medicalpunch: (Determined Grimace)
Haruno Sakura ([personal profile] medicalpunch) wrote2013-08-07 09:12 pm
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3rd Punch

[On day 5 of their time in Luceti Valley, the tax hike has gone through, and Sakura Harukawa is pissed. She's taking to the streets of Lowtown, but not in a militant, fist-waving rage -- oh no, she has better plans.

She's taking the whole matter quietly, building up a resistance. Going door to door, checking on neighbors, chatting -- and trying to sow the seeds of a rebellion. Validating the anger of all the other Lowtown folk, agreeing that something has to be done, voicing her thought that the Mayor will never do anything, and the fat-cats around Lake Catheria are just going to enjoy their comfort on the backs of the working folk.

So if you're at home, or tucked away in a little corner business in Lowtown, you'll get a visit. A little 'hi, how are you?' Concern about how well you'll weather the hike. She wants to know that everyone will be all right, and wants to make sure that they'll all band together in the face of pressure, instead of falling apart under it.]
aerialassault: (attention -- that's interesting)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-13 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
...I have.

[It was hard not too, when it was the hot topic for every conversation along the streets in Lowtown. He was more concerned about it than he was going to let on to his wife. The deals he was running on the side would help, but it was far from a solution to the problem.]

What about it? [His tone was easy, as if commenting on the weather.] Do ya have something in mind?

aerialassault: (thinking -- gimme a sec)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-15 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
...yanno? I was thinking the same thing just the other day.

[The state of the economy had bugged him for far longer than he let on to others. The tax hike was barely a blip on the horizon when he started working on the side to pay for his son's schooling, and the entire time he thought about how absurd it was. There didn't need to be this divide between the wealthy and the working class. The people in Lowtown could support themselves in his opinion, if they collectively gathered the courage to separate themselves from their dependency on the Lord Mayor and the denizens of Hightown.]
aerialassault: (confident -- whatev)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-19 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her words were uncanny.]

Those were my exact thoughts. We'd be much better off if we can get ourselves outta the hands of the big guys in town hall, but that's gonna be hard without risking anarchy. I can't think if a clean and pretty way to do it.
aerialassault: (attention -- that's interesting)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-20 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
That's actually what I mean.

[Because Cliff? A revolutionary? Please.]

I just mean that the people right now are too tied up with being angry to really see all these things. It might be something that we should just let run for a bit, 'til things cool off.

Nothing's going to get done if people don't wanna listen.
aerialassault: (thinking -- kids these days)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-20 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. It doesn't make me feel any better than you.

It might take some doing though, because people have their pride to consider. [Like he did. It was why he worked to the point of exhaustion to pay for his son's education.]

But, we'll all need to take a few blows to our pride before the end of this.
aerialassault: (uncool -- tch!)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-23 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
They're just gonna need to take it as it comes and hope that they can roll with the punches.

People are stubborn. It ain't gonna be easy.
aerialassault: (uncool -- i don't care)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-26 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, trust me. Don't I know that...

[All. Too. Well. He wanted to knock a few heads and get people to think a little, but that was going to be too difficult at this point.]
aerialassault: manga image (chill -- atta boy)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-28 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Funny. I suggested that same thing to someone earlier in the week too. It'll be gold if we can find a way to work, too.
aerialassault: (thinking -- hmm)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-29 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
It'll happen. Somehow. Even if it's tricky, people have a way of getting what they want.
aerialassault: (confident -- you gotta deal)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-08-30 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cliff sighed.]

I've gotta hunch that it'll work out for the best one way or the other. Do your thing, but don't stress yourself out over it. Trust people to understand this for themselves sooner rather than later.