nextgen_citizen (nextgen_citizen) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-08 19:23:00

Entry tags:

inactive - dj whedon, inactive - julian gallo, inactive - pauline argosy, plot-"open season", team - x-factor

Airing Grievances
"And we're back. If you're just joining us, we're talking today about what local voices have been calling the 'Exodus of Mutant Town', along with the current wave of mutant crime sweeping the five boroughs. With us are Julian Howard, the man behind the modern sensation of X-Factor, and Police Captain Erica Strauss, of the 11th Precinct, which oversees District X.

Before we had to go to break, Mister Howard had brought up the reports of disappearances of transients and the alleged sewer-dwellers of the district. Captain Strauss, your thoughts?"

Strauss gave a practiced smile and tilted her head with a modest shrug. "Well, to be honest, we're at a bit of a loss for the situation. Strictly speaking, we're not even sure that people like that can be classified as 'missing'."

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	Meanwhile, back at the ranch indie_minor 2011-05-08 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Pauline watched television and ate her Swedish Fish. "Seriously? Is a public official allowed to phrase stuff in that stupid a way on TV, Deej?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Meanwhile, back at the ranch dinosaur_jr 2011-05-08 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	DJ has been paying attention since mention of Julian's name. "Unfortunately, yes. Public officials have a long history of airwave pollution." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meanwhile, back at the ranch pym_kitten 2011-05-08 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	Chris is crouching in her seat next to Pauline, a habit of whenever she's particularly irritated but also deep in thought. "I don't like her. How much you want to bet she's got a prepped 'explanation' of what she means by 'people like that'?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meanwhile, back at the ranch indie_minor 2011-05-08 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	Pauline just sighs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Meanwhile, back at the ranch

hellfireprince
2011-05-09 12:59 am UTC (link)

Julian's smile is warm, effusive, and wholly genuine. Captain Strauss just /went there/.

"Well, Captain, I understand you when you say that you're department is at a loss. You've laid off two-hundred cops due to a sixteen percent loss of funding over the last three years, the 5th Precinct vice-unit was ensnared in a corruption scandal six months ago and you've had sixteen transfers to FBI in the last eighteen months." Julian says, producing a manila folder and handing it to the host.

"All of this information is posted for public consumption at the following website address." Julian says, as the website for New York City's government domain is flashed across the bottom of the screen.

"Now, please forgive me. I attended college but I'm a little confused on who you're referring to when you mention 'people like that'. Are you discussing humans and mutants who happen to be homeless, mutants who happen to live in Mutant Town, or just mutants in general?

I think the people would like to hear your department's official response regarding 'people like that' and how it relates to your deapartment's stance on racial profiling." Julian says, looking genuinely concerned as he leans a bit closer to Captain Strauss.

One might almost think /he/ was the one giving the interview.

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Re: Meanwhile, back at the ranch

dinosaur_jr
2011-05-09 01:03 am UTC (link)

"This is where she softballs it. Standard response by most departments... homeless and transient populations don't register to vote or respond to the census, making their populations hard to track... they often move about, didn't mean any offense to any ethnic groups, but as you said, funding, layoffs, blah, blah, blah. They wouldn't have put her on if she wasn't aspiring for a higher office in or out of the department."

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Re: Meanwhile, back at the ranch

nextgen_citizen
2011-05-09 01:07 am UTC (link)

Strauss laughs and smiles pretty for the cameras, showing her teeth. "The Freedom of Information Act is a beautiful thing, isn't it?

Please understand, I was referring to homeless people and those rumored to inhabit the sewers. With no regular access to public services or permanent addresses, a horrible situation I'm sure we can all agree, it's simply not feasible to accurately track populations, let alone cases of the missing.

I can assure Mister Howard, and all those viewing, that we're taking the growing problem of Mutant Town very seriously. Regrettably, drug traffic and recreational use of Mutant Growth Hormone have been spreading like wildfire, despite the police's best efforts."

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	Re: Meanwhile, back at the ranch hellfireprince 2011-05-11 01:03 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I'm sure the public will be the judge of your efforts, Captain." Julian says politely. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dark_of_winter 2011-06-26 08:40 pm UTC (link)
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