THERE IS A CRACK IN EVERYTHING

[maskormods]

WHO: ImPorts! But especially the NONAH AMBASSADOR CANDIDATES!
WHERE: The Dolley Madison Library in Nonah, North Carolina.
WHEN: Evening, Sunday November 13th.
WHAT: The Nonah Town Hall for an evening of rigorous debate about the issues that matter!
WARNINGS: N/A.

The Dolley Madison Library is a two story structure brimming with books and neoclassical architecture. Clearly a well-funded facility, this library is a bright, warm, and welcoming environment for polite (if political) conversation this evening. The main floor, near the back of the building and behind rows and rows of looming bookshelves is the slightly risen stage destined for tonight's event. It is but a darkly painted plateau nearly a foot off the ground, a little stage intended for reading events and author interviews. Nine simple wooden chairs are set upon the stage, and a microphone greets them all.

The audience portion is complete with organized, open seating and a table of non-alcoholic refreshments. There are muffins and cookies, too, for those of you who have come hungry for both IDEAS and SNACKS.

EACH CANDIDATE gets a time slot to speak about tonight's theme: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS IN RELATION TO METAHUMANS IN A HISTORICALLY NON-POWERED COMMUNITY.

Candidate imPorts may address their solutions and visions, or even drudge up more complications, in response to the thematic prompt. You can be a candidate of hope, or of fear -- it all depends on your perspective. Concerned imPort citizens are allowed to speak with the candidates about their answers, and debate them if necessary. ImPorts are also allowed to debate among each other after the candidates have all spoken.

The event begins at 7PM EST, but may last well into the night.

Comments

[baetiful]

[ While Anastasya does have Petyr's support, he has to ensure she stands out as a strong candidate. Her viewpoint is a smart and cautious one -- less optimistic and more indicative of a leader who has been here and done that and doesn't want any more bullshit to befall on her people. So he has to prepare her to see how she would respond to the criticisms she would inevitably face if she is elected ambassador. ]

It is because of the power of a single imPort that these metahumans were created. In the eyes of some, because we created them we are responsible for them. How do you respond to those who hold our entire community accountable for the actions of only one among us?

[thegriffinofdeath]

[Anastasya shifted a bit at the question.]

I would say that they're wrong. [She says this quite directly.] You cannot hold the whole of a group responsible for a single member. While that doesn't mean imports can't choose to help the...[Victims? No that wasn't the right word...] people affected by his experiments, you can't force us to either.

Our willingness to aid them is not the same thing as accepting some kind of guilt or responsibility for their reaction.

[baetiful]

It all boils down to each individual making their own choices. I do agree with this sentiment. But you will also hold a certain responsibility over your city. Is there anything you would do as a preventative measure to keep the metahumans' powers from getting out of control? Or perhaps this question could even extend to imPorts and their powers as well since many of us do not arrive here knowing how to utilize what was given to us. For example, reclaim the imPort training facility that is now in the government's hands after the port outs of both former ambassador Gamagori and former ambassador Urquhart?

[ She also seems pretty crazily powerful, which would definitely be beneficial to the city of Nonah. ]

[thegriffinofdeath]

Doesn't everything boil down to that? [Anastasya asked with a small smile, perhaps hoping to illicit a laugh from those who were listening.]

I would ask for volunteers to help teach the newly empowered natives, to help them control their new abilities and what they might do with them. [And to keep an eye on them, though she certainly wasn't going to say that out loud. But it was fairly implicit.] As for other imports, from what I've seen, there are often people on the network willing to assist. And I believe there is a school that can assist with that, as well. More encouragement to attend might be warranted, though.

[She hesitated at the second question, because she didn't really have much of a stake in the previously owned places. But she knew they were important to many imports...]

I'd see little problem with petitioning to have them returned to our control. And given that they were once ours to begin with, if the government refuses, perhaps something could be done in the courts.

['Courts' were not really something she was really accustomed to, though. But people seemed to swear they could fix things...]

[baetiful]

You could always build something new. Something improved -- should the government refuse your request. It would be something in which to call your own. These are, in part, some of the abilities we have as ambassadors for our cities.

[ But Petyr does smile at the effortless ease Anastasya possesses. Interjecting humor into her speech and choosing her words carefully, she is definitely making a good impression. He does hope the audience will take notice of these things. ]

But may I ask you what the position of ambassador means to you, my lady?