily integrated into other trade networks and put up a resistance. As a result, the city's been struggling to recover from the invasion, and is receiving a lot of aid funds to get rebuilt, only to see most of them embezzled. What position needs to be secured before all others?
Yes, yes, Comptroller. They're in charge of dispersing money in the city coffers. They'll be able to know about any embezzlement, and if necessary stop it - or use it to our advantage, naturally. Doing our own embezzlement or blackmailing the embezzlers to be friendly to us. And the amount of money at stake is, you say, vast and the local government is unstable! Large possibility to use it to our advantage. I was considering Media Director or Ombudsperson, but this isn't a Democracy, is it? Not like the ordinary citizens can do much if things they don't like are brought to light. And if we control the Comptroller, why should they?
The second city is a relatively minor town with very little going on. It's far from anything important, and very isolated. It rarely receives attention from the Alliance, this recent purge is the first time it's been looked at in years. So, what position is most important to have supporting the coup there?
...Fine, I'll go with the Regional Media Director this time. I know what I said about it in the last city, but really, so little going on? A little bit of slant in the news is all it'll take to keep it perfectly docile and even supportive of the coup. If it were close to something like a shipping port or there were more money at stake there might be reason to try for something else... and we can still use it to make sure that if we, say, hide something or someone out there for use in the coup later the word won't get out and people won't complain.
The third city is middling in size and in all ways perfectly average, with the exception that it's been in the Alliance and the Coalition before it for decades, and has not once even slightly been trouble. Why it was targeted for a purge is mysterious, but not to pass up an opportunity is similarly important. So what position needs to have a Valdragon Supporter in it there, and why?
Junior Political Officer. I agree, something fishy is clearly going on and we need to have an ear to the ground about it, or likely anyway. A political officer by nature is going to know about anything that might be planned against our supporters there and should be in a position to do something about it. Even a mayor gives way to a political officer when people are being taken down for their loyalties.
The last of the cities is large and important, and already has nine known loyalists in line to be appointed, though it's not clear to what positions. This city is effectively a lost cause, but it's too valuable to not take a chance that one Valdragon supporter could make it that much easier to integrate, or at least weaken it appreciably. So where should that supporter go?
Town Coroner. If we have to take one - or more - of the loyalists out out of necessity to give our supporters and the coup a chance in this city, well, they'll be in a perfect position to say that it was a perfectly natural death. Am I not correct?
Yes, yes, Comptroller. They're in charge of dispersing money in the city coffers. They'll be able to know about any embezzlement, and if necessary stop it - or use it to our advantage, naturally. Doing our own embezzlement or blackmailing the embezzlers to be friendly to us. And the amount of money at stake is, you say, vast and the local government is unstable! Large possibility to use it to our advantage. I was considering Media Director or Ombudsperson, but this isn't a Democracy, is it? Not like the ordinary citizens can do much if things they don't like are brought to light. And if we control the Comptroller, why should they?
The second city is a relatively minor town with very little going on. It's far from anything important, and very isolated. It rarely receives attention from the Alliance, this recent purge is the first time it's been looked at in years. So, what position is most important to have supporting the coup there?
...Fine, I'll go with the Regional Media Director this time. I know what I said about it in the last city, but really, so little going on? A little bit of slant in the news is all it'll take to keep it perfectly docile and even supportive of the coup. If it were close to something like a shipping port or there were more money at stake there might be reason to try for something else... and we can still use it to make sure that if we, say, hide something or someone out there for use in the coup later the word won't get out and people won't complain.
The third city is middling in size and in all ways perfectly average, with the exception that it's been in the Alliance and the Coalition before it for decades, and has not once even slightly been trouble. Why it was targeted for a purge is mysterious, but not to pass up an opportunity is similarly important. So what position needs to have a Valdragon Supporter in it there, and why?
Junior Political Officer. I agree, something fishy is clearly going on and we need to have an ear to the ground about it, or likely anyway. A political officer by nature is going to know about anything that might be planned against our supporters there and should be in a position to do something about it. Even a mayor gives way to a political officer when people are being taken down for their loyalties.
The last of the cities is large and important, and already has nine known loyalists in line to be appointed, though it's not clear to what positions. This city is effectively a lost cause, but it's too valuable to not take a chance that one Valdragon supporter could make it that much easier to integrate, or at least weaken it appreciably. So where should that supporter go?
Town Coroner. If we have to take one - or more - of the loyalists out out of necessity to give our supporters and the coup a chance in this city, well, they'll be in a perfect position to say that it was a perfectly natural death. Am I not correct?
Murdergames Characters
Frankie * Dr. Ruby Ramirez * Solanacae Bakersby * Sam Black * Selen(ium) * Reina Schultz * Dr. Francine "Frankie" Frankenstein * Lotta Schadenfreude
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