Log 0008 - Cosplaying as Judge Dredd, apparently

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Broadcasted to all citizens of the Emperor is the weekly list of names and photographs of men and women suspected to be in allegiance with the rebel forces directly]

Please peruse these names carefully and report suspicious behavior directly to any officer of the law. Compensation remains generous. All citizens are expected to do their part to keep our systems safe in times of crisis.



[Broadcasted to his inner circle of politicians, officers of the law, and the Emperor's private staff is a much larger list of supposed loyalists who are suspected to have rebel sympathies]

Please keep in mind the several dozen names of new addition at the bottom of this list.



[Open to spam, up to individual players whether they want to appear on one or both lists]

Comments

private

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Has it been six weeks already? How time flies.

No, I'm afraid I've been busy. Keeping the system safe for you and your...family.

Private

[forsaken_queen]

If I took everyone at their word, id be out of a job.

Private

[keeps_a_cool_head]

My word, in this case, means my reputation and my continued enjoyment of life under the Emperor's gaze.

You can trust that I will find the cause of these disturbances.

Private

[forsaken_queen]

[Scoff.] I'll believe it when I see it.

private

[gard]

You won't be alone.

private

[godsays]

Good.

That's what's most important to me.

Private communication

[to_dust]

[Many of the political apparatus are serene; emotionless, as if they were all the risen dead instead of only some of them. Adept Charis, on the other hand, tends to sound bored and irritated by nearly everything.]

Well you're as subtle as ever. Has it occurred to you that fearmongering is exactly what we don't need at the moment? We are trying to prevent a large-scale panic.

[private: assuming he was on the ~law officers~ filter, feel free to correct me <3]

[neuropathy]

You don't think you might be goin' a little overboard with this?

Private

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Prepare to believe, then. I'll bring them to you within the week.

private

[keeps_a_cool_head]

I know. You flaunt it easily enough.

[As in, you make it a blatant weakness if Scorpius wanted to be that kind of enemy]

private

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Who else, then? And why?

Private communication

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Subtlety does not become me. I leave that to the political arm of the Emperor, who I will remind you gifted me with this position.

[private: totally!]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Not at all. If we are to root this uprising out at the source, we will need vigilant eyes everywhere.

Private communication

[to_dust]

You'll be gifted with something else if your clumsiness starts a riot. Public accusations put the targets on their guard as well as making the citizens feel unsafe. At this stage, shouldn't the unified message be that his Majesty the Emperor is in control, instead of warning people that we're conducting full-scale investigations?

Private communication

[keeps_a_cool_head]

If your citizens are so unhappy that they would cause a riot over a few true words, then you clearly have fallen out of touch.

[private: yay thxu :3]

[neuropathy]

People who're jumpin' to turn in their neighbors for traffic violations aren't being vigilant.

[ Let's not talk about the fact that his brother is on this list, shall we? Instead, hypotheticals. Those are much more comfortable. ]

Re: Private communication

[to_dust]

Odd how 'a little truth' looks a great deal like asking untrained people to do your department's job for you.

The truth is that we will control the situation. The truth is that the incursion is limited, not infective.

[Say his name was on a list recently and he had to clear it up in court -- now he's squeaky clean]

[impure_tale]

And here I was beginning to enjoy infamy.

private

[gard]

Would it be best for the Empire if Senators only spoke to one another?

public, voice only (oh shit how did i get on these lists, mum's going to kill me)

[this_corrosion]

[Someone here is trying to do a backwater-world accent. Badly.]

Think you've got some of those wrong, mate. I know for a fact some of those are innocent men. And women. And, you know. Various. I'm not judging. Unless you are.

Inner Circle filter

[darknessb4me]

Hardly a crisis. Many of these citizens are already in the process of being dealt with through the proper channels.

Private communication

[keeps_a_cool_head]

My job relies on the cooperation and agreement of citizens to be ruled. What I do, I do for them.

Are you certain of that?

private

[keeps_a_cool_head]

No. But Senators, I imagine, have their hands full enough without mixing with their constituency.

[private]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[He knows, sir. And he's suspicious of your motives]

I believe I trained my men well enough to weed out those calls from the truly serious ones. Unless you wish to prove me wrong?

[Waaaait a second..]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Oh, yes. It's you. Scorpius was riled up enough as it is, but now he's fuming]

Whatever you did, whomever you spoke to, is not enough to clear your name with me.

I hope for your sake you remain off this message.