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[deicider]

WHO: Sniper and various
WHERE: various
WHEN: November
WHAT: Prompts. if you are interested in threading contact praecipitanter or Discord Leigh#8762
NOTES OR WARNINGS: might be discussions of sex work

Comments

[selfimage]

[ a very tall order, and one that seems like, well—a favor. ]

Oh, I am, but I've got my own ambitions. [ everyone's thinking it, he may as well just say it. Loki's bright eyes drift across Sniper. ] And I'm generally more amiable if I know that they don't cross.

Somehow I doubt shake it up is at the core of yours. Call it a hunch.

[ but he's amused. ]

[deicider]

I can't tell exactly what's going to happen in the future. Besides giving me way better access to information—Tensions keep rising between the colonies and Earth. This will give us a direct connection to space if we need it.

[selfimage]

[ Loki doesn't look entirely sold. ]

For what?

[deicider]

Information, escape, manufacturing. Take your pick. If conflict breaks out, we need to be in a position to pick a side.

[selfimage]

[ there's a twist of his wrist. ]

More so—what are you going to do with this dirty dirt on one of my bosses? Specifics!

[deicider]

I'm not going to do anything but hand it over to my boss, and whether they want to release it or use it for black mail really comes down to what the information is.

Look, if you don't want to risk your neck, whatever, I'll find something else. I came to you because you talk a big game about change, so I thought you'd be in to doing something about the crusty political system in this city.

[selfimage]

I'm all for shaking the status quo, but if I'm going to risk my position I'd like some clarity, at least in the scheme. You seem to have a broad idea of what you want, but not the connections.

[ there's a tilt of his head.

there's a lot at stake there for a maybe. ]

It's not as if I don't have my own plans in motion for the same.

[deicider]

Sorry, I'm not running the show, I'm just a lackey at this point. You'll just have to trust me.

So how are you going to stop them from slotting in another governor of their choice?

[selfimage]

[ there's something in those words that surprises him, and he pauses just before he takes another sip. ]

Wait—this isn't your plan?

[ before they get into anything else. ]

I didn't pin you as the type to do anyone's bidding.

[deicider]

[Sniper cocks their head, an obscure smile lighting their features.]

It's not like I'm some loose canon. I'm working for the campaign. I'm good, but not good enough to walk in off the street and have an experienced politician trust me just like that. Right now I'm doing what I'm told so they know I'm good for it. I haven't decided if I'm doing extra yet.

[That would depend on how all the pieces fell in to place, but the timeline was tight as it was.]

[selfimage]

So, I'd be doing this for you to gain leverage.

[ a pause, a curious tilt of his head. ]

Why not do it myself?

[deicider]

Do you want to? Politics is a lot of work. And risky to be directly involved.