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moustre ([personal profile] moustre) wrote2020-02-04 12:55 am

The Mirrorbound Council

On the 3rd of Feoveuer, a decisive trial deposed 3 acting members of Parliament, leaving the seats open. Lady Denholm and Mhairi led the push to allot those seats to Mirrorbound, to give them an opportunity to speak for themselves and cast their votes on issues pertaining to their people.

As the Mirrorbound population can vary, with people arriving and leaving all the time, the solution became obvious: instead of three people in three seats, a Council would be formed of Mirrorbound volunteers, and the seats would be given to the Council, with the intent to allow volunteers to rotate who sits in on which meetings and who speaks for the group based on expertise and strategy.

The Mirrorbound Council is given a central 'office' at Parliament for all to gather in and use to discuss motions and votes, and store any paperwork they may have. It's a medium sized room with a round table, several chairs, a couple of couches, and an enchanted door that will only unlock for Mirrorbound. They can also make a request for a page to bring snacks and drinks during any long internal sessions they may have.

Membership in the Council is open to all Mirrorbound. A public list will be below. To sign up, fill out the form and reply here.


The Council
Heralia il Gardlanda (Reslari)
Towa Herschel (Michi)
Edelgard von Hresvelg (Ax)
Linden Tailor (L) (Lexil)
Ozymandias (Crystal)
Everett Vaughan (Ruby)
Leslie von Hresvelg (Yosie)
Marie Antoinette (Aru)
Myrobalan Shivana (Lark)
Eli Dagwood (Near) (Lauren)
Jin Guangyao (Skai)
Viren (Ale)
Gilgamesh (Amber)
Light Yagami (Lynx)


These are player-led efforts! This means players involved should thread with each other to ICly come up with their ideas, goals, and motions, and when the whole or part of the Council wishes to propose a motion in Parliament, fill out the form below with who will be putting it forward, what they're doing to gather support, what they've done that could hurt the motion's chances, and any specifics about the motion. This is intended to be background/daily-life plot - the mod team will not be putting up posts for Parliament meetings or providing flavor text, only replying to submitted motions with how the vote would have gone.


Form

Characters Involved: The specific council members involved in bringing this idea forward. Each motion should have exactly 3 Mirrorbound names attached to it, as they'll be the ones 'in the seats' when it's proposed. Others can provide background support.
Proposal: What is your group putting to a vote in Parliament?
Help: What has your group done to gather support? Have they schmoozed with other politicians? Promised them votes on motions native members support?
Hindeance: Have any members of your trio done anything to hinder the support gathering? Talked crap about Aefenglom or the other Parliament members in public? Made a spectacle of themselves?




Some motions will not pass - the Mirrorbound have 3 seats out of many, and will need to ICly watch their public images and do the legwork to get native members on their side. Things will not always go the way characters want, but if a motion fails, they can try again another month. Failures will be more common at first, until the Council establishes itself better - politics is a game, after all. Also note that getting things brought to a vote is time-consuming: each character should only be proposing / sitting in for one motion per month, but can provide background support to other groups.

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OOC COMMUNICATION

[personal profile] fulgency 2020-02-04 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
This is more of a question directed to other players signing up for this, but totally would love mod input/thoughts as well, so I'm gonna slap it under this header if that's okay!

What do folks feel is the best way to communicate oocly? One idea that has been brought up is Discord, but not everyone might have access to it. Plurk is also an option but may be a little slower/clunkier relative to Discord given the difference between a site technically for microblogging vs. chat. Another option is obviously this post, but I would suggest maybe having a separate header for that purpose so everyone could track that thread and not miss anything (provided notifs aren't acting up /knocks on some wood).

Also there may be another option I haven't thought of or considered, so feel free to throw that in as well!

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Re: COUNCIL SIGN-UPS

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Player: Lark!
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Near's alias, as L is under his.

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Player: Lauren
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Player: Kristen

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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-03-31 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Characters Involved: Crystal Exarch, Wataru Kurenai, Antonio Salieri
Proposal: Legalizing theater. Full description here.
Help:
Crystal: "He has something of an interest in the arts so he spoke about the idea with some citizens in the entertainment sector to get some excitement going-- or at least open their minds to it. He's also gently brought it up with other members of Parliament, always taking the gentle and persuasive grandfatherly role, and countering any concerns with words of hope."

Wataru: "After learning of Mozart's opera escapades, Wataru thinks it's absurd that something culturally precious like theaters are illegal, and an eventual legalization is going to work wonders for both the entertainment and cultural aspects of the city, which can flourish even further. He had been discussing the situation with fellow Mirrorbound and natives who are most inclined towards arts and music - whether they're artists themselves or fans of it, trying to rake up support from them. Bonus goes to those who are most appreciative of his musical performances over at DiplomaTea."

Salieri: "Association and production in past theater schemes aside, Salieri has been attempting to bring the idea around to the public and Parliament with the mentions of rising prodigies and talents that could be exposed and seen for their worth. And yes, tourism... of course that too!"
Hindrance: None

Characters Involved: Edelgard von Hresvelg, Asura, Everett Vaughan
Proposal: Establishing a trade office in support of Mirrorbound and refugees. Full description here.
Help:
Everett: "Everett's likely been speaking about this about DiplomaTea and trying to drum up the support of both his Mirrorbound and native customers. A trade office would be very advantageous to spreading any desired cultural imports of Dorchacht and the various worlds of the Mirrorbounds all across Aefenglom! He believes that's a valuable commodity."

Edelgard: "Edelgard has approached various members of the parliament, schmoozing a little bit, as well as lobbied for support among the reputable merchants, particularly those she's done business with. Additionally, she's agreed to vote in favor of some native-focused things as needed."

Asura: "Engaging sailors in the Harbor district about the influx of business which a new trade office stands to bring, and encouraging said sailors to speak to the native Parliament members in support of the motion."
Hindrance: None

Characters Involved: Daenerys Targaryen, Ozymandias, Sokie Undertown
Proposal: Governmental sponsorship of the arts, including a Mirrorbound-native cooperative board. Full description here.
Help:
Sokie: "Def done a bit to talk on the radio, spoken to various Parliment members and told them the benefits and social prestige in showing how they have enough to support creative."

Daenerys: "Daenerys understands other support has been given to the motions already passed – her goal is to help push things forward. Her talks will be minimal, not truly involved as other topics – but she sees the importance of having normalcy. The support of the arts will allow people (especially refugees) to find solace in their surroundings. She would have spoken to a few parliament members and also gone to the more entertainment fueled districts to see where this would fit nicely in as a whole."

Ozymandias: "For starters, Ozy was made to be invested in this motion maybe more than he wanted to since Andersen was likely pontificating on his dang doorstep until he agreed to offer some form of support. So, Ozy worked on refining the phrasing of the motion to increase the likelihood that native members of Parliament might bite and support the motion by introducing the economic aspects (i.e. invest and profit, kids). In providing some background support for the theater motion, he would identify members of Parliament that might lean more towards sympathetic towards the cause as a starting point. He would branch out from there to those who are more money-motivated to begin rubbing elbows with them both for the sake of this particular motion and simply to start getting a lay of that end of the political land for future motions. ...He also would not let Andersen speak to anyone while he's working for people outside of official Parliament sessions. At all."
Hindrance:
Sokie: "She's been Herself."

Daenerys: "She isn't particularly involved, so it seems as if Daenerys is merely helping pass a "remainder" of the motions off. Perhaps she would have negotiated things – as if using her involvement here to look good in future appeals for motions."

Ozymandias: "It's possible that more shrewd members of Parliament are able to see what he's doing as far as starting to more or less get a list of who he can start to get in his pocket. This could obviously work as a positive if those individuals think signs of political savviness from the new kids is a good thing to see, but those who are more resistant to change or the presence of the Mirrorbound in Parliament (i.e. old establishment) might be a little unnerved instead and find it suspect instead. Like, there is such a thing as being Too Charming, you dig? They might, therefore, be more inclined to vote against the motion simply to protect the status quo."

Characters Involved: Giorno Giovanna, Myr Shivana, Linden Tailor (L)
Proposal: Integrated housing for Mirrorbound and refugees. Full description here.
Help:
Giorno: "Discussed his concerns about housing with non-Council Parliamentarians, to the extent that they were willing to listen. Tied in ongoing concerns to Mirrorbound-focused violence in these discussions. Been polite for once."

Myr: "Spoken to members of the Parliament about his own experience back home with the disaster of segregated housing (yikes, alienates) and discussed their own concerns about dispersing Mirrorbound and refugees across the city. Spoken with those he knows among the refugees about their worries in order to get their buy-in on the idea and bring suggestions of how they might help their potential new neighborhoods."

L: "He's not the most charismatic or persuasive speaker, so he's compiled a thoroughly researched data set, complete with spreadsheets and charts, with several models indicating the potential strain or slack the different districts might have in budget and space. Current population and number of vacant properties has been taken into consideration, as well as projected Mirrorbound population models exploring how rapidly that demographic might expand and how much they could reasonably require moving forward."

Hindrance: L: "Surprisingly little, except for potential evasiveness about his own very transient living situation at this point in time."

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Characters Involved: Sokie Undertown, Asura, Giorno Giovanna
Proposal: Arable land survey. Full description here.
Help:
Sokie: "A lot of talking to nobility, the university, as well as various professionals. She may have put some feelers out to see if there's survey companies out there, and if they'd be up for the challenge."

Giorno: "Networked with other Parliament members, especially those who have a track record of proposing or supporting motions related to resources, farming, and sustainability. Discussed ways in which the land survey might work with said Parliamentarian's long-term efforts. Taken all feedback to Sokie, who proposed and is heading the motion. He has been open about the fact that this will be a study that takes place over a long period and that there may be opportunities for help or profit within the study itself."

Asura: "Asura did his homework and tracked down courted any Parliament members, or family of Parliament members, who hold investments in and/or do extensive business with Aefenglom's farming industry. Did some talking (from his own experience, tending to crops and defending the local farmlands from Shades) about how the information gleaned from the survey would help them to not only safeguard their investments, but ensure that they continue to remain profitable in the future.

Additionally, Asura sought out the opinions of the farmers themselves, encouraging them to write letters to Parliament about their current needs, and how the survey would shed further light on them. After hand-delivering the letters to Parliament, if any Parliament members expressed interest, Asura arranged for brief lobbying meetings with the farmers who penned their concerns."
Hindrance:
Sokie: "She hasn't particularly favored any party, since she doesn't want to burn bridges, including offering any sweetners or bribes."

Giorno: "It's clear to any decent observer that Giorno's not an expert on farming, although he has thrown himself pretty heavily into learning the nuts and bolts in order to support this motion."

Asura: "None, aside from Asura being his big ol'boisterous self."
Characters Involved: Ozymandias, Edelgard von Hresvelg, Daenerys Targaryen
Proposal: Improvement of infrastructure and quality of life in the Outer City/slums. Full description here.
Help:
Edelgard: "Edelgard would speak to people she knows about it and try and drum up support among sympathetic or philanthropic merchants."

Ozymandias: "Ozymandias would use some of what he learned from the previous round of motions in terms of identifying members of Parliament that are more likely to be interested and start there. He would then seek to expand support to other members who may still be inclined, but a little more hesitant, and so on and so forth. He would also likely rub elbows with some of the aristocracy that isn't part of Parliament and seeks some support in other pockets of the population to demonstrate interest exists within the city itself. Most of his efforts would be concentrated on Parliament and aristocracy though. Ozymandias would also make a point to show his own willingness to help with this area of the city with small acts of charity when possible."

Daenerys: "daenerys often visits the slums to offer work and deliver food from the farmlands, she would most likely make note of conditions and the most pressing issues that could be improved upon. this includes: housing issues, food waste, and health issues."
Hindrance:
Edelgard: "Nothing at all!"

Ozymandias: "Again, similar to last month, while some might be appreciative that he is making the efforts to learn the players, some might have their feathers ruffled by that. There's also such a thing as too charming and it's once again possible that he rubs people the wrong way. Otherwise, he's not doing anything actively to sabotage this."

Daenerys: "daenerys has struck deals with the owner of the farmlands she "borrows", lady edre, to stop fully supplying food for the city guard and help distribute food down to the slums. this could have caused issues with deals from higher-ups."

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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-05-16 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello, mods! The Council will not be putting forth any motions for the month of May. Thank you!
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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-06-29 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Characters Involved: Giorno Giovanna, Myrobalan Shivana, Wataru Kurenai
Proposal: Build a community garden. Full description here.
Help:
Giorno: "Gathered information on a number (10+) of potential spots in the city that might work for a community garden, drummed up interest in (Monster-friendly) residential neighborhoods, discussed with members of Parliament what they might wish to see in such a community space and, by extension, what they might wish to see at the celebration party."

Myrobalan: "Outreach to his contacts in Aefenglom's gardening and farming scene to garner interest and potential sources for plants."

Wataru: "Reached out to people he thinks would be interested in gardening and plants in general, and also advertised the motion through DiplomaTea thanks to its green-based theme."
Hindrance:
Giorno: "Nothing in particular other than be extremely, extremely intense about plants at people."

Myrobalan: "Not really; he's been keeping his head down. (Though perhaps too much with both his Bonded nearly dying last month; he's been less of a presence around the council.)"

Wataru: "Not at all, he fully supports this."

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[personal profile] fulgency 2020-11-01 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Characters Involved: Ozymandias, Edelgard, Linden Tailor (L Lawliet)
Proposal: Due to the long work hours the orphans were previously responsible for in the factories in the Harbor District, their education has suffered tremendously. Therefore, it is proposed that funding be made available to provide necessities for educating those children. This funding would be used for physical supplies (e.g., books, writing utensils, art supplies, etc.), compensating staff (i.e. teachers and tutors) for their time, and making necessary changes to the infrastructure of the building to provide a dedicated space for education (i.e. developing a classroom).

Funding from the city of Aefenglom would occur once to provide assistance in the initial acquisition of necessary materials, staff, and renovation to the designated room(s), at which point the orphanage will then become responsible for its own fundraising for the maintenance of this educational program.
Help:
Ozymandias. Ozymandias likely first leaned upon those he's cultivated good working relationships within Parliament, particularly those that were previously in favor of his past motion to improve living conditions within the Outer City as he's fairly confident they would hold similar sympathies for this situation. To reduce cost, he would also be consulting with Ursula to identify the best sources for physical supplies and making use of previous individuals who have helped in other construction endeavors like rebuilding the city after the Rathmores plot. Ozymandias would also already be drafting up plans for how the orphanage could potentially sustain itself financially forward to make good on the proposal that this is a one-time investment from the city's budget to those that would require such assurances.

Edelgard. Edelgard would lean on the working relationships and mercantile deals she would have cultivated towards people within Parliament. She would basically just assist and supplement Ozymandias's efforts.

L. He's been working there as a tutor ever since the quest went up a couple of months back. He's developed rapport and also taken note of several individual kids who show promise in various subjects, and is happy to talk, in detail, about how it would be a shame and a waste to neglect them when they're doing the best with what they were given, but the hand life has dealt them is unfortunately substandard. He's done all this for free, and hasn't held down a paying job in awhile, giving him the air of someone who MUST believe what he's saying. Seriously, he can't afford to get those holes in his jacket patched, but some orphans learned how to read. If he has to, he'll mention that he was himself an orphan who grew up in homes like this, and someone taking an early and vested interest in providing orphans with education and resources can make all the difference.
Hindrance:
Ozymandias. Ozymandias probably still does not have the best of working relationships with that one member of Parliament who was pissed about supplies being redirected away from the City Guard at Daenerys' behest. He doesn't get petty when it's important matters (i.e. motions that will maintain quality of life, improvements for the general population, etc.), but if she's backing or pushing for things that he deems as more frivolous or self-serving (i.e. it only really benefits the aristocratic citizens and no one else), he doesn't hesitate to start undermining her. She could be pissy about that if she wanted to continue being petty. Also as always, Ozy is charming af, but some people might mistrust that, which is fair.

Edelgard. Edelgard is generally extremely well behaved and controlled in public, due to her role as Emperor, so she would keep up a pleasant mask. As such it's doubtful that she would have done much that would actively hindered it unless the local aristocracy dislikes her simply for being Mirrorbound royalty.

L. He's helped, he's done a good job, he's in danger of starving because the staff aren't getting paid, but he genuinely does care about the orphans.

If a schmoozy good working relationship with members of Parliament could be a knock against him, that might be a hindrance. He is bad at mingling and connections and usually relies on his work (or more charming people) to speak for itself.

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[personal profile] fulgency 2021-02-01 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
Characters Involved: Ozymandias, Leslie, Myr
Proposal: Addressing the overcrowding in the Western Residential District by building taller apartment buildings. Full description available here
Help:
Ozymandias. Ozymandias has spent a lot of time surveying the western portion of the district to identify lots that are either straight up abandoned or are in such poor conditions that if it wasn't for the overcrowding, they most likely would be. This is to identify locations to construct these taller buildings in to avoid as much disruption and displacement as possible. He has also been speaking with his former Bonded's landlady who has a farm about the possibility of temporary placement for those who would prefer that over waiting construction out in a place like the barracks. He has also been using the contacts from the community garden project as much as possible to try and drum up support for the project with those in the residential district.

Leslie. Leslie has drawn up a report on the costs and feasibility of building such tall buildings with current technology. While her initial estimates were a bit off, more often from underestimating than overestimating, she has improved her (actually not terrible for a self-taught amateur from her research on the Bright Wall) estimates by getting in contact with local architects. The final version is quite accurate in its cost estimate ranges and lists some benefits to the project running from the sentimental (opining on the improvement of standards of living) to the “practical” (speculations on an increase in tax revenue/economic growth from a growing population that is less concerned about housing problems). The author of the report has the same “von Hresvelg” last name of a previous council member who was particularly active in the business community (Edelgard).

She has also hand-copied a condensed version that focuses less on details and more on the less member-of-parliament-oriented list of benefits (tax revenue, for example, is not mentioned), turning it into a small pamphlet to circulate among the citizens of the western residential area to popularize the idea among those residents.

Myr. Like Ozymandias, he's been working existing contacts from other community improvement projects (such as the garden) to garner support for the idea and gather information who might be willing to donate time and materials (to further cut down on costs in return for warm fuzzy feelings about altruism). He's also been feeling out potential sources of NIMBYism in both the Western Residential district and areas immediately neighboring it; while he cannot make any promises and is clear to let people know that, he is listening seriously to everyone's concerns and will take them back to the Council to be incorporated or addressed in eventual building plans. Special priority goes toward any MPs who might be alarmed by apartment towers going up where they can see them.
Hindrance:
Ozymandias. Ozymandias is being extremely careful not to do anything that could be overtly offensive or detrimental to this particular motion. However, leaving the below up to mod interpretation if it would count as a hindrance or not:

Ozymandias has not been as focused on such direct convincing of Parliament in his typical fashion. While Ozymandias is still absolutely schmoozing and making use of the in-roads he's made with previous motions (which includes his usual pitch of wanting the city to reflect well by caring for those who have less, leaning on the relationships he's managed to make with MPs that actually appear to give a hoot, etc.), there's a lot less attention to direct benefits to members of Parliament or the aristocracy in general compared to previous motions. Not that he's unwilling to make concessions with them. For example, he's willing to exchange support of one motion to another so long as it aligns with his own values and goals. Or if someone wants their name slapped on one of the buildings, that's fine. The way to think about it is that he's not intentionally bruising egos and is willing to fluff them up to a limited extent, but he's not going out of his way to inflate them as he might normally because this isn't about them.

And he wants to somewhat test whether or not Parliament can think outside themselves.

Leslie. She is a child. Specifically, a 13-year-old child who looks a couple of years younger than that. Though this might grant the cause some extra pathos among the softhearted, she does not look like a council member “should” and has only joined the Mirrorbound Council this month. It is possible that the members of the Parliament will not find out she is the one who wrote the report without investigating it, as she will ask Ozymandias to submit it to Parliament on her behalf, but it may make it more difficult for the architects she contacts to take her seriously at least at first, even if she’s fairly knowledgeable for an amateur after her extensive reading from her previous attempts to figure out how to construct a wall around the Outer City.

As an almost opposite problem, her report is kind of dry even if it is also written with confidence that this is a good idea. The pamphlet is less dry, but there are limited copies since she made them herself.

Myr. Unfortunately, Myr has also been responding to the Coven's request to investigate the Evergreen Circle this month. Practically this means he may be known to be involved with the group and not schmoozing as much as he could be with MPs or other notable personages (who are not also involved with the Circle). While he absolutely would cop to being on the Coven's mission if directly asked, MPs who are leery of the Circle might not like the optics.
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[personal profile] fulgency 2021-02-27 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Characters Involved: Myr, Jin Guanyao, Ozymandias
Proposal: Funding research into the Mirrorbound. Full description available here. (Second bullet point for clarity!)
Help:
Myr. This is something Myr's been talking up to people all along albeit in a casual way. Given the events of this month he hasn't been able to do much focused promotion of the idea, but he has suggested that it benefits everyone to understand the whys and hows of the Mirrorbound. Especially after last year's bizarre mirror eruption that flooded the city!

Jin Guanyao. Guangyao has been pretty dedicated to schmoozing and trying to make things as smooth as possible between the Mirrorbound Council and parliament -- so nothing specific, but generating goodwill. However...

Ozymandias. Ozymandias would mostly be focused on MPs that seem more on the fence about this issue rather than people who have already made up their mind because he would see attempting to appeal to either side to be a waste of his time and efforts. Those in agreement don't need it, and those who are in disagreement will likely never hear it. Ozymandias would try to work closely with experienced Witches in the Coven to find out more regarding where the research into the matter of the Mirrorbound stands currently, and what likely it will take to progress it further in terms of resources and manpower, and try to devise a tentative budget. Ozymandias will mostly be making the argument that understanding the origins of the Mirrorbound will allow Aefenglom to exert more control over the flow of Mirrorbound into the city (remember that mishap with the flooding of people???) and also allow Mirrorbound to decide for themselves if they wish to stay or leave.
Hindrance:
Myr. Other than being involved in the cult hullabaloo about as much as every other Mirrorbound, he hasn't done anything that would be tremendously offensive to parliament.

Jin Guanyao. He was probably seen hanging around with and being very chummy with members of the Evergreen Circle last month before that mess went down. Of course he'll insist he was mind controlled at the time, but...

Ozymandias. Anyone with connections to the city's bureaucratic process associated with building things has probably heard through the grapevine about Ozymandias' intentions of setting to work in building a memorial for the Mirrorbound in the Haven. Those who have somewhat given up the notion of getting that part of the Aristocratic District back and moved on, or those a little more fond of the Mirrorbound are probably not particularly bothered by this. However, those that would prefer that the Mirrorbound leave or are still sore about the upheaval their presence has had on the city probably do not feel particularly thrilled with the notion of something more permanent being created. It may also likely run counter to his arguments described above with those who are somewhat on the fence about which way to swing with their votes. If confronted with this, Ozymandias will certainly make the argument that it has nothing to do with this and is ultimately a separate issue, but even his charisma is potentially not infallible. (Just don't tell him that if that's the case. Not that he'd hear it, but I mean...)

This could honestly go either way, but Ozymandias' proposed budget associated with this is going to be lower than what would likely be necessary. (Which could potentially contradict what Myr and Jin Guanyao are chatting them up about!) Part of this is because Ozymandias does not really have much faith in Parliament voting in favor of this regardless of how they feel about the Mirrorbound. Part of this, however, is also acknowledging that they have pushed for a lot of money in recent projects between the community garden and the changes to the western residential district. He knows Parliament is protective of its coffers and they are also not infinite. Thus, he'd rather get Parliament to agree to paltry sums over time (by issuing future motions) than to ask for a large amount and get nothing for a very long time.