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Entry tags:
- c: amanda sefton,
- c: doug ramsey,
- c: emma frost,
- c: jubilation lee,
- z p1: c: .retired: amahl farouk,
- z p1: c: .retired: ororo munroe,
- z p1: c: .retired: remy lebeau,
- z p1: c: .retired: sarah morlocke,
- z p1: c: .retired: wanda maximoff,
- z p1: c: sofia mantega-barret,
- z p1: t: x-force: lie back and think of
Operation: Lie Back and Think of England: Election Day
Remy assembles the Snow Valley staff to discuss a tip passed along by Pete Wisdom.
They filed in just as Remy LeBeau switched off the conference phone hub. The pad of paper in front of him was covered with his normal slanted writing, and it covered a half dozen pages that he flipped through as they sat down.
"Dat was Pete," he said, but put up a hand before anyone could begin the customary 'how is he/when's he coming back' questions. "Looks like he's got some business for us. At least, something dat he thinks is worth checking out, and Remy agree wit' him. Anyone been following de recent elections in Britain? Dat whole coalition thing?"
Farouk waited until the pause stretched, suddenly deciding to change his initial approach. This, essentially being his professional debut within the X-Force, he planned to fade into the background for a while and get his feel for the terrain. But perhaps directness could serve him just as well. He strongly suspected Frost was less than overjoyed by his inclusion into what she considered her domain. The faster he made himself useful to the field-personnel, the better.
He coughed softly. "Ah, yes. I've kept abreast of the general situation. What is the issue?"
"Maybe the issue lies within the fact that votes for parties other than Labour or Conservatives was the highest it's been since 1918?" Wanda asked, running over what she'd seen of the election in her head. "It was ... surprising, I believe." She'd been too busy to really pay much attention but certain bits had caught her attention.
Perhaps a little self-consciously, Amanda raised her hand once Wanda had finished speaking. "I've been following it as well, a bit," she said, waiting for the expressions of surprise - Amanda wasn't known for her interest in politics. "It looks like England's going the same conservative route the rest of Europe started - it's not looking good for anyone who doesn't earn half a million pounds a year."
"Not dat surprisingly, an election dis polarized has generated a number of voting irregularities across de UK. Looks like one of Britain's various spook agencies decided it needed to be looked at closer, to determine if dere were any systemic instances of voter fraud or calculated fixing of de polls. I don't know how much it applies to de rest of de races, but apparently dere was one dat caught some official attention; enough dat de agent in charge of it decided to call his old friend Wisdom and pass de information along. Would normally just be speculative, except dat de agent mysteriously disappeared a couple of days ago." Remy didn't need to elaborate that the agent must have been killed. They had all worked in this world. "As you can expect, Wisdom is pissed and wants some answers."
Jubilee settled back in her chair, watching the expressions of those around her as she listened to Remy's explanation. She had nothing to add yet, and so remained silent.
On the other hand, Sofia rolled her eyes and muttered something soft about Wisdom getting them to do his dirty work for him even when he's wasn’t here. She and Remy traded a look, but she didn’t elaborate further.
"What kind of voting 'irregularities' are we talking about here?" Doug asked. "Gerrymandering, Tammany Hall-style 'vote early and often', hanging chads, ACORN?" America had plenty of its own examples of electioneering fraud to draw on.
"Not sure. We'll need to send a team in dere to dig up what dey can about de district and why it deserves the extra attention. Dere was something else." Remy referred to the sheet of paper in front of him. "Wisdom's contact had obviously gone slightly further afield den just looking for tainted ballots. While he was investigating dis Dexter Bennett, de Conservative dat won, he came across a reference to something called de 'Mosley Initiative'. He wasn't sure if it was something directly connected to Bennett, or if Bennett was just one part of it. Dere is something not right here. Bennett is a freshman, politically speaking, but his district is staunchly conservative. Once he had de nomination, it's logical dat he should have won wit' out any interference of the voting. So why look at him and what else is dere?"
"Suspicious ties," Ororo said, leaning forward and resting her elbows on the table in front of her. "Not only is Bennett a Conservative, he has ties to suspicious organizations, like the British National Party, does he not? For all that they are a recognized political organization, they are off-putting to the majority of British voters, and it seems surprising he would win, even in that district."
"We going to need to cover a bunch of areas here. Like I said, one team is going to de district itself and see if dey can find out just what happened on de ground leading up to and after election day. We going to need some people to look into his connections. His old company was Agria, a small pharmaceutical firm dat was recently sold to a consortium. Maybe dere's a business link. Finally, we need to get into de history of dis Bennett. Dere could be ties to any number of things dat would explain why one of Pete's contacts zeroed in on him."
Emma's eyebrow had risen in surprise when Remy had mentioned the Mosley Initiative. Surely no-one would be that blatant and that stupid? But then, she had learned never to underestimate exactly how stupid people could be. She let the thought slip away, however, at Remy's next statements. "I have some high-quality contacts in pharmaceuticals in the UK. It should give me a way to get in to Agria with an adequate cover story." She glanced at Doug. "With a little outside assistance, I should be able to do it without leaving traces."
"British National Party? Mosley Initiative? Does anyone else smell Nazis, or is that just me being paranoid?" Doug asked with a frown. "And yes, Emma, I can set up a cover story and an entree with Agria."
"Let's not start making assumptions. Fascist and racist allusions aside, our priority is whether or not dere's an actual threat dere, not whether a bunch of next generation skinheads have delusions of political acceptance." Remy said, bring the meeting back on focus.
Sarah scribbled down some notes, and nodded. She had no idea how they had made the leap from Conservative to Nazis, but she had the feeling this wasn't the same old boring politics getting in the way of the hitting part of her job. "Okay, so my homework is to figure out what the fuck you all are talking about before I get on the plane. Somebody let me know when we're taking off?"
"'manda, you can start making de travel arrangements. Use de comm to stay in touch wit' what you all find. Dis may look like amatuer hour right now, but Pete's bothered by it, and unfortunately, he tends to be right more often den not. So take it seriously and be careful." Remy nodded, and the meeting broke up as they left to pack and go to work.
They filed in just as Remy LeBeau switched off the conference phone hub. The pad of paper in front of him was covered with his normal slanted writing, and it covered a half dozen pages that he flipped through as they sat down.
"Dat was Pete," he said, but put up a hand before anyone could begin the customary 'how is he/when's he coming back' questions. "Looks like he's got some business for us. At least, something dat he thinks is worth checking out, and Remy agree wit' him. Anyone been following de recent elections in Britain? Dat whole coalition thing?"
Farouk waited until the pause stretched, suddenly deciding to change his initial approach. This, essentially being his professional debut within the X-Force, he planned to fade into the background for a while and get his feel for the terrain. But perhaps directness could serve him just as well. He strongly suspected Frost was less than overjoyed by his inclusion into what she considered her domain. The faster he made himself useful to the field-personnel, the better.
He coughed softly. "Ah, yes. I've kept abreast of the general situation. What is the issue?"
"Maybe the issue lies within the fact that votes for parties other than Labour or Conservatives was the highest it's been since 1918?" Wanda asked, running over what she'd seen of the election in her head. "It was ... surprising, I believe." She'd been too busy to really pay much attention but certain bits had caught her attention.
Perhaps a little self-consciously, Amanda raised her hand once Wanda had finished speaking. "I've been following it as well, a bit," she said, waiting for the expressions of surprise - Amanda wasn't known for her interest in politics. "It looks like England's going the same conservative route the rest of Europe started - it's not looking good for anyone who doesn't earn half a million pounds a year."
"Not dat surprisingly, an election dis polarized has generated a number of voting irregularities across de UK. Looks like one of Britain's various spook agencies decided it needed to be looked at closer, to determine if dere were any systemic instances of voter fraud or calculated fixing of de polls. I don't know how much it applies to de rest of de races, but apparently dere was one dat caught some official attention; enough dat de agent in charge of it decided to call his old friend Wisdom and pass de information along. Would normally just be speculative, except dat de agent mysteriously disappeared a couple of days ago." Remy didn't need to elaborate that the agent must have been killed. They had all worked in this world. "As you can expect, Wisdom is pissed and wants some answers."
Jubilee settled back in her chair, watching the expressions of those around her as she listened to Remy's explanation. She had nothing to add yet, and so remained silent.
On the other hand, Sofia rolled her eyes and muttered something soft about Wisdom getting them to do his dirty work for him even when he's wasn’t here. She and Remy traded a look, but she didn’t elaborate further.
"What kind of voting 'irregularities' are we talking about here?" Doug asked. "Gerrymandering, Tammany Hall-style 'vote early and often', hanging chads, ACORN?" America had plenty of its own examples of electioneering fraud to draw on.
"Not sure. We'll need to send a team in dere to dig up what dey can about de district and why it deserves the extra attention. Dere was something else." Remy referred to the sheet of paper in front of him. "Wisdom's contact had obviously gone slightly further afield den just looking for tainted ballots. While he was investigating dis Dexter Bennett, de Conservative dat won, he came across a reference to something called de 'Mosley Initiative'. He wasn't sure if it was something directly connected to Bennett, or if Bennett was just one part of it. Dere is something not right here. Bennett is a freshman, politically speaking, but his district is staunchly conservative. Once he had de nomination, it's logical dat he should have won wit' out any interference of the voting. So why look at him and what else is dere?"
"Suspicious ties," Ororo said, leaning forward and resting her elbows on the table in front of her. "Not only is Bennett a Conservative, he has ties to suspicious organizations, like the British National Party, does he not? For all that they are a recognized political organization, they are off-putting to the majority of British voters, and it seems surprising he would win, even in that district."
"We going to need to cover a bunch of areas here. Like I said, one team is going to de district itself and see if dey can find out just what happened on de ground leading up to and after election day. We going to need some people to look into his connections. His old company was Agria, a small pharmaceutical firm dat was recently sold to a consortium. Maybe dere's a business link. Finally, we need to get into de history of dis Bennett. Dere could be ties to any number of things dat would explain why one of Pete's contacts zeroed in on him."
Emma's eyebrow had risen in surprise when Remy had mentioned the Mosley Initiative. Surely no-one would be that blatant and that stupid? But then, she had learned never to underestimate exactly how stupid people could be. She let the thought slip away, however, at Remy's next statements. "I have some high-quality contacts in pharmaceuticals in the UK. It should give me a way to get in to Agria with an adequate cover story." She glanced at Doug. "With a little outside assistance, I should be able to do it without leaving traces."
"British National Party? Mosley Initiative? Does anyone else smell Nazis, or is that just me being paranoid?" Doug asked with a frown. "And yes, Emma, I can set up a cover story and an entree with Agria."
"Let's not start making assumptions. Fascist and racist allusions aside, our priority is whether or not dere's an actual threat dere, not whether a bunch of next generation skinheads have delusions of political acceptance." Remy said, bring the meeting back on focus.
Sarah scribbled down some notes, and nodded. She had no idea how they had made the leap from Conservative to Nazis, but she had the feeling this wasn't the same old boring politics getting in the way of the hitting part of her job. "Okay, so my homework is to figure out what the fuck you all are talking about before I get on the plane. Somebody let me know when we're taking off?"
"'manda, you can start making de travel arrangements. Use de comm to stay in touch wit' what you all find. Dis may look like amatuer hour right now, but Pete's bothered by it, and unfortunately, he tends to be right more often den not. So take it seriously and be careful." Remy nodded, and the meeting broke up as they left to pack and go to work.