11-08-2018, 11:15 PM
“Our top story tonight: an investigation into the death of Suleman Chaher has concluded that he was killed by a poison of Kerlian origin. The government of Kerlile today released a statement claiming that the attack was the responsibility of Jolene Walters, an officer in the Kerlian Army who had allegedly secretly been passing information to the so-called resistance during the war. She was found dead in her apartment in Grapevale, Kerlile late last night. Her death has been ruled as a suicide by Kerlian authorities due to the presence of a note in which she confessed to the passing of information to the resistance and the murder of Suleman Chaher.
The results of this investigation come on the eve of the beginning of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, due to begin in Sanctaria this week. Police across Lauchenoiria are preparing for widespread protests throughout the trials, and the acting commissioner of the Melissa City Police Department, whose headquarters were destroyed in a terrorist attack carried out by agents of the Conternian government during the war, has stated that any protest that takes place without a permit is liable to be broken up, by force if necessary.
Weather forecasters are predicting a particularly harsh winter for Lauchenoiria, which comes as unwelcome news to those in the agriculture sector who have already been disturbed greatly by the war. We now go live to our reporter in northern Ecanta where early snow has already beaten rec… hold on, I… I’m receiving news that President Joanna Greenwood of Kerlile has resigned.
This is unprecedented in the history of Kerlile… it is being suggested that this is an attempt to force the election of a younger president before the cases of several members of the Council of Kerlile appear before the TRC. If elections were to take place when these Councillors were not in a position to vote, then there would be a chance for a reformist majority to vote out the traditionalist faction who have ruled Kerlile since its foundation. However, this vote makes that seem far less likely…”
The man who had stood on Aeluria with Suleman Chaher all those months before turned now to his Kerlian lover, who watched the Lauchenoirian broadcast as one might watch an approaching missile.
“I planned for everything…” she said. “We were so close to winning…”
She picked up a glass adorned with the seal of the Council of Kerlile, and threw it at the wall. It shattered on impact, causing a spider at the top of the wall to scurry off to safety.
“We can fix this, I’ll…” the man began, but was silenced by a wave of her hand.
“Stop, Liam. This is over. All the reasons the war started, the secret truth and the public lies, none of it matters any more. No, we’ve lost control of the situation. All my plans, and all the plans of the others, have been shattered to pieces like that glass. As for what happens now, it is out of everyone’s control. So, good luck to all of them. Especially the ones who think they’re untouchable. Nobody ever is.”
With that, the Kerlian woman turned and left the room. And perhaps it was the man, Liam’s, imagination, but he thought he felt an icy wind as she walked.
The results of this investigation come on the eve of the beginning of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, due to begin in Sanctaria this week. Police across Lauchenoiria are preparing for widespread protests throughout the trials, and the acting commissioner of the Melissa City Police Department, whose headquarters were destroyed in a terrorist attack carried out by agents of the Conternian government during the war, has stated that any protest that takes place without a permit is liable to be broken up, by force if necessary.
Weather forecasters are predicting a particularly harsh winter for Lauchenoiria, which comes as unwelcome news to those in the agriculture sector who have already been disturbed greatly by the war. We now go live to our reporter in northern Ecanta where early snow has already beaten rec… hold on, I… I’m receiving news that President Joanna Greenwood of Kerlile has resigned.
This is unprecedented in the history of Kerlile… it is being suggested that this is an attempt to force the election of a younger president before the cases of several members of the Council of Kerlile appear before the TRC. If elections were to take place when these Councillors were not in a position to vote, then there would be a chance for a reformist majority to vote out the traditionalist faction who have ruled Kerlile since its foundation. However, this vote makes that seem far less likely…”
The man who had stood on Aeluria with Suleman Chaher all those months before turned now to his Kerlian lover, who watched the Lauchenoirian broadcast as one might watch an approaching missile.
“I planned for everything…” she said. “We were so close to winning…”
She picked up a glass adorned with the seal of the Council of Kerlile, and threw it at the wall. It shattered on impact, causing a spider at the top of the wall to scurry off to safety.
“We can fix this, I’ll…” the man began, but was silenced by a wave of her hand.
“Stop, Liam. This is over. All the reasons the war started, the secret truth and the public lies, none of it matters any more. No, we’ve lost control of the situation. All my plans, and all the plans of the others, have been shattered to pieces like that glass. As for what happens now, it is out of everyone’s control. So, good luck to all of them. Especially the ones who think they’re untouchable. Nobody ever is.”
With that, the Kerlian woman turned and left the room. And perhaps it was the man, Liam’s, imagination, but he thought he felt an icy wind as she walked.
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