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medicalpunch) wrote2013-08-07 09:12 pm
medicalpunch) wrote2013-08-07 09:12 pm
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[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.]
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.]
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No one can eat hope, or pay the landlord with it.
[She's not arguing with him, precisely -- just trying to be very realistic. If people don't band together, if they start to see evictions...]
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[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.]
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If we all do our best, if we all help each other, then we can get through it. And deny as much in taxes as possible to the fat cats, for that matter. They can't make money off us helping each other, after all.
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I'm sure we can. If everyone joins their efforts, there has to be a way.
If we can't... [She just shakes her head.] I don't know what will happen, but it won't be good.
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[She hopes they will, anyway.]
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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.
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[She sighs. He is right -- but then again, it's hard not to stress, to see the looming disaster that's about to break over them, once the tax starts to tighten belts and wallets.]
Yes.