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WAG: the Rent
Mira:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on October 14, 2019, 10:25:36 PM ---This. Plus, you don't stay at the top of a very Darwinian social structure by letting people start to think they can get away with breaking your rules.
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Well, it was Goodman who made sure the judge and other officials never broke the rules again, not Marcone. If he did he would have added go after those that are abusing those kids, not just to save the kids. Those abusers unless stopped would just find themselves more kids to abuse.. No, Marcone got pissed because Goodman took out the abusers that were aiding his crooked dealings.
morriswalters:
Grey did what Jim had him do. No more and no less. I suppose it is supposed to show something about Grey versus Marcone. The problem being that we don't know enough about Grey to know how he is motivated. We know what drives Marcone because he has a major backstory.
The question about Grey that the short story doesn't answer is what would have gone down if Nicodemus had got to Grey first? Nicodemus knew enough about Grey, at least by inference, to believe that he could hire him to do the job he wanted done.
This is the problem with the story. Grey has a no backstory, other than Skin Game. Jim introduces a new character in addition which IMO makes matters worse. And where does this fit in the timeline? The one glimmer of hope the story gives me is that if he is based in Chicago than he might be in Peace Talks.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on October 15, 2019, 07:45:37 PM ---Grey did what Jim had him do. No more and no less. I suppose it is supposed to show something about Grey versus Marcone. The problem being that we don't know enough about Grey to know how he is motivated. We know what drives Marcone because he has a major backstory.
The question about Grey that the short story doesn't answer is what would have gone down if Nicodemus had got to Grey first? Nicodemus knew enough about Grey, at least by inference, to believe that he could hire him to do the job he wanted done.
This is the problem with the story. Grey has a no backstory, other than Skin Game. Jim introduces a new character in addition which IMO makes matters worse. And where does this fit in the timeline? The one glimmer of hope the story gives me is that if he is based in Chicago than he might be in Peace Talks.
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Yeah, but there are hints. Kringle had a folder of trusted double agents, Goodman was one of them.
Taking pay keeps his mercenary status, but the pay of $1.00 keeps that status. A dollar is usually something that is exchanged as a token when in reality the desire is to do it for free, but for appearance sake a fee of some kind must be paid.
I don't think anything would have happened if Nic had got to Goodman first, he is in fact one of Kringle's guys.
morriswalters:
Monoc Security hires out Gard to Marcone. In Small Favors she complained because Marcone didn't kill his contractors. I'm failing to see how that sells Grey as a good guy. That is probably Jim's intent, I'm just saying that it's thin.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on October 16, 2019, 03:49:26 PM ---Monoc Security hires out Gard to Marcone. In Small Favors she complained because Marcone didn't kill his contractors. I'm failing to see how that sells Grey as a good guy. That is probably Jim's intent, I'm just saying that it's thin.
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This could be deliberate value dissonance. Gard and Vadderung have the morality of their time and that is what you use slaves for.
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