Bounty on a Politician was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description[]
Kassandra noticed a bounty for a politician on a message board:
- "A politician here is too easily influenced by his friends. His decisions will ruin the war effort. Butcher him so others don't repeat his mistakes."
- "A politician is trying to introduce a higher tax for merchants coming into the port. I say drag his corpse into the port instead!"
- "A politician sat for a portrait and then said I didn't paint him handsome enough. I told the fat bastard I paint what I see, and he wouldn't pay. Oh he'll pay."
- "Ever since our local politician came to power, bandits have become bolder. We need a stronger leader. His head on a spear should scare the bandits off."
- "Everyone thinks that he's a pious man, and a great politician, but he drinks and says wile things to the priestess - right at the temple! He's a monster."
- "He argues for drachmae for soldiers but what about the temples? This politician has abandoned the gods."
- "He's no leader, he's a politician only for the rich. He turns his nose up and hurries through our neighborhood. I want his body left in our gutters."
- "I know another politician would have made better decisions. The war effort suffers now. Cut him down so he can be replaced."
- "My rival - a politician of low morals - he is going to argue against a plan that will help the people for his own profit. Serve the people and end him."
- "Our city is not well defended since that new politician took over. The malákas puts us all in danger. Cut open his throat so the rest of us may live."
- "Our local politician does not pay the temple the respect he should. He will bring down the anger of the gods if we don't do something. Send him to Hades."
- "Our new politician was never supposed to take power. The gods demand his death, so another may rise. Cleanse the agora with his blood."
- "Our politician does nothing about the thieves around here. It's time to take the law into our own hands. Drachmae for the first person to cut him down."
- "Our politician does nothing about the wild beasts plaguing this area. Tear his flesh from his bones. Others will see how dangerous it is around here."
- "Our politician refuses to do anything about the Daughters of Artemis. They make it impossible to hunt! Take a blade to his throat, maybe others will listen."
- "Our politician refuses to remove the Followers of Ares. Their dark arts will invoke the wrath of the gods! Kill him before he ruins us all."
- "Our politician spends more drachmae on the hetaerae than he does on the people. He only cares about his own needs. Cut him from head to toe."
- "Since that new politician came to power, there are more beggars around here than ever before. People are losing everything. Let him lose his head."
- "That new politician doesn't care about the poor, he only helps the rich get their way. I'll give my last drachma to the person who ends him."
- "The local politician cares only about improving city life. He doesn't think we matter. Run a blade through his heart and let the malákas truly suffer."
- "The new politician plans to cut down the forests to give more land to the farmers. Where am I to hunt? Kill his plans, kill him."
- "The soldiers around here treat us worse since the new politician came to power. He's inept, and they take their frustrations out on us. Let him hang."
- "There are bandit camps everywhere, and our politician does nothing. Someone needs to show him that the danger is real. Cut him open where he stands."
- "There's a politician giving the temple far too much drachmae. The people are the ones in need! Cut this fool down."
- "There's a politician taking bribes, lining his pockets with drachmae so his friends can get what they want. Slit his throat and remind him other people exist."
- "There's no order in the agora anymore since the new politician took charge. Things need to go back to how they were. Slice him open and restore order."
- "This area is too poor to support a greedy politician, but the pig keeps taking more and more. Gut him like the animal he is."
- "This politician thinks only the city matters - every law he argues for hurts us in the countryside so that he may gain power in the city. We need new leadership."
- "Wanted - the head of the bastard politician who outlawed my hunting without knowing what life is actually like out here. If I can't live, neither can he."
- "We don't have enough guards to protect the poor because our politician sends them to protect the rich. Take a blade and show him what we're worth."
Outcome[]
Kassandra accepted the contract, and hunted down the politician, claiming the bounty.
Behind the scenes[]
The bounty flavor texts are not bound to any single region or city.