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demonologist) wrote2012-02-01 09:33 am
demonologist) wrote2012-02-01 09:33 am
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Greetings citizens of Bete Noire. Some of you may know who I am, others may not. My name is Wesley Wyndam-Pryce and today is my one year anniversary of having been pulled, against my will, to this rather unique city. It hasn't been easy living here. I've seen and experienced many things, not all of them pleasant nor heartwarming. Others have been here longer and most likely can recall similar upheavals and trials which have taxed us as a group of seemingly disparate people. The past year has tested our resolve as individuals and there have been times when I've despaired and wondered if there was a point to it all.
But, I, like many of us, have begun to view this place my home. I wish to protect it and support my fellow citizens who reside here.
[His posture straightens a bit and he subtly shifts a typed out piece of paper in front of him.]
I would now like to issue this formal statement:
On my world, there is a privately funded organisation called the Watcher's Council. Its primary mission has been to protect and preserve humanity from threats of extinction and exploitation by supernatural entities. This organisation has existed in some form or another since before the written word was invented and will continue to work tirelessly and thanklessly towards that goal, no matter the hardships, the sacrifices and seemingly insurmountable odds which have been faced in this pursuit.
[Wes pauses for a moment, frowning slightly. Then reaches up to rub at his temple. It appears as if he's lost what he was about to say. The silence stretches for long enough that it's uncomfortable for anyone watching. When he speaks again, it seems more off the cuff, and unrehearsed as it were.]
We've had various support groups start up in the city. This is a good thing, of course. However, there has been some rather vocal lobbying for supernatural rights as if this city were somehow rife with rights violations by those in authority. I won't deny that peaceful and law-abiding non-human individuals have been unjustly victimised and subjected to hate crimes. This is deplorable and must stop. Law enforcement will hopefully deal with them as they would any crime committed in the city. But to assert that those in power have treated a section of the population any differently, or in a prejudicial way? I have yet to see demonstrable proof of this.
And, while we're talking about it, who will fight for human rights? For the many orphans, displaced persons, destroyed families, or the killed but revived, maimed or injured people who face financial hardships due to hospital or funereal bills, those have lost everything due to the ongoing attacks by those vampires, werewolves, demons and other creatures which still prey on humans - in defiance of the law and with no desire to be a part of a community - because they are viewed as weaker, inferior chattel on a daily basis? It's a rampant problem which this city seems to have become innured to. Jaded. Oh, another massacre of humans, who cares? Five teenagers had their souls sucked from their bodies in a cemetery? They probably were asking for it. Have any of you made donations to the charities which try to pick up the pieces afterwards? Have any of you done volunteer work to show that the survivors of such attacks are not alone? Do you know what it's like to be viewed as a food source? Or a vessel for incubating spawn? To walk the streets and know that someone is hunting you? It's not even a species issue, it's about treating people with respect-
[Realising that he's gone completely off script and will likely face a reprimand for it, he lets out a pent up breath and forces himself to look back down at the prepared statement in front of him and read out loud what is written there.]
For too long, the humans in this city have been deprived of a counterpoint to the rhetoric being tossed around that humans are collectively a fearful, ignorant and inherently racist group.
Towards that end, I have been assigned as official Watcher to Bete Noire. I will serve as a liaison, working to ensure that human interests are given equal support and voice within the city. It is my aim to raise awareness of the issues which concern a significant portion of the population which, to our view, has for some time been woefully under-represented.
If anyone has any concerns which they feel are not being properly addressed by the correct authorities, then I pledge to listen. To hear them out. And to do what I can to find a solution to the problem.
The Watcher's Council has officially come to Bete Noire. We watch. We observe. We hold the line against the coming darkness. Those who would perpetuate supernatural crimes against the innocent and seek to get away with it, will be held accountable for their actions.
But, I, like many of us, have begun to view this place my home. I wish to protect it and support my fellow citizens who reside here.
[His posture straightens a bit and he subtly shifts a typed out piece of paper in front of him.]
I would now like to issue this formal statement:
On my world, there is a privately funded organisation called the Watcher's Council. Its primary mission has been to protect and preserve humanity from threats of extinction and exploitation by supernatural entities. This organisation has existed in some form or another since before the written word was invented and will continue to work tirelessly and thanklessly towards that goal, no matter the hardships, the sacrifices and seemingly insurmountable odds which have been faced in this pursuit.
[Wes pauses for a moment, frowning slightly. Then reaches up to rub at his temple. It appears as if he's lost what he was about to say. The silence stretches for long enough that it's uncomfortable for anyone watching. When he speaks again, it seems more off the cuff, and unrehearsed as it were.]
We've had various support groups start up in the city. This is a good thing, of course. However, there has been some rather vocal lobbying for supernatural rights as if this city were somehow rife with rights violations by those in authority. I won't deny that peaceful and law-abiding non-human individuals have been unjustly victimised and subjected to hate crimes. This is deplorable and must stop. Law enforcement will hopefully deal with them as they would any crime committed in the city. But to assert that those in power have treated a section of the population any differently, or in a prejudicial way? I have yet to see demonstrable proof of this.
And, while we're talking about it, who will fight for human rights? For the many orphans, displaced persons, destroyed families, or the killed but revived, maimed or injured people who face financial hardships due to hospital or funereal bills, those have lost everything due to the ongoing attacks by those vampires, werewolves, demons and other creatures which still prey on humans - in defiance of the law and with no desire to be a part of a community - because they are viewed as weaker, inferior chattel on a daily basis? It's a rampant problem which this city seems to have become innured to. Jaded. Oh, another massacre of humans, who cares? Five teenagers had their souls sucked from their bodies in a cemetery? They probably were asking for it. Have any of you made donations to the charities which try to pick up the pieces afterwards? Have any of you done volunteer work to show that the survivors of such attacks are not alone? Do you know what it's like to be viewed as a food source? Or a vessel for incubating spawn? To walk the streets and know that someone is hunting you? It's not even a species issue, it's about treating people with respect-
[Realising that he's gone completely off script and will likely face a reprimand for it, he lets out a pent up breath and forces himself to look back down at the prepared statement in front of him and read out loud what is written there.]
For too long, the humans in this city have been deprived of a counterpoint to the rhetoric being tossed around that humans are collectively a fearful, ignorant and inherently racist group.
Towards that end, I have been assigned as official Watcher to Bete Noire. I will serve as a liaison, working to ensure that human interests are given equal support and voice within the city. It is my aim to raise awareness of the issues which concern a significant portion of the population which, to our view, has for some time been woefully under-represented.
If anyone has any concerns which they feel are not being properly addressed by the correct authorities, then I pledge to listen. To hear them out. And to do what I can to find a solution to the problem.
The Watcher's Council has officially come to Bete Noire. We watch. We observe. We hold the line against the coming darkness. Those who would perpetuate supernatural crimes against the innocent and seek to get away with it, will be held accountable for their actions.