video + action / important nova city stuff

[whiteas]

video; official announcement
Though I've had the decision made for some time and they know who they are, it's about time that I announced that Nova City's new Guardian system has been implemented. The city is now divided into sectors that are each protected by highly skilled deputies that have passed rigorous testing to indicate they're ready for the position. Each sector will be protected individually, but in the case that back-up is needed, any deputies or myself may assist outside of their sector. As lead Guardian, I'll still be doing my duties in every sector throughout each day as normal. Without further ado, your deputies are

Sector 1: Artanis
Sector 2: Saber
Sector 3: Jaune Arc
Sector 4: Robin
Sector 5: Satsuki Kiryuin
Sector 6: Nora Valkyrie

If for whatever reason the deputy is not capable of performing their duties a suitable replacement will be found for them in a reasonable period of time. I'm funding this project out of my own pocket so regardless of whether I'm re-elected as City Guardian in the future, rest assured I'll make sure that Nova City is still protected.

[ Have a business in Nova City? Feel free to assume you're in whoever's sector you want as long as you keep it consistent. ]

I do have one other announcement regarding the protection of Nova City and it's related directly to bounty hunters. Bounty hunters must be licensed in Nova City starting at the end of this month. Acting without a license will result in the individual being characterized as a vigilante and therefore a criminal themselves. Being licensed is not difficult, nor is it infringing upon any of your rights as citizens. The requirements for being licensed are agreeing to the following terms:

1. Under no circumstances is murder an acceptable method for bringing in a bounty target. The bounty hunter must be able to reliably prove defense if the bounty dies in the process of being brought in. If they cannot, the bounty hunter will be held responsible.
2. Criminals must be brought to the City Guardian's office for processing. Bounty hunters are not dispensers of justice nor do they have the right to. They're a system designed to capture criminals and assist the justice system.
3. Property damage is restricted to what's necessary in defense rather than destruction in pursuit of a bounty. If any question is brought up about the nature of the property destruction by witnesses or other evidence, the matter shall be investigated and the bounty hunter may be held accountable for their actions if it is found they were creating more of a problem than assisting with one.
4. Bounty hunters are required to act under the scope of Nova City's laws. Just because you have a pendant doesn't mean you'er above them.
5. No trespassing without reasonable belief of distress of a potential victim. If you need to go into a restricted area, present your evidence to the City Guardian's office for approval. If your passage into that area is granted by the Guardian's office- which can be any one of the deputies or myself- then you're welcome to travel into that area. However, private property is that for a reason.
6. If your bounty interferes with a City Guardian's office investigation and you act upon it in the interest of getting the bounty money rather than exacting justice, you will be held accountable for obstruction of justice. This includes stepping beyond police tape without the explicit permission of someone in the Guardian's office. If you aren't trained explicitly to gather evidence, you're a problem whether you want to believe you're helping or not.
7. Bounty targets that are turned over may not be prosecuted if investigation does not provide sufficient evidence to link the target to the crime and they may be released and will not be eligible for bounty capture until evidence is presented. Further pursuit of a former bounty target may result in a minimum of harassment charges against the bounty hunter, further depending on actions taken by the bounty hunter beyond pursuit such as assault, stalking, and so on depending on how far out of bounds you are. Just because someone posts something in the paper doesn't mean that they did the crime unless there's active evidence of it.
8. All crimes committed in Nova City will be given a fair trial to determine their sentence. If the evidence states that they did the crime, they'll be punished to the full extent of the law. Regardless of the person's reason for doing something, if it's been done the victims deserve justice.

These restrictions are largely to hold bounty hunters accountable for their actions rather than limit their ability to do their jobs, but as I've recently come to realize... the pursuit of justice isn't perfect, nor is it easy, and it's certainly not something you can do on a whim or for a few extra bucks. Those interested in agreeing to the terms immediately may apply for licenses with me today. Those who act as bounty hunters without being licensed in Nova City will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law as vigilantes. Literally all I'm asking you guys to do is not plow through everyone else's rights when you do your work, so it's honestly not that hard to get licensed if you agree to and adhere to the rules. Any questions?

action; at the rwby house
[ After dealing with whatever responses she got to her announcement earlier, Weiss needs a breather. With everything that's been going on, it's been difficult and nothing says 'mindless fun' like putting treats on the back of two roombas she purchased and letting them clean through the house with the dogs following them around and barking because the roombas have their treats. So if you happen to hear barking, it's Frost and Sleet. Weiss is sitting on a chair in the current room she's cleaning with her feet up on the chair so that the roomba and dogs can get by without running into her and she can still watch.

But more than that, she wasn't.. quite feeling well. She'd taken a trip to Attleton earlier for her regular trip to the farmer's market and since then she'd been feeling a little off.. She couldn't quite put her finger on what it was though. Nothing really smelled fishy, so to speak. (Or at all.) ]

Comments

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[thorons]

I will protect my sector to the best of my ability, Weiss.

You sure have a lot on your shoulders at all times, it seems. Are you tired at all? [robin is here to help and to talk, of course.]

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[whiteas]

Thank you, Robin.

[ Is she tired? Ahaha. Of course she is. She's exhausted. ] I'm doing the best that I can.

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[orlokbutterfly]

[Welp, he sure knows that he's guilty of at least one of those new regulations. Well... not that 'crossing police tape without authorization' was legal in the first place, so it wasn't really new. All he knew now was that this new license thing was going to throw a minor wrench in some plans he may have had for Kharon, but that just means he'll has to resort to other jobs for that alter ego. Probably not a big deal.

Still! He needed to be cooperative with Weiss and the new deputies. Especially since he wants to make sure he doesn't end up pissing her off again because he did something stupid.]

Only question from me is if there's anything else we gotta do outside of accepting the terms to get a license. And yes, I promise not to do the whole "crossing police tape" thing again like I did before.

[He swears he wasn't in his right mind at the time.]

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[whiteas]

You apply for it by signing a contract, you keep it by actually adhering to it. The contract states the same terms I just went over and details that violating the contract will result in a loss of license. Also I need to take a picture for your official license. I'm going to work with the CPU to get it linked to the devices hopefully so that there won't be any risk of duplication and there aren't any concerns about me having information I don't need from you in order to verify your identity.

I'm glad, though you were hardly the only one I was concerned with. That was just the first day I realized that something needed to change if we actually wanted to have some level of a just system.

[Action]

[heartboop]

[Nora didn't know that Jaune would be one of the deputies, too, but...well, she's worried about him.She hasn't seen him in a while, and in that time, she's managed to get a journal and a black cat to talk to.

With the cat following her around, it gets scared of the dogs in the room. Naturally. It starts hissing at them and growling low. Nora doesn't pay it much mind. She does notice Weiss just...relaxing? Is that what she's doing?]

Hey, Weiss. Is this some sort of new hobby?

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[whiteas]

[ Weiss looks up at Nora when she speaks to her, though she doesn't get down from the chair. ]

It's the most entertaining and cutest form of vacuuming I've ever managed.

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[ironwoody]

[give him a moment to even process any of this. he had just arrived, in this strange place, but as soon as he arrived he had seen a hologram of weiss explaining the situation at hand. it was odd, to say the least, to see weiss schnee at the front of this operation and not someone like ozpin. truthfully it was from listening to her that he was able to get a good grasp on this place.

so of course after a little looking of his own, and checking his device, he noticed a broadcast from weiss herself. she was regulating what seemed to be a team of "guardians" as she put it. interesting.]

Miss Schnee, how is it that you have risen to power in this place? [that's really his way of saying 'hello i am here']

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[whiteas]

General Ironwood!

[ It'd been a while since she'd really seen him, but she hadn't really noticed if he'd gone, but.. the way he was talking, he definitely had been. Another one bites the dust and comes back. Alright. Weiss takes a deep breath. ]

Because I've been here nearly three years, I worked very hard, and I was elected- twice. I take it you've just arrived?

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[jadedkill]

[This comes to a surprise to him, considering he usually hunt his bounties mostly in Fayren and occassionally Everglade, and each city has their own different set of laws. Still, he sees the job as a job, albeit a temporary one for the time being.

For now, better be safe than sorry, and who knows if he needs to do work in Nova City as well. It's better to cooperate and understand the law system to the best that he can.]

Hello. You know, I was thinking the rules should be apply to other cities as well. It's common sense. I might as well, I agree with the terms and I would like to apply for a license today.

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[whiteas]

[ She was honestly expecting people to have more of a knee-jerk reaction in the opposite direction. The cooperation she's seeing so far.. honestly, it's coming as a relief. It seems like a lot of times people fight any changes to the system at all, even if it's for the better. ]

I'm glad someone else thinks so, though I only have jurisdiction over Nova City. If the other cities want to opt into the program I'd be happy to share the contracts and registration system with them as well, of course.

What's your name?

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[formerabyssinian]

[He can appreciate someone taking initiative to ensure safety, but it seems like bounty hunters have a few hoops to go through. An annoyance, but a neccesary one.]

So you're basically making bounty hunters into police officers, in a sense. [It could work in that regard. Most bounty hunters had as much, if not more, experience than police officers.]

There isn't a mention about payment. If the criminals are going through the justice system like anyone else, will bounty hunters still receive their payment, or is that determined on whether or not they're found guilty?

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[whiteas]

They still don't need to answer to anyone and they can act on their own terms provided they follow the law.

Bounty hunters will still receive their payment provided that they bring the correct person. If they bring in just any old person to collect the bounty without being held accountable for getting the correct person, then they won't be paid. If the bounty is for a specific person, the person who posted the bounty will be responsible for paying it regardless. If it's to catch an unknown criminal, the bounty will only be paid if the person is found guilty of their crime. It wouldn't make sense to pay people if they didn't do their job properly.

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[aurabble]

[There's a nondescript wall behind Jaune, who actually pays attention to her message seeing as he's sober right now.]

You actually went through with it.

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[whiteas]

Congratulations, you're being held responsible for your actions now and the whole world knows it. Don't make me regret it.

[Video]

[cheersloves]

...I hate to be that person, but I feel like that first regulation needs a bit o' clarifyin' love. Like, if someone is pointing a gun at someone else and shows now signs of backin' down? ...I'm takin' the shot, regulation or not.

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[whiteas]

Did you actually listen to what I said or did you just tune my voice out after you heard something you didn't like?

[ She's quirking an eyebrow. Honestly, she literally covered that immediately after saying that murder isn't ok. ]

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[shy_mage]

Y-You're in charge of... of Nova City?

[He hadn't paid much attention to that part of the world, but his first time there...]

...S-Sorry about the damage. I... I don't make much, b-but maybe I c-could work overtime or... or something...

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[whiteas]

I'm the City Guardian of Nova City, yes. I'm in charge of making sure its citizens are protected- both physically and in terms of their rights.

[ She's trying her damn well best. ]

Are you confessing to a crime or are you admitting to previous violations of the bounty hunting rules? Because this doesn't go into effect until September, I'm not going to get you in trouble for something that wasn't against the rules before.

[action] /threadjack

[bergkatze]

H-Hey! Stop that---

[Guess who overheard that, Bracken. Katze is literally sitting not too far away from the blonde over hears that last bit. He tries to reach out for Bracken's device to turn it off but he soon gives up once the room starts spinning.

Katze isn't well. Not at all.]

You're gonna...get yourself in debt over something not your fault.

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[nicotinefits]

Ain't the point of putting something up as a bounty because normal law can't handle it? Besides, don't see what's so wrong with wanting to do something for pay. Won't get far without it, right?

[Maybe that's just his world, but Badou's been in the investigation game long enough to know that even the "easy" jobs can often descend into gunsmoke and violence because the kinds of people who get tagged for bounties don't normally want to just sit around and chat.

Much as Badou wishes otherwise sometimes.]

Besides. Ain't waiting around for all the red tape to get cut through only going to help the targets? Or do you think they're gonna just hold still while we make sure we're allowed to follow 'em?

[Because Badou thinks the targets are just going to wise up and make a point of putting as much red tape between them and their hunter as possible.]

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[whiteas]

No, it's a way for people to help bring people to justice and have an outlet for the fact that 90% of the people here are prepared for combat due to their own world. They're an excellent tool for bringing in wanted criminals, but the fact is? If they don't agree to follow the rules they're basically criminals themselves.

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[truesmiles]

[Fai might seem a little bit out of it and he probably was, but he was at least paying attention to what was being said.]

Quite an interesting thing you set up. Guess we all do our own ways of protecting. You have your Guardians and sectors and I have the Rangers.

[He paused for a moment, reaching over to grab a cup of coffee.]

Your Bounty Hunter rules make sense by the way. Helps people to not just kill first and ask questions later unless nessissary.

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[whiteas]

Thank you. We've got a lot of different things to deal with but when it comes down to it, there are some things that clearly work. Having enough people to actually cover the entire city is one of them. If you'd like, I'd be happy to share the licensing system with you.

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[infinitejustice]

Just one question here. Do you want me to get a license to use my mobile suit in Nova City airspace? I won't mind if you do, I just want to know for convenience's sake.

[Video]

[whiteas]

If you're using it to complete bounties, yes.

[Video]

[youfool]

[Rule #9: Absolutely no fun allowed. Oh well, everything seemed reasonable enough. And if all he had to do was agree to it all, it'd be easy stuff. Nothing as egregious as Everglade, certainly.]

Ah, Star is back at it again! How lovely. I'd like a license, then, if only for the Legion's sake.

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[whiteas]

"Star"? [ she raises her brow at that, more than a little confused. But Ted always confuses her when he speaks. ]

Right.. you're welcome to apply for one then.