I have a few questions stemming off this and one is mostly clarification about the world:
• Is it common for people in the upper class to execute their own variety of vigilante justice, or was this sort of a one-off? Do they usually contact police forces over things like this or take matters into their own hands? There isn't much under the Justice heading in the setting outside of mentions of rehabilitation through labor for crimes so I'm really interested in how crime is actually handled on a justice system level of arrest/trials/conviction/et cetera.
• Nate's interest in Giles-Bell largely stemmed from his theory about someone at the top of a big corporation (which turned out to be Jimmy) utilizing mercenaries to do the grunt work of keeping an eye on the Displaced, as though they were some sort of investment. He has confirmation on this now, so I suppose with that in mind his role working for Riverside is mostly Professional Gambler for the House (TM) now, since he no longer has a serious need to follow mercenary leads. I don't think Nate was ever super duplicitous about his intentions at Riverside, since he agreed to work for them for their monetary gain and (on the side) see what he could learn about their beef with the mega-corps, so I am slightly confused about [Maybe his role there gets found out, for instance] as in, who is doing the finding? Riverside? Langley? Or other Displaced (this seems less likely because a number of them know he already works there)?
What sort of repercussions would happen from Langley knowing he works part-time for the mob? What sort of repercussions would happen from Riverside knowing Nate led some rich guy's goons to their door?
• He's super visible now (thanks, Aerie) so I'm incredibly down with a rich guy trying to locate Nate (how on-brand), though I am also curious as to what he intends to do with him once he finds him! Interrogating him? Intimidation?? Run him out of the city??? Murder????? Employment??????
Sorry for all the questions lmao I've had like 2+ months to ruminate on things, this sounds like a good direction!
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• Is it common for people in the upper class to execute their own variety of vigilante justice, or was this sort of a one-off? Do they usually contact police forces over things like this or take matters into their own hands? There isn't much under the Justice heading in the setting outside of mentions of rehabilitation through labor for crimes so I'm really interested in how crime is actually handled on a justice system level of arrest/trials/conviction/et cetera.
• Nate's interest in Giles-Bell largely stemmed from his theory about someone at the top of a big corporation (which turned out to be Jimmy) utilizing mercenaries to do the grunt work of keeping an eye on the Displaced, as though they were some sort of investment. He has confirmation on this now, so I suppose with that in mind his role working for Riverside is mostly Professional Gambler for the House (TM) now, since he no longer has a serious need to follow mercenary leads. I don't think Nate was ever super duplicitous about his intentions at Riverside, since he agreed to work for them for their monetary gain and (on the side) see what he could learn about their beef with the mega-corps, so I am slightly confused about [Maybe his role there gets found out, for instance] as in, who is doing the finding? Riverside? Langley? Or other Displaced (this seems less likely because a number of them know he already works there)?
What sort of repercussions would happen from Langley knowing he works part-time for the mob? What sort of repercussions would happen from Riverside knowing Nate led some rich guy's goons to their door?
• He's super visible now (thanks, Aerie) so I'm incredibly down with a rich guy trying to locate Nate (how on-brand), though I am also curious as to what he intends to do with him once he finds him! Interrogating him? Intimidation?? Run him out of the city??? Murder????? Employment??????
Sorry for all the questions lmao I've had like 2+ months to ruminate on things, this sounds like a good direction!