Are you suggesting that the white court all collectively double crossed us? Because the nature of the announcement was the peace offering we got to placate us for the violation of our agreement.
The only way we're specifically connected to the event is by information that leaked through the channels which had that story in them. Unless you've got better direct observation, in which case you're probably more clued in and not less
I am saying that by the time information reaches a random uninvolved supernaturally aware person on the street, it'll be horribly distorted. It has to pass through the chain that goes something like that: White Court members who were present there (high ranking political figures) - White Court who weren't there - White Court auxiliaries that may have mortal friends or who drink at McAnally's and have a loose tongue - mortals who are friends with White Court auxiliaries or also drink at McAnally's - indeterminate amount of mortals. The information a random supernaturally aware mortal on the street won't be accurate.
If they're expansive and successful at usurping governmental control they are to the government.
If we are switching to talking about the government, our association with and help to White Council, as well as creation of Paranet, are greater threats. Because White Council is an international secret society murder cult with centuries of history, and firepower that Marcone cannot dream of. They are, essentially, a terrorist organization with multiple nuclear weapons. In terms of threat to legitimacy of government, they are worse than Marcone by far.
Say you run the task force on Marcone. What is your response to what a mundane investigator sees of this unfolding?
Oh, that's actually an interesting question. It would depend on what part of the taskforce I am.
If I am part of the drug trafficking (assuming medicine peddling wins), I'll notice that the operations a) shifted to some sort of new drug, and b) to a new target audience - sick people, probably terminally sick ones. First reaction will be "damn that Marcone, he sunk to a new low". I'll try to obtain some samples for analysis, to see what sort of sh*t they are peddling. There the things will start getting weird. Because:
a) my lab boys will be telling me that they have no idea what the sh*t I am giving them is, but it sure as hell hasn't been cooked in a meth lab in an abandoned warehouse somewhere, and whoever cooked it is a genius
b) the people I suspect / know to be buyers of the new stuff will start to get better. The weird stuff Marcone is peddling will turn out to be working.
From there, it's a straight path to discovering supernatural.
I am unsure what conclusions will be drawn and I am not objective enough to judge.
See I would agree with all those things except the White Court still exists. Just flat out we've known that the White Court are prolific and extreme sex traffickers and influence pushers for a very long time now. I think we knew before we even met the archive for the first time before we even got involved with the white Council business as a whole.
This is before the whole broken Seeker Fiasco to begin with as well. If there was a time to be concerned with real morality of action it was when we learned that fact about the White Court that was months ago in quest and years ago in real life which at the time a very vocal couple along with one of the vote leaders Uju32 wanted and apparently still wants nothing to do with the real world. We have so far passed the point where morality is actually an actionable point of concern.
Basically this. We have so far:
1) Decided to suppress evidence of long-standing international sex (and slave) trading operation that has massive amounts of blackmail on large parts of the USA government and would have broken it.
2) Decided to part amicably with a spirit of torture and mental corruption whose modus operandi includes creation of murder cults out of random passerbies
3) Agreed to work with shikome on redeaming a Yama King
4) Have chosen to save an aztec god, who likely indulged in multiple human sacrifices over centuries
5) Worked around amicably with a f*cking mongol raider vampire straight from Genghis Khan's horde.
Marcone is far more mundane, but on the scale of evil he doesn't compare.
[X] Plan Just Pay The Man
This was shot down in the text:
You are not sure what the gross revenue of a criminal empire is, but you have little doubt that you could cover it. Unfortunately you are just as sure Marcone would refuse outright. He's asking for support in the name of mutual benefit not offering his vassalage, after all he hardly knows you.
