Republic of Alleycity

[Vargo Seldon he/him]

Keleth went and stood behind Wes.  He wasn't much in a fight, but he would put all of the Diagramist polital power with their allies.

[Voidus]

A particularly young denizen appeared nearby, his short, cropped, black hair was in a mess and he seemed to have a number of scrapes along his arms and legs, the young boy approached the other Denizens from the DA and began quietly whispering to them before departing once more.

"Well it seems like the matter at the church is now settled." One of the denizens said. "But it appears that the Ghostbloods are also transporting significant numbers of people away from the Oasis City. These forces don't seem to be arriving at the church as a relief effort either so I am a little curious as to where exactly such forces are being moved to."

 

[+Ark1002]

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So, the amount of knowledge you have seems a bit unrealistic, even for the DA (could be totally wrong though)

 

[Voidus]

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Evacuating an entire city worth of people with giant alarms going off isn't exactly subtle. And the DA was already at the church so they know that's not where they went.

 

[+Ark1002]

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1 minute ago, Voidus said:

 

That's true, but Oasis is far out, and DA couldn't really get in.

 

[Voidus]

Just now, Element of Chaos said:

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That's true, but Oasis is far out, and DA couldn't really get in.

 

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The DA can get literally anywhere if they want to.

 

[+Ark1002]

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Not without us noticing.

But I'll accept it.

 

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

Terrel appeared back at his place after being gone for maybe three hours. The Denizen that had Alleytraveled him there went over to a pack of other Denizens. Terrel was angry. "Everyone, your attention!" he shouted, then didn't stop and wait for everyone. "It is true that the Ghostbloods attacked the Church of the Whiterose Complex. I saw for myself the tattoos. I saw them killing everyone. Death count adds up to over a hundred civilians and fifty soldiers! More than a fourth of the civilians killed were schoolchildren who were just hiding and trying to pretend that what was happening around them wasn't happening. Even those who survived will have severe PTSD and may not ever recover from watching their friends being slaughtered like pigs. My own bodyguard, who has killed before and did so many times today, will probably not be functioning right for a while.

"I knew the majority of those who were killed. They were good, honest, hardworking people who never did anybody any harm. None of us did you any harm! Yet you killed a full tenth of our population and wounded another fifth or more. My own daughter is probably going to die within the next ten hours, so can any of you PLEASE TELL ME why we haven't done anything yet about these murders?!" 

[Voidus]

Whisper snuck back into the room, appearing in the same form she'd had at the start of the attack, a young girl from the church, though there was now soot and blood stains on her dress and she had a somewhat wider-eyed stare. She kept her distance, listening as Terrel spoke.

Perhaps something to drive the point home?

She breathed out a large puff of Stormlight, forming it into an illusion overhead. It showed the insides of one of the rooms in the church as a group of huddled children crouched before a group of Ghostbloods who were about to fire upon them. It changed to show a room full of people trying to leap out of the way as an explosion ripped through them. Changed again to show the waiter, running through the carnage with glee and followed by a number of ghostbloods. Changed again to show the aftermath, the wounded being carried around for medical care, the terrified faces of the people.

The image slowly faded into a shower of sparkling motes.

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

16 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said:

Terrel appeared back at his place after being gone for maybe three hours. The Denizen that had Alleytraveled him there went over to a pack of other Denizens. Terrel was angry. "Everyone, your attention!" he shouted, then didn't stop and wait for everyone. "It is true that the Ghostbloods attacked the Church of the Whiterose Complex. I saw for myself the tattoos. I saw them killing everyone. Death count adds up to over a hundred civilians and fifty soldiers! More than a fourth of the civilians killed were schoolchildren who were just hiding and trying to pretend that what was happening around them wasn't happening. Even those who survived will have severe PTSD and may not ever recover from watching their friends being slaughtered like pigs. My own bodyguard, who has killed before and did so many times today, will probably not be functioning right for a while.

"I knew the majority of those who were killed. They were good, honest, hardworking people who never did anybody any harm. None of us did you any harm! Yet you killed a full tenth of our population and wounded another fifth or more. My own daughter is probably going to die within the next ten hours, so can any of you PLEASE TELL ME why we haven't done anything yet about these murders?!" 

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So, Doomhorn doesn't want the senate to collapse into civil war, so he is trying to convince everyone that this was, in fact, a rogue faction.

"But, if they were in fact rogues, then they would have GB tattoos. It is very likely that The Waiter, the psychopath with a vendetta against dining establishments, was a high ranking member, with this force, before he went rogue, and, with the interests of destroying a GB enemy, attacked the church, and since they were run by The Waiter, would have started killing the children. Gb representatives, is this true?" Doomhorn said.

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

“They did have the tattoos! I literally just said that! Also, if the Ghostbloods can’t control their own members, then they don’t deserve to have to power to field an army!”

[kenod]

One of the acolytes spoke up: "Also, if this was just a single rogue faction, than how large is their main army when a small section of it can do this amount of damage? It seems to indicate the ghostbloods are not intending to act in good fate with the rest of the guilds. It might be possible they've build up their armies to attack the other guilds, and the only reason that this one went rogue was because their commander jumped the gun."

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

"Are you telling me that none of us have had to deal with members of our own guilds who went too far to achieve the goals of their guild? The Waiter was insane, and is dead, do to my latest intelligence. Until we receive unequivocal proof that this attack was directly order by the GB council, then I will not support any action against GB members, who had nothing to do with this attack in the first place. You are dividing this senate on the basis that you saw people with GB tattoos. when GB has already said that the people who attacked were rogues. Do you seriously think that GB is stupid enough to purposely send in operatives who truly work for them, with their tattoos? In my opinion it is far more likely that the criminal mastermind, The Jackal, was behind this entire thing, and that GB had nothing to do with it at all," Doomhorn argued.

[kenod]

The acolyte spoke up again:  "In that case, can you tell us as to how the Jackal managed to get access to an army on the same level as that of a Great Guild?"

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

“Also,” Terrel added to the Acolyte’s argument, “if the Ghostbloods hired a man such as the Waiter, what can be said about the leadership of their guild? Do the leaders even have any control over their members anymore?”

[+Sorana she/her]

Althea quietly stepped into the chamber and looked around. Ciera gone and Wes, really Wes? Lusk and Max had left a child in charge? She kept her face neutral as she took a place in their section. If Zokora thought she should listen to this, then she probably should. She wrote a note for Wes, and sent Brashen to hand it over, then leaned back to listen.

@I think I am here.

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The note:

Spoiler

You need some help or information?

 

[Clyde Froggins he/him]

A man with a beard down to his knees ran in, he then yelled, "IT WAS ALL ME! I DID IT!" the man then ran away.

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

"See! He did it! Priests! Get him!" Doomhorn stood up and said, "Finally, I can stretch my-" And he was promptly pushed back down by two remaining priests.

[Vargo Seldon he/him]

Keleth watched the images with horror written on his face.  He spoke up, "The Ghostbloods indeed have control of their members.  I have evidence to support that someone is deliberately trying to frame the Ghostbloods.  Possibly the Jackal, but it hardly matters.  The fact of the matter is, the Ghostbloods aren't stupid.  And making an enemy of both the DA, TUBA, The Church of the Whiterose, and pretty much everyone in the government is stupid.  This, however, is hardly evidence.  The real evidence is here:  I have a recorded conversation of two unknown men discussing the Ghostbloods being framed.  I can play it for you to hear, but it is long and full of unimportant details.  This was the action of a third party."

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Just accept it.

 

[kenod]

6 hours ago, Vargo Seldon said:

Keleth watched the images with horror written on his face.  He spoke up, "The Ghostbloods indeed have control of their members.  I have evidence to support that someone is deliberately trying to frame the Ghostbloods.  Possibly the Jackal, but it hardly matters.  The fact of the matter is, the Ghostbloods aren't stupid.  And making an enemy of both the DA, TUBA, The Church of the Whiterose, and pretty much everyone in the government is stupid.  This, however, is hardly evidence.  The real evidence is here:  I have a recorded conversation of two unknown men discussing the Ghostbloods being framed.  I can play it for you to hear, but it is long and full of unimportant details.  This was the action of a third party."

 

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Not going to accept it. It makes zero sense IC, and if you're going to use OOC reasons like 'just accept it' I'll point you to Sorana's confession of the ghostbloods discussing this.

Also, how would the rep of a guild have access to these recordings, and not send warning to the Church beforehand? Doesn't that imply that said guild wanted this to happen?

 

[Nohadon he/him]

The canton's replacement representative walked in hurriedly. Astiel had slipped away some time before, he got bored quite easily.

The man sat down in the canton area, a small box situated directly next to the ghost blood area. He glowed with silver skin and had a long scar running up his cheek.

Kestraal grinned at the proceedings, he was always interested in politicking but never had the opportunity to participate, until now.

He assessed the situation quickly, listening about the topic of discussion before he got up.

"Should I send some canton members over to the church for relief work? I can send some intelligence members with them to get a better grasp of the situation"

In truth, Kestraal had already sent members over undercover. Astiel had decided that at least some people had to keep an eye on the church, but this way Kestraal could get more members in with canton insignia so they could get civilians to safety and see whether or not it was a council decision.

[kenod]

The acolyte looked at Kestraal. "One second please," they said. They looked at Keleth. "You said you've got a recording," they started in an acidic tone, "and that you don't know who's on it. How does something like that happen. I mean, someone must have given this to you, since if you had information on this before the attack happened you would surely have send it to the Church, right? So, someone gave this to you since the attack happened, but you didn't trace down who gave it to you? I mean, surely something like that would be important, because otherwise it could have just been the ghostbloods who faked it and then gave it to you. Also, you didn't ask them about the people in the recording? I mean, they made it, surely they would have tried to find out who would be the ones they recorded. Besides, it shouldn't be difficult to find out, since only a Great Guild has the resources for an attack like this."

[Nohadon he/him]

8 minutes ago, kenod said:

only a Great Guild has the resources for an attack like this."

"Thats not technically true now" Kestrel replied.

"Anyone with enough money could recruit people for this, and also have tattoo artists draw on GB symbols. I've got some people looking into it, I doubt the council would approve an attack on the church without serious reason."

[kenod]

17 minutes ago, Nohadon said:

"Thats not technically true now" Kestrel replied.

"Anyone with enough money could recruit people for this, and also have tattoo artists draw on GB symbols. I've got some people looking into it, I doubt the council would approve an attack on the church without serious reason."

The acolyte looked at Kestrel. "While that is technically true," they answered, "it would still require said individual or organization to have resources on the same level as a Great Guild, and I somehow doubt that we would all have missed both the arrival of such an individual or group as well as the mass recruitment of soldiers." They smiled. "Besides, if you think the council wouldn't approve an attack like this I'd suggest you start studying history. The ghostbloods have never had a good track record regarding peaceful behaviour, starting with their founder unleashing the most devastating war in this universe's history."

[I think I am here. he/him]

7 minutes ago, kenod said:

The acolyte looked at Kestrel. "While that is technically true," they answered, "it would still require said individual or organization to have resources on the same level as a Great Guild, and I somehow doubt that we would all have missed both the arrival of such an individual or group as well as the mass recruitment of soldiers." They smiled. "Besides, if you think the council wouldn't approve an attack like this I'd suggest you start studying history. The ghostbloods have never had a good track record regarding peaceful behaviour, starting with their founder unleashing the most devastating war in this universe's history."

“But they all have reasons!” Wes squeaked.

Some acolytes looked to him. He gulped. He needed to remember he was a representative of the Ghostbloods. A great guild. Here to represent them. An honour. He took a little breath and tried not to be intimidated by the scary people around him, especially now that that Ciera lady wasn’t around to speak for the Ghostbloods either.

“No matter how violent, every attack had a reason, correct?” Even as a teenager, he’d always thought his voice was childish. “Every single attack, from invading smaller guilds for resources to disbanding the Rogues to the Seven Day War, it was for a reason. Our founder started the war because he wanted to attack the Worldspike, and for good reason. He - our attacks may be often, but they are hardly ever unjustified. So what do we get from attacking some random church, preaching some random stuff? None! We’re practical assassins not the bloodthirsty abominations you guys set upon that very same war, acolyte.” That was good. Turn it against him.

Wes looked at the note and watched around to see the Righthand staring back at him. He gulped. She was always a scary one. He nodded quickly, and mouthed the words they’re scary, pointing to the DA people.