Election 1895: Feducci

Fallen London
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Replying to Gul’s farewell message from the DTC HQ thread, which you can read here:

[quote=Gul al-Ahlaam]Well, delicious darlings, I suppose I ought to tell you that I’ve decided to abandon you all and head back to Feducci. You’re all terribly intelligent, and excellent rhetoricians besides, and my love for the Cousinhood was sufficient for me to, for a time, compromise my morals and beliefs and join you in your campaign. But the Cousins have endured for millennia, and thrive even in the Presbyterate itself. They are strong, hardy. They do not require the condescension of charity, only opportunity and solidarity, both of which I can provide. A little more power for a single enemy for a single year is no threat to them, and what little danger he presents is more than worth the risk.[/quote]Life’s too short to have a petty dispute like this. See you on the other side of the fight, then, and keep on with your own campaign in support of the Cousins - you’ll have my support, even from here.

Though I must admit, while they’re strong, I’d say they’re far from hardy; they live but one life, after all, and a murderer can slaughter them easily and be well rewarded, paid by a particular Presbyterate patron and savoring in the chief pleasure of predation. Still, if you must compromise your morals and beliefs to support your candidate - if you must sacrifice the safety and well-being of your friends and allies, whether they be humans or Cousins alike, in the name of higher-minded ideals like &quotfreedom&quot or &quothappiness&quot - then I see no reason for anyone to try to compel you to stay.

[quote=Gul al-Ahlaam]Beyond that, there’s nothing keeping me here. You’re all very boring and take things very seriously. This is the underworld, sweetmeats.[/quote]Don’t call us sweetmeats. ;)

[quote=Gul al-Ahlaam]We take life lightly here. Live a little![/quote]Still alive. Haven’t died yet. That must count for more than &quota little&quot.

[quote=Gul al-Ahlaam]We’re immortals in a lawless world. Do you seriously think that imposing your own morals on it will make people happier? That taking away people’s pleasure, the chief pleasures of self-destruction and predation included, will make their lives better?[/quote]Traumatized soldiers have drunk themselves into oblivion. They are unable to sustain themselves or give their labor to the economy, and the constables - the Velocipede Squad, the most corrupt and brutal of them all - need to spend time and resources keeping thieves and pickpockets at bay. Ask them if they’re happy. The Honey-Addled Detective is a shadow of his former self, nowhere near as renowned as his colleague, the Implacable Detective. Ask him if he’s happy. I will admit, this is a difficult issue, and all we can do is do what we believe to be best. This is my [OOC: character’s] path, and you may walk yours.

[quote=Gul al-Ahlaam] Try and enjoy yourselves, just a little. I promise it won’t hurt.
XOXO, The Uncanny Hierophant
[/quote]Anyway, thanks for letting me practice my writing on you. It’s not intentional on my part, but it’s too easy when your character wears their beliefs on their sleeve. It’s rather fun and it does force me to take the contrarian position to my beliefs at times, and so feel free to keep on talking. I’ll enjoy it.

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Fellow citizens, when deciding who to vote for, please consider which candidate has the potential to bring about not just change, but lasting change.

The new mayor will only be here for a year. After that a new mayor will rule London, free to reverse or build upon the previous mayor’s legacy as he/she sees fit. Based on the policies of the other candidates, how can anyone other than Rightful Mayor Feducci bring about lasting change for the better?

The Implacable Detective speaks of more power to police, and plots in secret for the prosecution of corrupt officials. How will she succeed in this, in a city where it’s a rather poor kept secret that Parliament is in the pocket of Our Benefactors, the Masters of the Bazaar? Even if the case isn’t immediately dismissed, it will certainly be drawn out beyond her term, where it will be almost assuredly quietly dropped. A sad fact of the world is there will always be crime, always be corrupt politicians. After the Campaigner is gone, the Bazaar will still be here, and so will the gangs. The smart crooks need only wait a year to return to their wicked ways.

The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner intends to open more poorhouses and abolish cheap pleasures like honey and alcohol. Sinning Jenny spent the majority of her term building poorhouses and setting up programs for the disenfranchised. To vote for a candidate promising essentially the exact same thing rephrased is to admit either that Sinning Jenny either accomplished nothing or couldn’t manage to do enough to tackle the issue, even with all the powers of the mayoral office. That doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in her ability to tack this issue, nor the urgency of tackling this issue.

Banning cheap vices won’t make the demand disappear, it will only drive it underground. Is it in the best interests of London to vote for a year where the only suppliers of alcohol are parts of the criminal underground? A criminal underground that will then be able to charge whatever it wants for what is currently popular and widely available? How will the Esteemed Masters Wines and Spices take this development? How likely are they to tolerate it.

Conscientious Londoners would better serve the community by practicing abstinence, something they can do freely now without detriment to those who enjoy these harmless pleasures. This policy will assuredly be quickly repealed in a year’s time, and there shall be much rejoicing.

And again, let us not forget our experiences of the past election cycle. The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner owes favors to the Revolutionaries. Anyone even vaguely familiar with organized crime can tell you that owing a disrepuatable bunch like that favors is tantamount to them owning you. By the end of the campaign the Jovial Contrarian’s campaign was all but taken over by the Calendar Council, with February herself openly walking the halls as his “assistant”. Is these really the people we want to hold the reigns of power for a whole year?

There is but one man who has a real plan. One that is at once both so audacious and cunning that it will instantly have a lasting affect on the balance of power in Our Fair City forever: Feducci.

A chain anyone can climb. A London where ranks and titles may change hands by the hour. It will make a mockery of all that the upper echelons hold dear, and that’s the brilliance of it. True change has always begun with the limiting of the elite’s power. The only thing that sets our so called “betters” and rulers apart from us are their claims of blood purity and titles they’ve carried and inherited for generations. Take that away, and there’s nothing that makes them more inherently special than any other man. Devaluing their prestige and social standing is the first step towards abolishing it utterly.

Might it seem absurd? Might it be an unprecedented course of action? Yes! But can the same be not said for nailing a theses to the doors of the church? Dear friends, let them try to challenge us, let them repeal our new order when our year is up. But the damage to their veneer of invulnerability will be everlasting. We will draw first blood. We will make the first crack in the dam holding back an age of freedom and equality!

Dear friends! Let us use this election to build a lasting legacy! Don’t vote for a candidate that will foster complacency among the poor, vote for the one that gives every man an honest chance to advance, should he have the spine to work for it! For a Fair London, I beseech you!

VOTE FEDUCCI!

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My response for when this was posted earlier is here, and the previous page on that thread contains the responses of others as well.

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I ended up supporting Feducci about 80% based on whim, 20% based on my character probably disliking him as mayor the least. He doesn’t have experience with libertarians as much as he does with anti-hedonism and police overreach.

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Greetings, ladies, gentlemen and individuals, who have decided not to bother themselves with such trivialities! I would be delighted to offer my services as a Fixer to all fellow Feducchi supporters in need of assistance with suspicion and scandal.

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im thinking of changing classes since we seem to have so many fixers.
does anybody have hard numbers for the ratio of campaigners to fixers to agitator’s?

agitating isn’t something I can imagine zorgan being very good at character wise but I can imagine him being a good campaigner even though he prefers to work out of the spotlight.

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From what I understand, but I have no real numbers to speak of, Campaigners seem to be in last place when it comes to number of players that chose that profession.

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There is a thread here for coordinating careers and seeking assistance if you are part of Feducci’s campaign

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Extra! Extra! Dauntless Temperance Campaigner’s Campaign full of bribery and corruption! 5 Pence A Copy

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Regarding the alleged unfairness of the Black Ribbon Society:

I do not recall it being stated anywhere that the duels are supposed to follow any kind of strict rules. It is supposed to be a fight, best ended with permanent death of one of the participants. No one is forced into the society, and everyone who joins it is aware of the threat.

Though material rewards are offered to the winner, they are not the real prize. The real prize is the thrill of the fight, the possiblity of sending someone on the final journey with the Boatman, or being sent on it yourself. Bluntly, Black Ribbon Society is a band of killers, both filled with bloodlust and each having a deathwish. To accuse any of it’s members of dishonesty due to their prefered fighting method strikes me as naive.

Finally, painting Feducci as a merciless killer is also untrue. Losing to him does not end you permanently, even though it sends you on a rather unpleasant boat trip. He could easily hack your temporarily lifeless body to pieces and claim your ribbon, but he does not. Why? Because, despite there being no set rules, Feducci is a good sportsman, even while playing a rigged game.

For this reasons, I, knowing of all his faults, lies and misdeeds, support Feducci in this year’s election. For he is a game-maker, and is there a greater game than life itself?

PS.
I find treating Snuffers as London citizens as plain foolishness. Even Jack of Smiles, with his proclivity towards throat slitting, is not as serious a threat. While Rubbery Men, LBs, and other non-traditional Londoners are valuable members of society, Snuffers are not. They are predators, exceptionally insidious in their hunt, as they can take the identity of any of their victims. And while they stalk the streets of our city, I think it’s appropriate for them to have a nemesis, regardless of their background.
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All good points, and well made. Welcome to Feducci’s campaign.

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Vote Feducci! Libertarianism without Liberation!

Vote Feducci! For hell-forged vacuum cleaners and an actual financial plan!

Vote Feducci! Because the lesser evil has class!

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[quote=Spitfire Youngster]Regarding the alleged unfairness of the Black Ribbon Society:

I do not recall it being stated anywhere that the duels are supposed to follow any kind of strict rules. It is supposed to be a fight, best ended with permanent death of one of the participants. No one is forced into the society, and everyone who joins it is aware of the threat.

Though material rewards are offered to the winner, they are not the real prize. The real prize is the thrill of the fight, the possiblity of sending someone on the final journey with the Boatman, or being sent on it yourself. Bluntly, Black Ribbon Society is a band of killers, both filled with bloodlust and each having a deathwish. To accuse any of it’s members of dishonesty due to their prefered fighting method strikes me as naive.

Finally, painting Feducci as a merciless killer is also untrue. Losing to him does not end you permanently, even though it sends you on a rather unpleasant boat trip. He could easily hack your temporarily lifeless body to pieces and claim your ribbon, but he does not. Why? Because, despite there being no set rules, Feducci is a good sportsman, even while playing a rigged game.

For this reasons, I, knowing of all his faults, lies and misdeeds, support Feducci in this year’s election. For he is a game-maker, and is there a greater game than life itself?

PS.
I find treating Snuffers as London citizens as plain foolishness. Even Jack of Smiles, with his proclivity towards throat slitting, is not as serious a threat. While Rubbery Men, LBs, and other non-traditional Londoners are valuable members of society, Snuffers are not. They are predators, exceptionally insidious in their hunt, as they can take the identity of any of their victims. And while they stalk the streets of our city, I think it’s appropriate for them to have a nemesis, regardless of their background.
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Would you trust a man who most likely has brought what you refer to as dangerous predators, back to London for sport?

http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/ShowMore/1256190/EventConclusion?contentKey=12853

&quotThere was a time we hunted all across the Unterzee shores, looking for beasts that might challenge us. We even brought a few back here: have you ever been in prison?&quot

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Oh, my, that’s certainly a bitter tea to swallow.

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If you trust any being running for public office, you’ve already been duped. You vote for those likely to do the least harm to the electorate, or at least that part of the electorate you like. The massed ranks of Society and the Constables don’t make up that segment of the electorate for me.

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[quote=Spitfire Youngster]Regarding the alleged unfairness of the Black Ribbon Society:

I do not recall it being stated anywhere that the duels are supposed to follow any kind of strict rules. It is supposed to be a fight, best ended with permanent death of one of the participants. No one is forced into the society, and everyone who joins it is aware of the threat.

Though material rewards are offered to the winner, they are not the real prize. The real prize is the thrill of the fight, the possiblity of sending someone on the final journey with the Boatman, or being sent on it yourself. Bluntly, Black Ribbon Society is a band of killers, both filled with bloodlust and each having a deathwish. To accuse any of it’s members of dishonesty due to their prefered fighting method strikes me as naive.

Finally, painting Feducci as a merciless killer is also untrue. Losing to him does not end you permanently, even though it sends you on a rather unpleasant boat trip. He could easily hack your temporarily lifeless body to pieces and claim your ribbon, but he does not. Why? Because, despite there being no set rules, Feducci is a good sportsman, even while playing a rigged game.

For this reasons, I, knowing of all his faults, lies and misdeeds, support Feducci in this year’s election. For he is a game-maker, and is there a greater game than life itself?

PS.
I find treating Snuffers as London citizens as plain foolishness. Even Jack of Smiles, with his proclivity towards throat slitting, is not as serious a threat. While Rubbery Men, LBs, and other non-traditional Londoners are valuable members of society, Snuffers are not. They are predators, exceptionally insidious in their hunt, as they can take the identity of any of their victims. And while they stalk the streets of our city, I think it’s appropriate for them to have a nemesis, regardless of their background.
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&quot10/10, would be stabbed by again&quot

Think about this: Assuming his card at the docks stays mechanically unchanged, a London under Feducci is a London where you can challenge the Mayor to a duel at your leisure.


If that’s not true civic spirit, I don’t know what is!

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I’ve been debating whether to take a break from campaigning to go fight Feducci in the Forgotten Quarter. But giving him a few days off in the middle of a campaign is probably a bad idea.

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is it possible to get influencing the election past 10??? I changed but because I had mine at 9 I invited some devils over got it to 10 and now I cant get it higher?.

does taking the fate locked option for changing keep your influence as well as career progress?

if its not possible to get it higher then I might change (again?!) to agitator since I think they use public attention and dirty secrets which you both get from flash lays which would make it more efficient than having to do that and investigations
unless campaigners have some function that im unaware of that I can use to help my allies out with.

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10 is the maximum, and I don’t think campaigners have anything too helpful.

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[quote=suinicide]10 is the maximum, and I don’t think campaigners have anything too helpful.[/quote] very well if nobody thinks I should stay by the end of then I shall switch.

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