Rumors [Open]

[disdressing]

There's been a sudden swell in criticism of Weiss Schnee in Nova City. Citizens gossip and chat with each other as more and more people hear stories from friends and friends of friends of unconfirmed rumors and unverifiable accusations about Weiss Schnee's behavior.

• Weiss Schnee embezzles company funds to buy designer dresses.

• Schnee Company uses unsafe construction materials and cuts corners on city maintenance. 

• The Welcoming Hologram stopped working for two whole months and no one could be reached to fix it until someone finally broke it! The hologram was fixed, but the person was seized by the Schnee Company and is being held in a hidden cell deep within the facility. 

• Weiss Schnee is a very unpleasant person, they refused to shake hands with me at XX event and then called me a dirty peasant (this, and rumors in their vein, is actually the most common).

Documents have been floating around too - unsourced papers linking Schnee Dust Company with the barrier break. Printed Research Studies showing shocking pictures of Dust having a gross negative impact on the barrier, photos of the ghosts in labs (attributed to belonging inside of Schnee Dust Company) being experimented on. 

The main distributor of the physical media comes branded with a newspaper outlet called Genessia's Integrity, run by one Nagita Shinjirō. The head of the paper has been fielding limited questions from other members of the press, but when the hubbub was finally getting mainstream attention, he held a press conference. 

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Yes, I am Nagita Shinjirō, founder and head reporter of Genessia's Integrity, a paper that's sole purpose is to find the TUMORS OF CORRUPTION within Genessia and TEAR IT OUT WITH MY TEETH. And journalism. 

I am glad that the real truth of this 'Weiss Schnee' is starting to come out. TOO LONG has this DARK ANGEL IN WHITE been gallivanting about in plain sight, pulling the wool over everyone's eyes, bamboozling everyone with her lacey outfits and disgusting wealth, while she plots Genessia's downfall! 

I'll be taking questions, that is, for as long as THE ESTALISHMENT will let me! I know now that I've come out of hiding, its only a matter of time until Weiss Schnee and her like make an attempt to shut me down, just like the courageous Romana Bove, who as far as we know is still being held illegally inside a Schnee dungeon, for the sole crime of trying to make the Shnee Company do the job that we expected it to!!


[ OOC: Psst, it's Nui. Nui's doing this. Nagita is Nui. Nui is Nagita. Nui is the person playing Nagita. Nagita is a personality invented by and played by Nui. Nui's persona. No one besides maybe KLK's know about it though. Or if you can read minds. Before the conference, Nui has been hopping about Nova City, impersonating people and spreading unfounded rumors about Weiss.

EDIT: I goofed and called it the Schnee Dust company before, so I've updated the post to reflect what the Schnee company actually does in Genessia ]

Comments

Video...?

[theonewithsixeyes]

[It's video, but it's... strange. Allen is definitely there, but it seems he's all that is there. No ambient noises, no environment, just him. His voice is surprisingly pure, as if it hadn't been filtered through a microphone and speaker before it reached Nagata on the other end.]

To be fair, I'm new here so a lot of this sounds like gibberish- [Not true, as he'd gathered quite a bit of info since he'd arrived. Putting the pieces together wasn't hard.] to me, the 'barrier', embezzlement, people being locked in dungeons... But it sure feels as if you're making a spectacle of this.

You know, rather than taking your concerns to higher powers and proper authorities, or directly confronting Ms. Schnee about them. But I guess you've got your own agendas.

And again, there's a lot I don't know. I'm new here, so maybe you could start by filling me in on what I don't know before I start passing judgment.

[disdressing]

A spectacle is what is NECESSARY!! We're talking about GUARDIAN ELECTIONS, the HIGHEST AUTHORITY that we actually KNOW OF!!

Whatever higher authorities exist, they remain MYSTERIOUS and UNTOUCHABLE. At any rate, the real authority that needs to be appealed to is THE PEOPLE. And that's EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING!!

Your concern and skepticism are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!!! An informed electorate is the BACKBONE OF A STRONG SOCIETY!!

[theonewithsixeyes]

Well, at least you're motivated! [Well, may as well take advantage of this.] At least you truly believe in what you're saying, though I'll need some more details if I'm to agree, and such.

Not that I can't relate to your desire to appeal to the people, if this is such a democratic... 'Election'.

The welcome letter I got briefly touched on Guardians, but as to their nature, and their role, I'm still not entirely in the clear. What role do they serve and what power do they act as? What purpose do they serve, in essence? If they do their job well, does spending a little money on the side really hurt the people so much? What would you prefer Ms.Schnee spend the money you say she's embezzling on?

And it is an 'election', right? That means right now the Guardians are possibly going to be changed?

... And we're not talking about dust as in actual 'dust' from dirt particles, right? It's just a name for something else, right?

[REACTION]

[youfool]

Gasp! Weiss, being rich, DQ'd herself from the good person sweepstakes. But surely she wouldn't stoop this low...would she?

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[swordprincess]

Well, isn't this convenient? And just in time for the election, too. I wonder if any of this is actually true?

[Because she knows that at least one of the rumors (the one regarding the hologram) isn't.]

[disdressing]

THE TRUTH has no concern for timetables or politics!

But I'll let the evidence SPEAK FOR ITSELF!!!

[swordprincess]

...Then why is it only coming out now? Had it come out at any other time, I might have believed it.

[Evidence? Evidence? She sees no evidence.]

And exactly what evidence do you have?

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[wheresmykey]

[Glory had heard the rumours and they made her shiver with excitement. Mostly because they were about the Snow Queen and she took such delight that others didn't seem to be fond of her ad when she saw them face to face, at least over the screen she couldn't help but smile. However all once can hear for a moment or two is clapping. It wasn't even the sarcastic kind.]

Bravo~! Someone else who see the vile woman for who she really is. That mean old woman needs to knocked down a peg or two.

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[disdressing]

Weiss Schnee has her fingers entangled in the economies and functions of Genessia City and Nova City, and she's expanding into Fayren as we speak! It's obvious that nothing will be enough to appease Ms. Schnee, until she has all of the cities under her heel!!

The only thing slowing the creeping ooze of dictatorship is you, citizen!!

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[wheresmykey]

That sounds like a dictator alright, always get the power from underneath people and her whole 'I want to work together with everyone' is just another way to be a leader above all else.

The people who try and defend probably don't even know that everyone has there bad side as well as the sooner they figure that out the smarter they will be...Instead of idiots.

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[swordprincess]

...You don't know obvious lies when you hear them?

Then again, you are new, so I suppose I can't fault you too much.

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[rulerofme]

You aren't giving people enough credit if you think they can't recognize an obvious smear campaign. The accusations are far too trumped up and timing is way too obvious.

I hope her opponent doesn't condone this sort of thing being done as a favor for her.

[disdressing]

I'm a humble journalist, sir! It's not up to me when people take notice of the truth, but it's my job to GIVE IT EVERYTHING I HAVE to make sure it comes to light!!!!

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[orlokbutterfly]

Y'know, I get that she gets her knickers in a bundle over a lot of things, but somehow I've got my doubts over these claims.

[He scoffs.]

You guys sure are dedicated to smearing her name. But what do I care, I probably won't vote for either of those little girls anyway.

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[ascendedbeing]

[ Apologies, but this is pretty much the only reaction she's going to give. ]

Do you feel better for doing this?

[disdressing]

Nothing feels better than delivering THE TRUTH!!!

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[whiteas]

You should probably keep your day job, sir.

[ She's not even going to argue against it. It's wicked obvious that these are lies, and she knows there are a couple of things that she actually did that could bite her in the ass but... definitely not these ones. The expression on her face looks more confused about this than anything. ]

We don't even have anything to do with city maintenance or construction. [ That's the most baffling one to her. ] You can publish as much as you want, but at least get your lies to a somewhat believable level if you don't want to put yourself out of business from lack of sales.

[disdressing]

[ Whoops! Looks like Nui was in too much of a rush and kind of got confused at exactly what the Schnee company actually does? Oh well! The truth is insignificant. ]

You certainly don't! That would require actually fulfilling your obligations to the city instead of squandering city resources on shoddy services and false promises!!

The Schnee Company has its hands in so many pots that you can't make heads nor tails of what it's 'supposed' to be doing and what it actually is! What exactly are they researching? Who are they welcoming? It's all in black and white!

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[neighvarily]

Who the hell are you supposed to be?

[disdressing]

Nagita Shinjirō, founder and heard reporter of Genessia's Integrity!!

Are you just arriving? I encourage you to watch the archive of footage in that case so I won't have to spend any more time recapping!

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[neverfeltthatway]

Jean, he's an idiot, don't let him get under your skin.

[Armin himself seems more bemused and exasperated than anything.]

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[hemoeroticism]

Oh~? Partisan politics are finally starting to look more like home? ☆

[Anon Text]

[beautifulmidboss]

How concerning. I wonder, how did you come by this concerning information? I would be intrigued to see your evidence.

After all, it is not the first time 'fake' Guardians have been seen here, so everyone is a little cautious. Evidence might support your cause and dispel some of the doubt you've been receiving, if it proves to be true.

[Frankly, Vyers is not convinced. But no harm in playing along and seeing if there were any grains of truth in this rant.]

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[neverfeltthatway]

...You're really not very good at this, are you?

[There's no malice in his voice, mostly wry amusement. Armin knows nothing about this field, but he's 100% sure he could have done a better job. Unless the man is very sneaky, and is trying to get people annoyed enough with the opposition that they'll vote for Weiss. But he finds that unlikely.]

[disdressing]

Yes, yes, I get it, the timing is bad!!