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[becomeanwarrior]

...I got my first check for my work as part of Kouji's new 'Sector Security' initiative.

I. Wbuh.

Buh.

Uh????

Guh.

Comments

[soundofthestorm]

What's the issue, "Chief".

[becomeanwarrior]

N-Nothing serious, I assure you! I just.

Was expecting... different numbers.

[soundofthestorm]

Such as?

[becomeanwarrior]

...Smaller. Smaller numbers.

[soundofthestorm]

Man, OOPARTS really must not of liked you, Chief.

[becomeanwarrior]

The compensation for OOPARTS was more than acceptable given our mission statement!

I expected a pay bump given the consolidation of various security wings but even accounting for that...!

[soundofthestorm]

Four Cities plus Aquaria Island.

Funding by four major corps.
Overseeing four cities being treated as boroughs of a larger area.
Consolidating that man organizations.

And the Mayor is building a city on top of the cities in question that will need additional enforcement.

[becomeanwarrior]

Yes, and on that last point I'm probably going to be picked to advise Mayor Tokei on the best ways to avoid widening class divide and how to expand our current high-speed transport options to ensure a basic standard of living for both tiers of this project.

...Okay, I guess when it's all laid out by that, I guess it is... adequate compensation for the work I'm putting out there.

But it's still a bit of a sticker shock.

[soundofthestorm]

I expect the class divide to widen and economic inequality to worsen.

Nothing we can do short of declaring Domino an independent nation.

[becomeanwarrior]

It will probably worsen, but I think an eye towards city planning, future expansions, and programs explicitly to aid those in the lowest income brackets can blunt the worst of its impact. I realize that makes me a bit of an idealist.

... Be careful what you say out loud, Mr. Tendou. You never know who might hear it.

[soundofthestorm]

Look, at the end of the day, even if Mrs. Tokei is a fucking dyed in the wool non-reactionary communist or hardcore socialist, policy regarding inequality comes from the national state.

[becomeanwarrior]

I don't necessarily disagree with that assessment, though I would be careful expressing the sentiment as a... "be careful what you wish for", sort of superstition.

But that's me being overly cautious.

[soundofthestorm]

You are way too freaking paranoid.

[bdsm_kouji]

What bird brain said, dweeb.

You're doing a big job, you get paid big bucks.

Value equals Effort and Scale.

[becomeanwarrior]

That's still a lot of zeroes, Kouji!

[bdsm_kouji]

So get a mistress or pay for some poor kid's dream or use it fund some useless endeavor under Shiroko's name that's a money scam.

It's not my problem you grew up poor in a wooden shack in the boonies or whatever, and don't understand how to handle money!

[becomeanwarrior]

I didn't grow up in a shack in the boonies! My dad was a salaryman!

Going from upper middle class to just outside C-Class income bracket would give most people a shock!

[bdsm_kouji]

C-Class?

What's C-Class?

[becomeanwarrior]

AS in like. CEOs, COOs, CFOs.

Executive-Class, in other words.

[bdsm_kouji]

Oh, you're a C-Suiter?

[becomeanwarrior]

Probably not quite but I definitely feel like I'm in the rung juuust below that, given this paycheck!

Maybe I'm blowing it out of proportion.

[bdsm_kouji]

You are. Either save it or spend it.

Also what's your over-under I'm a secret communist/socialist.

[becomeanwarrior]

I guess me and Shiroko could figure out a vacation, it's been a while...

...40% odds. I think you think money is good but also you're smart enough to know that hoarding money at the top is the best way to lose that money and that a society where all classes have disposable income and free time is one where money flows freeest.

But also you did grow up as a rich heiress.

[bdsm_kouji]

Yes, go do that, it's not like the world'll end tomorrow.

Yeah but my mom also disowned me for months, so.

[becomeanwarrior]

You say that but I feel like the second I turn my back is the second it will.

Mmm. Good point. Let's call it an even 50/50 split, then.