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A few minutes passed, and the group exchanged furtive glances before Peter, the man in the suit, cleared his throat.
“Well, now that the formalities are out of the way, I’ll introduce you to your first task. In fact, the easiest task you’ll get.”
He walked back in front of the group, and the lights went out just as suddenly as they turned on, with Doctor Liston returning to his post by the switches.
“No political party gets anywhere without the assistance of Political Action Committees. In the business, we call them PACs.”
Peter let his words sink in, and after a few silent moments, he nodded and continued.
“The people who fund these committees can remain anonymous, and as long as there is no obvious foul play, the candidate is more than welcome to accept the payment. However, it doesn’t take a genius to realise that PACs, and the money they bring, can end up controlling the candidate.
“When Tolemsky ran for re-election three years ago, he ran on a strict gun-ban platform, and as much as his voters were for the idea, he lost a lot of money from the weapon industry, and thus, lost a lot of money he could’ve used to run ads or campaign with. Tolemsky gave in, and he got those supporters back. In fact, he began catering to them, and gun regulations actually loosened to the point they’re at now, where you can buy anything anywhere. Tolemsky made a lot of money by doing that.
“Markose doesn’t do that, and as much as honesty makes people like you, it doesn’t earn you their vote.
“Markose will not win this election.”
The room froze.
“The point I’m trying to make here is that a candidate makes a lot of money from catering to people with a lot of money, and although it’s a really bad idea to target a candidate himself, it’s a pretty good one to target his PACs. PACs generally try to stay out of the limelight because what they do is absolutely reprehensible, so a lot of the shit that happens around them tends to get swept up.”
An image burned itself on the canvas behind Peter, and he smartly walked out of its emerging silhouette so that the crowd would see the image fully. The image ended up being a tabloid image of a strong-jawed pale man, his age clearly masked under extensive plastic surgery, the muscles in his jaw sickeningly fake.
“This is Adrian Hass, the executive manager of Westrack Manufacturing. In that same election three years ago, Tolemsky agreed to lower the waste regulations placed on heavy industry in Altruis, and although Westrack makes glass, the lowered regulations allowed them to dump their shit in areas much more convenient to them, which improved their profit margins. However, the new dump sites were right next to residential areas, and a shitload of people ended up with tumors and shit from exposure to the waste.
“This guy gave lung cancer to children because it was cheaper than paying his fucking drivers a few extra hundred bucks per month.
“However, this guy isn’t the owner of Westrack. He’s the guy in charge of it’s executive spending. The owner probably has no idea of this fucking guy, and only really knew that giving Tolemsky a few million dollars in support would earn him billions in reduced waste disposal costs.”
The image then snapped to that of a strip club.
“Hass likes to frequent the Dollhouse, a strip club in the red light district. It’s a pretty high-end strip club, and only those on the whitelist can get in. However, like any good idiot, Hass frequents the club the first and fifteenth of every month.”
“--Payday.” chimes Henry, his drunken demeanor now replaced by one of ulterious interest.
“Yeah. Anyways, this is what I want of you. I want you to get this Hass guy, and find out why the Westrack PAC’s contributions to Tolemsky have tripled in the last few months. There’s some really shady shit going on between Tolemsky and this fuckin’ dude, and I want to know what it is.
“He’ll be at the club tonight, and I don’t care what you have to do, but I want you to come back with the following information.
“I want to know how much money Tolemsky is receiving. I want to know the who, what, when, where, why and all that fucking shit. I want to know what Tolemsky is doing to get that money, and I want that shit in writing. I want a fucking confession on tape, or in paper or some fucking evidence we can smear all over the news. Hopefully something better than that.
“If we buttfuck this PAC, Tolemsky loses a lot of money. If we find something that incriminates the PAC, he’ll be forced to drop the money, and we’ll be that much closer to beating him. If we get enough evidence to frame Tolemsky, a shitload of other PACs will drop him too, and we’ll be much better off.” The slide then switched to a shoddy image of the strip club. “You know he’ll be in that club. Shoot your way in and kidnap the motherfucker, or sneak in and out. I don’t give a fuck. It’s all you.
“You’re getting $10,000 for this, $5,000 up front. Use that money to buy gear and shit. We’ll provide you a van to get there with, and if you need, we can requisition you up to three cars at a time, any style.
“Just don’t fuck this up.”
“Well, now that the formalities are out of the way, I’ll introduce you to your first task. In fact, the easiest task you’ll get.”
He walked back in front of the group, and the lights went out just as suddenly as they turned on, with Doctor Liston returning to his post by the switches.
“No political party gets anywhere without the assistance of Political Action Committees. In the business, we call them PACs.”
Peter let his words sink in, and after a few silent moments, he nodded and continued.
“The people who fund these committees can remain anonymous, and as long as there is no obvious foul play, the candidate is more than welcome to accept the payment. However, it doesn’t take a genius to realise that PACs, and the money they bring, can end up controlling the candidate.
“When Tolemsky ran for re-election three years ago, he ran on a strict gun-ban platform, and as much as his voters were for the idea, he lost a lot of money from the weapon industry, and thus, lost a lot of money he could’ve used to run ads or campaign with. Tolemsky gave in, and he got those supporters back. In fact, he began catering to them, and gun regulations actually loosened to the point they’re at now, where you can buy anything anywhere. Tolemsky made a lot of money by doing that.
“Markose doesn’t do that, and as much as honesty makes people like you, it doesn’t earn you their vote.
“Markose will not win this election.”
The room froze.
“The point I’m trying to make here is that a candidate makes a lot of money from catering to people with a lot of money, and although it’s a really bad idea to target a candidate himself, it’s a pretty good one to target his PACs. PACs generally try to stay out of the limelight because what they do is absolutely reprehensible, so a lot of the shit that happens around them tends to get swept up.”
An image burned itself on the canvas behind Peter, and he smartly walked out of its emerging silhouette so that the crowd would see the image fully. The image ended up being a tabloid image of a strong-jawed pale man, his age clearly masked under extensive plastic surgery, the muscles in his jaw sickeningly fake.
“This is Adrian Hass, the executive manager of Westrack Manufacturing. In that same election three years ago, Tolemsky agreed to lower the waste regulations placed on heavy industry in Altruis, and although Westrack makes glass, the lowered regulations allowed them to dump their shit in areas much more convenient to them, which improved their profit margins. However, the new dump sites were right next to residential areas, and a shitload of people ended up with tumors and shit from exposure to the waste.
“This guy gave lung cancer to children because it was cheaper than paying his fucking drivers a few extra hundred bucks per month.
“However, this guy isn’t the owner of Westrack. He’s the guy in charge of it’s executive spending. The owner probably has no idea of this fucking guy, and only really knew that giving Tolemsky a few million dollars in support would earn him billions in reduced waste disposal costs.”
The image then snapped to that of a strip club.
“Hass likes to frequent the Dollhouse, a strip club in the red light district. It’s a pretty high-end strip club, and only those on the whitelist can get in. However, like any good idiot, Hass frequents the club the first and fifteenth of every month.”
“--Payday.” chimes Henry, his drunken demeanor now replaced by one of ulterious interest.
“Yeah. Anyways, this is what I want of you. I want you to get this Hass guy, and find out why the Westrack PAC’s contributions to Tolemsky have tripled in the last few months. There’s some really shady shit going on between Tolemsky and this fuckin’ dude, and I want to know what it is.
“He’ll be at the club tonight, and I don’t care what you have to do, but I want you to come back with the following information.
“I want to know how much money Tolemsky is receiving. I want to know the who, what, when, where, why and all that fucking shit. I want to know what Tolemsky is doing to get that money, and I want that shit in writing. I want a fucking confession on tape, or in paper or some fucking evidence we can smear all over the news. Hopefully something better than that.
“If we buttfuck this PAC, Tolemsky loses a lot of money. If we find something that incriminates the PAC, he’ll be forced to drop the money, and we’ll be that much closer to beating him. If we get enough evidence to frame Tolemsky, a shitload of other PACs will drop him too, and we’ll be much better off.” The slide then switched to a shoddy image of the strip club. “You know he’ll be in that club. Shoot your way in and kidnap the motherfucker, or sneak in and out. I don’t give a fuck. It’s all you.
“You’re getting $10,000 for this, $5,000 up front. Use that money to buy gear and shit. We’ll provide you a van to get there with, and if you need, we can requisition you up to three cars at a time, any style.
“Just don’t fuck this up.”
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also don't feel like anything you post here is absolute. Literally have the conversation in this thread, just remain in character. If you think you have an idea, throw it out here in-character.
