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I know that, but better get on their tracks when they are still warm...
But since that will make your plan exactly the same as mine, I can just vote for your plan of you prefer it
FMA Brotherhood: Wahrheit (Current Arc: A Small Peace)
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But since that will make your plan exactly the same as mine, I can just vote for your plan of you prefer it
Actually I'll just vot for your plan. I'm away from home and running some errands and won't have the chance to change my vote.
[X] Investigate the most sensitive stuff and protect our secrets
How familiar are we with the more martial applications of alchemy? Say if a state alchemist was sent after us could we hold our own? or would we have to escape at first sight?
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Sorry, Twelve hour shift ended.
A Rookie Alchemist whose only training comes from the Amestris Military and his own personal training? We can fight and fight well against them.
Armstrong, Kimblee, Mustang, Garand... The Mysterious Alcmeist leading Ishvalans to Internment Camps? Those guys would mop the fucking floor with us.
It's our Uncles copious bribes of the Amestris Postal Service and Millitary Mail Service to get our letters and stories to him for the paper.
Considering he makes a profit even with that expenditure... It shows how potentially popular our little grains of truth are to the Amestris Population.
Well it depends on the State Alchemist first.
A Rookie Alchemist whose only training comes from the Amestris Military and his own personal training? We can fight and fight well against them.
Armstrong, Kimblee, Mustang, Garand... The Mysterious Alcmeist leading Ishvalans to Internment Camps? Those guys would mop the fucking floor with us.
If there is one thing that is as concrete as us hunting the Truth...
It's our Uncles copious bribes of the Amestris Postal Service and Millitary Mail Service to get our letters and stories to him for the paper.
Considering he makes a profit even with that expenditure... It shows how potentially popular our little grains of truth are to the Amestris Population.
Yes.
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Another couple of things @Magoose if we discover something that is too big to publish but it would be necessary that someone else to know, can we send the intel and the proof to our Uncle, and ask him to wait until we have more parts of the Puzzle prepared?
And finally, do we have any chance of altering something of the Ishvalan genocide through our articles? Because even if we manage to show the truth to the public and cause an immense PR downfall, the really upper bodies of Central Military don´t really care, since they are planning to kill every Amestrian in 10 years...
And finally, do we have any chance of altering something of the Ishvalan genocide through our articles? Because even if we manage to show the truth to the public and cause an immense PR downfall, the really upper bodies of Central Military don´t really care, since they are planning to kill every Amestrian in 10 years...
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You can, but then you have absolutely no control over what he does with it.
Because he might just decide to publish it anyway, your investigation be dammed... because he will feel compelled to tell others the truth.
Actually, you can do something that will alter such things...
But I will not say exactly what it is...
You can't change Bradly taking command, that is already set in stone (Father is not a man to be fucked with)... but you can change how, why, and how much power the man really has over his people.
As for the Upper command... who's to think many of them will survive with their rank intact... or their lives come to think of it?
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Obviously none, but they don´t know it yet so they will still fight for their "Excellent" plan, simply because they promised them immortality.
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Or as I like to call it: The Hitler Syndrome... When dumb mothers decided that they are smarter then the people on the ground... and decide to continue without altering the plan.
Okay bad joke, but the placid sense that the men suck at their jobs is something to marvel at.
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So vote closed?
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nope, Just a tally for another few hours.
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I think that the problem, in this case, is more related to how the High Command in central are such delusional hassles that actually believe to be an invaluable part of the plan and that Father and the rest really consider them valuable allies, and that the immortality they promised is obviously a worthy payment for their services.Or as I like to call it: The Hitler Syndrome... When dumb mothers decided that they are smarter then the people on the ground... and decide to continue without altering the plan.
Okay bad joke, but the placid sense that the men suck at their jobs is something to marvel at.
Instead of realizing that something that considers the souls of the whole country as nothing more than fuel, is really unlikely to consider them as nothing more than disposable pawns and really unlikely to keep its word with something as worthless as they are.
Let´s first focus on the Article, if it is good enough we can get more turns to write the next one and maybe even get extra help.
The Ishval War 3: The Great Alchemist Detective’s First Case.
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The Ishval War 3: The Great Alchemist Detective's First Case.
-[X]investigate (The Unit): Willie says he was at his duty post… what about his unit? Do their stories match up? Rolled:1D100 => 12+20+20=52
April 24th, 1901, Garrison Barracks
The Barracks were quiet as you strolled through, looking at the men before frowning at them. These men were soldiers?
They were ill-disciplined Brutes who clearly deserved to be labeled as a Penal Batallion. And if Amestris didn't already make them outlawed fifty years ago, you would have wondered.
But that was not the worst thing about the unit, you discovered.
They were all staunchly anti-Ishvallan… Racists of the highest order given a gun and a free pass to start murdering people indiscriminately.
This was the Cream of Fessler's great crackdown force… men who had no restraint?
You wanted to be surprised.
You wanted to be shown the different sides of men forced to make decisions based on defending their brothers.
But these men… were assholes. How Willie survived their tortures… their bullying, you did not know… but that man could survive these men… there was no way he would have snapped against a smiling child.
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But that was the worst thing…
Willie did snap… You were the one who found his body, hanging in the street… a sign over his neck.
He wrote… as if he was at fault for everything that had happened…
You made sure to get a few pictures before the soldiers took the body away.
Reward:
Willie is dead…He killed himself... But you find out that he was monstrously bullied by his racist unit… He was the only good man in a sea of horror…
You suspect something or someone placed this unit here…
-[X]investigate (The Orders): You need to find out who's giving the Orders around here… It certainly wasn't Fessler… But then again, Fessler hated Ishvallans'... with a fiery passion Rolled:1D100 => 74+40=114
You got direct orders from the General. A Letter that was for… Some person codenamed Dante.
Reward: You have a letter from the general himself, showing a conspiracy to start the fighting… but without others… it is just a single, out of context letter.
But it is Evidence.
-[X]Investigate: (The Disappearances): You need to find out where those trucks are going… if they are going anywhere for that matter? Rolled:1D100 => 27+40-20(Enemy Cover up)=47
You didn't get much… But it was better than you hoped.
The Trucks were going North, towards an Oasis called Jasmine Point. One of the last outposts of the Desert before Eastern Command. It was Train Yard and Farming village… And one of the few areas that were isolated… with only a single rail line going through it.
Not even a Telegram line went through it, only wireless came through via train…
That was where they were going.
Reward: Jasmine Point is the location of where the Ishvallans imprisoned are going… But where else… you did not know.
-[X]Investigate (The Child's Family): Something doesn't feel right about this. A kid being murdered in the middle of the street while Playing… There must be something more? The Family is still alive… you think. Rolled: 1D100 => 99+20=119
April 30th, 1901,
You felt strange, covering the child's Funeral.
You walked in without a single word, as you always did. You felt like you were walking through lava, each glare burning your skin…
I shouldn't have done this. You thought as guilt flowed through your mind.
But the parents were smiling as they saw the Camera.
They came to you, with gazes of kindness. "Are you a reporter?" The mother asked.
You nodded.
She gave a small smile. "I only hope that one day… the truth comes out. That my daughter did not get killed because of a single man… but because she was chosen for a greater purpose."
The mother then looked away. "She would have loved seeing everyone together…" she then pointed to the family, about to carry her body to the Pyre. "Could you take a picture for us… of her."
You nodded.
And you took a photo.
It wouldn't go to the Paper.
But it would help you with something…
Resolve.
You would find the truth… for a dead little girl, and all the others that were killed.
Reward: You discover the Girl was just a girl, someone who was innocent… Her family no ones in the scheme of Ishval… save fore being just regular citizens.
But that only made things worse. For everything that happened to her was senseless.
-[X]The Alchemy Preparation: You need to prepare this hotel for a raid, make sure that no one but the Staff and yourself gets your notes. Don't want to go to jail for spilling state secrets. Rolled:1D100 => 96
Pressure plates would ring bells to warn you someone was entering the hotel.
The stairs would become slides when someone heavier than an average person climbed up them… only someone with automail would be able to trigger it, or a squad of soldiers.
Ink on your pen would disappear without adding lemon juice to it.
Letters would burn if broken with standered Steel in letter openers.
You were taking every precaution. And hopefully it will work.
Reward: Only a master Alchemist can read your letters, if they are intercepted.
Arrest Roll:1D100 => 2-30=(-28)
The Men are not interested in you.. .after all, you have only taken pictures… and Fessler thinks your a loyal Amestrian, considering you are not even speaking…
That and any proper Central Amestrian will assist his men with finding criminals.
You were disgusted by such a thought.
‐[X]Write: You need to write a story and sent it to the Paper… The more you know, the Better.
May 1st, 1901.
You had an article to write.
What do you Write for the Article?
[]Write in Here.
-[X]investigate (The Unit): Willie says he was at his duty post… what about his unit? Do their stories match up? Rolled:1D100 => 12+20+20=52
April 24th, 1901, Garrison Barracks
The Barracks were quiet as you strolled through, looking at the men before frowning at them. These men were soldiers?
They were ill-disciplined Brutes who clearly deserved to be labeled as a Penal Batallion. And if Amestris didn't already make them outlawed fifty years ago, you would have wondered.
But that was not the worst thing about the unit, you discovered.
They were all staunchly anti-Ishvallan… Racists of the highest order given a gun and a free pass to start murdering people indiscriminately.
This was the Cream of Fessler's great crackdown force… men who had no restraint?
You wanted to be surprised.
You wanted to be shown the different sides of men forced to make decisions based on defending their brothers.
But these men… were assholes. How Willie survived their tortures… their bullying, you did not know… but that man could survive these men… there was no way he would have snapped against a smiling child.
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But that was the worst thing…
Willie did snap… You were the one who found his body, hanging in the street… a sign over his neck.
"Forgive me. May my death be the Equivalent to your loss."
He wrote… as if he was at fault for everything that had happened…
You made sure to get a few pictures before the soldiers took the body away.
Reward:
Willie is dead…He killed himself... But you find out that he was monstrously bullied by his racist unit… He was the only good man in a sea of horror…
You suspect something or someone placed this unit here…
-[X]investigate (The Orders): You need to find out who's giving the Orders around here… It certainly wasn't Fessler… But then again, Fessler hated Ishvallans'... with a fiery passion Rolled:1D100 => 74+40=114
You got direct orders from the General. A Letter that was for… Some person codenamed Dante.
Memorandum, on the Ishvallan Issue, Letter Number 15,
To Dante,
I must inform you that your hostility against the Ishvallan Events will not be kept under wraps any longer. For months now, there have been flames fanned by our mutual ally within the Ishvalan government and priesthood, who wish to see…
Acts of God wrought down upon them, to remind them of their status. The High Priest has been very against Amestrian Policy, and we are not going to allow him to remain when allies among the priesthood will pick up the torch.
Violence and relocations are considered last resorts… but if the fighting Starts, I will ask high command for Authorization for total warfare.
We will be able to remove the Terrorist influence within the Priesthood. And there will finally be peace in the Region, with our allies in command.
Once more, I ask for patience… we must remain in control.
From, General Fessler.
To Dante,
I must inform you that your hostility against the Ishvallan Events will not be kept under wraps any longer. For months now, there have been flames fanned by our mutual ally within the Ishvalan government and priesthood, who wish to see…
Acts of God wrought down upon them, to remind them of their status. The High Priest has been very against Amestrian Policy, and we are not going to allow him to remain when allies among the priesthood will pick up the torch.
Violence and relocations are considered last resorts… but if the fighting Starts, I will ask high command for Authorization for total warfare.
We will be able to remove the Terrorist influence within the Priesthood. And there will finally be peace in the Region, with our allies in command.
Once more, I ask for patience… we must remain in control.
From, General Fessler.
Reward: You have a letter from the general himself, showing a conspiracy to start the fighting… but without others… it is just a single, out of context letter.
But it is Evidence.
-[X]Investigate: (The Disappearances): You need to find out where those trucks are going… if they are going anywhere for that matter? Rolled:1D100 => 27+40-20(Enemy Cover up)=47
You didn't get much… But it was better than you hoped.
The Trucks were going North, towards an Oasis called Jasmine Point. One of the last outposts of the Desert before Eastern Command. It was Train Yard and Farming village… And one of the few areas that were isolated… with only a single rail line going through it.
Not even a Telegram line went through it, only wireless came through via train…
That was where they were going.
Reward: Jasmine Point is the location of where the Ishvallans imprisoned are going… But where else… you did not know.
-[X]Investigate (The Child's Family): Something doesn't feel right about this. A kid being murdered in the middle of the street while Playing… There must be something more? The Family is still alive… you think. Rolled: 1D100 => 99+20=119
April 30th, 1901,
You felt strange, covering the child's Funeral.
You walked in without a single word, as you always did. You felt like you were walking through lava, each glare burning your skin…
I shouldn't have done this. You thought as guilt flowed through your mind.
But the parents were smiling as they saw the Camera.
They came to you, with gazes of kindness. "Are you a reporter?" The mother asked.
You nodded.
She gave a small smile. "I only hope that one day… the truth comes out. That my daughter did not get killed because of a single man… but because she was chosen for a greater purpose."
The mother then looked away. "She would have loved seeing everyone together…" she then pointed to the family, about to carry her body to the Pyre. "Could you take a picture for us… of her."
You nodded.
And you took a photo.
It wouldn't go to the Paper.
But it would help you with something…
Resolve.
You would find the truth… for a dead little girl, and all the others that were killed.
Reward: You discover the Girl was just a girl, someone who was innocent… Her family no ones in the scheme of Ishval… save fore being just regular citizens.
But that only made things worse. For everything that happened to her was senseless.
-[X]The Alchemy Preparation: You need to prepare this hotel for a raid, make sure that no one but the Staff and yourself gets your notes. Don't want to go to jail for spilling state secrets. Rolled:1D100 => 96
Pressure plates would ring bells to warn you someone was entering the hotel.
The stairs would become slides when someone heavier than an average person climbed up them… only someone with automail would be able to trigger it, or a squad of soldiers.
Ink on your pen would disappear without adding lemon juice to it.
Letters would burn if broken with standered Steel in letter openers.
You were taking every precaution. And hopefully it will work.
Reward: Only a master Alchemist can read your letters, if they are intercepted.
Arrest Roll:1D100 => 2-30=(-28)
The Men are not interested in you.. .after all, you have only taken pictures… and Fessler thinks your a loyal Amestrian, considering you are not even speaking…
That and any proper Central Amestrian will assist his men with finding criminals.
You were disgusted by such a thought.
‐[X]Write: You need to write a story and sent it to the Paper… The more you know, the Better.
May 1st, 1901.
You had an article to write.
What do you Write for the Article?
[]Write in Here.
[X] Openly question the unrealistic terms of the Shooting, point out how the soldier was bullied as the only good member of a clearly racist unit, make it clear how odd it was that he of all people would shoot a smiling child, especially taking into account his mental state. Mention that it might be possible for him too have been framed by another for his crime, a more racist soldier who wanted someone else too take the fall for him.
Sorry if it's not good, not talented at these sorts of things
Sorry if it's not good, not talented at these sorts of things
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Yes you have pictures
and no none of them were at the hospital.
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[X] Shots Fired in Ishval as Tensions Explode!
-"Cover the death of the young girl, emphasis the fact that she was innocent and playing in the street. Talk about the riots and the military crack down. Talk about the shooter and his sudden suicide. End on the note that the military is ramping up their presence in the region as tensions rise."
-Send photos of dead rioters, wounded ishvalans and military soldiers
Arrested men can't report. What's more, people don't want to read about maybes and possibilities. Right now we play the part of pesk journalist, let the military and central think we're just some two time war reporter. We can't report anything substantial just yet like the prisoner movements without more evidence, or anything involving the letter. And mentioning the racist soldiers would only draw unwanted eyes for little effect.
"So what if soldiers are racist?" Will day the military. "They're entitled to their views."
We need to buy our time and gather more evidence before we can hit them with a zinner that the military can't easily squirm out of. We can't stop the genocide about to happen... but we can at the very least reveal it for all of its horror.
-"Cover the death of the young girl, emphasis the fact that she was innocent and playing in the street. Talk about the riots and the military crack down. Talk about the shooter and his sudden suicide. End on the note that the military is ramping up their presence in the region as tensions rise."
-Send photos of dead rioters, wounded ishvalans and military soldiers
Arrested men can't report. What's more, people don't want to read about maybes and possibilities. Right now we play the part of pesk journalist, let the military and central think we're just some two time war reporter. We can't report anything substantial just yet like the prisoner movements without more evidence, or anything involving the letter. And mentioning the racist soldiers would only draw unwanted eyes for little effect.
"So what if soldiers are racist?" Will day the military. "They're entitled to their views."
We need to buy our time and gather more evidence before we can hit them with a zinner that the military can't easily squirm out of. We can't stop the genocide about to happen... but we can at the very least reveal it for all of its horror.
