capeandcowl | 038 → Voice; Backdated to 10/22

[ The voice on this end sounds calm. Surprisingly calm, considering the location, but unlike most addresses, it's very pointedly voice, instead of a video address. ]

I'm sure very few of you are surprised to know that something happened here in Venezuela, and I don't think anyone's been living under a rock, but if you have, turn on your TV. I'm sure they're still playing that address. Now it's up to us to take this by the fucking horns, and deal with it.

Being an imPort isn't easy, and we've been aware for a long time that Vulcanus is a threat, but more than that, they've been after us from day one. I don't know how many of you've seen what happened, but it's serious. It's beyond serious, it's fucking nasty, and what they've done doesn't just have an effect on us, it hurts Venezuela's people.

And we have a lead on how get rid of this shit. Whether it works or not, if you absolutely cannot control things, and you're at risk of hurting other people, I want you to consider giving out the information that they've asked for. If it doesn't work, they've just proven themselves to be the goddamn monster here, and not us. If it works, they've still proven that they're willing to see harm for their own hubris.

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They said it's a fucking virus. They infected us, but I don't want to see us give into their shit. If there were any way, if there is any way to keep your "secrets" and not fuck over Venezuela's people, do it. But, if you can't control it, or if you're at risk, I'm sorry that I have to ask you to do what they want, and make the sacrifice for all of us, and for Venezuela's people. Let's repay their hospitality by protecting them.

But more to the point, let's prove to the world that Vulcanus is guilty of trying to fuck over the people they say they're trying to protect.

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That's not a politician, that's a corrupted shithead who shouldn't still have a job.

I thought that's what a politician was.

No, that's a shitty person. There's a difference.

What's a politician then?

A politician's someone who works in government. We're the people you vote into office, and then we do our goddamned job, which is to try and manage every facet of life that people rarely consider.

That makes them sound kinda like ninjas though.

Ninjas don't regulate sanitation and roadways.

They could if they were ninjas.

Just because they could doesn't mean ninjas will.

I've sure as fuck never heard of a ninja who moonlights as a garbage truck driver.

Have you ever asked one if they wanted to be?

No, but I've never met a ninja either.

For real? Don't they got them in your city?

Maybe. To be fair, though, a fucking ninja would probably get by without letting us know that he was one.

I guess. The ninjas back home were always kinda stupid.

Not a fan, huh? Why were they stupid?

'Cuz they were! They could be all sneaky and shit, but they were real dumb. I once went undercover and they did't even notice I was half as tall as all of them.

Wow.

Okay, that's pretty fucking stupid.

Yeah, I almost feel bad kicking their asses, but they usually deserve it.

I sure as fuck wouldn't. It sounds like it.

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