THE MAJORITY REPORT: NOVEMBER 20TH, 2018

[maskormods]

THE MAJORITY REPORT: NOVEMBER 20TH, 2018 HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS! And DOUBLE CRAP, YOU GUYS!

APOCALYPSE NOW AND LATER!
As seen in official press release picked up by all major news outlets:
PRESS RELEASE FROM AEGIS FORCE: Calling all heroic imPorts and native metahumans! Aegis Force is requesting your information for an APOCALYPSE CALL LIST, to be contacted for aid in the event of a major threat to the Earth’s survival. If you are willing to volunteer for this list, please respond with your NAME or ALIAS, your POWERS and TALENTS that you can offer, and which PORTER CITIES you operate in. This information will be used to help co-ordinate heroic responses to major emergencies. If you have any questions, concerns, or information to report about ongoing cases, please contact the Aegis Force hotline.

[OOC note: comment to this post with the above information if you’d like your character added to the APOCALYPSE CALL LIST!]

MOONSHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND
As seen literally in every possible media outlet:
As activities wound down during this month's Swear-In on the Moon, remaining imPorts and residents of the International Moon Research Base found themselves under siege by the alien imPort known as "The Negotiator" who had managed to gain control of their bodies with the use of some strange "Scarabs". Those not possessed became hostages.

The attack was started when the Negotiator publicly revealed the identity of the superhero Blue Beetle to be long-time imPort Jaime Reyes, to the shock of Blue Beetle fans, fans of Reyes, and the world.

After a night while the world waited with baited breath, the Negotiator's control over the moon was broken the next day when hostages broke free or were rescued by fellow imPorts. Fights also broke out between Scarab-possessed people and imPorts, and evidently several imPorts when after the Negotiator himself before reports say that Lucina appeared from nowhere riding a Unicorn and stabbing and killing the Negotiator with a sword. His untimely death was the final straw of the incident and control over the Moon Base was restored.

OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF DEFEAT
As seen discussed in imPort city media:
Seems that city planners are having disputes with local government over the housing situation with imPorts. Talk of changing things around, moving taxed money to fix gaps, discussion about nixing it altogether -- a storm is on the horizon. Maybe Jeopardy is the most stable place to be now, huh?

DROP THE (AM)BASS(ADOR)
As seen in imPort city media:
A new wave of Ambassadors is needed -- well, 2/3rds of a new wave. Nonah and De Chima hunger for leadership, and local governments have decided to hold special elections again. This time, however, they'll be a little different. Candidates can announce their intent any time before the Debate, which will be held live on television. After the Debate, imPorts will decide on the next Ambassador and Deputy Ambassador of those respective cities.

In meanwhile take all imPort-related concerns to Ambassador Logan Delos and his Deputy Ambassador Peter Maximoff.

If you think a particular imPort should run, be sure to make your voice heard!

CODE SWITCH
The Homeland Security Advisory System has moved from CRUNCHED LEAF YELLOW to THE GRATEFUL RED. Bweet what you're grateful for at the Official Code Switch Bwitter account! Like not dying on the moon!

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Comments

#GRATEFULRED

[maskormods]

What are you grateful for, Imports?

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

I'm grateful for everyone who came together to free the hostages and take back the Moon Base from the Negotiator. Things could have turned out a lot worse without all the people who helped make things right.

AMBASSADOR LOGAN AND HIS DEPUTY AMBASSADOR PETER COMPLAINT BOX

[maskormods]

Let 'em rip!

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[dun_moch]

The recent suggestions of instability regarding the provision of our housing is unacceptable. Our community must have shelter in this world we are all thrown into. I call upon Ambassador Logan and any upcoming candidates in the elections to ensure that imPort homes will remain untouched by any government meddling.

NOMINATE YOUR NEXT AMBASSADOR

[maskormods]

Shout it loud and shout it proud! Throw out some names and maybe you'll get them to run?

[setmatch]

Foggy Nelson

[youresovein]

Now at this point, I have to wonder whether winning the ambassadorship isn't the first step toward getting time off for good behavior!

Who'll run their dog this time?

text. id reads "the psychopomp"

[glowsferatu]

Is it not presumption to call such a death "untimely"?

[youresovein]

Yes, exactly what in the hell is a timely death, anyway? Certainly lives can't all be expected to flicker neatly out at the ripe old age of whatever it is these days. Surely that isn't natural.

[glowsferatu]

For the unfortunate murder of an innocent, or the sudden happenstance of an ugly accident, I could allow it
But a mad being killed in his attempt to conquer the moon is the very essence of timeliness

We knew what we were doing

[youresovein]

Oh, well, fine, if you're going to be literal about it.

Congratulations, I suppose.

[glowsferatu]

I only provided assistance in the matter, but when a woman with sword in hand requesteth to be pointed toward a villain, only a fool seeth not the meaning in that action
Were it a crime, I would be its knowing accessory

Yet, I cannot see it as a crime done, only justice served

[youresovein]

Ah, here you and I differ, my mysterious friend — on the inherent moral virtues of women wielding blades.

[glowsferatu]

If thou art uncomfortable with the prospect, perhaps thou hast too often given reason for women to putteth thee at the point of such blades

[youresovein]

Was Enthusiastically Stabbed To Death, Ask Me Anything

[glowsferatu]

[ She bristles for a moment, thinking he was typing in her quirk to indicate he'd discovered her identity. But it isn't green and he used a comma, so she's probably safe. I mean, she'd only ever spoken to him maybe once before she exPorted, he's not going to be the one to make that guess. ]

What circumstances brought this fate upon thy head, vampire lord?
What actions of thine earned her ire?
Did she employeth a wooden stake, and thou met the True Death?

[youresovein]

No, Monsieur Pomp... as the saying goes, I got better.

It was a knife, and a very small one. And fiend that I am, I'm sure I deserved it a thousand times over, if some grander justice does exist (jury's still out on that). But the truth is, it was petty revenge! Monsters behaving monstrously.

How do you decide whether something like that is untimely?

[glowsferatu]

The case is dubious when the death is also
To answer this, one must first answer what matter is death to the undying
Was it a thing that simply would have killed thee, were thou mortal, or had it forced thee into such a length of repose that thou might have been called dead for the time?

[youresovein]

The latter.

And "what matter is death"? Honestly, we should know better than anyone!

[glowsferatu]

Surely thou hast met enough in that number to know the answer hath little consistency across lands
Thine experience with death is similar to how it is afflicted among the Stolen, but others among the undying will have little concern over such trifles

Methinks perhaps thou hast drawn the short straw, vampire lord

[ Going down that hard from just getting stabbed? She feels a little sorry for the guy. ]

[youresovein]

[ nerve: vaguely touched. ]

Is someone making you type like that?

[glowsferatu]

[ Ohhh, someone's getting defensive. ]

My manner of typing is forced only by mine own self, as it is befitting of my mode of language

[youresovein]

But it's 2018.

[glowsferatu]

It is
I am elated to learn that thou hast capacity to read a calendar

[youresovein]

Well now we're both being rude.

[glowsferatu]

Ah, but it simply wouldn't do that only one of us is rude to the other!
There is a greater equity, this way

[youresovein]

Ah, yes, a psychopomp should care about equality...

[glowsferatu]

Should I not?
What is Death but She who maintaineth balance between what is and what is no longer?
Equity should in fact be the primary concern of a psychopomp

[pocketfulof]

No offense, but am I the only one that thinks a place called "Jeopardy" is the least likely to actually be a stable environment?

[Video]

[sleight_of_hand]

...yeah, I think at this point, it's pretty obvious I'm going to try and run for ambassador again.

[ Fourth? Fifth time is the charm, right? That's totally how that goes? ]