>>>>>[Wow, someone's bitter. Where'd I ever mention anything about 'native lands' and all that? Someone upset that they didn't get a seat at the table while things were getting set up?
And do you really think things are all that much better outside Tir Tairngir? Let's take a stroll around Seattle. How much sway you got with the government doesn't have jack to do with your vote, but how many zeroes are in your cred balance, or what dirt you got on certain individuals. The rich get richer, and the poor can go frag themselves. Only difference between that and Cara-sir is that they used to be honest about it in Cara-sir, with none of this illusion of giving the people a choice. You really think it matters to the average person who wins the governor's race? How great were things for metas and the poor while Strouthers was in charge? Did a great job of improving people's lives, didn't he? Really kept the corps in check, yes? Only change between then and now is the uniform the cops wear, and the fact that the guy at the top likes to wear a hood and a sheet from time to time. At least they were honest about how things stood in Tir Tairngir, before the revolt.
Betrayal, propaganda, pandering? Ask Money Johnson, how many runs he's put together just this election cycle that revolve around one of those three things. That is how government works, how it has ALWAYS worked. Even on the streets of Lagos, where little warlords control a block here or there, that's how it works. Same in Tir Tairngir. Same in London. Same in CalFree. Same in Japan. Same in every fragging nation on the planet. The Tir's just honest about it. So get off your high horse, Wyrm.
Now, the Tir is my native land. Born and raised there, since a couple years after it was founded. I never once said that it was a native land for all elves. But there's nothing saying it wasn't, back in the Fourth World. Only people who would know certainly aren't going to speak to you, one way or another.
As for my comment about magic in the soil, that's not just drek. There's ley lines crossing all over the place here. They do some real interesting things to the soil, especially when someone awakened works it. As for the tavern, I actually meant the Power Focus. Name sounds better in Sperethiel, but most things do. Anyways, you can find it in a back alley off 12th St NE, near Court St NE. Staff is all awakened, and they've got some anchored spells putting on an astral light show. Don't bother going if you've got obvious chrome, or if you're anything but an elf. You can usually find some of the movers and shakers in the city government in there, when they want to talk biz, or just get away from the office. Food's good, and they keep the riff-raff away. Lucinda, the owner, is a Count, and owns the whole block. She did a little remodeling in the basement, and has a full distillery down there, in addition to an enchantment shop she rents out to select clients. Best whiskey in the Tir, bar none, but she only sells to Noble rank and higher. I get Lucinda to send me a case once a month. Great place to meet a contact in the local government. For Ghost's sake don't start trouble in her place, though. Lucinda is a Paladin to one of the Princes. Won't say who, but you couldn't pay me enough to risk getting on her bad side.
Madre, let me know if you want a little extra firepower on that extraction. And after, if the kid doesn't want to go to the shadows, I can make a couple calls, see if I can't get him someplace where they'll at least pay him well for his service.
Now if you excuse me, I have a naked woman about to serve me breakfast in bed. Happy New Year to me!]<<<<<
--Iceblade (09:28:34/01-01-74)
