[Open] People Watching

[fallensun]

With this much upheaval in the city and an election on the way, you can bet all the fringe candidates are starting to come out of the woodwork. On a wall near the barrier (that has acquired somewhat of a trellis of outrageously colored flowers due to the dispersion of the barrier), handbills are starting to be pasted up. Some are the usual political nonsense you'd expect, some are screeds against the current regime (or lack thereof), some are just plain nutty, blaming the current situation on some sort of vast platypus bear conspiracy and calling people to rally in the park in protest of it. Among all the various papers is some graffiti of an eight-petaled lotus with an eye in the center. Is it a portent of things to come, or did someone get bored and decide to leave his personal mark on the wall?

Maybe both.

Judar has parked himself at the street corner with an armful of fruit and is watching traffic go by and the occasional unlucky soul get latched onto by a spirit. He's totally not paying attention to conversations about the various postings on the wall. Not at all. Just having a snack. Listening to people talk is Lau's job anyway.

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[fallensun]

"What's your point?"

He tipped his head to side, grin still not leaving his face. There really wasn't anything she said that he could argue with. Well, he certainly cared about more things than getting a rise out of people, but on a day to day basis that was indeed what he busied himself with. He wasn't crazy enough to start causing wanton destruction on his own without a plan, but he could definitely stir things up here and there to see where he could go with it.

"And anyway, you make it sound like I'm some casual fan or something. Did you think the Red Lotus was gone just because Zaheer is out of commission?"

[paishodown]

"No, we know that there are more of you. And when I march up to Lin Beifong and tell her that you're part of an underground extremist movement determined to destroy civilized society through murder, who do you think she'll believe?" In all honesty, he just sounded like a stupid kid to Asami.

But she did wonder.

[fallensun]

He laughed at that. Was she trying to scare him with the threat of the chief of police? Like he cared. If he wanted to lay low and not draw attention to himself, he wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place. And he'd probably have gotten a haircut at some point in his life.

"Like I'd deny it! I might even go with you if I didn't have anything better to do. I'd like to see that old hag's face, anyway. Is it true she's physically incapable of smiling?"

[paishodown]

He was just a stupid kid. Asami made a scoffing noise and turned to continue on her way, ignoring his comment about Lin.

Of course these types would start popping up. It was just going to become one more thing to deal with in the city. Maybe they would all get lucky and the Triads wouldn't like them and they would just fight each other into extinction.