{Unified Universe Project}[Video]

[adstring_npc]

[There are soldiers suiting up, under the watchful eye of a Chinese woman. She's about medium-height, and fit-looking. Her long hair is up in an ornate bun.]

Is the item set up to transmit yet? I want things to be clear. I do not do sneak attacks.

[A male voice off-camera mutters something that can't be heard clearly. The woman looks into the PCD. Her expression is stern, and her tone of voice is clipped, efficient.]

People of the outside. I am Colonel Bao Ying. I lead the soldiers in this world.

One of you, or more, took one of my men. He's dead, mudered.

You can make this very, very simple. You can hand over the culprit.

Or we can do this the hard way, and we'll be coming into your city for a little visit. We'll find them. It's your choice to cooperate or not. We won't kill innocents, but if anyone tries to start anything, we'll put it down.

You've got a half-hour to decide if you want to hand the guilty party or parties over or not. Then we come out there.

[A video-update twenty minutes later.]

You have been given twenty-four hours. Thank Negi. And discuss.

Comments

[Text]

[whatisthatpaint.livejournal.com]

???

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Make a useful reply, or I will have no time for you.

[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

Half an hour isn't long enough for everybody to discuss something like that, you know. You're just being stupid if you're gonna keep that up.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

We do not expect you to discuss it.

Your city is divided. Half act apologetic. If they're honest, they'll turn the guilty party over. The rest would disrupt discussion.

[unlucky-blood.livejournal.com]

And we're supposed to know who did it?

Personally, I applaud whoever it was.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Also useless. But I didn't expect better.

[stars-reject.livejournal.com]

Eh, your dumbasses deserved it.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

At least we're giving you a warning.

[hits-then-heals.livejournal.com]

Someone was killed?!

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

One of my lieutenants was kidnapped and murdered. Do you have anything useful to add?

[dreammaren.livejournal.com]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

But they can dissuade a third.

[Video]

[exarmatio]

I have heard nothing about this, Colonel. If someone from the city did it, they are keeping very quiet about it.

Your soldiers...are they associated in any way with the scientists here?

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Find out information if you don't want us out there.

We live in the Inner City. But none of us mess with them or their calculations. You decide. It seems most of you want to lump us in together. Ignorance will be your people's udoing.

[Voice]

[obeymyorder.livejournal.com]

Well it seems quite obvious no one has actually heard of anything to do with this murder.

How about a name or a description of your dead friend so we can actually know who you're speaking of.

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Someone had to have. The murderer, for instance.

The dead lieutenant was 24 years old, male, caucasian, red hair, hazel eyes, 6'2", 175 pounds.

[siriuslymagical.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell...some bloke got killed?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

My lieutenant was murdered by one of the people in the city. Justice will be had.

[Offline. Mello's not posting this.]

[codename-m.livejournal.com]

[Mello reads this post and frowns.]

Fuckers... Placing the blame on others after killing their own man. How typical.

[darkinternecion.livejournal.com]

Uh... what exactly leads you to believe it was one of us? Is there something pointing in our direction specifically, or are you jumping to conclusions and ruling out all of your own automatically?

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

He was taken from his post. If it had been someone within our group, it would have shown up on camera. Believe me, I run a very tight ship. Every single one of my men with means was checked out.

[Voice/Video]

[notamonkeygirl.livejournal.com]

Why do you think one of us did it? I mean, yeah, we broke into your place, but it's not our fault your scientists won't give us answers!

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

I first eliminated any possibility of it being one of my men. And A) they are not my scientists, and B) it's not my fault that you're not asking questions at the meetings, or that they're not answering you.

[lostwish.livejournal.com]

...Why couldn't you have just asked those scientists in the first place? If they have files on all of us, if they're been watching us, then they should know the most likely person or people.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

We've been informed it is our matter to deal with and given surface files.

There are suspects, but I refuse to go after people who may not have done this.

[Text]

[le-louch.livejournal.com]

What exactly makes you believe that anyone here is in a position to "hand over" the culprit?

1) I see no clear evidence that it was one of us presented. If you have such evidence, please offer it up.
2) You have deliberately chosen to separate yourselves from us and withhold other information about how this situation was created. That does little to endear you to those who were forcibly taken into this world by no will of their own. I see no reason why we should cooperate with you in this matter when you refuse to cooperate with us on other matters.
3) Even if it was one of us, there is no guarantee that anyone else here knows who the culprit is.
4) By making such a demand, are not potentially creating a situation where an innocent person could be given to you by someone over-eager to avoid trouble?

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

On the first point, I will not hand over the video tapes. That reveals camera angles, and replacing them is very difficult here.

On the second point, I'm not a scientist. I don't have that information. If you want it, attend the meetings.

On the third, if you do not, then you do not. We will come out and find them.

On the fourth, we have a few things that work as truth serum. We will not kill someone without being 100% certain. I do not tolerate mistakes like that.

[Video]

[thefirstuchiha.livejournal.com]

You all are coming over here for a little visit, are you?

I look forward to it~

[Video]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Uchiha Madara.

We won't be visiting you unless you were involved. Were you?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

You expect us to conduct an investigation for you? That's hardly very professional.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

I'm giving your people a chance to not be injured. It's ethical.

[knight-within.livejournal.com]

There is no justice in this. You will be endangering everyone here as you preform a wild goose chase to which is no end. Violence is not the answer and neither is your hasty deduction that a culprit is among us.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

I looked into this 48 hours before coming to my conclusion. It was not hasty.

It's not a wild goose chase; we know where to look first, and from there, we will gather evidence. I'm offering a chance for it to be neat and tidy, first, though.

[Video]

[orange_lightning]

HEY!!!

That's a pretty big assumption you're makin' thinkin' the any of us know your buddy's killer.

Why should any of us help when we never got shit ta help us when we needed it?

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Someone knows.

Ask the scientists. I can't control what goes on during and after the meetings.

[Voice]

[al_truism]

And exactly how do you expect to find the culprit, or expect us to produce them? We didn't know about the murder until you announced it, and now you're telling us that it's our responsibility to find out who it was, or we'll be harmed?

Ma'am, I suggest you find a better way to work out your sense of justice, because if you lead your soldiers out here and try to harm people, your troops are all going to die.

I don't state that as a threat, simply a fact.

It seems you're doing precisely what you don't want us to do, lumping us all into a box. There is only one guilty party; and force is not the way to handle this. Give us more information, and if possible, the location of your man. If you allow us to we will help you investigate and come up with a likely suspect, but I will not stand for threats to my family and allies.

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

There was no threat to those uninvolved. Pay more attention. Those who did nothing and do nothing will be left alone. Anyone who attacks us, will be dealt with. I'm doing the opposite of lumping. I'm saying that there is a guilty party, and there are uninvolved parties.

My man is back here again. When a body is that decimated, it returns to a 'safe' spot.

If your 'family and allies' did nothing, then it's not a threat. Listening comprehension is your friend.

[Voice] come up with the good stuff while i'm the movies why don't you ;_; ♥

[bakahatsu-da.livejournal.com]

Have fun with that, un.

[Voice - Bao Ying] This was come up with weeks ago. We just POSTED it when you were out. ;)

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

What a surprise. Another useless one.

[bunny_flower]

... I very much doubt that coming out here with threats and weapons is a good idea, Colonel.

You and your men will only get hurt.

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Then send the murderer to us.

[voice]

[scarysnakelady]

"Start anything"? Rather vague there, ma'am. You have a funny definition of innocents.

So will you wait until the first shouted slur or the first bunged rock to open fire at your erstwhile "citizens"?

[Voice - Bao Ying]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

My very-trained men will react to actual attacks.

[ff_red_turk]

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

Yes?

[throws-gun.livejournal.com]

...And the plot thickens.

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

That's what plot does. Now do you have anything of use to contribute?

[kannon-sama.livejournal.com]

... Yeah, that's gonna work.

Humans.

[Voice]

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

...Um. Right.